Conferences
Public Lectures : Law and Social Sciences
10th May 2012
17:30 - 18:30
Curtis Auditorium, Herschel Building
Communicating risk and uncertainty
David Spiegelhalter FRS, Winton Professor of the Public Understanding of Risk, University of Cambridge
Free admission, no pre-booking required
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
8th March 2012
17:30 - 18:30
Curtis Auditorium, Herschel Building
From bi-versity to true university: bringing together the sciences and humanities
Professor Edward Slingerland, Canada Research Chair in Chinese Thought and Embodied Cognition, University of British Columbia
School of Modern Languages, Newcastle University Lecture
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).
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
2nd February 2012
17:30 - 18:30
Curtis Auditorium, Herschel Building
The Spirit Level: Why Equality Is Better for Everyone
Richard Wilkinson, Co-founder of The Equality Trust
Free admission, no pre-booking required
There will be a marketplace of stalls in the Herschel Foyer run by a wide range of groups which campaign against inequality and put a commitment to fairness and equality into practice from 4.45-5.30pm and 6.45pm-7.45pm.
16th November 2011
17:30 - 19:15
Curtis Auditorium, Herschel Building
Celebrating student research: vacation scholarships and expeditions 2011
Free admission, no pre-booking required
8th November 2011
17:30 - 18:30
Curtis Auditorium. Herschel Building
Where is the new economy? Prosperity, work and sustainability 'after the crisis'
Professor Tim Jackson, University of Surrey
Jack Jeffery Environment and Sustainability Lecture
Free admission, no pre-booking required
27th October 2011
17:30 - 18:30
Curtis Auditorium, Herschel Building
Slavery, evil deeds and rethinking the past
James Walvin, Emeritus Professor of History, University of York
Lecture to mark Black History Month
Free admission, no pre-booking required
4th October 2011
17:30 - 18:30
Curtis Auditorium, Herschel Building
Sir John Tusa: Fifty years in the BBC – taking stock of the future
Free admission, no pre-booking required