Conferences
Public Lectures : Politics
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
3rd November 2012
16:15 - 17:15
The Sage Gateshead
Them and us: enemies and adversaries in politics
Michael Ignatieff, academic, broadcaster and novelist
Part of BBC Radio 3’s Free Thinking Festival of Ideas at The Sage Gateshead
1st November 2012
17:30 - 18:30
Curtis Auditorium, Herschel Building, Newcastle University
Welfare and warfare: how China’s past is shaping its present – and future
Rana Mitter, Professor of the History and Politics of Modern China, University of Oxford and BBC Radio 3 presenter
Free admission, no pre-booking required
Lecture presented with the School of Modern Languages, Newcastle Universtity
30th October 2012
17:30 - 18:30
Curtis Auditorium, Herschel Building, Newcastle University
Edward VII: the playboy prince who saved the monarchy
Jane Ridley, Professor of History, The University of Buckingham
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
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.
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
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