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Saturday 29 March Relevance, Literariness and Style A one-day workshop on the application of relevance theory in understanding aspects of literariness and stylistic analysis.

See more talks like this in: academic / arts / linguistics / pragmatics


Thursday 3 April The Life and Work of Michael Faraday A talk by Frank James, Professor of the History of Science and Head of Collections at The Royal Institution.

See more talks like this in: science / chemistry / biochemistry / catalysis / newtopic


Tuesday 15 April The importance of science: an outsider's perspective Public lecture with Bill Bryson and Professor Jim Al-Khalili.

See more talks like this in: science / all / general


Tuesday 13 May The Marx Memorial Lecture: An Enduring Passion: Eric Hobsbawm and Karl Marx, a talk by Gregory Ellio This year's Marx memorial lecture focuses on the work of Eric Hobsbawn

See more talks like this in: academic / history


Friday 7 March Russia, Ukraine and Us Bridgett Kendell will try to put the dramatic events of recent days into the longer historical context and ask what they mean for our relationship with Russia.

See more talks like this in: arts / history / worldhistory / russia



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