Programme
The 11th Robert Boyle Summer School will take place from 22 – 25 June at Waterford City and Lismore and addresses the theme Science Writing | Writing Science
Thursday 22 June City Hall Waterford
Evening:
Opening Event and Reception
Friday 23 June City Hall, Waterford
Morning Session: Robert Boyle and his Sisters
Prof Michael Hunter: The Writing of Robert Boyle
Dr Ann-Maria Walsh: The Correspondence of the Boyle Sisters
Afternoon Session: Reading Robert Boyle
Nuala Clarke An Artist’s Perspective
Prof Jim Malone: A Scientist’s Perspective
Evening Session 8 pm City Hall
“Boyle in Points”
A novel game show where the excitement will reach boiling point. Chaired by Cathal Murray, RTE’s Late Date presenter and featuring two teams battling it out to tell the difference between Science Fact and Science Faked.
Saturday 24 June Lismore (free coach transfer from Waterford)
Morning Session: Writing Science for the Public
Prof Peter J Bowler: Popular Science Writing in the 20th Century
Brian Trench: The Uses and Pleasures of Science Writing: Agnes Mary Clerke and Mary Mulvihill
Afternoon Session: Science in Fiction
WLR’s Dymphna Nugent in conversation with:
Marianne Lee author of A Quiet Tide, acclaimed biography of 18C botanist Ellen Hutchins
Andrew Hughes author of The Coroners Daughter the One Dublin One Book 2023
Late Afternoon:
Eoin Gill: Sherlock Holmes, the Archetype Scientist and the Lismore Connection
Evening Garden Party at Lismore Castle
Tapas with locally produced foods
Boyle Gin Cocktails ( Non-Alcoholic refreshments also)
Sunday 25 June Waterford City
Late Morning:
Waterford City Heritage: Visit to the Museum of the Irish Wake. (places limited)
For more details and booking, please visit https://www.robertboyle.ie/11th-robert-boyle-summer-school-2023/