Tayside and Fife Branch of British Science Association Free Public Lectures 2013-14 First One on Saturday

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The Tayside and Fife Branch of the British Science Association have recently announced their programme of Free Public Lectures throughout Autumn 2013 and Spring 2014.

The first Lecture in the 2013/14 series is Islamic science: Inventions that changed the world by Professor Mohamed El-Gomati OBE
This talk is based on the acclaimed international exhibition '1001 Inventions: Discover the Muslim heritage in our world'.
6pm Saturday 12th October
Dalhousie Building, Old Hawkhill, University of Dundee
In partnership with the Al-Maktoum College of Higher Education

Refreshments will be served after the lecture.

Tayside and Fife Branch of the British Science Association also have a YouTube page, where there are some excellent videos of previous lectures by Ben Tatler, Sir Philip Cohen and Barbara Webb.

Tayside and Fife Branch of the British Science Association 

End of Broughty Ferry Lecture 1pm Thursday 7 February Glasite Halls King Street Dundee

Broughty Ferry, general view, showing Brook St
and Broughty Castle. 26th September 1932

Later today, at 1pm, Ferry resident and historian Chris Davey will be delivering the Friends of the Dundee Archive lecture. His lecture will focus on the events leading up to the end of Broughty Ferry as an independent Burgh in 1913 drawing on his research and publication, 'The end of Broughty Ferry: the Dundee Boundaries Act 1913'. 

The lecture will be held in the Glasite Hall in King Street Dundee beginning at 1pm. 

This seems like a great way to begin the series of events to mark this significant centenary in the life of Broughty Ferry leading up to Annexation Day in November.

Glasite Hall address: St. Andrew's Church King Street Dundee DD1 2JB

V&A at Dundee Architect Kengo Kuma to give Public Lecture in the City Monday February 18th

Kengo Kuma, architect of the new V&A at Dundee, will discuss his approach to architecture and how a new relationship is being formed between people and place at a public lecture in Dundee later this month.

Kengo Kuma will talk about his projects around the world as well as updating progress on his thoughts and designs for the V&A at Dundee. 

The `Power of Place' lecture will take place at the Dalhousie Building, University of Dundee, at 6pm on Monday February 18th.

Kengo Kuma previously gave public lectures in Dundee in May 2011, when the initial event was so heavily oversubscribed that an extra session had to be added to accommodate over 1400 interested people.

Tickets for this lecture are free but advance booking is recommended. They can be reserved from the University of Dundee Events office, online at www.dundee.ac.uk/tickets, by emailing events@dundee.ac.uk, or by calling  01382 385564 or  01382 385108.