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

Registered Office: c/o Leeds City Museum, Cookridge Street, Leeds LS2 8BH

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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. 

Lectures will be held in the School of Music, University of Leeds at 7.30 p.m. unless otherwise indicated

Events in 2012 – programme:

Thursday 16^th February Colonel North, “Nitrate King” Eddie Edmundsen

Thursday 23^rd February The Stoner Colloquium; co-sponsored with the School of Physics & Astronomy of the University of Leeds:

The genius of Michael Faraday Prof Sir John Meurig Thomas

6.15 p.m., in the Western Lecture Theatre of the Business School.

Thursday 15^th March The Dead Sea Scrolls and the Bible Prof George Brooke

Thursday 26^th April Facial reconstruction in archaeology Dr Alan Ogden

Thursday 17^th May The welfare state: past and present Prof Derek Fraser

Thursday 7^th June Egyptian-themed talk to coincide with Leeds Museum’s Pharaoh exhibition

The following to be confirmed:

July/August Summer visit [date & venue to be decided]

Thursday 20^th September “An evening with…”

Science Fair, Leeds City Museum [date to be decided]

Thursday 4^th October Scott of the Antarctic lecture

Thursday 18^th October Solar energy: will we ever mimic the leaf? Prof Robin Perutz

Thursday 1^st November Pre-Bonfire Night lecture

Thursday 15^th November

Early December AGM and Annual Dinner

RECENT EVENTS

Thursday 19^th January Can protein-like gels be used to cure back pain? Danielle Miles

2011

Wednesday 7^th December AGM (at 6.30 p.m., in University House, University of Leeds)

Followed by the Annual Dinner.

Speaker: John Battle: "Engineering, poets and politics: the character of Leeds"

Thursday 3rd November The Annual Fireworks Lecture with Mike Hoyland (City

Museum)

Thursday 1^st December The Case of Wentworth - the Georgian Battle of the Follies Dr Patrick Eyres

In Mill Hill Chapel, City Square, Leeds 1, at 7.00 p.m.

The 2011 Joseph Priestley lecture, sponsored jointly by the Leeds Library,

the Leeds Philosophical and Literary Society and Mill Hill Chapel

Thursday 20^th October Public Education in Science – explaining the “God Particle” Prof. Alan Walker

Thursday 15^th September The role of lichens in shaping our world Prof. Mark Seaward

Thursday 28^th July Summer Visit to Renishaw Hall and Gardens.

Departing from the Parkinson Building at 9.00 a.m.

Thursday 14^th July An evening visit to the John Smeaton exhibition at Temple

Newsam House. Talk by John Coney:

“The life and works of John Smeaton” at 7.00.

Visit arranged jointly with the National Trust.

Thursday 16^th June An Evening with Michael Meadowcroft - (a clarinet on the

hoof) (University House)

Thursday 26^th May Stop worrying - radiation is good for you. Dr. Bob Bury

Thursday 5^th May Biological approaches to providing alternative energy: prospects and problems Prof Teresa Thiel

Thursday 14^th April Sugar Island Dag Kjelldahl

Saturday 19^th March Annual Science Fair (City Museum)

Thursday 17^th March Phyllis Bentley – Yorkshire writer Prof. Dave Russell

Thursday 17^th February The calendar Dr Martin Kapel

Thursday 20^th January Boomerangs Dr. Bob Reid

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