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SUMMARY:Beatrice Blackwood Lecture 2026 with Professor Lady Sue Black
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DESCRIPTION:Join us for at St John's College for an evening with Professor
  Lady Sue Black\, President of St John's College and one of the world's le
 ading forensic scientists\, in which she will talk about her extraordinary
  career and her newly published book 'An Expert Witness: Forensic Science 
 on Trial'.\n\nWhilst there may be some truth in the fictionalised world of
  forensic science\, the reality can be surprisingly mundane although hugel
 y rewarding and on occasion utterly ridiculous. Sue Black is the UK’s mo
 st experienced forensic anthropologist with over 30-years’ worth of case
  work in both the UK and overseas.  She will place the importance of her s
 ubject within political\, investigative\, legal and humanitarian domains t
 o illustrate why the discipline has assumed such importance in our modern 
 world of war crimes\, mass fatalities\, murder and suicides.  Through trac
 ing her life’s work from her first case to her award-winning work in the
  war crimes investigations in Kosovo and from the recovery of the deceased
  following the Indian Ocean tsunami to her work on identifying perpetrator
 s of child sexual abuse\, she will reveal the real world of forensic anthr
 opology.  It is a fascinating career but it is not for the faint hearted a
 nd she will touch on how the practitioner’s wellbeing is addressed and h
 ow we prepare trainees for the reality of a world that is sometimes very f
 ar removed from what is portrayed in films\, TV and novels.\n\nThe talk wi
 ll be followed by a drinks reception and book signing.\n\nAbout Professor 
 Lady Sue Black LT\, DBE\, FRS\, FRSE\, FRAI\, FRSB\, ChFA\n\nProfessor Lad
 y Black is one of the world's leading forensic scientists and was previous
 ly the Pro-Vice-Chancellor for Engagement at Lancaster University\, tasked
  with raising the University's profile locally\, regionally and nationally
  whilst championing the economic growth and regeneration of North West Eng
 land. She is Visiting Professor of Forensic Anatomy in the Department of P
 hysiology\, Anatomy and Genetics in the University of Oxford. She is also 
 Visiting Professor\, Cyber Security Research Centre (Health)\, Security La
 ncaster (Academic Centre of Excellence).\n\nSince graduating from the Univ
 ersity of Aberdeen in human anatomy and forensic anthropology\, Professor 
 Lady Black has had a varied and distinguished academic career\, lecturing 
 in Anatomy at St Thomas' Hospital London and working as a consultant in fo
 rensic anthropology for both the Home Office and Foreign and Commonwealth 
 Office\, undertaking forensic investigations in Iraq\, Sierra Leone and Gr
 enada. She was the lead forensic anthropologist during the international w
 ar crimes investigations in Kosovo. From 2003 to 2018 she was Professor of
  Anatomy and Forensic Anthropology at Dundee University.\n\nProfessor Lady
  Black was made a Dame Commander of the Order of the British Empire in the
  2016 Queen's Birthday Honours for services to Higher Education and Forens
 ic Science and in 2021 entered the House of Lords as a cross bencher peer 
 as Baroness Black of Strome. Professor Black was also the 65th President o
 f the Royal Anthropological Institute and she is the lifetime Professor of
  Anatomy for the Royal Scottish Academy. In March 2024 Professor Lady Blac
 k was appointed to the Most Ancient and Most Noble Order of the Thistle\, 
 the highest honour in Scotland.\n\nProfessor Lady Black has written widely
  and her most recent book An Expert Witness (July 2026) follows on from Al
 l That Remains and Written in Bone. She has made regular media appearances
 \, including on BBC Radio 4’s Desert Island Discs and The Life Scientifi
 c. \n\nAbout Beatrice Blackwood and the Beatrice Blackwood Lectures\n\nThi
 s event is part of our series of Beatrice Blackwood Lectures given by dist
 inguished speakers as key fundraising events for the Pitt Rivers Museum Me
 mbers Fund.
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