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