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Public Lectures : Sixth Formers

 

17th May 2012

17:30 - 18:30 Curtis Auditorium, Herschel Building
Common metabolic disease – lessons from the extreme
Stephen O’Rahilly FRS, Professor of Clinical Biochemistry and Medicine, University of Cambridge

Albert Latner Memorial Lecture in Clinical Biochemistry

Free admission, no pre-booking required



 

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



 

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



 

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



 

19th April 2012

17:30 - 18:30 Curtis Auditorium, Herschel Building
The Queen – art and image
Paul Moorhouse, curator, 20th century, National Portrait Gallery

Free admission, no pre-booking required



 

15th March 2012

18:00 - 19:00 Curtis Auditorium, Herschel Building
Dark matters **important note: please note this lecture begins at 6pm**
Andrew Pontzen and Tom Whyntie

British Science Association Lecture

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



 

1st March 2012

17:30 - 18:30 Curtis Auditorium, Herschel Building
** LECTURE POSTPONED ** Accountability and legality in Iraq: extra-territorial human rights jurisdiction
Raza Husain QC, Matrix Chambers

Please note this lecture has been postponed due to unavoidable circumstances, a new date will be announced shortly (updated 10 February 2012).



 
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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



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