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N O V E M B E R 2015
Calendar of Lectures & Exhibitions
Bath Royal Literary
& Scientific Institution
16 Queen Square Bath BA1 2HN [email protected] 01225 312084
For details of all BRLSI events go to: www.brlsi.org
Registered Charity no 304477
N O V E M B E R PROGRAMME OF LECTURES & EVENTS bold = BRLSI Lectures / Events italics = Visiting Organisations ● Meetings start at 7.30pm (unless otherwise stated)
Tue 3 Philosophy & Café Philo What is the Use of History? Discussion chaired by Dr Gerard Kilroy
Tue 3 Bath NATS Hedgehogs Ben Williams, National Hedgehog Survey
Thu 5 Bath Geological Society The Geology of Decorative and Building Stones
at Kingston Lacey
Peter Bath,
Dorset Geologists’ Association
Fri 6 Bath Film Society Human Capital [Italy 2013] Directed by Paolo Virzi
Sat 7 BOOK SALE Recycle your books to raise funds for BRLSI 11 am to 2 pm
Mon 9 History & Culture The Agincourt Massacre:
Henry V and the Limits of Chivalry
Sean McGlynn FRHisS,
Writer, Historian & contributor to BBC History
Wed 11 ENLIGHTENMENT The Strange Case of Dr Johnson & Mr Hume:
Scepticism & the English Enlightenment
Professor Brian Young,
Christ Church, University of Oxford
Thu 12 BACAS Star Carr and the early Mesolithic in context. Tim Schadla-Hall
Sat 14 The Poet’s Voice 10 am POETRY WORKSHOP Organised by Duncan McGibbon
Mon 16 Literature & Humanities Samuel Beckett 1906-1998:
Witnessing the Century
Dr Mark Nixon, University of Reading;
Director, Beckett International Foundation
Tue 17 World Affairs International Policy Options for Improving
Water Management in Agriculture
Dr Kevin Parris, Former Ecologist; Organisation
for Economic Cooperation & Development
Thu 19 German Language &
Culture TALK IN GERMAN
Kompromiss und Konfrontation:
Eine Diskussion
Wera Hobhouse Council Member, Electoral Reform Society
Fri 20 Bath Film Society Of Horses and Men [Iceland 2013]
plus The Plank [British Classic with Eric Sykes]
Directed by Benedikt Relingsson
Tue 24 Psychology Your Memory: A User‘s Guide Prof Alan Baddeley, University of York
Wed 25 Poetry ‘Yippee!’ Laughter and Melancholy in the
Poetry of Frank O'Hara
Dr Daniel Kane, Director of Centre for American
Studies, University of Sussex
Thu 26 Bath Society of Artists Imagination: the legacy of Romantic painting Hugo Grenville, British Romantic painter
Fri 27 Science A Christmas Tree is not just for Christmas Prof Matthew Davidson, Centre for Sustainable
Chemical Technologies, University of Bath
Mon 30 NEW GROUP
Visual Arts
Julia Margaret Cameron:
Pioneer Victorian Photographer
Dr Rachel Flynn,
Dimbola Museum & Galleries, Isle of Wight
Mon 30 Patrick O’Brian Society The Somerset Knotters Europa, Somerset Knotters Bath Royal Literary
& Scientific Institution
16 Queen Square Bath BA1 2HN [email protected] 01225 312084
For details of all BRLSI events go to:
www.brlsi.org
Coffee Mornings Saturdays 11 am
registered charity no 304477
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Julia Margaret Cameron Pioneer Victorian Photographer
Dr Rachel Flynn Dimbola Museum & Galleries, Isle of Wight
Mon 30 November ● 7.30pm
NEW GROUP
BRLSI MEMBERS
ART EXHIBITION 2016
23 March—15 April
An Exhibition of Art, Sculpture, Ceramics
and Literature by BRLSI Members
All works considered.
To apply contact Jill Swale
Apply now!
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The Bath Royal Literary & Scientific Institution
(founded in 1824) is based in a unique listed
building in the heart of the historic city of Bath.
Here we put on a programme of talks and
discussions, which is unrivalled for the range of
subjects covered, and featuring some of today’s
leading thinkers and researchers.
Here also are housed our Collections:
internationally recognized items of geology,
natural history, ethnography, and archaeology;
a library of 10,000 antiquarian books and the
correspondence of many eminent 19th century
scientists including Charles Darwin.
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Entry to our talks cost
£4 visitors or £2 members / students
Our Exhibitions are FREE
Some N O V E M B E R events at 16 Queen Square, Bath
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The Agincourt Massacre
HENRY V & the Limits of Chivalry
Sean McGlynn F R His S Writer; Historian; regular contributor to BBC History & History Today
Monday 9 Nov ● 7.30 pm
S A M U E L B E C K E T T 1906-1998
Witnessing the Century Dr Mark Nixon University of Reading; Director, Beckett International Foundation
Monday 16 November ● 7.30 pm
600th ANNIVERSARY of AGINCOURT
YOUR MEMORY: A USER’S GUIDE Professor Alan Baddeley
University of York
Tuesday 24 November ● 7.30 pm
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Discussion chaired by
Dr Gerard Kilroy
Tuesday 3 November ● 7.30 pm
The Strange Case of Dr Johnson & Mr Hume Scepticism & the English
Enlightenment
Professor Brian Young Christ Church, University of Oxford
Wednesday 11 November ● 7 for 7.30 pm E X H I B I T I O N O F P A I N T I N G S
WAR and PEACE
12 - 24 November
10 am - 4 pm ● Mondays to Saturdays
Recycle your books to raise funds for BRLSI
BOOK SALE Saturday
7 November
11 am to 2 pm
