218th Session

218th Session: Lecture Programme

Title	Speaker	Date
Glasgow Science Festival	Prof Douglas Paul	12th June 2019
The Idea of a Moral Constitution	Prof A C Grayling Master of the New College of the Humanities	2nd October 2019
Realising potential despite the circumstances	Iain MacRitchie Founder & Chair of MCR Pathways, MCR Foundation & MCR Holdings MCR Pathways website	16th October 2019
Why do we look up?	Dr Guy Consolmagno Director of the Vatican Observatory	30th October 2019
Land, Democracy & Society. Why land reform matters and can solve many problems.	Andy Wightman MSP writer and researcher on land governance	13th November 2019
A Symphony in Stone	A 60 minute documentary which celebrates and explains Glasgow’s stunning cityscape and architecture	27th November 2019
Blame, forgiveness and apology	Prof. Elinor Mason (Philosophy, University of Edinburgh), Prof. Miranda Fricker (Philosophy, CUNY), Prof. Glen Pettigrove (Philosophy, University of Glasgow)	11th December 2019
The next influenza pandemic	Prof Wendy Barclay Action Medical Research Chair in Virology, Imperial College London	8th January 2020
The poverty of Robert Burns	Russell Wardrop Co-founder and Chief Executive of Kissing with Confidence	22nd January 2020
Remanufacturing: remaking UK manufacturing	Dr Winifred Ijomah Technical Director: Scottish Institute for Remanufacture , University of Strathclyde	5 February 2020
Is Virtual Reality Experience Veridical, Illusory or Hallucinatory Experience?	Professor Fiona Macpherson Director, Centre for the Study of Perceptual Experience, University of Glasgow	19th February 2010
Electronic Skin – From Humanoids to Humans	Professor Ravinder Dahiya Professor of Electronics and Nanoengineering, University of Glasgow	4th March 2020
Volcanoes from fuming vents to extinction events	Prof Tamsin Mather Professor of Earth Sciences, University of Oxford	Rescheduled to October 7th