Meetings for:
January - April 2008All meetings are held at: |
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(evening meetings start at 7.30 pm
unless otherwise stated |
Visitors Welcome |
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Details of the meetings below are available if the Topic is
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JANUARY 2008
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EVERY WEDNESDAY |
THE WEDNESDAY MORNING CAFE - EVERYONE
WELCOME, |
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| Thurs | 03 | Bath Geological Society | Vertebrate Studies in the Kaiparowitz Formation Upper Cretaceous of Southern Utah | Sue Beardmore |
| Fri | 04 | Herschel Astronomy Group | The Sixth Astronomical Miscellany | Four short lectures by group members |
| Fri | 04 | Bath Film Society 7.45pm Members and their Guests only | Little Miss Sunshine | Dir: Jonathan Dayton, Valerie Faris |
| Mon | 07 | Social Bridge 1.30 for 1.45pm |
Come alone or with a partner – don`t worry if your bridge is a little rusty | |
| Tues | 08 | Philosophy Group | Are You Really Conscious? | Dr Susan Blackmore University, West of England, Author & Broadcaster |
| Wed | 09 | The Wednesday Morning Café 10.30am-12.00pm |
The Indonesia Tsunami. Where the charity money went. | Allen Jones |
| Wed | 09 | Uni-Verse International Poetry Lunchtime meeting starts 12.30pm Bring your lunch (soft drinks provided) |
Poems in English, Berndeutsch, French, German by Marianne Junger from Switzerland [with explanations/versions in English] | Marianne Junger from Switzerland |
| Thurs | 10 | Bath & Camerton Archaeology Society | The Jew of Tewkesbury: an urban myth? | Richard Sermon Archaeological Officer for BANES |
| Mon | 14 | Social Bridge 1.30 for 1.45pm |
Come alone or with a partner – don`t worry if your bridge is a little rusty | |
| Mon | 14 | Passions In Botany Lecture |
Botany In Art Applications in teaching and decoration |
Jane Hall Artist |
| Tues | 15.01- 18.03 |
University of Bristol Short Literature Course | Transformations: | |
| Tues | 15 | Bath Natural History Society | Birds of the Ecuador Rain Forest | Christine Johnson |
| Tues | 15 | Literature & Humanities Group | The Way To The Stars | Geoffrey Catchpole BRLSI Member |
| Wed | 16 | The Wednesday Morning Café 10.30am-12.00pm |
Sexism in Business-A Canadian Solution | tba |
| Thurs | 17 | German Society | Deutsche Als Opfer: Eine Neue Phase Von Verganggenheitsaufarbeitung Im Deutschen Film | Dr. David Clarke University of Bath |
| Fri | 18 | Bath Film Society 7.45pm Members and their Guests only | The Wind that Shakes the Barley | Dir: Ken Loach |
| Mon | 21 | Social Bridge 1.30 for 1.45pm |
Come alone or with a partner – don`t worry if your bridge is a little rust | |
| Mon | 21 | World Affairs Group | A Very Short Introduction to Game Theory | Prof. Ken Binmore University College London |
| Wed | 23 | The Wednesday Morning Café 10.30am-12.00pm |
An Ungovernable Country? | Z.Zikmundova of the Belgian Embassy |
| Wed | 23 | Poetry Group | Joint meeting with Literature and Humanities group: Party – with entertainment on a festive theme | Paul Batson (Actor) |
| Fri | 25 | Science Group | Skeletons | Prof. Julian Vincent University of Bath |
| Sat | 26 | MEMBERS’ NEW YEAR PARTY buffet supper, quiz and music | ||
| Mon | 28 | Social Bridge 1.30 for 1.45pm |
Come alone or with a partner – don`t worry if your bridge is a little rust | |
| Mon | 28 | History & Culture Group | The Devil on Wheels? Cycling’s Impact on 19th Century Ireland | Brian Griffin |
| Mon | 28 | Bath Family History Society | tba | tba |
| Wed | 30 | The Wednesday Morning Café 10.30am-12.00pm |
The Future After Bush & Iraq | Alan Nyce of the U.S.A Embassy |
FEBRUARY 2008
| EVERY WEDNESDAY 10.30am – 12.00pm |
THE WEDNESDAY MORNING CAFE -EVERYONE WELCOME | |||
| Fri | 01 | Herschel Astronomy Group | ‘Twinkle, Twinkle Little Neutron Star’ | Dr Paul Roche, Cardiff University |
| Fri | 01 | Bath Film Society 7.45pm Members and their Guests only |
Venus | Dir: Roger Michell |
| Sat | 02 | Institute of Contemporary Interdisciplinary
Arts 2.30-4.30pm |
Artist’s Talk: Curious £3, £2.50 concs Box Office: 01225 386777 |
Performance artists |
| Mon | 04 | Social Bridge 1.30 for 1.45pm |
Come alone or with a partner – don`t worry if your bridge is a little rusty | |
| Tues | 05 | Philosophy Group | The Philosophy of Humour | Dennis Silverwood BRLSI Member |
| Wed | 06 | The Wednesday Morning Café 10.30am-12.00pm |
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| Wed | 06 | BATH AND ITS INTELLECTUALS | Cedric Chivers (1853-1929) Local Business Man and Mayor of Bath-His impact on Bath | Dr Evelyn Lewis & Ivor Stone |
| Thurs | 07 | Lunchtime Talk 12.45-2.00pm Bring own sandwiches Tea/Coffee available |
The Art of Fencing: History, code of honour, terminology and techniques | Dennis Hunt Professional Coach |
| Thurs | 07 | Bath Geological Society | AGM | |
| Sat | 09 | Analytic Network | Beyond the Grand Narrative(s) : Dialogues in Pursuit of Personal Utterance | Fiona Gardner
Brendan McLoughlin |
| Mon | 11 | Social Bridge 1.30 for 1.45pm |
Come alone or with a partner – don`t worry if your bridge is a little rusty | |
| Mon | 11 | BOTANY LECTURE SERIES | Nymphaeae: The lure and uses of waterlilies since ancient times | Barbara Davies Horticulturalist |
| Wed | 13 | The Wednesday Morning Café 10.30am-12.00pm |
Affordable Housing – An Urban Myth? | Julie Evans, Director of The Somer Housing Trust |
| Wed | 13 | Uni-Verse International Poetry Lunchtime
meeting starts 12.30pm Bring your lunch (soft drinks provided) |
Omar Khayyam | Freelance poet Paul Sutherland of ‘Dream Catcher’ |
| Wed | 13 | Transport & Built Environment Group | Two Tunnels Project | tba |
| Thurs | 14 | Bath & Camerton Archaeology Society | Excavations at Upper Row Farm and updates on Projects by the Society followed by AGM | Director of Excavations J ayne Lawes |
| Fri | 15 | Bath Film Society 7.45pm Members and their Guests only |
The Lives of Others | Dir: Florian Henckel von Donnersmarck |
| Mon | 18 | Social Bridge 1.30 for 1.45pm |
Come alone or with a partner – don`t worry if your bridge is a little rusty | |
| Mon | 18 | World Affairs Group | Re-Thinking Agriculture | Amir Kassam OBE Prof. of Tropical Agriculture at Reading University |
| Tues | 19 | Bath Natural History Society | Hedgerows and Dormice in the Bath Area | Sally Patterson, Enviromental Consultant to B&NES |
| Tues | 19 | *CANCELLED
THROUGH ILLNESS
Literature & Humanities Group |
‘Middlemarch’ by George Eliot | Janet Cunliffe-Jones. BRLSI Member |
| Wed | 20 | The Wednesday Morning Café 10.30am-12.00pm |
Affordable Housing An Urban Myth? | Robert Attwell, King Sturge, Attwell & Martin |
| Thurs | 21 | German Society | Deutsche Geschichte und Gesellschaft in Film:in bezug auf “Sonnenallee”, “Der Untergang” und “Das Leben der Anderen” | Talk by Yamina Ehrt, DAAD Lektorin at the University of Bristol |
| Fri | 22 | Science Group |
Sit back, switch off Proprioception, biomechanics, attention & cognition |
Dr. Margarida Dolan The Proprioception Trust |
| Fri | 22 | World Affairs Group-China Series | Map and Media: The Cultural History of Map Reading | Hilde de Weerdt Lecturer in Chinese History, University of Oxford: Fellow Pembroke College |
| Sat | 23 | Institute of Contemporary
Interdisciplinary Arts 2.30-4.00pm |
Artist’s Talk: Rachel
Lichtenstein £3, £2.50 concs Box Office: 01225 386777 |
Rachel Lichtenstein Author and visual artist |
| Mon | 25 | Social Bridge 1.30 for 1.45pm |
Come alone or with a partner – don`t worry if your bridge is a little rusty | |
| Mon | 25 | United Nations Association | tba | tba |
| Mon | 25 | Bath Family History Society | Victorian Bath | Felicity Medcalf |
| Mon | 25 | History & Culture Group | “A few very fine things and a vast deal of tiresome stuff”Women and the Grand Tour of Italy in the 18th Century. | Roey Sweet |
| Wed | 27 | The Wednesday Morning Café 10.30am-12.00pm |
How to become an MP | Dr Fabian Richter |
| Wed | 27 | Poetry Group * NB 2.30pm |
John Keats | |
| Thurs | 28 | Joint Bath Literature Festival/BRLSI | Georgina Ferry on Max Perutz (Story of Discovery of DNA) | Tickets from the Festival Box Office Reduced Price for BRLSI Members |
March 2008
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EVERY WEDNESDAY |
THE WEDNESDAY MORNING CAFE - EVERYONE
WELCOME, |
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| Mon | 03 | Social Bridge 1.30 for 1.45pm | Come alone or with a partner – don`t worry if your bridge is a little rusty | |
| Mon | 03 | The Wednesday Morning Café 10.30am-12.00pm |
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| Wed | 05 | BATH AND ITS INTELLECTUALS LECTURE SERIES | Doris Langley Moore: Visionary and Founder of the Museum of Costume | Rosemary Harden, Fashion Museum Manager |
| Thurs | 06 | Lunchtime Talk 12.45-2.00pm Bring own sandwiches Tea/Coffee available |
The Art of Scottish Dancing: History, source of music, dress, role in local events | Moira Stacey |
| Fri/Sat | 07/08 | Herschel Astronomy Group | No Meeting. Stand at ‘Bath Taps Into Science’ exhibition, Green Park Station | Group Members |
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Saturday 08 March 10am-9pm
INTERNATIONAL WOMEN’S DAY
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| Sat | 08 | INTERNATIONAL WOMEN`S DAY 10.00 – 9.30pm Members:£1/event,£3 pt day,t/£8day |
Centenary Year Opening by Mayor of Bath | Nikki Bennett, Carrie Etter, Rose Flint,Hilary Franklin,Linda Lamus,Helen Moor,Tracy Wall |
| Sat | 08 | Analytic Network | Meaning, Buddhism and Analytical Psychology | Dr. Dale Mathers |
| Mon | 10 | Social Bridge 1.30 for 1.45pm | Come alone or with a partner – don`t worry if your bridge is a little rusty | |
| Mon | 09 | PASSIONS in BOTANY LECTURE | POSTPONED | |
| Tues | 11 | Philosophy Group | Consciousness | Prof. Ted Honderich Emeritus Professor UCL |
| Tues | 11 | Transport & Built Environment Group | Dyson Project | Bruce Austen |
| Wed | 12 | The Wednesday Morning Café 10.30am-12.00pm |
The Future of Universities. What next | Dr Mawditt |
| Wed | 12 | Uni-Verse International Poetry Lunchtime meeting starts 12.30pm Bring your lunch (soft drinks provided) |
‘German Love Poetry’ Bring a poem to read either in translation or in the original, with summary, or come to listen. | Eric Frank / members of the BRLSI German Society / Open mic |
| Wed | 12 | Visual Arts & Exhibitions Group | INTERIORS an illustrated talk | Roger Whelan, BA (Hons) Fine Art |
| Thurs | 13 | Bath & Camerton Archaeology Society | Beyond the shadow of the hill: the use of geophysical survey for archeology, including recent results from Silbury Hill | Dr. Neil Linford English Heritage |
| Fir | 14 | Bath Film Society
7.45pm Members and their Guests only |
My Best Friend | Dir: Patrice Leconte |
| Sat | 15 | VICTOR SUCHAR LECTURE
Originally planned for 14.12..07 The lecture starts at 7:30 and the reception at 6:30pm |
What is a thing? Quantum Theory & the Concept of Reality | Prof. Christopher Isham Imperial College |
| Mon | 17 | Social Bridge 1.30 for 1.45pm |
Come alone or with a partner – don`t worry if your bridge is a little rusty | |
| Mon | 17 | Bath Family History Society | Victorian Census | Dr. Graham Davis |
| Mon | 17 | World Affairs Group | tba | tba |
| Tues | 18 | Bath Natural History Society | Members evening. 3 short talks by members | |
| Wed | 19 | The Wednesday Morning Café 10.30am-12.00pm |
Norway a Country Run by Women | Norwegian Embassy |
| Wed | 19 | Literature & Humanities Group | STANLEY SPENCER RA, Bristol, Balkans and Burghclere | Dr. Paul Gough. Pro Vice Chancellor University of West Of England |
| Thurs | 20 | Bath Geological Society | Living with earthquakes:
know your faults. Joint GA Lecture |
Prof. Jackson *All ticket lecture |
| Thurs | 20 | German Society | Familiengeschichten und die vergangenheit in der deutschen Gegenwartsliteratur | Illustrated talk by Andreas Kraft of the University of Konstanz |
| Mon | 24 | Social Bridge 1.30 for 1.45pm |
Come alone or with a partner – don`t worry if your bridge is a little rusty | |
| Wed | 26 | The Wednesday Morning Café 10.30am-12.00pm |
tba | tba |
| Wed | 26 | Poetry Group | Drums and Voices in The Wasteland | Ian Bonner MA |
| Fri | 28 | Science Group |
Extracting the Bite from Malaria New approaches to bio-pharmaceuticals extraction |
Dr Alexei Lapkin University of Bath |
| Fri | 28 | Bath Film Society 7.45pm Members and their Guests only |
The History Boys | Dir: Nicholas Hytner |
| Mon | 31 | Social Bridge 1.30 for 1.45pm |
Come alone or with a partner – don`t worry if your bridge is a little rusty | |
| Mon | 31 | History & Culture Group | Anglo-German Naval Relations 1870-1914 | N.A.M Rodgers |
April 2008
| EVERY WEDNESDAY 10.30am – 12.00pm |
THE WEDNESDAY MORNING CAFE -EVERYONE WELCOME | |||
| Tues | 01 | Philosophy Group | If We Really Had Free Will…What would we do all day? | Ian Charles Author Conscious Robots |
| Wed | 02 | The Wednesday Morning Café 10.30am-12.00pm | ||
| Wed | 02 | BATH AND ITS INTELLECTUALS LECTURE SERIES | Goodridge the Greek: The Birth of the Picturesque in Bath | Amy Frost, Curator, Beckford’s Tower and Museum |
| Thurs | 03 | Lunchtime Talk 12.45-2.00pm Bring own sandwiches Tea/Coffee available |
The Art of Cosmetics: Natural Ingredients, development and future prospects | Anna Gann |
| Thurs | 03 | Bath Geological Society | Aerial Photography and Laser Scanning for Geologists | Victoria Griffiths, Blom Aerofilms |
| Fri | 04 | Literature & Humanities |
Popular music (ragtime & dance) c. 1900
– c. 1930.
Concluding with a silent film comedy accompanied on the piano in the style of
the time. This talk is paralleled by an exhibition of drawings of musicians by Eve Nichols (2-9 April) |
Keith Nichols Eve Nichols |
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| Mon | 07 | Social Bridge 1.30 for 1.45pm |
Come alone or with a partner – don`t worry if your bridge is a little rusty | |
| Tues | 08 | Transport & Built Environment Group | Bath`s Transport Package | tba |
| Wed | 09 | The Wednesday Morning Café 10.30am-12.00pm | tba | tba |
| Wed | 09 | Visual Arts & Exhibitions Group | tba | tba |
| Fri | 11 | Herschel Astronomy Group | The Multiverse – Is it Real? | Dr Martin Griffiths, Glamorgan University |
| Mon | 14 | Social Bridge 1.30 for 1.45pm | Come alone or with a partner – don`t worry if your bridge is a little rusty | |
| Mon | 14 | PASSIONS in BOTANY LECTURE |
The MONOGRAPHER Forensic Scientists of the Botanical World |
Prof Charles Stirton BRLSI Member |
| Tues | 15 | Bath Natural History Society | How To Love Snails | Tony Smith Bristol Naturalists Society |
| Wed | 16 | The Wednesday Morning Café 10.30am-12.00pm | ||
| Wed | 16 | World Affairs Programme - China Series | Will China Become Democratic? | Zheng Yongnian Prof of Chinese Politics and Director of Research in the School of Contemporary Chinese Studies, Univ. of Nottingham |
| Thurs | 17 | German Society | AGM/Erzahlabend Short AGM followed by members’ story-telling evening |
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| Mon | 21 | Social Bridge 1.30 for 1.45pm |
Come alone or with a partner – don`t worry if your bridge is a little rusty | |
| Mon | 21 | World Affairs Group | Shaping a truly global response to climate change | Professor Anil Markandya, Bath University and Intergovernmental Panel on Climate Change |
| Wed | 23 | The Wednesday Morning Café 10.30am-12.00pm | tba | tba |
| Wed | 23 | Poetry Group | New Poetry:
Discussion of a recently published collection: Domestic Violence: Eavan Boland |
Led by David Skidmore, Member of the poetry Book Society |
| Wed | 23 | Contemporary Art Talks
Programme Note - 7.00 - 8.30pm |
Staging Sound | David Cunningham, Lina Dzuverovic-Russell, Robin Rimbaud (aka Scanner) |
| Fri | 25 | Science Group | New Insight from Chemical Imaging | Prof. Sergei Kazarian Imperial College London |
| Mon | 28 | Social Bridge 1.30 for 1.45pm |
Come alone or with a partner – don`t worry if your bridge is a little rusty | |
| Mon | 28 | History & Culture Group | The Changing History of the Crimean War | Hugh Small |
| Mon | 28 | Bath Family History Society | tba | tba |
| Wed | 30 | The Wednesday Morning Café 10.30am-12.00pm | ||
| Wed | 30 | Economics Group | Defense against new frauds | Senior Trading Standards Officer, BANES Council |