Media and appearances
Rebecca is an accomplished speaker in diverse contexts including radio, television, podcasts, public outreach events, academic conferences and tours. She is happy to consider speaker requests; please contact PEW literary.
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Please contact Bloomsbury Sigma to arrange book-related appearances: Amy.Greaves@bloomsbury.com.
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Upcoming
Montgomery Literature Festival, 9th June
Glastonbury Festival, 22-26th June
New Scientist Neanderthals tour, France (June, September)
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2023
Jaipur Literature Festival
BBC World Service, The Forum
RHLSTP: Richard Herring book podcast
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Previous
2022
Theatre 1532, Bristol, in conversation with Alice Roberts, 'Meetings with Neanderthals'
Online seminar series for Martin Randall Tours
Oxford University Natural History Museum, 'On Hobbits and Hominins'
Prehistoric Society and Leicester Fieldworkers, Leicester
Italian Embassy, Berlin (Premio Galileo nominees)
New Scientist Tour, Spain
New Scientist Live, London
Jersey Heritage
Finalist, Premio Galileo Awards, Padua, Italy
New Scientist 'Neanderthal Origins' tour, France
Uppsala University Lindqvist Lecture, Sweden
Centre for Paleogenetics and Stockholm Natural History Museum, Sweden
German book tour: Neanderthal Museum launch
HEAS Vienna
Daunt Books Festival, Otherlands with Thomas Halliday
Poetry Pharmacy, Shropshire
Denmark book tour: Aarhus University; Natural History Museum, Copenhagen; Historiske Dage, Copenhagen
Society of Antiquaries
Washington University
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2021
Laugharne Weekend festival
October Neandertales tour, Spain: Madrid, Museo Arqueológico Nacional; Museo de la Evolución Humana, Burgos; Universidad de Sevilla
Keynote, Cancer Research Institute Retreat
Norwich Science Festival
Genoa Science Festival
Jersey Festival
Creswell Crags Kindred paperback launch
Eat Prey, Run: A live 'Neanderthal' Cook-Along
Bill Nye's Science Rules! podcast
New Scientist Weekly podcast
7th March CBC Sunday Magazine
5th March Current Archaeology Live
20th February, Times Radio (speaking on Neanderthals)
19 February Swindon Science Festival
Leakey Foundation Origins Stories podcast
Alan Alda's Clear and Vivid podcast
30th January, Times Radio (speaking on The Dig)
28th January, BBC History Extra lecture
25th January, Infinite Monkey Cage, BBC Radio 4
22nd January, Clywd Powys Archaeological Trust talk
14th January, BBC Front Row
2020
18th December, CBC Quirks and Quarks show
12th December, Nine Lessons and Carols with Robin Ince
11th December, KUER Radio West
8th December, SiriusXM Constant Wonder
7th and 14th December, Leonard Lopate show WNYC radio
30th November, BBC Radio 4 Start the Week
19th November, Smithsonian Institution seminar
19th November, Tides of History podcast
18th November, Messums Gallery lecture
16th November, Creswell Crags live seminar
15th November, Cosmic Shambles Genetics show
11th November, Symbiosis conference
10th November, American Museum of Natural History seminar
8th November, Newstalk History
7th November, Hong Kong Literary Festival
3rd November, FutureProof Newstalk radio
27th October, Science Salon podcast with Michael Shermer
26th October, Background Mode podcast
13th October, Book Shambles, with Robin Ince
6th October, Down Ancient Trails seminar
1st October, University of Liverpool Evolutionary Anthropology
Seminar
27th September, Science Cafe BBC Radio Wales
26th September, In conversation with Brian Cox, How To Academy
14th September BBC Radio 3 Freethinking
11th September History Hit Live
30th August Newstalk interview
28th August BBC Radio Ulster interview
Travels Through Time podcast: The Neanderthals and Their Wild Woodland World.
Big Issue North article on Neanderthal homes and landscapes
BBC Science Focus article on Neanderthal society
27th August Who Were The Neanderthals? Lecture for New Scientist.
15th August History Hit Podcast: The Neanderthals
30th July Talking about Neanderthals for #GeneticsShambles on the Cosmic Shambles network
29th February New Scientist Instant Expert Human Origins day
5th February "Defrosting Neanderthals: 21st century perspectices" Research Seminar at University of Chester
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2019-2016
Comment in media e.g. The Times, The Atlantic
Guest on BBC Radio 4 The Curious Cases of Rutherford and Fry and other podcasts
Panellist at British Science Festival
Panellist at PopPalaeo exhibition and debate
Featured in Cosmic Superheroes exhibition
