The Royal Photographic Society's
exhibition of scientific photographs, taken using techniques including micro, macro, ultraviolet and infrared photography, time lapse and high speed imaging, and electron microscopy.
Jenys Room Gallery, BRLSI, 4th - 25th January 2012 (except Sundays). 10am - 4pm, admission free. |
| TUE |
3 |
Philosophy |
 Philosophical mini-debates |
Chaired by Dr Don Cameron |
| FRI |
6 |
Bath Film Society |
Katalin Varga |
Peter Strickland, Director |
| FRI |
6 |
Herschel Astronomy Group |
Rutherford and the Atom Nucleus |
Dr Peter Ford
Institute of Physics & WHS |
| SAT |
7 |
Bath Natural History Soc |
AGM followed by presentation of highlights from 70th anniversary exhibition |
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| MON |
9 |
History & Culture
2pm afternoon talk |
Bath’s Hidden Underbelly:
Bathwick’s riverside slum 1780-1980 |
Guy Whitmarsh
Antiquity co-convenor |
| TUE |
10 |
CREATIVITY
new series |
A Tale of Tea Bags:
From memory to imagination |
Rebecca Swindell
Artist |
| THU |
12 |
Bath & Camerton Archaeological Society |
Roman Glass Recycling on a Grand Scale:
Recent fieldwork in Somerset |
Ceri Lambdin Director, St Algar's Project Group |
| SAT |
14 |
The Poet’s Voice
10.30am |
SATURDAY POETRY WORKSHOP
-
all welcome |
Duncan McGibbon
Chair |
| SAT |
14 |
Cercle Français |
JMW Turner: Le grand précurseur de l'Impressionism et ses peintures françaises |
Catherine Greensmith |
| SUN |
15 |
Jane Austen Society
& BRLSI
3pm
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Jane Austen and Home Comforts (followed by Cassandra’s Birthday tea)
Talk & Tea - tickets £7.50 from Bath Box Office (01225 463362 or click here). |
Lisa White
Art Historian & lecturer Chair, Arts advisory panel, National Trust |
| MON |
16 |
World Affairs Our Global Futures Series |
The Precariat:
The new dangerous class |
Dr Guy Standing
Professor Economic Security, University of Bath |
| TUE |
17 |
Literature & Humanities |
Charles Dickens:
Social class and early Victorian medicine |
Elizabeth Negus MA
Head of English, Barking & Dagenham College, Essex |
| WED |
18 |
Poetry Cafe |
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| THU |
19 |
Antiquity |
The Bones of Queen Eadgyth
Advance tickets £6/£4 from Bath Box Office (01225 463362) |
Dr Mark Horton,
Bristol University,
BBC Coast and C4 Time Team |
| FRI |
20 |
Bath Film Society |
Un Homme et Une Femme |
Claude Lelouche, Director |
| TUE |
24 |
CREATIVITY |
Lessons from Real Life |
Dr Alan Rayner
Botanist & Artist |
| WED |
25 |
West of England Metals & Materials Association |
An analysis of the Fukushima accident and its implications for nuclear electricity generation |
Dr A J Wicham University of Manchester |
| WED |
25 |
Poetry Party |
Theme: Robert Browning’s Pied Piper |
Members and visitors |
| THU |
26 |
Bath Sufi Way |
The Great Sufi Poets |
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| FRI |
27 |
Science & World Affairs |
Life and Nuclear Radiation |
Professor Wade Allison
University of Oxford |
| SAT |
28 |
Global Music Exchange |
Lecture |
Dale Templar
BBC Producer, 'The Human Planet' |
| TUE |
31 |
French Civilisation & Culture |
French Film: Portiche (Trophy Wife)
(with subtitles certificate 15) |
François Ozon
Director |
Developed by Dr Adrian Bowyer of Bath University
The prototype of the RepRap self-replicating 3D printing machine (recently shown at the V&A), which has become a world-wide phenomenon, will be on display.
10th - 29th Feb, 10am - 4pm (except Sundays), admission free. |
| WED |
1 |
Masterly Insights |
Think Before You Speak: How to understand language interpreters |
Hadleigh Roberts,
MA student, University of Bath |
| THU |
2 |
Bath Geological Society |
Macroevolutionary patterns in the fossil record |
Dr Matthew Wills, University of Bath |
| FRI |
3 |
Bath Film Society |
Everlasting Moments (Swedish with subtitles |
Jan Troell, Director (2008) |
| FRI |
3 |
Herschel Astronomy Group |
Beagle 2 - Gone but not forgotten?
A personal reflection on an extraordinary mission |
Chris Lee
Bristol Astronomical Society |
| SUN |
5 |
Institution Lecture:
Talk & Slide Show 3pm |
Great Wall of China |
Bob Draper MBE & Dr Peter Ford MBE |
| MON |
6 |
History & Culture / Speaking of Research |
Madness, Alcohol and a glimmer of Anthrax: 19th century disease amongst the felt hatters |
Chris Heal
Researcher, University of Bristol |
| TUE |
7 |
Patrick o’Brian Enthusiasts
New time - 10am |
Discussing The Unknown Shore |
Ruth Mannion Daniels,
Chair |
| TUE |
7 |
Bath Natural History Soc |
Slime Moulds: Stranger than fiction |
Alan Feest |
| TUE |
7 |
Philosophy |
Maurice Blondel:
The problem of faith and reason |
Duncan McGibbon
BRLSI Convenor |
| WED |
8 |
Passions in Botany |
Plants and Pollen: The foraging honey bee |
Louis Hodgkin,
BRLSI member |
| THU |
9 |
Antiquity |
Egyptology-on-Avon:
Ancient Egypt in Bath and Bristol |
Dr Aidan Dodson FSA,
Dept,of Archaeology & Antiquity, University of Bristol |
| FRI |
10 |
CREATIVITY |
Curiosity– a Path to Happiness:
The rewards and pitfalls of invention |
Dr Adrian Bowyer,
University of Bathl |
| SAT |
11 |
Poetry Workshop
10am |
SATURDAY POETRY WORKSHOP
All welcome! |
Duncan McGibbon
Chair |
| SAT |
11 |
Cercle Français de Bath |
Le franglais actualisé |
Guy Richeux |
| SAT |
11 |
OLYMPICS at BRLSI Economics
2.30 pm |
Finance and the Olympics
Opening lecture of NEW SERIES |
Andrew Hibbert,
University of Bath, Consultant to British Olympic Foundation |
| FRI |
17 |
Bath Film Society |
The Last Station |
Michael Hoffman, Director |
| MON |
20 |
World Affairs - Our Global Futures |
Women in Politics |
Professor Sarah Childs
University of Bristol |
| TUE |
21 |
Literature & Humanities |
Literature & Landscape |
Dr Stephen Gregg,
Bath Spa University |
| WED |
22 |
Poetry
2 pm |
Poetry of Ivor Gurney 1890-1937 |
Richard Carder,
BRLSI member |
| THU |
23 |
CREATIVITY |
How I do It:
Finding and breaking the blockages |
Ayd Instone,
Creative Director |
| FRI |
24 |
Science |
100 Years of Crystal Structure Analysis:
X-ray spectrometers to synchrotrons |
Prof Paul Raithby,
University of Bath |
| SAT |
25 |
Analytic Network |
The Supervisory Matrix through a
Jungian /Winnicottian Lens |
Chris Williams
Jungian Analyst |
| MON |
27 |
Bath Family History Society |
Arnos Vale Cemetery: saved but not safe |
David Napier |
| TUE |
28 |
French Culture |
(subject to be confirmed) |
Dr Steve Wharton,,
Chair |
| WED |
29 |
Prometheus Trust |
The life, philosophy and works of Apuleius |
Tim Addey |
