Free talks

Continuing Education works in partnership with departments across the University and the City of Liverpool’s cultural institutions to provide free talks by leading experts throughout the year. 

We update our free lecture programme regularly, so please check back regularly for updates. 

We also provide recordings of past talks for your to view online here, as well as blogs, stories and articles relating to some of our current, past and upcoming courses.

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Great Thinkers of Our Time

Dr Shereen Shaw will give an overview of several philosophical traditions, developed by some of the greatest thinkers of our time. Thursday 20 April, 6-7pm

The Roman Garden

The lecture explores all these aspects of the Roman garden, as well as discovering how British aristocrats returning from the ‘Grand Tour’ in the late 19th century recreated their own ‘Roman gardens’.

Wonders of the Solar System

Join Paul Dearden for this free talk as he looks at some of these wonders of the Solar System, including an update on NASA’s Perseverance Rover as it continues its search for evidence of past life on the planet Mars. Monday, 17 April 7 - 8pm

Greek letters in Arabic Culture

This talk will present the major social, political and ideological factors that led to the remarkable translation movement from Greek into Arabic from the 8th to 10th century AD and beyond. Tuesday 28 March, 6-7pm with Theodora Zampaki