Conferences
Public Lectures : Literature, Language and Linguistics
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
15th November 2012
17:30 - 18:30
Curtis Auditorium, Herschel Building, Newcastle University
The future of learning
Sugata Mitra, Professor of Educational Technology, Newcastle University
Free admission, no pre-booking required
25th October 2012
17:30 - 18:30
Curtis Auditorium, Herschel Building, Newcastle University
There are alternatives! Democratic education and the common school
Michael Fielding and Peter Moss, Institute of Education, University of London
Free admission, no pre-booking required
Social Renewal Lecture
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
8th October 2012
18:30 - 19:30
Curtis Auditorium, Herschel Building, Newcastle University
*LECTURE POSTPONED* India Grows at Night: A Liberal Case for a Strong State
Gurcharan Das, bestselling author, commentator and public intellectual
Free admission, no pre-booking required
PLEASE NOTE: This lecture has unfortunately been postponed due to unforseen circumstances. We are hoping to reschedule this event in the coming months.
5th October 2012
19:00 - 21:15
King's Hall, Armstrong Building, Newcastle University
Claudia Jones Memorial Lecture 2012 - The legacy of Dr Martin Luther King
Free admission, no pre-booking needed. All seats allocated on a first-come first-served basis.
26th April 2012
17:30 - 18:30
Curtis Auditorium, Herschel Building
‘Close the Coalhouse Door’: Pre-performance talk
Samuel West
6th March 2012
17:30 - 18:30
Curtis Auditorium, Herschel Building
Enlisting Dumbledore’s army: children’s stories and human rights
Shami Chakrabarti, Director of Liberty
Fickling Lecture on Developments in Children’s Literature
Free admission, no pre-booking required
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
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