The Leeds Philosophical and Literary Society -- Other

The Leeds Philosophical
and Literary Society
Registered Charity 224084 Company Registered in England 177204

Registered Office c/o Leeds Heritage Service, 7^th Floor West, Merrion House, Leeds LS2 8DT

FUTURE EVENTS

N.B. The dates and times of some events may have to be changed; please contact the Hon. Secretary, Dr. John Lydon (0113 3433036 or 0113 2785596) to confirm the details shown below.

2008

18 September, 7.30 p.m.: An evening with chocolate, a lecture by Dr Stevie McBurney. In University House, University of Leeds.

24 September: Society coach outing to the Scarborough Rotunda and to Malton. A visit to the Rotunda, recently re-opened after a multi-million refit, regarded as the finest surviving purpose-built museum of its age; designed by William Smith, “Father of English geology”. After lunch, a visit to Malton museum, with its fine collection of Roman relics. The coach will leave from the front of the Parkinson Building, University of Leeds, at 9.00 a.m. and return at approx 6.00 p.m. Cost: £16 per head (includes admission to both museums). Those wishing to come should first contact the Treasurer: Prof. A.C.T. North, 27 Breary Lane, Bramhope, Leeds LS16 9AD

16 October, 7.30 p.m.: Bear Island - an Arctic nature preserve; a lecture by Dag Hagenaes-Kjelldahl. In the Leeds Museum.

4 November, 7.30 p.m.: Pre-Bonfire Night spectacular; by Mike Hoyland. In the Rupert Beckett Lecture Theatre, University of Leeds.

20 November, 7.30 p.m.: Riding the waves of knowledge: from Schrodinger's cats to quantum computers; a lecture by Professor Vlatko Vedral. In the Leeds Museum.

December: AGM - details to be finalised.

RECENT EVENTS

17 July, starting 9.00 a.m.: Coach outing to Sheffield. Theme: steel. Visits to the Cutlers’ Hall, the Winter Gardens and museum / gallery complex in the city centre and to Abbeydale Industrial Hamlet, an industrial heritage site.

19 June, 7.30 p.m.: Is home birth a realistic option in the 21st century? - a lecture by Dr Wendy Savage. In the Lecture Theatre, School of Music, University of Leeds

15 May, 7.30 p.m.: Bionanotechnology: using nature to help exploit the room at the bottom; a lecture by Professor Peter Stockley. In Leeds University.

17 April, 7.30 p.m.: Bath houses in Yorkshire, a lecture by Susan Kellerman. In the Leeds Library.

20 March, 7.30 p.m.: Science within art: an analysis of Holbein's masterpiece: The Ambassadors; a lecture by Dr David Knapp. In the Leeds Library

8 March: The annual Science Fair. In The Light.

14 February, 7.30 p.m.: Priests, piles and parasites, a lecture by Professor Michael Green. In the Leeds Library

17 January, 7.30 p.m.: Elections on the hoof, a lecture by Michael Meadowcroft. In the Leeds Library.

2007

4 December, from 6.00 p.m.: The AGM and annual dinner. At the University of Leeds.

15 November, 7.30 p.m.: The making of a biography, a lecture by Lisa Chaney. To be held in the Leeds Library, 18 Commercial Street

2 November, 7.30 p.m.: Pre-Bonfire Night lecture and demonstration by Mike Hoyland

17 October, 7.30 p.m.: an evening with John Roles (Leeds Heritage Service)

20 September, 7.30 p.m.: a lecture The Post Reformation Church by Graham Parry

Wednesday 18 July. Visit to The Deep and Burton Agnes Hall.