Cross-university collaborations: building public value from research

The Institute for Science & Society are delighted to welcome Professor David Guston, Founding Director, School for the Future of Innovation in Society, Arizona State University to give a public lecture on ‘Cross-University Collaborations: Building Public Value from Research.’

Tags: Institute for Science and Society, ISS, public lecture, research

Haters gonna hate, hate, hate? Taylor Swift’s Deleuzean repetition and affirmation of love

This lecture offers an interpretation of Taylor Swift’s music through the theme of ‘repetition’, and using Swift’s work to introduce Gilles Deleuze’s philosophy of repetition and difference. Part of the Popular Culture Lecture Series.

Tags: culture, Department of Theology, Department of Theology and Religious Studies, King-Ho Leung, music, philosophy, pop culture, Popular Culture Lecture Series, public lecture, Taylor Swift

Scars across humanity

The University of Nottingham Chaplaincy present the public lecture, ‘Scars across humanity’ which asks how has violence against women become so prevalent in our society, and can it be overcome?

7pm, Thursday 10 March

Tags: Chaplaincy, Elaine Storkey, equality, faith, gender, International Women's Day, International Women's Day 2016, public lecture, sociology, women

Beyond animal use in human biomedical research

Dr Gerry Kenna, Director of FRAME, will speak on the topic of ‘Beyond animal use in human biomedical research’. Part of the Science Public Lecture Series.

Tags: animal, animal testing, British Science Association, FRAME, Gerry Kenna, public lecture, School of Chemistry, School of Physics and Astronomy, science, science public lecture series, series

He says he’s innocent… The podcast as popular culture: perspectives on ‘Serial’

Join this round table discussion on the American podcast ‘Serial’ with Joshua Giltrap, Dr Rachel Sykes, and Dr Katie McGettigan, School of Cultures, Languages and Area Studies.

Tags: Katie McGettigan, podcast, popular culture, Popular Culture Lecture Series, public lecture, Rachel Sykes, School of Cultures Languages and Area Studies

Language learning, history and the Germans

In this inaugural lecture, Professor Nicola McLelland, School of Cultures, Languages and Area Studies, will examine the history of teaching and learning languages in Europe since about 1500. Who decides what is ‘correct’, what is not, and how? How have people explained the rules? And how have Europeans taught and learnt their own and others’ languages?

Tags: German, inaugural lecture, language, linguistics, Nicola McLelland, public lecture, School of Cultures Languages and Area Studies

Science fiction vs science facts: imagining the future of genetics

This talk will explore how much of this science fiction has, or will, become fact. Where does the future lie with genetics and what does this mean for us and the next generations? Do we have a voice and opinion in how these technologies are used and does this voice come out through literature? Can we control the technology and what regulations are in place? Will humans benefit from genomics? Did a book written 2000 years ago really hint at epigenetics?

Tags: Catrin Rutland, genetics, popular culture, Popular Culture Lecture Series, public lecture, School of Veterinary Medicine and Science

Photosynthesis: the engine of food production

Dr Erik Murchie, Associate Professor in the School of Biosciences, presents ‘Photosynthesis: the engine of food production’. Part of the Science Public Lecture Series.

Tags: Biosciences, Erik Murchie, photosynthesis, plant and crop sciences, public lecture, School of Biosciences, science, science public lecture series

Malcolm X in Britain: race, immigration and the transatlantic civil rights movement

Special Black History Month lecture by Dr Stephen Tuck, University of Oxford Co-sponsored by the New […]

Tags: Black History Month, Dept of American and Canadian Studies, Dr Stephen Tuck, eventbrite, New Art Exchange, public lecture, University of Oxford