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Public Lectures : History

 

6th December 2012

17:30 - 18:30 Curtis Auditorium, Herschel Building, Newcastle University
Cosmic Dramas: interrelationship of technological ikons with female mythology
Liliane Lijn, artist

Free admission, no pre-booking required



 
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4th December 2012

17:30 - 18:30 Curtis Auditorium, Herschel Building, Newcastle University
Tennyson: a romantic in an un-romantic age
Emeritus Professor John Batchelor, Newcastle University
Free admission, no pre-booking required


 

28th November 2012

18:00 - 19:00 Curtis Auditorium, Herschel Building, Newcastle University
John Horsley and the Britannia Romana: the road to publication
Lawrence Keppie, Emeritus Professor of Roman History and Archaeology, University of Glasgow

Free admission, no pre-booking required

Society of Antiquaries of Newcastle upon Tyne Lecture



 
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22nd November 2012

17:30 - 18:30 Curtis Auditorium, Herschel Building, Newcastle University
Defence Lecture: Lions led by donkeys
General Sir Nicholas Houghton GCB CBE ADC Gen, Vice-Chief of the Defence Staff (VCDS)

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21st November 2012

17:30 - 19:00 Curtis Auditorium, Herschel Building, Newcastle University
Celebrating student research scholarships and expeditions 2012

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3rd November 2012

16:15 - 17:15 The Sage Gateshead
Them and us: enemies and adversaries in politics
Michael Ignatieff, academic, broadcaster and novelist

Part of BBC Radio 3’s Free Thinking Festival of Ideas at The Sage Gateshead



 

1st November 2012

17:30 - 18:30 Curtis Auditorium, Herschel Building, Newcastle University
Welfare and warfare: how China’s past is shaping its present – and future
Rana Mitter, Professor of the History and Politics of Modern China, University of Oxford and BBC Radio 3 presenter

Free admission, no pre-booking required

Lecture presented with the School of Modern Languages, Newcastle Universtity



 

30th October 2012

17:30 - 18:30 Curtis Auditorium, Herschel Building, Newcastle University
Edward VII: the playboy prince who saved the monarchy
Jane Ridley, Professor of History, The University of Buckingham

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18th October 2012

17:30 - 18:30 Curtis Auditorium, Herschel Building, Newcastle University
Ian Nairn: inspired by Newcastle
Gillian Darley, writer, broadcaster and prize-winning architectural journalist

Free admission, no pre-booking required

Thomas Sharp Lecture



 
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16th October 2012

17:30 - 18:30 Curtis Auditorium, Herschel Building, Newcastle University
Molecules that changed the world
KC Nicolaou, Department of Chemistry, The Scripps Research Institute and Department of Chemistry and Biochemistry, University of California

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Wynne-Jones Memorial Lecture



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