Professorial lecture series

To celebrate and share the expertise of our new and established Professors alike, we invite you to attend Bath Spa’s Professorial Lecture Series.

Each lecture is free and open to everyone – staff, students and members of the public.

2016/2017 professorial lecture series

Wednesdays – 6:00pm-8.00pm
Newton Park, Commons G23/24

28 June 2017
David Almond - Stories From The Middle of the World
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Please note, this lecture will take place in the TV studio, Commons.

Whenever posible we try to record our Professorial Lectures and make them available on this page.

7 June 2017
James Newman - Game over? The past, present and future of videogame preservation
3 May 2017
Mariele Neudecker - Hull ‘Another City of Culture”
17 May 2017
Geoff Whitty and Jenny Gore - Improving teaching: some lessons for the UK from Australia
29 March 2017
Dexter Dalwood – What is the History in Contemporary History Painting?
22 February 2017
Amanda Bayley - "Crossing Musical Bridges": composers, performers and intercultural encounters
1 February 2017
Maggie Gee and the Empathy and Writing Group - Empathy at Work

5 October 2016
Kate Rigby - Infernal Ecologies: Literature, Ethics and fire ‘down under’ (Video)
19 October 2016
Andrew Hugill - Adventures in Creative Computing (Video)
2 November 2016
Christina Slade - A Tale of Two Cities
23 November 2016
Alastair Niven - The Value of Literary Prizes, If There Is Any (Video)
14 December 2016
Neil Sammells - Oscar Wilde: Be Cool (Video)

6 February 2014
Joseph Hyde: "Seeing Sound..." (Audio)
19 February 2014
Kate Pullinger: "A Letter to an Unknown Soldier..." (Audio)
5 March 2014
Elaine Chalus: "My dearest Tussy'..." (Video and Audio)
19 March 2014
Dan Davies: "Schrödinger's Cat..." (Audio slideshow)
2 April 2014
Denise Cush: "Without Fear or Favour..." (Audio)
14 May 2014
Tessa Hadley: Book Reading with Q&A (No recording available)
28 May 2014
Mike Tooby: "Reflections on connecting people..." (Video)
6 June 2014
Liz Coleman: "Thought, Action and Passion..." A public lecture to mark the launch of the Global Academy of Liberal Arts. (No recording available)
25 June 2014
Gavin Cologne-Brookes: "Mortality and Memoir..." (Audio)

9 October 2013
Prof John Strachan: "Advertising and Literature in Late Georgian England, 1785-1840" (No recording available)
30 October 2013
Prof Anita Taylor: "Interrogating Appearances: Drawing and Understanding" (No recording available)
14 November 2013
Hilary Mantel in conversation with Prof Fay Weldon (Video)
27 November 2013
Prof Rob Mears: "Violence and Civilisation"(Audio)