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University Gazette, 13 November 2008: Lectures
Romanes LecturePROFESSOR MUHAMMAD YUNUS, winner of the 2006 Nobel Prize for Peace, will deliver the Romanes Lecture at 5.45 p.m. on Tuesday, 2 December, in the Sheldonian Theatre. Admission is free and tickets are not required. Subject: 'Poverty-free world—when? How?'
Lecture By the President of IsraelHIS EXCELLENCY SHIMON PERES, President of Israel, will lecture at 7.45 p.m. on Tuesday, 18 November, in the Sheldonian Theatre. p Subject: 'The globalisation of peace.' Admission arrangements. The lecture is open to all members of the University on production of a valid University Card. No bags will be permitted in the theatre. No exceptions will be allowed—anyone without a valid University Card or with a bag will not be admitted. The lecture will commence at 7.45 p.m.: to clear security it will be necessary to arrive at the theatre not later than 7.30 p.m.
The Coexistence Trust: Panel DiscussionJewish–Muslim relations in a time of changeThis meeting, arranged by the University, Oxford Brookes University, and the Coexistence Trust, will be held on Thursday, 13 November, 7–8.30 p.m., in the Rhodes Trust Lecture Theatre, the Saïd Business School. Panellists: BARONESS (RUTH) DEECH OF CUMNOR HILL, LORD (PARRY) MITCHELL, BARONESS (KISHWER) FALKNER OF MARGRAVINE, and LORD (KHALID) HAMEED. The meeting will be chaired by Dame Fiona Caldicott, Pro-Vice-Chancellor with responsibility for Personnel and Equality, and Principal of Somerville College. The Coexistence Trust includes Muslim and Jewish peers and MPs who promote dialogue, co- operation, and good relations between Muslim and Jewish communities internationally. The Trust is embarking upon a university campus tour to promote dialogue between Muslim and Jewish student communities in the UK. The 'road show' aims to explore the similar trajectories of the Muslim and Jewish communities in Britain. Further information may be found at www.coexistencetrust.org.uk. The event is free and open to all students and staff of the University and Oxford Brookes University. Tickets are required for admission: one ticket per person can be requested by e-mailing community@admin.ox.ac.uk, and providing name and postal address. As there is a limited number of tickets available, early booking is strongly advised. Note: those attending the event will need to present their valid University Card along with their ticket in order to gain entry.
Cyril Foster LectureDR KAREN KONING ABUZAYD, UNRWA Commissioner General for Palestinian Refugees, will deliver the Cyril Foster Lecture at 5 p.m. on Thursday, 27 November, in the Examination Schools. Subject: 'Palestinian refugees in their sixtieth year: issues of human rights, public policy, and international law.'
Bapsybanoo Marchioness of Winchester LecturePROFESSOR INGOLF DALFERTH, Claremont Graduate University, California, and Zurich, will deliver the Bapsybanoo Marchioness of Winchester Lecture at 5 p.m. on Monday, 24cNovember, in the Examination Schools. Subject: 'The contingency of evil.'
Professor of PoetryAmended noticePROFESSOR CHRISTOPHER RICKS will lecture at 5 p.m. on Monday, 24 November, in the Examination Schools. Note: the lecture will be given on Monday, 24c November, and not on Thursday, 27 November, as previously announced in the Gazette. Subject: 'Ghosts 1. Anthony Hecht and the Jews.'
Astor LectureAKIRA IRIYE, Charles Warren Research Professor Emeritus of History, Harvard, will deliver an Astor Lecture at 5 p.m. on Friday, 21 November, in the Nissan Lecture Theatre, St Antony's College. Subject: 'Transnational moments.'
George Eastman Visiting ProfessorMichaelmas Term LecturePROFESSOR LYNN MARGULIS, George Eastman Visiting Professor and Fellow of Balliol College, will lecture at 5 p.m. on Thursday, 13 November, in the Lecture Theatre (ground floor), the Department of Earth Sciences. The lecture will be introduced by Professor Martin Brasier. Subject: 'Early life on Earth: Gaia and symbiogenesis.'
English Language and LiteratureOxford Wells Shakespeare LecturesA will to believe: religion in Shakespeare's playsPROFESSOR DAVID KASTAN, Yale, will deliver the Oxford Wells Shakespeare Lectures at 5 p.m. on the following days in Lecture Theatre 2, the St Cross Building. Tue. 18 Nov.: 'A will to believe: religion in Shakespeare's plays.' Thur. 20 Nov.: 'A Rome of one's own: Shakespeare and Catholicism.' Tue. 25 Nov.: 'Moors and merchants of Venice.' Thur. 27 Nov.: 'The gospel truth: Shakespeare and the Bible.'
HistoryMedieval Studies LecturePROFESSOR KATHRYN KERBY-FULTON, Notre Dame Professor of English, University of Notre Dame, will deliver the Medieval Studies Lecture at 5.15 p.m. on Tuesday, 25 November, in the Examination Schools. Subject: 'Scepticism, agnosticism, and belief: the spectrum of attitudes towards vision in medieval England.'
Mathematical, Physical and Life SciencesDennis Sciama Memorial LecturePROFESSOR J. BARROW, Cambridge, will deliver the Dennis Sciama Memorial Lecture at 4.15 p.m. on Friday, 21 November, in the Martin Wood Lecture Theatre, the Clarendon Laboratory. Subject: 'The constants of nature.' Mathematical InstitutePROFESSOR OFER ZEITOUNI, University of Minnesota and the Weizmann Institute, Israel, will lecture at 4.30 p.m. on Friday, 7 November, in Lecture Theatre 2, the Mathematical Institute. Subject: 'Random walks in random environments.'
Medical SciencesGlycobiology InstituteDR CHARLES RICE, Rockefeller University, will deliver the Distinguished Lecture in Virology at 4.30 p.m. on Thursday, 27 November, in Rhodes House, South Parks Road. Subject: 'Hepatitis C: the end of the beginning or the beginning of the end?'
MusicEthel Smyth (1858–1944) and her generationThis one-day symposium will be held from 9.15 a.m. (registration) on Saturday, 29 November, in the Music Faculty. Further details may be found at www.music.ox.ac.uk/events/ethe l-smyth.html. CHRISTIAN LEITMEIR AIDAN THOMPSON SOPHIE FULLER CORNELIA BARTSCH PAVEL B. JIRACEK BARBARA EICHNER LIANA SERBESCU
Social SciencesOxford Institute for Ethics, Law, and Armed ConflictPROFESSOR ROSEMARY FOOT, PROFESSOR RUTI TEITEL, New York Law School, and PROFESSOR JEREMY WALDRON, New York University School of Law, will participate in a round-table discussion at 2 p.m. on Friday, 28 November, in Seminar Room A, the Manor Road Building. The discussion will be chaired by Dr David Rudin. Further details are available at www.elac.ox.ac.uk/events/. Subject: 'Human rights and the war on terror.' Refugee Studies CentreHarrell-Bond LectureTHE RT HON. SIR JOHN WAITE, co-chair of the Independent Asylum Commission, will deliver the Harrell-Bond Lecture at 5 p.m. on Wednesday, 19 November, in the University Museum of Natural History. Enquiries may be directed to Katherine Salahi (e-mail: katherine.salahi@qeh.ox.ac.uk, telephone: Oxford (2)70723). Subject: 'Asylum: a new perspective.' Oxford Institute for Global Economic Development (OxiGED): Inaugural SeminarFRANÇOIS BOURGUIGNON, formerly Chief Economist and Senior Vice-President, World Bank, and Director, Paris School of Economics, will give the inaugural seminar of the Oxford Institute for Global Economic Development at 4 p.m. on Wednesday, 26 November, in the Lecture Theatre, the Manor Road Building. The lecture will be followed by a panel discussion, with Paul Collier and Ian Goldin. The meeting is open to all members of the University. Subject: 'The millennium development goals halfway.' OxIGED is a new integrating institution within the University for the economic analysis of development and the global economy. The participating institutions within OxIGED include, in addition to the Department of Economics, the Department of International Development (Queen Elizabeth House), the Saïd Business School, the James Martin Twenty-first Century School, the Centre for the Analysis of Resource Rich Economies, the Centre for the Study of African Economies, the Centre for International Macroeconomics, the Global Economic Governance Programme, the Oxford Centre for Islamic Studies, the Oxford Institute for Energy Studies, and the Oxford Poverty and Human Development Initiative. Enquiries may be directed to Benedikt Goderis (e-mail: benedikt.goderis@economics.ox.ac.uk). Ethnicity and Identity Seminar: Performers and performancesThe following seminars will be held at 11 a.m. on Fridays in the Institute of Social and Cultural Anthropology, 51 Banbury Road. Conveners: Shirley Ardener, Elizabeth Hse, Ian Fowler, and Lidia Sciama. DR JONATHAN SKINNER, Belfast PROFESSOR GEOFFREY SAMUEL, Cardiff DR ALISON SHAW, Department of Public Health DR MARTIN STOKES, Faculty of Music and St John's Oxford Transitional Justice Seminars: amended noticeUnless otherwise stated the following seminars will be held at 5 p.m. on Tuesdays in Lecture Room XI, Brasenose College. Enquiries may be directed to Paul Honey (e-mail: paul.honey@csls.ox.ac.uk). Professor Ron Atkinson's seminar will now be held on Tuesday, 25 November (not on Wednesday, 19 November, as previously announced). Conveners: Dr Philip Clark and Lydiah Bosire. LORNA MCGREGOR, International Legal Adviser, REDRESS PROFESSOR RON ATKINSON, South Carolina LARS WALDORF, Institute of Commonwealth Studies, London,
and DR PHILIP CLARK DR LESLIE VINJAMURI, SOAS PROFESSOR KIERAN MCEVOY, Belfast Centre for Socio-Legal Studies and the Foundation for Law, Justice, and SocietyPROFESSOR SHEILA JASANOFF, Pforzheimer Professor of Science and Technology Studies, Harvard, will lecture at 5.30 p.m. on Thursday, 4 December, in the Mordan Hall, St Hugh's College. Further information may be found at www.fljs.org/Events, and enquiries may be directed to info@fljs.org. Subject: 'Natural or naturalising? The law's ways with truth and justice.'
TheologyInterdisciplinary Sermons in the Study of ReligionsThe film Muhammad: Legacy of a Prophet will be shown at 7.45 p.m. on Monday, 17 November, in the Harris Lecture Theatre, Oriel College. The film depicts the life of Muhammad as transmitted from generation to generation within Islam, and how it is found to be relevant by contemporary Muslims in the United States. The film-showing will be presented by Professor Mohammad Talib. Further information may be found at www.pbs.org/muhammad. This series will continue in Hilary and Trinity Terms. Convener: Dr Elizabeth de Michelis (e-mail: elizabeth.demichelis@oriel.ox.ac.uk ).
Rothermere American InstituteThe United States elections—interpreting the resultsA round-table discussion will be held at 5 p.m. on Thursday, 20 November, in the Rothermere American Institute. PROFESSOR GEORGE EDWARDS, Texas A&M University, will speak in place of Professor Byron Shafer at the seminar to be held at 5 p.m. on Thursday, 27 November, in the Rothermere American Institute.
Saïd Business SchoolJ.D. Bernal Prize Public LecturePROFESSOR STEVE WOOLGAR will lecture at 5 p.m. on Wednesday, 26 November. The lecture is open to the public, and admission is free. Advance electronic registration is requested (e-mail: deborah.lisburne@sbs.ox.ac.uk). The lecture marks the award to Professor Woolgar of the J.D. Bernal Prize from the Society for the Social Studies of Science, which is awarded annually to a person judged to have made a distinguished contribution to the field. Subject: 'Mundane governance.'
Oxford Centre for Late AntiquityPROFESSOR JOHN MATTHEWS, Yale, will lecture at 5 p.m. on Wednesday, 26 November, in the Classics Centre. The event is funded through the generosity of Lewis Chester. Subject: 'Reading the mind of a traveller: the cultural landscape of the Bordeaux Itinerary.'
Balliol CollegeOliver Smithies LecturesPROFESSOR JUAN MANUEL LÓPEZ MUÑOZ, University of Cadiz, will deliver a series of Oliver Smithies Lectures at 5 p.m. on Thursdays in the Great Lecture Hall, Taylor Institution, as detailed below. 20 Nov.: 'French lyrical poetry in the Middle Ages (I): problems of traditional classification.' 4 Dec.: 'French lyrical poetry in the Middle Ages (II): women's discourse and discourse about women.'
Keble CollegeRichardson LectureDOUGLAS MCLELLAND, Research Associate, Keble College, and Postdoctoral Researcher, Department of Physiology, Anatomy, and Genetics, will deliver the Richardson Lecture at 5.30 p.m. on Friday, 14 November, in the Pusey Room, Keble College. Admission is free. Subject: 'Tricking the brain to see how it works: scientific insights from visual illusions.'
Kellogg CollegeBynum Tudor LectureDR RALPH KOHN will deliver the Bynum Tudor Lecture at 5.30 p.m. on Thursday, 13 November, in Rewley House. Enquiries may be directed to Jitka Fort (e-mail: jitka.fort@kellogg.ox.ac.uk). Subject: 'Challenges and opportunities in a changing world.'
Lady Margaret HallCanada SeminarMR MARK CARNEY, Governor of the Bank of Canada, will give a seminar at 5.15 p.m. on Friday, 21 November, in the Talbot Hall, Lady Margaret Hall. Enquiries may be directed to Maya Evans (telephone: Oxford (2)74362, e-mail: maya.evans@lmh.ox.ac.uk). Subject: 'Price level targeting: a new frontier in monetary policy?'
St Antony's CollegeWarden's SeminarPROFESSOR PHILIP BOBBIT, University of Texas, DR SCOTT BLINDER, Nuffield, and DR NIGEL BOWLES, Director, Rothermere American Institute, will present the following seminar at 12.15 p.m. on Monday, 24c November, in the Nissan Theatre, St Antony's College.p This is expected to be a capacity event, so early arrival is recommended. Subject: 'The next American administration: change or continuity?' European Studies CentreMonte Dei Paschi LectureFRANCO FRATTINI, Italian Foreign Minister, will deliver the Monte Dei Paschi Lecture at 6 p.m. on Monday, 17 November, in the Nissan Lecture Theatre. The meeting will be chaired by Lord Patten of Barnes, Chancellor of the University. Photographic identification will be required for admission. Enquiries may be directed to european.studies@sant.ox.ac.uk (telephone: Oxford (2)74470). Subject: 'Europe's role in the reform of global governance.' Russian and Eurasian Studies CentreLectureDR ALFRED KOKH, formerly Deputy Prime Minister of the Russian Federation, will lecture at 5 p.m. on Tuesday, 18 November, in the Fellows' Dining Room, Besse Building, St Antony's College. The lecture is open to all members of the University. Subject: 'Russia: oligarchs, international assertiveness, and western misconceptions.'
Wolfson CollegeColloquium: The world almost turned upside down:
conscience, constitution, and a troubled poet in
seventeenth-century England
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