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Public Lectures : Literature, Language and Linguistics

 
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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


 

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


 
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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



 
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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



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