Academic

Physics
Dr Mark Lewney,
@DoctorLewney
Rock Guitar in 11 Dimensions
21 February, 7.15pm
Meyer Theatre
What causes the revolutionary, historychanging
sound of rock guitar, and how
does it help us to understand the nature of
the stuff we are made of? Famelab winner
Mark Lewney shows how string vibrations
lie at the heart of the big questions about
the universe and how the vibrations
of guitar strings can be applied to the
particles we are all made of, but with a
twist: he introduces superstring theory
by considering how guitar strings might
vibrate in many extra dimensions.
Mathematics
Dr Katie Chicot,
Open University
@KChicot
To Infinity and Beyond
1 March, 7.15pm
Science Lecture Theatre
The infinitely large and the infinitely
small are mind-blowing concepts that
have helped mathematicians to solve
some very real, and finite, problems.
Katie Chicot explores the mysteries
and misconceptions of infinity, from
ancient puzzles to some of the very latest
mathematical research, taking you to
infinity... and beyond.
History Conference
14 March, 3.00-5.30pm
Various Venues
Professor Jeremy Black,
University of Exeter
Jeremy Black is Professor of History at
the University of Exeter, is author of over
100 books specialising in eighteenth-and
nineteenth-century British and European
history but encompassing global history
from the early modern period to the
present day.
Professor Jonathan Phillips,
Royal Holloway University of London
Jonathan Phillips, Professor of Crusading
History at Royal Holloway University
of London, is a leading authority on the
contemporary history of the crusades and
on their bitter legacy, which still resonates
today in an apparently escalating clash
between Islamic and Christian cultures.
Professor David Bates,
University of East Anglia
Professorial Fellow in the School of
History at the University of East Anglia,
David Bates is an authority on England
and Normandy in the eleventh century.
His recent book on William the Conqueror
challenges traditional perceptions and
narratives of William’s life and the
Norman Conquest.
Dr Graham Goodlad, St John’s College
The Age of Lord Liverpool
Dr Graham Goodlad, Head of Government
and Politics at St John’s College,
Southsea, is a teacher with over 30 years
of experience and the author of many
textbooks and articles covering a broad
range of topics in modern British history.
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