Conferences
Public Lectures : Philosophy
21st November 2012
17:30 - 19:00
Curtis Auditorium, Herschel Building, Newcastle University
Celebrating student research scholarships and expeditions 2012
Free admission, no pre-booking required
4th October 2012
17:30 - 18:30
Curtis Auditorium, Herschel Building, Newcastle University
Standing on the shoulders of giants: the search for Darwin’s predecessors
Rebecca Stott, Professor of Literature and Creative Writing, University of East Anglia
Free admission, no pre-booking required
24th April 2012
17:30 - 18:30
Curtis Auditorium, Herschel Building
Immortalism
Mary Midgley, philosopher and writer
Philosophical Society 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
20th October 2011
17:30 - 18:30
Curtis Auditorium, Herschel Building
The history of white people
Nell Painter, Edwards Professor Emerita, Princeton University
Lecture to mark Black History Month
Free admission, no pre-booking required
10th March 2011
17:30
Curtis Auditorium, Herschel Building
WINNING WOMEN
Professor Vicki Bruce introduces Theresa Graham, Jane Nolan and Rebecca Howard
Diversity Season LecturE
8th March 2011
17:30 - 18:30
Curtis Auditorium, Herschel Building
Muslim heritage and the cultural roots of science
Emeritus Professor Salim Al-Hassani, Chairman of the FSTC
1st March 2011
17:30 - 18:30
Curtis Auditorium, Herschel Building
Language and music: same structures, different building blocks
Professor David Pesetsky, Massachusetts Institute of Technology
Free admission, no pre-booking required
17th February 2011
17:30 - 18:30
Curtis Auditorium, Herschel Building
Air Chief Marshal Sir Stephen Dalton KCB ADC, Chief of the Air Staff
Implementing the United Kingdom’s Future Force 2020
Defence Lecture
Free admission, no pre-booking required
9th December 2010
17:30 - 18:30
Curtis Auditorium, Herschel Building
RICHARD BAUKHAM, Emeritus Professor of Universities of St Andrews and Cambridge
Our Ecological Woes – A Christian Response: Climate Change
Riddell Memorial Lecture
Free admission, no pre-booking required