Gazette 7 October 1993; No. 4301; Vol. 124 Page Index 1 UNIVERSITY ACTS 3 UNIVERSITY AGENDA 6 NOTICES 14 LECTURES 30 GRANTS AND RESEARCH FUNDING 61 EXAMINATIONS AND BOARDS 67 COLLEGES, HALLS, AND SOCIETIES 70 ADVERTISEMENTS 78 DIARY 85 * * * *********************** * Last updated: 30 November 1993 * * Please e-mail comments on this section to: BLOGGS@VAX * * * * *********************** O X F O R D U N I V E R S I T Y G A Z E T T E ------------------------------------------------- ------------------------------------------------- VOL. 124 NO. 4301 THURSDAY, 7 OCTOBER 1993 UNIVERSITY ACTS ---------------- ---------------- CONGREGATION 4 October Degree by Special Resolution No notice to the contrary having been received under the provisions of Tit. II, Sect. vi, cl. 6 (Statutes, 1991, p. 12), the following resolution is deemed to have been approved at noon on 4 October. Text of Special Resolution That the Degree of Master of Arts be conferred upon the following: gary david lock, Oriel College roman walczak, Somerville College malcolm philip young, Brasenose College HEBDOMADAL COUNCIL 1 Status of Master of Arts Mr Vice-Chancellor reports that the status of Master of Arts under the provisions of Ch. V, Sect. vi, cl. 1 (Statutes, 1991, p. 318, as renumbered by Decree (1) of 16 July 1992, Gazette, Vol. 122, p. 1348) has been accorded to the following persons who are qualified for membership of Congregation: runjan chetty, John Radcliffe Hospital ian david hickson, Institute of Molecular Medicine anthony christopher digby james, Department of Psychiatry robin peter kennett, Department of Clinical Neurology amanda lesley ogilvy-stuart, Department of Paediatrics naomi louise standen, St John's College 2 Register of Congregation Mr Vice-Chancellor reports that the following names have been added to the Register of Congregation: Bouillier, H., MA, Merton Chetty, R., MA status, John Radcliffe Hospital Hickson, I.D., MA status, Institute of Molecular Medicine James, A.C.D., MA status, Department of Psychiatry Kennett, R.P., MA status, Department of Clinical Neurology Lock, G.D., MA, Oriel Ogilvy-Stuart, A.L., MA status, Department of Paediatrics Standen, N.L., MA status, St John's Walczak, R., MA, Somerville Young, M.P., MA, Brasenose CONGREGATION 5 October 1 Retiring Vice-Chancellor's Oration Mr Vice-Chancellor addressed the House. The text of the Oration and the Annual Report of the University will shortly be published as a Supplement to the Gazette. 2 Admission of Vice-Chancellor for 1993--7 p.m. north, cbe, qc, dcl, Principal of Jesus College, was admitted to office as Vice-Chancellor for four years from October 1993. 3 Admission of Pro-Vice-Chancellors The following persons were nominated by the Vice-Chancellor to be his deputies for the year 1993--4 and were admitted to office: sir patrick neill, qc, bcl, ma, hon. dcl, Warden of All Souls College professor sir richard southwood, ma, d.sc., Fellow of Merton College sir anthony kenny, ma, d.phil., d.litt., hon. dcl, Warden of Rhodes House j.c.b. gosling, b.phil., ma, Principal of St Edmund Hall sir keith thomas, ma, President of Corpus Christi College g.b. richardson, cbe, ma, hon. dcl, Warden of Keble College the rt. hon. the lord dahrendorf, ma, Warden of St Antony's College w. hayes, ma, d.phil., President of St John's College the revd e.w. nicholson, dd, Provost of Oriel College 4 Admission of Clerks of the Market m.g. brock, cbe, ma, Honorary Fellow of Corpus Christi and Nuffield Colleges, nominated by the Chancellor, and sir john habakkuk, ma, Honorary Fellow of Jesus College, nominated by the Vice-Chancellor, were admitted to office as Clerks of the Market for the year 1993--4. UNIVERSITY AGENDA ----------------- ----------------- CONGREGATION 11 October Degree by Special Resolution The following special resolution will be deemed to be approved at noon on 11 October, unless by that time the Registrar has received notice in writing from two or more members of Congregation under the provisions of Tit. II, Sect. vi, cl. 6 (Statutes, 1991, p. 12) that they wish the resolution to be put to a meeting of Congregation. Text of Special Resolution That the Degree of Master of Arts be conferred upon the following: john stephen coleman, Wolfson College malcolm duncan mcculloch, Christ Church chase frederick robinson, Wolfson College CONGREGATION 12 October Notice The meeting of Congregation is cancelled. The sole business comprises questions to which no opposition has been notified and in respect of which no request for an adjournment has been received, and Mr Vice-Chancellor will accordingly declare the preambles adopted without a meeting under the provisions of Tit. II, Sect. iii, cl. 11 (Gazette, Vol. 122, p. 501). Promulgation of Statutes Explanatory note to Statute (1) The following statute corrects an anomaly in the existing statute governing the composition of faculty boards, which refers to ` "official members" of the faculty' instead of ` "official members" of the faculty board'. (1) WHEREAS it is expedient to remove an anomaly in the existing statute governing the composition of faculty boards, THE UNIVERSITY ENACTS AS FOLLOWS. In Tit. VI, Sect. ii, cl. 1 (a) (Statutes, 1991, p. 30), after ` "official members" of the faculty' insert `board'. Explanatory note to Statute (2) The following statute, promoted on the recommendation of the Visitors of the Ashmolean Museum and with the concurrence of the Curators of the Bodleian Library, makes Bodley's Librarian an ex officio Visitor rather than, as at present, a person appointed as a Visitor by the curators. (2) WHEREAS it is expedient to amend the composition of the Visitors of the Ashmolean Museum, THE UNIVERSITY ENACTS AS FOLLOWS. 1 In Tit. VIII, Sect. V, cl. 4 (a) (Statutes, 1991, p. 51), insert new item (5) as follows and renumber existing items (5)- þ(12) as items (6)-þ(13): `(5) Bodley's Librarian;'. 2 Ibid., delete existing item (13). Explanatory note to Statute (3) Council and the General Board have agreed, arising from the review of Queen Elizabeth House, to replace the existing Committee for Queen Elizabeth House with an Inter-faculty Committee for Queen Elizabeth House. The following statute, and the decree to be made by Council and the changes in regulations to be made by the General Board if the statute is approved, which are promoted with the concurrence of the Governing Body of Queen Elizabeth House, provide accordingly. The decree also makes provision for the appointment and duties of the Director of Queen Elizabeth House. Council and the General Board have agreed to continue the arrangements adopted for the recent appointment to the directorship, under which the post is not a substantive one but is held in conjunction with an existing permanent academic appointment. The procedure to be followed for future appointments will be similar to the procedure used for appointing heads of department in other cases where the headship is not confined in perpetuity to the holder of one particular post. The legislation for Queen Elizabeth House makes eligible for the headship, however, not only established academic staff of Queen Elizabeth House but all established university academic staff and permanent college staff. The decree also makes consequential changes to the existing decrees to take account of the nomenclature of the new committee and of the fact that the directorship will no longer be a substantive post but will be held by the holder of an academic post. (3) WHEREAS it is expedient to establish an Inter-faculty Committee for Queen Elizabeth House, THE UNIVERSITY ENACTS AS FOLLOWS. In Tit. VIII, Sect. VI, cl. 1 (Statutes, 1991, p. 52), before `Committee for Queen Elizabeth House' insert `Inter-faculty'. Decree to be made by Council if the Statute is approved 1. In Ch. II, Sect. VI,  1, SCHEDULE, concerning official members of faculty boards (Statutes, 1991, p. 204), under Social Studies, delete `Queen Elizabeth House, Director of.' 2. In Ch. III, Sect. LIII, delete  2--3, concerning Queen Elizabeth House (pp. 276--7), and substitute: ` 2. Inter-faculty Committee for Queen Elizabeth House 1. There shall be an Inter-faculty Committee for Queen Elizabeth House, which shall consist of: (1) the Vice-Chancellor or the Chairman of the General Board or their nominee (as agreed between them from time to time), who shall chair the committee; (2) the Director of Queen Elizabeth House; (3)--(7) five persons appointed by the Board of the Faculty of Social Studies; (8)--(10) three persons elected by and from among the established university academic postholders in the department, the senior members of the University formally affiliated to the department under the provisions of clause 2 (d) below, and senior members of the research or teaching groups formally associated with the department under the provisions of clause 2 (e) below; (11), (12) two persons appointed by the Board of the Faculty of Anthropology and Geography (of whom one shall be a member of the Sub-faculty of Anthropology and the other a member of the Sub-faculty of Geography); (13) a person appointed by the Board of the Faculty of Modern History; (14), (15) two persons appointed by the Governing Body for Queen Elizabeth House. Elected members shall hold office for three years and shall be re-eligible, provided that a person elected to fill a vacancy caused otherwise than by lapse of time shall initially hold office only for the residue of the period of office of the member whom he or she succeeds. If an elected member shall have been absent from more than two consecutive meetings of the committee his or her seat may forthwith be declared by the chairman to be vacant and shall thereupon be vacated. 2. The duties of the committee shall be: (a) to determine the academic policy of the department, consistently with the purposes set out in the schedule to this section; (b) to exercise general supervision over the department, including overseeing accounts, staffing, space, and library policy, and approving such consultancies and project proposals as shall be referred to it; (c) to exercise as appropriate the functions and powers of a faculty board in accordance with the provisions of Ch. II, Sect. VII,  1; (d) to appoint affiliated staff and visitors; (e) to consider, and at its discretion to approve, the association of research or teaching groups with the department; (f) to arrange courses of study at the request of overseas governments and to issue certificates in connection with such courses; (g) to give advice to the General Board on the needs of the subjects being studied in the department; (h) to report annually both to each of the constituencies which appoint or elect persons to membership of the committee, and to the General Board, on the work of the department; (i) to consider the organisation of studies and examinations of the University in the field of Development Studies, including such questions as may be referred to it by the board of any faculty, and to advise the faculty boards concerned on such matters.  3. Director of Queen Elizabeth House 1. Queen Elizabeth House shall be assigned by Council for a specified period not exceeding five years in the first instance to a person holding an established academic post in the University or a permanent appointment in a college or other society, on the recommendation of the General Board after consultation with the Inter-faculty Committee for Queen Elizabeth House. The person to whom the headship of the department is assigned shall have the title of Director of Queen Elizabeth House. The director shall be eligible for reappointment. 2. The director's duties shall include the general supervision, under the Inter-faculty Committee for Queen Elizabeth House, of research, advanced study, and teaching in the department, and the promotion of its wider purposes as set out in sub-section 1 of this section. The director shall engage in advanced study or research and shall give or hold such number of lectures or classes as are required by the terms of his or her normal university post, except that the Inter-faculty Committee for Queen Elizabeth House may recommend to the General Board that he or she be given remission from such specified duties attached to that post as shall be considered appropriate in view of his or her additional responsibilities as director. The director shall reside within the University during six months at least in each academical year, between the first day of October and the ensuing first day of August, and in particular during not less than six weeks of each term. The director shall make provision for the lighting, warming, water-supply, and cleansing of the premises assigned to the department, including any residential accommodation. The director shall receive each year, in addition to a Schedule III allowance, such enhancement of salary as is required to bring his or her stipend to the level of that of a Schedule A professorship, provided that he or she shall undertake not to receive any direct or indirect payment from any funds of, or at the disposal of, the department. 3. The director shall appoint the staff of the department and shall prescribe their duties and conditions of service, provided that: (a) any appointment to a teaching or research post carrying a stipend of more than the maximum prescribed in Ch. VII, Sect. IV,  1, cl. 2 (ii) shall be made by the Inter-faculty Committee for Queen Elizabeth House on the recommendation of a subcommittee appointed by the committee (of which the director shall be a member and which may include other persons not being members of the committee), and the duties and conditions of service of any such appointment shall be prescribed by the committee; such appointments shall also require approval by the General Board, such approval to cover the person appointed, his or her stipend, period of office, and duties, and any other conditions as determined by the committee; (b) all appointments shall be subject to the provisions of any statute, decree, or regulation of general application.' 3 In Ch. VII, Sect. I,  7, SCHEDULE III, concerning special allowances (p. 350), after `Chairman of the Mathematical Institute' insert: `Director of Queen Elizabeth House.' 4 Ibid., Sect. III,  86, cll. 1 (6), (7) and 2, concerning the Lecturership in the Government of New States (p. 392), in each case before `Committee for Queen Elizabeth House' insert `Inter-faculty'. 5 Ibid., Sect. VII,  1, SCHEDULE, item (d), concerning entitlement to fellowships (p. 478, as relettered by Decree (5) of 10 December 1992, Gazette, p. 474), delete `Director of Queen Elizabeth House'. 6 In Ch. IX, Sect. I,  225, cl. 1, concerning the Sir Ernest Oppenheimer Gift (p. 608), before `Committee for Queen Elizabeth House' insert `Inter-faculty'. 7 This decree shall have immediate effect, provided that, notwithstanding the provisions of Ch. III, Sect. LIII,  2, cl. 1 (8)--(10), on the occasion of the first election, one person shall be elected by and from among the established university academic postholders in the department, and within two terms two further persons shall be elected by and from among senior members of the University formally affiliated under the provisions of cl. 2 (d) thereof and senior members of the research or teaching groups formally associated with the department under the provisions of cl. 2 (e) thereof. Changes in regulations to be made by the General Board if the Statute is approved Departmental committees With immediate effect 1 In Ch. II, Sect. XIII,  2, cl. 7, footnote 1 (Statutes, 1991, p. 216), delete `cl. 2 (12)--(14)' and substitute `cl. 1 (8)--(10)'. 2 Ibid., before `Committee for Queen Elizabeth House' insert `Inter-faculty'. Explanatory note to Statute (4) Sir Run Run Shaw has given to the University the sum of œ3,000,000 for the further development of Chinese Studies. The following statute, and the decree to be made by Council if the statute is approved, which are promoted on the recommendation of the Inter-faculty Committee for Chinese Studies and the Oriental Studies Board and with the concurrence of the General Board and of University College, make provision for the naming of the Professorship of Chinese as the Shaw Professorship of Chinese, in recognition of the generosity of Sir Run Run Shaw in allowing a part of his benefaction to the University to be used to endow this professorship. (4) WHEREAS it is expedient to use a part of the benefaction from Sir Run Run Shaw for Chinese Studies to endow the Professorship of Chinese and to rename the professorship in recognition of the benefaction, THE UNIVERSITY ENACTS AS FOLLOWS. In Tit. XIV, Sect. II, cl. 1 (Statutes, 1991, p. 96), before `Professorship of Chinese' insert `Shaw'. Decree to be made by Council if the Statute is approved 1 In Ch. II, Sect. VI,  1, SCHEDULE, concerning official members of faculty boards (Statutes, 1991, p. 203), under Oriental Studies, after `Chinese' insert `, Shaw'. 2 In Ch. III, Sect. XVIII, cl. 1 (2), concerning the Inter-faculty Committee for Chinese Studies (p. 244), before `Professor of Chinese' insert `Shaw'. 3 In Ch. VII, Sect. I,  5. B, SCHEDULE A, concerning professorships (p. 346), before `Professor of Chinese' insert `Shaw'. 4 Ibid., Sect. III,  41, title, concerning the Professor of Chinese (p. 372), before `Professor of Chinese' insert `Shaw'. 5 Ibid., part [1], cl. 1, before `Professor of Chinese' insert `Shaw'. Explanatory note to Statute (5) The following statute, and the decree to be made by Council if the statute is approved, which are promoted on the recommendation of the Physical Sciences Board and with the concurrence of the General Board, provide for the Professorship of Elementary Particle Physics to become a third Professorship of Experimental Physics on the retirement of Professor D.H. Perkins in September 1993. (5) WHEREAS it is expedient to establish a third Professorship of Experimental Physics in place of that of Elementary Particle Physics, THE UNIVERSITY ENACTS AS FOLLOWS. 1 In Tit. XIV, Sect. II, cl. 1 (Statutes, 1991, p. 98), delete `Professorship of Elementary Particle Physics'. 2 Ibid., delete `Professorships (two) of Experimental Physics' and substitute `Professorships (three) of Experimental Physics'. 3 This statute shall be effective from 1 October 1993. Decree to be made by Council if the Statute is approved 1 In Ch. II, Sect. VI,  1, SCHEDULE, concerning official members of faculty boards (Statutes, 1991, p. 203), under Physical Sciences, delete `Elementary Particle Physics.' 2 Ibid., after `Experimental Physics' delete `(two)' and substitute `(three)'. 3 In Ch. VII, Sect. II,  5. B, SCHEDULE A, concerning professorships (p. 347), after `Professors of Experimental Physics' delete `(two)' and substitute `(three)'. 4 Ibid., delete `Professor of Elementary Particle Physics.' 5 Ibid., Sect. III,  193, cl. 1, concerning the Professors of Experimental Physics (p. 438), delete `two' and substitute `three'. 6 Ibid., delete  194, concerning the Professorship of Elementary Particle Physics (pp. 438--9), and renumber existing  195--8 (pp. 439--0), as  194--7. 7 This decree shall be effective from 1 October 1993. CONGREGATION 14 October Election Details of election follow `Advertisements' below. A Guide to Procedures in Congregation is printed at pp. 987--1003 of Examination Decrees, 1993. A member of Congregation seeking advice on questions relating to procedures in Congregation, other than elections, should contact the Senior Assistant Registrar responsible as indicated in the University's Internal Telephone Directory (currently Mr D.M.M. Hall, telephone: (2)70236); questions relating to elections should be addressed to the Head Clerk (currently Mr P.W. Moss, telephone: (2)70190). NOTICES ------- ------- UNIVERSITY PREACHERS Michaelmas Term 1993 Thursday, 7 October, at 8 a.m. Holy Communion (Latin). At St Mary's. Sunday, 10 October, at 10 a.m. the revd professor j. mcmanners, Chaplain and Fellow of All Souls College. At St Mary's. Sunday, 17 October, at 10 a.m. the revd professor j.s.k. ward. (Ramsden Sermon.) At St Mary's. Sunday, 24 October, at 10 a.m. mr p.y. boateng, mp. At St Mary's. Sunday, 31 October, at 10 a.m. the revd canon c.j. bennetts, Canon of Chester. At Jesus College. Sunday, 7 November, at 10 a.m. the revd g.j. ward, Chaplain and Fellow of Exeter College. At St Mary's. Sunday, 14 November, at 10 a.m. professor r.j. o'neill, Chichele Professor of the History of War and Fellow of All Souls College. (Remembrance Sunday.) At St Mary's. Tuesday, 16 November, at 10.30 a.m. the revd professor o.m.t. o'donovan, Regius Professor of Moral and Pastoral Theology and Canon of Christ Church. (Court Sermon.) The Learned and Honourable High Court Judges will attend this sermon. At the Cathedral. Sunday, 21 November, at 10 a.m. mr r.g. smethurst, Provost of Worcester College. (Sermon on the Sin of Pride.) At St Mary's. Sunday, 28 November, at 10 a.m. the rt revd a.r. mcd. gordon, Canon of Christ Church. (Advent Sunday.) At the Cathedral. FRERE EXHIBITION 1993 The Exhibition has been awarded to b. rogaly, St Antony's College. ROLLESTON MEMORIAL PRIZE 1993 The Prize has been awarded to dr a.r.c. gates, Herchel Smith Laboratory, Cambridge. SENIOR MATHEMATICAL PRIZE AND JOHNSON UNIVERSITY PRIZE 1993 The Senior Mathematical Prize and Johnson University Prize for 1993 have been awarded to stuart jarvis, St John's College. BEIT SENIOR RESEARCH SCHOLARSHIP IN COMMONWEALTH HISTORY 1993 The scholarship has not been awarded. OLIS, THE UNIVERSITY'S LIBRARY SYSTEM OLIS, the University's Library system, is an integrated library system which offers on-line cataloguing, circulation, acquisitions, and periodicals registration. Sixty-one Oxford libraries now catalogue onto OLIS. Please see below for a complete list of member libraries with information about when they began cataloguing and if they also use the Acquisitions Circulation or Periodical registration modules. OLIS is a union catalogue which contains cataloguing information (i.e. bibliographic records) from all of the member libraries. This enables a reader to search for any book held in any OLIS member library from any terminal or microcomputer connected to OLIS. Copy information (i.e. shelfmark) which is specific to a particular library has been separated so that when searching for a book, you will first be shown the copy information for the items held in the library where you are conducting your search. If there are copies in other libraries, for which there is information in the OLIS catalogue, you will be given the chance to see the information about them. It will still be necessary to check other catalogues in the libraries concerned to find information about holdings not yet catalogued on OLIS. In common with most other academic libraries in the UK, the catalogue can be searched from any terminal capable of connection to the JANET network. Retrospective conversion of card and other catalogues into machine-readable form so that they can be interrogated on-line is seen to be a major priority. The OLIS catalogue currently has over 1 million copies attached to 730,000 individual titles. The Bodleian Library's Pre-1920 catalogue comprising 1.2 million titles is available on CD-ROM from September 1993. This represents the culmination of a project commenced in 1966 by John Jolliffe, Bodley's Librarian from 1982 to 1985. Funding is being sought to permit the conversion of the remaining 2 or more million titles in the Bodleian Library's guard-book catalogues over the next few years. A programme for the conversion of periodical titles is being actively pursued by a team based in the Radciffe Science Library, and will be extended to other libraries on completion of the first phase. Other conversion initiatives have been undertaken by individual libraries, with special emphasis on libraries wishing to adopt the OLIS circulation module. On-line circulation (issuing, reservations, and fines) has been introduced into nine OLIS libraries. This allows readers registered in these libraries to find out what they have on loan and to place reservations from any terminal. On-line acquisitions allows a reader to find out when a book has been ordered and received by one of the twenty-nine libraries now using the Acquisitions module. Two libraries have just begun to use the periodicals registration module which will allow readers to find out when a specific issue of a journal has been received or declared missing. Searching the OPAC (Online Public Access Catalogue) allows you to access the items catalogued by any of these sixty-one libraries. By selecting `Information about OLIS libraries' from the Introductory menu screen on the OPAC it is also possible to find out the address and opening hours of any member library, information about the holdings of that library, its admission procedures, and library news. The on-line catalogue is designed so that it can be used easily, but guidance in how to use it is also provided. Explanatory leaflets about basic searching procedures and remote connection to OLIS are available in your library or from the Libraries Automation Service ((2)78170). A more complete description of OLIS and the special features available on the on-line catalogue can be found in a black booklet entitled `Making the most of OLIS' which is located next to every reader terminal. Library staff are able to show readers how to use the on-line catalogue and give advice on how to search the catalogue. Assistance with problems is also provided by an On-line Catalogue Help Desk ((2)77163), staffed by members of the Bodleian Library Cataloguing Division. This is located in the Lower Reading Room of the Bodleian Library. An advanced one-hour course demonstrating how to use OLIS more efficiently by chaining OLIS commands, how to save search files so that you can combine (And, Or, But Not) or limit (by date, by type of material, by holding library) the bibliographic records you have located on OLIS would be appropriate for anyone who is already familiar with basic searching on OLIS. The course, which is held in the Radcliffe Science Library Training room, is open to all members of the University. Please book a place on the course by telephoning Viv McEvoy ((2)78170). See below for details of a new video guide to OLIS. OLIS Member Libraries (1) (2) (3) (4) All Souls College 2/90 Ashmolean 6/90 8/91 Balfour Library (Pitt Rivers) 11/93 Balliol College 9/89 8/91 Bodleian 9/89 8/92 Indian Institute 9/88 8/92 Japanese Library 1/88 8/93 Law 9/88 8/92 Radcliffe Science 9/88 1/91 1/93 Rhodes House 9/88 8/92 Brasenose College 8/93 Classics Lending 10/92 Computing Laboratory 6/90 Corpus Christi College 8/89 10/92 8/90 Earth Sciences 2/92 8/93 Education Studies 3/91 Engineering Science 2/91 English Faculty 1/89 4/90 8/91 Experimental Psychology 1/90 10/92 Geography 1/90 8/91 History Faculty 5/91 History of Art 1/92 8/93 Hooke 1/89 10/89 10/92 Institute of Economics & Statistics 1/90 Jesus College 8/92 Keble College 1/93 Lady Margaret Hall 7/92 Latin American Centre 1/91 11/91 Lincoln College 1/92 Magdalen College 1/93 Maison Francaise 1/91 Materials Department 1/93 Mathematical Institute 5/90 Middle East Centre 1/91 11/91 Modern Languages Faculty 1/89 4/90 9/92 Music Faculty 6/90 New College 9/89 Nuffield College 9/89 8/90 1/93 Oriental Institute 1/88 8/92 Eastern Art 1/88 8/92 Philosophy 11/90 9/92 Physics (Astro, Nuclear, Clarendon Lab) 1/93 Physiology Departmental 6/90 Plant Sciences 1/90 10/93 Queen Elizabeth House 1/90 10/92 8/91 Queen's College 2/92 10/93 Rewley House/Continuing Education 9/92 St Anne's College 1/91 9/92 St Antony's College 1/91 12/91 St Cross College 10/93 St Edmund Hall 1/92 Social and Cultural Anthropology 1/92 Social Studies 1/89 1/90 8/91 Staff Library 9/89 1/93 Taylor Institution 9/88 Theology 1/90 Trinity College 4/92 University Museum 1/91 8/92 Wadham College 4/92 Wolfson College 7/90 8/92 Zoology 1/90 Alexander 1/90 Elton 1/90 (1) Cataloguing (2) Circulation (3) Acquisitions (4) Periodicals registration Video guide to OLIS The Libraries Automation Service and the Educational Technology Resources Centre have produced a ten-minute video about OLIS. The video begins with a brief visual tour of a variety of Oxford libraries, followed by a sample search on OLIS in the author and title indexes. It is intended to be used as a general introduction to OLIS for new readers. A copy of the video is available for 5 from the Libraries Automation Service (communications should be marked for the attention of Zohra Fatima, at 67A St Giles'). For further information about the content or purpose of the video, contact Margaret Robb (telephone: (2)78172, e-mail: mrobb on the VAX). OXFORD CENTRE FOR ISLAMIC STUDIES Arabic Classes Classes in Modern Standard Arabic at beginner and intermediate/advanced levels are continuing to be held at the centre this term, starting on Tuesday, 12 October. Those wishing to register should do so before Monday, 11 October. For further details and registration, contact Miss Lynn Rhymes, Oxford Centre for Islamic Studies, 10 St Cross Road, St Cross College, Oxford OX1 3TU (telephone: Oxford 725077). Arabic classes for the study of the Qur'an Classes are continuing to be held for those wishing to improve their Arabic for the study of the Qur'an, starting on Friday, 15 October. For further details, and registration information, contact Dr Basil Mustafa at the centre (address as above). STATISTICAL CONSULTING SERVICE The Department of Statistics operates a part-time Statistical Advisory service, providing general advice on the application of statistical methods to researchers throughout the University, but primarily in the sciences. The service is already widely used by staff and research students, but it is currently possible to take on additional work, subject to resource constraints. From 1 October 1993 the Statistical Consultant (Mr Matthew Eagle) is primarily available on Monday, Wednesday, and Thursday afternoons from 2 to 4 p.m., although appointments for other times can sometimes be arranged. Contact should be made with Mr Eagle (telephone: (2)72597, e-mail: eagle@uk.ac.ox.stats), or a message can be left on (2)72860. SEMINARS FOR ACADEMIC STAFF Michaelmas Term 1993 Seminars organised by the Academic Staff Development Committee The Academic Staff Development Committee organises seminars which are open to all members of academic staff. Graduate students with teaching responsibilities may attend sessions concerned with teaching and learning. To obtain further information or to reserve a place, please contact the ASDC secretary, Dr Michael Carr, at the Staff Development and Training Office, University Offices, Wellington Square (telephone: (2)70086, e-mail: traindpt). Leading a Research Team---Thursday, 9 December, 9 a.m.--5 p.m. (Week 9). This one-day intensive seminar is intended for those academic staff who are both leading a team of at least three members and handling a large research budget, but others are welcomed provided that places are available. Participants will have the opportunity to review their approach to leading their staff through a greater understanding of their leadership actions, their personal leadership style and the actions required to obtain higher performance from their staff. Topics addressed will include: action-centred leadership, leadership styles, achieving results through people, team dynamics, communication, interviewing, self-management. Leadership styles and action-centred leadership will be analysed to create an understanding of the difference between leadership and management, the importance and use of leadership in the work- place, and the need to achieve results through people. This will involve considering the factors that gain greater commitment of people to their work, and the need to produce an environment in which self-motivation prevails. The characteristics of teams, team dynamics, and the importance of face-to-face communication will be used to understand the responsibility of group leaders to inform and consult their research group. The general principles of interviewing: approach, preparation, structure, questioning techniques, listening, will be developed both for success in recruiting to a team and to raise confidence in handling difficult situations with team members. This session will be repeated in Trinity Term 1994. Time Management---Thursday, 4 November, 2--5.30 p.m. (Week 4). This session is intended to help academic staff to achieve a balance between teaching duties, creative research, and more routine administrative tasks and explores the practical application of forgotten or overlooked well-tried techniques. Participants should not expect an instant answer to all the difficulties of time management! Particular areas which will be included in the session are: delegation, not abdication; communications, meetings; dealing with insufficient information; interruptions and the telephone. These topics are introduced by means of short presentations, questionnaires, group discussions and analysis of problems. It may also be possible, depending on the interests of those present, to explore slightly wider issues such as setting longer-term career plans, or tips for rapid reading through bulky documents. This session will be repeated in Hilary and Trinity Terms 1994. Research Grant Applications (Physical Sciences/Engineering) (to be arranged). This session will provide advice on how to make a successful application for a research grant, and will include presentations by staff from the University Research Services Office and also from an external funding body. (It is hoped that a representative from the SERC will be present.) Organised jointly with the University Research Services Office. A similar session for other disciplines will be held in Hilary, Trinity Terms 1994. The Structure of the University (to be arranged). This session is intended to provide information about the decision-making processes within the University. An explanation will be given of the respective roles of Congregation, Hebdomadal Council, the General Board, and a number of other key committees. The links between colleges and the University will be explored, and funding mechanisms and financial procedures will be described. After brief talks there will be an opportunity for questions and discussion. Tutorial Teaching: An Introduction---Wednesday. 13 October, 9.30 a.m.--1 p.m. (Week 1). This seminar is designed for academic staff who are new to the Oxford tutorial system and provides an opportunity to consider a variety of ways in which tutorials can be made effective vehicles for teaching and learning. Use of Computers for Teaching (to be arranged). Following the seminar on the Use of Computers for Teaching (Arts) in Hilary Term 1993, a further series of subject-specific sessions has been arranged with the appropriate national specialist centres of the Computers in Teaching Initiative. The sessions will be held during Michaelmas and Hilary Terms. Individual seminars will be tailored to the precise needs of each subject, and are likely to take the form of an introductory talk and discussion, a demonstration of the resources available, and finally an opportunity for `hands on' experience. It is hoped that the following range of subjects will be included: Biology, Chemistry, Economics, Geography, History with Archaeology and Art History, Mathematics and Statistics, Medicine, Sociology, and Policy Sciences. Details of individual seminars will be available on request. Organised jointly with the CTI Centres involved. A scheme is being established to meet the cost of visits by members of academic staff to other institutions which hold relevant IT courseware, the individual concerned being expected subsequently to report back to his/her faculty. Details may be obtained from Ms Jenny Nix, University Offices, Wellington Square (telephone: (2)70144, e-mail: acdivjan on the Vax). Seminars Planned for Hilary Term Small Group Teaching. This session will provide an opportunity to explore a variety of approaches to teaching in small groups (4-- 12 students). It will consider: ---the purpose of teaching in small groups; ---methods appropriate to teaching in small groups; ---factors which help or hinder learning; ---the relationship of teaching in small groups to other forms of teaching. Supervising D.Phil Students. This session is intended for staff who receive students supported by the British Academy and who are associated with the faculties and committees listed below. It is intended to support the work of supervisors, particularly those newly appointed to the role, and will address issues raised by the Joint CVCP/British Academy Working Party on Postgraduate Research in the Humanities. The half-day seminar will involve brief presentations, short plenary sessions, and discussion of case study material. There will be an opportunity to explore appropriate approaches to supervision, to consider the organisation of postgraduate programmes, and also to exchange experiences. The seminar will focus on the British Academy report and the General Board's Memorandum of Guidance for Supervisors and Research Students. English Language and Literature, Modern History, Oriental Studies, Medieval and Modern Languages and Literature, Comparative Philology and General Linguistics, Literae Humaniores, Music, Law and Theology. Organised jointly with the Graduate Studies Committee. Gender in Teaching. Details will be given in the appropriate term booklet. Recruitment and Selection. Details will be given in the appropriate term booklet. Research Grant Applications; Time Management; Presentational Skills; Use of Computers in Teaching. Details of these seminars are as for Michaelmas Term. Seminars Planned for Trinity Term Tutorial Teaching. This session provides an opportunity to consider the vital role of this form of teaching and is intended for staff with a wide range of tutorial experience. The issues to be explored will include: ---the advantages and disadvantages of different tutorial methods; ---its relationship to assessment; ---the role of the tutorial in developing student study skills; ---the relationship of the tutorial to other forms of teaching, including lectures and seminars. Leading a Research Team; Research Grant Applications; Time Management; Dealing with the Media; Presentational Skills. Details of these seminars are as for Michaelmas Term. ASHMOLEAN MUSEUM Exhibition now open Hidden treasures---works of art from Oxfordshire's private collections (until 17 October) The museum is open Tuesdays--Saturdays, 10 a.m.--4 p.m., and Sundays, 2--4 p.m. Gallery talks take place every Tuesday and Friday, and `Highlight' tours take place every Saturday at 11 a.m. (telephone for bookings: Oxford (2)78015). Friends of the Ashmolean concert An Evening of Music by nancy kenny (mezzo-soprano), julia rayson (clarinet and basset horn), and heather mulkey (piano) will be given at 8 p.m. on Saturday, 30 October, in the Holywell Music Room. The concert, which is to benefit the Friends of the Ashmolean, will include works by Mozart, Spohr, Barber, and Stravinsky. Tickets are obtainable from Mrs Elizabeth Burchfield at the Ashmolean (telephone: (2)78016), or at the door, price 6 each. CHRIST CHURCH PICTURE GALLERY Exhibitions now open Masterpieces from Christ Church: Old Master drawings by Van Dyck, Durer, Giovanni Bellini, and others (until 11 October) Luca Cambiaso: an exhibition of all of his drawings in the permanent collection (until 11 November) Lucas van Leyden: three recently-acquired engravings and other works by one of the greatest Renaissance engravers (until 2 December) Forthcoming exhibition Drawings for transfer: fifteenth--seventeeth-century working drawings: includes works by Domenichino, Naldini, and Agostino Carracci Gallery opening hours: Monday--Saturday, 10.30 a.m.--1 p.m. and 2--4.30 p.m.; Sunday, 2--4.30 p.m. Admission (via Canterbury Gate and Oriel Square): free to children and members of the University and Brookes University; adults 1 (concessions 50 pence). Guided tours every Thursday, 2.15--3 p.m. PITT RIVERS MUSEUM Exhibitions now open The instrumental muse---1,000 years of European music (Balfour Building, 60 Banbury Road; until 31 December) Wilfred Thesiger's photographs---a `most cherished possession' (the first exhibition of Wilfred Thesiger's photographs in the UK) (main museum, entrance through the University Museum in Parks Road; until 27 February) Opening hours: Monday--Saturday, 1--4.30 p.m. For information on exhibitions and events please telephone Oxford (2)70927. THE BATE COLLECTION OF MUSICAL INSTRUMENTS The Bate Collection, housed in the Faculty of Music in St Aldate's, is open Mondays to Fridays, 2--5 p.m. Admission is free. The Javanese Gamelan, Kyai Madu Laras, is played on Mondays at 5 p.m., beginning in noughth week, and from first week also on Fridays at 5 p.m. All those interested in learning to play are welcome, especially at the beginners' sessions on Fridays. There will be two Bate weekends this term: 30--31 October, a Scarlatti Weekend with Jane Clark; a list of the sonatas suggested for study, with other details, may be obtained from the Curator. 20--21 November, a Recorder Weekend with Alan Davis. The cost is 20 (10 for junior members of the University; 15 for other students and Friends of the Bate Collection). The Friends of the Bate Collection evening will be held on Saturday, 23 October, at 8 p.m., when Martin Souter will play some of the keyboard instruments, and Quad, who have sponsored Dr Souter's two recordings on Bate Collection instruments, will demonstrate some new devices. The Bate Collection will be open, and coffee, etc., available, from 7.30 p.m. All those interested are welcome to attend. BODLEIAN LIBRARY Introductory talks for readers Introductory talks, designed for postgraduates, others of a similar status, and readers without any institutional affiliations, will be given during October on dates set out below. The talks will cover the use of the library, its catalogues and reference material, and will take the form of a tour of the Lower Reading Room, Catalogue, and Reference section. Each session will begin at 9.30 a.m. promptly, and will last for about an hour. There will be twelve places available each day during the first three weeks of October, six places each day during the last week of October. The talks will be given on the following dates: 5, 7, 8, 12, 14, 15, 19, 21, 22, 26, 28, 29. Readers who wish to attend are asked to sign the list which is available in the Old Library Entrance Hall (Proscholium) on the south side. Please give your name to the staff at the Lower Main Desk when you attend. The talks will continue throughout the year on Tuesdays and Fridays at the same time. Exact dates are given on the sign-up sheets. Introduction to the Western Manuscripts Catalogues and Duke Humfrey's Reading-Room Introductory talks will be held in Duke Humfrey's reading-room on Tuesdays and Thursdays in weeks 1--3 of Michaelmas Term, and on Thursdays in weeks 4--6. They will cover the finding aids to the western manuscript collections and the related open-shelf material in Selden End. Each talk will begin at 9.30 a.m. and last for about an hour. Readers who wish to attend are asked to sign the list which is available in the Old Library Entrance Hall (Proscholium) on the south side. The talks will be given on 12, 14, 19, 21, 26, and 28 October, and 4, 11, and 18 November. Guided tours The Bodleian Library guides conduct tours to the Divinity School, Convocation House, and Duke Humfrey's Library on weekdays at 10.30 a.m., 11.30 a.m., 2 p.m., and 3 p.m., and on Saturdays (excluding Degree Days) at 10.30 a.m. and 11.30 a.m. only. Tours are limited to twelve visitors at a time, and it is regretted that children aged under fourteen are not admitted. The cost of the tour is 2 per person. Tickets can be obtained from the Divinity School. This programme continues until 31 October, when a reduced service will come into operation. Tours for larger groups at other times may be arranged by telephoning the Librarian's Secretary on Oxford (2)77165. MAISON FRANCAISE Norham Road, Oxford OX2 6SE (telephone: (2)74224) The Library The library of the Maison Francaise is a study and information centre for students and teachers of French, and for all those interested in French culture and society. It has a wide range of books (38,000 volumes), periodicals (including Le Monde and Liberation), a selection of cassettes and records, and Dossiers de presse (cuttings from the French press) on various contemporary topics such as the environment, education, and immigration. Everyone is welcome to join the library and take advantage of these resources. The library is open Tuesday--Friday, 10 a.m.--6 p.m., and on Saturdays, 10 a.m.--12 noon. LECTURES -------- -------- Notices of lectures, seminars, etc., which were received in time are published in the Special Lecture List (Supplement (1) to No. 4300). INAUGURAL LECTURE Marshal Foch Professor of French Literature professor m.m. bowie, ma (d.phil. Sussex), fba, will deliver his inaugural lecture at 5 p.m. on Thursday, 25 November, in the Taylor Institution. Subject: `The morality of Proust.' ZAHAROFF LECTURE 1993--4 The Sir Basil Zaharoff Lecture for 1993--4, due to have been delivered by Professor L.J. Austin on Thursday, 4 November, has been cancelled. WILDE LECTURES IN NATURAL AND COMPARATIVE RELIGION 1993--4 Divine discourse: reflections on the claim that God speaks nicholas wolterstorff, Noah Porter Professor of Philosophical Theology, University of Yale, will deliver the Wilde Lectures at 5 p.m. on the following Tuesdays in the Examination Schools. 12 Oct.: `Setting the stage.' 19 Oct.: `Speaking is not revealing.' 26 Oct: `The many ways of speaking.' 2 Nov.: `On the nature of speaking.' 9 Nov.: `Could God speak?' 16 Nov.: `In defence of authorial interpretation.' 23 Nov.: `How to read and listen for what God says.' 30 Nov.: `The epistemology of believing that God speaks.' ANTHROPOLOGY AND GEOGRAPHY The humanities and social anthropology The following seminars will be held at 4.30 p.m. on Fridays in the Institute of Social and Cultural Anthropology, 61 Banbury Road. Conveners: P.G. Riviere, B.Litt., MA, D.Phil., University Lecturer in Social Anthropology, and N.J. Allen, B.Litt., MA, D.Phil., University Lecturer in the Social Anthropology of South Asia. dr r. padel 15 Oct.: ` "We are in one place and one place only"? Self at the service of other.' professor p. ucko, Southampton 22 Oct.: `How social anthropology has influenced my work as an archaeologist.' the very revd j.h. drury 29 Oct.: `From Passover to Lord's Supper: historical actuality and the adaptation of symbols.' h.r. harre 5 Nov.: `The second cognitive revolution: the discursive turn.' emeritus professor d. brewer, Cambridge 12 Nov.: `Social anthropology in the understanding of literature.' dr c.w. newbury 19 Nov.: `Structure and event: historians and anthropologists in Polynesia.' professor r. gombrich 26 Nov.: `Indology and anthropology' (exact title to be announced). professor j. baines 3 Dec.: `A client kingdom? Egyptology and anthropology.' Southern Africa Seminars The following seminars will be held at 4.45 p.m. on Wednesdays in the School of Geography. Convener: A. Lemon, MA, D.Phil., Special (non-CUF) Lecturer in Geography. dr r.a. gibb, Plymouth 13 Oct.: `Regional economic integration in post-apartheid South Africa.' dr lemon 20 Oct.: `Evolution and change in an apartheid city: the case of Port Elizabeth.' dr n. middleton 27 Oct.: `Mozambique---a country beginning with M.' dr d. simon, RHBNC, London 3 Nov.: `The land question in Namibia---some lessons for South Africa.' dr lemon 10 Nov.: `Negotiating a new constitution for South Africa.' dr d. potts, SOAS 17 Nov.: `Low-income housing in Zimbabwe: lessons for South Africa?' professor d. drakakis-smith, Keele 24 Nov.: `Meeting basic food needs under structural adjustment in Harare.' professor d.m. smith, QMWC, London 1 Dec.: `Redistribution after apartheid: prospects for social justice in the new South Africa.' Art and contested identities The following lectures will be given at 11 a.m. on Fridays in the Institute of Social and Cultural Anthropology, 61 Banbury Road. b. saunders, Utrecht 15 Oct.: `Contested identities in Native America: the politics of two north- west coast museums.' j. macclancy 22 Oct.: `The Basque nationalist construction of a "Basque art" .' i. fowler 29 Oct.: `Tribal and Palatine arts of the Cameroon grassfields: elements for a "traditional" regional identity.' a. shelton, Brighton Museum 5 Nov.: `Dispossessed histories: Mexican museums and the institutionalisation of the past.' t. screech, SOAS 12 Nov.: ` "They paint like prose, we paint like poetry": the debate over Chinese representation in Japanese popular culture.' d. zeitlyn 19 Nov.: `Crossing time and borders: Mambila, Yoruba, Mfute, and Mbembe.' d. napier, Middlebury 26 Nov.: `Losing one's marbles: on cultural property.' o. oguibe 3 Dec.: `Appropriation as nationalism in early modern African art.' BIOLOGICAL SCIENCES Department of Plant Sciences The following research talks will be given at 4 p.m. on Thursdays in the Large Lecture Theatre, the Department of Plant Sciences. Conveners: C.J. Leaver, MA, Sibthorpian Professor of Plant Sciences, and H.G. Dickinson, MA, Sherardian Professor of Botany. professor r.b. knox, Melbourne 7 Oct.: `Grass pollen genes, hay-fever, and asthma.' dr m.w. chase, Royal Botanic Gardens, Kew 14 Oct.: `Molecular systematics of seed plants: a cladistic analysis of rbcL nucleotide sequences.' dr j. treweek, NERC Institute of Terrestrial Ecology, Monks Wood 21 Oct.: `The role of ecology in environmental assessment.' professor j.w. mansfield, Wye College, University of London 28 Oct.: `Gene-for-gene interactions between plants and bacterial pathogens.' dr a.j. simons 4 Nov.: `Regeneration and variation in Amazonian trees.' Third-year graduate students (work-in-progress) 11 Nov.: Cellular and molecular topics. dr k. lindsey, Leicester 18 Nov.: `Gene tagging in Arabidopsis.' professor t. ap rees, Cambridge 25 Nov.: `From sucrose to starch and back again.' Third-year graduate students (work-in-progress) 2 Dec.: Whole-plant topics. Oxford Glycobiology Institute professor kurt drickamer, College of Physicians and Surgeons, Columbia University, New York, will lecture at 4 p.m. on Thursday, 4 November, in the Large Lecture Theatre, the Department of Biochemistry. Convener: R.A. Dwek, MA, D.Phil., Professor of Glycobiology and Director of the Institute. Subject: `How and why animal lectins bind sugars seletively.' Department of Zoology The following seminars will be held at 4.30 p.m. on Mondays in Lecture Room B, the Department of Zoology. ms e. morgan, author of The Descent of Woman and other works 11 Oct.: `The aquatic ape.' dr e. rolls 18 Oct.: `The hippocampus in primates and in other mammals, from molecule to memory.' dr h. charlton 25 Oct.: `Hypogonadal mice, neural transplantation, and gene therapy.' dr d. rogers 1 Nov.: ` "Lies, damned lies, and satel-lies?": what satellites might tell us about vector-borne diseases.' dr g. mace, Institute of Zoology, London 8 Nov.: `Practical applications of population viability analysis.' dr a. douglas, York 15 Nov.: `Microbial brokers of insect--plant interactions.' professor p. goodfellow, Cambridge 22 Nov.: `Genes, evolution, and sex.' professor r. tinsley, Bristol 29 Nov.: `Host--parasite interactions in a desert environment.' CLINICAL MEDICINE Seminars in epidemiology and clinical trials The following seminars will be held at 1 p.m. on Tuesdays in the Abraham Lecture Theatre, Green College. Conveners: R. Peto, MA, ICRF Professor of Medical Statistics and Epidemiology, M.P. Vessey, MA, Professor of Social and Community Medicine, and V. Beral, MA, Director, ICRF Cancer Epidemiology Unit. ann marie swart, Royal Brompton and National Heart and Lung Hospital, London 12 Oct.: `Use of AZT therapy in HIV-infected subjects: results of the Concorde study.' h. thornton, Rowhedge, Colchester 19 Oct.: `Is there a moral obligation for patients to join randomised controlled trials?' r. fitzpatrick 26 Oct.: `The assessment of health-related quality of life.' r. gray 2 Nov.: `Overview of treatment of colorectal cancer.' i. langford, East Anglia 9 Nov.: `Potential infectious determinants of childhood leukaemia.' j. mann, Otago, New Zealand 16 Nov.: `Diet and heart disease revisited.' r. collins 23 Nov.: `Effects of ACE inhibitors, nitrates, and magnesium in acute myocardial infarction: results of the ISIS-4 study.' a. fletcher, London School of Hygiene and Tropical Medicine 30 Nov.: `The MRC trial of assessment and management of elderly people in the community.' m. thorogood, London School of Hygiene and Tropical Medicine 7 Dec.: `The health consequences of vegetarianism.' d. barker, MRC Environmental Epidemiology Unit, Southampton 14 Dec.: `Foetal origins of coronary heart disease.' Nuffield Department of Surgery The following seminars will be given at 4.30 p.m. on Tuesdays in the Seminar Room, Level 6, the John Radcliffe Hospital. Convener: P.J. Morris, MA, Nuffield Professor of Surgery. mr j. fawcett 19 Oct.: `Endothelial cells and cell adhesion.' dr d. slakey 26 Oct.: `Anti-oxidant therapy as adjunct to immunosuppression in cardiac allografts.' dr p. crocker 2 Nov.: `Cloning and characterisation of macrophage and lymphocyte adhesion molecules that bind sialylated glyconjugates.' dr a. fox 9 Nov.: `Near infra-red spectroscopy in the investigation of peripheral vascular disease.' dr m. kemeny, Guy's Hospital, London 16 Nov.: `Role of CD8+ T cells in IGE regulation and TH1, TH2 immune responses.' dr j. francis, Southampton General Hospital 23 Nov.: `Clotting and its disorders.' mr n. young 30 Nov.: `Molecular HLA typing in a clinical laboratory.' dr f. arnold 7 Dec.: `Wound vascularity.' mr g. toogood 14 Dec.: `The immunological mechanisms involved in rejection in small bowel transplantation.' Postgraduate lectures The following lectures will be given on Wednesday, 13 October, in the Lecture Theatre, Level 3, the John Radcliffe Hospital. dr k. douglas 3--4 p.m.: `Eclampsia in the UK.' professor r.l. tamby raja 4.30--5.30 p.m.: `Birthweight, gestation, growth, and survival.' Nuffield Department of Pathology and Bacteriology The following departmental seminars will be held at 4 p.m. on Mondays in the Seminar/CCTV Room (off Main Laboratory), Level 1, the John Radcliffe Hospital. dr s. bloom 25 Oct.: `Expression cloning of cell surface molecules in inflammatory bowel disease.' dr e. martins 1 Nov.: `Lymphocyte sub-sets in auto-immune liver disease.' dr j. crocker, East Birmingham Hospital 15 Nov.: `Apoptosis and cytokines.' dr d. lo 29 Nov.: `Pre-natal genetic analysis from maternal peripheral blood.' dr r. goldin, St Mary's Hospital Medical School, London 13 Dec.: `Macrophages in alcoholic liver disease.' LITERAE HUMANIORES, MODERN HISTORY Citizens and aliens, ancient and modern (interdisciplinary seminar) The following seminars will be given at 2.15 p.m. on Thursdays in St Giles' House, St John's College. Undergraduates as well as graduates are welcome to attend. The series will conclude with a discussion meeting on 2 December. Conveners: R.J.W. Evans, MA, D.Phil., Professor of European History, M.C. Hurst, MA, Fellow, St John's College, and A.W. Lintott, MA, University Lecturer (CUF) in Ancient History. dr lintott 14 Oct.: `Citizen and non-citizen in the Greek world.' dr m. goodman 21 Oct.: `The Jews: a case study of aliens in the Roman world.' mr hurst 28 Oct.: `Magyarisation: conformation or alienation of the citizen?' professor d. howe 4 Nov.: `Citizenship in the USA: the origins of the Fourteenth Amendment.' dr p. heather, University College, London 11 Nov.: `Aliens to Romans: the Goths and the end of the Roman Empire.' dr g. rosser 18 Nov.: `Centres and margins: the theme of belonging in the late medieval and early modern European city.' dr c. kidd 25 Nov.: `The Gaelic dilemma in Scottish political culture, 1603--c.1760.' MATHEMATICAL SCIENCES Statistical Science Seminars The following seminars in Statistics and Operational Research will be held at 5 p.m. on Thursdays in the Department of Statistics. Convener: C.N. Laws, MA, University Lecturer in Statistics. dr m.r. jerrum, Edinburgh 14 Oct.: `The "Markov chain Monte Carlo" method: analytical techniques and applications.' dr r.j. gibbens, Cambridge 21 Oct.: `Modelling and bounds for loss networks.' professor b. kedem, Maryland 28 Oct.: `Time series analysis by higher order crossings.' dr m. lunn 4 Nov.: `Recent work on competing risks.' dr d. green, Bristol 11 Nov.: `Spatial statistical modelling of composite materials.' professor h.p. wynn, City University 18 Nov.: `Dynamic system methods in search and optimisation.' professor p.j. harrison, Warwick 25 Nov.: To be announced. dr p. clifford 2 Dec.: `Bayesian reconstruction of polygonal patterns.' Oxford Centre for Industrial and Applied Mathematics Seminar series: differential equations and applications The following seminars will be given at 4.15 p.m. on Thursdays in the common room, Dartington House. No seminar will be held on 4 November, as the Milne Lecture will be given on that day, at 5 p.m. in the Mathematical Institute (Professor J.H. Taylor: `Binary pulsars and relativistic gravity'). Convener: J.R. Ockendon, MA, D.Phil, University Lecturer in Applicable Mathematics. professor zheng songmu, Fudan 14 Oct.: `Exponential stability for damped hyperolic equations.' dr b.van de fliert 21 Oct.: `Coherent vortex structures as relative equlibria.' dr a. oldedaalhuis 28 Oct.: `Exponentially small asymptotics.' professor m.d. gunzburger, Virginia Tech 11 Nov.: `Modelling and algorithms for flow control and optimisation.' dr y. almog, Technion, Israel 18 Nov.: `Rheology of dilute suspension of axisymmetric dipolar Brownian particles.' dr j.e. bouillet, IAM, Buenos Aires 25 Nov.: `Prandtl's equations and flow separation.' dr t. erneux, Brussels 2 Dec.: `Laser instabilities.' MEDIEVAL AND MODERN LANGUAGES Seminars in Celtic The following seminars will be held at 2.15 p.m. on Thursdays in Jesus College. Convener: D.E. Evans, MA, D.Phil., Jesus Professor of Celtic. miss k. forsyth 28 Oct.: `The Ogham inscriptions of Scotland in their historical and archaeological context.' dr c.c. kidd 11 Nov.: `Gaelic antiquity and national identity in Enlightenment Ireland and Scotland.' s. brooks 18 Nov.: `Games of bingo---postmodernity in some contemporary Welsh language novels.' p. smith 25 Nov.: `Learned poetry in Middle Irish.' Graduate seminar in French: from the Renaissance to the Enlightenment The following lectures and seminars will be given at 5 p.m. on Thursdays in the New Seminar Room, St John's College. Conveners: T.C. Cave, MA, D.Phil., Professor of French Literature, R.A. Cooper, MA, D.Phil., University Lecturer (CUF) in French, and C.W.C. Williams, MA, New College. professor louis van delft, Universite de Paris X--Nanterre 14 Oct.: ` "La cire de Mnemosyne": la similitude de l'impression dans la rhetorique classique.' dr m.n. hawcroft, dr d.w. maskell, and dr r.j. parish 28 Oct.: `Second thoughts on Racine.' dr j. loach, Oxford Brookes University 11 Nov.: `Sermons with visual aids: celebrating "l'ouverture des classes" at the college of Louis le Grand.' ms a. charlton 25 Nov.: `Bernardin de Saint Pierre: Utopian writer in search of a form.' Graduate seminar in Spanish studies The following seminars will be given at 5 p.m. on Wednesdays in the Senior Common Room, the Taylor Institution, St Giles'. Conveners: I.D.L. Michael, MA, King Alfonso XIII Professor of Spanish Studies, and E.A. Southworth, MA, University Lecturer in Spanish. srta maria luisa lopez-vidriero, Director, Royal Palace Library, Madrid 12 Oct.: `Colecciones bibliograficas de Patrimonio Nacional: El Escorial, Palacio, y Las Huelgas de Burgos.' sr xose luis mendez ferrin, Galician writer 19 Oct.: `El cuento como genero literario.' Modern German Studies Seminar The following seminars will be held at 8 for 8.30 p.m. on Mondays in Queen's College. Details of the 29 November seminar will be announced later. Conveners: Dr T.M. Kuhn, Faculty Lecturer in German, and Miss D. Pinfold, St Hugh's College. miss pinfold 18 Oct.: ` "Sollten alle Kinder Dichter sein?": some developments in the presentation of the child figure from Romanticism to the present.' d. barnett 1 Nov.: `Heiner Muller's Die Hamletmaschine: an operator's manual.' v. campbell 15 Nov.: `Holderlin: Utopian thinking.' MODERN HISTORY Early Modern Europe seminar The following seminars will be held at 2.15 p.m. on Fridays in the Modern History Faculty. Conveners: J.H. Elliott, MA, D.Phil., Regius Professor of Modern History, R.J.W. Evans, MA, D.Phil., Professor of European History, and J.C. Robertson, MA, D.Phil., University Lecturer (CUF) in Modern History. j. powis 15 Oct.: `France in the Old Regime: state, body politic, and nation.' j. inglis-jones 22 Oct.: `The Prince de Conde in exile.' c. ginsburg, University of California, Los Angeles 29 Oct.: `History and rhetoric: Lorenzo Valla and the Donation of Constantine.' b. simms, Cambridge 5 Nov.: `High politics and the primacy of foreign policy: approaches to the political history of pre-reform Prussia.' h. scott, St Andrews 12 Nov.: `Inheritance and the consolidation of noble power in early modern Europe.' m.a. katritzky 19 Nov.: `The early history of the commedia dell'arte in Italy and Germany.' b. taylor 26 Nov.: `The Mercedarian Order: politics, society, and religious reform under Philip II.' t. osborne 3 Dec.: `The art of negotiation: the Abbot Scaglia and the Thirty Years' War.' Beginning research in modern history: an introduction to sources and techniques The following seminars, intended mainly for new graduate students in modern history, will be held in the Modern History Faculty, Broad Street, at 5 p.m. on Wednesdays, except where stated otherwise. Convener: R. Fox, MA, D.Phil., Director of Graduate Studies. professor fox Thur. 7 Oct.: `Doing research.' mrs m. clapinson Fri. 8 Oct., 2.15 p.m.: `Introduction to the Bodleian Library: printed and manuscript resources for British and European history.' mr c.s.l. davies 13 Oct., 2.15 p.m.: `Saving time in the Bodleian for pre-1750 historians.' professor h.c.g. matthew 13 Oct., 5 p.m.: `Saving time in the Bodleian for post-1750 historians.' dr e.j. higgs, Public Record Office Tue. 19 Oct., 2.15 p.m.: `Approaches to economic and social historical research at the Public Record Office.' dr r. christophers and mr d. reidy, the British Library 20 Oct., 2.15 p.m.: `Printed book collections in humanities and social sciences, the British Library.' mr m.a.f. borrie, the British Library 20 Oct., 5 p.m.: `Historical resources in the British Library.' mr s. tomlinson 27 Oct., 2.15 p.m.: Conducted tour of the Bodleian Library. dr e.j. higgs, Public Record Office 27 Oct., 5 p.m.: `An introduction to the history and work of the Public Record Office and to the records of the central departments of state.' Public Record Office 3 Nov.: Day-visit to the Public Record Office in Chancery Lane and Kew, and to the National Register of Archives. mrs h. yasamee, Foreign and Commonwealth Office 10 Nov.: `Finding the records of British foreign policy in the twentieth century.' mr s. tomlinson 17 Nov.: `Provincial archival resources.' Practice and persuasion in the history of science The following seminars will be given at 5 p.m. on Thursdays in the History of Science and Technology Seminar Room in the Modern History Faculty, except in fifth week (11 November), when the seminar will take place at the same time in Trinity College. Convener: R. Fox, MA, D.Phil., Professor of the History of Science. mr j.r.r. christie, Leeds 14 Oct.: `Joseph Priestley: the intersection of science, politics, and religion.' mr m.j. duck, Imperial College, London 21 Oct.: `Goethe's colour theory: physical and physiological considerations.' mr j.a. hughes, University of Manchester 28 Oct.: `Making technology count; how the Geiger counter got its click.' dr j.a. bennett, Cambridge 4 Nov.: `John Harrison and the winning of the longitude prize.' ms j.l. kenndey 11 Nov.: `Conjuring the pictorial evidence of astrophysics.' mr s. johnston, Science Museum, London 18 Nov.: `Practice as persuasion: promoting the mathematical arts and sciences in sixteenth-century England.' mr a. nieto-galan, Barcelona 25 Nov.: `Theory and practice in the use of natural dyestuffs in eighteenth-century Europe.' dr d.c. gooding, Bath 2 Dec.: `Explaining the persuasiveness of non-verbal practices: narrative, graphical, and other modes of accounting in the history of science.' Seminar eugenio la sardo, Archivio di Stato, Latina, Rome, will present a seminar at 2.15 p.m. on Thursday, 14 October, in the Powicke Room, the Modern History Faculty. Convener: J.C. Robertson, MA, D.Phil., University Lecturer (CUF) in Modern History. Subject: `Research in the Italian Archivio di Stato.' MODERN HISTORY, MEDIEVAL AND MODERN LANGUAGES dr consuelo varela, Director, School of Hispano-American Studies, CSIC, Seville, will deliver a public lecture at 5 p.m. on Monday, 25 October, in Room 2, the Taylor Institution, St Giles'. Conveners: J.H. Elliott, MA, Regius Professor of Modern History, I.D.L. Michael, MA, King Alfonso XIII Professor of Spanish Studies, and T.F. Earle, MA, D.Phil., Director of Portuguese Studies. Subject: `Trade and politics: English merchants operating between Spain and Portugal, 1479--94.' MODERN HISTORY, SOCIAL STUDIES Quantitative Economic History Workshop The following seminars will be held at 5 p.m. on Mondays in the seminar room of the European Studies Centre (St Antony's College), 70 Woodstock Road. Convener: J.S. Foreman-Peck, MA, University Lecturer in Economic History. professor n.f.r. crafts, Warwick 18 Oct.: `The New Growth Theory and the Industrial Revolution.' dr d. greasly, Edinburgh 1 Nov.: `Discontinuities in British industrial production: unit roots and the effects of the First World War.' dr p. lains, Instituto Ciencais Sociais, Lisbon 15 Nov.: `Looking for Third Europe: income per capita for nineteen European countries, 1850--1913.' professor g. toniolo, Venice 29 Nov.: `Italian economic growth since 1945.' ORIENTAL STUDIES Seminar on Jewish history in the Graeco-Roman period The following seminars will be held at 2.30 p.m. on Tuesdays in Wolfson College. On Tuesdays of weeks 2, 4, 6, and 7 seminars will be held at 2.30 p.m. in Wolfson College on unpublished scrolls from Qumran. Conveners: G. Vermes, MA, D.Litt., Professor Emeritus of Jewish Studies, M.D. Goodman, MA, D.Phil., Reader in Jewish Studies, S.P. Brock, MA, D.Phil., Reader in Aramaic and Syriac, and P.S. Alexander, MA, D.Phil., Hebrew Centre Lecturer in Oriental Studies. dr goodman 12 Oct.: `Jean Juster, Les Juifs dans l'Empire Romain, after eighty years.' dr alexander 26 Oct.: `Early Jewish concepts of geographical space.' dr o. irshai, Hebrew University of Jerusalem 9 Nov.: `Cyril of Jerusalem and the Jews.' dr a. samely, University of Manchester 30 Nov.: `Midrashic literary forms in the Mishnah.' Seminar: topics in Near East studies and Egyptology hans-werner fischer-elfort, Wurzburg, will present a seminar at 2.30 p.m. on Tuesday, 12 October, in Lecture Room 1, the Oriental Institute. Conveners: J.A. Black, B.Phil., MA, D.Phil., University Lecturer in Akkadian, and J.R. Baines, MA, D.Phil., Professor of Egyptology. Subject: `Initiation into the god's path: a sequential reading of three Middle Kingdom instructions.' Details of seminars for the rest of term will be announced later. PHYSICAL SCIENCES Special Lecture Series professor p.w. anderson (Nobel Laureate), Princeton University, 1993 George Eastman Professor, will deliver a special lecture series at 4.15 p.m. on Mondays and Tuesdays in Michaelmas Term, in the Lindemann Lecture Theatre, the Clarendon Laboratory. The series will be continued in Trinity Term. Further details of this will be announced later. Subject: `Many-body theory of metals redux: new limitations, new concepts, new results with focus on High-Tc Superconductors.' Department of Theoretical Chemistry The following departmental seminars will be held at 11.15 a.m. on Tuesdays in the Lecture Room, the Department of Theoretical Chemistry. Conveners: M.S. Child, MA, Professor of Chemical Dynamics, and N.H. March, MA, Coulson Professor of Theoretical Chemistry. dr j. gerratt, Bristol 19 Oct.: `The Spin-coupled valence bond description of molecular structure and molecular processes.' dr h. lehmann 26 Oct.: `Atoms in intense electric fields.' professor n.c. handy, Cambridge 2 Nov.: `Is density functional theory an alternative to quantum chemistry?' mr m. wilson 9 Nov.: `Polarisation effects in condensed ionic systems: a computer simulation model and its application to MX2 salts.' mr t. weston 16 Nov.: `Periodic orbit bifurcations for coupled Morse oscillators.' professor march 23 Nov.: `Mechanical properties of liquids.' dr d.c. clary, Cambridge 30 Nov.: `Quantum reactive scattering of state-selected polyatomic molecules.' PHYSIOLOGICAL SCIENCES Department of Human Anatomy: seminars The following seminars will be held at 1 p.m. on Fridays in the Lecture Theatre, the Department of Human Anatomy. Convener: R.W. Guillery, MA, Dr Lee's Professor of Anatomy. dr h. wood 15 Oct.: `Retinoic acid and the developing hindbrain.' dr p. taylor, Dundee 22 Oct.: `Molecular studies on amino acid transport.' professor c. holt, University of California, La Jolla 29 Oct.: `Pathfinding in the embryonic visual system of Xenopus.' (Jenkinson Seminar) professor m. castel, Hebrew University of Jerusalem 5 Nov.: `The brain's circadian clock: structure--function studies of the suprachiasmatic nucleus.' dr s. slaney 12 Nov.: `Craniofacial malformation syndromes in man.' dr m. wood 19 Nov.: `Gene therapy in the CNS: potential and problems.' dr a. herbison, Cambridge 26 Nov.: `Brain--steroid interactions in the regulation of reproduction.' professor w. harris, University of California, La Jolla 3 Dec.: `Determinative events in cellular neurogenesis: XASH, Xotch, and Xenopus.' (Jenkinson Seminar) Pharmacology, anatomical neuropharmacology, and clinical pharmacology seminars The following seminars will be held on Fridays, as follows: the seminars on 29 October, 19 November, and 10 December will be held in the Cairns Seminar Suite, the Radcliffe Infirmary, at 4.30 p.m.; all other seminars will be held in the Lecture Theatre, the Department of Pharmacology, at 4 p.m. dr t.r. cheek, ARFC Laboratory of Molecular Signalling, Cambridge 15 Oct.: `Calcium signalling and exocytosis in adrenal chromaffin cells.' dr j. collinge, St Mary's Hospital Medical School, London 22 Oct.: `Molecular genetics of the human prion diseases.' professor t.w. stone, Glasgow 29 Oct.: `Purines and neuroprotection.' dr a. galione 5 Nov.: `Cyclic ADP-ribose: a new calcium mobilising second messenger.' dr m.a. sansom 12 Nov.: ` -helix bundles and ion channels: modelling the pore of the nicotinic receptor.' dr g. milligan, Glasgow 19 Nov.: `Receptor regulation of cellular G protein levels: mechanisms and functional implications.' dr f.a. antoni, Edinburgh 26 Nov.: `Glucocorticoid action in anterior pituitary cells: a search for effector proteins.' dr m.j. dowdall, Nottingham 3 Dec.: `The skate neuroelectrocyte organ: the Cinderella synapse.' professor m.b.h. youdim, Technion-Israel Institute of Technology, Haifa 10 Dec.: `Nitric oxide--iron interaction and nigral cell death in Parkinson's disease.' PSYCHOLOGICAL STUDIES The following seminars will be held at 12 noon on Fridays in the Large Seminar Room (Room C.113), the Department of Experimental Psychology. Conveners: S.D. Iversen, MA, Professor of Psychology, and P.E. Bryant, MA, Watts Professor of Psychology. profesor n.s. endler, York University, Canada 15 Oct.: `Stress, anxiety, and coping processes.' dr d.a. allport 22 Oct.: `In search of the central executive: experiments on the dynamic control of tasks.' dr g. green, Newcastle upon Tyne 29 Oct.: `A dynamic approach to modelling neural networks.' professor b. leonard, University College, Galway 5 Nov.: `Endocrine-immune interrelationships in an animal model of depression.' dr m. davies 12 Nov.: `Two notions of implicit rules.' professor g.p. ginsburg, Nevada 19 Nov.: To be announced. dr k. patterson, Cambridge 26 Nov.: `Are there any (pure) disorders of reading?' dr n. norris, Edinburgh 3 Dec.: `Landmark stability is a prerequisite for allocentric spatial learning.' SOCIAL STUDIES professor robert a. dahl, Yale University, will lecture at 5 p.m. on Tuesday, 19 October, in the Clay Room, Nuffield College. Conveners: B.E. Shafer, MA, Andrew W. Mellon Professor of American Government, and D.L. Miller, MA, D.Phil., Official Fellow, Nuffield College. Subject: `Why all democracies have mixed economies.' Senior Research Seminar in American Politics The following research talks, intended for faculty and graduate students with an interest in American government and politics, will be given at 5 p.m. on Thursdays in the Clay Room, Nuffield College. Convener: B.E. Shafer, MA, Mellon Professor of American Government. d.s. king 21 Oct.: `Carter's Welfare Intiative: regional divisions and policy-making.' n.p. bowles 4 Nov.: `Full employment in peacetime: the establishment of the Council of Economic Advisors.' t.j. hames 18 Nov.: `Searching for the New World Order: the Clinton Administration and post-Cold War foreign policy.' Seminar in Modern Economic and Social History: the human factor in British economic performance The following seminars will be held at 5 p.m. on Wednesdays in All Souls College. Conveners: J.S. Foreman-Peck, MA, University Lecturer in Economic History, and A. Offer, MA, D.Phil., Reader in Recent Social and Economic History. professor roderick floud, London Guildhall University 13 Oct.: `Nutrition and Mortality in France, Britain and the United States, 1700--1938.' dr carolyn tuttle, Lake Forest College, USA 20 Oct.: `Child labour in the industrial revolution.' dr andrew miles, Birmingham 27 Oct.: `Social mobility in the nineteenth century.' dr robert anderson, University of Edinburgh 3 Nov.: `Universities and elites in Britain.' ian st john 10 Nov.: `The flint glass industry in the nineteenth century.' professor youssef cassis, Geneva 17 Nov.: `Business leaders in twentieth-century Europe.' dr steve broadberry, Warwick 24 Nov.: `Human capital in British and German manufacturing during the twentieth century.' professor mark casson, Reading 1 Dec.: `Business cultures.' Seminar: perceptions of dominance in the international system The following seminars will be held at 5 p.m. on Tuesdays in Seminar Room B, the Social Studies Faculty Centre. Conveners: A. Hurrell, MA, D.Phil., University Lecturer in International Relations, E.A. Roberts, MA, Montague Burton Professor of International Relations, and W. Wallace, MA (Ph.d. Cornell), Hallstein Fellow in European Community Studies, St Antony's College. professor roberts and dr hurrell 12 Oct.: `Perceptions of dominance as a problem in international relations.' dr j. darwin 19 Oct.: `Perceptions of dominance in the colonial world.' dr n. ayubi, University of Exeter 26 Oct.: `Perceptions of Western dominance in the Islamic world.' dr j. wright 2 Nov.: `Germany in the inter-war period.' dr n. woods 9 Nov.: `Hegemony and changing notions of dominance: the US and Mexico' (with additional comments by Professor Robert Jackson on `Canadian perceptions of US dominance'). dr wallace 16 Nov.: `New forms of international order: the question of dominance.' professor s. strange 23 Nov.: `Perceptions of economic power in the contemporary international system.' dr r. foot 30 Nov.: `China and the US: perceptions in conflict.' History and Africa professor terence ranger will lecture this year on African historiography. In the first term he will lecture on `History in Africa'---i.e. historical communication within African societies. In the second term he will lecture on `History of Africa', i.e. historical reconstruction by outsiders. In the third term he will lecture on `History for Africa', i.e. the history produced for Africans after national independence. The lectures will be given between 11 a.m. and 1 p.m. on Mondays in the seminar room, Old Building, St Antony's College. Bibliographies will be distributed at each lecture. African Research Seminars The following seminars will take place at 2 p.m. on Tuesdays in Professor Ranger's room, 66 Woodstock Road. Convener: T.O. Ranger, MA, D.Phil., Rhodes Professor of Race Relations. professor ranger 12 Oct.: `Writing one's life: participating and researching in Zimbabwean mass nationalism' (on the period 1960--1). v. ralushai, Venda 19 Oct.: to speak on his research on Venda religion and its history. r. marshall 26 Oct.: to speak on her recent field research on Pentecostalism in Lagos. l. shumaker, Pennsylvania 2 Nov.: to speak on her research on the Manchester school of anthropology and their work in central Africa. josephine-nhongo, Zimbabwe 9 Nov.: `Zimbabwean women in the armed struggle: a case study of the situation within ZANLA inside Mozambique.' h. schmidt 16 Nov.: `A case of unburied bones and an AK-47: the aftermath of drought and ceasefire on the Zimbabwe/Mozambique border.' s. myers-carese 23 Nov.: `The making of tradition in Lesotho: Sotho poetry.' j. kumire, Headmistress of Molo school, Omay 30 Nov.: to speak and answer questions on being a Shona- speaking teacher in a Tonga area. African studies seminars The following seminars will take place at 5 p.m. on Thursdays in the seminar room, Old Building, St Antony's College. There is no theme for this term's seminars. Convener: T.O. Ranger, MA, D.Phil., Rhodes Professor of Race Relations. e. gunner, SOAS 14 Oct.: `Song, story, and nation: women as singers and actresses in Zimbabwe.' (With videos) l. brydon, Liverpool 21 Oct.: `Gender and structural adjustment in Africa.' dr b. kouchner, founder of Medecins sans Frontieres 28 Oct.: `Humanitarian intervention in Africa: the Somali case.' professor ranger 4 Nov.: `Reporting Mau Mau---the African press in Southern Rhodesia' (continuing a discussion begun last term). p. gifford, Leeds and SOAS 11 Nov.: `Christianity as an ideology of exploitation rather than of liberation: the churches and politics in Liberia.' s. dubow, Essex 18 Nov.: `Wolf Sachs' Black Hamlet: a case of "psychic vivisection".' w. beinart, Bristol 25 Nov.: `White farmers and the prospects for black small- holders in the Orange Free State.' Ethnic relations seminar The following seminars will be held at 10 a.m. on Thursdays in the Nissan Seminar Room, St Antony's College. Convener: T.O. Ranger, MA, D.Phil., Rhodes Professor of Race Relations. dr g. karmi, Thames Regional Health Authority 14 Oct.: `Ethnicity and health: the second generation.' dr t. bringa, Cambridge 21 Oct.: ` "We know who we are not": identity formation among the Bosnian Muslims.' dr y. samad, Warwick 28 Oct.: `Multi-culturalism in Birmingham.' dr z. layton-henry, Warwick 4 Nov.: `Citizenship and migrant workers in western Europe.' dr s. small, Leicester 11 Nov.: `Eurocentric and Afrocentric perspectives on slavery.' dr c. harris, Warwick 18 Nov.: `The role of the state in the construction of "the coloured problem".' dr m. keith, London 25 Nov.: `Making the street visible: criminalisation, racialisation, and the Bengali community of East London.' m. chait 2 Dec.: `Creation and imagination in the Pacific: the culture debate in Hawaii.' DEPARTMENT FOR CONTINUING EDUCATION Social Studies Day Schools Crime and Punishment in Contemporary Society This day-school will be held on 9 October, 10 a.m.--5 p.m. Speakers include dr philip davies (OUDCE), dr andrew sanders (Department for Criminological Research), lyn williams (Police Federation), adam sampson (Prison Reform Trust), and andrew rutherford (Howard League for Penal Reform. The Future of the Monarchy This day-school will be held on 13 November, 10 a.m.--5 p.m. Speakers include g.h.l. de may, anthony barnett (Charter 88), dr david butler, and professor stephen haseler (London Guildhall University). Furthe details of the these day-schools are available from the department (telephone: Oxford (2)70360). NISSAN INSTITUTE OF JAPANESE STUDIES The following seminars will be held at 5 p.m. on Fridays in the Nissan Institute, 27 Winchester Road. professor j.a.a. stockwin 15 Oct.: `Is Japanese politics reformable? A preliminary look at the new coalition government.' professor toshiko ishida, Tsukuba 22 Oct.: `The influence of mother languages on learning Japanese.' mr bui minh dung, Cambridge 29 Oct.: `Japanese perspectives on Japan--Vietnam relations during the Second World War: the 1940 advance into northern Indochina.' professor d. gerstle, SOAS, London 5 Nov.: `Hero as murderer in the plays of Chikamatsu.' dr d. campbell, Essex 12 Nov.: `Explaining Japan's saving rate.' dr d. martinez, SOAS, London 19 Nov.: `Foreigners, Nisei, and new religions: broadening Japanese boundaries.' professor hiroshi oda, London 26 Nov.: `Legal aspects of the Keiretsu system.' mr c. braddick 3 Dec.: `Japan and the Sino-Soviet dispute.' OXFORD CENTRE FOR POSTGRADUATE HEBREW STUDIES The following seminars will be held at 2.30 p.m. on Tuesdays in Wolfson College. Conveners: G. Vermes, MA, D.Litt., Professor Emeritus of Jewish Studies, T. Lim, M.Phil., D.Phil., Junior Research Fellow, St Hugh's College, and P. Alexander, D.Phil., Pembroke College. dr lim 19 Oct.: `The Dead Sea Scrolls and Christian origins: the state of the question.' professor vermes 2 Nov.: `The present state of Qumran research.' e. herbert, Cambridge 16 Nov.: `Scroll reconstruction: towards a methodology for reconstructing the text of biblical scrolls.' professor m. knibb, King's College, London 23 Nov.: `Reflections on some recent publications on the Dead Sea Scrolls.' OXFORD CENTRE FOR ISLAMIC STUDIES The following seminars will be held at 5 p.m. on Wednesdays, as follows: the seminar on 13 October will be given in St Cross College; the seminars on 3 November and 24 November in the Oxford Centre for Islamic Studies, 10 St Cross Road. he mr tariq almoayed, Minister of Information, State of Bahrain 13 Oct.: `Prospects for information development in the Middle East.' dr richard lawless, Durham 3 Nov.: `The role of international Islamic organisations among Arab seafarers in the early twentieth century.' professor l. patrick harvey, King's College, London 24 Nov.: `Forcible conversion and its consequences: Spain's Morisco problem in the sixteenth and early seventeenth century.' QUEEN ELIZABETH HOUSE Refugee Studies Progamme Seminars on forced migration The following seminars will be given at 5 p.m. on Wednesdays in the Library Wing Seminar Room, Queen Elizabeth House. dr c. beyani 13 Oct.: `International law and internally displaced persons.' dr j. benthall, Royal Anthropological Institute 20 Oct.: `The fallacy of humanitarians without frontiers.' dr b. kouchner, former Minister, French government; founder, Medecins Sans Frontieres 27 Oct.: `Boat People: the end of asylum and the closing boundaries.' mr a. vines, Human Rights Watch 3 Nov.: `The UN and the transition in Angola and Mozambique.' dr c. sarabji, Sussex 10 Nov.: `Terror and identities in former Yugoslavia.' ms g. dona, Queen's University, Ontario 17 Nov.: `Psychological acculturation of Guatemalan refugees.' ms j. carey-wood, Salford 24 Nov.: `Refugees in Britain: assessing the role of statutory, voluntary, and refugee community organisations in resettlement.' mr r. mcgrath, Mines Advisory Group, Rhodes House 1 Dec.: `Undeclared war: the global challenge of land-mines and its solution.' Foundation courses Field methods in social research dr dereck cooper will teach this course on Tuesdays, 2--4 p.m., at Queen Elizabeth House. In weeks 1--4 the course will take place in the Library Wing Seminar Room; in weeks 5--8, in the Garden Room. Human rights and refugee law I and II dr andrew shacknove will teach this course on Tuesdays, 10.30 a.m.--12.30 p.m., in the Tawney Room, the Department for Continuing Education. Refugees in the contemporary world: an introduction dr b.e. harrell-bond will teach this course on Mondays, 2--4 p.m., in the Library Wing Seminar Room, Queen Elizabeth House. Psycho-social issues dr j. zur will teach this course on Wednesdays, 10 a.m.--12 noon, in the Library Wing Seminar Room, Queen Elizabeth House. Short courses 25 Oct.: `The refugee question, a critical issue for mission today.' (With the Oxford Centre for Mission Studies) 6--11 Dec.: `Policy development for the reception and assistance of asylum seekers in Europe.' 11 Dec. (workshop): `Tomorrow's conflicts and forced migration.' For further information on the above meetings and courses, contact the Refugee Studies Programme at Queen Elizabeth House, 21 St Giles', Oxford OX1 3LA (telephone: Oxford (2)70722, fax: (2)70721, e-mail: rsp@vax.ox.ac.uk). WELLCOME UNIT FOR THE HISTORY OF MEDICINE Water and life: historical case studies The following seminars will be held at 11 a.m. on Tuesdays in the Wellcome Unit, 47 Banbury Road. All are welcome. Convener: M.Pelling, M.Litt., Wellcome Unit for the History of Medicine. j. jenner, University of Manchester 12 Oct.: `Bathing and baptism: Sir John Floyer and the politics of cold bathing.' m. harrison, Wellcome Institute, London 19 Oct.: `The culture and politics of water in nineteenth- century British India.' g. parsons, Lancaster 26 Oct.: `The effect of scientific and public health expertise on the English inshore oyster fishery, 1860--1914.' m. dobson 2 Nov.: `Airs, waters, and places: the qualitative and the quantitative in early modern south-east England.' h. walklett, Lancaster 9 Nov.: `The responses of local government to river pollution in the Lancashire industrial area, 1860--1900.' a. hardy, Wellcome Institute, London 16 Nov.: `Typhoid and the Tees, 1890--1.' d. bradley, London School of Hygiene and Tropical Medicine 23 Nov.: `Water and malaria: the concept of species sanitation in the early twentieth century.' j. sheail, Institute of Terrestrial Ecology, Huntingdon 30 Nov.: `Overtaken by circumstances: river pollution at mid- century.' International health and welfare between the First and Second World Wars The following seminars will be held at 11 a.m. on Thursdays in the Wellcome Unit, 47 Banbury Road. All are welcome. Convener: P.J. Weindling, MA, Wellcome Unit for the History of Medicine. m.a. balinska, Paris 14 Oct.: ` "Assistance and not mere relief": the Epidemics Commission of the League of Nations.' dr weindling 21 Oct.: `Social medicine at the International Labour Office and the League of Nations compared.' m. thomson, Sheffield 28 Oct.: `Mental Hygiene as an international movement.' c. miller, Open University, Geneva 4 Nov.: `Gender policies of the Social Section of the League of Nations.' a.m. rafferty, Nottingham 11 Nov.: `International nursing organisations between the wars.' r. soloway, North Carolina at Chapel Hill 18 Nov.: `The "perfect contraceptive": eugenics and birth control research in Britain and America in the inter-war years.' l. murard and p. zylberman, CERMES, Paris 25 Nov.: `The French public health predicament, 1917--39.' ST ANTONY'S COLLEGE Asian Studies Centre State and law in Asia The following seminars will be held at 5 p.m. on Tuesdays in the Lecture Theatre of the new Nissan Institute of Japanese Studies. Convener: Dr Leslie Palmier. dr adnan buyung nasution, Founder and Honorary Director, Indonesian Legal Aid Institute 12 Oct.: `Democracy and constitutionalism in Indonesia.' dr a. harding, SOAS 19 Oct.: `Law as social engineering in Singapore.' he dr l.n. singhvi, High Commissioner for India 26 Oct.: `The quest for constitutionalism in south Asia.' professor hiroshi oda, University College, London 2 Nov.: `The Japanese code of administrative procedures.' mr p. baker, Gray's Inn Chambers, London 9 Nov.: `The Party and the law in China.' mr mujahid tirmizey, Pakistan Institute of International Affairs 16 Nov.: `Legal anomalies and the judiciary.' professor vitit muntarbhorn, Chulalongkorn University 23 Nov.: `The human rights challenge in Thailand.' dato' param cumaraswamy, Senior Partner, Shook Lin and Bok, Advocates and Solicitors, Kuala Lumpur 30 Nov.: `The experience of democracy in plural Malaysian society.' Indian Studies Centre South Asian History Seminar The following seminars will be held at 2 p.m. on Tuesdays in the Lecture Room (Old Building), St Antony's College. dr m. gaborieau, Maison des Sciences de l'Homme 12 Oct.: `Early nineteenth-century reforms movements in Indian Islam: an essay in reinterpretation.' dr uma das gupta, US Educational Foundation in India, Regional Officer for Eastern India, Calcutta 19 Oct.: `The letters of Edward Thompson and Rabindranath Tagore 1913-- 40.' professor ashin das gupta, National Fellow, Indian Council of Historical Research 2 Nov.: `The Europeans and the Indian Ocean 1500--1800.' dr a.p. sen 9 Nov.: `Kaliyug and the radical restructuring of religious life--- unrealised visions in Bengali Vaishnavic history.' m. schied, Humboldt University, Berlin 16 Nov.: `6 December 1992---watershed in Indian history: what went wrong and what lies ahead?' dr r. o'hanlon, Cambridge 23 Nov.: `Civil disobedience in the Bombay Presidency.' dr d. gelner 30 Nov.: `Creating traditions in the Hindu--Buddhist city of Lalitpur, Nepal.' CAMPION HALL Martin D'Arcy Lectures 1993--4 Whatever happened to the Counter-Reformation? Fifty years of interpretation professor john o'malley, sj, Weston School of Theology, Cambridge, Massachusetts, will deliver the Martin D'Arcy Lectures at 5 p.m. on Wednesdays in the Lecture Room, Campion Hall. 20 Oct.: `What's in a name? The extent of the confusion.' 27 Oct.: `Hubert Jedin (1900--80): the classic statement.' 3 Nov.: `In Jedin's wake: debates and divergences.' 10 Nov.: `All orthodoxies challenged: from below and above, from before and after.' 17 Nov.: `Sorting it all out: the writing of The First Jesuits.' 24 Nov.: `Final summary and conclusions.' MANSFIELD COLLEGE Radical theologies The following lectures will be given at 5 p.m. on Fridays in Mansfield College. the revd charles brock 15 Oct.: `Urban theology.' r. beckford, Queen's College, Birmingham 22 Oct.: `Black theology.' dr e. stuart, College of St Mark and St John, Plymouth 29 Oct.: `Lesbian and gay theology.' dr p. anderson, Sunderland 5 Nov.: `Feminist theology.' the revd professor andrew linzey, Nottingham 12 Nov.: `Animal theology.' rabbi professor dan cohn-sherbok, Kent and Essex 19 Nov.: `Holocaust theology.' dr r. ambler, Birmingham 26 Nov.: `Ecological theology.' the revd andrew linzey and the revd charles brock 3 Dec.: `Oxford---home of lost voices?' (Discussion) OXFORD MOLECULAR AND CELL BIOLOGY CLUB The following talks, on the topic `immune tolerance', will be given at the next meeting of the club, to be held at 6 p.m. on Thursday, 21 October, in the Sir William Dunn School of Pathology. dr d. mason, MRC Cellular Immunology Unit: `Active suppression of autoreactive T-cells.' dr r. macdonald, Ludwig Institute, Lausanne: `Clonal deletion of autoreactive T lymphocytes during development.' professor h. waldmann, Cambridge: `Reprogramming the immune system.' OXFORD ENGLISH DICTIONARY FORUM The following meetings, which are open to all, will be held at 5 p.m. on the days shown in Rewley House. miss lesley brown, Editor-in-Chief, New Shorter OED, and miss elizabeth knowles, formerly Senior Editor, New Shorter OED Thur. 28 Oct.: `New light on old words: expansion of historical coverage of vocabulary in the New Shorter OED and the New OED.' dr m. freeden, Mansfield College, and dr n. smith, Keble College Tue. 9 Nov.: `Language and politics.' FRIENDS OF THE BODLEIAN The following thirty-minute lectures will be given at 1 p.m. on the days shown in the Cecil Jackson Room, the Sheldonian Theatre. All are welcome. david vaisey Tue. 26 Oct.: `Who wrote Roger Plowman? A nineteenth-century conundrum.' d. rutherford Thur. 11 Nov.: `Begging for Bodley: reflections on the Campaign.' m. heaney and r. gartner Thur. 18 Nov.: `Entering the Bodleian through Windows: the Pre-1920 Catalogue of Printed Books on compact disc.' dr c. mould Wed. 24 Nov.: `From harpsichord to piano---the Bodleian Broadwood manuscripts.' GRANTS AND RESEARCH FUNDING ------------------------------ ------------------------------ RESEARCH SERVICES Oxford University Research Services, previously known as the Research Support and Industrial Liaison Office, is based in the University Offices, Wellington Square, and is part of the central university administration. The office responsible for Research Services processes and approves all applications to outside bodies for research grants and contracts. It also acts in an advisory capacity for those seeking outside funding or requiring information about specific initiatives (e.g. LINK, Teaching Company, EC research programmes, etc.). Contracts with industry are negotiated through the Research Services office which also deals, inter alia, with various intellectual property matters, research-related work covered by purchase orders, consultancy agreements, agreements covering clinical trials and services, and liaison with funding bodies over discretionary pay awards. The Director of Research Services is Ms June Clark (telephone: (2)70142, e-mail: resiljc). She is assisted by: Ms Catherine Quinn ((2)70158), Assistant to the Director; Dr Anne Knowland ((2)70201, e-mail: resilamk), Research Grants and Contracts Administrator; Mrs Charlotte Beatson ((2)70043, e-mail: resilchb), Industrial and European Liaison Officer (whose assistant is Dawn Fell, ((2)70145); Mr Pierre-Manuel Espinasse ((2)70011), Administrative Officer. Enquiries concerning day-to-day processing of research applications should be addressed to Room 330, Research Services (telephone: (2)70247). Howard Hughes Medical Institute: 1994 Fellowship Program The institute has a number of fellowship programs, some of which are open to applicants who are not US citizens, for training in research in the United States. The details are as follows: 1994 Predoctoral Fellowships in Biological Sciences Sixty-six fellowships will be awarded for full-time study towards a Ph.D. or Sc.D. degree in the biological sciences listed below. Awards are for three years, with extension possible for two additional years of full support. Fellowship awards provide an annual stipend of $14,000 and a $12,700 annual cost-of-education allowance. Eligible fields of study include: biochemistry mathematical biology biophysics microbiology biostatistics molecular biology cell biology neuroscience developmental biology pharmacology epidemiology physiology genetics structural biology immunology virology The fellowships are intended for students who have completed less than one year of graduate study toward MS, Ph.D., or Sc.D. degrees in biological sciences. Students who hold or are pursuing medical or dental degrees (MD, DO, DVM, DDS) may also be eligible to apply for fellowship support for study toward the Ph.D. or Sc.D. The program is open to both US citizens and foreign citizens. Students with US citizenship may take the fellowship abroad. Non-US citizens must study in the United States. The application deadline is 5 November. This international fellowship competition is administered by the National Research Council. Copies of the Program Announcement or Application may be obtained from Hughes Fellowship Program, the Fellowship Office, National Research Council, 2101 Constitution Avenue, Washington, DC 20418, USA (telephone: 010 1 202 334 2872). Postdoctoral Research Fellowships for Physicians These provide support for three years of full-time research at a US institution, subsequent to postgraduate clinical training. The next deadline for applications is 5 January 1994. Further details and application forms are available from Howard Hughes Medical Institute, Office of Grants and Special Programs, Department P094, 4000 Jones Bridge Road, Chevy Chase, MD 20815-6789, USA (telephone: 010 1 301 215 8889). OTHER GRANTS Astor Travel Fund The Board of Management of the Astor Travel Fund gives notice that it is prepared to consider applications from members of the academic staff of the University for grants to enable them to visit laboratories, hospitals, libraries, and similar institutions in the United States and thus enhance their research and teaching efforts. This fund is not intended for conference attendance, but can be used to encourage other travel and subsistence within the United States on the occasion of a conference visit. Application forms may be obtained from the Secretary of the Board of Management of the Astor Travel Fund, University Offices, Wellington Square, Oxford OX1 2JD (telephone: (2)70561), to whom completed application forms should be returned by Friday of the third week of each term. Applicants should ask one referee (normally a senior member of the applicant's department or faculty) to write in confidence to the secretary of the board of management. It should be noted that grants from the fund are intended to assist with travel and subsistence within the United States, and not with the cost of transatlantic travel. Priority will be given to applicants who have not had grants from the fund within the two years preceding their application. Retrospective grants will be made only in exceptional circumstances. The board of management is also prepared to consider applications for modest grants to enable members of the University's academic staff to invite distinguished scholars and scientists from the United States to visit the University in order to lecture and to carry out research. It is normally expected that such visitors should contribute to established research programmes. Applicants, who should submit a brief note of their proposals by the date set out above, are asked to note that grants for such visits are normally intended to assist with travel and subsistence expenses incurred within the United Kingdom rather than transatlantic travel costs; and it would normally be expected that they should arrange for vistors to be accommodated by the University at academic rates. Sir Henry Strakosch Memorial Trust Grants for Travel in South Africa 1 The Sir Henry Strakosch Memorial Trust was formed in 1950 for the purpose of giving effect to the wish of the late Sir Henry Strakosch, CBE, to help improve understanding between the citizens of South Africa and the United Kingdom. 2 The trustees now offer a grant of 2,000 plus the cost of the air fare from the United Kingdom to South Africa and back, to a graduate who, in their opinion, is the most likely to further the aims of the trust and who, in satisfying the conditions of eligibility, has been nominated to them by the Vice-Chancellor of the University of Oxford or his deputy. 3 The purpose of the grant is to further the education of the successful applicant in his/her own field of study by visits to universities and other bodies in South Africa and to extend his/her knowledge of that country. 4 Applicants are eligible provided that: (i) they are either members of the graduate staff or registered research students of the Universities of Oxford or Cambridge; (ii) they will not on 1 July 1994 have attained the age of 30 years; (iii) they are British subjects habitually resident in the British Isles; (iv) they have not previously visited South Africa. 5 The successful applicant, who will be known as the Strakosch Fellow, will be required: (i) to visit South Africa for a period of not less than two months during 1994; (ii) to submit to the trustees a report on the visit within one month of return. 6 The fellow will arrange the travel in consultation with the trust, which will pay the return air fare to South Africa. In addition the fellow will receive before departure sufficient cash to cover incidental expenses of the travel. The balance of the grant, which will cover all reasonable travelling expenses within South Africa, costs of accommodation, and other out-of-pocket expenses, will be paid after arrival. 7 Applicants for nomination by the Vice-Chancellor to the trustees should send their names to the Registrar, University Offices, Wellington Square, Oxford OX1 2JD, so as to reach him not later than Friday, 26 November. Each application should include a signed statement that the applicant satisfies the conditions of eligibility stated in paragraph 4, and will, if awarded the grant, fulfil the requirements stated in paragraph 5. It should also indicate briefly the applicant's field of studies and reasons for wishing to visit South Africa. If the applicant is a research student the names of two referees should be given. The award will be made by the trustees after they have interviewed candidates duly nominated by the Vice-Chancellor. Philosophical Fellowship Fund The trustees of the Philosophical Fellowship Fund, which was established in 1941 for the `furtherance of philosophical and/or scientific research', particularly with reference to France, now invite applications for support from candidates whose research would benefit in some significant respect from a period of up to three months (or, exceptionally, up to six months) to be spent working in Paris during the current academic year, starting not earlier than 1 January 1994. Candidates should at present be working for a higher degree in philosophy or a related subject with strong philosophical associations, or should have been awarded such a degree not more than three years ago. Applications should be sent to Dr Sabina Lovibond, Worcester College, Oxford, and should reach her by Monday, 1 November. Candidates should include, with their curriculum vitae, a brief description of their current research and study plans, and an explanation of what they hope to achieve through their stay in Paris. They should also give the names of two referees, whom they should ask to write directly to Dr Lovibond. Short-listed candidates will be asked to provide a sample of their written work, of not more than 5,000 words in length. Interviews will be held before the end of Michaelmas Term. The exact amount of any awards that may be made will be assessed in the light of the successful candidate's or candidates' plans, but it is intended that they should be sufficient to cover the estimated basic costs of his or her travel to and stay in Paris. The trustees also hope to be able to find from among their philosophical contacts in Paris persons who will be willing to provide initial guidance and introductions there to successful candidates. Frank Knox Memorial Fellowships 1994--5 Fellowships are available for four graduate students, men or women, from the United Kingdom to spend the academic year 1994--5 studying in one of the faculties of Harvard. The value of each fellowship is $11,500 plus tuition and health service fees. The competition is open to British citizens at the time of application who are studying for a first or higher degree, have spent at least two of the last four years at a United Kingdom university, university college, or polytechnic, and will have graduated before taking up an award in September 1994, or are graduates employed in business, education, or government who graduated not earlier than June 1992 and wish to attend the Graduate Schools of Business Administration, Education, Public Administration, or Public Health. Details of the competition and application forms may be obtained from the International Office, University Offices, Wellington Square (telephone: (2)70134). Exceptionally, requests for application forms, stating the university attended and date of graduation, may be made instead to the Secretary, the Frank Knox Fellowships, 16 Great College Street, London SW1P 3RX. Candidates from the University must submit their applications to the Head of their college not later than 25 October. Kennedy Scholarships 1994--5 Up to twelve Kennedy Scholarships tenable in 1994--5 for postgraduate study at Harvard University and the Massachusetts Institute of Technology are offered by the Trustees of the Kennedy Memorial Trust. The scholarships cover tuition and health service fees, the cost of travel to and from the United States of America, and an allowance of $13,000. Applicants must be British citizens at the time of application, ordinarily resident in the United Kingdom, who have spent at least two of the last five years at a university, university college, or polytechnic in the United Kingdom and will have graduated before taking up their scholarship. Details of the competition and application forms may be obtained from the International Office, University Offices, Wellington Square (telephone: (2)70134). Requests for application forms, stating the university attended and date of graduation, may be made instead to the Secretary, Kennedy Memorial Trust, 16 Great College Street, London SW1P 3RX (telephone: 071-222 1151). Candidates from the University must submit their applications to the Head of their college not later than 27 October. EXAMINATIONS AND BOARDS ------------------------- ------------------------- CHAIRMAN OF THE GENERAL BOARD: SATURDAY MORNINGS The Chairman of the General Board, Dr J.V. Peach, will be in his room (337) in the University Offices on Saturday mornings between 9 a.m. and 12 noon in weeks 1--8 of Michaelmas Term, and will be pleased to see any senior member of the University who may wish to discuss matters relevant to the General Board's responsibilities with him. These sessions are intended primarily for those who do not have administrative duties (e.g. as heads of departments or chairmen of faculty boards) which regularly bring them into contact with the General Board. No appointment is required, but this may mean that from time to time it is necessary to wait until the Chairman is free. If the matter to be discussed is of unusual complexity it would help if a short note of it were sent in advance. CHAIRMEN OF EXAMINERS TRINITY TERM 1994 Honour Moderations Ancient and Modern History: b. levick, ma, d.phil., Fellow of St Hilda's Geography: b.a. kennedy, ma, Fellow of St Hugh's (address: School of Geography) Honour Schools Ancient and Modern History: b. levick, ma, d.phil., Fellow of St Hilda's Experimental Psychology: b. rogers, ma, Fellow of Lady Margaret Hall (address: Department of Experimental Psychology) Jurisprudence: r.r. stuart, bcl, ma, Fellow of Hertford Natural Science Chemistry Part I: m.j.t. robinson, ma, d.phil., Fellow of Magdalen (address: Dyson Perrins Laboratory) Geology: d.g. fraser, ma, d.phil., Fellow of Worcester (address: Department of Earth Sciences) Metallurgy and Science of Materials Part I: g.d.w. smith, ma, d.phil., Fellow of Trinity (address: Department of Materials) Metallurgy and Science of Materials Part II: b. cantor, ma, Fellow of Jesus (address: Department of Materials) Physics: p.g.h. sandars, ma, d.phil., Student of Christ Church Physiological Sciences: s. judge, ma, Fellow of St Anne's Master of Philosophy Economics: s.j. nickell, ma, Fellow of Nuffield (address: Institute of Economics and Statistics) English Studies---Courses (i) and (ii): h. o'donoghue, ma, m.phil., d.phil., Fellow of Linacre (address: Faculty of English) English Studies---Courses (iii), (iv), and (v): e.l. jones, ma, Fellow of New College European Politics and Society: v. wright, ma, Fellow of Nuffield Qualifying Test, European Politics and Society: v. wright, ma, Fellow of Nuffield Master of Science Forestry and its relation to land use: j. burley, ma, Fellow of Green College (address: Department of Plant Sciences) Magister Juris in European and Comparative Law p.b.h. birks, dcl, Fellow of All Souls Bachelor of Civil Law p.b.h. birks, dcl, Fellow of All Souls Bachelor of Medicine First Examination Part I: g.l. smith, ma, Fellow of Wadham (address: c/o Faculty Office, Laboratory of Physiology) First Examination Part II: g.l. smith, ma, Fellow of Wadham (address: c/o Faculty Office, Laboratory of Physiology) Probationer Research Student Qualifying Examination in Economics s.j. nickell, Fellow of Nuffield (address: Department of Economics and Statistics) BOARD OF THE FACULTY OF SOCIAL STUDIES Election of one ordinary member An election will be held on Thursday, 28 October, to fill a vacancy for an ordinary member (vice Dr G.J. Strawson, resigned), to hold office from the beginning of Michaelmas Term 1993 until the beginning of Michaelmas Term 1994. Nominations in writing by two electors will be received by the Secretary of Faculties at the University Offices up to 4 p.m. on Monday, 4 October, and nominations by six electors up to 4 p.m. on Tuesday, 19 October. EXAMINATIONS FOR THE DEGREE OF DOCTOR OF PHILOSOPHY The examiners appointed by the following faculty boards give notice of oral examination of their candidates as follows: ANTHROPOLOGY AND GEOGRAPHY s. bekhradnia, St Antony's: `Identity and change among Iranian Zoroastrians in the twentieth century'. Institute of Social and Cultural Anthropology, Tuesday, 2 November, 2 p.m. Examiners: P. Kreyenbroek, M.J. Banks. LITERAE HUMANIORES s.j. pulleyn, Merton: `Prayer in Greek religion'. Examination Schools, Thursday, 11 November, 2.15 p.m. Examiners: J.P. Gould, R.C.T. Parker. PHYSICAL SCIENCES r.a. brownsword, Wadham: `Studies of time-resolved FTIR emission'. Physical Chemistry Laboratory, Friday, 15 October, 3 p.m. Examiners: M.J. Pilling, R.P. Wayne. z. sklar, Wolfson: `Quantitative acoustic microscopy of coated materials'. Magdalen, Friday, 29 October, 2 p.m. Examiners: J.F. Gregg, M.G. Somekh. SOCIAL STUDIES j.a. becker, St Antony's: `Changing Soviet press coverage of the United States in the Gorbachev era: domestic and foreign considerations'. St Antony's, Thursday, 28 October, 3 p.m. Examiners: A.H. Brown, N. Malcolm. COLLEGES, HALLS, AND SOCIETIES --------------------------------- --------------------------------- OBITUARIES HERTFORD COLLEGE professor keith leo cooper, March 1993; Rhodes Scholar 1928. canon colin patrick cowley, 1993; exhibitioner 1921. gerald teasdale fowler, 1 May 1993; lecturer 1959--65. Aged 58. dr michael green, 1993; commoner 1954, Fellow 1963--5. professor j. raymond hinshaw, 7 January 1993; Rhodes Scholar 1947. bertram philip thorburn mcgowan, 21 February 1993; exhibitioner 1967. sir (william bonnar) leslie monson, kcmg, cb, 3 July 1993; scholar 1930. Aged 81. dr david terry pearson, 4 March 1993; commoner 1972. the rt revd david brownfield porter, 14 May 1993; commoner 1924; Bishop of Aston 1967--72. Aged 87. gordon meredith ray, mbe, 8 April 1993; commoner 1931. norman stafford roberts, 1 January 1993; exhibitioner 1943; Headmaster, Taunton Grammar School, 1970--87. the revd robert george wickham, 7 March 1993; exhibitioner 1924; Headmaster, Twyford School, 1937--63. Aged 87. MAGDALEN COLLEGE jack graham bond, 9 September 1989; commoner 1929--32. Aged 78. hugh john vaughan campbell (formerly Viscount Emlyn), sixth Earl of Cawdor, 20 June 1993; commoner 1951--2. Aged 60. harold grange coles, 3 August 1993; exhibitioner 1924--8. Aged 87. arthur cameron corbett, third Baron Rowallan, 24 June 1993; commoner 1938--9. Aged 73. alexander dalzell davidson, 28 February 1993; commoner 1926--9. Aged 85. william bankier henderson, 21 September 1993; commoner 1923--4. Aged 89. edward harry jarvis, 7 September 1993; demy 1952--60. Aged 59. sydney henry levine, cbe, 1993; demy 1921--5. Aged 90. john arnaud robin grey murray (Jock Murray), 22 July 1993; commoner 1927--30. Aged 85. dugald stewart, 4 June 1993; commoner 1933--6. Aged 78. eric stone, 14 August 1993; demy 1941--2 and 1945--7. Aged 69. george roger spurway toulmin, 27 July 1993; exhibitioner 1944--5 and 1947--50. Aged 66. john symonds turner, 1992; exhibitioner 1933--5 and 1938. Aged 78. SERVICE OF THANKSGIVING WADHAM COLLEGE, WORCESTER COLLEGE, AND ST PETER'S COLLEGE A Service of Thanksgiving for the life of ralph johnson will be held at 3 p.m. on Saturday, 30 October, in the chapel, Wadham College (to be followed by tea in Hall). ELECTIONS CHRIST CHURCH To the Fowler Hamilton Visiting Research Fellowship: professor john patrick william rogers, University of South Florida (1 September--31 December 1994) professor terence irwin, Cornell University (1 January--31 July 1995) To the Dr Lee Visiting Research Fellowship (1 April--31 July 1995): dr leonid ossipkov, University of St Petersburg To a Lecturership in Philosophy (with effect from 1 October 1993): philip richard percival (ba Kent, ph.d. Cambridge) GREEN COLLEGE Reuter Foundation Programme To the Directorship of the Programme (with effect from October 1993): mr godfrey hodgson To Reuter Fellowships (MT 1993): mr frank agyekum, Ghana News Agency ms ma gertrudes chavez, BusinessWorld Publishing, the Philippines mr kavi chongkittavorn, The Nation, Bangkok ms kishiko hisada, Asahi Shimbun, Tokyo ms zuraidah ibrahim, The Straits Times, Singapore mr bruce knecht, free-lance, USA mr soon-taek kwon, Dong-A Ilbo, Seoul ms barbara lewis, South China Morning Post, Hong Kong ms nkechi nwankwo, Champion Newspapers, Lagos ms angana parekh, India Express, New Delhi mr daniel sibongo, Pan African News Agency, Senegal mr phuc tien tran huu, Tuoi Tre newspaper, Vietnam REWLEY HOUSE To an Official Fellowship: michael david yudkin, ma, d.phil. (ma, ph.d. Cambridge) ST ANTONY'S COLLEGE To Governing Body Fellowships: nandini gooptu (ma Calcutta, ph.d. Cambridge) david anthony washbrook (ma, ph.d. Cambridge) To Emeritus Fellowships: michael charles kaser, ma (ma Cambridge) edward roger john owen, ma, d.phil. tapan raychaudhuri, ma, d.phil., d.litt. To Visiting Fellowships: professor arnulf baring (ma Columbia, ll.d. Berlin) (Stifterverbvand Visiting Fellow) dr rosamund alice bartlett, d.phil. (ba Durham) (Max Hawyard Fellow) professor leslie michael bethell (ba, ph.d. London) (Baring Foundation Fellow) henri campagnolo (b.sc. Marseilles) (Deakin Fellow) (Calendar year 1994) louis cha, obe (ll.b. Shanghai) dr dagmar glass (ba, ph.d. Leipzig) (Volkswagen Area Studies Fellow) (TT) professor gabriel gorodetsky, d.phil. (ba Jerusalem) (Israeli Visiting Fellow) keiko hatta (m.sc. Tokyo) (Swire Cathay Pacific Fellow (Japan)) dr jens hentschke (ba, ph.d. Rostock) (Volkswagen Area Studies Fellow) dr eva-maria hexamer (ba, ph.d. Humboldt) (Volkswagen Area Studies Fellow) (TT) guri hjeltnes (Alistair Horne Fellow) michael ignatieff (ma Cambridge, ph.d. Harvard) (Alistair Horne Fellow) jennifer mckinnon innes (ma Edinburgh) (Mid-career Fellow) professor toshiko ishida (ma ICU) (Nissan Visiting Fellow) professor seok-choon lew (ma, ph.d. Illinois) (Inchon Fellow) dr benny miller (ma Jerusalem, ph.d. Berkeley) (Israeli Junior Fellow) dr bernard mommer (ba, ph.d. Tubingen) (Andres Bello Fellow) dr azar naficy (ma, ph.d. Oklahoma) (Iranian Fellow) (HT) dr changiz pahlavan (ba Vienna, ph.d. Frieburg) (Iranian Fellow) (MT) kamran safamanesh (ma Tehran, ma Berkeley) (Iranian Fellow) (TT) michael schied (ba Humboldt) (Volkswagen Area Studies Fellow) (MT and TT) dr amiya prosad sen (ma, ph.d. Delhi) (Agatha Harrison Fellow) richard alan stoneman, ma (Mid-career Fellow) professor thanos veremis, d.phil. (ba Boston, ma Northeastern) (Greek Visiting Fellow) lutz wiederhold (ba Halle-Wittenberg) (Volkswagen Area Studies Fellow) (MT and HT) NOTICES GREEN COLLEGE Friends of 13 Norham Gardens Osler Essay Prize 1994 This prize, to the annual value of œ200, is offered by the Friends of 13 Norham Gardens through the generosity of Dr Martin Entin of Montreal, Canada, for an essay to be submitted by a registered medical student of Oxford University (either clinical or preclinical). The Committee of the Friends suggest that students who wish to consider entering the competition should submit a provisional title to Lord Walton, 13 Norham Gardens, Oxford OX2 6PS, on or before 30 November. Titles submitted will be considered by a panel of assessors nominated by the Committee of the Friends. The subject chosen should in some way deal with medicine or medical science in the light of the life and works of Sir William Osler. Those submitting titles for consideration will be notified as to whether or not they will be acceptable or whether the subject chosen should be modified. After approval is given, candidates will be invited to submit their essays, of not less than 2,500 and not more than 5,000 words, to Lord Walton on or before 31 May 1994. JESUS COLLEGE Junior Research Fellowship in Music 1994--5 The college proposes to elect to a Junior Research Fellowship, tenable for two or three years from 1 October 1994. The post is open to men or women intending to pursue research in music. Junior Research Fellowship in Biological/Medical Sciences 1994--5 The college proposes to elect to a Junior Research Fellowship, tenable for two or three years from 1 October 1994. The post is open to men or women intending to pursue research in biological/medical sciences. Further information on both of these fellowships may be obtained from the Principal's Secretary, Jesus College, Oxford OX1 3DW, who should receive applications by 12 November 1993. It is the responsibility of applicants to ask their referees (three are required) to send their references direct to the Principal's Secretary by the same date. Jesus College is an equal opportunities employer. KEBLE COLLEGE Official Fellowship and Tutorship in Jurisprudence The college proposes to elect a Tutorial Fellow in Jurisprudence with effect from 1 October 1994. The title of University Lecturer (CUF) will be conferred upon the holder of the fellowship: the full stipend associated with such a Lecturership will be met by the college. It is expected that the title will at a later date be converted into a stipendiary university post. Further particulars may be obtained from the Warden, Keble College, Oxford OX1 3PG, to whom applications should be submitted not later than 30 November. NEW COLLEGE Junior Research Fellowships The college invites applications for the Astor-Todd-Bird Junior Research Fellowship in the field of Experimental Psychology, and for the Weston Junior Research Fellowship in the field of English Literature since 1350. applications are also invited for the Harold Salvesen Junior Fellowship, the holder of which is intended to assume responsibility for student welfare as well as to research in his or her chosen field. All three fellowships are tenable for three years only, from 1 October 1994. Application forms and further particulars may be obtained from the Senior Tutor, New College, Oxford OX1 3BN (telephone: Oxford (2)79596). The closing date for applications is 6 November. Applicants should request two referees to write directly to the Senior Tutor, New College, by that date. New College is an equal opportunities employer. NUFFIELD COLLEGE Prize Research Fellowships Applications are invited from graduates wishing to undertake research in some aspect of economics, politics, sociology (including some aspects of social psychology), recent economic, social or political history, industrial relations, management studies, public and social administration, international relations, or American Studies. Candidates should normally, by October 1994, have completed, or be close to completing, a doctoral thesis. They should not then have spent more than six years full-time postgraduate academic work in social science. Subject to the completion of a doctorate the fellowships will be for three years. Free accommodation and a salary or grant will be provided. Nuffield College is an equal opportunities employer. Particulars may be obtained from the Assistant Domestic Bursar, Nuffield College, Oxford OX1 1NF. Applications are to be received by 1 November. ORIEL COLLEGE Fixed-Term Tutorial Fellowship in the Life Sciences The college invites applications (male or female) for a fixed-term Tutorial Fellowship in the Life Sciences, to be taken up on 1 January 1994 or as soon as possible thereafter, for five years only. The research interests of the fellow shall lie in the biology of human or animal disease. The college expects to appoint a suitably-qualified person who already holds a position as a research assistant or fellow (e.g. Royal Society, Wellcome, or Research Council) in a department of the University, which will be held concurrently with the college post. The person appointed will be required to carry out undergraduate teaching for up to six hours per week. Further particulars may be obtained from the College Secretary, Oriel College, Oxford OX1 4EW. The closing date for completed applications is Monday, 1 November. ST JOHN'S COLLEGE College Stipendiary Lecturership in English Applications are invited from suitably qualified men and women for a College Stipendiary Lecturership in English. The appointment will be for two years, with effect from 1 October 1994. It requires twelve hours' teaching a week, in Medieval English literature and language, the history of the English language from 1400 to the present day, and Old English literature and language. The salary will be on a scale u13,601 (at age 26)--u15,796, together with certain benefits and allowances. Applications, with details of career and publications, and the names of three referees, should be sent to the College Secretary, St John's College, Oxford OX1 3JP, from whom further particulars may be obtained. The closing date for applications is 5 November. ST PETER'S COLLEGE Democracy 2500: Fellowship in Aegean Studies Applications are invited from graduates under the age of thirty-five for this Junior Research Fellowship, tenable for two years from January 1994, with the possiblity of renewal to 30 September 1996. Further particulars may be obtained from the College Secretary, St Peter's College, Oxford OX1 2DL, to whom applications should be sent by 14 October. MANSFIELD COLLEGE Fellowship in Law Applications are invited for a Tutorial Fellowship, to be held in conjunction with a university appointment, commencing 1 October 1994. The salary will be on the joint university/college scale for CUF lecturers. The college is an equal opportunities employer. Further details are available from the College Secretary, Mansfield College, Oxford OX1 3TF (telephone: (2)70982), to whom applications, together with the names of three referees, must be sent in order to arrive by 12 November. It is the candidate's responsibility to ask three referees to send references direct to the College Secretary, to be received by that date. ADVERTISEMENTS -------------- -------------- Deadline: Advertisements must be received by 12 noon on Wednesday of the preceding week. Charges: 15.00 (inc. VAT) per insertion of one advertisement; placings of four or more insertions of one advertisement are allowed a discount of 25 per cent. Full payment, less the discount where applicable, must accompany the copy. Cheques should be made payable to the Oxford University Press. Conditions of acceptance: 1 Advertisements are accepted for publication at the discretion of the editor of the Gazette. 2 Publication in a particular issue cannot be guaranteed, though every effort will be made to meet advertisers' wishes. 3 Advertisements should be typewritten or clearly handwritten, and should be as brief as possible. The right to edit any advertisement, in particular to abridge when necessary, is reserved. 4 Advertisements must be accompanied by the correct payment, and must be received by the deadline stated above. No refund can be made for cancellation after the acceptance of advertisements. 5 Once an advertisement has been submitted for publication, no change to the text can be accepted. 6 Voucher copies or cuttings cannot be supplied. Bookfair Looking for an out-of-print, secondhand, or antiquarian book? Then make a point of visiting the PBFA Bookfair at the Randolph Hotel, Oxford. Eighty-five booksellers from all over Britain. Friday, 22 October, 12 noon--7 p.m.; Saturday, 23 October, 10 a.m.--5 p.m. Admission/catalogue: 1. Story-telling in French The Library at the Maison Francaise is organising story-telling sessions for children. The sessions are held every Wednesday, at 4.30 p.m., from 13 October. Maison Francaise d'Oxford, Norham Road, Oxford. Tel.: Oxford 274224. Tuition Offered Cello tuition offered by qualified teacher. Beginners and advanced players equally welcome. Johanna Meissner, 8 Park Town, Oxford. Tel.: Oxford 52595. Piano tuition: for children and adults. All standards. Beginners welcome. Contact: Miss P. Read, BA (Hons.), LRAM. Jericho. Tel.: Oxford 510904. Piano lessons---seriously or for fun. Any age or standard. Mrs Joanna Smith. Tel.: Oxford 246765. Services Offered Oxuniprint---the University Printers: specialising in booklet and publicity material, typesetting, printing, and finishing; Output Bureau provides high-quality output from disk from all major DTP programs onto paper, bromide, colour-separated positive or negative film; high-quality specialist colour copier service. For service, quality, and competitive prices contact Oxuniprint, Great Clarendon Street, Oxford. Tel.: Oxford 514691, fax: 514010. Tax and accountancy services. Ex-Peat Marwick accountant (Cambridge graduate, member of the Institute of Taxation) offers intelligent, personal, and inexpensive service in all tax and accounting matters. Convenient premises in North Oxford. Tel.: Oxford 513381, fax: Oxford 58064. Forward Travel UK: world-wide air-fares, Continental rail tickets, holidays---we have the lot. Credit facilities available for official university travel. 41 South Parade, Summertown, Oxford OX2 7JP. Tel.: Oxford 511341. Gardening/landscaping service: lawn-mowing, hedge-cutting, fencing, turfing, patios, driveways, or just maintenance. For a personal, friendly, service, call Nick Macefield. Tel.: Witney 774096. Furniture restoration: all aspects of furniture restoration, cabinet-making, carving, chair repairs, traditional upholstery, re-caning, and rush seating can be attended to by Brazier's of Oxford. Panelling, bookcases, and individual joinery designs also undertaken. Brazier's of Oxford, 57 High Street, Oxford. Tel.: Oxford 246574. Carpet/upholstery/curtain cleaning by Grimebusters, your local specialists. Quality work, competitive prices. Domestic, commercial, college. Also carpet/upholstery stain protection, pre-occupancy cleaning, flood cleaning/drying, oriental rug cleaning. For free estimates and friendly advice, call Grimebusters. Tel.: Oxford 726983 or Abingdon 555533. Counselling: qualified, experienced counsellor and psychotherapist (trained Reading University, Tavistock Clinic), Jungian approach, now has additional vacancies. Toni Unwin, BA, Dip. Counselling (Reading). Tel.: Oxford 790938. Separating or divorcing? Family Mediators Association---we offer confidential mediation to help you reach decisions on all matters relating to your separation or divorce. For further details, telephone Monica Payne. Tel.: Oxford 724977. Domestic Services Guardian sought: locally-based family is sought as guardians for 13-year-old Chinese schoolboy. Reimbursement of expenses and general consideration offered in return for caring guardianship. Enquiries direct to housemaster: Revd David Wippell, Segar's House, St Edward's School, Oxford OX2 7NN. Tel.: Oxford 319252. Children's French Circle: children 4--8 years at Stepping Stones. Mondays 3.45--4.45 p.m. For details, telephone Mrs Annemarie Hamilton. Tel.: Oxford 717139. Stepping Stones children's nursery (open 8.30 a.m.--5.30 p.m. Mon.--Fri., throughout the year). A delightful nursery situated 5 minutes from the city centre, offering a variety of pre-school activities (including music and French). Qualified infant teachers. Mrs A. Hamilton. Tel.: Oxford 717139. The Oxford Montessori Nursery (Wolvercote and Old Headington): inspiring environment for 2--5-year-olds; 1/5 ratio; hot meals; beautiful locations; languages; dance, drama, and music. Telephone for student discounts, appointment, or prospectus. Tel.: Oxford 63788. Summertown Nursery School, 294a Banbury Road: traditional/Montessori; full educational pre-school day; excellent facilities, classrooms, gymnasium, playground, gardens; secure, warm, and friendly North Oxford nursery. Weekly 70; daily 17.50; half-day 8.75; 2-- 5s, 8.30 a.m.--4.30 p.m., all year. Prospectus available. Tel.: Oxford 310016. French girl, fluent English, excellent references, seeks au pair position or similar, early Dec. to early Feb. Tel.: Oxford 735446. Houses to Let Harcourt Hill: large family house, 1 miles west of Oxford with views of city spires; 4 bedrooms, study, large fully- equipped kitchen, large garden; near schools and access to leisure facilities. Suit academic family. Available 2 Jan.--end of Sept. 1994. 800 p.c.m. (inc. council tax and gardener, but not services). Tel.: Oxford 243725. Wolvercote, Oxford: immaculate 2/3-bedroom semi-detached house; c.h., bathroom, and en-suite shower; fully furnished; pleasant garden front and back; quiet area, private parking, and adjacent to Port Meadow. Regular (15-minute) bus service to centre. No pets. Long lease preferred. From Sept., 640 p.c.m. Mrs Madden. Tel.: Oxford 511862. Lent term 1994---house let: don's house available Jan.--mid-Mar. Dates flexible. Quiet street near Summertown shops and bus; 1 miles from centre; large kitchen-diner, lounge, 2 bedrooms (third locked); all gadgets. 140 p.w., inc. gas c.h. and electricity. Tel.: Oxford 52571. Old Boar's Hill: secluded country cottage, just 4 miles from Oxford; fully furnished and equipped; delightful, quiet setting at the end of a country lane. Ideal for short sabbatical stays. 650 p.c.m. Telephone K. Solomon in Italy. Tel.: 010 39 444 324729. West Oxford: 4-bedroom detached house with bathroom, cloakroom, en-suite shower-room; fitted kitchen with washing-machine, dish- washer; telephone, TV, video, linen, dishes; front and rear secluded garden; garage and private drive for 2 cars; fully furnished. Available now for at least a year. Suitable for visiting academic family. 700 p.c.m. Tel.: Oxford 725030. Cotswold village, 20 minutes from Oxford by train: converted stable to let furnished for 1 year from Oct.; 2 beds, all mod. cons., quiet. 500 p.c.m. Carole Angier, 13 High Street, Ascott-u-Wychwood, Oxon. OX7 6AW. Tel.: 0993 830725, fax: 0993 831693. Superbly equipped and decorated period cottage, near Burford; master bedroom, en-suite bathroom, 4-poster; 2 twin bedrooms, bathroom; huge drawing-room, log fire; ultra-modern kitchen/dining-room; c.h.; big shared garden. Available short lets. Five-key, highly commended. Tel.: 0993 831502. Queen's Barge: superb Edwardian houseboat, Port Meadow, river Thames; 10 minutes from city centre; fully fitted and furnished: 3 bedrooms, kitchen, bathroom, grand saloon; c.h.; telephone; parking; all mod. cons.; comfortable; idyllic views; unique. 900 p.c.m. Tel.: Oxford 244117. Looking for a property to rent? QB Management have a range of houses and flats of all shapes and sizes in the Oxford area. Contact us now with details of your requirements without obligation. Tel.: Oxford 64533, or fax: 64777. East Oxford (Iffley Fields): 3-bedroom family house; sitting- room, large kitchen/family room, bathroom, 2 double bedrooms (1 with shower-room), single room with bunk beds; dish-washer, tumble-drier, etc.; child-friendly garden; near shops, playing- fields, river. Bicycles could be included. Available for 1 or 2 months from 12 Dec. 550 p.c.m. Tel.: Oxford 249925. Three-month let, 1 Jan.--31 Mar., Headington: semi-detached in quiet cul-de-sac, close to hospitals; 3 bedrooms, 3 reception rooms; fully furnished with c.h. plus washing-machine, dish- washer, and microwave; garage and long enclosed back garden. No pets. 650 p.c.m. plus gas, electricity. Tom Downing. Tel.: Oxford 281185 (office). Professional or couple sought for furnished and well-equipped cottage close to Oxford. Flexible 4--6 months. Tel.: Oxford 249340. Flats to Let Central North Oxford, 10 minutes from city centre: exceptionally well-furnished flats in quiet, civilised family house: (1)---from Oct.: large double bedroom, single bedroom, drawing-room, kitchen, bathroom; (2)---from 1 Feb. 1994: large double bedroom, drawing-room, kitchen, bathroom. Off-street parking, garden. Regret no children or pets. Tel.: Oxford 52400. Self-contained apartment in Victorian house near Wolfson College. On 2 storeys (ground and first): 1 double bedroom, 1 single bedroom/study, large bathroom, large living-/dining-room, kitchen; gas c.h.; washing-machine and drier, and all modern amenities. To let from 1 Nov. Tel.: Oxford 511500. Self-contained semi-basement flat in quiet street in North Central Oxford: bedroom, living-room, bathroom, kitchen. Ideal accommodation for single visiting academic. 475 p.c.m. Tel.: Oxford 514606 (any time). Accommodation Offered Near Eynsham: 2 rooms to let in large house with garden; suit female/non-smoker; use of piano; must like animals. 50 p.w. inc. of bills. Tel.: Oxford 883050. Accommodation Sought Thinking of letting? QB Management have a variety of tenants, mainly academic or professional, looking for a variety of properties right now. Contact us without obligation, for details of our Letting and Management Services and we will tailor our service to your requirement. Tel.: Oxford 64533, or fax: 64777. Accommodation Exchange Hawaii: family seeks 3+ bedroom home in Oxford area, late June to late Aug. We have 4+ bedrooms across from beautiful white sandy beach, 25 minutes from Honolulu. Willing to exchange car/office and help to make contacts for academic research. J. Knox. Fax: 808 545 2368. Study accommodation offered St Deiniol's Residential Library, Hawarden, near Chester (the Gladstone Memorial Library): nearly a quarter of a million printed items. Ideal centre for students, researchers, and writers in all branches of the arts/humanities, especially nineteenth-century studies. Modern private study-bedrooms. An excellent location for sabbaticals. Very reasonable charges for full board. For details send s.a.e. to the Booking Secretary, St Deiniol's Library, Hawarden, Clwyd CH5 3DF. Tel.: 0244 532350. Houses for Sale The Plain, within 2 minutes' walk from Magdalen Bridge: attractive turn-of-the-century end-of-terrace house; 2 bedrooms, upstairs bathroom, 2 reception rooms, kitchen opening onto sunny, secluded rear garden, small front garden. Newly rewired, reroofed, redecorated; gas c.h. 85,000. Tel.: Oxford 515994 (after 7 p.m.). Stone cottage at Tackley, near Woodstock, only 11 minutes by train from Oxford. Three bedrooms (one 19ft 11ins by 9ft 5ins), living-room (18ft by 13ft), gas c.h., garage, attractive garden, south-facing, permission for loft extension. In good condition, no chain, popular village. Offers in the region of 77,000 (new lower price for quick sale). Tel.: Tackley 220 (after 7 p.m.). 4-bedroom house, in good condition, for sale for 185,000. Call owner for appointment to view. Dr B. Williamson, The Pines, Brookside, Headington, Oxford. Tel.: Oxford 63731. Houseboat for Sale 55-ft all-steel narrowboat/houseboat on Oxford mooring, mains electricity, telephone, very spacious and comfortable, only 6 years old, with Certificate of Compliance; Bedford 2-litre engine, but no gear drive or propeller etc. 12,000 for quick sale. Tel.: Oxford 794696 or 374624 (evenings or weekends). DIARY ----- ----- Forthcoming university events are listed only if they are, or have been, separately announced in the Gazette. Faculty and departmental lectures and seminars, and events announced by advertisement, are excluded. Academic Staff Seminars (Academic Staff Development Committee): places should be booked in advance through the committee secretary, Dr Sue Gill, University Offices, Wellington Square (telephone: (2)70245). Under `Contents': Supplements included in this issue: (1) to 4300: Special Lecture List 00--00 (2) to 4300: Quality Audit Report 00--00 In box at foot of left-hand column: CONGREGATION Discussion of Vice-Chancellor's Oration and Annual Report, Tuesday, 2 November, at 2 p.m. in the Sheldonian Theatre There will be a discussion of the Oration delivered on 5 October by the retiring Vice-Chancellor, and of the Annual Report of the University for 1992--3, both of which will shortly be published as a Supplement to the Gazette. Friday 8 October bodleian library: introductory talk for readers, 9.30 a.m. (to attend, sign list in Old Library Entrance Hall (Proscholium)). m. bernard dorin (French ambassador): `Les donnees ethniques du conflit dans ex-Yougoslavie', Maison Francaise, 5.30 p.m. Sunday 10 October full term begins. the revd professor j. mcmanners preaches, St Mary's, 10 a.m. Monday 11 October professor m. parry: `A perspective on climate change' (Environmental Change Unit Seminar), main lecture room, School of Geography, 2--3.30 p.m. the rt revd john s. spong: `The Birth and Resurrection narratives through the lens of Midrash' (meeting chaired by Professor Keith Ward), Examination Schools, 2.30 p.m. professor p.w. anderson: `Many-body theory of metals redux: new limitations, new concepts, new results with a focus on High-Tc Superconductors' (special lecture series), Lindemann Lecture Theatre, Clarendon Laboratory, 4.15 p.m. (also tomorrow, at same time). Tuesday 12 October The meeting of Congregation, due to take place today, is cancelled. bodleian library: introductory talk for readers, 9.30 a.m. (to attend, sign list in Old Library Entrance Hall (Proscholium)). professor n. wolterstorff: `Setting the stage' (Wilde Lectures: `Divine discourse: reflections on the claim that God speaks'), Schools, 5 p.m. jim cartwright and andy hay: `Little Voice: getting louder' (meeting chaired by Professor Michael Codron), Playhouse, 5.30 p.m. Wednesday 13 October academic staff seminar: `Tutorial teaching: an introduction', 9.30 a.m.--1 p.m. (see information above). dr c. beyani: `International law and internally displaced persons' (Refugee Studies Programme: Seminars on Forced Migration), Library Wing Seminar Room, Queen Elizabeth House, 5 p.m. Thursday 14 October christ church Picture Gallery exhibition opens: `Drawings for transfer: fifteenth--seventeenth-century working drawings' (until 14 January). bodleian library: introductory talk for readers, 9.30 a.m. (to attend, sign list in Old Library Entrance Hall (Proscholium)). sudarat srisang: `Multiple dilemmas: women and girls in Thailand' (Centre for Cross-Cultural Research on Women seminar), Library Wing Seminar Room, Queen Elizabeth House, 2 p.m. dr p. senanayake: `Women: the neglected factor in sustainable development' (Linacre Lectures: `Population and the environment'), Lecture Theatre A, Zoology/Psychology Building, South Parks Road, 5.30 p.m. Friday 15 October bodleian library: introductory talk for readers, 9.30 a.m. (to attend, sign list in Old Library Entrance Hall (Proscholium)). maison francaise colloquium: `Globalisation and the end of the Cold War: the response of states' (continues tomorrow). the revd charles brock: `Radical theologies: urban theology', Mansfield College, 5 p.m. Sunday 17 October the revd j.s.k. ward preaches (Ramsden Sermon), St Mary's, 10 a.m. Monday 18 October dr s. o'hara: `Historical land degradation and agricultural practices in Mexico' (Environmental Change Unit Seminar), main lecture room, School of Geography, 2--3.30 p.m. professor p.w. anderson: `Many-body theory of metals redux: new limitations, new concepts, new results with a focus on High-Tc Superconductors' (special lecture series), Lindemann Lecture Theatre, Clarendon Laboratory, 4.15 p.m. (also tomorrow, at same time). baroness warnock: `The resurrection of ethics' (St Hilda's Centenary Lecture Series: `Women of Ideas'), Dining Hall, St Hilda's, 5 p.m. professor louis van delft: `Modernite du classicisme francais', Maison Francaise, 5.15 p.m. Tuesday 19 October bodleian library: introductory talk for readers, 9.30 a.m. (to attend, sign list in Old Library Entrance Hall (Proscholium)). congregation meeting, 2 p.m. social studies Faculty Board election, 28 October (one ordinary member): nominations by six electors to be received at the University Offices by 4 p.m. professor n. wolterstorff: `Speaking is not revealing' (Wilde Lectures: `Divine discourse: reflections on the claim that God speaks'), Schools, 5 p.m. Wednesday 20 October professor j.w. o'malley: `What's in a name? The extent of the confusion' (Martin D'Arcy Lectures: `Whatever happened to the Counter-Reformation? Fifty years of interpretation'), Campion Hall, 5 p.m. dr j. benthall: `The fallacy of humanitarians without frontiers' (Refugee Studies Programme: Seminars on Forced Migration), Library Wing Seminar Room, Queen Elizabeth House, 5 p.m. Thursday 21 October bodleian library: introductory talk for readers, 9.30 a.m. (to attend, sign list in Old Library Entrance Hall (Proscholium)). dr renate barber: `Mrs Babingida's Better Life Scheme, Nigeria' (Centre for Cross-Cultural Research on Women seminar), Library Wing Seminar Room, Queen Elizabeth House, 2 p.m. professor seamus heaney: ` "Orpheus in Ireland": on Brian Friel's The Midnight Court', Schools, 5 p.m. professor r.b. heap: `Genetic engineering: progress, promises, and precepts' (Linacre Lectures: `Population and the environment'), Lecture Theatre A, Zoology/Psychology Building, South Parks Road, 5.30 p.m. professor w.p. wiseman: `The origins of Roman historiography' (Ronald Syme Lecture), the Hall, Wolfson, 6 p.m. Friday 22 October bodleian library: introductory talk for readers, 9.30 a.m. (to attend, sign list in Old Library Entrance Hall (Proscholium)). r. beckford: `Radical theologies: black theology', Mansfield College, 5 p.m. ursula von lerber (piano) plays works by Clementi, Beethoven, Ravel, and Prokoviev, Maison Francaise, 8.15 p.m. (admission free). Saturday 23 October degree conferments, Sheldonian, 11.30 a.m. and 2.30 p.m. maison francaise exhibition opens: drawings and paintings by Michel Didier (until 29 October). bate collection: Friends of the Bate Collection evening, including a performance on keyboard instruments by Martin Souter, Music Faculty, 8 p.m. Sunday 24 October mr p.y. boateng, mp, preaches, St Mary's, 10 a.m. Monday 25 October professor r. macrory: `Implementation and enforcement of EC environmental legislation' (Environmental Change Unit Seminar), main lecture room, School of Geography, 2--3.30 p.m. professor p.w. anderson: `Many-body theory of metals redux: new limitations, new concepts, new results with a focus on High-Tc Superconductors' (special lecture series), Lindemann Lecture Theatre, Clarendon Laboratory, 4.15 p.m. (also tomorrow, at same time). Tuesday 26 October bodleian library: introductory talk for readers, 9.30 a.m. (to attend, sign list in Old Library Entrance Hall (Proscholium)). david vaisey: `Who wrote Roger Plowman? A nineteenth-century conundrum' (Friends of the Bodleian thirty-minute lecture), Cecil Jackson Room, Sheldonian, 1 p.m. professor n. wolterstorff: `The many ways of speaking' (Wilde Lectures: `Divine discourse: reflections on the claim that God speaks'), Schools, 5 p.m. professor seamus heaney: ` "Speranza in Reading": The Ballad of Reading Gaol', Schools, 5 p.m. dr b. kouchner: `Aide humanitaire et droit d'ingerence: esperance ou nouveau mythe?', Maison Francaise, 5.15 p.m. Wednesday 27 October professor j.w. o'malley: `Hubert Jedin (1900--80): the classic statement' (Martin D'Arcy Lectures: `Whatever happened to the Counter-Reformation? Fifty years of interpretation'), Campion Hall, 5 p.m. professor elizabeth tonkin: `Queen and quean: managing and imagining gender in west Africa' (Centre for Cross-Cultural Research on Women: Kaberry Lecture), Regent's Park College, 5 p.m. dr b. kouchner: `Boat People: the end of asylum and the closing boundaries' (Refugee Studies Programme: Seminars on Forced Migration), Library Wing Seminar Room, Queen Elizabeth House, 5 p.m. Thursday 28 October bodleian library: introductory talk for readers, 9.30 a.m. (to attend, sign list in Old Library Entrance Hall (Proscholium)). dr kjersti larsen: `Women, men, and gendered spirits in a Zanzibar town' (Centre for Cross-Cultural Research on Women seminar), Library Wing Seminar Room, Queen Elizabeth House, 2 p.m. senatore francesco cossiga: `Law and culture in the Europe of the next millennium' (Tanner Lecture), Schools, 5 p.m. miss lesley brown and miss elizabeth knowles: `New light on old words: expansion of historical coverage of vocabulary in the New Shorter OED and the New OED' (Oxford English Dictionary Forum), Rewley House, 5 p.m.