Past public lectures

Details of some of our prestigious public lectures are archived here shortly following the event. If a recording was made of the lecture, it will be also be made available here.

Past public lectures

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2022 | 2021 | 2020 | 2019 | 2018 | 2017 | 2016 | 2015 | 2014

2023

The evolution of business, jobs & society as data science becomes more pervasive by Clive Humby OBE

The Magic and Mystery of Innovation, by Sir George Buckley (recording available)

Planet to Plate: a three-day festival of talks, performances and live events

Politics, people and protection in a post-pandemic world

The 13th Roberts Lecture - University teaching in a post-knowledge age by Professor Neil Rackham

Things are going downhill fast: Understanding massive landslides by Professor Dave Petley

Rethinking our thinking: 21st century justice by the Lord Chief Justice, Lord Burnett of Maldon

Britain's security: Maritime strategy - what next? (The 2018 Basil Hicks Lecture)

Higher education - past, present and future by Sir Michael Barber

2018 Annual Krebs Lecture: The increasing power of cryoEM for macromolecular structure determination

Cold case investigations - fact or fiction? by Professor Angela Gallop

In conversation with Kevin McCabe

Women in the Holocaust: One Hungarian Woman's Story by Agnes Grunwald-Spier

10th Edward Bramley Law Lecture on Restorative Justice by The Rt Hon Lady Justice Rafferty, DBE

Diane Blood - Life after Death: A woman's victory in having her deceased husband's children

Grayson Perry, "I’ve read all the academic texts on empathy" (The Orwell Lecture in the North 2017)

The 12th Roberts Lecture - Power lies with the powerful by the Rt Hon Lord Blunkett

Stuck: Britain’s social mobility problem by Dr Lee Elliot Major Chief Executive, The Sutton Trust

The President and Vice-Chancellor's Annual Guest Lecture 2017

2017 Krebs Lecture: Rise of the mechanical bond: from molecules to machines by Sir Fraser Stoddart

Scotland and the UK: Economic policy after the EU Referendum by Nicola Sturgeon

On the eve of departure: Homelessness, exile and art by Edmund de Waal

Sheffield's Keynote Science Week public lecture

Can there be peace between Israel and Palestine? by Sir Vincent Fean

The 11th Roberts Lecture: What next for cities and the Northern Powerhouse? by Lord Jim O’Neill

Basil Hicks Lecture-After the armistice: Europe's turbulent peace 1919-1923 by Prof Sir Ian Kershaw

An audience with Joe Scarborough hosted by Toby Foster

The state of trust in election year by Sir Nigel Knowles of DLA Piper

19th Sir Arthur Hall Memorial Lecture - The biggest killer: bad communication by Stephen Carver

Iterative Cities: Renewal and revitalisation from the bottom up by Marcus Westbury

Our Maritime Security, the 10th Roberts Lectures by by Sir Charles Montgomery, KBE

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