Event Category: Seminar
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Autism and ADHD today: Pathology or Personality?
Are autism and ADHD disorders? Or are they part of natural human variation? In this presentation, Dr Kevin Bryant takes a critical look at some of the evidence in an attempt to shed some light on this controversial area. Read more
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Charles Dickens: A Life in His Novels
With Dr Christine Corton. Christine will discuss Dickens’ life, with reference to how it appears in his novels. She will particularly take a look at David Copperfield, considered to be the most autobiographical of his works, so get reading! Read more
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Charles Darwin was a Geologist
With Professor David Norman. When we think of Darwin we think of his Origin of Species, but he was passionate about geology from an early age. Darwin won the Wollaston Medal, the highest honour of the Geological Society of London. Read more
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King Stephen and Queen Matilda
The next Saturday Seminar, “The Reigns of King Stephen: Conflict & Governance, 1135-1154” sees Dr Hugh Doherty of Cambridge University returning to share with us the many years of conflict and civil war following the death of Henry I as Henry’s nephew Stephen and Henry’s only surviving child, the designated heir Empress Maud, fought over… Read more