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Upcoming INSIGHTS Public Lectures

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

Holmes Lecture for Children: Our immune system: the army inside our body (Lecture 1)

Date Time Location
21 January 2026 17:00 - 18:00 Curtis Auditorium, Herschel Building, Newcastle University

Holmes Lecture for Children: Guardians of health: how oral hygiene supports our immune system (Lecture 2)

Date Time Location
28 January 2026 17:00 - 18:00 Curtis Auditorium, Herschel Building, Newcastle University

Defence Lecture: The end of the holiday from history by Iain Martin

Iain Martin, journalist, broadcaster and author

Date Time Location
5 February 2026 17:30 - 18:30 Curtis Auditorium, Herschel Building, Newcastle University

LGBTQ+ History Month Lecture: Queer beyond London: LGBTQ lives in Brighton, Leeds, Manchester and Plymouth by Professor Matt Cook

by Professor Matt Cook, University of Oxford

Date Time Location
12 February 2026 17:30 - 18:30 Curtis Auditorium, Herschel Building, Newcastle University

NCLA Event: Karen McCarthy Woolf and Jennifer Wong in conversation with Sinéad Morrissey

Newcastle Centre for the Literary Arts

Date Time Location
17 February 2026 18:30 - 19:30 Curtis Auditorium, Herschel Building, Newcastle University

Fake news: Historical perspectives, contemporary challenges by Professor Jo Fox

Professor Jo Fox, Newcastle University

Date Time Location
24 February 2026 17:30 - 18:30 Curtis Auditorium, Herschel Building, Newcastle University

Dementia support through football: A new way of meeting inequalities in dementia by Dr Marie Poole

Dr Marie Poole, Newcastle University

Date Time Location
3 March 2026 17:30 - 18:30 Curtis Auditorium, Herschel Building, Newcastle University

International Women’s Day Event: In conversation with Huffty McHugh

Huffty McHugh, West End Women and Girls Centre

Date Time Location
10 March 2026 17:30 - 18:30 Curtis Auditorium, Herschel Building, Newcastle University

How can organisations and educators ensure the ethical use of AI? In conversation with Rob McCargow

Rob McCargow, PwC United Kingdom

Date Time Location
12 March 2026 17:30 - 18:30 Curtis Auditorium, Herschel Building, Newcastle University

NCLA Event: Poor Artists: The White Pube in conversation with Alex Pheby

Newcastle Centre for the Literary Arts

Date Time Location
17 March 2026 18:30 - 19:30 Curtis Auditorium, Herschel Building, Newcastle University

New voices on arts, humanities and social sciences

Date Time Location
19 March 2026 17:30 - 18:30 Curtis Auditorium, Herschel Building, Newcastle University

‘Justice for the 97’: Fractured lives, truth recovery and the Hillsborough Law by Emeritus Professor Phil Scraton

Emeritus Professor Phil Scraton, Queen’s University Belfast

Date Time Location
23 April 2026 17:30 - 18:30 Curtis Auditorium, Herschel Building, Newcastle University

The 2026 PEN Lecture with Max Porter

Date Time Location
29 April 2026 18:00 - 19:30 Curtis Auditorium, Herschel Building, Newcastle University

British Academy Lecture: Education, health and inequality by Professor Russell Viner

Professor Russell Viner, Chief Scientific Adviser, Department for Education

Date Time Location
5 May 2026 17:30 - 18:30 Curtis Auditorium, Herschel Building, Newcastle University

The ‘other’ man: Enlightenment ideas and today’s racial fears by Professor Tommy J. Curry

Professor Tommy J. Curry, University of Edinburgh

Date Time Location
12 May 2026 17:30 - 18:30 Curtis Auditorium, Herschel Building, Newcastle University

Tyneside Geographical Society Lecture: Between the salt and the ash: A new North East pilgrimage by Jake Morris-Campbell

Jake Morris-Campbell, author

Date Time Location
14 May 2026 17:30 - 18:30 Curtis Auditorium, Herschel Building, Newcastle University