Library Lunchtime Lecture by D.T. Burns, MRIA, FRSE. Emeritus Professor of Chemistry, QUB.

The 2012 Science Lecture Series was organised by the Academy Library as an integral element of an exhibition Science at the Royal Irish Academy: ‘Uniting whatever is pleasing with whatever is useful’: an exhibition: July 2012-May 2013.

Location: Academy House

Date: 21 November, 2012

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Paul Bew has been Professor of Irish Politics at Queen’s University Belfast since 1991. A historical advisor to the Bloody Sunday inquiry, he was appointed an independent cross-bench peer in 2007 and is a member of the British–Irish Parliamentary Assembly. Bew is the author of numerous books on Irish politics and history; most recently he has edited A Yankee in de Valera’s Ireland, the 1940 memoir of David Gray, the then US ambassador to Ireland. On the occasion of the book’s launch on 6 November 2012 at The Great Hall, Queen’s University Belfast, Liam Kennedy interviews Paul Bew about his life and work.

A lecture by Onora O'Neill on Accountability, Excellence and Success in Universities.