Display of Featured Events from Fri 15 December – Wed 10 January, 2024 – Bath Royal Literary and Scientific Institution

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Wed, May 31

Hybrid Event

Featured 7:30 pm - 9:00 pm

Rare Earth Minerals:  Critical Geopolitics, Economics & Environmental Issues

£4.00 – £7.00

Independent columnist from 'The Independent' Hamish McRae on The World in 2050.

Fri, Jun 16

Hybrid Event

Featured 7:30 pm - 9:00 pm

The world in 2050: how to think about the future with Hamish McRae

£4.00 – £8.00

Mon, Jun 19

Hybrid Event

Featured 7:30 pm - 9:00 pm

Why and how our reading tastes changed

£3.00 – £6.00

Tue, Jun 20

Hybrid Event

Featured 7:30 pm - 9:00 pm

How to outsmart the users of your smartphone’s data

£3.00 – £6.00

Wed, Jun 21

Queen Square

Featured 11:00 am - 12:00 pm

Big Read: Anna of the Five Towns by Arnold Bennett

Free – £4.00

Thu, Jun 22

Hybrid Event

Featured 7:30 pm - 9:00 pm

The Good Life

£3.00 – £6.00

Thu, Jun 22

Queen Square

Featured 7:30 pm - 9:00 pm

German Book Discussion – Die Geschwister by Brigitte Reimann

£3.00 – £6.00

Fri, Jun 23

Online Event

Featured 4:00 pm - 5:30 pm

The Ukrainian language in the context of the war

£3.00 – £6.00

Fri, Jun 23

Hybrid Event

Featured 7:30 pm - 9:00 pm

The World in 2050: The Global Economy

£4.00 – £8.00

Sat, Jun 24

Online Event

Featured 2:00 pm - 3:30 pm

Little Film Club: Beau Travail

Free – £3.00

Mon, Jun 26

Hybrid Event

Featured 7:30 pm - 9:00 pm

Roman Special Forces and Special Ops

£3.00 – £6.00

How do we make mineral mining more sustainable?

Tue, Jun 27

Hybrid Event

Featured 7:30 pm - 9:00 pm

The Age of Minerals – How do we move to sustainable mining practices?

£4.00 – £8.00

Wed, Jun 28

Hybrid Event

Featured 7:30 pm - 9:00 pm

Why should Hamlet die? Mortality in Elizabethan writing

£3.00 – £6.00

Dr Eunice Lo on how the climate can impact upon human health!

Fri, Jun 30

Hybrid Event

Featured 7:30 pm - 9:00 pm

The World in 2050: Dr Eunice Lo on the impact of climate on human health

£4.00 – £8.00

Tue, Jul 4

Hybrid Event

Featured 7:30 pm - 9:00 pm

Evolution & Psychology: How Pathogens shaped Human Minds & Cultures

£3.00 – £6.00

Wed, Jul 5

Hybrid Event

Featured 7:30 pm - 9:00 pm

The Stench! Air Foul and Fair through Bath’s History with Stuart Burroughs

£4.00 – £8.00

Thu, Jul 6

Hybrid Event

Featured 7:30 pm - 9:00 pm

Radical by Nature: Celebrating Alfred Russel Wallace at 200

£3.00 – £6.00

Fri, Jul 7

BRLSI Members’ event

Featured 10:30 am - 5:00 pm

Members’ event: Day trip to Rugbourne Farm, home of William Smith

£30.00

Fri, Jul 7

Hybrid Event

Featured 7:30 pm - 9:00 pm

The World in 2050: The Post-Digital Society

£4.00 – £8.00

Tue, Jul 11

Hybrid Event

Featured 7:30 pm - 9:00 pm

Sustainability at the Royal United Hospitals (RUH)

£3.00 – £6.00

Wed, Jul 12

Hybrid Event

Featured 7:30 pm - 9:00 pm

Mineral Pigments in Archaeology & Art History

£4.00 – £8.00

Fri, Jul 14

Hybrid Event

Featured 7:30 pm - 9:00 pm

The World in 2050: Politics & Governance

£4.00 – £8.00

Tue, Jul 18

Hybrid Event

Featured 7:30 pm - 9:00 pm

Are our prisons safe and humane?

£3.00 – £6.00

Fri, Jul 21

Hybrid Event

Featured 7:30 pm - 9:00 pm

The World in 2050: Global Environmental Challenges

£4.00 – £8.00

An image of Joe Biden on the week he arrives in Britain ahead of the NATO summit.

Mon, Jul 24

Hybrid Event

Featured 7:30 pm - 9:00 pm

The Real Special Relationship: How US & British Secret Services Work Together

£3.00 – £6.00

Wed, Jul 26

Queen Square

Featured 11:00 am - 12:00 pm

Big Read: Mansfield Park by Jane Austen

Free – £4.00

Fri, Jul 28

Hybrid Event

Featured 7:30 pm - 9:00 pm

The World in 2050: Technology & Innovation

£4.00 – £8.00

Thu, Aug 3

Featured Thu 3 August 10:00 am - Thu 31 August 4:00 pm BST

Summer fun for kids!

Free creative activities

Fri, Aug 4

Hybrid Event

Featured 7:30 pm - 9:00 pm

The World in 2050: AI and the future of humanity

Professor John Lennox

£4.00 – £8.00

Mon, Sep 4

Hybrid Event

Featured 7:30 pm - 9:00 pm

William Golding: Lord of the Flies & beyond

Dr Nicola Presley & Judy Golding

£3.00 – £6.00

Tue, Sep 5

Hybrid Event

Featured 7:30 pm - 9:00 pm

The Good Life

Dr Don Cameron

£3.00 – £6.00

Wed, Sep 6

Queen Square

Featured 7:30 pm - 9:00 pm

German Social Evening with games & wine tasting

Quiz & wine tasting

£3.00 – £6.00

Fri, Sep 8

Hybrid Event

Featured 7:30 pm - 9:00 pm

The Right Light At Night

Steve Tonkin

£3.00 – £6.00

Tue, Sep 12

Hybrid Event

Featured 7:30 pm - 9:00 pm

Doughnut Economics: can Bath thrive like Amsterdam?

Carra Santos

£3.00 – £6.00

Tue, Sep 19

Hybrid Event

Featured 7:30 pm - 9:00 pm

How gangs recruit girls!

Professor Felia Allum

£3.00 – £6.00

Wed, Sep 20

Queen Square

Featured 7:30 pm - 9:00 pm

Marianne North – Intrepid Victorian Artist

Gina Merrett-Smith

£3.00 – £6.00

Mon, Sep 25

Hybrid Event

Featured 7:30 pm - 9:00 pm

Nagasaki: the forgotten prisoners

John Willis

£3.00 – £6.00

Wed, Sep 27

Queen Square

Featured 11:00 am - 12:00 pm

Big Read: The Bell Jar by Sylvia Plath

Gerie Herbert

Free – £4.00

Wed, Sep 27

Hybrid Event

Featured 7:30 pm - 9:00 pm

Why should Hamlet die? Mortality in Elizabethan writing

Duncan McGibbon

£3.00 – £6.00

Mon, Oct 2

Hybrid Event

Featured 7:30 pm - 9:00 pm

French Women’s Writing after May 1968

Dr Sandra Daroczi

£3.00 – £6.00

Fri, Oct 6

Hybrid Event

Featured 7:30 pm - 9:00 pm

The Festival Time Forgot

Martyn Dormer & Matthew Zuckerman

£3.00 – £6.00

A photograph showing the effects of infrared light.

Fri, Oct 13

Hybrid Event

Featured 7:30 pm - 9:00 pm

Light and Life beyond Photosynthesis

Bob Fosbury

£3.00 – £6.00

Sat, Oct 14

Queen Square

Featured 11:00 am - 12:00 pm

Why do we need to know Lady Audley’s Secret?

Marie-Louise Luxemburg

£3.00 – £6.00

Mon, Oct 16

Hybrid Event

Featured 7:30 pm - 9:00 pm

Sanskrit: Past & Present

Deepali Gaskell

£3.00 – £6.00

Tue, Oct 17

Hybrid Event

Featured 7:30 pm - 9:00 pm

The Story of the Disappeared

Professor Brad Evans & Chantal Meza

£3.00 – £6.00

Wed, Oct 18

Queen Square

Featured 11:00 am - 12:00 pm

Big Read: Wide Sargasso Sea by Jean Rhys

Zoe Morgan

Free – £4.00

Fri, Oct 20

Exhibition

Featured Fri 20 October 10:00 am - Wed 1 November 4:00 pm BST

Bath Textile Artists – Echoes of Bath

Mon, Oct 23

Hybrid Event

Featured 7:30 pm - 9:00 pm

The tennis champion who escaped the Nazis

Felice Hardy

£3.00 – £6.00

Tue, Oct 24

Queen Square

Featured 7:30 pm - 9:00 pm

Unbuilt Bath: the city as it might have been

Timothy Mowl

£3.00 – £6.00

Tue, Oct 31

Hybrid Event

Featured 7:30 pm - 9:00 pm

A short history of the Rec

Paul Jackson & Mark Wilson-Jones

£4.00 – £8.00

Wed, Nov 1

Hybrid Event

Featured 7:30 pm - 9:00 pm

Queen Square: ideas, influence & importance

Dr Amy Frost

£4.00 – £8.00

Fri, Nov 3

Hybrid Event

Featured 7:30 pm - 9:00 pm

A CLUTTERED AND NOISY SKY

Dr Robert Massey

£3.00 – £6.00

Mon, Nov 6

Hybrid Event

Featured 7:30 pm - 9:00 pm

Mrs Moreau’s Warbler: how birds got their names

Stephen Moss

£3.00 – £6.00

Tue, Nov 7

Hybrid Event

Featured 7:30 pm - 9:00 pm

Cafe Philo – is the world becoming a better place?

Philosophy Discussion

£3.00 – £6.00

Mon, Nov 13

Queen Square

Featured 6:30 pm - 9:00 pm

Hannah More: film screening and Q&A

Anthea Page & Lily Maryon

£4.00 – £8.00

Mon, Nov 20

Hybrid Event

Featured 7:30 pm - 9:00 pm

Native American Flute

Dave Merrick & Clive Mills

£3.00 – £6.00

Tue, Nov 21

Hybrid Event

Featured 7:30 pm - 9:00 pm

Cyber diplomacy in a geopolitical age

Chair: Professor David Galbreath

Free

Wed, Nov 22

Live concert

Featured 7:30 pm - 9:00 pm

The Ridge & the Song: harp concert

Francesco Benozzo

£4.00 – £8.00

Thu, Nov 23

Queen Square

Featured 7:30 pm - 9:00 pm

The story of Danzig – now Gdansk

Sabine Purshouse

£3.00 – £6.00

Thu, Nov 30

Hybrid Event

Featured 7:30 pm - 9:00 pm

Stem Cells: what they are & what we can do with them

Dr Jonathan Slack

£3.00 – £6.00