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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



 
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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



 
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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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