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Culture & Society RKEI Public Lecture Series: ‘Mapping the Past: From Ordnance Survey to Time Team’

21 January 2025 6:00 pm

Stewart Ainsworth is a very familiar face to all fans of Channel 4’s ‘Time Team’. For over 20 years, he has been the programme’s...

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Faculty of Health, Medicine and Society Historical Society in-person talk: Dr Michael Lambert (Lancaster University), Cheshire Children’s Department, 1948-1971

5 February 2025 4:00 pm

This talk provides a history of children’s services in Cheshire from their creation under the 1948 Children Act until their abolition with the establishment...

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Public talk: How do you optimise the performance of Team GB athletes at the Olympics?

12 February 2025 6:00 pm

In preparation for the Rio 2016 Olympic Games, Team GB developed and launched a state-of-the-art high-performance facility in the heart of Rio, designed specifically...

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Public talk: Vitamin D – it’s not just for bones!

13 February 2025 6:00 pm

Vitamin D is essential not only for bone health and preventing conditions such as osteoporosis, but also plays a significant role in regulating the...

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Culture & Society RKEI Public Lecture Series: ‘Keeping Faith in Art’

18 February 2025 6:00 pm

Stephen Broadbent is a leading British sculptor who has produced public works across the UK and for international audiences too. Closer to home, Stephen...

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Faculty of Health, Medicine and Society Historical Society in-person talk: Professor Elizabeth Mason-Whitehead (University of Chester), ‘From Newcastle to Nassau’: The Voyage of a Colonial Nursing Sister

5 March 2025 4:00 pm

The list of passengers sailing on S.S. “Patuca” from Avonmouth on 27th January 1930 included Mrs M.E. Miller, a nursing sister from the north...

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Faculty of Health, Medicine and Society Historical Society in-person talk: Chantal Bradburn (University of Chester), Art and Plastic Surgery in the First World War: An Illustrated talk about the role of illustration and photography in the development of plastic surgery during the First World War

2 April 2025 4:00 pm

This talk explores the importance of illustration in the development of new plastic surgery technologies and procedures during and immediately after the war, with...

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Culture & Society RKEI Public Lecture Series: ‘Artistic Responses to Empire and Colonialism and its Legacies

3 April 2025 6:00 pm

Contemporary art duo, the Singh Twins (Amrit and Rabindra Kaur) have exhibited their work across the globe from Britain and Continental Europe through to...