Public lectures at Burlington House
Please check the respective links for details of tickets and attendance.
People who wish to attend the Society of Antiquaries lectures are kindly requested to call the Society first.
| Date | Title | Organiser |
| 8 October 2010 1 pm |
Collections, Classification and Conservation: continuing the Linnean legacy Dr Ruth Temple, Executive Secretary of the Linnean Society of London |
Linnean Society |
| 7 October 2010 6.30 pm |
Elements of Scientific Success Richard Pike CSci FRSC, Chief Executive of the Royal Society of Chemistry |
Royal Society of Chemistry |
| 7 October 2010 1 pm |
Rock of Ages Dr Ted Nield is Editor of Geoscientist and former Chairman of the Association of British Science Writers |
Geological Society |
| 6 October 2010 1 pm |
The Origins of the Royal Academy Dr Charles Saumarez Smith CBE is Secretary and Chief Executive of the Royal Academy |
Royal Academy |
| 5 October 2010 1 pm |
The Society of Antiquaries: Recording London's History Professor Maurice Howard is the President of the Society of Antiquaries of London |
Society of Antiquaries of London |
| 4 October 2010 1 pm |
Capital Cosmos: London's eye on the heavens Steve Miller FRAS is the Professor in Science Communication and Planetary Science at University College London |
Royal Astronomical Society |
| 1 October 2010 6 pm |
London’s Learned Societies: Past, Present and Future Lord May is former Government Chief Scientific Advisor and Past-President of the Royal Society |
Burlington House Societies |
| 3 June 2010 6 pm |
Science Meets Art: Investigating Pigments in Art and Archaeology Professor Robin Clark CNZM FRS Sir William Ramsay Professor Emeritus |
Burlington House Societies |
| 17
March 2010
6pm |
The Eerie Silence - Amplified
Professor Paul Davies |
Burlington House Societies |
| 10
December 2009
6pm |
Embryonic stem cells
Sir Martin Evans |
Linnean Society |
| 9
December 2009
6pm |
The sameness of rocks, the uniqueness of earth
history, and what all that means for hydrocarbon
exploration
Bruce Levell |
Geological Society |
| 2
December 2009
6pm |
The 250th Anniversary of the Birth of James
Edward Smith
Sandra Knapp |
Linnean Society |
| 11
November 2009
6pm |
Mountains in the sea
Tony Watts |
Geological Society |
| 5
November 2009
6pm |
The Poetry of Science: creative writing and the
artistic naturalist
Kelley Swain |
Linnean Society |
| 26
October 2009
6pm |
The New World of Galileo
William Shea |
Burlington House Societies |
| 7
October 2009
6pm |
Perturbing plankton in the sea: past and
future
Rosalind Rickaby |
Geological Society |
| 17
September 2009
6pm |
The "irritable power" of carnivorous plants: Mary
Treat, Charles Darwin, and the Language of Flowers
Dawn Sanders and Tina Gianquitto |
Linnean Society |
| 9
September 2009
6pm |
The fossil record since Darwin
Richard Fortey |
Geological Society |
| 3
September 2009
6pm |
The mirabilis experience - 150 years after
Welwitschia's discovery
Sara Albuquerque |
Linnean Society |
| 18 June
2009
6pm |
Forensic ecology - its contribution to criminal
investigation
Patricia Wiltshire |
Linnean Society |
| 18 June
2009
5pm |
The Stonehenge Riverside Project
Michael Parker Pearson |
Society of Antiquaries |
| 11 June
2009
6pm |
The House of Lords Science and Technology
Committee Reports on Systematics and Taxonomy
The Earl of Selborne |
Linnean Society |
| 11 June
2009
5pm |
The Sir Percival David Collection in the Sir
Joseph Hotung Centre for Chinese Ceramics
Jessica Harrison-Hall |
Society of Antiquaries |
| 10 June
2009
6pm |
The life and death of coral reefs
Rachel Wood |
Geological Society |
| 9 June
2009
1pm |
The science and beauty of nebulae
Carolin Crawford |
Royal Astronomical Society |
| 21 May
2009
5pm |
Remembering Charlemagne's Pope: Alcuin's epitaph
for Hadrian I in Old St Peter's
Joanna Story |
Society of Antiquaries |
| 14 May
2009
5pm |
Bringing the Past Alive: treasures of the
Fellows' Library, Dulwich College
Robert Weaver |
Society of Antiquaries |
| 13 May
2009
6pm |
How do we know how old the Earth and planets
are?
Randy Parrish |
Geological Society |
| 12 May
2009
1pm |
Afar, Ethiopia: a new ocean in the making?
Kathy Whaler |
Royal Astronomical Society |
| 6 May
2009
6pm |
Two Hundred Years of Evolution: Celebrating
Charles Darwin in 2009
Janet Browne |
Burlington House Societies |
| 30
April 2009
6pm |
The Great Ape Debate
David Chivers and John A. Burton, chaired by the Earl of Cranbrook |
Linnean Society |
| 30
April 2009
5pm |
John Gower and London
John Hines |
Society of Antiquaries |
| 16
April 2009
6pm |
Biodiversity in a Changing World
John Beddington |
Linnean Society |
| 14
April 2009
1pm |
Imaging the Universe
Robert Massey |
Royal Astronomical Society |
| 1 April
2009
6pm |
Fuelling the Future: Energy Questions Driving a
New Geoscience
Dirk Smit |
Geological Society |
| 19
March 2009
5pm |
Medievalism and the Grand Tour
Rosemary Sweet |
Society of Antiquaries |
| 19
March 2009
6pm |
Darwin's 'Sacred Cause'
James Moore |
Linnean Society |
