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Lecture Talks Given by John Campbell Last updated 18/06/21 Note that all talks on fire-walking are also available as a separate list. 2021 Celebrating 150 Years Since Ernest Rutherford’s Birth – Some facts you probably didn’t know. Aug 30th. UC Alumni Association - 2021 Golden Graduates Afternoon Tea. Marine Archaeology – Lessons Learned. Mar 6th, Canterbury Underwater Club. 2020 The year was cancelled due to Covid 19. 2019 Ernest Rutherford Aug 23rd, RadioNZ National, Weekly History spot. (25min) The Centennial of Ernest Rutherford Splitting the Atom. Jun 8th, Rutherford Centennial Symposium, Manchester University. The Centennial of Ernest Rutherford Splitting the Atom. Apr 18th, NZIP Conference, ChCh, After-dinner Speech (15 min). The Centennial of Ernest Rutherford Splitting the Atom. Feb 19th, Nelson Science Society. 2018 Marine Archaeology – Lessons Learned. Nov 20th, Medical Physics & Bioengineering Seminar, Christchurch Public Hospital. The Centennial of Ernest Rutherford Splitting the Atom. Jun 13th, Fermilab, Batavia Il, USA. The Centennial of Ernest Rutherford Splitting the Atom. Jun 4th, Canadian Nuclear Society Annual Conference, W. B. Lewis After-Dinner Invited Lecture, Saskatoon. Rocketman – The Story of William H Pickering. Apr 17th, Canterbury Astronomical Society. The Centennial of Ernest Rutherford Splitting the Atom. Mar 9th, University of Canterbury Physics Department Seminar. 2017 Rocketman – The Story of William H Pickering. Jul 28th, Physics Department Seminar, University of Canterbury. The Adventures of Making a Documentary of a Famous Dead Person. Jul 29th, Athens Clark-County Library (Georgia USA), Public Talk series Reflecting Sharing Learning. The Adventures of Making a Documentary of a Famous Dead Person. Mar 14th, Medical Physics & Bioengineering Seminar, Christchurch Public Hospital. 2016 Marine Archaeology – Lessons Learned. Jun 22nd, Athens Clark-County Library (Georgia USA), Public Talk series Reflecting Sharing Learning. The Great Life I Lead as a Physicist Jun 21st, Wofford College (South Carolina USA), Physics Summer School Students. The Man on the Hundred Dollar Banknote - Some Things You Didn’t Know Apr 12th, Riccarton Mens Probus Club. The Human Eye Jan 26th, Otago Advanced School Sciences Academy, 22 School Teachers. The Great Life I Lead as a Physicist Jan 27th, Otago Advanced School Sciences Academy. >50 students from low decile schools. 2015 The Fight to Resurrect Rutherford’s Mana in New Zealand Nov 24th, Finding New Zealand’s Scientific Heritage, Wellington. (I was the only one present who had also attended the first and only previous “History of Science in New Zealand” conference in 1983.) The Human Eye Nov 6th, House of Science Inaugural Science/Industry Symposium, Tauranga. Workshop, High School Teachers. The Great Life I lead as a Physicist Nov 6th, House of Science Inaugural Science/Industry Symposium, Tauranga. Keynote address. Rutherford Collectables and Antiques Aug 10th, Nelson Historical Society. The Art and Science of Firewalking Jul 28th, RadioNZ (afternoons Jessie Mulligan, 2.35pm (25 min.)) The Art and Science of Firewalking (plus a firewalk) Jul 27th, University of Otago, Public Talk, 6pm. Rutherford’s Path to the Nuclear Atom Jul 27th, University of Otago, Physics Colloquium, 3pm. Rutherford Collectables and Antiques Mar 11th, Canterbury Antique and Collectables Club. 2014 Lessons Learned During Marine Archaeology Oct 29th, Christchurch West Rotary Club (7pm). The Man on the Hundred Dollar Banknote - Some Things You Didn’t Know Oct 23rd, Rangiora Probus, (11am). Rutherford’s Path to the Nuclear Atom Sep 22nd, Oak Ridge National Laboratory, Oak Ridge, USA. (11am). Sep 23rd, ETCHPS-UTHPS Joint Meeting, University of Tennessee, Knoxville, Tennessee. (7pm). Rutherford’s First Researches – The Transmission of Power Without Wires Sep 4th, International Conference on the History of Physics, IOP, Trinity College, Cambridge. Lessons Learned During Marine Archaeology Jun 28th, NZ Archaeological Society 60th Annual Meeting, Christchurch. The Rutherford Documentary Jun 6th, TV1 National News Rutherford at Canterbury – Episode 1 of the Rutherford documentary May 30th, University of Canterbury Physics Department weekly seminar. Rutherford at Canterbury – Episode 1 of the documentary on Rutherford May 6th, Friends of Canterbury Museum, Canterbury Museum 10am. 2013 The Man on the Hundred Dollar Banknote - Some Things You Didn’t Know Dec 3rd, Fendalton Probus, After-lunch Speech. Firewalking (plus a firewalk) Nov 2nd, CookieTime, Christmas Sales Team Conference, Living Springs, Lyttelton Harbour. The 1964 University of Canterbury Recruitment Film Nov 12th, The Staff Club of the University of Canterbury. The Art and Science of Firewalking (plus a firewalk) Sep 19th, University of Georgia at Athens (USA). This resulted in two videos on facebook. http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=uxPpoi0G8S0 (1m 20s - UGA's 2013 utube coverage) http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=0wz0fzNdygM&feature=youtube (28m 10s - Athens Public Libraries Boomer Programme, 2013 edited video of the lecture and walk.) The Making of the Rutherford Documentary Jul 26th, 24th International Congress on the History of Science, Technology and Medicine, Manchester, UK. (1½ hours including showing episode 2, preceded by a reception hosted by the Manchester Phil and Lit Society.) Rutherford’s Path to the Nuclear Atom Jul 24th American Centre for Physics, Maryland, USA. The Making of the Rutherford Documentary Jul 1st, Nelson Science Society. (Old St John Church, now owned by Eelco.) The 1964 University of Canterbury Recruitment Film May 3rd, University of Canterbury Physics Department Seminar. The Man on the Hundred Dollar Banknote May 1st, Christchurch West Rotary Club, Ladies Night. 2012 Rutherford’s Electrical Researches. Sep 28th, University of Canterbury, Electrical and Computer Engineering Department Colloquium. The Rutherford Documentary. Jun 28th, TRIUMF, Vancouver. (Showed the Canadian sequence.) Rutherford’s Path to the Nuclear Atom. Jul 18th, University of Auckland, Physics Department Colloquium. Meaningful Exam Questions. Jun 14th, Canadian Association of Physicists Conference, Calgary. The Making of the Rutherford Documentary. Jun 14th, Canadian Association of Physicists Conference, Calgary. Rutherford’s Path to the Nuclear Atom. Jun 7th, Lawrence Berkeley Laboratory. The Making of the Rutherford Documentary. Apr 18th, GNS, Lower Hutt. Rutherford’s Path to the Nuclear Atom. Apr 17th, Victoria University of Wellington, School of Chemical and Physical Sciences. The Making of the Rutherford Documentary. Mar 20th, Canterbury Science Teachers. Rutherford’s Path to the Nuclear Atom. Feb 24th, UC Physics Dept Seminar, 11am. 2011 The Making of the Rutherford Documentary. Nov 21st, Cavendish Laboratory. Rutherford’s Path to the Nuclear Atom. Nov 15th, CERN, Geneva, Invited Talk. NZ Premier of the Rutherford Documentary. Nov 6th, For cast, crew, sponsors etc, Hollywood Theatre, Sumner 4-7.30pm. ? Oct 19th, NZIP Conference, Wellington. The Making of the Rutherford Documentary. Oct 17th, NZIP Conference, Wellington, Invited Talk. Rutherford’s Path to the Nuclear Atom. Oct 4th, University of Georgia at Athens, (Special Seminar to mark the centennial of Rutherford’s Nuclear Atom.) The Making of the Rutherford Documentary. Sep 21st, Cornell University, 4pm, Clark Hall. Rutherford’s Path to the Nuclear Atom. Sep 14th, Canadian Nuclear Society, Chalk River, Canada. Rutherford’s Path to the Nuclear Atom. Sep 12th, McGill University, Montreal, Canada Rutherford’s Path to the Nuclear Atom. Aug 25th, Australian Institute of Physics (Victoria Branch), Melbourne. Rutherford’s Path to the Nuclear Atom. Aug 11th, RSNZ (Canterbury), St Matthews Hall, 7.30pm Alexander Bickerton: Canterbury’s First Chemistry Professor. Aug 8th, Chemistry Department Seminar, UC, 11am. (Was scheduled for Jun 20th, earthquake Jun 13 shut UC.) Rutherford’s Path to the Nuclear Atom. Aug 5th, U3A Rutherford, Horticultural Hall, 11am. 150 enrolled for their series “Canterbury Tales”. The Great Life I Lead – As A Physicist. Rutherford’s Path to the Nuclear Atom. Jun 30th, 2 talks repeated on Jul 1st, Waikato University Engineering School Student Open Days. Bicky, The Life and Times of Alexander Bickerton. May 4th, U3A Mountfort, St Marks Church, 10.30am. Ernest Rutherford and the Nuclear Atom Mar 29th, Radio New Zealand, Afternoons with Jim Mora, 2.10pm. 2010 Bicky, The Life and Times of Alexander Bickerton. Aug 13th, U3A Arts Centre, Christchurch Art Gallery Walk Where Rutherford Walked. Jul 7th, SciCon, Nelson, Field Trip. The Making of the Rutherford Documentary. Jul 6th, SciCon, Nelson Jack Erskine. May 7th, University of Canterbury. (50th anniversary of his death 21st Apr.) 2009 The Making of the Rutherford Documentary Jul 7th, NZIP Conference, Christchurch. 2008 Afterdinner Speech. Dec 4th, KERNZ conference, Queenstown. Rutherford. Dec 1st, Interviewed by Veronika Meduna, Radio NZ. The Making of the Rutherford Documentary. Nov 21st, Cawthron Memorial Lecture, Music Academy, Nelson. Rutherford’s Wireless Research. Nov 5th, Christchurch Amateur Radio Club. Rutherford’s Path to the Nobel Prize in Chemistry. Oct 27th, University of Georgia at Athens (Chemistry Department Seminar.) Rutherford: Canada’s First Nobel Laureate. Oct 22nd, Public Lecture, 5.30pm, Moyes Hall, McGill University. (Centennial of Rutherford’s Nobel Prize.) Ernest Rutherford and the Nobel Prize. Oct 20th, Canadian Nuclear Society, Chalk River Branch. Rutherford’s Path to the Nobel Prize. Oct
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