Annual Public Lectures
Each year one of our monthly meetings takes the form of a Public Lecture, part of Newcastle University's INsights lecture programme, in the Curtis Auditorium, Herschel Building, Newcastle University. This year's lecture is on 30th Oct, at 6pm; A broad field; antiquarianism in the late 18th and early 19th century, by Dr David Clarke, former Keeper of Archaeology at the National Museums of Scotland.
Past Annual Public Lectures
Summaries of past lectures, and recordings in many cases, are available in the Archive section of the INsights website.
2012
Professor Lawrence Keppie, John Horsley and the Britannia Romana (1732): the road to publication. Summary
2011
Professor Valerie Maxfield, Imperial Purple Porphyry: the archaeology of the emperors' building stone. Recording of this lecture is available on Newcastle University's website
2010
Professor Ian Haynes, Blood of the Provinces: The Roman Auxilia and the creation of imperial society. A recording of this lecture is available on Newcastle University's website
2009
Michael Wood, England: New Developments in the Reign of King Athelstan (925-39), the Founder of the Medieval English State. A recording of this lecture is available on Newcastle University's website
2008
Humphrey Welfare, Borrowing from our children: caring for historic places in the North-East
2007
Professor Stephen Oppenheimer, The Origins of the British: a genetic detective story
Dr Alexandrina Buchanan, John Bilson (1856-1943) and the architectural significance of Durham Cathedral
2005
Dr Carol van Driel-Murray, Families across the frontier (The 9th Horsley Memorial Lecture)
2004
Professor Norman McCord, Some Aspects of Early Industrial Disputes in North East England
2003
Stephen Anderton, The Landscape and Garden at Belsay Hall
2002
Professor Richard Morris MA, BPhil, FSA, HonMIFA: The monastic geography of early medieval England
2001
Professor M.C. Prestwich MA, DPhil, FRHistS, FSA: The Transformation of English Warfare in the Early Fourteenth Century