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University Gazette, 2 October 2008: Lectures
Inaugural LecturesProfessor of MicrobiologyPROFESSOR STEPHEN BELL will deliver his inaugural lecture at 5 p.m. Tuesday, 21 October, in the Examination Schools. Subject: 'The evolution of DNA replication.' Sibthorpian Professor of Plant SciencePROFESSOR NICHOLAS HARBERD will deliver his inaugural lecture at 5 p.m. on Friday, 31 October, in the Examination Schools. Subject: 'Plant biology from the Flora Graeca to the genome era.' Professor of RussianPROFESSOR ANDREI ZORIN will deliver his Inaugural Lecture at 5 p.m. on Thursday, 6 November, in Room 2, the Taylor Institution. Subject: 'Tolstoy and his creation of historical continuity.' Professor of the History of ArtPROFESSOR CRAIG CLUNAS will deliver his inaugural lecture at 5 p.m. on Wednesday, 12 November, in the Lecture Theatre, the University Museum of Natural History. Subject: 'Putting China in its place in the history of art.'
Harmsworth Inaugural LecturePROFESSOR PETER ONUF, University of Virginia, Harmsworth Professor of American History 2008–9, will deliver the Harmsworth Lecture at 5 p.m. on Tuesday, 11 November, in the Examination Schools. Subject: 'Thomas Jefferson and the origins of American democracy.'
Cameron Mackintosh Visiting Professor of Contemporary TheatreKEVIN SPACEY will deliver his inaugural lecture at 5 p.m. on Monday, 13 October, in the Bernard Sunley Theatre, St Catherine's College. Tickets are required for admission: to apply, telephone Oxford (2)71762.
Dorothy Rowe Memorial LecturePROFESSOR DEBORAH HOWARD, Cambridge, will lecture at 5 p.m. on Friday, 24 October, in the Magdalen College Auditorium (entry through Longwall). Admission is free. Subject: 'Sound and space in Renaissance Venice.'
ClassicsArchive of Performances of Greek and Roman DramaDAVID BEARD, Cardiff, will lecture at 2.15 p.m. on Monday, 27 October, in the Lecture Theatre, Classics Centre, 66 St Giles'. All welcome. Subject: ' "Incidental Music"? Settings of Greek tragedy by Judith Weir and Harrison Birtwistle.'
HistorySpecial Faculty LecturePROFESSOR RONNIE HSIA, Pennsylvania State, will lecture at 5 p.m. on Monday, 20 October, in the Examination Schools. Subject: 'Elective affinities: the Jesuits and China in the early modern world.'
Mathematical, Physical and Life SciencesJohn Adams Institute for Accelerator Science seriesThe following lectures will be given at 2.30 p.m. on Thursdays in the Denys Wilkinson Building, Keble Road. Further details can be found at www.adams-institute.ac.uk/lecture_series.php. DR YOSHITAKA KUNO, Osaka DR SUSAN SMITH, ASTeC DR CARLO BENEDETTI, INFN Bologna DR GERO KUBE, DESY Department of Plant SciencesThe following research talks will be given at 4 p.m. on Thursdays in the Large Lecture Theatre, Department of Plant Sciences. Convener: Professor Nicholas Harberd.
PROFESSOR DAVID BAULCOMBE, Cambridge PROFESSOR RICHARD MOTT DR ANDREAS MEYER, Heidelberg PROFESSOR RENS VOESENEK, Utrecht PROFESSOR THORSTEN HAMANN, Imperial College, London PROFESSOR JIM BEYNON,
Warwick DR KIRSTEN BOMBLIES, Tübingen PROFESSOR NICHOLAS TALBOT, University of Exeter
Medieval and Modern LanguagesJAMES HAWES will lecture at 5 p.m. on Tuesday, 4 November, in the Main Hall, Taylor Institution. Convener: Dr Karen Leeder. Subject: 'Excavating Kafka: text as historical artefact.' Technologies for Cultural Heritage: Leonardo and BeyondItalian Studies at Oxford presents a symposium on Friday, 1 October, in Magdalen College, and on Thursday, 2 October, in the Forte Room, Pembroke College. For more details, contact www.italianstudies.ox.ac.uk/events/conferences/events/technologies.
Oriental StudiesHebrew and Jewish Studies Unit: David Patterson SeminarsThe following seminars will be held at 8 p.m. on Wednesdays on in Yarnton Manor. Details of the seminars on 19 and 26 November will be announced later. No seminars will be held on 15 and 22 October. Convener: Dr Piet van Boxel. PROFESSOR GLENDA ABRAMSON PROFESSOR PETER MACHINIST, Harvard PROFESSOR ALAN JONES PROFESSOR REUVEN SNIR, Haifa
Social SciencesDepartment of Politics: Sergio Vieira de Mello LecturePROFESSOR FERNANDO HENRIQUE CARDOSO will deliver the Sergio Vieira de Mello Lecture at 5 p.m. on Tuesday, 11 November, in the Examination Schools. Subject: 'Reframing human rights in the global era: a tribute to Sergio Vieira de Mello.' Housing SeminarsThe following lectures will be given at 1 p.m. on Tuesdays in the Large Lecture Room, Nuffield College. To reserve a place, email events@socres.ox.ac.uk. This series will continue in Hilary and Trinity Terms. PROFESSOR PETER KING 21 Oct.: 'The future of social housing.' PROFESSOR STEVE NICKELL PROFESSOR JOHN MUELLBAUER and DR ANTHONY MURPHY ESRC Centre on Migration, Policy and Society (COMPAS): Migration, Welfare and InequalitiesThe following seminars will be given at 2 p.m. on Thursdays (except Fourth Week, which will be on Wednesday), in the seminar room, the Institute of Human Sciences, 58a Banbury Road. Conveners: Hiranthi Jayaweera and Isabel Shutes. PROFESSOR ELEONORE KOFMAN, Middlesex PROFESSOR BILL JORDAN, Plymouth DR ISABEL SHUTES and DR ALESSIO CANGIANO DR LUCINDA PLATT, Essex PROFESSOR FIONA WILLIAMS, Leeds DR DEBBIE PHILLIPS, Leeds DR ROB BERKELEY, Runnymede Trust DR NICOLA YEATES, Open University
TheologyLaunch of the McDonald Centre for Theology, Ethics, and Public LifeThe launch of the McDonald Centre for Theology, Ethics, and Public Life will take place at 5 p.m. on Tuesday, 14 October, in the Examination Schools, followed by a reception in Christ Church, 6.15–7.15 p.m. (enquiries: frances.jenkins@theology.ox.ac.uk).
Oxford Institute of AgeingPensions and Economics of AgeingSeminars will be given at 12.30 p.m. on Thursdays in Seminar Room G, Manor Road Building. Contact Ms Debbie Alder for enquiries on (2)86193. Convener: Kenneth Howse. DR MARTIN SEELEIB-KAISER DR WILLIAM JACKSON, York PROFESSOR GORDON CLARK PROFESSOR E. PHILLIPS DAVIS DR MAHMOUD MESSKOUB, Institute of Social Studies, The
Hague DR MARTIN KARLSSON PROFESSOR PHILIP BOOTH, Cass Business School
Rothermere American InstituteSpecial LecturePROFESSOR MARC CONNER, Washington and Lee University, will
lecture at 5.15 p.m. on Wednesday, 5 November, in the
Rothermere American Institute. Subject: 'Modernity and the homeless: the religious dimensions of the contemporary African-American novel.' American History Research SeminarThe following lectures will be given at 4 p.m. on Wednesdays in the Rothermere American Institute. Details of the 5 November meeting will be announced later. On 12 November a discussion of the Harmsworth Inaugural Lecture (see above) will be held. DR JAY SEXTON PROFESSOR H. BREEN, Northwestern DR ANDREW PRESTON, Cambridge PROFESSOR AKIRA IRIYE, Harvard PROFESSOR LIZ BORGWARDT, Washington University, St
Louis RAI Research Fellows' SeminarThe following lectures will be given at 12.15 p.m. on Thursdays in the Rothermere American Institute. DR JEFFREY A. SMITH, Southern California PROFESSOR JOHN C. BERG, Suffolk University, Boston DR MARY VOGEL, King's College, London DR DAVID LEVIATIN, independent scholar United States Election: Election Outcomes—Interpreting the ResultsLectures will be given at 5 p.m. on Thursdays 13, 20, and 27 November in the Rothermere American Institute. Professor Byron Shafer, Wisconsin, will lecture on 27 November. Further details will be announced later.
Computing LaboratoryOxford Strachey Lectures in Computer SciencePROFESSOR RANDAL E. BRYANT, Carnegie Mellon, will lecture in this series at 4.30 p.m. on Tuesday, 14 October, in Lecture Theatre B, the Computing Laboratory. Subject: 'Data-intensive scalable computing: taking Google-style computing beyond Web search.' Computational Mathematics and Applications SeminarsThe following lectures will be given at 2 p.m. on Thursdays in Lecture Theatre A, Computing Laboratory, except Weeks 2 and 7, which will be held at RAL. Details of the 30 October seminar will be announced later. Coordinators: L.N. Trefethen and S. Dollar. PROFESSOR MICHAEL FLOATER, Oslo DR DAVID MAYERS DR MARC BABOULIN, Coimbra PROFESSOR DIVAKAR VISWANATH, Michigan FRÉDÉRIC NATAF, Paris VI and CNRS PROFESSOR SÖREN BARTELS, Bonn DR ALICIA KIM, Bath JONATHAN HOGG, Rutherford Appleton Laboratory
Smith School of Enterprise and the EnvironmentRisk, Uncertainty, Climate and PolicyThe following lectures will be given at 4 p.m. on Mondays in Hayes House, 75 George Street. Convener: Dr David Frame.
DR MYLES ALLEN DR PATRICK MCSHARRY STEVE JEWSON PROFESSOR THOMAS E. DOWNING, Stockholm Environment
Institute DR RAFAEL RAMIREZ Environmental and Ecological EconomicsThe following lectures will be given at 5 p.m. on Tuesdays (except that of 22 October, which will be on Wednesday at 1 p.m) in the Lecture Hall, School of Geography, Dyson Perrins Building. Conveners: Dr Georgina Santos and Dr Stanislav Shmelev. PROFESSOR DAVID NEWBERY, Cambridge PROFESSOR DIETER HELM PROFESSOR ROBERT HAHN PROFESSOR ROBERT AYRES PROFESSOR PETER SODERBAUM, Mälardalen PROFESSOR JEROEN C.J.M. VAN DEN BERGH, Autonomous
University of Barcelona and the Free University of
Amsterdam
International Gender Studies CentreGender and Film: Gender in FilmThe following lectures will be given at 3.30 p.m. on Thursdays. Conveners: Dr Jacqueline Waldren and Dr Janette Davis. PNINA WERBNER, Keele TONY DUNN, Portsmouth HO SWEE LIN LIEVE SPAAS, Kingston ALISON-LOUISE KAHN SUE BROOK, Manchester NATASHA MORGAN, psychologist POALA BOUSIOU, Goldsmiths' College, London
Wellcome Unit for the History of MedicineHealth, Disease and Medicine since 1800The following lectures will be given at 2.15 p.m. on Mondays at 47 Banbury Road. All are welcome. Convener: Professor Mark Harrison. PROFESSOR
MARK HARRISON DR MARGARET JONES YONINA MURCIANO-GOROFF RYAN JOHNSON SAURABH MISHRA GRAHAM BAKER PROFESSOR MICHAEL WORBOYS, Manchester DR SANCHARI DUTTA, SOAS
Oxford Internet InstitutePublic lecturePROFESSOR MANUEL CASTELLS, Annenburg School of Communication, will lecture at 4 p.m. on Thursday, 23 October, in the Martin Wood Lecture Theatre, Department of Physics, Park Road. Register for the event by e-mailing name and affiliation to events@oii.ox.ac.uk. Subject: 'Power in a network society.' Communication PowerPROFESSOR MANUEL CASTELLS, Annenburg School of Communication, will lecture in the Oxford Internet Institute, 1 St Giles', at 2 p.m. on Monday, 20 October, Tuesday, 21 October and Wednesday, 22 October. Register for the event by e-mailing name and affiliation to events@oii.ox.ac.uk.
Refugee Studies CentrePublic seminar seriesThe following lectures will be given at 5 p.m. on Wednesdays in Seminar Room 1, Department of International Development, 3 Mansfield Road. Conveners: Dr Eva-Lotta Hedman and Dr Dawn Chatty. CECILE DUBERNET,
Institut Catholique de Paris JOSEPH SASSOON PETER LOIZOS, London School of Economics DR ALEX BETTS DR MICHELLE PACE, Birmingham Harrell-Bond LectureThe Barbara Harrell-Bond Public Lecture will be given on
Wednesday, 19 November in the University Museum. Further
details will be announced later.
Centre for Socio-legal StudiesInterdisciplinary Perspectives on Human RightsThe following lectures will be given at 4.30 p.m. in the Manor Road Building. PROFESSOR MICHAEL FREEMAN, Essex Mon., 13 Oct., Room C: 'Human rights: advocates, sceptics, problems–a view from political theory.' DR KATERINA DALACOURA, London School of Economics PROFESSOR CHRIS MCCRUDDEN PROFESSOR ERIC NEUMAYER, London School of Economics PROFESSOR MARK GOODALE, George Mason University PROFESSOR STEFAN VOIGT, Marburg JEFF KING PROFESSOR RYAN GOODMAN, Harvard, author, and PROFESSOR
DENIS J. GALLIGAN Foundation for Law, Justice and SocietyPROFESSOR HUGH COLLINS, London School of Economics, will lecture at 5.30 p.m. on Wednesday, 29 October, in Rhodes House. Subject: 'Beyond the third way in labour law: towards the constitutionalisation of labour law?'
James Martin Twenty-first Century SchoolTwenty-first century challenges—more questions, any answers?The following lectures will be given at 3.30 p.m. on Thursdays in the Old Indian Institute Building. PROFESSOR YADVINDER MALHI DR MALCOLM MCCULLOCH DR PAUL FAIRCHILD PROFESSOR MARK SANSOM PROFESSOR KEN PEACH DR DAVID RODIN and PROFESSOR JENNIFER WELSH PROFESSOR GIDEON HENDERSON and PROFESSOR DAVID
MARSHALL
Voltaire FoundationBesterman LecturePROFESSOR MARIE-HÉLÈNE COTONI, University of Nice, will deliver the Besterman Lecture at 5.15 p.m. on Thursday, 16 October, in the Maison Française d'Oxford. Subject: 'Les dégoûts de Voltaire: impressions et expression.'
St Catherine's CollegeSIMON WINCHESTER, author and journalist, will talk about his book Bomb book and compass (about Joseph Needham in China) at 5 p.m. on Wednesday, 15 October, in the Bernard Sunley Theatre.
Wolfson CollegeMR TONY BENN will lecture at 5.30 p.m. on Monday, 17 November, in the Hall, Wolfson College. The lecture is open to the public. Subject: 'The long hard road to democracy and social justice.'
Oxford Italian AssociationThe following lectures will be given at the Mary Ogilvie Theatre, St Anne's College. Members £1, non-members £3, students under 30 free. For further information email pmilner@clara.net. For details of the Rowe Memorial Lecture, see above. DR JACQUELINE THALMANN DR JOHN DICKIE, University College, London Other EventsFilm: Il Caimano (English subtitles). Friday, 17 October at 8 p.m., Rewley House Lecture Theatre. Presentation and concert by the Schola Pietatis Antonio
Vivaldi: 'An evening with Vivalidi's Women.' Friday, 31
October at 7.45 for 8 p.m. at the Mary Ogilvie Theatre, St
Anne's College. Members and guests £7, students under
30 £2. AGM (members only). Wednesday, 3 December at 8 p.m. at St Margaret's Institute, Polstead Road.
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