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The 211th Lecture Series will commence on Wednesday 3rd October with Professor Tom Kirkwood of the University of Newcastle who will be speaking on – The Science of Aging.
Subsequent lectures will be:
17 October Dr. Jim Wilson, University of Edinburgh
Population and Disease Genetics.
31 October Professor Sir David Cannadine, Princeton University
The Monarchy
14 November Gillian Tett, US managing editor & assistant editor Financial Times
Aspects of the Financial world
28 November Dr. Elizabeth Graham, University of London
The Maya; the Maya Calendar and Maya astronomy
12 December Professor Alexander Broadie, University of Glasgow
The Scottish Enlightenment/ Hume
9 January Professor Sir. Philip Cohen, University of Dundee
Major Drugs of the Century
23 January Professor Susan Manning, University of Edinburgh
Aspects of medical ethics
6 February Professor Iain Bone, Dept. of Neurology, Southern General (retired)
Dickens/200th anniversary
20 February Mr Duncan Macniven, Former Registrar General for Scotland
Aspects of the Census
6 March Lord Patten, Chancellor Oxford University & Chairman of the BBC Trust
Subject area to be confirmed
20 March Lord Rees, Astronomer Royal & former President of the Royal Society
Aspects of astronomy
How to get there:
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- Location of John Anderson Building
MEMBERS’ NIGHT
Wednesday 7th March 2012
Please note that the Members’ Talks night is now being held on Wednesday 7th March.
Next lecture
Twelfth Lecture of the 210 Lecture Series – 21March 2012
The Twelfth lecture of the 210th Lecture Series
THE MINERVA LECTURE
Wednesday 21st March 7.30pm
Do we need to rethink press freedom?
Baroness O’Neill of Bengarve
Baroness O’Neill is former President of the British Academy and chaired the Nuffield Foundation 1998-2010. In 2003, she was the founding President of the British Philosophical Association (BPA).
The phone hacking scandal has catapulted debates about the media and about the limits of press freedom to the centre of public life. It is widely assumed that the one fixed point in such discussions must be a commitment to press freedom. However, this commitment can take various forms, since several quite distinct conceptions of press freedom are in play. It may be helpful to revisit classical and contemporary arguments for press freedoms, and to ask what they establish– and what they do not establish.
All lectures take place on Wednesday evenings at 7.30pm in:
John Anderson Building, 107 Rottenrow East, Strathclyde University, Glasgow G4 ONG
Cars can enter through barrier from the Barony and park in the campus. Refreshments are served after the meetings. All welcome!
News
Royal Philosophical Society of Glasgow lecture Glasgow Science Festival – June 7th
Robots That Can Help Us and Hurt Us
Professor of Artificial Intelligence and Robotics, University of Shefield
A lively talk, touring the world of today’s robots, their benefits and the ethical problems they could create. Robots are good at dull, dangerous, and dirty work: they do cleaning, harvesting fruit, pumping petrol, bomb disposal and surveillance. But how far would you trust robots to care for your children, mind your ageing parents, perform surgery, drive your car and fight your wars?
University of Glasgow, Boyd Orr
Lecture Theatre 1
Thurs 7th June
19:00-21:00
The lecture on the 8th February is unaffected by the fire at Strathclyde university and will go on as scheduled
Preview of the 2012th Lecture Series
8th February John Burn: Professor of Clinical Genetics, Newcastle University
22nd February Dorothy Crawford: Professor of Medical Microbiology, University of Edinburgh
7th March Members’ Talks
21st March Onora O’Neill: Philosopher and presenter of the 2002 Reith Lectures
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