Royal Geographic Society (with IBG) Lecture Series
One sixth of the modern global economy depends on hydrocarbon fuels. Without them, the planet would grind to a halt. As one US oilman puts it “If oil didn’t exist, we would have to invent it.” No single resource has ever changed so overwhelmingly the course of mankind’s and earth’s history. In this talk, Professor Iain Stewart will look back at the social and political consequences of our society’s gradual addiction to fossil fuels and look forward to consider whether we can ever end our dependence on them.
Andrew Millington looks back on a lifetime’s career in church music, with reminiscences of Worcester, Gloucester, Guildford and Exeter Cathedrals. There will be some serious thoughts mixed with anecdotes about the variety of characters he has worked with over the years.
An Organ350 event.
Tickets
General admission £3 Friends of Exeter Cathedral, Residents' Card Holders, Cathedral Volunteers £2
Reckless adventure or noble crusade? Monmouth's Rebellion is an important and dramatic event in our West Country history. From the Court of Whitehall to the Battle of Sedgemoor and the horrors of the Bloody Assizes, join us for an exciting visit to the past.
The free lecture series 'Research Uncovered' returns with a special guest lecture from Professor Michelle Ryan, Dean of Graduate Faculty at the University of Exeter.
Professor Ryan will present "Understanding Women's Ambition: Cliffs, gaps, and revolutions":
Women continue to be under-represented in particular sectors (such as surgery or policing) and in particular roles (such as leadership). Recent commentary has suggested that women's innate lack of commitment and ambition can help explain this under-representation. In contrast to such an...
Dr Jamie Shea, Deputy Assistant Secretary General to NATO will be talking to students, staff and members of the public at an open lecture on Thursday 20 November 2014 at the University’s Streatham Campus.
Entitled ‘International security: is it as bad as it seems?’ the lecture will explore how recent events have given many people the impression that the world is sliding into disorder and in some places (such as the Middle East) even anarchy.
It will pose questions such as ‘Are we experiencing the twilight of the West as many have predicted?’ and ‘Are the challenges from a...
Devon author and painter Ray Balkwill describes his passion for his native county as ‘running as deep as the red earth itself’. This illustrated talk provides a fascinating glimpse into the artist’s personal and physical relationship with the landscape, and in particular his ‘love affair’ with the Exe Estuary.
As an Academician of the South West Academy and member of the St Ives Society of Artists, his words and paintings have carried the grandeur of our region far and wide. The evening will appeal to all those who are equally passionate about art and the landscape. Drinks will be...
Exeter School hosted a joint local Geographical Association/South West Region Royal Geographical Society evening lecture attended by RGS members and over 100 pupils and parents from Exeter School, King’s Taunton, Taunton School and King Alfred’s School in Burnham on Sea.
Attended by 119 people, the lecture was given by Dr Stewart Barr, senior lecturer in the geography department at Exeter University, on 7 October.
Entitled ‘Are You Doing Your Bit? Environmental Responsibility in an Age of Anthropogenic Climate Change’, this was a fascinating and challenging lecture which...
There have been organs in the cathedral since at least 1284. Who built and maintained them, and who have the organists been? This talk will address these and many other questions and also include information newly discovered.
The border between the living and the dead could be very permeable in the Middle Ages, especially at this time of year.
Naomi Howell (University of Exeter) will explain how medieval beliefs about ghosts, bodies, and restless spirits are reflected in art, literature, and the tombs of Exeter Cathedral.
