Conferences
Public Lectures : History
8th May 2012
17:30 - 18:30
Curtis Auditorium, Herschel Building
Britain, Europe and the new global balance
Lord Patten of Barnes CH
Chris Patten Lecture on Social Renewal
Free admission, no pre-booking required
19th April 2012
17:30 - 18:30
Curtis Auditorium, Herschel Building
The Queen – art and image
Paul Moorhouse, curator, 20th century, National Portrait Gallery
Free admission, no pre-booking required
1st March 2012
17:30 - 18:30
Curtis Auditorium, Herschel Building
** LECTURE POSTPONED ** Accountability and legality in Iraq: extra-territorial human rights jurisdiction
Raza Husain QC, Matrix Chambers
Please note this lecture has been postponed due to unavoidable circumstances, a new date will be announced shortly (updated 10 February 2012).
21st February 2012
17:30 - 18:30
Curtis Auditorium, Herschel Building
Charles Dickens: A Life
Claire Tomalin, writer and biographer
Lecture in association with the Literary & Philosophical Society, Newcastle upon Tyne
Free admission, no pre-booking required
14th February 2012
17:30 - 18:30
Curtis Auditorium, Herschel Building
Chris Mullin : A Walk-On Part
Free admission, no pre-booking required
9th February 2012
17:30 - 18:30
Curtis Auditorium, Herschel Building
Managing London’s roads and keeping the capital moving at Games time
Garrett Emmerson, Chief Operating Officer of Streets and Traffic, Transport for London
Lecture in association with transportNewcastle, Newcastle University
Free admission, no pre-booking required
7th February 2012
17:30 - 18:30
Curtis Auditorium, Herschel Building
Medieval aesthetics and the heroic age of Gothic invention
Paul Binski, Professor of the History of Medieval Art, Cambridge University
Charlton Memorial Lecture
Free admission, no pre-booking required
6th December 2011
17:30 - 18:30
Curtis Auditorium, Herschel Building
Opera, passion and tragedy in Georgian Britain: the curious history of the castrato and his wife
Dr Helen Berry, Reader in Early Modern History, Newcastle University
Lecture in association with the British Scholar Society
Free admission, no pre-booking required
30th November 2011
18:00 - 19:00
Curtis Auditorium, Herschel Building
Imperial purple porphyry: the archaeology of the emperors’ building stone
Professor Valerie Maxfield, Exeter University
Society of Antiquaries of Newcastle upon Tyne Lecture
Free admission, no pre-booking required
29th November 2011
17:30 - 18:30
Curtis Auditorium, Herschel Building
Sustainable consumption: oxymoron or opportunity?
Dr Peter White, Director of Global Sustainability, Procter & Gamble
Free admission, no pre-booking required
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