Talk about the North

Guests are invited to join us for lectures and discussion at this free series of talks covering a range of subjects relating to the North. These will be held in D507 D Building Civic Quarter from 1.15 - 2.15 p.m.

Wednesday 7 October
Rebel Girls: campaigning forthe vote across Yorkshire
Jill Liddington, University of Leeds

Wednesday 14 October
Art and public performance in Leeds & Bradford 1900-1950
Anne Wilkinson, Leeds Metropolitan University

Wednesday 21 October
Factional Fictions: GB84, David Peace and the 1984/5 Miners' Strike
Katy Shaw, Brighton University

Wednesday 28 October
Conquering the Centre: the Northern Novel and Decolonization
Jack Windle, Sheffield University

Wednesday 4 November
Northern Star, early Victorian Leeds' greatest newspaper
Malcolm Chase, University of Leeds

Wednesday 11 November
People, places and social inequality
Mike Savage, Manchester University

Wednesday 18 November
Smoke and the city: Air Pollution in Urban Lancashire and Yorkshire c.1800-1952
Stephen Mosley, Leeds Metropolitan University

Wednesday 25 November
History of Northern Comedy
Tony Hannan, Journalist

Wednesday 2 December
Landscaping the North
Ysanne Holt, Northumbria University