Lectures

    • Thursday 9 June 2011
    • NO. 4956
    • VOL. 141

    Humanities

    Philosophy

    Forum for European Philosophy in Oxford

    Dr Katherine Morris will give an Oxford Forum Provocation talk at 2 p.m. on Monday, 13 June, in the Lecture Room, Faculty of Philosophy, 10 Merton Street. For more information, contact: roxana.baiasu@philosophy.ox.ac.uk.

    Subject: 'Wittgenstein on dogma.'

    Mathematical, Physical and Life Sciences

    Mathematical Institute

    Professor Sir Vaughan Jones, Berkley and Vanderbilt, will be in Oxford in eighth week as the Astor Visiting Professor. He will deliver the following two lectures at the Mathematical Institute. The first lecture will be more specialised and the second more general.

    3.45 p.m., Mon. 20 June: 'The classification of subfactors of small index and the onset of wildness.'

    4.30 p.m., Fri. 24 June: 'Random matrices, subfactors, free probability and planar algebra.'

    Social Sciences

    Faculty of Law/Department of Politics and International Relations

    Professor A.J. Brown, Griffith University, will lecture at 5 p.m. on Tuesday, 21 June, in the Auditorium, Corpus Christi. Please RSVP to James Goudkamp (james.goudkamp@law.ox.ac.uk).

    Subject: 'Human rights judging: assessing Michael Kirby's international legacy.'

    Colleges and Halls

    St Catherine's

    Sir Trevor Nunn, Cameron Mackintosh Professor of Contemporary Theatre will be answering questions on his professional life and career on Monday, 20 June, at 5 p.m. 'That is the question' will be held at St Catherine's College. Further details from megan.parry@stcatz.ox.ac.uk or 01865 271762.

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