University Events

Upcoming Lectures

Upcoming Lectures

INSIGHTS Public Lectures at Newcastle University are free and open to all. Pre-booking is required.

Many of our speakers are leaders in their field and all have something of special interest to convey. Our lectures cover a wide range of disciplines and frequently include key contemporary issues, particularly those that affect our daily lives.

Any views expressed by speakers are their own, and do not necessarily reflect the views of Newcastle University.

Unless otherwise stated, lectures are held in-person in the Curtis Auditorium, Herschel Building, NE1 7RY. All our events remain free and open to all, but pre-booking is required. Bookings for lectures will open at 10.00am one week before the event. The booking link for each event can be found within the below event listing.

Download a copy of the INSIGHTS Autumn 2023 Programme Card (1810 KB).

 

  • Tyneside Geographical Society Lecture: From nightclubs to the NHS: Making London a fair, inclusive, safe and sustainable 24hr city by Amy Lamé

    Date/Time: Thursday 16 November 2023, 5.30pm

    Venue: Curtis Auditorium, Herschel Building, Newcastle University

  • INSIGHTS Public Lecture: New voices on science, agriculture and engineering

    Date/Time: Tuesday 5 December 2023, 5.30pm

    Venue: Curtis Auditorium, Herschel Building, Newcastle University

  • CANCELLED: Disinformation online – the biggest threat to public discourse ever seen? by Barbara Spooner

    Date/Time: Thursday 23 November 2023, 5.30pm

    Venue: Curtis Auditorium, Herschel Building, Newcastle University

  • Celebrating student research scholarships and expeditions 2023

    Date/Time: Wednesday 29 November 2023, 5.30 - 7.30pm

    Venue: Curtis Auditorium, Herschel Building, Newcastle University

  • John H Holmes Memorial Lectures for 10- to 14-Year-Olds: Humans vs artificial intelligence (Lecture 1)

    Date/Time: Wednesday 17 January 2024, 5.00pm

    Venue: Curtis Auditorium, Herschel Building, Newcastle University

  • John H Holmes Memorial Lectures for 10- to 14-Year-Olds: Humans vs artificial intelligence (Part 2)

    Date/Time: Wednesday 24 January 2024, 5.00pm

    Venue: Curtis Auditorium, Herschel Building, Newcastle University

  • INSIGHTS Public Lecture: We have heard the chimes at midnight: Verdi, Falstaff and time by Dr Martin Pickard

    Date/Time: Thursday 2 November 2023, 5.30pm

    Venue: Curtis Auditorium, Herschel Building, Newcastle University

  • INSIGHTS Public Lecture: Didn’t you use to be Chris Mullin? Diaries 2010-2022 by Chris Mullin

    Date/Time: Tuesday 28 November 2023, 5.30pm

    Venue: Curtis Auditorium, Herschel Building, Newcastle University

  • The Partition of India 75 years on: An interconnected history by Professor Sarah Ansari

    Date/Time: Thursday 6 October 2022, 5.30pm

    Venue: Curtis Auditorium, Herschel Building, Newcastle University

  • Newcastle Debates: How will the North East respond to the cost of living crisis?

    Date/Time: Wednesday 2 November 2022, 6.00pm

    Venue: The Catalyst, Newcastle Helix, NE4 5TG

  • Lecture to mark 40 years of cancer research at Newcastle University: Down the rabbit hole: Adventures in children’s cancer research by Professor Steve Clifford

    Date/Time: Thursday 1 December 2022, 5.30pm

    Venue: Curtis Auditorium, Herschel Building, Newcastle University

  • The emerging role of whistle-blowers in democracies by Robert Tibbo

    Date/Time: Tuesday 1 November 2022, 5.30pm

    Venue: Curtis Auditorium, Herschel Building, Newcastle University

  • INSIGHTS Public Lecture: First responder memories of the 1988 Lockerbie Disaster by Dr Andy Clark and Dr Colin Atkinson

    Date/Time: Thursday 7 December 2023, 5.30pm

    Venue: Curtis Auditorium, Herschel Building, Newcastle University

  • INSIGHTS Public Lecture: How the end of empire upended the Union by Professor Stuart Ward

    Date/Time: Tuesday 14 November 2023, 5.30pm

    Venue: Curtis Auditorium, Herschel Building, Newcastle University

  • INSIGHTS Public Lecture: Everything you need to know about the menopause (but were too afraid to ask) by Kate Muir

    Date/Time: Thursday 9 November 2023, 5.30pm

    Venue: Curtis Auditorium, Herschel Building, Newcastle University

  • Black History Month Lecture: Black lives in the archives by Peter Brathwaite

    Date/Time: Tuesday 31 October 2023, 5.30pm

    Venue: Curtis Auditorium, Herschel Building, Newcastle University

  • INSIGHTS Public Lecture: Green energy materials in 3D: Crystal gazing on the atomic scale by Professor Saiful Islam

    Date/Time: Tuesday 24 October 2023, 5.30pm

    Venue: Curtis Auditorium, Herschel Building, Newcastle University

  • British Academy Lecture: One is not born, but becomes, a genius: Another Simone de Beauvoir by Dr Kate Kirkpatrick

    Date/Time: Tuesday 17 October 2023, 5.30pm

    Venue: Curtis Auditorium, Herschel Building, Newcastle University

  • INSIGHTS Public Lecture: Writing with your feet: Women who walk as an exercise in memory and writing by Dr Andrea Jeftanovic

    Date/Time: Thursday 12 October 2023, 5.30pm

    Venue: Curtis Auditorium, Herschel Building, Newcastle University

  • INSIGHTS Public Lecture: The history of the NHS - and its future by Dr Andrew Seaton

    Date/Time: Thursday 5 October 2023, 5.30pm

    Venue: Curtis Auditorium, Herschel Building, Newcastle University

  • Newcastle Debates: The North East Devolution Deal: Skills and Employment

    Date/Time: Wednesday 18 October, 6.00 - 7.30pm

    Venue: The Catalyst, Newcastle Helix, NE4 5TG

  • Society of Antiquaries of Newcastle upon Tyne Lecture: The way, the word, and the water: The archaeology of 17th century Newcastle by Dr Pam Graves

    Date/Time: Wednesday 25 October 2023, 6.00pm

    Venue: Curtis Auditorium, Herschel Building, Newcastle University