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University of Portsmouth Summer Events
| Published: 25th April 2014 17:09 |
Please see below a list of events taking place at the University of Portsmouth this summer:
Janis Shute, Professor of Respiratory Pharmacology New Tricks for Old Drugs
Inaugural lecture by Janis Shute, Professor of Respiratory Pharmacology, School of Pharmacy and Biomedical Sciences, University of Portsmouth
Over the years, Jan has discovered that a number of drugs have potentially useful therapeutic effects beyond those for which they are routinely prescribed. Heparin is a good example. Discovered over 100 years ago and widely used as an anti-coagulant, it is now known to have multiple pharmacological properties that can be put to good use. The aim is to translate the laboratory findings for heparin, and other drugs, into new, safe, and effective therapies to treat respiratory diseases, such as cystic fibrosis, chronic obstructive pulmonary disease and asthma.
Date: Wednesday 14 May 2014
Time: 6-7pm, followed by a drinks reception
Venue: Richmond Building
Register for your free tickets at http://janisshute.eventbrite.co.uk/
Mike Stgroud From Ice to Dust
A public lecture by Dr Mike Stroud OBE, Senior Lecturer in Medicine & Nutrition and a Consultant Gastroenterologist, University of Southampton
Mike's presentation ranges from his journeys with Sir Ranulph Fiennes on foot to both the North and South Poles to being the first Briton to run the ‘Marathon of the Sands' (a trans-Sahara multi-marathon); participation in ultra-distance ‘Eco-Challenge' adventure races and running 7 marathons, in 7 days on 7 continents. He illustrates these ventures with stunning pictures from around the globe and incorporates both science of performance at extremes and humour since he has never been someone to take himself too seriously.
Date: Wednesday 4 June 2014
Time: 6-7pm, followed by a drinks reception
Venue: Park Building
Register for your free tickets at http://mikestroud.eventbrite.co.uk
The Dark Side of Crime: Lifting the Veil on Fraud
An inaugural lecture by Mark Button, Professor of Criminology, University of Portsmouth
Fraud is the most ubiquitous and expensive crime. It is a crime that touches all parts of society, with tens of millions of people and organisations targeted and millions falling victim every year. The latest (and last) Government Annual Fraud Indicator placed a £52 billion price tag on the cost of fraud to the UK economy, over £10 billion more then we spend on Defence. This also represents at least 5 times more than the total value of all other crimes. Despite this, fraud receives very little interest and far too few resources from the state and civil society to adequately deal with it. Politicians only want to talk about benefits fraud, for the police it is a low priority with few resources dedicated to it and many fraudsters don't even get prosecuted. Even those who do, tend to get relatively light sentences. This lecture will seek to ‘lift the veil' on this ‘dark side of crime' by illustrating the huge extent of fraud and the limited interest and resources dedicated to dealing with it. The lecture will propose a philosophical tool to better consider fraud and throughout the lecture real cases of fraud will be used which will form 10 of the most notorious frauds perpetrated in recent times.
This event is part of Universities Week from 9-15 June, a national week which aims to increase public awareness of the wide and varied role of the UK's universities.
Date: Wednesday 11 June 2014
Time: 6-7pm, followed by a drinks reception
Venue: Park Building
Register for your free tickets at http://markbutton.eventbrite.co.uk
This season the University will also present the following themed public lectures and events:
Shakespeare Festival
The Centre for Studies in Literature at the University of Portsmouth in collaboration with Portsmouth City Council and the Portsmouth Film Society is proud to offer a series of talks, workshops and film screenings to commemorate the 450th anniversary of Shakespeare's birth on 23 April 2014.
'"Shall I compare thee...?": Shakespeare's Sonnets' by Dr. Rosie Paice (University of Portsmouth) was held on Wednesday, 23 April 2014
Screening of ‘Looking for Richard', introduced by Dr Bronwen Price (University of Portsmouth) was held on Thursday, 24 April 2014
The programme continues with:
‘Merrie England? Everyday life in Shakespeare's time' by Dr Fiona McCall (University of Portsmouth)
Wednesday, 30 April 2014, 4.30 - 5.30pm, Central Library, Guildhall Square
Free event. No booking required.
Screening of ‘Romeo & Juliet' (2013), introduced by Dr Paraic Finnerty (University of Portsmouth)
Thursday, 1 May 2014, 7pm, Eldon Screening Room, University of Portsmouth
Tickets £6/£3 on the door
'Shakespeare, War and Nation'
by Prof Simon Barker (University of Chichester)
Tuesday, 6 May 2014, 5 - 6pm, Central Library, Guildhall Square
Free event. No booking required.
'Playing at Politics: Political Questions in Shakespeare's Plays'
by Dr Katy Gibbons (University of Portsmouth)
Thursday, 8 May 2014, 5 - 6pm, Central Library, Guildhall Square
Free event. No booking required.
For more information go to the web page of the Centre for Studies in Literature http://www.port.ac.uk/centre-for-studies-in-literature/public-engagement/shakespeare-anniversary-festival/
Postcards from Portsmouth: The City and Visual Culture
To coincide with this year's Graduate Show, the School of Art and Design is hosting a series of public lectures on visual culture in Portsmouth. Local historians, designers and academics explore the city's rich visual heritage, and provide insight into some of its most striking imagery and architecture.
Series of talks
Time: 5.30-6.30pm
Eldon Building, Winston Churchill Avenue, Portsmouth PO1 2DJ
Entry is FREE but advance booking is recommended from http://postcardsfromportsmouth.eventbrite.co.uk/
More than the Sum: Creative Collaborations in Portsmouth
Monday 2 June 2014
By Paul Gonella, Director at Portsmouth-based cultural hub, Strong Island
Paul Gonella discusses the benefits of creative collaborations within the city. Drawing on his extensive experience of working with local artists and designers, Paul talks about collaboration on an individual and organisational level.
Stars in the Aisles: A History of Portsmouth's Cinema Usherettes
Wednesday 4 June 2014
By Eva Balogh, Senior Lecturer in the School of Art and Design, University of Portsmouth
Eva Balogh shines a spotlight on the unsung stars of Portsmouth's picture palaces. Based on interviews and archival research, the talk provides a history of cinema usherettes, from the 1930s to the 1960s.
The Sound of Art: The Art of Sound
Friday 6 June 2014
By Dave Allen, art teacher and popular music historian
Dave Allen takes us back to the late 1960s, discussing the lively creative scene at Portsmouth College of Art (now the University of Portsmouth's Eldon Building). Dave explores the links and tensions between visual art and music at the time.
Public Lectures of the National Astronomy Meeting 2014
The Royal Astronomical Society‘s annual National Astronomy Meeting (NAM) is the largest conference in the UK for professional astronomers. The location of the meeting changes every year and in 2014, the University of Portsmouth will be hosting the conference for the first time.
While predominantly a conference for professional astronomers, NAM2014 will be accompanied by a full public and schools programme, ranging from talks to exhibitions to a comedy night.
Launchpad to the Stars!
Monday 23 June 2014, 6.45pm
Portsmouth Guildhall (Free but ticketed)
https://www.eventbrite.co.uk/e/launchpad-to-the-stars-tickets-4950989543
Dr Lewis Dartnell (University of Leicester) will discuss the origins and limits of life on our own planet, and where life might exist beyond the Earth. This event is also featuring a performance by the Portsmouth Music Hub Portsmouth Voices Choir singing space songs and a very special guest (tbc), followed by a book signing with copies of Dr Lewis Dartnell's books for sale by Blackwells.
Dr Jo Dunkley Space Lecture: Our model of the Universe
Thursday 26 June 2014, 6.30pm
Park 2.23 (Free but ticketed)
https://www.eventbrite.co.uk/e/our-model-of-the-universe-tickets-11239241875
Dr Jo Dunkley (University of Oxford) will talk about her research in cosmology, and how the oldest light we can detect can tell us so much about our Universe.
For more information and to book a ticket please check http://www.nam2014.org/public/public-talks/
Also don't miss....
Science Comedy Supernova!
Tuesday 24 June 2014, 7.00pm
Tiger Tiger (Gunwharf). Ticket £7
http://www.nam2014.org/comedy-night/
It's time to get your geek on with a night of mind-expanding ideas and rib-tickling comedy, hosted by comedian and science songstress Helen Arney in collaboration with the Institute of Cosmology and Gravitation.
Celebrating Portsmouth as hosts of the National Astronomy Meeting 2014, this is a comedy night that will reach parts of the universe that other comedy nights don't reach. Fire up your jetpack and start the countdown for a night of scientifically verified comedians and exponentially funny space experts, in a show that takes you to infinity - and beyond! Confirmed acts include Helen Keen (Radio 4), Chris Lintott (The Sky at Night), Andrew Pontzen (UCL) and a special guest appearance by Jon Culshaw.
Event suitable for age 18+ only. May contain dark matter and scenes of accelerated expansion.
Seminars & Conferences
Café Scientifique Portsmouth
Come and discuss science in a relaxed café atmosphere. Café Scientifique Portsmouth is organised in collaboration with Portsmouth City Council and Blackwell, usually monthly on the fourth Tuesday of the month, 8-10pm. It is part of the worldwide Café Scientifique movement www.cafescientifique.org, encouraging people to take an interest and learn about science. Held at Le Café Parisien, Lord Montgomery Way, Portsmouth PO1 2AH, participation is free and open to all. For more information, email events@port.ac.uk or call 023 9284 3757.
Hot Topic Seminars
A series of seminars organised by the Portsmouth Business School, offering the regional business community new ideas and practical insights into the development of their organisations in an informal and innovative environment:
Wed 4 June: Innovation in Performance Measurement - New Ways to Use Balanced Scorecard
Thu 3 July: Trust In Business - Holding Leaders Accountable (speakers include the Right Honourable Dr Vince Cable MP)
Venue: Richmond Building, Portland Street, Portsmouth, PO1 3DE. The seminars are open to the public. For more information visit www.port.ac.uk/pbsevents or call 023 9284 4046
Concerts, exhibitions and screenings
Music in the Round: Cropper Welsh Roscoe Trio
The chamber music series, sponsored by the University of Portsmouth in collaboration with the Bournemouth Symphony Orchestra (BSO) ends the season with the Cropper Welsh Roscoe Trio, which comprises three of Britain's finest chamber musicians: violinist Peter Cropper, ex-leader and founder member of The Lindsays, Moray Welsh, former Principal Cellist of the London Symphony Orchestra, and Martin Roscoe, one of Britain's finest pianists.
HAYDN - Piano Trio No. 20 in B flat
BEETHOVEN - Piano Trio in C minor, Op. 1 No. 3
SCHUBERT - Notturno in E flat, D. 897
BRAHMS - Piano Trio No. 2 in C, Op. 87
Date: Friday 16 May 2014
Time: 7.30pm
Venue: Third Floor Arts Centre, Central Library, Guildhall Square, Portsmouth PO1 2DX
Tickets: £15, £13 concessions
Telephone: 023 9284 3023
Email: music@port.ac.uk
Web: www.port.ac.uk/musicintheround
University of Portsmouth Orchestra and Big Band Concert
Join the University of Portsmouth Big Band, Orchestra and Choir as they open UniFest with a concert at the John Pounds Centre, featuring a selection of music which will be taken on their tour of Poland in June.
Date: Saturday 17 May 2014
Time: 7.30pm
Tickets: £8 and £6
Telephone: 023 9284 3023
Email: music@port.ac.uk
Portsmouth Film Society
The brand new home of the Portsmouth Film Society is in the purpose built screening room in the University of Portsmouth's new Eldon Building development on Winston Churchill Avenue.
Every Thursday, 8pm
Venue: Screening Room, Eldon Building, Winston Churchill Avenue, Portsmouth PO1 2DJ
Tickets: £6, £4 concessions, season pass £30
Telephone: 07580 715982
Email: info@portsmouthfilmsociety.org.uk
Web: http://www.portsmouthfilmsociety.org.uk/
Faculty of Creative and Cultural Industries Graduate Show 2014
Everyone is welcome to join the celebration when we exhibit a diverse range of work from students across all of our creative courses, together for the first time, in the University's newly extended and refurbished Eldon Building. Please do come along and see what wonderful work our students have been producing on their journey to graduation this summer.
Preview Evening - 5-9.30pm on Friday 30th May
Free entry on public open days - Saturday 31st May and then 2-6 June, 10-4 daily
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