Public lectures at the University
The programme for 2009/10 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.
Forthcoming lectures
- There are no more lectures scheduled for this year. Our new programme will start in the autumn.
Previous lectures
- GULPWednesday
7 October 2009
5.15pm Lecture Theatre 8 West 1.1
How to amaze your friends
Professor Chris Budd, Department of Mathematical Sciences, University of Bath
Download MP3 [19MB]
- LunchtimeFriday
9 October 2009
12.15-1.45pm Carpenter House, Broad Quay, Bath
Wines from the Old World - a brief history of wine
Phil Cooke, Member of The Association of Wine Educators
Tickets : £10 (includes cheese and cold meats to compliment the wine) Register - ICIAWednesday
14 October 2009
7pm - 8pm ICIA Art Space 2, 3WN 2.1
Lucy Harrison & David Pinder in Conversation
Artist Lucy Harrison talks to Urban and Cultural Geographer, Dr David Pinder, Queen Mary, University of London - GULPWednesday
14 October 2009
5.15pm Lecture Theatre 8 West 1.1
CSI Unmasked - the facts about forensics
Kathleen Conabree, Forensic Anthopologist
Download MP3 [20MB] - GULPWednesday
21 October 2009
5.15pm Lecture Theatre 8 West 1.1
Charles Rennie Mackintosh - the Glasgow Legacy
Stuart Robertson, Director of the Charles Rennie Mackintosh Society
Download MP3 [22MB]
- BIME Friday 23 October 2009
7.00pm Lecture Theatre 8 West 1.1
Bath Institute of Medical Engineering 41th Annual Lecture
Against the Flow: technology for managing incontinence
Professor Alan Cottenden, Professor in Medical Physics, University College London
Download MP3 [24MB]
- RESEARCH Tuesday
27 October 2009
6.15pm | 8 West 3.22
Assisted dying: rights, choices & palliative care
Lord Joffe, CBE
Free tickets: Sheila Willmott 01225 386631
Download MP3 [35MB] -
GULPWednesday
28 October 2009
5.15pm Lecture Theatre 8 West 1.1
The Painted Garden
Russell Bowes, Freelance garden historian
Download MP3 [26MB] - GULPWednesday 4 November 2009
5.15pm | Lecture Theatre 8 West 1.1
Airfields - A phenomenon of the 20th century
Bob Clarke, Author and Archaeologist
Download MP3 [26MB] - ICIAWednesday 4 November 2009
7pm-8pm | ICIA Art Space 1
Alex Pearl & JJ Charlesworth in Conversation
Artist Alex Pearl talks to JJ Charlesworth, Art Critic & Reviews Editor for Art Review
- LunchtimeFriday
6 November 2009
12.15-1.45pm | Carpenter House, Broad Quay, Bath
Wines from the New World - How the New World changed the taste of wine
Phil Cooke, Member of The Association of Wine Educators
Tickets : £10 (includes cheese and cold meats to compliment the wine) Register
- FAITHMonday 9 November 2009
6.30pm | 3 East 2.1
God the Most Compassionate, the Most Merciful
Rabbi Moshe Baron - Jewish University Chaplain for Bristol and the South West region
Kalsoom Bashir - Muslim Chaplain, Bristol University
Professor Gavin D'Costa - Professor in Catholic Theology, Bristol University
Followed by refreshments in 3 East Foyer
- GULPWednesday
11 November 2009
5.15pm | Lecture Theatre 8 West 1.1
Intimations of Immortality: the changing face of death in an ageing society
Professor Malcolm Johnson, Department of Social & Policy Sciences
Download MP3 [24MB] - InauguralWednesday
11 November 2009
6.15pm | 3 West North 2.1
Family life of birds: Sex, conflicts & cooperation
Professor Tamas Szekely, Department of Biology & Biochemistry
Free tickets: fs-admin@bath.ac.uk
Download MP3 [22MB] - GULPWednesday
18 November 2009
5.15pm | Lecture Theatre 8 West 1.1
Lady Miller of Batheaston: the origins and achievementd of her poetical assemblies
Martin Sturge, Royal Literary & Scientific Institution
Download MP3 [22MB] - CDAS Thursday 19 November 2009
2.15pm | 3 East 2.20
- War without death: the return of deceased combatants to the USA from Iraq and Afghanistan - John Troyer
- The presence of angels in the online mourning for Jade Goody - Tony Walter
- How people who are dying or mourning use the arts - Tony Walter
- End of life care in the Republic of Moldova - Allan Kellehear
- Developing public health practice models in the UK - Allan Kellehear
More details
- Herschel
Thursday 19 November 2009
7pm | 8 West 1.1
William Hershel Society/University of Bath Public Lecture 2009
The Cosmic Web
Professor Peter Coles, Professor of Theoretical Astrophysics in the School of Physics & Astronomy at Cardiff University
Download MP3 [28MB] - LunchtimeFriday
4 December 2009
12.15-1.45pm | Carpenter House, Broad Quay, Bath
Fizz & Fortified Wines - Wines for special occasions
Phil Cooke, Member of The Association of Wine Educators
Tickets : £10 (includes cheese and cold meats to compliment the wine) Register
- ICIASaturday 5 December 2009
9.30pm | University Hall
John Foxx & Iain Sinclair in Conversation
John Foxx and acclaimed author Iain Sinclair explore conceptual issues - LunchtimeFriday
29 January 2010
12.15-1.45pm Carpenter House, Broad Quay, Bath
Bridge for absolute beginners
Robert Baker, Premier Life Master of the English Bridge Union
A series of three linked lectures which will act as an introduction to Bridge.
Tickets : £20 for all three sessions Register - Bath science cafÉ
Monday 8 February 2010
7.30pm | Raven pub, Queen Street, Bath
Bath science café: a close-up on cremation
Rosemary Tiley, Bath & North East Somerset Council, Bereavement Services Manager
Contact: Rod Scott <R.J.Scott@bath.ac.uk> - GULPWednesday
10 February 2010
5.15pm | 8 West 1.1
The rite of Spain? Stravinsky, flamenco - and ‘a lot of Jerez’...
Graham Griffiths - conductor, pianist, visiting lecturer at City University, London - Millennium
Wednesday 10 February 2010
4.15pm | 8 West 2.3
Who's a clever birdie, then? Tool use in New Caledonian Crows
Alex Kacelnik - Department of Zoology, University of Oxford
Contact:: Jonathan Cox - 01225 386548 - GULPWednesday
17 February 2010
5.15pm | 8 West 1.1
The kingship of Henry VIII
Professor Ronald Hutton, University of Bristol - ICIAThursday
18 February 2010
9pm (approx) Music Room, University Hall
Catherine Laws & Damien Harron in post-concert conversation
Percussionist, conductor, composer and educator specialising in new music, Damien Harron talks to musician Catherine Laws
- LunchtimeFriday
19 February 2010
12.15-1.45pm Carpenter House, Broad Quay, Bath
Bridge for absolute beginners
Robert Baker, Premier Life Master of the English Bridge Union
A series of three linked lectures which will act as an introduction to Bridge.
Tickets : £20 for all three sessions Register - GULPWednesday 24 February 2010
5.15pm | 8 West 1.1
Avebury - megaliths and myths
Roger Vlitos - Writer & photographer
Download MP3 [28MB] - CDAS Friday 26 February 2010
2.15pm | 3 East 2.20
- Commemorating victims of the Berlin Wall - David Clarke (European Studies & Modern Languages)
- The grief of nations - Ann Malamah-Thomas
- The contemporary cemetery landscape: negotiating uncertainty & ambiguity - Kate Woodthorpe
- The user experience of historic cemeteries - Gaelle Jolly (Architecture & Civil Engineering)
More details - GULPWednesday 3 March 2010
5.15pm | 8 West 1.1
Religion and ritual in the prehistoric Aegean
Dr Anna Simandiraki-Grimshaw, part-time lecturer Universities of Oxford, Cambridge, Bristol and Bath. - InauguralWednesday
10 March 2010
6.15pm | 5 West 2.3
War, peace and justice: the dilemmas of international security
Professor Adrian Hyde-Price, Department of European Studies & Modern Languages
Free tickets: l.c.jones@bath.ac.uk
Download MP3 [23MB] - BATH TAPS Wednesday 10 March 2010
6.30pm | University Hall
Antarctica
Chris Dobrowolski
Register to attend - GULPWednesday 10 March 2010
5.15pm | 8 West 1.1
An introduction to Islamic art
June Ward - GULPWednesday 17 March 2010
5.15pm | 8 West 1.1
Nuclear explosives - the technology of destruction
Dr Rick Marshall, Universities of Nottingham and Keele
Download MP3 [23MB] - LunchtimeFriday
19 March 2010
12.15-1.45pm Carpenter House, Broad Quay, Bath
Bridge for absolute beginners
Robert Baker, Premier Life Master of the English Bridge Union
A series of three linked lectures which will act as an introduction to Bridge.
Tickets : £20 for all three sessions Register - GULPWednesday 24 March 2010
5.15pm | 8 West 1.1
Climate change - challenge or swindle?
Revd Professor Ian James
Download MP3 [21MB] - RESEARCHTuesday 20 April 2010
6.15pm | 8 West 1.1
Epidemics - How to control the risks to public health
Professor Christl Donnelly - Epidemiologist, Imperial College, London
Free tickets: Sheila Willmott - InauguralWednesday 21 April 2010
6.15pm | 8 West 1.1
Devices and desires
Professor Alison Walker, Department of Physics
Free tickets: fs-admin@bath.ac.uk
Download MP3 [23MB] - CDAS Thursday 22 April 2010
10.00am-1pm | 3 East 2.20
Centre for Death & Society seminar (provisional schedule)
2.15pm David Clarke (European Studies & Modern Languages) - Commemorating victims of the Berlin Wall
2.50pm Ann Malamah-Thomas - The grief of nations
3.50pm Kate Woodthorpe - The contemporary cemetery landscape: negotiating uncertainty and ambiguity
4.25pm Gaelle Jolly (Architecture & Civil Engineering) - The user experience of historic cemeteries - ICIA
Thursday 22 April 2010
7pm-8pm, ICIA Art Space 2, University of Bath
Deborah Robinson & Richard Hooley in conversation
Artist-in-residence Deborah Robinson talks to Dr Richard Hooley, Head of Department, Biology & Biochemistry, University of Bath. - CDAS Friday 23 April 2010
7.30pm | University of Bath campus
How to score
Dr Ken Bray, Department of Mechanical Engineering
Tickets: £5, please call 01225 383991 or visit the Foreign Languages Centre website - Inaugural
Wednesday 28 April 2010
6.15pm | 5 West 2.3
Smoking still kills: What next for tobacco control?
Professor Linda Bauld, Department of Social & Policy Sciences
Free tickets: c.a.french@bath.ac.uk
Download MP3 [22MB] - CDSFriday 30 April 2010
2.15pm | 1 East 2.4
UN ideas that changed the world
Prof Sir Richard Jolly
Institute of Development Studies, University of Sussex
Info: g.k.brown@bath.ac.uk - EconomicsTuesday 4 May 2010
6.30pm | 5 West 2.3
What world do you see? Co-founder of Zopa shares his vision
James Alexander co-founder of Zopa and CEO of Green Thing
Download MP3 [26MB] - GULPWednesday 5 May 2010
5.15pm | 8 West 2.1
The Sunflower and the Rose
Russell Bowes, Freelance garden historian
Download MP3 [25MB] - ICIA
Thursday 6 May 2010
7pm-8pm, ICIA Art Space 1, University of Bath
Margareta Kern in conversation
Artist-in-residence - ICIA
Thursday 6 May 2010
9pm approx, Music Room, University Hall, University of Bath
Tobias Jacob & Sam Richards in post-concert conversation
Author, folk historian and broadcaster Sam Richards and singer and guitarist Tobias Jacob
Tickets: £9, £7 Concs, £5 BUSU, Box Office: 01225 386777 - GULPWednesday 19 May 2010
5.15pm | 8 West 3.22
An illustrated guide to Armageddon: Britain's Cold War
Robert Clarke
Download MP3 [28MB]
- ShowcaseThursday 20 May 2010
2.30pm | 4 East 3.10
Researching “social problems” from the perspectives of children and young people
Dr Tess Ridge from the Department of Social & Policy Sciences and Professor Christine Griffin from the Department of Psychology
Free tickets: p.m.mcgrane@bath.ac.uk
- InauguralWednesday 26 May 2010
6.15pm | 8 West 3.13
The future of brand management: negotiating brand meaning with consumers
Sold out
Download MP3 [37MB] - GULPWednesday 2 June 2010
5.15pm | 8 West 3.22
The history and development of Buddhism
Dr Robert Heath, School of Management
Download MP3 [21MB] - Gerald Walters Tuesday
8 June 2010
6.15pm | 8W 3.22
Our future: Understanding the big picture
Dr James Martin, leading computer-scientist & founder of the Institute for Science, Innovation & Society at the University of Oxford
Free tickets: p.m.mcgrane@bath.ac.ukInaugural
Download MP3 [43MB] - Wednesday
9 June 2010
6.15pm | 8W 3.22
The cognitive science of human-computer interaction
Professor Stephen Payne, Department of Computer Science
Free tickets: fs-admin@bath.ac.uk
Download MP3 [24MB] - GULPWednesday 19 June 2010
5.15pm | 8 West 3.22
Poetry in motion pictures
Kevin Manwaring, poet and published author
Download MP3 [16MB] - InauguralWednesday
30 June 2010
6.05pm | 8W 32.2
Jumping about in applied probability
Professor Andreas Kyprianou, Department of Mathematical Sciences
Free tickets: fs-admin@bath.ac.uk
Download MP3 [25MB]