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The Science behind Seed Storage and Kew's Millennium Seed Bank Project
Wednesday 21 May

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Key to public lectures:

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  General University Lecture Programme
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  GULP Lunchtime lecture
  
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  Inaugural lecture
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  Institute of Contemporary Interdisciplinary Arts lecture
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  Pharmacy & Pharmacology Centenary lecture
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  University public lecture in assocation with The Royal Society of Arts (SW region)
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  Millennium lecture
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  Bath Taps into Science lecture
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  Centre for Development Studies seminar
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  Gerald Walters memorial lecture
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  William Herschel Society/ University of Bath lecture
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  Chaplaincy lecture
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  Bath Computer Science Society guest lecture
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  Institution of Engineering and Technology lecture
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  Bath Institute of Medical Engineering lecture
  

Public lectures at the University

The programme for 2007/8 includes the following lectures to which members of the general public, staff and students are all very welcome. The list will be updated as more lecture titles become available.

This month's lectures

The lecture series has finished for this year. Watch out for the new programme in autumn.

Previous lectures

• Tuesday 25 September 2007
  12.15-1.30pm Oakfield Campus, Swindon
  
  Spirit country
  Roger Vlitos, photographer
  Tickets : £6.50 (includes sandwich lunch) Register
• Friday 5 October 2007
  6-7pm Department of Architecture & Civil Engineering
  
  The disappearing margin: The issue of meaning in modern landscape architecture
  Professor John Dixon Hunt, University of Pennsylvania
  
• Wednesday 10 October 2007
  5.15pm Lecture Theatre 8 West 1.1
  
  The science of football
  Ken Bray, Industrial Fellow with the School for Health at the University, leading author and speaker
  


• Wednesday 10 October 2007
  5.30pm Main Hall, Oakfield Campus, Swindon
  
  Climate change: Challenge or swindle?
  Rev’d Ian James, astronomer and environment advisor to the Bishop of Oxford
  In collaboration with Swindon Churches Together
  
• LECTURE CANCELLED
  Wednesday 17 October 2007
  5.30pm Main Hall, Oakfield Campus, Swindon
  
  The uses of ignorance: Confessions of a poet
  U A Fanthorpe, poet and honorary graduate of the University of Bath
  
• Wednesday 17 October 2007
  5.15pm Lecture Theatre 8 West 1.1
  
  The ancient art of sacred geometry
  Tom Bree, practising geometer/artist
• Friday 19 October 2007
  12.15-1.30pm Carpenter House, Broad Quay, Bath
  
  Between the monuments: Neolithic Wessex and beyond
  Dr Nicola Snashall, archaeologist
  Tickets : £6.50 (includes sandwich lunch) Register
  
• Wednesday 24 October 2007
  5.30pm Main Hall, Oakfield Campus, Swindon
  
  Forgotten wiltshireman: Thomas Stephens and the mission to the east
  Nicholas Fogg
  
• Wednesday 24 October 2007
  5.15pm Lecture Theatre 5 West 2.3
  
  Lowering our carbon footprint: Towards a sustainable energy system
  Professor Geoff Hammond, Professor in the Department of Mechanical Engineering, Director of the interdisciplinary International Centre for the Environment (ICE) at the University of Bath
  
• Thursday 25 October 2006
  7.15pm Chaplaincy Centre
  
  The 7th Meriol Trevor Memorial lecture
  
  Modern slavery & children's rights
  Fr Shay Cullen, human rights activist from the Philippines
  
  After the lecture a reception in the Ecumenical Chaplaincy Centre
  Free tickets : catholicchaplain@bath.ac.uk
• Friday 26 October 2007
  7.00pm Lecture Theatre 8 West 1.1
  
  BIME - The Bath Institute of Medical Engineering 39th Annual Lecture
  
  The science of blood flow - from Harvey to the present day
  Professor John Woodcock OBE, Head of Department, Medical Physics & Bioengineering, University Hospital of Wales
  
• Tuesday 30 October 2007
  12.15-1.30pm Oakfield Campus, Swindon
  
  Under Devizes
  John Girvan, traditional blacksmith
  Tickets : £6.50 (includes sandwich lunch) Register
  
• Wednesday 31 October 2007
  5.30pm Main Hall, Oakfield Campus, Swindon
  
  Research into near-death experiences: debates, controversies and difficulties
  Allan Kellehear, Professor of Sociology, University of Bath
  
• Wednesday 31 October 2007
  5.15pm Lecture Theatre 3 WN 2.1
  
  The hidden power of advertising – how it can affect us even if we ignore it
  Dr Robert Heath, Fellow of the Market Research Society and the European Advertising Academy
• Wednesday 7 November 2007
  5.30pm Main Hall, Oakfield Campus, Swindon
  
  Bristol's music and musicians in the region, nation and empire
  Stephen Banfield, Stanley Hugh Badock Professor of Music, University of Bristol
  
• Wednesday 7 November 2007
  5.15pm Lecture Theatre 8 West, 2.1
  
  Pharmacy lecture - CANCELLED
  To tie in with the centenary celebrations for the Department of Pharmacy & Pharmacology
  
• Thursday 8 November 2007
  6.45pm Location: 8 West 1.1
  
  William Hershel Society/University of Bath Public Lecture 2007
  
  Radio astronomy at Jodrell Bank, 50 years old and poised for the future
  Professor Philip Diamond, Head of Jodrell Bank Observatory, University of Manchester
  
• Wednesday 14 November 2007
  5.30pm Main Hall, Oakfield Campus, Swindon
  
  The future for hospice care in the UK
  Vicki Morrey, CEO, Prospect Hospice
• Wednesday 14 November 2007
  5.15pm Lecture Theatre 8 West 1.1
  
  Dig for victory
  Russell Bowes, freelance garden historian, completed the University of London Diploma in Garden History at Birkbeck College, studied extensively at the Museum of Garden History
• Thursday 15 November 2007
  6.30pm Lecture Theatre 8 West 1.1
  
  The utility of force: the art of war in the modern world
  General Sir Rupert Smith KCB DSO & Bar OBE QGM
  Author and former Deputy Supreme Allied Commander Europe 1998-2001
  
  Free tickets : Sheila Willmott 01225 386631
  
• Friday 16 November 2007
  12.15-1.30pm Carpenter House, Broad Quay, Bath
  
  Constable in London
  Mora Abell, holds a BA in the History of Art , guides at the V & A Museum
  Tickets : £6.50 (includes sandwich lunch) Register
• Wednesday 21 November 2007
  5.30pm Main Hall, Oakfield Campus, Swindon
  
  Capturing light - Fox Talbot and natural photograms
  Roger Watson, Curator of the Fox Talbot Museum & Angela Easterling, Photographer.
  
• Wednesday 21 November 2007
  6.15pm Lecture Theatre 2 East 3.1
  
  French, German and Anglo-Saxon perceptions of Madame Palatine, sister-in-law of Louis XIV; or, the case of the shat-upon carrot
  Professor William Brooks, Department of European Studies and Modern Languages
  
  Free tickets : Mrs Sheila Willmott 01225 386631
• Wednesday 21 November 2007
  5.15pm Lecture Theatre 8 West 2.1
  
  Wild about music: Composing for natural history
  Martin Kiszko, award winning film composer, Composer of the Year awarded by the British Academy of Composers & Songwriters
  
• Tuesday 27 November 2007
  12.15-1.30pm Oakfield Campus, Swindon
  
  Eye of the wind
  Lynda Thompson, Swindon-based photographer and presenter
  Tickets : £6.50 (includes sandwich lunch) Register
  
• Thursday 6 December 2007
  5.15pm 3 East 2.20
  
  Death & uncertainty: the spiritual needs of bereaved older people
  Professor Peter Coleman, Professor of Psychogerontology, Department of Psychology, University of Southampton
  
• Friday 7 December 2007
  12.15-1.30pm Carpenter House, Broad Quay, Bath
  
  The first casualty of war is truth
  Roger Vlitos, photographer
  Tickets : £6.50 (includes sandwich lunch) Register
  
• Thursday 13 December 2007
  5.15pm 3 East 2.20
  
  Why do people put things in graves? An archaeological perspective
  Dr Heinrich Härke, Honorary Research Fellow in Archaeology, University of Reading
  
• Wednesday 23 January 2008
  6.15pm Lecture Theatre 2 East 3.1
  
  Engineering Design: understanding and supporting the process
  Professor Steve Culley, Department of Mechanical Engineering
  
  Free tickets : Mrs Sheila Willmott 01225 386631
• Friday 25 January 2008
  12.15-1.30pm Carpenter House, Broad Quay, Bath
  
  Chile: A short tour in a long country
  Elisabeth Parry
  
  Tickets : £6.50 (includes sandwich lunch) Register
  
• Tuesday 29 January 2008
  12.15-1.30pm Room 2.6, Oakfield Campus, Swindon
  
  Celtic spirituality - fact or fashion?
  Dr Rosemary Power
  
  Tickets : £6.50 (includes sandwich lunch) Register
• Wednesday 6 February 2008
  5.15pm Lecture Theatre 8 West 1.1
  
  Reflections on the history of sexual violence
  Professor Joanna Bourke, Birkbeck College
  


• Wednesday 6 February 2008
  5.30pm Main Hall, Oakfield Campus, Swindon
  
  War and truth
  Roger Vlitos, author & freelance photographer
  
• Wednesday 6 February 2008
  6.15pm Lecture Theatre 2 East 3.1
  
  Emerging markets: What is all the fuss about?
  Professor Ania Zalewska, Professor of Finance, School of Management
  
  Tickets obtainable from:
  Mrs Sheila Willmott, Events & Ceremonies Office, Wessex House 8.16
• Wednesday 13 February 2008
  5.15pm Lecture Theatre 8 West 1.1
  
  From Worcester women to yummy mummies - Is New Labour a feminist government?
  Dr Francesca Gains, University of Manchester
  
• Wednesday 13 February 2008
  5.30pm Main Hall, Oakfield Campus, Swindon
  
  Winning the penalty shoot-out
  Ken Bray, University of Bath
  
• Wednesday 20 February 2008
  5.15pm Lecture Theatre 8 West 1.1
  
  Climate change and the ozone layer
  Professor Michael McIntyre, University of Cambridge
  
  In conjunction with the Royal Geographical Society
  
• Wednesday 20 February 2008
  6.15pm Lecture Theatre 2 East 3.1
  
  Hard cases make good mathematical laws
  Professor Geoffrey Burton, Department of Mathematical Sciences
  
• Wednesday 20 February 2008
  5.30pm Main Hall, Oakfield Campus, Swindon
  
  The natural world – celebration and Christian concern
  Mary Colwell
  
  In collaboration with Swindon Churches Together
• Tuesday 26 February 2008
  12.15-1.30pm Room 2.6, Oakfield Campus, Swindon
  
  This foreign land
  Roger Vlitos
  
  Tickets : £6.50 (includes sandwich lunch) Register
• Wednesday 27 February 2008
  5.15pm Lecture Theatre 8 West 2.1
  
  The successful reign of Mary Tudor
  Professor Ronald Hutton, University of Bristol
  
• Wednesday 27 February 2008
  5.30pm Main Hall, Oakfield Campus, Swindon
  
  The role of the modern zoo in conservation
  Dr Jo Gipps, OBE, Director, Bristol Zoo Gardens
  
• Thursday 28 February 2008
  6.45pm Lecture Theatre 2 East 3.1
  
  Showcase presentations: improving health and healthcare
  
  Pain and suffering: studying the human condition
  Professor Chris Eccleston, School for Health
  Tobacco control: next steps for policy and research
  Dr Linda Bauld, Department of Social & Policy Science
  Blood vessels and blood pressure
  Professor Chris Garland, Department of Pharmacy & Pharmacology
  
• Friday 29 February 2008
  12.15-1.30pm Carpenter House, Broad Quay, Bath
  
  Upstairs, downstairs: Life in the Victorian country house
  Peter Street
  
  Tickets : £6.50 (includes sandwich lunch) Register
  
• Wednesday 5 March 2008
  5.15pm Lecture Theatre 8 West 1.1
  
  Regenerative Medicine: from stem cells to lab-grown tissues and beyond
  Professor Melanie J Welham and Dr Paul A De Bank, University of Bath
  
• Wednesday 5 March 2008
  5.30pm Main Hall, Oakfield Campus, Swindon
  
  Was there a historical King Arthur?
  Professor Ronald Hutton, University of Bristol
  
• Wednesday 5 March 2008
  6.15pm Lecture Theatre 2 East 3.1
  
  Inaugural Lecture : Formula and Shape
  Professor Nicolai Vorobjov, Department of Computer Science, University of Bath
  
• Wednesday 5 March 2008
  7.00 pm University Hall
  
  Music to your ears : the 2008 Bath Taps into Science Lecture
  Wendy Sadler
• Wednesday 12 March 2008
  5.15pm Lecture Theatre 8 West 1.1
  
  Bristol's music and musicians in the region, Nation and Empire
  Professor Stephen Banfield, University of Bristol
  
• Wednesday 12 March 2008
  5.30pm Main Hall, Oakfield Campus, Swindon
  
  Man-made wonders of the West
  Amanda Parr, BBC One's Points West
  
• Thursday 13 March 2008
  6.30pm Lecture Theatre 3 West North 2.1
  
  Driving down the carbon footprint C02 and cars
  Professor Gary Hawley - Medlock Chair of Engineering
  
• Wednesday 19 March 2008
  5.30pm Main Hall, Oakfield Campus, Swindon
  
  How to become a space traveller
  Dr Tracey Parker, University of Leicester
  
• Wednesday 19 March 2008
  6.15pm Lecture Theatre 2 East 3.1
  
  Inaugural Lecture : From cathedrals to cars and planes: representations in engineering design
  Professor Chris McMahon, Department of Mechanical Engineering, University of Bath
  
• Friday 28 March 2008
  12.15-1.30pm Carpenter House, Broad Quay, Bath
  
  Lost islands: inventing Avalon, destroying Eden
  Kevan Manwaring
  
• Wednesday 2 April 2008
  12.15-1.30pm Room 2.6, Oakfield Campus, Swindon
  
  Airfields: A phenomenon of the 20th century
  Bob Clarke
  
  Tickets : £6.50 (includes sandwich lunch) Register
• Saturday 19 April 2008
  10am-5pm University of Bath
  
  Symposium: Arts, spatialisation and memory
  
  Tickets : £75 organisation/institution, £45 individual, £25 concessions. Box Office: 01225 386777
• Wednesday 23 April 2008
  6.15pm Lecture Theatre 2 East 3.1
  
  Silicon = Computer. What else?
  Inaugural Lecture by Professor Dmitry Kovalev from the Department of Physics.
  
  Free tickets : Mrs Sheila Willmott 01225 386631
• Wednesday 7 May 2008
  5.15-6.15pm Lecture Theatre 8 West 1.1
  
  Defeating the Enemy Within: Cancer Drug Design for the New Millennium
  Dr Matthew Lloyd, University of Bath
  
• Tuesday 13 May 2008
  6.15pm Lecture Theatre 3 West North 2.1
  
  The economic and social challenges facing the UK and their implications
  Sir David Varney, former chairman of HM Revenue and Customs
  
• Wednesday 21 May 2008
  5.15-6.15pm Lecture Theatre 5 West 2.3
  
  The Science behind Seed Storage and Kew's Millennium Seed Bank Project
  Steve Alton, Royal Botanic Gardens, Kew
  
• Friday 23 May 2008
  12.15-1.15pm Carpenter House, Broad Quay, Bath
  
  On being a 'New Media' Digital Artist
  Dr David Lewis-Baker
  
  Tickets : £6.50 Register
  
• Wednesday 4 June 2008
  5.15-6.15pm Lecture Theatre 8 West 3.22
  
  Can atheists still talk about evil?
  Professor Peter Dews, University of Essex
  
• Wednesday 18 June 2008
  5.15-6.15pm Lecture Theatre 8 West 3.22
  
  A Sumerian Observation of the Köfels' Impact Event
  Alan Bond and Mark Hempsell
  
• Friday 27 June 2008
  12.15-1.15pm Carpenter House, Broad Quay, Bath
  
  A Day in the Life of a Great Museum from the Point of View of a Guide
  June Ward
  
  Tickets : £6.50 Register
  
• Wednesday 2 July 2008
  5.15-6.15pm Lecture Theatre 8 West 3.22
  
  How sustainable is the car? - Problems and Solutions
  Dr Paul Nieuwenhuis, Cardiff Business School
  
  
• Saturday 5 July 2008
  12.30-5.30pm Lecture Theatre 3 West North 2.1
  
  Seminar: Summoning the past
  
  Tickets : £6, £5 concessions. Box Office : 01225 386777

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