Lectures
- Thursday 10 February 2011
- No. 4943
- Vol 141
Humanities
Modern Languages
Sub-Faculty of German
Research Colloquium in German
Dr Regina Sachers will give a seminar at 2 p.m. on Thursday, 17 February, in the Memorial Room, Queen's.
Subject: 'Geology and geography in Mörike and Stifter.'
Oriental Studies
Seminar on Jewish History and Literature in the Graeco-Roman Period: Special Seminar
Professor Hannah Cotton, Hebrew University, will lecture at 2.30 p.m. on Tuesday, 15 February, in the Faculty Room, Oriental Institute.
Subject: 'On the occasion of the appearance of the first volume (part 1) of the Corpus Inscriptionum Iudaeae/Palaestinae (CIIP).'
Philosophy
Forum for European Philosophy in Oxford
The following Provocations will be held at 5 p.m. on Tuesdays in the Lecture Room, Philosophy Faculty.
John Mullarkey, Professor of Film and Television Studies, Kingston, London
15 Feb.: 'Animal thoughts: on some recent reality effects in philosophy and film.'
Joseph K. Schear
1 Mar.: 'Heidegger on truth.'
Mathematical, Physical and Life Sciences
Oxford Centre for Industrial and Applied Mathematics
Mathematical Geoscience Seminars
The following seminars will be held at 2.30 p.m. on Fridays in Seminar Room 3, Dartington House, Little Clarendon St.
Anthony Anderson, DAMTP
25 Feb.: 'Diffusion in mushy layers.'
Andrea Rinaldo, Ecole Polytechnique Federale de Lausanne
11 Mar.: 'River networks as ecological corridors.'
Social Sciences
Unit for Biocultural Variation and Obesity
The following seminars will be given at 1 p.m. on Thursdays in 61 Banbury Road. Convener: Professor Stanley Ulijaszek.
Dr Karin Eli
24 Feb.: 'The phenomenology of binge eating in anorexia and bulimia.'
Professor Michael Goran, Southern California
3 Mar.: 'Fizzyology: genetics, metabolic effects, health outcomes and politics of high sugar consumption in children.'
Dr Paul Kelly and Dr Aiden Doherty
10 Mar.: 'Digital image capture in public health surveillance for physical activity and food behaviour assessment.'
Foundation for Law, Justice and Society/Centre for Socio-legal Studies
Public Debate: Courts and the Making of Public Policy series
Please note amended speakers:
Joshua Rozenberg, BBC Presenter and Legal Commentator, will chair a debate featuring Charles Clarke, former Home Secretary; Lord Justice Jacob; and Richard Bellamy, Professor of Political Science, UCL. The debate will be held from 3–4.30 p.m. on Friday, 11 February, at Magdalen College Auditorium. To register, see: www.fljs.org/11Feb.
Subject: 'The role of courts in a democracy: a debate.'
Institutes, Centres and Museums
Botanic Garden
Ethnobotany Lecture
Dr Paul Alan Cox, founder and chairman of Seacology, will lecture at 8 p.m. on Thursday, 3 March, in the Daubeny Lecture Theatre. Tickets cost £7 and are available from the Botanic Garden (Oxford (2)96690).
Oxford Centre for Hebrew and Jewish Studies
Conference
Conference on Haskalah: 'Cultural revolution in Berlin: Jews in the age of the Enlightenment', Monday, 14 February, 9.30 a.m. to 5.15 p.m. at Exeter College.
Colleges and Halls
All Souls College
Lee Lecture
Wendy Brown, Professor of Political Science, Berkeley, will deliver the Lee Lecture in Political Science and Government at 5 p.m. on Friday, 4 March, in the Examination Schools.
Subject: 'Civilisational delusions: equality, secularism, tolerance.'
Linacre College
Linacre Lecture Series: Riding the Perfect Storm
Dr Simon Stuart will lecture at 5.30 p.m. on Thursday, 17 February, in the Sir Martin Wood Lecture Theatre, Clarendon Laboratory, Parks Road.
Subject: 'The biodiversity crisis: will we turn the corner or go over the precipice?'
Other Groups
Oxford Bibliographical Society Lectures
The following lectures will be given at 5.15 p.m. on Mondays in Seminar Room 3, Taylor Institution.
Professor Trevor Dadson, Queen Mary, London
14 Feb.: 'What the preliminaries can tell us about early modern Spanish books.'
Dr Maria Luisa López-Vidriero Abelló, Biblioteca Real, Madrid
28 Feb.: 'Lecture masculine or feminine: ways of becoming accomplished heirs apparent in late eighteenth-century Spain.'
Dr Antoni Uçerler, SJ
14 Mar.: 'Legacies of the book: early missionary printing in Asia and the Americas.'