Drop-in video talks!
Fri 13 September
10:00 am - 1:00 pm BST
Drop in and view sample videos of fascinating talks at BRLSI for Heritage Open Days Week 2024! No booking required, just go up to the Draper Room (top of the stairs, right hand side). Please contact us for alternative access arrangements.
For more on our Heritage Open Days programme, read our blog here.
Approximate schedule as follows:
10.00 | Linking the Mind & the Brain: Neuropsychologist Professor Chris Frith looks at physical aspects of brain function |
10.15 | What makes Bath a World Heritage City? By Barry Gilbertson and Professor Tim Mowl |
10.21 | Slowing the decline in insect populations: By Professor Stuart Reynolds |
10.41 | Culture and the Brain: Professor Chris Frith explains how simply being exposed to our culture modifies our brains |
10.51 | Hegel and the end of History: Andreas Wasmuth explains German philosopher Hegel’s universe in a nutshell |
11.03 | Questions about the plan to redevelop the rugby ground on Bath Rec: Paul Jackson looks at the risks and architect Mark Wilson-Jones suggests an alternative |
11.11 | Imitation and alignment: Professor Chris Frith explains how empathy helps us survive and thrive |
11.26 | Bath Floods: Dr Thomass Kjeldsen looks at terrible flooding in Bath’s past and how it was prevented |
11.48 | AI & Protein Folding: Professors Stuart Reynolds and Jean van den Elson on the contribution of artificial intelligence to the solution of a thorny problem in biological science |
11.59 | The Mental World: Professor Chris Frith explains how our perceptions affect how we see the world |
12.13 | Heideggar & the Question of Being: Andreas Wasmuth explains the thinking of German philosopher Martin Heideggar |
12.28 | Panoramas, Virtual Spaces & Immersivity: John Law explores virtual reality from historical panoramas to modern technical innovations |
12.37 | Creating Culture: Professor Chris Frith explains how sharing experiences builds social cohesion |
12.53 | Was the Hiroshima Bomb justifiable? Francis Pike explains why the Americans dropped the atom bomb |
12.56 | John Herschel’s Enduring Legacy: Dr Stephen Case highlights an international celebrity scientist now overshadowed by his more famous father |
13.11 | ENDS |
