The RSE Summer 2019 Events Programme 2nd–26th August

22–26 George Street Bookings: rse.org.uk/curious

#CuriousRSE Welcome to , the RSE’s Summer Events Programme As ’s National Academy, the RSE plays a leading role in challenging, developing and sharing current thinking and new ideas in pursuit of our mission ‘knowledge made useful’.

We do this through harnessing the diverse round the table and chatting with experts on a knowledge and expertise of our Fellowship, range of subjects covering everything from DNA drawn from the worlds of , the arts, and the legal system to cockpit voice recordings, business and public service and representing menstruation and Scotland’s energy future. And, some of the most talented leaders and thinkers because it’s and the Festival is on, living and working in Scotland today. we’re also throwing in a few musical surprises which are not part of our usual RSE offering! Thanks to their willingness to share their knowledge, we have programmed an eclectic Our aim with Curious is for everyone who steps mix of talks, demonstrations, workshops, through our door to gain a better understanding exhibitions and performances during August. of who we are and what we do and come away We have interactive shows on topics such having learnt something new or having been as colour and creativity, learning a second inspired. We believe knowledge is only useful when language, responsible debate and the science it’s shared, and we’re looking forward to meeting and talking with you and making sure that the of gin; exhibitions featuring portraits of some RSE is a place where people come together to of the At Risk Academics and Refugees within exchange views and ideas and leave a little more the RSE Young Academy of Scotland and also knowledgeable and a little more enlightened. some of the amazing women scientists within the Fellowship; and a Tea and Just Talk series, Dr Rebekah Widdowfield where you can enjoy a cup of tea whilst sitting Chief Executive

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Mon–Fri 10am–7.30pm, Sat 11am–7.30pm, Sun 12 noon–7.30pm

Women in Science From Maxwell to Higgs ‘I Am Just My Words’ RSE in Scotland Installation Piece RSE Free All Ages During opening hours Mark Maughan (Director) and Upper Gallery Tim Cowbury (Writer), in association Free All Ages During opening hours with James Quaife Productions Reception The discovery of the Higgs boson particle in 2013 was a monumental moment in Women scientists are changing the Free 15+ During opening hours science. So how did we get there? Find James Clerk Maxwell Room world. Learn more about some of the out how we made it this far; from James finest female scientists in Scotland today Clerk Maxwell’s first examination of A mixed-media installation with in this free photographic exhibition. electricity and magnetism in 1861 to now. accompanying theatre piece: the audience will meet Elif, Hasani, Jade and others through headphones, as they listen to their experiences of a Home Office interview.

A Tale of Two At Risk Academic Periodic Tables Refugees: A Portrait University of St Andrews/ I. D. Campbell European Chemical Society Free All Ages During opening hours Free 12 + During opening hours James Clerk Maxwell Room 2nd–8th August, Swann Room 9th–26th August, Reception The At Risk Academic Refugees (ARAR) initiative was launched in A tale of two periodic tables, separated 2016 to recognise young professionals by 134 years: one is the oldest-known of outstanding talent from Scotland’s classroom wall chart, discovered at St refugee and displaced migrant Andrews University; the other is a brand communities. The RSE’s Young Academy new chart, developed to highlight the of Scotland (YAS) has committed to Café Bar Saltire Hospitality at the RSE scarcity and vulnerability of the reserving membership spaces for at-risk elements, in the International Year academics and refugees in its recruitment of the Periodic Table. rounds until at least 2020. Three ARAR During opening hours refugees sat for portraits with Glasgow- Reception based portrait painter Iain Campbell, Fancy some tea, coffee, or and the results are on display. something stronger to keep you going during this busy Edinburgh month? Then come on in and treat yourself in our Café Bar. And because we’re the RSE, we’re making this a bit different by arranging for experts covering a range of topics – from dance to forensic science – to host our Talking Table, so you can quiz them about what they do.

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Friday 2nd Saturday 3rd

TEA AND JUST TALK SERIES Science and forensic science Keith Inman Leverhulme Research Centre for Forensic Science Macramé Periodic Table University of Dundee Macramé Periodic Table Jane Stewart Jane Stewart Free All Ages 4pm (45 mins) Free All ages 10am–7.30pm Fellows’ Room Free All ages 11am–7.30pm Swann Room Swann Room When the law dictates which aspects What do you get when you mix 350 of science are permitted in front of a What do you get when you mix 350 hours and 200,000 knots? A collision of court of law, what does this mean for hours and 200,000 knots? A collision of science and art to create a truly unique the scientist? science and art to create a truly unique macramé periodic table! macramé periodic table! Live Demonstration at 10am today

The Science of Gin Porter’s Gin Investigating the Afternoon Teas £15 18+ 6pm (60 mins) Impossible Saltire Hospitality at the RSE Wellcome West Professor £29.99 All ages 2.30pm An hour-long immersion into the Edinburgh Skeptics Society Scott Room science behind one of the UK’s most Free 12+ 12noon (60 mins) Enjoy a sumptuous afternoon tea of innovative gin distillers, as the team from Wolfson Lecture Theatre Porter’s Gin guides you through modern freshly-prepared sandwiches, scones, Professor Richard Wiseman will cast distillation, botanicals and flavours. G&T cakes and pastries, with a choice of teas, a sceptical eye over the , and tastings included (of course). coffee or a glass of fizz, while discovering questioning whether really exist, a little more about the RSE and its the tricks of the trade, how to history, in the elegant surroundings of walk on fire and the real power of our Scott Room. your dreams.

Fake News Workshop Aleksandar Kocic Edinburgh Napier University Free 12+ 3pm (65 mins) Wolfson Lecture Theatre How can we fight back against Fake News? This workshop will share some steps we can take to stop Fake News in its fictional tracks.

Exhibition Music Discussion Workshop Performances Afternoon Teas Royal Conservatoire of Scotland/RCS@Home

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Saturday 3rd Saturday 3rd (cont.) Sunday 4th

Macramé Periodic Table Public Debate: The Fake News Workshop Macramé Periodic Table Jane Stewart Aleksandar Kocic Jane Stewart Ethics of Borders and Edinburgh Napier University Free All ages 11am–7.30pm Free All ages 12noon–7.30pm Swann Room Migration Control Free 12+ 3pm (65 mins) Swann Room What do you get when you mix 350 Young Academy of Scotland Wolfson Lecture Theatre What do you get when you mix 350 hours and 200,000 knots? A collision of Free 15+ 1pm (120 mins) How can we fight back against Fake hours and 200,000 knots? A collision of science and art to create a truly unique Wellcome East News? This workshop will share some science and art to create a truly unique macramé periodic table! steps we can take to stop Fake News in its macramé periodic table! Because border control is often used as a fictional tracks. divisive political tool, some may hesitate to engage with this topic. However, there are legitimate questions to be asked around human migration. Hosted by the Young Academy of Scotland, this debate will examine the moral, political and social implications of borders and migration. Investigating the Is a ‘bilingual’ just The Science of Gin Impossible Porter’s Gin two ‘monolinguals’ Professor Richard Wiseman Edinburgh Skeptics Society £15 18+ 4.30pm (60 mins) in one brain? Wellcome West Professor Antonella Sorace FRSE Free 12+ 12noon (60 mins) Wolfson Lecture Theatre An hour-long immersion into the science behind one of the UK’s most Free 12+ 3pm (60 mins) Professor Richard Wiseman will cast innovative gin distillers, as the team from Wellcome East a sceptical eye over the paranormal, Afternoon Teas Porter’s Gin guides you through modern Did you know that learning a second questioning whether ghosts really exist, Saltire Hospitality at the RSE distillation, botanicals and flavours. G&T language changes your first language and the tricks of the psychic trade, how to and tastings included (of course). £29.99 All ages 2.30pm changes how you think too? Discover walk on fire and the real power of Scott Room your dreams. why this is important in our increasingly Enjoy a sumptuous afternoon tea of multi-lingual society. freshly-prepared sandwiches, scones, cakes and pastries, with a choice of teas, coffee or a glass of fizz, while discovering a little more about the RSE and its Sunday 4th continues overleaf history, in the elegant surroundings of our Scott Room.

Exhibition Music Discussion Workshop Performances Afternoon Teas Royal Conservatoire of Scotland/RCS@Home

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Sunday 4th (cont.) Monday 5th Tuesday 6th

Murder, Maggots Macramé Periodic Table Macramé Periodic Table and MR Imaging: Jane Stewart Jane Stewart Free All ages 10am–7.30pm Free All ages 10am–7.30pm a journey through Swann Room Swann Room What do you get when you mix 350 What do you get when you mix 350 forensic science, hosted hours and 200,000 knots? A collision of hours and 200,000 knots? A collision of by Val McDermid science and art to create a truly unique science and art to create a truly unique Val McDermid FRSE (chair) macramé periodic table! macramé periodic table! Tom Wood Live Demonstration at 10am today Dr Lucina Hackman Free 15+ 5pm (90 mins) Wolfson Lecture Theatre TEA AND JUST TALK SERIES In 1935, ground-breaking evidence from Scottish forensic scientists helped find Conversations That Buck Ruxton guilty of the murder of his Changed The World wife and maid and in doing so, shaped the future of criminal investigations. In Tom Pow this discussion, hosted by RSE Fellow A Year of Conversation 2019 Live Demonstration: and crime writer Val McDermid, Tom Free All Ages 10am (45 mins) Wood, one of Scotland’s most senior Fellows’ Room At Risk Academic and experienced operational police What conversations do you believe officers and author of Ruxton: The First Refugees changed the world? Bring your Modern Murder will discuss the case I. D. Campbell suggestions to the Talking Table. with Dr Lucina Hackman, Principal Free All ages 10am–4pm Investigator and Forensic Anthropologist Reception from Dundee University’s Leverhulme TEA AND JUST TALK SERIES Institute, and consider the developments Artist, Iain Campbell will complete a portrait using photos taken of academic refugees in forensic science today. from a previous sitting, to form part of the Breath At Risk Academics: A Portrait exhibition. Professor Laura Gonzalez Royal Conservatoire of Scotland Free All Ages 4pm (45 mins) TEA AND JUST TALK SERIES Fellows’ Room What are the meanings and feelings A Tale of Two Cities Tom Pow of breathing – a source of energy for A Year of Conversation 2019 actions, emotions, words and thoughts? Free All Ages 10am (45 mins) Fellows’ Room People make Glasgow. What makes Edinburgh?

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Tuesday 6th Tuesday 6th (cont.) Wednesday 7th

TEA AND JUST TALK SERIES The Rise and Fall of Phrenology Professor David Price FRSE University of Edinburgh Free All Ages 1pm (45 mins) Macramé Periodic Table Fellows’ Room Macramé Periodic Table Intersection of Jane Stewart Jane Stewart Why did 19th-Century Edinburgh Poetics and Science – Free All ages 10am–7.30pm become preoccupied with the idea that a Free All ages 10am–7.30pm Swann Room person’s personality can be deduced from Swann Room Energy Futures What do you get when you mix 350 the shape of their skull? What do you get when you mix 350 Professor Patrick Corbett FRSE hours and 200,000 knots? A collision of hours and 200,000 knots? A collision of and Professor Ruth Aylett science and art to create a truly unique science and art to create a truly unique Heriot-Watt University macramé periodic table! TEA AND JUST TALK SERIES macramé periodic table! Free 18+ 3pm (75 mins) Enhancing the Live Demonstration at 10am today Wellcome West Individual Capabilities Science meets poetics – the art of writing TEA AND JUST TALK SERIES poetry – in this highly creative event which will capture feelings and issues on of Young Women Scotland’s energy future in the form of a Dr Liita Cairney Scotland’s Energy group poem. Kalitasha Limited Free All Ages 4pm (45 mins) Future Professor Rebecca Lunn MBE FRSE Fellows’ Room University of Strathclyde TEA AND JUST TALK SERIES How can we use the menstrual cycle as a Live Demonstration: Free All Ages 10am + 1pm (45 mins) framework to teach self-confidence? The Rise and Fall of At Risk Academic Fellows’ Room How can we use the menstrual cycle as a Phrenology Refugees framework to teach self-confidence? Professor David Price FRSE I. D. Campbell University of Edinburgh Free All ages 10am–4pm Free All Ages 4pm (45 mins) Reception Fellows’ Room Artist, Iain Campbell will complete a portrait Why did 19th-Century Edinburgh using photos taken of academic refugees become preoccupied with the idea that a from a previous sitting, to form part of the person’s personality can be deduced from At Risk Academics: A Portrait exhibition. the shape of their skull?

TEA AND JUST TALK SERIES A Tale of Two Periodic A Tale of Two Cities Tom Pow Tables: In Discussion A Year of Conversation 2019 University of St Andrews/ European Chemical Society Free All Ages 10am (45 mins) Fellows’ Room Free 12+ 12noon (60 mins) Wolfson Lecture Theatre People make Glasgow. What makes Edinburgh? A discussion about two periodic tables, 134 years apart: one, the oldest-known classroom wall chart, discovered at St Andrews University; the other, a brand new table developed to highlight the scarcity and vulnerability of the elements, to mark this International Year of the Periodic Table (2019).

Exhibition Music Discussion Workshop Performances Afternoon Teas Royal Conservatoire of Scotland/RCS@Home

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Thursday 8th Friday 9th Saturday 10th

TEA AND JUST TALK SERIES TEA AND JUST TALK SERIES What is Nature- Dance Health inspired Engineering? Dr Bethany Whiteside Professor Marc Desmulliez FRSE Royal Conservatoire of Scotland Catherine Cassidy Heriot-Watt University Scottish Ballet Free All Ages 10am (45 mins) Free All Ages 10am (45 mins) Fellows’ Room Fellows’ Room What can we learn from nature when it comes Science and the to tackling big societal challenges? Come and What impact can dance have for people learn about nature-inspired engineering. with neurological conditions such as Paranormal dementia, multiple sclerosis and Parkinson’s? Caroline Watt Edinburgh Skeptics Society TEA AND JUST TALK SERIES Free 12+ 12noon (60 mins) Wolfson Lecture Theatre Professor of Parapsychology, Caroline DNA at a crime scene Watt, examines lab experiments into – not always the big extra-sensory perception (aka your sixth sense), and how this research has been reveal to ‘whodunit’ surprisingly beneficial for mainstream Dr Alexander Gray science. Leverhulme Research Centre for Forensic Is a ‘bilingual’ just Science, University of Dundee two ‘monolinguals’ Free All Ages 1pm (45 mins) in one brain? Fellows’ Room Professor Antonella Sorace FRSE What does the presence or lack of DNA University of Edinburgh at a crime scene mean for the legal system in the future? Free 12+ 12noon (60 mins) Wellcome East Did you know that learning a second language changes your first language and changes how you think too? Discover Afternoon Teas why this is important in our increasingly Saltire Hospitality at the RSE multi-lingual society. £29.99 All ages 2.30pm Scott Room TEA AND JUST TALK SERIES Enjoy a sumptuous afternoon tea of freshly-prepared sandwiches, scones, cakes Watson, Crick & DNA Afternoon Teas and pastries, with a choice of teas, coffee Professor Ian Jackson FRSE Saltire Hospitality at the RSE or a glass of fizz, while discovering a little MRC Human Genetics Unit, IGMM, £29.99 All ages 2.30pm more about the RSE and its history, in the University of Edinburgh Scott Room elegant surroundings of our Scott Room. Free All Ages 1pm (45 mins) Enjoy a sumptuous afternoon tea of Fellows’ Room freshly-prepared sandwiches, scones, cakes When James Watson and Francis Crick and pastries, with a choice of teas, coffee discovered the structure of DNA in 1952, or a glass of fizz, while discovering a little they did so without doing any experiments more about the RSE and its history, in the themselves. Does fortune favour the brave elegant surroundings of our Scott Room. in science and innovation? TEA AND JUST TALK SERIES TEA AND JUST TALK SERIES Tackling taboo: Sequencing the menstrual misery Fake News Workshop Human Genome Professor Hilary Critchley FRSE Aleksandar Kocic Professor Ian Jackson FRSE and Dr Varsha Jain Edinburgh Napier University MRC Human Genetics Unit, IGMM, MRC Centre for Reproductive Health; Free 12+ 3pm (65 mins) University of Edinburgh University of Edinburgh Wolfson Lecture Theatre Free All Ages 4pm (45 mins) Free All Ages 4pm (45 mins) How can we fight back against Fake Fellows’ Room Fellows’ Room News? This workshop will share some How was the human DNA code Can we have an open discussion about steps we can take to stop Fake News in its determined and will this revolutionise menstruation and bleeding problems? fictional tracks. biology and medicine?

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Saturday 10th Saturday 10th (cont.) Sunday 11th Monday 12th

Science and the Memory Illusions and Fake News Workshop RCS @ Home Paranormal Aleksandar Kocic Royal Conservatoire of Scotland How to Avoid Them Edinburgh Napier University Caroline Watt Professor Robert Logie FRSE Free 12+ 10am–5pm Free 12+ 3pm (65 mins) Edinburgh Skeptics Society University of Edinburgh MacRobert Room Wolfson Lecture Theatre Free 12+ 12noon (60 mins) Royal Conservatoire of Scotland (RCS) Free 12+ 3pm (50 mins) Wolfson Lecture Theatre How can we fight back against Fake makes its home at the RSE during the Wellcome West News? This workshop will share some Professor of Parapsychology, Caroline Festival. If you are a graduate or still steps we can take to stop Fake News in its Watt, examines lab experiments into Can we improve our memory? Do studying, pop by for a chat. fictional tracks. extra-sensory perception (aka your sixth smartphones make us smarter? Take part sense), and how this research has been in interactive demonstrations on human surprisingly beneficial for mainstream memory, including when it works, when TEA AND JUST TALK SERIES science. it doesn’t and how to make it work better. New Opera Dr Stuart MacRae Royal Conservatoire of Scotland Free All Ages 10am (45 mins) Fellows’ Room Should opera be respite from the real Memory Illusions and world or should it reflect it? How to Avoid Them Afternoon Teas Professor Robert Logie FRSE Saltire Hospitality at the RSE Thistlehurt: University of Edinburgh £29.99 All ages 2.30pm Almost Unplugged Free 12+ 3pm (50 mins) Scott Room Thistlehurt Wellcome West Enjoy a sumptuous afternoon tea of Original Rock & Blues Band Can we improve our memory? Do freshly-prepared sandwiches, scones, cakes £7 18+ 6pm (75 mins) smartphones make us smarter? Take part and pastries, with a choice of teas, coffee Wolfson Lecture Theatre in interactive demonstrations on human or a glass of fizz, while discovering a little memory, including when it works, when more about the RSE and its history, in the A local band performing their own it doesn’t and how to make it work better. A Tale of Two Periodic elegant surroundings of our Scott Room. original songs of a rock and blues nature, only this time they are almost unplugged. Tables: In Discussion University of St Andrews/ European Chemical Society Free 12+ 12noon (60 mins) Wolfson Lecture Theatre A discussion about two periodic tables, 134 years apart: one, the oldest-known classroom wall chart, discovered at St Andrews University; the other, a brand new table developed to highlight the Fake News Workshop scarcity and vulnerability of the elements, Aleksandar Kocic to mark this International Year of the Edinburgh Napier University Periodic Table (2019). Free 12+ 3pm (65 mins) Wolfson Lecture Theatre How can we fight back against Fake Monday 12th continues overleaf News? This workshop will share some steps we can take to stop Fake News in its fictional tracks.

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Monday 12th (cont.) Tuesday 13th

TEA AND JUST TALK SERIES What is Nature – inspired Engineering? Professor Marc Desmulliez FRSE Heriot-Watt University Free All Ages 1pm (45 mins) Fellows’ Room Where is your mind? Live Demonstration: What can we learn from nature when it Miranda Anderson At Risk Academic comes to tackling big societal challenges? Member of YAS Refugees Come and learn about nature-inspired Free 12+ 3.30pm (50 mins) I. D. Campbell engineering. Wolfson Lecture Theatre Free All ages 10am–4pm Does your mind extend across your Reception brain, body and beyond? Are our phones Artist, Iain Campbell will complete a portrait already part of our minds? Find out how using photos taken of academic refugees literature, art and technology are just from a previous sitting, to form part of the some of the ways we’ve always been ‘out At Risk Academics: A Portrait exhibition. of our heads’.

TEA AND JUST TALK SERIES Royal Conservatoire What is so tricky of Scotland Open about young people’s House Event Royal Conservatoire of Scotland mental health? Dr Stella Chan RCS @ Home Free 12+ 3pm (90 mins) University of Edinburgh Royal Conservatoire of Scotland Wellcome East/Wellcome West Free 12+ 10am–5pm Free All ages 4pm (45 mins) MacRobert Room A wonderful programme of short Fellows’ Room Royal Conservatoire of Scotland (RCS) performances from guest artists Young people’s mental health is a makes its home at the RSE during the (including graduate and BBC Radio challenge being faced globally. What Festival. If you are a graduate or still Scotland Young Traditional Musician of makes us so vulnerable and what can we studying, pop by for a chat. the Year 2018, Hannah Rarity), as well do to help? as opportunities to meet and share the TEA AND JUST TALK SERIES experiences of current staff and students from across the Conservatoire. Parenthood & Creativity Dr Emily Doolittle

Royal Conservatoire of Scotland Free All ages 10am (45 mins) Fellows’ Room What are the practical and emotional aspects of being a parent and an artist?

TEA AND JUST TALK SERIES Enhancing the Individual Capabilities of Young Women Dr Liita Cairney Kalitasha Limited Free All Ages 4pm (45 mins) Fellows’ Room How can we use the menstrual cycle as a framework to teach self-confidence?

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Tuesday 13th Tuesday 13th (cont.) Thursday 15th Friday 16th

Live Demonstration: In discussion – RCS @ Home RCS @ Home At Risk Academic At Risk Academic Royal Conservatoire of Scotland Royal Conservatoire of Scotland Refugees Free 12+ 10am–5pm Free 12+ 10am–5pm MacRobert Room I. D. Campbell Refugees: A Portrait MacRobert Room Muriel Gray FRSE, I. D. Campbell Royal Conservatoire of Scotland (RCS) Royal Conservatoire of Scotland (RCS) Free All ages 10am–4pm and Debora Kayembe Reception makes its home at the RSE during the makes its home at the RSE during the Festival. If you are a graduate or still Artist, Iain Campbell will complete a portrait Free 12+ 5.30pm (60 mins) Festival. If you are a graduate or still using photos taken of academic refugees Wolfson Lecture Theatre studying, pop by for a chat. studying, pop by for a chat. from a previous sitting, to form part of the Author, broadcaster, journalist and At Risk Academics: A Portrait exhibition. RSE Fellow Muriel Gray sits down with TEA AND JUST TALK SERIES TEA AND JUST TALK SERIES portrait artist Iain Campbell and YAS member Debora Kayembe to discuss the At Risk Academics: A Portrait exhibition. How is Composition Steeped In History Tom Pow Research? A Year of Conversation 2019 Dr John de Simone Royal Conservatoire of Scotland Free All Ages 10am (45 mins) Wednesday 14th Fellows’ Room Free All ages 10am (45 mins) Fellows’ Room What is the value of remembering and/ or forgetting historical events such as the RCS @ Home How and why is composition end of WW1 and D-Day? Royal Conservatoire of Scotland considered research at Universities and Free 12+ 10am–5pm Conservatoires? MacRobert Room Royal Conservatoire of Scotland (RCS) makes its home at the RSE during the Festival. If you are a graduate or still TEA AND JUST TALK SERIES studying, pop by for a chat. RCS @ Home Blackbox: Conversations Royal Conservatoire of Scotland TEA AND JUST TALK SERIES Free 12+ 10am–5pm from the flight deck MacRobert Room Professor Rhona Flin FRSE

Parenthood & Creativity Royal Conservatoire of Scotland (RCS) Robert Gordon University Afternoon Teas Dr Emily Doolittle makes its home at the RSE during the Free All ages 1pm (45 mins) Saltire Hospitality at the RSE Royal Conservatoire of Scotland Festival. If you are a graduate or still Fellows’ Room £29.99 All ages 2.30pm Free All ages 10am (45 mins) studying, pop by for a chat. Scott Room Fellows’ Room How much information has been gained What are the practical and emotional from aviation safety from the analysis of Enjoy a sumptuous afternoon tea of aspects of being a parent and an artist? TEA AND JUST TALK SERIES the cockpit voice records? freshly-prepared sandwiches, scones, cakes and pastries, with a choice of teas, coffee or a glass of fizz, while discovering TEA AND JUST TALK SERIES A Conversation On… a little more about the RSE and its history, in the elegant surroundings of Enhancing the Conversation our Scott Room. Tom Pow Individual Capabilities A Year of Conversation 2019 of Young Women Free All ages 10am (45 mins) Dr Liita Cairney Fellows’ Room Friday 16th continues overleaf Kalitasha Limited What is the value of conversation? Free All Ages 4pm (45 mins) How can it be nurtured in every aspect Fellows’ Room How can we use the menstrual cycle as a of our lives? framework to teach self-confidence?

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Friday 16th (cont.) Saturday 17th

TEA AND JUST TALK SERIES Tackling taboo: menstrual misery Professor Hilary Critchley FRSE and Dr Varsha Jain MRC Centre for Reproductive Health, University of Edinburgh RCS @ Home Afternoon Teas Free All Ages 4pm (45 mins) Royal Conservatoire of Scotland Saltire Hospitality at the RSE Fellows’ Room Free 12+ 10am–5pm £29.99 All ages 2.30pm Can we have an open discussion about MacRobert Room Scott Room menstruation and bleeding problems? Royal Conservatoire of Scotland (RCS) Enjoy a sumptuous afternoon tea of makes its home at the RSE during the freshly-prepared sandwiches, scones, cakes Festival. If you are a graduate or still and pastries, with a choice of teas, coffee studying, pop by for a chat. or a glass of fizz, while discovering a little more about the RSE and its history, in the elegant surroundings of our Scott Room.

The Songs of Lennon and McCartney + other Fab Tunes Why Skepticism Kenny Herbert and Rab Howat Matters: how Fake News Workshop £12 18+ 6.30pm (60 mins) Aleksandar Kocic Wolfson Lecture Theatre alternative medicine Edinburgh Napier University Kenny Herbert, Rob Howat, Lawrie Ball Free 12+ 3pm (65 mins) tried to kill me Wolfson Lecture Theatre and Martin Wykes bring the best of The Sean Slater and Heather Pentler Beatles’ beloved classics and their own Edinburgh Skeptics Society How can we fight back against Fake catchy tunes to the stage. News? This workshop will share some Free 12+ 12noon (60 mins) steps we can take to stop Fake News in its Wolfson Lecture Theatre fictional tracks. Fake news; slippery politicians; bad ideas – Sean Slater will explore tools such as Scientific Skepticism that we can use to help cut through the junk; before Heather Pentler examines alternative medicine and chronic illness: what treatments are being offered by CAM (complementary and alternative medicine) practitioners? Do they actually work? And, most importantly, can they be harmful? The Songs of Lennon and McCartney + other Fab Tunes Kenny Herbert and Rab Howat £12 18+ 6.30pm (60 mins) Wolfson Lecture Theatre Kenny Herbert, Rob Howat, Lawrie Ball and Martin Wykes bring the best of The Beatles’ beloved classics and their own catchy tunes to the stage.

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Sunday 18th Monday 19th Tuesday 20th

The Dimlight Hours New Ways with Words Live Demonstration: Professor Fiona Stafford FRSE, Nutshell Theatre/ Rachael Sparkes, Edward Cherrie Queen Margaret University At Risk Academic and Martin Pacey Free 12+ 12noon (60 mins) University of Oxford Refugees Wolfson Lecture Theatre I. D. Campbell Free 12+ 5pm (75 mins) Academic and award-winning director Wolfson Lecture Theatre Kate Nelson offers new ways of applying Free All Ages 10am–4pm A story of suffering, resilience and analysis and interpretation to dramatic Reception heroism – a recently-discovered texts to open new perspectives on Artist, Iain Campbell will complete a portrait WWII diary brings to life the day-to- performance. using photos taken of academic refugees day experiences of a woman and her from a previous sitting, to form part of the family caught in air raids, rationing At Risk Academics: A Portrait exhibition. and destruction. TEA AND JUST TALK SERIES

Psychiatry: ‘perpetually TEA AND JUST TALK SERIES in crisis’? Professor Stephen Lawrie FRSE When are you grown up? Tom Pow University of Edinburgh A Year of Conversation 2019 Free All Ages 4pm (45 mins) Free All Ages 10am (45 mins) Fellows’ Room Fellows’ Room Given that the medical specialty of At a time when children are saying ‘the psychiatry has been described as ‘in crisis’ issue of climate change is up to us’, when ever since its inception, will it ever be exactly is ‘grown up’? able to escape its history?

TEA AND JUST TALK SERIES Psychiatry: ‘perpetually in crisis’? Professor Stephen Lawrie FRSE University of Edinburgh Free All Ages 4pm (45 mins) The Dimlight Hours Fellows’ Room Professor Fiona Stafford FRSE, Given that the medical specialty of Rachael Sparkes, Edward Cherrie psychiatry has been described as ‘in crisis’ and Martin Pacey ever since its inception, will it ever be University of Oxford able to escape its history? Free 12+ 5pm (75 mins) Wolfson Lecture Theatre A story of suffering, resilience and Tuesday 20th continues overleaf heroism – a recently-discovered WWII diary brings to life the day-to- day experiences of a woman and her family caught in air raids, rationing and destruction.

Exhibition Music Discussion Workshop Performances Afternoon Teas Royal Conservatoire of Scotland/RCS@Home

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Tuesday 20th (cont.) Wednesday 21st Thursday 22nd

TEA AND JUST TALK SERIES TEA AND JUST TALK SERIES Our Future In Sequencing the Renewable Energy Human Genome Professor Lesley Yellowlees CBE FRSE Professor Ian Jackson FRSE University of Edinburgh MRC Human Genetics Unit, IGMM, University of Edinburgh Free All Ages 1pm (45 mins) The Dimlight Hours Fellows’ Room Free All Ages 10am (45 mins) Professor Fiona Stafford FRSE, If we want to meet global demand for Fellows’ Room Rachael Sparkes, Edward Cherrie energy for the ever-increasing population How was the human DNA code and Martin Pacey - while minimising impact on the climate determined and will this revolutionise University of Oxford - it is necessary to use renewable energy biology and medicine? Free 12+ 5pm (75 mins) sources. What does our energy future Wolfson Lecture Theatre look like? A story of suffering, resilience and TEA AND JUST TALK SERIES heroism – a recently-discovered WWII diary brings to life the day-to- Watson, Crick & DNA day experiences of a woman and her Professor Ian Jackson FRSE family caught in air raids, rationing MRC Human Genetics Unit, IGMM, and destruction. University of Edinburgh Free All Ages 1pm (45 mins) Fellows’ Room When James Watson and Francis Crick The Dimlight Hours discovered the structure of DNA in 1952, Professor Fiona Stafford FRSE, they did so without doing any experiments Rachael Sparkes, Edward Cherrie themselves. Does fortune favour the brave and Martin Pacey in science and innovation? University of Oxford Free 12+ 5pm (75 mins) Curioscillations Wolfson Lecture Theatre St David’s Brass Band A story of suffering, resilience and £10, £5 conc. 12+ 6pm (60 mins) heroism – a recently-discovered Wellcome West WWII diary brings to life the day-to- Take a sonic exploration through the day experiences of a woman and her dark and light corners of music; plus, family caught in air raids, rationing hear your favourite tunes performed with and destruction. a brassy twist. Arts and Culture: the best solutions to the 21st Century’s biggest problems? The Creative Conversation Royal Conservatoire of Scotland Free 18+ 1.30pm (60 mins) Wolfson Lecture Theatre This panel discussion, chaired by Professor Jeffrey Sharkey, Principal of RCS, will explore the need for innovative and creative thinkers and doers in a world that is increasingly fragmented and complex.

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Thursday 22nd Thursday 22nd (cont.) Friday 23rd

TEA AND JUST TALK SERIES Sequencing the Human Genome Professor Ian Jackson FRSE MRC Human Genetics Unit, IGMM, University of Edinburgh Free All Ages 10am (45 mins) ‘I don’t feel freedom’: Embodied Thinkers To be the One Fellows’ Room problems in the asylum (in early science) You Want to be How was the human DNA code Move2Learn Dr Ayse Cinar determined and will this revolutionise interview and how to Member of YAS Free All Ages 10am + 12.30pm (60 mins) biology and medicine? University of Dundee prepare for them Wellcome West Free 18+ 2.30pm (70 mins) Right To Remain Join us on a journey through time and Wellcome West TEA AND JUST TALK SERIES Free 18+ 1.30pm (60 mins) mime to see how research into children’s Wellcome West science learning challenges the way we How can we unlock and maximise think about mind and body. Warning – potential for creative solutions to Watson, Crick & DNA A joint interactive workshop with challenges? We will explore “how” in contains charades. Professor Ian Jackson FRSE practical advice, run by migrant this participatory workshop. MRC Human Genetics Unit, IGMM, organisation Right to Remain, for those University of Edinburgh going through, or with an interest in, Free All Ages 1pm (45 mins) the Home Office process. Fellows’ Room When James Watson and Francis Crick TEA AND JUST TALK SERIES discovered the structure of DNA in 1952, they did so without doing any experiments themselves. Does fortune favour the brave Adam Smith: in science and innovation? Moral Economist Professor Christopher Berry FRSE The Invention The UK Asylum University of Glasgow of Colour System: what’s to be Free All Ages 4pm (45 mins) Professor Roy Burdon FRSE Fellows’ Room University of Strathclyde done? Can we synthesise the principles of Free 12+ 12noon + 3pm (50 mins) Mark Maughan (Director) and Tim Adam Smith, 18th-Century economist Wolfson Lecture Theatre Cowbury (Writer), in association with and moral philosopher? James Quaife Productions What is colour, how do we see it and where does it come from? This Free 12+ 5.30pm (60 mins) Arts and Culture: interactive event will look at colour, light, Wolfson Lecture Theatre the creation of pigment and its influence As the migration ‘crisis’ shows no signs the best solutions to on artists’ creativity. of disappearing, the way in which the UK makes decisions on who should be the 21st Century’s granted asylum has never been more TEA AND JUST TALK SERIES relevant. This panel discussion will biggest problems? bring together a range of voices – local to Edinburgh and from elsewhere – to The Creative Unleashing self- discuss the current system and what might be done to improve it. Conversation potential for health Royal Conservatoire of Scotland and wellbeing Free 18+ 1.30pm (60 mins) Dr Ayse Cinar Wolfson Lecture Theatre Member of YAS This panel discussion, chaired by University of Dundee Professor Jeffrey Sharkey, Principal of Free All Ages 1pm (45 mins) RCS, will explore the need for innovative Fellows’ Room and creative thinkers and doers in a How do we unleash our potential for world that is increasingly fragmented a healthier and happier life and and complex. overcome stress?

Exhibition Music Discussion Workshop Performances Afternoon Teas Royal Conservatoire of Scotland/RCS@Home

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TEA AND JUST TALK SERIES Unleashing self- potential for health and wellbeing Dr Ayse Cinar Member of YAS To be the One Responsible Debate: University of Dundee You Want to be what does it mean to you? Free All Ages 1pm (45 mins) Dr Ayse Cinar Young Academy of Scotland Fellows’ Room Member of YAS Free 18+ 2pm (60 mins) How do we unleash our potential for University of Dundee Wellcome West a healthier and happier life and Free 18+ 11am + 3pm (70 mins) Are there better and worse ways overcome stress? Wellcome West to disagree with one another? How can we unlock and maximise This workshop considers what underpins potential for creative solutions to and threatens responsible debate. challenges? We will explore “how” in this participatory workshop.

To be the One You Want to be Fake News Workshop Dr Ayse Cinar Aleksandar Kocic Member of YAS Chemophobia: should Edinburgh Napier University University of Dundee we all be running Free 12+ 3pm (65 mins) Free 18+ 3pm (70 mins) Wolfson Lecture Theatre Wellcome West scared? How can we fight back against Fake How can we unlock and maximise Maria Gauci News? This workshop will share some potential for creative solutions to Edinburgh Skeptics Society steps we can take to stop Fake News in its challenges? We will explore “how” in fictional tracks. this participatory workshop. Free 12+ 12noon (60 mins) Wolfson Lecture Theatre With the rising popularity of ‘natural’, ‘organic’ and ‘chemical-free’ goods, Maria Gauci asks: Are they really all that they’re hyped up to be? Are chemicals so bad? Does ‘natural’ also mean safe? Can we truly live in a ‘chemical-free’ world?

The Science of Gin The Science of Gin Porter’s Gin Porter’s Gin £15 18+ 5pm (60 mins) £15 18+ 6pm (60 mins) Wellcome West Wellcome West An hour-long immersion into the An hour-long immersion into the science behind one of the UK’s most science behind one of the UK’s most innovative gin distillers, as the team from innovative gin distillers, as the team from Porter’s Gin guides you through modern Porter’s Gin guides you through modern distillation, botanicals and flavours. G&T distillation, botanicals and flavours. G&T and tastings included (of course). and tastings included (of course).

Exhibition Music Discussion Workshop Performances Afternoon Teas Royal Conservatoire of Scotland/RCS@Home

Page 16 Tea and Just Talk series The Tea and Just Talk series invites visitors to enjoy a cup of tea while engaging with experts in a friendly café environment. There won’t be any powerpoints, notes or formality here – just the chance to ask questions and to listen to some of Scotland’s leading authorities on diverse subjects. These will include Scotland’s energy future, problems around menstruation, the need for opera and the role it plays in modern society, the impact of dance on neurological conditions such as dementia, forensic science and the role of law in determining which aspects of science are permitted before the court and, in the light of the recent D-Day remembrance ceremonies, the importance of remembering history. Walk-ins are welcome, but we recommend you register to guarantee your space. Please note that there are limited spaces available for each session. Spaces will be filled on a first-come, first-served basis.

Friday 2nd Thursday 8th + Thursday 22nd Thursday 15th Science and Forensic Science Watson, Crick & DNA Blackbox: Conversations from Keith Inman, Leverhulme Research Professor Ian Jackson FRSE the flight deck Centre for Forensic Science MRC Human Genetics Unit, IGMM, Professor Rhona Flin FRSE University of Dundee University of Edinburgh Robert Gordon University Free All Ages 4pm (45 mins) Free All Ages 1pm (45 mins) Free All Ages 1pm (45 mins)

Monday 5th Friday 9th + Friday 16th Thursday 15th Breath Tackling taboo: menstrual How is Composition Research? Professor Laura Gonzalez misery Dr John de Simone Royal Conservatoire of Scotland Professor Hilary Critchley FRSE Royal Conservatoire of Scotland Free All Ages 4pm (45 mins) and Dr Varsha Jain Free All Ages 10am (45 mins) MRC Centre for Reproductive Health, Monday 5th University of Edinburgh Friday 16th Conversations That Changed Free All Ages 4pm (45 mins) Steeped In History The World Tom Pow, A Year of Conversation 2019 Tom Pow, A Year of Conversation 2019 Friday 9th Free All Ages 10am (45 mins) Free All Ages 10am (45 mins) DNA at a crime scene – not always the big reveal to Monday 19th + Tuesday 20th Tuesday 6th + Tuesday 13th ‘whodunit’ Psychiatry: ‘perpetually Enhancing the Individual Dr Alexander Gray, Leverhulme in crisis’? Capabilities of Young Women Research Centre for Forensic Science, Professor Stephen Lawrie FRSE Dr Liita Cairney, Kalitasha Limited University of Dundee University of Edinburgh Free All Ages 4pm (45 mins) Free All Ages 1pm (45 mins) Free All Ages 4pm (45 mins)

Tuesday 6th + Wednesday 7th Friday 9th Tuesday 20th The Rise and Fall of Phrenology Dance Health When are you grown up? Professor David Price FRSE Dr Bethany Whiteside Tom Pow, A Year of Conversation 2019 University of Edinburgh Royal Conservatoire of Scotland Free All Ages 10am (45 mins) Free All Ages 1pm + 4pm (45 mins) Catherine Cassidy Scottish Ballet Wednesday 21st Tuesday 6th Free All Ages 10am (45 mins) Our Future In Renewable A Tale of Two Cities Energy Tom Pow, A Year of Conversation 2019 Monday 12th Professor Lesley Yellowlees CBE FRSE Free All Ages 10am (45 mins) ‘What is so tricky about young University of Edinburgh people’s mental health? Free All Ages 1pm (45 mins) Wednesday 7th Dr Stella Chan, University of Edinburgh Scotland’s Energy Future Free All Ages 4pm (45 mins) Thursday 22nd Professor Rebecca Lunn MBE FRSE Adam Smith: Moral Economist University of Strathclyde Monday 12th Professor Christopher Berry FRSE Free All Ages 10am + 1pm (45 mins) New Opera University of Glasgow Dr Stuart MacRae Free All Ages 4pm (45 mins) Thursday 8th + Monday 12th Royal Conservatoire of Scotland What is Nature-inspired Free All Ages 10am (45 mins) Friday 23rd + Monday 26th Engineering? Unleashing self-potential for Professor Marc Desmulliez FRSE Tuesday 13th health and wellbeing Heriot-Watt University Parenthood and Creativity Dr Ayse Cinar, Member of YAS , Free All Ages 10am + 1pm (45 mins) Dr Emily Doolittle University of Dundee Royal Conservatoire of Scotland Free All Ages 1pm (45 mins) Thursday 8th + Thursday 22nd Free All Ages 10am (45 mins) Sequencing the Human Genome Wednesday 14th Professor Ian Jackson FRSE A Conversation On… MRC Human Genetics Unit, IGMM, Conversation University of Edinburgh Tom Pow, A Year of Conversation 2019 Free All Ages 4pm + 10am (45 mins) Free All Ages 10am (45 mins)

Page 17 Afternoon Tea Enjoy a sumptuous afternoon tea of freshly-prepared sandwiches, warm scones, miniature cakes and pastries, and a choice of teas, coffee or a glass of fizz, while learning a little more about the RSE and its history in the elegant surroundings of our Scott Room. • Friday 2nd August 2.30pm • Saturday 3rd August 2.30pm Café Bar • Friday 9th August 2.30pm Fancy some tea, coffee, or something • Saturday 10th August 2.30pm stronger to keep you going during this • Friday 16th August 2.30pm busy Edinburgh month? Then come on in and treat yourself in our Café Bar. And • Saturday 17th August 2.30pm because we’re the RSE, we’re making this a bit different by arranging for experts covering a range of topics - from forensics to dance - at our Talking Table, so you can quiz them about what they do. Opening hours: • Mon–Fri, 10am–7.30pm • Sat, 11am–7.30pm • Sun, 12pm–7.30pm

Royal Conservatoire Associated events: Arts & Culture: The Best Solutions to the 21st Century’s During August, Royal Conservatoire of Scotland Biggest Problems? The Creative Conversation (RCS) will have a cosy home-away-from-home Thursday 22nd August, 3pm. at the RSE. If you’re a graduate, or want to Wolfson Lecture Theatre know more about studying at or supporting This panel discussion, chaired by Professor Jeffrey Scotland’s national conservatoire, they’ll be Sharkey, Principal of The RCS, will explore the need available for a chat and welcome all to pop in for innovative and creative thinkers and doers in a for a tea or coffee in our MacRobert Room. world that is increasingly fragmented and complex. • Monday 12th August–Saturday 17th August, Royal Conservatoire of Scotland Open House Event Monday 12th August, from 3pm 10am–5pm Wellcome East/Wellcome West A programme of short performances from guest artists (including graduate and BBC Radio Scotland Young Traditional Musician of the Year 2018, Hannah Rarity), as well as opportunities to meet and share the experiences of current staff and students from the Conservatoire.

Filming and photography Please note that photographs and footage may be taken throughout the Royal Society of Edinburgh’s Summer Events Programme. These will by used by the RSE for marketing and publicity in our publications, on our website and social media platforms, or in any third-party publications. Please speak with a member of staff if you have any concerns, or if you wish to be exempted from this activity.

Page 18 Booking Getting here Event bookings can be made online at rse.org.uk/curious. The Royal Society of Edinburgh is located in the city centre and Nearly all events are free, unless stated otherwise. easily accessible on foot or by public transport. Please be aware Babes in arms of the environment when planning your travel to and from events. Children under three years old do not require a ticket for events. However, not all events will be suitable for children. By bus and tram Please check individual events for content warnings. +44 (0)131 555 6363 lothianbuses.co.uk Concessions By rail Unless otherwise stated, concession tickets are not available. scotrail.co.uk or nationalrail.co.uk Refunds By bike All tickets are non-refundable, except in the case of an Plan routes through the city at edinburgh.cyclestreets.net event cancellation. By car We advise use of public transport wherever possible. Edinburgh is very busy during August and parking options are limited. There are multi-storey car parks and metered parking throughout the city centre.

Accessibility

The RSE has the following facilities available for visitors Accessible toilet with disabilities: A unisex disabled toilet is available on the Ground Floor, Wheelchair Access with or without assistance beside the main lift. A ramped access for wheelchair users is located at 26 George Parking Street. Please ring the bell to alert Reception to your presence There is no disabled parking space available on George Street, or, alternatively, ring 0131 240 5000 for access. but taxis and cars may pull and park for a short period of time If you have mobility impairment difficulties but are able to go up in front of the entrance of the building. some steps, the building’s main entrance is via 22 George Street. Facilities for people with visual impairment Rails are available on both sides of the staircase (five steps). Assistance dogs welcome. Guide dogs are welcome throughout Lift: The main passenger lift accommodates a powered the building. wheelchair, which will enable access to most Society Rooms. Seats are normally not allocated, but if you attend an event in Visitors using smaller wheelchairs can also gain access to the the Lecture Theatre and wish to seat at the aisle, please contact Kelvin and Wellcome West rooms via the smaller lift. us for provisions to be made. If your wheelchair is wider than 76cm, please contact the Venue Facilities for people with hearing impairment Manager for further guidance on access and dimensions in the Hearing loop – an induction loop is fitted in the Wolfson building. Lecture Theatre. Please remember to use the “T” switch on The RSE has its own wheelchair, which visitors can use when hearing aids. A mobile system is available at Reception for one- appropriate. For example, in the case that a person’s wheelchair on-one activities. is too wide, we can offer the choice to be transferred to the RSE Low lighting wheelchair. This wheelchair is available to book in advance. There is dim lighting available in the Wolfson Lecture Theatre, Should you wish to transfer from your wheelchair into a the Wellcome Rooms, the Scott Room and the Kelvin Room. standard seat, please do let us know. The RSE will also take all reasonable steps to provide additional All rooms in the building are wheelchair accessible, except for facilities and assistance. If required, please do not hesitate to the Lower Gallery. contact RSE staff through RSE Reception.

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