Oxford
University Gazette, 22 May 2008: Lectures
Inaugural LectureProfessor of LinguisticsPROFESSOR ADITI LAHIRI will deliver her inaugural lecture at 5 p.m. on Friday, 6 June, in the Lecture Theatre, the Taylor Institution. Subject: ' "Language asymmetries in the brain: "handbags" = "hambags", but "ham dish" ≠ "hand dish".'
Hicks Lecture in Economic and Social HistoryPROFESSOR JEFFREY WILLIAMSON, Harvard, will deliver the Hicks Lecture in Economic and Social History at 5 p.m. on Friday, 23 May, in the Old Library, All Souls College. Subject: 'Globalisation and the great divergence.'
Clarendon Lectures in FinanceRisk and liquidityPROFESSOR HYUN SONG SHIN, Professor of Economics, Princeton, will deliver the Clarendon Lectures in Finance at 5 p.m. on the following days in the Saïd Business School. Further information can be found at www.finance.ox.ac.uk and at www.oup.co.uk/academic/socsci/economics/clef/. Enquiries should be directed to Andra Nagel, Oxford University Press (e-mail: andrea.nagel@oup.com). Mon. 2 June: 'Endogenous risk.' Tue. 3 June: 'Securitisation and financial stability.' Wed. 4 June: 'Financial regulation and monetary policy.'
ClassicsPolitics, culture, and the ancient world in post-war GreeceThis colloquium, arranged jointly by the Archive of Performances of Greek and Roman Drama and Modern Greek Studies, will be held in the Lecture Theatre, the Classics Centre, on Monday, 16 June, 2–6.30 p.m. Enquiries should be directed to the APGRD, Classics Centre, 66 St Giles', Oxford OX1 3LU (e-mail: apgrd@classics.ox.ac.uk). CONSTANZE GUTHENKE, Princeton: 'Inside or outside the university? Greek classical scholarship after 1945.' ELEFTHERIA IOANNIDOU: 'The heterotopia of the ancient theatre: Greek tragedy and cultural politics in post-war Greece.' PANTELIS MICHELAKIS, Bristol: 'The tragedy of history in Theo Angelopoulos' Travelling Players.' DIMITRIS PAPANIKOLAOU: 'Popular culture, banal exceptionalism and the classical tradition in post-war Greece.' DIMITRIS TZIOVAS, Birmingham: 'Meta-classical revisions: modern attitudes to the past.' (Followed by plenary discussion, led by Professor Edith Hall and Professor Oliver Taplin)
HistoryThere and back again: re-fashioning journey and place in the Middle AgesThis inderdisciplinary symposium will be held on Saturday, 7 June, in Balliol College. The day will include a session held in the thirteenth-century shrine of St Frideswide in Christ Church Cathedral, reconstructed in 2002./p Speakers include Colin Morris (Southampton), John Blair (Oxford), John Hines (Cardiff), and Kathryn Rudy (The Hague). Topics discussed will include: journeys in literature; virtual pilgrimage; images and art; architecture and the Holy Sepulchre in the West. Further details and a registration form can be found at www.medieval.ox.ac.uk/tab/. Conveners: Kathryn Beebe (kathryn.beebe@balliol.ox.ac.uk), Bernard Gowers (bernardgowers@gmail.com), and Laura Varnam (laura.varnam@univ.ox.ac.uk).
Mathematical, Physical and Life SciencesBrooke Benjamin Lecture in Fluid DynamicsPROFESSOR HOWARD STONE, Harvard, will deliver the second Brooke Benjamin Lecture in Fluid Dynamics at 5 p.m. on Thursday, 22 May, in Lecture Theatre 2, the Mathematical Institute. The lecture will be followed by a reception. Those wishing to attend are asked to inform Mrs M. Hicks (e-mail: hicks@maths.ox.ac.uk). Subject: 'Manipulating thin-film flows: from patterned substrates to evaporating systems.'
Medieval and Modern LanguagesPROFESSOR PHILIPPE ROGER, EHESS, CNRS, and University of Virginia, will lecture at 5.15 p.m. on Tuesday, 27 May, in the Hovenden Room, All Souls College. Convener: Professor Michael Sheringham. Subject: 'Roland Barthes, le plaisir du texte et le retour de M. Teste.'
Oriental StudiesAMBASSADOR YIM SUNG-JOON, President, the Korea Foundation, will lecture at 5 p.m. on Thursday, 5 June, in the Lincoln College EPA Science Centre, Museum Road. The meeting will be chaired by the Vice-Chancellor. Convener: Dr J.B. Lewis. Subject: 'Korea's transformation—1975–2008, and challenges for the future.' PROFESSOR HIDEKI KISHIMOTO, Kobe University, will lecture at 4 p.m. on Thursday, 29 May, in the Centre for Linguistics. The lecture is open to the public. Convener: Dr Bjarke Frellesvig. Subject: 'Oblique subjects in Japanese.'
Social SciencesOxford Research Network on Government in Africa: Thomas Hodgkin LectureDR A.R. MUSTAPHA will lecture at 5 p.m. on Monday, 26 May, in the Lecture Theatre, the Department of Politics and International Relations. Subject: 'The passing of akida: peasants, democratisation, and Islamism in rural Nigeria.' Oxford Centre for the Study of Inequality and Democracy: book-launch and panel discussionDR GWENDOLYN SAASE will speak at the launch of her book The Crimea Question: Identity, Transition, and Conflict, at 4 p.m. on Thursday, 22 May, in the Senior Common Room, Nuffield College. The panellists will be PROFESSOR CATRIONA KELLY, PROFESSOR ROBERT SERVICE, and PROFESSOR STEFAN WOLFF, University of Nottingham. Centre on Migration, Policy, and Society: book-launchPROFESSOR LORD BHIKHU PAREKH will introduce his new book A New Politics of Identity: Political Principles for an Interdependent World, at 2 p.m. on Thursday, 29 May, in the Fellows' Dining Room, St Antony's College. Further details may be found at www.compas.ox.ac.uk/events/future_conferences_events.shtml.
Financial markets and environmental governanceThis day-long workshop will be held on Thursday, 29 May (from 9 a.m), in the Centre for the Environment, South Parks Road. There is no conference fee, but those wishing to attend should inform Eric Knight (e-mail: eric.knight@magd.ox.ac.uk) by 27 May. Morning session, 9–10.20 a.m.: ESG risks and financial markets GORDON CLARK and ERIC KNIGHT: `Institutional investors, the political economy of corporate disclosure, and the market for corporate social responsibility: implications from the UK.'CHRIS WRIGHT, London School of Economics: `Explaining the integration of ESG risks into investment decisions.' Late morning session, 10.40–11.20 a.m.: Emerging carbon markets and finance FLORIAN IELPO, CES-CNRS and Dexia, University of Paris I: `Risk aversion and institutional information disclosure on the European carbon market: a case study of the 2006 compliance event.'JULIEN CHEVALLIER, EconomiXCNRS, University of Paris: `The EU emissions trading scheme disentangling the effects of industrial production and CO2 emissions on carbon prices.' Afternoon session, 1.30–2.50 p.m.: Emerging carbon markets and finance (continued) JANELLE KNOX-HAYES: `The developing carbon financial service industry: expertise, adaptation and complementarity in London and New York.'MIRIAM SCHRÖDER and MARKUS LEDERER, Potsdam: `New modes of governance in the carbon market.' Late afternoon session, 3.10–4.30 p.m.: Financial markets and national institutions RALF SCHÜLE, Wuppertal Institute: `The emergence of global carbon markets and the evolution of the international climate regime bottom-up support of top-down processes?'KENNETH AMAESHI and CATARINA FIGUEIRA, Cranfield: `Neither national boundaries nor transnational social spaces: accounting for variations in valuation of ESG risks in varieties of capitalism.' (Followed by closing remarks, 4.30–4.45 p.m.)
TheologyCARDINAL JEAN-LOUIS TAURAN, President, Pontifical Council for Inter-Religious Dialogue, will lecture at 5 p.m. on Monday, 26 May, in the Saïd Business School. Subject: 'Inter-religious dialogue: a risk or an opportunity?'
Rothermere American InstituteEsmond Harmsworth Lecture in American Arts and LettersLORRIE MOORE, author of works including Birds of America, will deliver the Esmond Harmsworth Lecture in American Arts and Letters at 5 p.m. on Thursday, 29 May, in the Rothermere American Institute. Subject: 'Random things one can learn from a visiting writer.'
Research Laboratory for ArchaeologyELENA GARCEA, University of Cassino, will hold a seminar at 10.30 a.m. on Thursday, 12 June, in the Board Room, the Department of Geography, the Dyson Perrins Building. Convener: Dr J.-L. Schwenninger. Subject: 'Our Aterian ancestors.'
Ashmolean MuseumWilliam Cohn Memorial LecturePROFESSOR JONATHAN BLOOM, Norma Jean Calderwood University Professor of Islamic and Asian Art, Boston College, will deliver the fortieth William Cohn Memorial Lecture at 5.30 p.m. on Thursday, 29 May, in the Headley Lecture Theatre, the Ashmolean Museum. As seating is limited, prior booking is recommended (telephone: Oxford (2)78067, e-mail: easter-art@ashmus.ox.ac.uk). Subject: 'On the paper trail: how paper travelled from China to the West.' Roger Moorey Memorial LecturePROFESSOR ELSPETH DUSINBERRE, Colorado, will deliver the fourth Roger Moorey Memorial Lecture at 5.30 p.m. on Friday, 30 May, in the Headley Lecture Theatre, the Ashmolean Museum. Enquiries and reservation requests should be made to Oxford (2)78020, e-mail: antiquities@ashmus.ox.ac.uk . Subject: 'Persepolis and the founding of an empire.'
Saïd Business SchoolOxford Fair Trade Research GroupThe following seminars will be held at 12.30 p.m. on Thursdays in the Saïd Business School. Convener: Dr Alex Nicholls. SALLY SMITH MARK HAYES, Cambridge DR NICHOLLS CATHERINE DOLAN
Besterman Centre for the EnlightenmentInaugural lecturePROFESSOR MARIAN HOBSON will deliver the inaugural lecture of the Besterman Centre for the Enlightenment at 5 p.m. on Thursday, 29 May, in the Taylor Institution. Enquiries should be directed to Liz Hancock (e-mail: email@voltaire.ox.ac.uk). The meeting will be chaired by Sir Colin Lucas. Subject: 'The (w)hole of history: the case of Diderot.'
International Gender Studies InstituteCross-cultural research in gender studiesThe following seminars will be held at 3.30 p.m. on Thursdays in Lecture Room 1, Queen Elizabeth House. Arrangements for the seminar on 22 May differ from those previously published. Conveners: Sian Crisp, Paul Heinonen, and Maria Jaschok. DR KATHERINE SWANCUTT DR SUMANAS DAS, Rabindra-Bharati University, Calcutta DR SARAH C. WHITE, Bath
Future of Humanity InstituteGlobal Catastrophic Risks ConferenceThis conference, to be held in Oxford, 17–20 July, will bring together leading experts working in a number of different disciplines, but who all study possible catastrophes that would inflict serious damage to human well-being on a global scale. The conference will provide delegates with an overview of the key risks and the state of current thinking on each of them. It will also be a forum to bring together scholars from different disciplines to discuss the common problems and methodologies which affect the study of global catastrophic risks. Topics treated will include: nuclear terrorism; cosmic threats such as supernova, comets and asteroids; the long-term fate of the universe; pandemics; nanotechnology; ecological disasters which drastically reduce biodiversity; climate change; biotechnology and biosecurity; the cognitive biases associated with making judgements in the context of global catastrophic risk; social collapse; the role of the insurance industry in mitigating and quantifying risk. A detailed programme, and information on registration arrangements, can be found at www.global-catastrophic-risks .com. The deadline for registration is Monday, 26 May. Students and staff of the University can register for the conference free of charge, but optional events will be charged at the normal rate. The should attach a photocopy of a valid university card to the registration form, and write 'member of Oxford University' next to the 'Conference fee' section of the form. Enquiries should be directed to the Conference Co-ordinator (e-mail: risks@philosophy.ox.ac.uk).< /p>
Museum of the History of SciencePublic LecturePROFESSOR MARK ELVIN will lecture at 7 p.m. on Tuesday, 27 May, in the Museum of the History of Science. The lecture is open to the public, and free of charge. Subject: 'Science and civilisation in China: Joseph Needham today.' ( Professor Elvin discusses the work of the great historian of Chinese science, Joseph Needham, and considers its relevance to the history of science and to contemporary Chinese culture)
Oxford Internet InstituteLARRY SANGER, Editor in Chief of Citizendium, and a founder of Wikipedia, and ANDREW KEEN, author of The Cult of the Amateur: How the Internet is Killing our Culture, will lecture at 4 p.m. on Tuesday, 27 May, in the Oxford Internet Institute, 1 St Giles'. Those wishing to attend should email details of name, and affiliation if any, to events@oii.ox.ac.uk. Subject: 'Is the future of the Internet the future of knowledge?' DR TANYA BYRON will lecture at 5.30 p.m. on Thursday, 12 June, in the Oxford e-Research Centre, 7 Keble Road. The respondents will be PROFESSOR JOHN PALFREY and ANNIE MULLINS, Global Head of Content Standards, Vodafone. Those wishing to attend should email details of name, and affiliation if any, to events@oii.ox.ac.uk. Subject: 'Beyond Byron: towards a new culture of responsibility.'
Latin American CentreDR ENRIQUE CARDENAS, Centro de Estudios Espinosa Yglesias, Mexico, will lecture at 11.15 a.m. on Thursday, 5 June, in the Latin American Centre. Enquiries may be directed to enquiries@lac.ox.ac.uk. Subject: 'The Mexican Bank nationalisation, twenty-five years later: the story told by its actors.'
Maison FrancaiseModern French SeminarJEAN-JACQUES LECERCLE, Paris X–Nanterre, will hold a seminar at 5.15 p.m. on Thursday, 29 May, in the Maison Française. Subject: 'Myth, history and fiction: Morozov, Foucault, Rancière.' ReadingISMAÏL KADARÉ, writer, will present and read from his work at 5.15 p.m. on Monday, 2 June, in the Maison Française. The translator will be David Bellos, Princeton University, and the meeting will be chaired by Noel Malcolm.
All Souls CollegeChichele LecturesAll Souls after Anson: aspects of college history, c.1914–15DR SIMON GREEN will deliver the Chichele Lectures at 5 p.m. on Fridays in the Old Library, All Souls College. 30 May: 'Affluence and anxiety: the significance of the Asquith Commission.' 6 June: 'Historians and men of letters: the emergence of a research college.' 13 June: 'Wykehamists and public servants: the recasting of the Ansonian ideal.'
Green College
Alan Emery LectureLORD WALTON OF DETCHANT will deliver the Alan Emery Lecture at 6 p.m. on Thursday, 5 June, in the E.P. Abraham Lecture Theatre, Green College. Subject: 'A myologist in the House.' Archie Cochrane 'Effectiveness and Efficiency' LecturePROFESSOR STEPHEN MACMAHON, Sydney, will deliver the Archie Cochrane 'Effectiveness and Efficiency' Lecture at 6 p.m. on Tuesday, 17 June, in the E.P. Abraham Lecture Theatre, Green College. Subject: 'Blood pressure: from observational to randomised evidence.'
Kellogg CollegeKellogg College Centre for Learning in the ProfessionsInaugural lecturePROFESSOR MICHAEL ERAUT, an internationally renowned scholar in the field of professional learning, will deliver the inaugural lecture of the Centre for Learning in the Professions at 5 p.m. on Thursday, 22 May, in the Lecture Theatre, Rewley House. The lecture is open to all members of the University, but space is limited. Those wishing to attend should contact Dr Geoff Hayward (e-mail: geoff.hayward@education.ox .ac.uk). Subject: 'Professional learning trajectories: personal experiences and future policies for lifelong learning in a time of rapid change.'
Oriel CollegeThomas Harriot LectureDR MARK NICHOLLS, St John's College, Cambridge, will deliver the Thomas Harriot Lecture at 5 p.m. on Thursday, 22 May, in the Champneys Room, Oriel College. Subject: 'Last act? 1618 and the shaping of Sir Walter Ralegh's reputation.' Lee Seng Tee LectureDR PETER NOCKLES, Curator, Department of Special Collections, John Rylands Library, University of Manchester, will deliver the Lee Seng Tee Lecture at 5 p.m. on Friday, 23 May, in the Senior Library, Oriel College. Subject: 'Oriel and the making of John Henry Newman.'
St Antony's CollegeAsian Studies CentreModern South Asian History Seminars: revised noticeThe following seminars will be held at 2 p.m. on Tuesdays in the Dahrendorf Room, Founder's Building, St Antony's College. Enquiries may be directed to the Asian Studies Centre (telephone: Oxford (2)74559, e-mail: asian@sant.ox.ac.uk). The details given below differ from those previously published. Convener: Professor Polly O'Hanlon. RUPA VISVANATH, Pennsylvania RADHIKA SINGHA, JNU Russian and Eurasian Studies CentreDR ANDREI GRACHEV, formerly Mikhail Gorbachev's presidential press spokesman, will lecture at 5 p.m. on Tuesday, 27 May, in the Nissan Lecture Theatre, St Antony's College. Subject: 'Gorbachev's gamble: the end of the Cold War as seen from Moscow.'
St Hilda's CollegeLectureYASMIN ALIBHAI-BROWN will lecture at 5.30 p.m. on Wednesday, 28 May, in the Vernon-Harcourt Room, St Hilda's College. Subject: 'Race and the media.'
St John's College'A lost generation': modernity on stage in Napoleonic FranceThe following lectures will be given at 5.30 p.m. on the days shown in the St John's College Research Centre. As space is limited, those wishing to attend should first contact the convener. Convener: Camilla Murgia (e-mail: camilla.murgia@sjc.ox.ac.uk). PROFESSOR STEPHEN BANN, Bristol PROFESSOR PASCAL GRIENER, Neuchâtel PROFESSOR ROBERT GILDEA DR MEHDI KORCHANE, Institut National d'Histoire de l'Art,
Paris
Regent's Park CollegeMcCandless LectureDR JAMES C. KLOTTER, State Historian of Kentucky and Professor of History, Georgetown College, will deliver the McCandless Lecture at 5 p.m. on Thursday, 22 May, in Regent's Park College. Convener: Dr N.J. Wood. Subject: 'The historian as detective: unravelling a Kentucky tragedy.'
Friends of the BodleianThirty-minute lectureDR CHRISTOPHER FLETCHER, Head of Western Manuscripts, will lecture at 1 p.m. on Wednesday, 4 June, in the Cecil Jackson Room, the Sheldonian Theatre. Wine and sandwiches will be served after the lecture at a cost of £5 per person, for which bookings should be made and paid for in advance with the Administrator, Friends of the Bodleian, Bodleian Library, Oxford OX1 3BG (telephone: Oxford (2)77234, e-mail: fob@bodley.ox.ac.uk). Subject: 'From the Fastolf Master to Jan van Hogspeuw: the poetic importance of Philip Larkin's picture postcards.'
Oxford Asian Textile GroupRUPERT SMITH will lecture at 5.45 p.m. on Wednesday, 4 June, in the Pauling Centre, 58 Banbury Road. Admission for non-members costs £2. Subject: 'The natural dye project in the Wangden Valley of Tibet.'
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