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University Gazette, 8 February 2007: Lectures
Bampton LecturesLectures: liberal pluralism, citizenship, law and the sacredLORD PLANT OF HIGHFIELD, Professor of Jurisprudence and Legal Philosophy, King's College London, will deliver the Bampton Lectures on at 5 p.m. on Fridays in the University Church of St Mary the Virgin. 16 Feb.: 'The sacred and the challenge to liberalism.' 23 Feb.: 'Liberalism and the challenge to the sacred.' 2 Mar.: 'The public and the private or "religion as a hobby".' 9 Mar.: 'Natural law, the virtues of religion and the virtues of the liberal citizen.'
Grinfield LecturesThe Book of the Twelve: translation, interpretation and current researchDR JENNIFER DINES, Lecturer in Old Testament Studies (retired), Heythrop College, London, will deliver a series of three lectures on Thursdays at 5 p.m. in the Examination Schools. 22 Feb.: 'New life from old bones? The Greek "Minor Prophets": characters and characteristics.' 1 Mar.: 'The Twelve among the prophets: innovation and dependence.' 8 Mar.: 'One scroll, one translator?'
J.W. Jenkinson Memorial LectureDR SHIGERU KURATANI, Rigen Centre for Developmental Biology, Kobe, Japan, will deliver a Jenkinson Memorial Lecture at 5 p.m. on Monday, 19 February, in Lecture Theatre A, the Zoology/Psychology Building. Tickets are not required for admission. Persons with specific access requirements are advised to telephone Oxford (2)82464 a few days before the lecture. Subject: 'Developmental factors behind the vertebrate evolution.'
Mathematical, Physical and Life SciencesDepartment of PhysicsPROFESSOR ARTHUR I. MILLER, UCL, will lecture at 6 p.m. on Tuesday, 20 February, in the Martin Wood Lecture Theatre, the Clarendon Laboratory. Convener: Professor R.L. Davies. Subject: 'Empire of the stars: friendship, obsession, and betrayal in the quest for Black Holes.'
Medical SciencesDepartment of Experimental PsychologyThe following seminars will be given at 4.30 p.m. on Tuesdays in the Weiskrantz Room (C113), the Department of Experimental Psychology. DR NICK YEUNG DR JUSTIN BARRETT PROFESSOR DOMINIC ABRAMS, Kent PROFESSOR DAVIF J. MIKLOWITZ, Colorado
Medieval and Modern LanguagesSeminar on Witold GombrowiczThis seminar will be held on Thursday, 15 February, in Room 3, the Taylor Institution. Conveners: Mr Pawel Potoroczyn, Polish Cultural Institute, London, and Dr Jan Fellerer. 4.30–6 p.m.: Panel MRS RITA GOMBROWICZ, Paris: welcome address. MRS NINA TAYLOR-TERLECKA: 'Argentina's greatest writer? Witold Gombrowicz between two cultures.' PROFESSOR ALLEN KUHARSKI, Swarthmore College, Philadelphia: 'The theatre of Witold Gombrowicz.' 6–6.45 p.m.: screening of Witold Gombrowicz documentary by Andrzej Wolski.
Social SciencesEmbodiment, ritual, and the sacred landscape in the context of Tibetan healingThis conference, organised by the Anthropology Research Group Oxford on Eastern Medicine and Religion (ArgO-EMR) will be held on 17 and 18 May. Enquiries should be directed to Patrizia Bassini or Elisabeth Hsu, Institute of Social and Cultural Anthropology.
Centre for Brazilian StudiesThe judiciary and economic development in Brazil and other emerging countriesThis workshop will be held on Friday, 23 February, 10 a.m.–6 p.m., in the Centre for Brazilian Studies. The programme is available at www.brazil.ox.ac.uk There is no conference fee but advanced registration is required. Register with name and affiliation to enquiries@brazil.ox.ac.uk, or telephone Oxford (2)84460 Participants: Dr Jairo Saddi, IBMEC Legal Centre, São Paulo (Convener) Professor Oscar Vilhena Vieira, Fundação Getúlio Vargas, São Paulo Mr Marcos Cavalcante, Sturzenneger e Cavalcante Law Firm, São Paulo Dr Persio Arida, Instituo de Estudos de Política Econômica, Rio de Janeiro Professor Christopher McCrudden, Law Faculty Professor Jérôme Ségard, University of Paris-Dauphine Dr Edgardo Buscaglia, Columbia Law School, New York Professor Dalvinder Singh, Oxford Brookes University and Institute of Advanced Legal Studies, London Professor Armando Castelar Pinheiro, Instituto de Pesquisas Econômicas Aplicadas (IPEA), Rio de Janeiro Dr Pierpaolo Bottini, Ministry of Justice, Brasília
Centre for CriminologyThe following seminars will be held at 3.30 p.m. on Wednesdays in Seminar Room A, the Manor Road Building. MERCEDES HINTON, LSE BEN CREWE, Cambridge
Maison FrançaiseFrench Literature lecturePHILIPPE FOREST will lecture at 5.15 p.m. on Tuesday, 20 February, in the Maison Française.
James Martin Twentieth-first Century SchoolPROFESSOR SIR NICHOLAS STERN, HM Treasury, will deliver the inaugural James Martin Twenty-first Century School Lecture at 5 p.m. on Wednesday, 21 February, in the Examination Schools. Tickets are not required for admission. The Vice-Chancellor will introduce the meeting, which will be chaired by Dr Ian Goldin, Director of the School. Subject: 'The economics of climate change.'
Keble CollegeRichardson LecturePROFESSOR RALPH HANNA will deliver the Richardson Lecture at 5.30 p.m. on Friday, 16 February, in the Pusey Room, Keble College. There is no charge for admission. Subject: 'Early English print culture and English literary manuscripts.'
Lady Margaret HallHeron-Allen LecturePROFESSOR GEORGINA MACE, Director, NERC Centre for Population Biology, Imperial College, London, will deliver the Heron-Allen Lecture at 5.15 p.m. on Friday, 2 March, in the Talbot Hall, Lady Margaret Hall. There will be an opportunity to meet the speaker informally after the lectures. Enquiries should be directed to Janet Wardell, Lady Margaret Hall (telephone: Oxford (2)74302, e-mail: janet.wardell@lmh.ox.ac.uk). Subject: 'Biodiversity, ecosystems, and human wellbeing.'
St Antony's CollegeAsian Studies CentrePROFESSOR DANIEL BELL, Tsinghua University, Beijing, will lecture at 5 p.m. on Monday, 26 February, in the Deakin Room, Founder's Building, St Antony's College. Conveners: Dr Mark Rebick and Dr Steve Tsang. Subject: 'From Marx to Confucius: changing political discourses in China.'
Somerville CollegeDorothy Hodgkin Memorial LecturePROFESSOR JENNY MARTIN, Principal Research Fellow at the Institute for Molecular Bioscience, University of Queensland, will deliver the Dorothy Hodgkin Memorial Lecture on Tuesday, 6 March at 5 p.m. in the Lecture Theatre of the University Museum, Parks Road. Subject: 'The name's Bond—Disulfide Bond. Disulfide bond catalysts and their role in bacterial virulence and sex manipulation.'
Trinity CollegeRichard Hillary LecturePHILIP PULLMAN will deliver the Richard Hillary Lecture at 5 p.m. on Friday, 9 February, in the Gulbenkian Lecture Theatre, the St Cross Building. Subject: 'Poco a poco: the fundamental particles of narrative.'
University CollegeGlobal Economic Governance ProgrammeDANA BROWN will lecture at 2 p.m. on Friday, 9 February, in the Swire Seminar Room, 12 Merton Street. Subject: 'Corporate self-regulation and the recovery of the role of the state in developing countries. Making globalisation work for developing countries.'
Oxford English Dictionary ForumThe following lectures, which are open to all members of the University, will be given at 5 p.m. on the days shown in Rewley House. DR PETER MCCLURE, Hull DR MARK ATHERTON, Regent's Park
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