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Lunchtime Lectures

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THIS IS A FREE, DROP-IN EVENT AND SO YOU DO NOT HAVE TO BOOK TICKETS.


Every Thursday, different speakers on different subjects at Bristol Central Library.

12.30pm - 1.20pm


1st March


Jean Burnett, Writer


Jean Burnett will explore the international phenomenon of Austenmania - the armies of readers who identify as 'Janeites' - Rudyard Kipling being the first of them and huge number of spinoff novels, films and TV programmes Austen has inspired. Why has this happened? And what are the gender issues here?


8th March


Howard Sykes, Librarian


The Founding, Floundering and Flourishing of Free Public Libraries in Bristol

Librarian Howard Sykes will share the history of public libraries in Bristol from 1464 to 1924.


15th March


Lindsay Carter, Musicoligist


Music and Comedy in Stalinist Cinema

The comedy film was highlighted as a priority in the Soviet Union during the 1930s. However, artists were required to present an idealised image of society, so what was there to laugh at? The musical comedy films of Grigoriy Aleksandrov are one attempt to create a specifically Soviet form of comedy – one that uses musical gags as the basis of much of its humour.


22nd March


Helen Taylor, Professor of English


'Why, where and how do women read fiction?'

Helen Taylor is writing a book about the importance to women of novels and stories, and about the way we incorporate fiction into our life narratives. She will discuss her main conclusions and engage with the audience over their reading histories and choices.


29th March


Dan Martin, Computer Scientist


How Long Will My Computer Take To Do That? And Can It Even Be Done?

Dan Martin will discuss the best way to analyse how long a computer will take to solve a given task.

There are two categories of problem which will be introduced; those which are easy to solve and those which are hard to solve but easy to check. If these two categories are equivalent is one of the fundamental problems in computer science and has a million dollar prize attached to it.

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