5 Thursday 1 FebruaryThe Speaker, Parliament and engaging with the modern democracyThe Rt Hon John Bercow MP, Speaker of the House of Commons

John Bercow was elected 157th Speaker of the House of Commons in 2009, and has been re-elected three times. He has overseen significant changes in both the procedures and the culture of the House of Commons, assisting MPs in their holding of the executive to account, and enhancing public understanding of the role and functions of the Speaker.

5 Thursday 8 February Hearts and Minds: the untold story behind votes for womenJane Robinson, author and social historian

Women won the vote 100 years ago this week. We assume the campaign for enfranchisement was all about the militant Suffragettes, but what finally won the hearts and minds of parliament and the people was an astonishing six-week suffrage march – the ‘Great Pilgrimage’ – involving thousands of ordinary, forgotten men and women. One of its starting points was Newcastle, and this lecture will tell its story.

5 Friday 16 FebruaryLincoln’s Emancipation Proclamation: a view from the US Civil War’s slave refugee campsDr Amy Murrell Taylor, University of Kentucky

How did Abraham Lincoln’s monumental Emancipation Proclamation actually work in everyday life? Did it work at all? And, most importantly, how did enslaved people view the proclamation’s effect on their lives? This lecture considers the refugees who were overshadowed by the proclamation itself, yet who were arguably at the frontlines of the process by which slavery was destroyed in the United States.

5 Tuesday 20 February LGBT History Month Lecture Pride in the NorthMark Nichols, Northern Pride

The first Pride march in Britain was in London in 1972; in 1995 Pride on Tyne was established, initially with a low-key university-based celebration. In 2007 Northern Pride replaced it and brought the parade to the city to make it a truly public celebration. This lecture recounts its history, and the obstacles and challenges it faced.

5 Thursday 22 February Brexit and populism: a sociological perspectiveProfessor Mike Savage, London School of Economics and Political Science

A powerful language of inequality informs the Brexit/Trump phenomenon, with language’ of ‘left behinds’, ‘elites’, ‘racial inequalities’, and class. This lecture offers a more nuanced sociological perspective, seeking to unravel the longer term processes, ambivalences and complexities.

5 Tuesday 27 February Jacobson LectureWe need to talk about NigelProfessor Sir Simon Wessely, King’s College London

The former President of the Royal College of Psychiatrists, knighted for services to psychological medicine and military health, is the first psychiatrist to become president of the Royal Society of Medicine. In this lecture he reflects on over-reporting and under-resourcing: whether over-awareness of mental ill health will sink an under-resourced service.

5 Thursday 1 MarchThomas Sharp LectureEngendering the city we need? Overcoming the barriersEmeritus Professor Marion Roberts, University of Westminster

A resurgence of feminism at grass roots level in the UK has provoked renewed interest from a younger generation in the ideas and legacy of the movement to embed sensitivity to gender issues in town planning and urban design. This lecture will give examples of good practice from Europe and the global south, as well as the small local gains made in everyday practice.

5 Tuesday 6 MarchTyneside Geographical Society Annual Lecture Geography’s place in the world: past, present, futureProfessor Rita Gardner CBE, Director, Royal Geographical Society (with the Institute of British Geographers)

In her last regional lecture, the Director of the RGS draws on her academic background and experience of leading the Society to consider the position of geography and to explore the place of the discipline in a rapidly changing world. This lecture also marks 90 years of geography at Newcastle University.

5 Thursday 8 MarchCSI Richard IIIProfessor Sarah Hainsworth, Aston University

The search for Richard III was a collaboration between the University of Leicester, Leicester City Council and the Richard III Society. This lecture discusses the medical and engineering imaging tools used for examining his wounds, and relates them to the weapons of the time of the Battle of Bosworth to consider how he met his death.

5 Sunday 11 March Note: 11.30am startBBC Radio 3’s Free Thinking Festival of Ideas at Sage GatesheadAs the BBC screens its landmark new arts series, Civilisations, one of the presenters, David Olusoga, joins other guests to consider our different notions of world history from the dawn of human civilisation to the present day.

Note: admission is free but ticketed: to book visit www.sagegateshead.com or call 0191 443 4661 from 2 February.

5 Tuesday 13 March Defence LectureBritish Defence Policy and Brexit – time to consider Britain’s place in the world? The Rt Hon the Lord Hutton of Furness

The former Secretary of State for Defence will reflect on his own experiences, and on relationships between politicians, policymakers and the military, to explore the current challenges about how Britain can match its aspirations to play a role on the international stage as a Permanent Member of the Security Council, and one of the leading members in the NATO alliance, against a background of continuing shortage of resources, and reductions in military capability.

5 Thursday 15 MarchWe are London – creating a museum for and of our timeSharon Ament, Director, Museum of London

Opened in 1976, the Museum of London decided in 2015 to relocate from the Barbican to Smithfield. The opportunities provided for the Museum in its new site demand a strong vision, tenacity, courage and above all a deep attention to what it means to be a museum of a global city at a time of societal discombobulation. It’s not a time to ‘approach with caution’: it is a project that simply has to be profound.

5 Tuesday 17 AprilAlbert Latner Lecture in Clinical BiochemistryFamilial cholesterol: an underdiagnosed and undertreated diseaseProfessor Anne Tybjærg-Hansen, University of Copenhagen

Familial hypercholesterolaemia – inherited high levels of cholesterol – is the most common inherited disease and the leading cause of heart disease. Though its cause is well known and adequate treatment, mainly statins, is available, it is heavily underdiagnosed and undertreated. There is an urgent worldwide need for early detection and treatment of this common, extremely high-risk condition.

INSIGHTS Evening Lectures, 5.30pmCurtis Auditorium, Herschel BuildingFree admission and open to all

www.ncl.ac.uk/events/public-lectures

5 Thursday 19 AprilLecture in association with the Institute of Physics The technology of space explorationDr Alton Horsfall, Newcastle University

Space is the ultimate challenge and its exploration has accelerated the development of technologies that have found themselves in everyday use. This lecture will consider the challenges of making scientific measurements of the planets and their satellites. From high radiation levels and temperatures, to long-term operation in freezing temperatures and the challenge of communicating across vast distances, it considers the implications for manned missions into the great unknown.

5 Thursday 3 MayThe English origins of modern democracyDr Rachel Hammersley, Newcastle University

Modern democracy is not merely the product of 18th-century revolution and 19th-century reform. Democratic ideas had been part of English political debate for two centuries by the time of the American Revolution in 1776. In celebration of May Day – a day closely associated with Englishness, popular action and workers’ rights – this lecture will trace the history of democratic thought in early-modern England.

5 Tuesday 8 MaySophia LectureA composer’s half-centuryNicola LeFanu, composer

Nicola LeFanu has composed over 100 works that have been widely played, broadcast and recorded. Here she reflects on changes in music practice and reception during her 50-year career.

5 Thursday 10 MayThe urban landscape as a place to flourish – green space, health and quality of lifeProfessor Catharine Ward Thompson, University of Edinburgh

Drawing on her research and recent work for the World Health Organization European Region, this lecture discusses the importance of landscapes for humans: how we understand links between the outdoor environment and health, and what the challenges are for enhancing access to ‘salutogenic’ landscapes.

5 Tuesday 15 MayPageants and the past: Kynren in contextDr Mark Freeman, University College London

Since 2016 a spectacular outdoor show has been performed on summer evenings at Auckland Castle in Bishop Auckland to crowds of thousands. Kynren tells the story of England and the North East: St Cuthbert, the Stockton and Darlington Railway and the Durham Miners’ Gala appear, alongside the Battle of Hastings, Shakespeare and Churchill. It can be seen as a revival of the tradition of historical pageantry that was a significant aspect of popular engagement with the past.

5 Thursday 17 MayThree tales from the biomedical frontierThree researchers – winners of the Faculty of Medical Sciences’ postgraduate public speaking prize – describe their quests at the cutting edge of science and how their findings may underpin the medical treatments of tomorrow.

5 Tuesday 22 MayHow Good We Can Be: ending the mercenary society and building a great countryWill Hutton, author and broadcaster

Instead of an innovative productive economy, we have a capitalism that extracts value rather than creates it. With technological possibilities multiplying, Britain must aim to create an economy, society and democracy in which the mass of citizens flourish.

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Newcastle University welcomes you to its Spring 2018 Insights programme. Given by public figures and eminent scholars, the lectures cover a wide range of topics, are free and open to all. All seats are allocated on a first-come, first-served basis.

Unless otherwise stated, lectures begin at 5.30pm, last about an hour plus time for questions, and are held in the Curtis Auditorium, Herschel Building.

Audio recordings of some lectures are downloadable from our website at www.ncl.ac.uk/events/public-lectures after the lecture has taken place. Additions or changes to the programme will also be published on our website. You can also follow us on Twitter: @insightsncl

If you wish to confirm dates/speakers, please contact us on 0191 208 6093 or e-mail public.lectures@ncl.ac.uk To join our mailing list, please complete the online registration form.

The information contained in this card can be provided in alternative formats on request – please contact the Public Lectures office by telephone or e-mail as above.

DATE FOR YOUR DIARY

5 Saturday 23 JuneAnnual Convocation LectureDetails of the 2018 Convocation Lecture will be announced soon. Please check our website for further information.

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