Recent replies to "Where else do you go for talks?"

Reply from liana lou

liana lou — Wed, 26 Sep 2007 02:17:16 -0000

London was a popular place.

When you go for some talks. Which is relevant to the topic you made…

But for me, I would rather to choose an informative talks. Just like on career education...

To improve your knowledge and have some informations regarding on that…...

Reply from Jo Brodie

Jo Brodie — Tue, 05 Jun 2007 20:51:45 -0000

Royal Geog. Society for their Monday evening lectures – their season runs at the same time as the Kew lectures (KMIS “Kew Mutual Improvement Society”). I’ll be keeping an eye on Greenwich maritime museum and new planetarium stuff.
Royal Society, Royal Institution, LSE, Darwin centre, Dana on occasions – anywhere that has a talk that interests me.

I hunt them down here (great resource by the way, just discovered it), the intute pages, psci-com, the lecture list and occasional directed googling.

Here’s my list of the likely suspects.

RGS
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KMIS
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Greenwich
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RS
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RI
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LSE
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Darwin centre
I just wait for the event to be announced on psci-com as their website is too confusing.

Dana
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Intute
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Psci-com
website

thelecturelist
website

Reply from Matt Brown

Matt Brown — Thu, 05 Apr 2007 13:34:40 -0000

RE: ”I can’t wait to see how the new “Wellcome Collection”, 185 Euston Road, will look when it reopens in the summer.”

I got a sneak preview a few weeks back (hard hat and all). In a word: awesome.

Reply from sara abdulla

sara abdulla — Thu, 05 Apr 2007 13:25:40 -0000

The platform talks at the National Theatre are great—short, cheap, very informative. They’re generally a director or playwrite being interviewed by some informed bod. There are not enough ‘in conversation’ events in science, I reckon. I saw a great one once between Ian McEwan and Steven Pinker at The Old Vic Theatre.

The best event ever was George Monbiot lecturing with all the force of an old testament prophet at the Institute of Education about the IMF. Thrilling!

Reply from Jonathan Black

Jonathan Black — Thu, 05 Apr 2007 12:03:01 -0000

Ooh, the St Bride talks sound cool, thanks Scott. I like to get geeky about those sorts of things too. I will have to check them out.

I keep wanting to see the monthly Intelligence Squared debates, but they’re always sold out. In fact they’re currently sold out through June. Anyone here ever been to one?

Reply from Wynn Abbott

Wynn Abbott — Tue, 03 Apr 2007 21:57:56 -0000

Isn’t the Faraday Lecture Theatre at the Royal Institution about the most atmospheric place to experience a lecture in London? Has to be one of the best?

It can’t wait to see how the new “Wellcome Collection”, 185 Euston Road, will look when it reopens in the summer.

I’m sure they’re planning it as a cultural venue so surely there’ll be lecture spaces. The old bldg was great for lectures, events, receptions…

Reply from Scott Keir

Scott Keir — Tue, 03 Apr 2007 21:37:49 -0000

I have to admit, I rarely go to science talks without them being part of my day job, or at least feeling that they are part of my day job.

I help out at St Bride Printing Library’s talks, and go to most of them. I get a potluck mix of talks on printing technology, graphic design, type design, printing history and publishing, which I like. St Bride Institute is an interesting place too.

Places I mean to go more often for events include the ICA, Tate, and the Dana Centre – for art, science, literature and everything else events.

Reply from Li Kim Lee

Li Kim Lee — Tue, 03 Apr 2007 21:18:16 -0000

My favourite venues are: Royal Geographical Society (for Earthwatch lectures) & all over London (for Royal Institution Friday Evening Discourses and lectures!)

And the ones that are not science related include: Daunt Books, Leighton House and RIBA.

Reply from Marek Cebecauer

Marek Cebecauer — Tue, 03 Apr 2007 10:08:09 -0000

Hi. Excellent talks focus on molecular, cellular and developmental biology are at CR UK, Lincoln’s Inn, London. Occasionally also Immunology seminars at CBS, Hammersmith Campus of ICL. Next door to my place (South Kensington Campus, ICL) is Science Museum with generally good stuff.
If I can mention it here, Dunn School of Pathology in Oxford (just 2h by bus and cheap) has excellent science talks as well!! And some of the pubs (not many) could meet London pub standards for ‘apres lecture’.