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SOLD OUT - CHRISTMAS LECTURES rehearsal night 2023

Tue 28 Nov 2023

Help us try out demo and experiment ideas and get a sneak peak at this years' lectures supported by CGI.

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Video Professor Dame Sue Black, dressed in blue scrubs, has her hands slightly raised. Overlayed are the words 'FORENSIC IDENTITY' along with the Royal Institution Logo.

Biology and the human body CHRISTMAS LECTURES

Christmas Lectures 2022: Lecture 1/3 – Forensic science with Sue Black

Discover the secrets of forensic science as Professor Dame Sue Black tells the story of a 1,000 year old skeleton, in the first

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Video Professor Dame Sue Black, dressed in blue scrubs, has her hands slightly raised. Overlayed are the words 'TRACE EVIDENCE' along with the Royal Institution Logo.

Art, culture and society CHRISTMAS LECTURES

Christmas Lectures 2022: Lecture 2/3 'Missing Body' – with Sue Black

Professor Sue Black investigates a mysterious crime scene, and reveals some of the forensic techniques that are used to track

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Video Professor Dame Sue Black has her hands slightly raised. Overlayed are the words 'COURTROOM FORENSICS' along with the Royal Institution Logo.

Art, culture and society Biology and the human body CHRISTMAS LECTURES

Christmas Lectures 2022: Lecture 3/3 'Living Body' with Sue Black

Professor Sue Black investigates a heist in the Ri, and reveals how forensics works in the courtroom. This is is the third of

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Video Dame Sue Black wearing a black top and lecturing in the 2022 Christmas lectures

CHRISTMAS LECTURES

Christmas Lectures 2022: 3. Living Body – with Sue Black

Professor Sue Black investigates a heist in the Ri, and reveals how forensics works in the courtroom. This is is the third of

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Video Dame Sue Black in the first Ri 2022 Christmas lecture

CHRISTMAS LECTURES

Christmas Lectures 2022: 1. Dead body – with Sue Black

Discover the secrets of forensic science as Professor Dame Sue Black tells the story of a 1,000 year old skeleton, in the first

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Video Dame Sue Black in the lecture theatre in blue scrubs.

CHRISTMAS LECTURES

Christmas Lectures 2022: 2. Missing Body – with Sue Black

Professor Sue Black investigates a mysterious crime scene, and reveals some of the forensic techniques that are used to track

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Blog Sue Black standing in a lab, wearing blue scrubs and holding her glasses

CHRISTMAS LECTURES

Ask a forensic anthropologist - Q&A with Sue Black

2022 Christmas Lecturer Professor Sue Black joined us on Twitter for a live Q&A about her work

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Podcast Sue Black stands in front of crime scene tape

CHRISTMAS LECTURES

Podcast: Inside forensic science – with Dame Sue Black & Katherine Mathieson

In this Christmas special we go behind the scenes of our 2022 CHRISTMAS LECTURES, presented by Professor Dame Sue Black.

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Blog Sue Black standing in the middle of he Ri Theatre, in front of cameras and an audience

CHRISTMAS LECTURES

Forensics for kids: safeguarding and the Christmas Lectures

The 2022 Christmas Lectures with Sue Black will give young people a behind-the-scenes look of forensic investigation. How did we

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