Psychology at Lancaster 50th anniversary celebration

Wednesday 13 March 2024, 1:30pm to 5:30pm

Venue

LUMS Lecture Theatre 1, Lancaster, , LA1 4YX - View Map

Open to

All Lancaster University (non-partner) students, Alumni, Applicants, External Organisations, Postgraduates, Prospective International Students, Prospective Postgraduate Students, Prospective Undergraduate Students, Public, Staff, Undergraduates

Registration

Free to attend - registration required

Registration Info

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Event Details

Psychology at Lancaster University is 50 years old this year. Please join us to hear about the last 50 years and journey ahead to the next 50.

Psychology at Lancaster is 50 years old this year. Please join us to hear about the last 50 years and journey ahead to the next 50.

Some highlights of the afternoon:

Hear from Dr Neil Johnson, a founding member of the Department in 1974.

Find out what Marion McClintock, the University archivist, has unearthed of the Department's history.

Hear about what it is like being a student in the first year of the Department and now, with Prof Charlie Lewis and Jess Pepper.

Listen to Prof Andy Ellis and Prof Andy Young, lecturers at Lancaster, who pioneered research on how the brain processes faces at Lancaster.

Prof Sue Gathercole, lecturer at Lancaster who worked measuring memory in children and its role in education.

Prof Tom Ormerod, professor at Lancaster, who led the Department for 6 years as HoD and established it in its leading role in the psychology of security.

Prof Kate Cain, professor at Lancaster, who led the Department for 6 years as HoD and has led the work on children's reading development at Lancaster.

Dr Sally Linkenauger and Dr Hannah Stewart on what psychology will be like in 2074.

Contact Details

Name Padraic Monaghan
Email

p.monaghan@lancaster.ac.uk

Directions to LUMS Lecture Theatre 1

This venue is accessible via the LUMS B Floor corridor.