The Sussex Lectures

Experience one of our engaging public lectures. From law to medicine and the arts to the sciences, you'll find something to inspire you.

The Sussex lectures provide an opportunity for our world-class academics and renowned guest speakers to share their research with staff, students and the wider community. These lectures are open to the general public and are free to attend.

These public lectures promote our excellent research and teaching, and provide opportunities for the wider community to come and experience academia. You can sign up to receive information about our lectures below.

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Watch our public lectures online

You can watch some of our previous lectures here. All of our lectures open in YouTube or an MP3 file.

Lecture	Speaker
Inclusive Sussex: In Conversation event, featuring Professor Tom Shakespeare CBE FBA	Prof Tom Shakespeare CBE FBA and panellists
Beyond Brexit - the future of UK trade policy	Prof Steve McGuire and pannellists
Holocaust Memorial Day at Sussex 2023 - Testimony from Manfred Goldberg BEM	Manfred Goldberg BEM
Founding Historians Lecture: Voices from the Classroom: The Experience of Universal Secondary Education in the UK since 1945	Prof Peter Mandler
Can the law deliver inclusion?	Prof David Ruebain
First Light with the James Webb Space Telescope	Dr Stephen Wilkins
How can understanding bee behaviour improve crop pollination?	Dr Beth Nicholls
Smart Justice: Policing in the Digital Age	Prof Richard Vogler
Why you should talk to strangers	Dr Gillian Sandstrom
'Black At Sussex'	Gavin Mensah-Coker and Valerie Kporye
Activism in Arts C: From AFRAS to Global Studies	Prof Anke Schwittay
Ask the Experts: Discussion on Kindness	Claudia Hammond and panellists
Breaking Free from State Capture 'How youth, leadership and integrity can chart the best future for Africa'	Dr Mo Ibrahim, Baroness Valerie Amos,  Prof. Liz David-Barrett and Pamela Wadi, chaired by Prof. Robert Barrington
Issues in Criminal Justice Lecture 2022	Dame Vera Baird QC
Discussion of the film ‘Masel Tov Cocktail’ - Holocaust Memorial Day 2022	Arkadij Khaet and Judy Ironside MBE
Hella Pick CBE interview for Holocaust Memorial Day at Sussex 2022	Hella Pick CBE and Professor Ivor Gaber

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