Meetings for:
February - July 2010All meetings are held at: |
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(evening meetings start at 7.30 pm
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Visitors Welcome |
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Details of the meetings below are available if the Topic is
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February 2010
 February 13th - 27th A View Of My Favourite Things - photography and sculpture by Rooky Wood Exhibition open10am - 4pm Monday - Saturday, entrance free |
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| Mon | 1 | Patrick O’Brian Enthusiasts | Quiz – with wine & cheese | Chair, Ruth Mannion Daniels |
| Tue | 2 | Philosophy | Supersense: the Origins of Supernatural Beliefs |
Prof Bruce Hood University of Bristol |
| Thu | 4 | Lunchtime Talk (1pm) | Exploding the myth of the 'bog standard comprehensive' |
David James, Professor of Education, UWE |
| Thu | 4 | Bath Geological Society (7.15 pm) | AGM followed by: Geochemical Landscapes, Ecology and Forensics | Dr Clive Truman University of Southampton |
| Thu | 4 | Speaking of Research NEW SERIES |
The Ecology of Jumping Genes: exploring the dynamics of DNA parasites |
Steve Bush University of Bath |
| Fri | 5 | Astronomy (Herschel) | The Universe through Einstein's Lenses |
Dr Rodney Hillier University of Bristol |
| Mon | 8 | Passions in Botany | Trees in my Garden: managing neglected native trees – their historic and potential uses |
Louis Hodgkin |
| Tue | 9 | Transport & Built Environment | The Potential for Queen Square |
Robert Spriggs Colin Buchanan Vaughan Thompson Place Studios |
| Fri | 10 | Uni-Verse (1 pm – new time) |
Poems from Germany & America: including poems by Sylvia Plath & B S Johnson |
Will May poet |
| Thu | 11 | Bath & Camerton Archaeological | ‘Excavations at Upper Row Farm’ & AGM | Jane Laws, dir Blacklands Project |
| Fri | 12 | Special event 2.30pm |
Performance Workshop: MisDirection -the search for a shared mind between artists and scientists |
Prof Julian Vincent, Mo Stoebe, Arnold Veeman |
| Fri | 12 | Bath Film Society | The Diving Bell & Butterfly (French / USA) 2007 | Director, Jean-Dominique Bauby |
| Mon | 15 | World Affairs Group | Climate Change: After Copenhagen What Now? |
Prof Chris Rapley Director, Science Museum, London |
| Tue | 16 | Literature & Humanities | Muriel Spark’s Novels: Concepts of the Self |
Dr Julia Garratt |
| Wed | 17 | Poetry Café (7 pm) |
Celebrating Love: 2nd year of our famous Love Cafe |
Chair, Sue Boyle |
| Fri | 19 | Science | Postponed to Fri 19th March |
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| Mon | 22 | Bath Family History Society | ||
| Tue | 23 | French Civilisation | Escape to Provence: the true story of two remarkable women |
Maureen Emerson Author of Escape to Provence |
| Wed | 24 | Poetry Group (2.30pm) |
U A Fanthorpe: readings by members |
Chair, Janet Cunliffe-Jones |
| Fri | 26 | Bath Film Society | Vicky Cristina Barcelona (2009) | Director, Woody Allen |
| Sat | 27 | The Analytical Network (10.30 am- 12.30pm) | Discovering the True Self | Fiona Gardner, Psychoanalytic Psychotherapist |
March 2010
March 3rd - 25th Metamorphosis - an exhibition by Bath artists group For Now Exhibition open10am - 4pm Monday - Saturday, entrance free more details at www.for-now.co.cc |
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| Mon | 1 | Patrick O’Brian Enthusiasts | The Ionian Mission & Introduction on the decline of the Ottoman Empire | Introduction by Margaret Morgan Jones |
| Mon | 1 | ROMANS IN BATH NEW SERIES Note - 7pm |
Roman Technology: past & future (Opening of the BRLSI's Romans in Bath series, with an introduction by Cllr Bryan Chalker, Chair of Bath and North-East Somerset Council) |
Prof Julian Vincent Chair, BRLSI Trustees |
| Tue | 2 | Philosophy & Adelard of Bath | Adelard & the Philosophers |
Tom Macfarlane |
| Tue | 2 | Bath Natural History Society | Members short talks : The Cycle of Life | BNHS members |
| Thu | 4 | Lunchtime Talk (1pm) | Tristram Charles Speedy |
Dorothy Anderson Local Historian |
| Thu | 4 | Speaking of Research | The Economics of Happiness: A Thai perspective of wellbeing |
Thanawit Bunsit University of Bath |
| Sat | 6 | BATH LITERARY FESTIVAL 6-7 pm |
The Roman Empire: Philip Parker (The Empire Stops Here) & Frank McLynn (Marcus Aurelius) Tickets: box office 01225 463362 | In conversation with Charlotte Higgins |
| Sat | 6 | William Herschel Society 7.30pm | Annual Lecture: Deciphering the Universe Tickets £5 | Professor Andrew Liddle University of Sussex |
| Mon | 8 | Passions in Botany | Fleeting Magic: Beauty in danger in the Avon Valley |
Keith Taylor Photographer |
| Tue | 9 | Transport & Built Environment | BaleHaus: the zero carbon housing solution |
Finlay White Modcell |
| Wed | 10 | Uni-Verse (1 pm) |
Arabic Literature | Peter Clark |
| Thu | 11 | Bath & Camerton Archaeological | The 300 year dig: the Roman baths at Bath | Stephen Clews, Roman Baths |
| Fri | 12 | Bath Film Society | Twelve Angry Men | Dir: Sidney Lumet (1957) |
| Sat | 13 | National Science and Engineering Week 3pm - entry free |
Art and Illusion - why seeing isn't always believing | Alexander Sturgis Director, Holburne Museum |
| Mon | 15 | World Affairs | World Food Futures: the next forty years |
Declan Walton, Former Deputy Director General, Food & Agriculture Org, UN |
| Wed | 17 | World Affairs 8pm |
The Freefall Decline in African Lions - Reasons and Remedies (Special event in association with LionAid and the Lions of Bath Project) |
Dr Pieter W. Kat Lion Aid |
| Wed | 17 | Poetry Café (7 pm) | Double bill: St Patrick’s Day & Celebrating Love | Sue Boyle & Martin Malone |
| Thu | 18 | Literature and Humanities | Primo Levi - Scientist and Writer |
Dr Charlotte Ross University of Birmingham |
| Fri | 19 | Science | Energy efficient solid state lighting - coming soon? (Rescheduled from Fri 19th Feb) (Note - Some Favourite Molecules: Some surprising comparisons by David Cunliffe-Jones has been postponed to Fri 17th September 2010) |
Dr Duncan Allsopp University of Bath |
| Mon | 22 | Bath Family History Society | The Blathwayt family & suffragettes | June Hannam |
| Mon | 22 | ROMANS IN BATH NEW SERIES | Britain’s First Information Revolution |
Professor Ian Haynes University of Newcastle |
| Wed | 24 | Poetry | Selected Poems by Derek Mahon |
Readings led by David Skidmore |
| Tue | 30 | French Civilisation & Culture | Secrets of the French Truffle | Nigel Hadden-Paton, Truffle UK Ltd |
April 2010
Tues March 30th - Sat April 17th BRLSI Members' Exhibition 2009 Exhibition open10am - 4pm Monday - Saturday, entrance free |
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| Thu | 1 | Lunchtime Talk 1 pm |
Building Resilience: overcoming stress |
David Wainwright University of Bath |
| Thu | 1 | Speaking of Research | Changing Faces of Anxiety: the relationship between student anxiety & specific forms of educational practice |
Susan Learoyd-Smith research student, University of Bath |
| Tue | 6 | Patrick O’Brian Enthusiasts | Discussing Treason’s Harbour | Ruth Mannion-Daniels chair |
| Tue | 6 | Philosophy | Laws of Nature |
Geoff Catchpole, BRLSI member |
| Tue | 6 | Bath Natural History Society | Making Biodiversity Happen at the Local Level | David Goode |
| Wed | 7 | History & Culture | How ill was Florence Nightingale? |
Hugh Small author / historian |
| Thu | 8 | World Affairs | Future of Agriculture: The Challenges for Science | Andrew Bennett chair, CGIAR Alliance |
| Fri | 9 | Herschel Astronomy Group | The Kepler Mission & the Search for Exoplanets | Dr Andrew McLean Bristol Astronomical Society |
| Fri | 9 | Bath Film Society | Memoirs of a Geisha (2005) | Dir. Rob Marshall (USA) |
| Mon | 12 | ROMANS in BATH | They Came to Aquae Sulis |
Stephen Bird Head of Heritage Services, B&NES |
| Wed | 14 | Uni-verse International Poetry 1 pm |
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Read by the authors |
| Fri | 16 | World Affairs | Brazil: Food, Fuel, Forest & the Future |
John Landers OBE |
| Fri | 16 | ROMANS in BATH advance tickets: 01225 463362 | The Demonisation of Paganism: Christian views of Roman religion in late antiquity |
Dr Sophie Lunn-Rockliffe Kings College London |
| Sun | 18 | Passions in Botany |
Meet at 16 Queen Sq (BRLSI) |
Anna Gann Christensen & Ruth Mannion Daniels |
| Tue | 20 | BRLSI Poetry Group and Bath Shakespeare Society |
Lunch an optional extra |
Dr Allan Phillipson |
| Tue | 20 | Literature & Humanities | Musicians in Late Georgian Bath: a social perspective |
Andrew Clarke research student, Dept of Music, University of Bristol |
| Wed | 21 | Poetry Café 7 pm |
The Waste Land Revisited: a new play for voices | by Bath Poetry Café members |
Sat April 24th - Sat June 19th Caveman to Celt - The Unwritten Story of the British Isles An exhibition by BRLSI Collections as part of the 2010 Romans in Bath series Exhibition open10am - 4pm Monday - Saturday, entrance free |
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| Sat | 24 | Bath Spa University | INTERNATIONAL SYMPOSIUM: The Urban Experience in Bath since the Reformation | Contact David Hughes for details: d.hughes@bathspa.ac.uk |
| Sat | 24 | BRLSI / Gaskell Society 2.30pm |
From Monkshaven to Middlemarch: the provincial landscapes of Elizabeth Gaskell & George Eliot |
Dr Frances Twinn editor of the Gaskell Journal |
| Mon | 26 | Bath Family History Society | There is Death in the Pot | Jean Seymour |
| Tue | 27 | French Culture | Wine drinking culture in France: a national myth or modern passion? |
Marion Demossier, senior lecturer, European Studies, University of Bath |
| Thu | 29 | History & Culture | Living in Japanese Occupied China: a personal history |
Audrey Salters author |
| Fri | 30 | Science | Creating Complexity: the evolution of cell types |
Dr Robert Kelsh University of Bath |
May 2010
Until Sat June 19th Caveman to Celt - The Unwritten Story of the British Isles An exhibition by BRLSI Collections as part of the 2010 Romans in Bath series Exhibition open10am - 4pm Monday - Saturday, entrance free |
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| Sat | 1 | Economics & Unlock Democracy (2.30pm) | GENERAL ELECTION 2010 Bath Candidates Hustings |
Chaired by Sam Holliday Editor, Bath Chronicle |
| Tue | 4 | DARWIN & BEYOND/ Philosophy | Darwin & Philosophy |
Dr Tim Lewens University of Cambridge |
| Thu | 6 | Lunchtime Talk (1 pm) |
Prospects for Development Finance & International Aid |
Dr James Copestake University of Bath |
| Thu | 6 | Bath Geological Society | Where Plates Go | Prof Tim Elliot, Bristol Univeristy |
| Thu | 6 | Speaking of Research | Embryonic maps: 3D imaging in developmental biology |
Dr Monique Welton, Post doctoral researcher, University of Bath |
| Fri | 7 | ROMANS IN BATH | Mutating Gods of the Roman Pantheon |
Roger Vlitos, writer & photographer |
| Sat | 8 | World Affairs (12 midday) |
China’s Terracotta Army |
Eva Xu Wei |
| Mon | 10 | Patrick O’Brian Enthusiasts | Discussing: The Far Side of the World | Chair: Ruth Mannion Daniels |
| Mon | 10 | ROMANS IN BATH | Bathing in the Roman Empire |
Stephen Clews B&NES |
| Wed | 12 | Uni-Verse Poetry (1 pm) |
Very English – songs & poems with the essence of England |
David Johnson & Diana Johnstone |
| Wed | 12 | Bath Japanese Festival 2010 (7-10 pm) |
Bath Japanese Festival Official Launch hosted by Uni-Verse |
Organisers: Nikki Bennett, Alan Summers, Rachel Carvosso |
| Fri | 14 | Herschel (Astronomy) | The Magic of Starlight | Richard Cardy Beckington Astronomical Society |
| Mon | 17 | World Affairs | World Food Futures: What role for GM? |
Prof Rod Scott, University of Bath John Landell Mills, Agronomica consultancy |
| Tue | 18 | Literature & Humanities | E M Forster and Howard’s End |
Prof Peter Childs, Gloucester University |
| Tue | 18 | 2010 Bath Japanese Festival (7 pm) | Human Trafficking in Europe & Asia | Hosted by Uni-verse, Presented by Rachel Carvosso |
| Mon | 24 | Bath Family History Society | The Life of an Agricultural Labourer in the 18th century | Dr Alan Dodge |
| Tue | 25 | French Civilisation & Culture | The Shadow of the General: de Gaulle & modern France |
Prof Richard Vinen Kings College London |
| Wed | 26 | ROMANS in BATH / Poetry | Roman Ruins: English Poets |
Chaired by Janet Cunliffe Jones |
| Fri | 28 | Science | Chameleon Photons |
Dr William Wadsworth University of Bath |
June 2010
| Tue | 1 | Philosophy | Kierkegaard: Feminism & the Ethical |
Professor Alison Assiter UWE |
| Wed | 2 | ROMANS / Uni-Verse | Rome, a lifetime is not enough: Rome through the eyes of poets |
Duncan McGibbon author of Consolations |
| Thu | 3 | Lunchtime Talk (1 pm) | The Perilous Act of Lecturing: Clara Lucas Balfour 1808-1878 Travelling lecturer |
Janet Cunliffe-Jones BRLSI Convenor |
| Thu | 3 | Speaking of Research | Under the Skin: What caterpillars & genome sequences can teach us about bacteria |
Maria S-Contreras & Zoe Freeman, University of Bath |
| Fri | 4 | ROMANS IN BATH | Fosse Way & Myth: The unending dialogue between past & present |
Simon Tyler BRLSI Member |
| Mon | 7 | Patrick O'Brian | Discussing 'The Reverse Of The Medal' | |
| Mon | 7 | ROMANS IN BATH | What the Ancients Have Done for Us (& might still do) |
Dr Peter V Jones Classics Teacher |
| Wed | 9 | Uni-Verse Poetry (1 pm) |
The Bass Player’s Son |
Euan Tait, poet, writer, teacher, singer & bass player |
| Thu | 10 | History & Culture | A Terrible Beauty: War, Art & Imagination British Artists in the First World War |
Professor Paul Gough UWE Broadcaster, painter, writer |
| Fri | 11 | Herschel (Astronomy) | Travel to the Stars: The Science & Engineering of Interstellar Spacecraft |
Dr Ian Crawford University College, London |
| Sun | 13 | ROMANS IN BATH Coach leaves at 9am | DAY TRIP TO CAERWENT & CAERLEON (a few seats left) |
contact: romans@brlsi.org or phone: 01225 312084 |
| Mon | 14 | Antiquity | Ka’ba Revelation: Who built it, when, and more importantly, why? |
Paul Rhodes Writer & researcher |
| Tue | 15 | Literature & Humanities | Beyond the Golden Notebook : Re-reading Doris Lessing |
Tom Sperlinger - Dir. of Lifelong Learning for English, University of Bristol |
| Wed | 16 | Poetry Cafe | The Enchantment of Place |
Poets from Bath & surroundings |
| Thu | 17 | Speaking of Research | Locusts like it hot: yet devastate crops and livelihoods |
Vicky Hunt, Researcher, University of Bath |
| Sun | 20 | Passions In Botany 10am - 12.30 (meet 9.45am) |
A Herbal Walk In Bath: A guided tour through Nature's medicine chest Please bring a drink and walking shoes |
Anna Gant Christensen; BRLSI Member, & Ruth Mannion Daniels; Medical Herbalist |
| Tues | 22 | The Bath-Kaposvár Twinning Assoc. | Faces Of Hungarian Architecture |
Ákos Juhász |
| Wed | 23 | Poetry | Poetry event moved to 1st July | |
| Fri | 25 | ART EXHIBITION 6-9 pm | JOHN MITCHELL Paintings |
Opening Private View Evening |
| Fri | 25 | Science (Reception 6.45 pm) | Carbon Dating: A Major Leap Forward |
Dr Tom Higham Oxford University |
| Tue | 29 | French Culture & Civilisation | Summer Soirée: French Folk Dancing Display & Participation |
La Compagnie du Chêne Royal |
| Wed | 30 | Speaking of Research/ Economics | Recession & Rationality: How economics is responding to the financial crisis |
Graham Mallard University of Bath |
July 2010
| Thu | 1 | Lunchtime Talk |
Over Schooled but Under Educated: How can we now help young people to grow up? |
John Abbott, President of the 21st Century Learning Initiative |
| Thu | 1 | Bath Geological Soc | Greenhouse to Icehouse: 55 million years of Arctic climate | Dr Ian Harding, Uni. of Southampton |
| Mon | 5 | Patrick O’Brian Enthusiasts | Discussing The Letter of Marque |
Chair, Ruth Mannion Daniels |
| Tue | 6 | World Affairs | The Green Economy = Environmental Alchemy – Looming trade-off wars in the food-water-habitat -people-energy nexus |
Tony Simons, Deputy Director General, World Agro-Forestry Centre |
| Tue | 6 | Philosophy | The Continuing Relevance & Importance of Utopian Thinking |
Professor David Halpin, Institute of Education, University of London |
| Thu | 8 | Speaking of Research/ Poetry | William Barnes’ Place: How to be a minor poet in a major way |
Sue Edney, University of Bath |
| Thu | 8 | History & Culture | NEW SERIES THE FOUNDING OF THE ROYAL SOCIETY Isaac Newton: The Ultimate Magus |
Dr Peter Marshall FRGS, Philosopher, historian & travel writer |
| Mon | 12 | ROMANS IN BATH | Health & Medicine in Antiquity: Too busy to be ill? Filling the gaps in early Roman medicine |
Professor Helen King, Dept of Classics, University of Reading |
| Tue | 13 | Antiquity | The Electric Universe: A new view of the Universe… as witnessed by ancient man? |
Wallace Thornhill, Physicist & Author,(Canberra, Australia) |
| Wed | 14 | Uni-verse Poetry (1 pm) | Occitan & French Poetry: Troubadour love chants from 1100 to dreams & woes of our time |
Martin Sturge BRLSI member |
| Fri | 16 | Science | Galileo & The Founding of the Modern World |
Dr Gary Mathlin, University of Bath |
| Mon | 19 | World Affairs | Routes to Sustainable Consumption: ‘Better’ Ways from Nature’s Library |
T. Richard Poynton, CEnv, MIEMA Consultant, Speaker & Writer |
| Tue | 20 | Literature & Humanities | A LECTURE / RECITAL Robert Schumann: His Life & Work to 1841-1842 |
Dr Robert Blackburn, former Principal Lecturer in Music, Bath Spa University |
| Wed | 28 | Poetry | W B Yeats: A Life in Poetry |
John Chambers, BRLSI member |
| Fri | 30 | Science | Cognitive Bias, Intuition and Science |
Andrew Clifton |
There are no BRLSI lectures in August - We look forward to seeing you in September! |
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