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University Gazette, 23 October 2008: Lectures
Inaugural LecturesSibthorpian 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 Modern HistoryPROFESSOR ROBERT GILDEA will deliver his inaugural lecture at 5 p.m. on Friday, 7 November, in the Examination Schools. Subject: 'The long road of oral history: around 1968 in France.' 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.'
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. Note: The lecture will be given on Thursday, 27 November, and not on Friday, 28 November, as stated in the Gazette of 9 October (p. 162–3). Subject: 'Palestinian refugees in their sixtieth year: issues of human rights, public policy, and international law.'
Bapsybanoo Marchioness of Winchester LectureRevised noticePROFESSOR INGOLF DALFERTH, Claremont Graduate University, California, and Zurich, will deliver the Bapsybanoo Marchioness of Winchester Lecture at 5 p.m. on Monday, 24 November, in the Examination Schools. Note: this replaces the announcement which appeared in the Gazette of 9 October (p. 163), in which the date of the lecture was given incorrectly. Subject: 'The contingency of evil.'
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.'
Professor of PoetryPROFESSOR CHRISTOPHER RICKS will lecture at 5 p.m. on Thursday, 27 November, in the Examination Schools. 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.'
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.'
HistoryArchitectural History SeminarGEOFFREY TYACK and WILLIAM WHYTE will lecture at 5.30 p.m. on Monday, 17 November, in the New Seminar Room, St John's College. Subjects: 'The rebuilding of the Inns of Court 1660–1700' and 'Restoration and recrimination: the Temple Church in the nineteenth century.'
Mathematical, Physical and Life SciencesSoft Matter, Biomaterials and InterfacesThe following interdisciplinary seminars will be given at 4 p.m. on Tuesdays in the John Rowlinson Seminar Room, Physical and Theoretical Chemistry Laboratory. Convener: Dr D. Aarts. DR RUT BESSELING, Edinburgh DR ULRICH KEYSER, Cambridge DR SIMON TITMUSS DR PETER VARNAI, Sussex PROFESSOR ALEX EVILEVITCH, Lund Oxford Physics ColloquiaThe following lectures will be given at 4.15 p.m. on Fridays in the Martin Wood Lecture Theatre, Clarendon Laboratory, Parks Road. Conveners: Professor I. Walmsley, Professor A. Boothroyd and Professor R. Davies. PROFESSOR S. RAWLINGS PROFESSOR A. ZEILINGER, Vienna PROFESSOR S. COWLEY, Culham Fusion Science Centre PROFESSOR J. BARROW, Cambridge PROFESSOR P. RADAELLI Atmospheric, Oceanic and Planetary Physics SeminarsThe following seminars will be given at 4.15 p.m. on Thursdays in the Dobson Lecture Room, Atmospheric Physics Laboratory. DR C.P. CAULFIELD, Cambridge DR S. KINNE, Max Planck Institute for Meteorology MS I. SIMPSON, Imperial College, London DR N. BELLOUIN, Meteorological Office DR K.L. APLIN, Rutherford Appleton Laboratory A.H. MORTIMER, Rutherford Appleton Laboratory DR B.B.B. BOOTH, Meteorological Office
Mathematical, Physical and Life Sciences and Medical SciencesBiomedical Engineering SeminarsThe following seminars will be held at 4.15 p.m. on Mondays in the Lecture Theatre, the Richard Doll Building, Old Road Campus. Convener: Dr Mark S. Thompson. DR SANDRA SHEFELBINE, Imperial College DR GWEN REILLY, Sheffield PROFESSOR JOHN FOX
Medical SciencesDavid Smith Lecture in Anatomical NeuropharmacologyPROFESSOR ANTOINE TRILLER, Institut National de la Santé de la recherche médicale (INSERM), Paris, will deliver the first David Smith Lecture in Anatomical Neuropharmacology at 12 noon on Tuesday, 25 November, in the Lecture Theatre, the Department of Pharmacology. Subject: 'The synapse paradox: plasticity despite stability, stability despite plasticity.' Glycobiology 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?' Oxford Centre for Diabetes, Endocrinology and MetabolismThe following lectures will be given at 12.45 p.m. on Wednesdays in the Robert Turner Lecture Theatre, OCDEM, Churchill Hospital. WIEBKE ARLT, Birmingham DR DYLAN THOMPSON, Bath GIANCARLO VIBERTI, King's College, London EWAN PEARSON, Dundee PAL NJOLSTAD, Norway USHA AYYAGARI, NATHAN HILL, DAVID MATTHEWS and JONATHAN
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Medieval and Modern LanguagesSub-faculty of Portuguese: Taylorian Special LecturePROFESSOR JOHN GLEDSON, Emeritus Professor of Brazilian Studies, University of Liverpool, will lecture at 5 p.m. on Thursday, 4 December, in the Hall, the Taylor Institution. The lecture will be followed by a reception. Subject: 'How Machado de Assis became a universal writer.' Instituto Camões: poetry-readingThe Cape Verdean poet CORSINO FORTES will speak, and read from his work, at a meeting to be held at 5 p.m. on Friday, 24 October, in the Dolphin Room, St John's College. Corsino Fortes is one of the most influential names of Cape Verdean poetry, and has also served as Cape Verde's ambassador to Angola, Portugal, and the European Union. Enquiries may be directed to luisa.pintoteixeira@sjc.ox.ac.uk. Portuguese Graduate Seminar: amended noticeUnless otherwise indicated the following seminars will be held at 2.15 p.m. on Tuesdays in Room T11, 47 Wellington Square. Arrangements for the third week seminar differ from those previously announced. Conveners: Dr Stephen Parkinson and Dr Cláudia Pazos Alonso. LANDEG WHITE ANA TERESA MARQUES DOS SANTOS, Oxford and Warwick DR HELENA BUESCU, Universidade Nova de Lisboa
Oriental StudiesHebrew and Jewish Studies Unit: David Patterson Seminars: amended noticeThe following seminars will be held at 8 p.m. on Wednesdays on in Yarnton Manor. This notice replaces previous announcements. Convener: Dr Piet van Boxel. PROFESSOR GLENDA ABRAMSON PROFESSOR PETER MACHINIST, Harvard DR PIET VAN BOXEL DR DANIEL WILDMAN, Leo Baeck Institute, London PROFESSOR ALAN JONES PROFESSOR REUVEN SNIR, Haifa
PhilosophyUehiro LecturesPROFESSOR FRANCES KAMM, Harvard, will deliver the Uehiro Lectures at 4.30 p.m. on 26 and 27 November at the Martin Wood Lecture Theatre, Clarendon Laboratory, and on 1 December in the Lecture Theatre, Faculty of Philosophy. Subject: 'Ethics for enemies: terror, torture and war.'
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 Monday, 10 November, in the Examination Schools. Note: the lecture will be given on Monday, 10 November, and not on Tuesday, 11 November, as stated in the Gazettes of 2 and 9 October (p. 71 and 167 respectively). Subject: 'Reframing human rights in the global era: a tribute to Sergio Vieira de Mello.' Department of EducationThe following lectures will be given at 5 p.m. on Mondays in Room G, 15 Norham Gardens. HAZEL BINES PETER AGGLETON, University of London CATHERINE WALTER, University of London ANDREW J. ELLIOTT, Rochester HERB MARSH AND JACKIE CHENG LORRAINE DEARDEN, Institute of Fiscal Studies, London Eastern Medicines and Religions: South Asian Bodies and MedicineThe following lectures will be given at 5 p.m. on Wednesdays in the Pauling Centre, 58 Banbury Road. Conveners: Patrizia Bassini and Elisabeth Hsu. CLAUDIA MERLI, Uppsala SONDRA HAUSNER CAROLINE WILSON, Sussex 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.' International Gender Studies CentreElisabeth Croll Memorial LectureDR DENIZ KANDIYOTI, SOAS, will deliver the Elisabeth Croll Memorial Lecture at 5 p.m. on Wednesday, 12 November, in the Main Lecture Hall, Taylor Institution. Subject: 'Islam and the politics of gender: perspectives on Afghanistan.'
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.' 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.
Oxford Centre for Late AntiquityLOTTE HEDEAGER, Oslo, will lecture at 4 p.m. on Tuesday, 4 November, in the Lecture Room, Institute of Archaeology, 36 Beaumont Street. Subject: 'Migration period Scandinavia: cosmological and institutional invention.'
Botanic GardenHealing Power of PlantsThe following lectures will be given at 8 p.m. on Mondays in the Daubeny Lecture Theatre at the front of the Botanic Garden. Tickets £7 or £32 for the series. TIMOTHY WALKER DR GERRY BODEKER DR GAIL PRESTON DR STEPHEN HARRIS DR JEFF ARONSON Special Christmas LectureSTEPHEN CRISP, head gardener, will lecture on Thursday, 4 December. Subject: 'Horticultural diplomacy.'
Saïd Business SchoolCentre for Professional Service FirmsThe following seminars will be held at 4 p.m. in the Saïd Business School. Those wishing to attend should contact Camilla Stack (e-mail: camilla.stack@sbs.ox.ac.uk). Other enquiries should be directed to Mehdi Boussebaa (e-mail: mehdi.boussebaa@sbs.ox.ac.uk). MARTIN KILDUFF, Judge Business School, Cambridge MATS ALVESSON, Lund
Maison FrancaiseStudy-day: Quand la France était galanteThis study-day will be held on Friday, 31 October, 10 a.m.–5 p.m., in the Maison Française. Enquiries should be directed to maison@herald.ox.ac.uk Convener: Alexis Tadié ;, Université de Paris-Sorbonne.
Committee for Palaeography and Bodleian LibraryThe following seminars will be given at 2.15 p.m. on Fridays in the seminar room (Room 132), ground floor of the New Bodleian. Conveners: Professor Richard Sharpe and Dr Martin Kauffmann. DR WILLIAM STONEMAN, Harvard, PROFESSOR RICHARD SHARPE and
DR JAMES WILLOUGHBY PROFESSOR HENRY WOUDHUYSEN, University College London PROFESSOR MICHAEL REEVE, Cambridge
Centre for Socio-legal StudiesInterdisciplinary Perspectives on Human Rights: amended noticeThe following lectures will be given at 4.30 p.m. in the Manor Road Building. Arrangements for the meeting in third week differ from those previously announced. 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 challengesThe following lectures will be given at 3.30 p.m. on Thursdays in the Old Indian Institute Building (corner of Catte Street and Broad Street). Further information can be found at www.21school.ox.ac.uk, or e-mail: events@21school.ox.ac.uk. 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 LectureWOLFGANG GRULKE, futurist, author and CEO of FutureWorld International, Ltd, will lecture at 11.30 a.m. on Thursday, 23 October in the Old Indian Institute Building, corner of Broad and Catte Streets. All are welcome. Subject: 'Lessons from the Future.'
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.'
CHRIST CHURCHBishop George Bell (1883–1958)DR ANDREW CHANDLER, Director, George Bell Institute, University of Chichester, will deliver the second of two lectures in this series at 4.30 p.m. on Monday, 27 October, in the Library, Christ Church. This lecture was previously notified for Monday, 20 October. Enquiries may be directed to the Precentor (telephone: Oxford (2)76214). Subject: 'George Bell—a life in a landscape.'
Hertford CollegeTyndale LecturePROFESSOR JOHN CRAIG, Simon Fraser University, British Columbia, will deliver the Tyndale Lecture at 5 p.m. on Thursday, 23 October, in the Examination Schools. Subject: 'The English Reformation by the book, 1536–1642.'
Lady Margaret HallStarr LecturePROFESSOR JANET MOMSEN, Starr Visiting Fellow, will deliver the Starr Lecture at 5.15 p.m. on Friday, 24 October, 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: 'Fairtrade Caribbean bananas: a study in ethics and post-colonialism.'
Magdalen CollegeTowards a new constitutional settlement?The following seminars will be held at 5 p.m. on Thursdays in the Summer Common Room, Magdalen College. The Chatham House Rule will apply. Conveners: Sir Michael Wheeler-Booth and Dr Stewart Wood. PROFESSOR SIR JOHN BAKER THE RT. HON. LORD BINGHAM OF CORNHILL LORD HUNT OF KINGS HEATH, Parliamentary Under-Secretary of
State, Justice Department SHAMI CHAKRABARTI, Directory, Liberty BARONESS BOOTHROYD PROFESSOR VERNON BOGDANOR CHRIS HUHNE, MP
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, 24 November, in the Nissan Theatre, St Antony's College. 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. Subject: 'What can Europe do for global governance?' Global Narratives of Cold War EuropeThe following events will be given at 5 p.m. on Fridays in the Seminar Room, European Studies Centre, 70 Woodstock Road. Convener: Anne Deighton. ANTONIO COSTA PINTO, Lisbon holger nehring, Sheffield PIERS LUDLOW, London School of Economics LEOPOLDO NUTI, Rome III RICHARD ALDRICH, Warwick ARCHIE BROWN Core Seminars
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