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Stem cells - benefits for all
Wednesday 14 May 2009

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• Unless otherwise stated all public lectures are free and require no tickets.

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Key to public lectures:

• GULP
  General University Lecture Programme
• Lunchtime
  GULP Lunchtime lecture
• Medlock
  Medlock lecture
• Inaugural
  Inaugural lecture
• Pain Research
  Bath Centre for Pain Research lecture
• Showcase
  Showcase presentation
• ICIA
  Institute of Contemporary Interdisciplinary Arts lecture
• CDAS
  Centre for Death & Society lecture
• IMECHE
  University public lecture in association with Institute of Mechanical Engineers
• Millennium
  Millennium lecture
• Bath Taps into Science
  Bath Taps into Science lecture
• Bath Entrpreneurs
  Bath Entrpreneurs lecture
• CDS
  Centre for Development Studies seminar
• Gerald Walters 
  Gerald Walters memorial lecture
• Herschel
  William Herschel Society/ University of Bath lecture
• Chaplaincy
  Chaplaincy lecture
• BCSS
  Bath Computer Science Society guest lecture
• IET
  Institution of Engineering & Technology lecture
• BIME
  Bath Institute of Medical Engineering lecture
  

Public lectures at the University

The programme for 2008/9 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

• GULPWednesday 1 October 2008
  5.15pm Lecture Theatre 8 West 1.1
  

  The rise of the Grid and the Large Hadron Collider
  Dr Glenn Patrick, Rutherford Appleton Laboratory

• LunchtimeFriday 3 October 2008
  12.15-1.15pm Carpenter House, Broad Quay, Bath
  

  William Morris: Protagonist of the Arts & Crafts Movement
  Denis Moriarty
  
  Tickets : £6.50 (includes sandwich lunch) Register

• GULPWednesday 8 October 2008
  5.15pm Lecture Theatre 8 West 1.1
  

  Reading for life
  Dr Jane Davis, Liverpool University

• CDASThursday 9 October 2008
  5.15pm Lecture Theatre 3 East 2.20
  
  Dead dogs in cyberspace: Time, emotion and the memorialising of domestic pets
  Peter Corrigan, School of Behavioural, Cognitive and Social Sciences, University of New England, Australia
  
  Please email cdas@bath.ac.uk if you would like to attend
  
• ICIA Thursday 9 October 2008
  7-8pm ICIA Art Space 2, 3WN 2.1, University of Bath
  

  Anne Tallentire & Mike Crang in conversation
  Anne Tallentire, artist and Professor of Fine Art, Central Saint Martins College of Art and Design talks to cultural geographer, Dr Mike Crang (University of Durham)

• BIME Friday 10 October 2008
  7.00pm Lecture Theatre 8 West 1.1
  
  BIME - The Bath Institute of Medical Engineering 40th Annual Lecture
  
  Engineering a better quality of older life
  Professor Tom Kirkwood, Director, Institute for Aging & Health, Newcastle University
  
• GULPWednesday 15 October 2008
  5.15pm Lecture Theatre 8 West 1.1
  

  Stories and visions of Stonehenge
  Roger Vlitos

• Showcase Tuesday 21 October 2008
  6.15pm Lecture Theatre 8 West 1.1
  

  Showcase Presentation Lectures: Security and Liberty
  
  Title: Security and Liberty: Negotiating the Faustian Bargain
  Speaker: Professor Geof Wood, Department of Economics & International Development
  
  Title: Security and Liberty in the Biotechnology Era
  Speaker: Dr Alexander Kelle, Department of European Studies & Modern Languages
  
  Title: Russian and the Georgian War: The Empire Strikes Back?
  Speaker: Professor Adrian Hyde-Price, Department of European Studies & Modern Languages

• GULPWednesday 22 October 2008
  5.15pm Lecture Theatre 8 West 1.1
  

  Paracetamol and over-the-counter medicines - How safe are they?
  Denise Taylor, University of Bath

• ICIA Wednesday 22 October 2008
  7-8pm ICIA Art Space 2, 3WN 2.1, University of Bath
  

  Ian Sinclair
  Contemporary British writer, Iain Sinclair, uncovers the scale of the invasion of commerce and witnesses the disappearance of landscapes.

• GULPWednesday 29 October 2008
  5.15pm Lecture Theatre 8 West 1.1
  

  Bee decline - Countdown to catastrophe?
  Stuart PM Roberts, University of Reading

• CDASThursday 30 October 2008 - Sorry - cancelled
  5.15pm Lecture Theatre 3 East 2.20
  
  Mapping the last year of life in the early 21st century
  Beverley McNamara, School of Social & Cultural Studies, University of Western Australia
  Lorna Rosenwax, School of Occupational Therapy & Social Work, Curtin University of Technology
  
• GULPWednesday 5 November 2008
  5.15pm Lecture Theatre 8 West 1.1
  

  Shakespeare’s sonnets: Two loves I have of comfort and despair
  Nicholas Fogg

• Herschel Thursday 6 November 2008
  7pm Lecture Theatre 3 West North 2.1
  
  William Hershel Society/University of Bath Public Lecture 2008
  
  Our distorted view of the Universe: Gravity's effect on light
  Professor Mark Birinshaw, William P Coldrick Professor of Cosmology & Astrophysics, Head of Astrophysics Group, Department of Physics, University of Bristol
  
• LunchtimeFriday 7 November 2008
  12.15-1.15pm Carpenter House, Broad Quay, Bath
  

  William De Morgan, Potter: A gentle pursuit
  Claire Longworth, Curator of the De Morgan Centre
  
  Tickets : £6.50 (includes sandwich lunch) Register

• GULPWednesday 12 November 2008
  5.15pm Lecture Theatre 8 West 1.1
  
  Nanotechnology and life
  Professor Richard AL Jones, University of Sheffield

• CDASThursday 13 November 2008 - Change of date & venue
  5.15pm Lecture Theatre 3 East 2.4
  
  On dying and human suffering
  Allan Kellehear, Department of Social & Policy Sciences, University of Bath
  
  Please email cdas@bath.ac.uk if you would like to attend
• CDASThursday 20 November 2008
  5.20pm Lecture Theatre 3 East 2.20
  
  Is it a good idea to be buried in your garden?
  Clare Gittings, National Portrait Gallery
  
  Please email cdas@bath.ac.uk if you would like to attend
  
• ICIA Thursday 27 November 2008
  7-8pm Claverton Rooms, University of Bath
  

  Uriel Orlow & Marcus Verhagen in conversation
  Using a wide variety of media, from video and sound to photography, billboard posters, text and drawing - Uriel Orlow's work explores different ways in which histories and memories are embedded in architectural spaces, landscapes or the human body.
  

• LunchtimeFriday 5 December 2008
  12.15-1.15pm Carpenter House, Broad Quay, Bath
  

  Frank Brangwyn, Painter
  Dr Libby Horner
  
  Tickets : £6.50 (includes sandwich lunch) Register

• CDASThursday 11 December 2008
  5.15pm Lecture Theatre 3 East 2.20
  
  End of life care: What does it mean to you?
  Clare Henry, Programme Director, NHS End of Life Care Programme
  
  Please email cdas@bath.ac.uk if you would like to attend
• Inaugural Thursday 22 January 2009
  6.15pm Lecture Theatre 2 East 3.1
  
  Grow your own building: The use of earth, hemp and straw in modern construction
  
  Professor Peter Walker,
  Director of BRE Centre for Innovative Construction Materials, Department of Architecture & Civil Engineering
  
  Free tickets from Claire West
• IMECHE Thursday 29 January 2009
  8pm University Hall  
  
  Formula 1 Motor Racing - The introduction and management of innovation
  Gary Savage, Operations Director, Honda Racing F1 Team

  In collaboration with IMechE Automobile Division Western Centre
  
  Free tickets from Chris Brace

• LunchtimeFriday 30 January 2009
  12.15-1.15pm Carpenter House, Broad Quay, Bath
  
  The history and conservation of Stourhead
  Alan Power, Head Gardener at Stourhead
  
  Tickets : £6.50 (includes sandwich lunch) Register
• GULPWednesday 11 February 2009
  5.15pm Lecture Theatre 8 West 1.1
  
  What can we do about English spelling?
  Professor John Wells, University College London
• ICIA Thursday 12 February 2009
  7-8pm ICIA Art Space 2, 3WN 2.1, University of Bath
  Lone Twin & David Williams in conversation
  Lone Twin, a leading performance company meet David Williams, writer, performance maker and collaborator
• Inaugural Thursday 12 February 2009
  6.15pm Lecture Theatre 8 West 1.1
  
  Muscles from Brussels: A 21st century superpower
  Professor Richard G. Whitman, Department of European Studies & Modern Languages
  
  Free tickets from: Lauren Jones, Tel: 01225 386471
  
• GULPWednesday 18 February 2009
  5.15pm Lecture Theatre 8 West 1.1
  
  The hidden universe
  Dr Glenn Patrick, Rutherford Appleton Laboratory
• Wednesday 18 February 2009
  4.30-6pm 3WN 3.7
  
  Book Launch & Public Lecture
  
  Childhood & the Philosophy of Education: An anti-Aristotelian perspective
  Professor Andrew Stables, Department of Education
• GULPWednesday 25 February 2009
  5.15pm Lecture Theatre 8 West 1.1
  
  The Georgian star: How William & Caroline Herschel invented modern astronomy
  Michael D Lemonick
• CDASThursday 26 February 2009
  5.15pm 3 East 2.20
  
  Perceiving the natural burial ground landscape
  Professor Jenny Hockey, professor of sociology, University of Sheffield and Andy Clayden, lecturer in the Department of Landscape, University of Sheffield
  
  No ticket required but please email to confirm attendance cdas@bath.ac.uk
• ShowcaseThursday 26 February 2009
  2.30pm Lecture Theatre 3WN 3.7
  
  Shaken not stirred
  
  Preserving heritage: models for seismic behaviour of historic structures
  Dr Dina D’Ayala, Department of Architecture & Civil Engineering
  
  Making earthquakes in the laboratory
  Professor Andrew Plummer, Director of the Centre for Power Transmission & Motion Control
  
  Free tickets from: Sheila Willmott, Events & Ceremonies Office, Wessex House 8.16
  Tel: 01225 386631
  
• LunchtimeFriday 27 February 2009
  12.15-1.15pm Carpenter House, Broad Quay, Bath
  
  Hidcote back to Johnston
  Glyn Jones, Head Gardener at Hidcote
  
  Tickets : £6.50 (includes sandwich lunch) Register
• GULPWednesday 4 March 2009
  5.15pm Lecture Theatre 8 West 1.1
  
  The Holburne Museum and its plans for the future
  Dr Alexander Sturgis, The Holburne Museum
• ICIA Wednesday 4 March 2009
  7-8pm ICIA Art Space 1, University of Bath
  

  Tea & Dawn Lyon in conversation
  Tea (Peter Hatton, Val Murray and Lynn Pilling) talk to Dr Dawn Lyon, sociologist, University of Kent

• GULPWednesday 11 March 2009
  5.15pm Lecture Theatre 8 West 1.1
  
  How the mind controls the body
  Dr Momna Hejmadi, University of Bath

• Bath Taps into Science Wednesday 11 March 2009
  7pm University Hall
  
  Science in a spin
  Hugh Hunt
  
  Free tickets from Ann Linfield, ext 6998
  
• CDASThursday 12 March 2009
  5.15-6.45pm 3 East 2.20
  
  'He most certainly is not a museum object.' The influence of the museum profession on contestation over human remains in collections
  Dr Tiffany Jenkins, sociologist & writer
  
  No ticket required but please email to confirm attendance cdas@bath.ac.uk
• Inaugural Thursday 12 March 2009
  6.15pm Lecture Theatre 3 West North 2.1
  
  Smoothing: letting data speak without telling it what to say
  Professor Simon Wood, Department of Mathematical Sciences
  
  Free tickets: G.M.Lowe@bath.ac.uk Tel: 01225 386199
• GULPWednesday 18 March 2009
  5.15pm Lecture Theatre 8 West 1.1
  
  Spirit Country
  Roger Vlitos
• Millennium Wednesday 18 March 2009
  4.15pm University Hall
  
  DNA Nanotechnology
  Professor Andrew Turberfield, Physics Department, Oxford University
• GULPWednesday 25 March 2009
  5.15pm Lecture Theatre 8 West 1.1
  
  Einstein's 1905 Revolution in Physics
  Dr Peter Ford & Dr Vincent Smith
• CDASThursday 26 March 2009
  5.15-6.45pm 3 East 2.20
  
  Bereavement in Japan: contemporary responses to traditional forms
  Dr Christine Valentine, Centre for Death & Society
  
  No ticket required but please email to confirm attendance cdas@bath.ac.uk
• Bath EntrepreneursThursday 26 March 2009
  5.15pm Lecture Theatre 3 West North 2.1
  
  Bath Entrepreneurs Inaugural Lecture
  
  Creativity in the face of crisis - How great entrepreneurs rise from recessions
  David C W Rogers
  Chair: Professor Richard Elliott, Dean - School of Management
  
  To reserve your place at this event, please email h.l.redfern@bath.ac.uk
  
• LunchtimeFriday 3 April 2009
  12.15-1.15pm Carpenter House, Broad Quay, Bath
  
  The wonders of Westonbirt
  Rosemary Westgate
  
  Tickets : £6.50 (includes sandwich lunch) Register
• ICIA Wednesday 29 April 2009
  7-8pm ICIA Art Space 2, 3WN 2.1, University of Bath
  

  Pam Skelton & Jessica Dubow in conversation
  Pam Skelton, artist, talks to Dr Jessica Dubow, cultural geographer, University of Sheffield

• Thursday 30 April 2009
  7.30 for 8pm University Hall
  

  Future Vehicles Debate
  ... providing an opportunity to question a prestigious panel of experts about transport related environmental issues

  Chaired by Steve Cropley, Editor-In-Chief of Autocar Magazine
  
  Reserve your place & submit your question by emailing Chris Brace
  
• GULPWednesday 6 May 2009
  5.15pm Lecture Theatre 8 West 1.1
  

  The Victorian Seaside
  Peter Street

• inaugural Thursday 14 May 2009
  6.15pm Lecture Theatre 2 East 3.1
  
  Understanding stem cells, benefits for all
  Professor Melanie Welham, Department of Pharmacy & Pharmacology
  
  Free tickets from Lisa Rogers, ext 3782
• medlock Saturday 16 May 2009
  4.30pm Lecture Theatre 2 East 3.1
  
  Understanding stem cells, benefits for all
  Professor Melanie Welham, Department of Pharmacy & Pharmacology
  
  Free tickets from Lisa Rogers, ext 3782
• GULPWednesday 20 May 2009
  5.15pm Lecture Theatre 8 West 3.22
  

  Rediscovering the Common Wealth
  Professor Geof Wood

• Gerald Walters Wednesday 27 May 2009
  6.15pm Lecture Theatre 8 West 3.22
  
  Academics & public policy: a new alignment?
  Professor Dame Janet Finch DBE DL AcSS, Vice-Chancellor and Professor of Social Relations at Keele University, Staffordshire
  
  Free tickets from Stephanie Marshall, ext 3659
• inaugural Thursday 28 May 2009
  6.15pm Lecture Theatre 2 East 3.1
  
  Work after globalisation: A progressive agenda
  Professor Guy Standing, Department of Social & Policy Sciences
  
  Free tickets from Clare Allen, ext 6264
  
• Pain Research Tuesday 2 June 2009
  5-9pm 3 West North
  
  Launch of Bath Centre for Pain Research
  
  Pain Science: discovering the limits of experience
  Professor Chris Ecclestone, Professor Lindsey Cohen, Dr Ed Keogh, Dr Candy McCabe, Dr Lance McCracken, Centre for Pain Research
  
  Free tickets from N.A.Carpenter@bath.ac.uk
  
• GULPWednesday 3 June 2009
  5.15pm Lecture Theatre 8 West 3.22
  

  Galileo and the founding of the modern world
  Dr Gary Mathlin

• Inaugural Thursday 4 June 2009
  Time: 6.15pm Lecture Theatre 2 East 3.1
  
  The psychology of habit: from overt behaviour to mental events
  Professor Bas Verplanken, Department of Psychology
  
  Free tickets from Patricia Sechi, ext 3041
• GULPWednesday 17 June 2009
  5.15pm Lecture Theatre 8 West 3.22
  

  At the Court of the Great Moghul
  Nicholas Fogg

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