Talks
Carlo Ginzburg on "Les rois thaumaturges" by Marc Bloch
Carlo Ginzburg on "Les rois thaumaturges" by Marc Bloch
| Mon 22 January 2024 | 2:15PM - 3:30PM |
Highlight Tea & Talk at the Museum: Close Shaves in the Antarctic Discover some of the fascinating themes in the museum with our tea and talk programme for adults. Each session will have a 40-minute talk followed by a chance to chat with the experts and your fellow attendees over a cuppa. For this session our museum collections coordinator, Henrietta Hammant will be exploring the near misses of Antarctic explorers. |
| Tue 23 January 2024 | 5:30PM - 7:00PM |
Deconstructing the language of online offence What language is perceived as offensive? |
| 6:00PM - 7:30PM |
Fractured Union: An evening with Michael Kenny in conversation with Helen Thompson Join Professor Michael Kenny in conversation with Professor Helen Thompson about his latest book, "Fractured Union: Poverty, Sovereignity and the Fight to Save the UK". |
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| Wed 24 January 2024 | 5:30PM - 6:30PM |
Pick of the month Holocaust Memory and the Challenges of Empathy 2024 Holocaust Memorial Day Lecture Professor Adam Sutcliffe, Kings College London |
| Thu 25 January 2024 | 6:00PM - 7:00PM |
Reimagining Ageing as Adventure: Why You’re Never Too Young to Grow Old When some of us hear the word “ageing”, depressing images of decrepitude and decline can come to mind. In this engaging presentation, however, we will consider the seemingly opposite possibility of ageing as an adventure, one of actively growing old and not just passively getting old. |
| 7:30PM - 8:45PM |
Thrilling plots and chilling realities: Writing global thrillers Join thriller writer Mike Harrison as he discusses the art of creative writing and weaving real-world issues into his fiction. |