PROGRAMME
Lecture Programme 2024
[continually updated]
Lectures will usually beheld on the first 3 Mondays of each month March to November, with adjustments around Easter
See the NEWSLETTERS page for details of each lecture.
Series 1: ART & MUSIC
4 March: Selected Artworks from the Aigantighe Collection - Petrena Fishburn
11 March: Mediating Technologies – A Brief History of Moving Image in Contemporary Art - Steve Carr
(followed by AGM)
18 March: I Don’t Want Your Golden Apple and other Fruitiness - Anita DeSoto
Series 2: INTERNATIONAL POLITICS
8 April: Brexit, EU and New Zealand - Dr Serena Kelly
15 April: International Matters - current - Nick Smith
22 April: Retooling New Zealand’s Foreign Policy in the AUKUS Era - Dr Nicholas Khoo
Series 3: AGEING ISSUES
6 May: Eating for Healthy Ageing - Dr Ali Hill
13 May: The Importance of Sleep - Prof Richard Jones
20 May: Ageing and Chronic Conditions .. the side effects of growing old - Ulrich Bergler
Series 4: THE NIGHT SKY
10 June: Matariki and Maori Astronomy - Victoria Campbell
17 June: Observational Cosmology - Yvette Perrott
24 June: A Song of Ice and Solar Flares: returning astronauts to the Moon this decade - Daniel Wrench
Series 5: SPEAKERS' CORNER
1 July: Stress, Rhythms and the Brain - Prof Richard Porter
8 July: Foulden Maar - Prof Daphne Lee
15 July: Fascination Antarctica considering the landscape, science and its history - Dr Ursula Rack
Series 6: CHALLENGING IDEAS
5 August: A Peace Perspective on the conflict in Palestine - Prof Richard Jackson
12 August: What does 'Social Security' mean in the 21st Century - Max Rashbrooke
19 August: The Fight to Lower the Voting Age - Thomas Pope-Kerr
Series 7: LANGUAGE & LITERATURE
02 September: The Inimitable Dickens: The Early Career - Dr Judith Coullie
09 September: Lecturer from UC Linguistics Dept - TBC
16 September: Middle East Issues - Leon Goldsmith
Series 8: OUR PLANET/WATER
07 October: TBC
14 October: TBC
21 October: TBC
Series 9: POTPOURRI
11 November: TBC
18 November: TBC
25 November: Responsible Tourism [subject to be refined] - David Simmons Lincoln