The Humanities Lecture Series
- All lectures take place at 5.30pm
- In-person or online
- Venue may vary
- Please register on Eventbrite
Humanities Lecture Series programme 2024-25 (pdf)
Semester 1
02 October 2024: Dr Henry Dee
Wednesday 2 October 2024 at 5.30pm
In the Wolfson Medical School Building (Room 253: Yudowitz)
Dr Henry Dee
Future immigration must be strictly restricted’: National economies, migration controls and the remaking of class in colonial Durban, Colombo and Yangon, 1910-1948
23 October 2024: Professor Paul Gooding
Wednesday 23 October 2024 at 5.30pm
In the Wolfson Medical School Building (Room 253: Yudowitz)
Professor Paul Gooding
The Library in Digital Humanities, and the Human in Digital Libraries
13 November 2024: Professor Mona Simion
Wednesday 13 November 2024 at 5.30pm
In the Wolfson Medical School Building (Room 253: Yudowitz)
Professor Mona Simion
Disinformation, Politically Motivated Reasoning, and Distrust in Expertise
04 December 2024: Professor Karen Hardy
Wednesday 4 December 2024 at 5.30pm
In the Wolfson Medical School Building (Room 253: Yudowitz)
Professor Karen Hardy
Paleo fact or flintstone fantasy? The Palaeolithic and its relevance to today’s world
Semester 2
22 January 2025: Professor Jack Lyons
Wednesday 22 January 2025 at 5.30pm
In the Wolfson Medical School Building (Room 253: Yudowitz)
Professor Jack Lyons
Seeing and Knowing
12 February 2025: Professor Tom Harrison
Wednesday 12 February 2025 at 5.30pm
In the Boyd Orr Building, Room 412
Professor Tom Harrison
Reimagining the classical past at the British Museum
5 March 2025: Professor Sarah Richardson
Wednesday 5 March 2025 at 5.30pm
In the Wolfson Medical School Building (Room 253: Yudowitz)
Professor Sarah Richardson
‘Law breaking justified’: women and challenges to the state in the early nineteenth century
26 March 2025: Professor Katherine Forsyth
Wednesday 26 March 2025 at 5.30pm
In the Wolfson Medical School Building (Room 253: Yudowitz)
Professor Katherine Forsyth
Imagining ogham. The Irish origins of a singularly original writing system