Conferences
Public Lectures : Literature, Language and Linguistics
26th April 2012
17:30 - 18:30
Curtis Auditorium, Herschel Building
‘Close the Coalhouse Door’: Pre-performance talk
Samuel West
Free admission, no pre-booking required
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
10th November 2011
17:30 - 18:30
Curtis Auditorium, Herschel Building
Lest we forget: Tacitus on history writing under a tyranny
Jakob Wisse, Professor of Latin Language and Literature, Newcastle University
Free admission, no pre-booking required
3rd November 2011
17:30 - 18:30
Curtis Auditorium, Herschel Building
The King James Bible: the making of a classic translation
Alister McGrath, Professor of Theology, Ministry, and Education, King’s College London
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
13th October 2011
17:30 - 18:30
Curtis Auditorium, Herschel Building
The Talk of the Toon: a linguistic ‘time capsule’ for the Google generation
Professor Karen Corrigan, Dr Adam Mearns and Dr Hermann Moisl, Newcastle University
Free admission, no pre-booking required
6th October 2011
17:30 - 18:30
Curtis Auditorium, Herschel Building
The struggle for black British literature
Professor Prabhu Guptara, William Carey University, India
Lecture in association with the Pakistan Cultural Society
Free admission, no pre-booking required
10th May 2011
17:30
Curtis Auditorium, Herschel Building
The secrets of The Secret Garden: engaging modern children and modern adults
Professor Peter Hunt, Visiting Professor of Children’s Literature, Newcastle University