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2D!, Social Sciences Complex, Priory Road
Tuesday 12 June 2012
A blueprint of the speaker: Exploring the brain with nuclear magnetic resonance
Organised by The Public and Ceremonial Events Office
Professor Risto Kauppinen.
2D!, Social Sciences Complex, Priory Road,
6:00pm
The tools we exploit 'to look inside the human body' have revolutionised during the past decade or so. Today amazingly detailed images are obtained from our organs totally non-invasively. These images provide unprecedented information from anatomy, physiology and metabolism of the brain. Further information is available
No booking required.
Contact Nicola Fry
on
+44 (0)117 - 928 8515 or
nicola.fry@bristol.ac.uk
2D1 Social Sciences Complex, BS8 1TU
Wednesday 2 May 2012
A blueprint of the speaker: The psychology of language production
Organised by Public and Ceremonial Events Office
Organised by Public and Ceremonial Events Office
Professor Markus Damian, Professor of Psychology of Language, School of Experimental Psychology.
2D1 Social Sciences Complex, BS8 1TU,
6:00pm
The act of speaking requires rapid retrieval of words from a mental lexicon, the assembly of complex utterances, and efficient articulation. In this lecture the state-of-the-art in recent research on the psychological and neural mechanisms underlying language production will be portrayed. Further information is available
No booking required.
Contact Nicola Fry
on
+44 (0)117 - 928 8515 or
nicola.fry@bristol.ac.uk
Great Hall, Wills Memorial Building
Thursday 10 May 2012
Bristol Jubilee Lecture - Sixty Years a Queen: The Diamond Jubilee in Historical Perspective
Organised by Public and Ceremonial Events Office
Professor Sir David Cannadine, Historian.
Great Hall, Wills Memorial Building,
6:00pm
There have only been two Diamond Jubilees in recent times: Queen Victoria in 1897 and Queen Elizabeth II in 2012. This lecture will compare and contrast these two occasions, and in so doing try to put this year's celebrations in a broader context. Further information is available
Booking required through further information.
Contact Nicola Fry
on
+44 (0)117 - 928 8515 or
nicola.fry@bristol.ac.uk
LT1 School of Chemistry, Cantock's Close
Thursday 14 June 2012
Living Translation - The Secret Life of Dead Languages
Organised by Public and Ceremonial Events Office and the School of Modern Languages
Diego Marani, Italian novelist, translator and linguist.
LT1 School of Chemistry, Cantock's Close,
6:30pm
A lecture-performance by the Italian author, translator and linguist, Diego Marani. Author of New Finnish Grammar and Last of the Vostyaks, Diego Marani is the renowned inventor of Europanto. Further information is available
Booking required through further information.
Contact Nicola Fry
on
+44 (0)117 - 9288515 or
nicola.fry@bristol.ac.uk
Peel Lecture Theatre, Geographical Sciences BS8 1SS
Thursday 31 May 2012
Going for growth: stories from a child of the 70s and Children of the 90s
Organised by Public and Ceremonial Events Office
Professor Kate Tilling, Professor of Medical Statistics, School of Social and Community Medicine.
Peel Lecture Theatre, Geographical Sciences BS8 1SS,
6:00pm
Many aspects of health research involve assessing and predicting the evolution of biological measurements-from monitoring maternal weight during pregnancy to using biomarkers to identify progression of cancer. I will demonstrate different ways of modelling change, and their implications for medical research, highlighting recent work on the ALSPAC (Children of the 90s) study. Further information is available
No booking required.
Contact Nicola Fry
on
+44 (0)117 - 9288515 or
nicola.fry@bristol.ac.uk
Recital Room, Victoria Rooms
Friday 29 June 2012
A Possession for All Time? Why and how Thucydides still matters
Organised by Public and Cermonial Events Office
Organised by Public and Cermonial Events Office
Professor Hunter R Rawlings III, Cornell University, USA.
Recital Room, Victoria Rooms,
6:00pm
The Greek historian Thucydides claimed that his work was "a possession for all time": what did he mean by this, and what significance can a 2,500-year old war have today? Professor Rawlings argues that reading Thucydides is an intense experience requiring close attention and moral judgment; events in Thucydides matter. Further information is available
Free, but booking required.
Contact Nicola Fry
on
+44 (0)117 - 928 8515 or
nicola.fry@bristol.ac.uk