Gazette 18 November 1993; No. 4307; Vol. 124 UNIVERSITY GAZETTE Thursday, 18 November 1993 UNIVERSITY ACTS ---------------- CONGREGATION 15 November Degree by Special Resolution No notice to the contrary having been received under the provisions of Tit. II, Sect. vi, cl. 6 (Statutes, 1993, p. 13), the following resolution is deemed to have been approved at noon on 15 November. Text of Special Resolution That the Degree of Master of Arts be conferred upon the following: robert anthony bickers, Nuffield College martin christopher grossel, ma status, Christ Church sunetra gupta, Merton College shinsuke kambe, Nuffield College john milsom, ma status, Christ Church 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, 1993, p. 328) has been accorded to the following persons who are qualified for membership of Congregation: kathleen dorothy ashcroft, Westminster College geoffrey brahm levey, St Anne's College 2 Register of Congregation Mr Vice-Chancellor reports that the following names have been added to the Register of Congregation: Ashcroft, K.D., MA status, Westminster Bickers, R.A., MA, Nuffield Dowker, A.D., MA, St Anne's Finch, A.M., MA, D.Phil., Jesus Fowler, P.G., MA, D.Phil., St Anne's Gupta, S., MA, Merton Howlett, D.R., MA, D.Phil., Corpus Christi Johnston, M.C., MA, St Edmund Hall Kambe, S., MA, Nuffield Levey, G.B., MA status, St Anne's Raeburn, D.A, MA, Christ Church CONGREGATION 16 November Promulgation of Statute A form of Statute was promulgated. No notice of opposition having been given, Mr Vice-Chancellor declared the preamble carried of the proposed Statute changing the membership of the Libraries Board. BOARDS OF FACULTIES For changes in regulations for examinations, to come into effect on 26 November, see `Examinations and Boards' below. UNIVERSITY AGENDA ------------------ CONGREGATION 22 November Degree by Special Resolution The following special resolution will be deemed to be approved at noon on 22 November, 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, 1993, p. 13) 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: joshua simon getzler, St Hugh's College CONGREGATION 30 November 2 p.m. 1 Voting on Statute promulgated on 16 November 2 Promulgation of Statute CONGREGATION 2 December Elections ANCIENT HOUSE OF CONGREGATION Degree Days 1993--5 CONGREGATIONS will be held in the Sheldonian Theatre for the purpose of granting graces and conferring degrees on the days shown below. All ceremonies will be divided, the first part commencing at 11.30 a.m., and the second part at 2.30 p.m. Michaelmas Term 1993 6 November 27 November Hilary Term 1994 22 January 5 March Trinity Term and Long Vacation 1994 21 May 11 June 16 July 30 July Michaelmas Term 1994 22 October 5 November 26 November Hilary Term 1995 21 January 4 March Trinity Term and Long Vacation 1995 20 May 10 June 15 July 29 July Names of candidates must be entered, through the authorities of a college or hall, with the Head Clerk, University Offices, Wellington Square, not later than 12 noon on the Wednesday ten days before the ceremony. The doors of the Sheldonian Theatre will normally open to visitors one hour before the commencement of the ceremony. Tickets will be required by visitors, and will be issued through the college and hall authorities. MATRICULATION CEREMONIES 1993--5 Michaelmas Term 1993 2 December Hilary Term 1994 10 March Trinity Term 1994 16 June Michaelmas Term 1994 15 October 1 December Hilary Term 1995 9 March Trinity Term 1995 15 June The time of the ceremony on 15 October 1994, which will be held in the Sheldonian Theatre, will be sent to colleges individually; other ceremonies will normally be held at 12.30 p.m. in Convocation House. Mr Vice-Chancellor regrets that because of the large number of candidates involved, visitors cannot be admitted to matriculation ceremonies.  A Guide to Procedures in Congregation is printed at pp. 19--27 of Statutes, 1993, and 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. WYKEHAM PROFESSORSHIP OF LOGIC david wiggins, ma, fba, Professor of Philosophy, Birkbeck College, University of London, has been appointed to the professorship with effect from a date to be arranged. Professor Wiggins will be a fellow of New College. GEORGE WEBB MEDLEY JUNIOR PRIZE 1993 Prizes have been awarded to bjoern p.o. killmer, St John's College (200), and gareth n. davies, Christ Church (100). WINTER WILLIAMS LAW PRIZES 1993 First Prize: georgia daines redpath, St Edmund Hall Second Prize: christopher ian james mcnall, Magdalen College Awards for Meritorious Work: anneli claire howard, St Edmund Hall, ian paul rogers, Hertford College, and alan price thomas, Balliol College NOTICE OF ELECTION Clerical and Library Negotiating Committee Notice is given that there will be an election, on 14 January 1994, of four representatives of clerical and library staff to join the staff side of the Clerical and Library Negotiating Committee, which normally meets twice each term to discuss matters relating to the local terms and conditions of employment of clerical and library staff. The need for the election has arisen as the current period of office of four of the present representatives expires on the first day of Hilary Term 1994. Three of the four representatives are eligible for re-election, and are listed below: mr r.l. shilcock, Modern Languages Faculty Library mrs j.m. thompson, Computing Services mrs v.a. mills, Institute for Economics and Statistics Those elected will hold office until the first day of Hilary Term 1996, and will be eligible for re-election. Those eligible for nomination and those eligible to propose and second nominations and to vote in the elections will be all staff, full-time and part-time, who are employed by the University in its clerical and library scales, who are not members of Unison. (Members of Unison are represented on the committee through the university Unison branch.) Nominations in writing, indicating the name and department of the nominee, and the names and departments of the proposer and the seconder, together with a statement from the nominee that he/she is willing to stand for election, should be sent to Mrs D.E. Fell, University Offices, Wellington Square, so as to arrive not later than 6 December. Voting papers will be distributed through departments on 13 December, to be returned by Friday, 14 January. Members of staff wishing to find out more about the work of the non-Unison representatives are welcome to contact the non- Unison Liaison Officer, Mrs J. Thompson, on extension 73230. CONTINUING EDUCATION The Department for Continuing Education exists to make the University accessible to men and women in ways which complement the University's provision for its resident members. Each year the department mounts several hundred courses, either part-time or short full-time, covering most subjects taught within the University (except management and clinical medicine). Courses last anything from one day to ten weeks (full time), and between ten weeks and two years on a part-time basis. During recent sessions about 11,000 students have enrolled annually for the department's courses, the average length of study being twenty hours. Apart from a large number of individual members of the University who offer courses or give lectures, the Department for Continuing Education works in co-operation with an increasing number of other departments and faculties throughout the University. It welcomes expressions of interest from individuals and departments who wish to become involved in or to explore continuing education activities. The department's main provision is organised through three programme offices (see below), each of which is able to provide more detailed information on current and forthcoming activities. In addition, the Kellogg Residential **Centre, when not being used for courses, can occasionally be made available for conferences and other residential meetings. The Public Programmes Office This office (Director: Mr R.T. Rowley) offers to the public a wide range of study opportunities in most academic disciplines through part-time day, evening, and short residential courses. Although most programmes have open entry and require no formal entry qualifications, an increasing number are award-bearing, at access, undergraduate, or postgraduate level, and many of these call for evidence of suitable entry requirements. As part of its broader contribution, the department runs the Rewley House Film Theatre on Sunday evenings during term. Individuals interested in offering courses or in contributing to other programmes are invited to contact the office. Details of all courses are publicised in annual prospectuses, or are available at any time from the department (telephone: (2)70312). The Continuing Professional Development Office Short and extended courses This office (Director: Mr P.G. Combey) draws on departments and faculties throughout the University to offer courses tailored specifically for individuals and groups drawn from industry, the professions, commerce, and academia. Courses vary from one- or two-day intensive updating courses based on the latest academic research, to longer courses enabling professionals to review advances in specialised fields, and acquire new areas of expertise and additional qualifications. Areas covered include engineering, law, information technology and computing, mathematics and statistics, education, biomedical science, and social studies. Tutors on courses include Oxford academics and research staff, and experts from other universities and organisations in the UK and abroad. Conferences/Seminars/Workshops The CPD Office is also able to offer a conference organisation and management service to colleagues within the University and other organisations. The Centre staff have specialist skills in running national and international meetings, and more than ten years' collective experience of organising and managing conferences, seminars, and training courses for up to 300 delegates at a time. The Centre provides a `total conference package' which combines the best of personal service with the highest professional standards. Services offered include the following: ---Conference planning and academic support ---Advice on speakers and speaker liaison ---Budget preparation and account management ---Venue sourcing, including residential accommodation, lecture theatres, hotels, and catering support ---Organisation of exhibitions and displays ---Promotion/advertising/marketing support ---Mailing; compilation of databases ---Design and provision of publicity ---Sourcing possible sponsorship ---Organisation of social programmes ---Excursions and tours ---Translation and interpretation services ---Technical and audio-visual support ---Pre-registration management and on-site registration services ---Preparation of pre-prints, binders, badges ---Post-conference reports and proceedings Further details are available from Oxford (2)70361. The International Progammes Office This office (Director: Dr A. Hawkins) offers a wide range of courses to undergraduates, graduates, and continuing education students from around the world. These courses include a year-long full-time programme for Japanese women graduates and a large number of three- and four-week courses held during the summer for students from Europe and North America. Programmes are held in partnership with institutions such as the Smithsonian Institution, University of California at Berkeley, Duke University, the University of Virginia, and Northwestern University. International Programmes also works with the British Council, the European Commission, and the ODA, as well as offering courses in partnership with the Bodleian Library and many other colleges and departments within the University. Subjects covered in these courses include topics from law and industrial relations through to archaeology, art history, and the physical and biological sciences. Tutors are drawn from Oxford academic and research staff, and expertise is also recruited from outside the University. Programmes vary in size from small groups of twenty-five students to larger programmes of over 200 participants. During the summer many residential International Programmes, including the Oxford International Summer School in English Literature, are held in colleges throughout Oxford, in addition to courses held at the Kellogg Residential Centre. Over the next few years the range of courses offered by the International Programmes Office will be expanded, drawing in more students from Europe, Japan, other countries in the Far East, and from elsewhere around the world. As the work of the International Programmes Office expands, approaches would be welcomed from those who have accommodation from which they would like to generate further income or from individuals with suitable qualifications interested in teaching on international programmes. Telephone: (2)70456. Enquiries should be directed to the numbers given above. General enquiries may be directed to the Director of the Department (Dr G.P. Thomas), at the Department for Continuing Education, 1 Wellington Square, Oxford OX1 2JA. CONINGTON PRIZE 1994 Amendment to entry in the Scholarhips and Prizes Supplement The prize will be offered for a dissertation on a subject to be chosen by the writer and approved by the Board of the Faculty of Literae Humaniores within the field of ancient history, religion, art, and archaeology. The value of the prize will be about 1,500. Applications for permission to offer an intended subject should be sent to the Secretary to the Board of the Faculty of Literae Humaniores, University Offices, Wellington Square, Oxford OX1 2JD, as early as possible but in any case by Friday, 10 December 1993. In case of doubt the Board will determine whether a subject falls within the above field. The dissertations must reach the Secretary to the Board on or before Friday, 14 January 1994. They may be written either in English or Latin, at the option of the writer, and should preferably be typed. Three copies must be submitted. The prize is open to all members of the University who, on the day appointed for sending in the dissertations, are (i) qualified by examination for a degree of the University and (ii) have completed six years, and have not exceeded fifteen years, from their matriculation, except that graduates whose first degrees are from other universities shall have completed two years, and not exceeded eleven years, from their matriculation. The prize may not be awarded twice to the same person, but a previously unsuccessful competitor may resubmit his dissertation, or an amended version of it, within the same field only on not more than two occasions. The judges may determine not to award the prize in any year if no dissertation of sufficient merit is submitted. The prize is offered annually in three fields in rotation. The cycle will continue as follows: 1995 ancient philosophy and ideas; 1996 classical literature, textual criticism, and philology; 1997 ancient history, religion, art, and archaeology. CONCERTS St Anne's College: Mrs Robert Balfour Concert XI dominic moore (solo violin), neal parker (solo viola), and the st anne's college orchestra, conducted by Huw Humphreys, will perform works by Arne, Mozart, Beethoven, and Copland, at 8 p.m. on Sunday, 28 November, in the Holywell Music Room. Tickets, costing 5 (students and concessions 2.50) may be obtained at the door, or by post from the College Secretary, St Anne's College. Friends of Rewley House: sponsored concert gabor takacs-nagy (violin), alexander baillie (violincello), and wu han (piano), will play works by Beethoven, Brahms, and Dvorak, at 7.30 p.m. on Wednesday, 8 December, in the Holywell Music Room. Tickets, costing 6 (concessions 4), are available at the door. The concert is sponsored by the Friends of Rewley House. `Pitt Stops' These short activities, for families to do together, take place from 2 p.m. on Saturdays in the Balfour Building, 60 Banbury Road, and are for accompanied children only. 11 Dec.: Segara Madu (Sea of Honey)---Balinese shadow play music 18 Dec.: Learning how to make a shadow puppet play !!1811 !! !! !! !! !! !! !! REVIEW OF MUSIC As part of its regular cycle of reviews, the General Board has established a committee with the following terms of reference: `In the light of the impending retirement of the Heather Professor of Music, to review the organisation and management of the Music Faculty; to consider the direction and balance of teaching, performance, and research in the faculty, and its level of support for it; and, in consultation with the University Surveyor, to review matters relating to existing accommodation and future space needs of the department.' The committee would welcome the comments of any interested members of Congregation, which should be sent to Dr M.A. Smith, University Offices, Wellington Square, by Monday, 22 November. !!1811 !!2511 UNIVERSITY NURSERIES The University has obtained planning permission for a second nursery for fifty children, aged from four months to five years, to be built in Bradmore Road, in addition to the Mansion House Nursery, Summertown House (twenty-four places). At present, it is expected that the Bradmore Road Nursery will open in late June or early July 1994. Matriculated students of the University, wholly or mainly pursuing their studies, and staff of the University and colleges are eligible to apply for places at the nurseries. Application forms and details may be obtained from the Nursery Manager, Mansion House Nursery, Summertown House, Banbury Road, Oxford OX2 7QZ. Those wishing to be considered for the first and major allocation of places at the Bradmore Road Nursery should return application forms to the Nursery Manager by 17 December. Those awaiting places are asked to note that they are required to write to the Nursery Manager, Mansion House Nursery (not the Childcare Officer) each term confirming that they need a place; otherwise their names will be deleted from the waiting list. ASHMOLEAN MUSEUM Exhibitions now open Modern Chinese paintings, from a private collection (until 28 November) Engravings by Roger Vieillard (1907--89), widely considered the finest French engraver of this century (until 16 January) Wood engravings by Monica Poole, one of the most brilliant of present-day English wood-engravers (until 16 January) After Powhatan: paintings by Gordon House (until 10 April) 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). CHRIST CHURCH PICTURE GALLERY Exhibitions now open 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) Drawings for transfer: fifteenth--seventeeth-century working drawings: includes works by Domenichino, Naldini, and Agostino Carracci (until 14 January) Forthcoming exhibition Images of women: a selection of Old Master drawings of women, including works by Ribera, Federicco Zuccaro, and Abraham Bloemaert (7 December--16 February) 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. UNIVERSITY MUSEUM Parks Road, Oxford OX1 3PW Exhibition now open Banks's Florilegium (until 4 January) The museum is open from Monday to Saturday, 12 noon to 5 p.m. Admission is free. 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) `Pitt Stops' These short activities, for families to do together, take place from 2 p.m. on Saturdays in the Balfour Building, 60 Banbury Road, and are for accompanied children only. 11 Dec.: Segara Madu (Sea of Honey)---Balinese shadow play music 18 Dec.: Learning how to make a shadow puppet play 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., and in term also on Fridays at 5 p.m. All those interested in learning to play are welcome, especially at the beginners' sessions on Fridays. On 20--21 November, a Recorder Weekend will be held, with Alan Davis. The cost is 20 (10 for junior members of the University; 15 for other students and Friends of the Bate Collection). BODLEIAN LIBRARY Guided tours The Bodleian Library guides conduct tours to the Divinity School, Convocation House, and Duke Humfrey's Library on weekdays at 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 the end of Hilary Term. Tours for larger groups at other times may be arranged by telephoning the Librarian's Secretary on Oxford (2)77165. 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.' PROFESSOR OF POETRY professor seamus heaney will lecture at 5 p.m. on Tuesday, 23 November, in the Examination Schools. The lecture is open to the public. Subject: `Frontiers of writing.' FORD'S LECTURES IN ENGLISH HISTORY British society, 1780--1980: enterprise culture and the gentrification syndrome professor f.m.l. thompson, fba, Institute of Historical Research, University of London, will deliver the Ford's Lectures for 1993-- 4 at 5 p.m. on the following Fridays in Hilary Term 1994, in the Examination Schools. 21 Jan.: `Problems and perceptions.' 28 Jan.: `Aristocrats as entrepreneurs.' 4 Feb.: `Entrepreneurs as aristocrats and gentry.' 11 Feb.: `Entrepreneurial culture and the culture of entrepreneurs.' 18 Feb.: `Educating the unenterprising businessman.' 25 Feb.: `Gentry values, entrepreneurial values, and the state.' ENGLISH LANGUAGE AND LITERATURE professor h. vendler, Harvard University, will lecture at 5 p.m. on Friday, 19 November, in the Gulbenkian Lecture Theatre, the St Cross Building. Convener: J.S. Kelly, MA, D.Phil., University Lecturer (CUF) in English. Subject: `Robert Lowell and the topicality of the lyric.' MEDIEVAL AND MODERN LANGUAGES Special lecture on Michelangelo professor michael hirst, Courtauld Institute of Art, London, will lecture at 8.30 p.m. on Friday, 26 November, in the Oakeshott Room, Lincoln College. Convener: M. Dorigatti, MA (D.Litt. Florence), University College, on behalf of the University Italian Society. Subject: `Michelangelo's dialogue with the antique; the cases of the Sleeping Cupid and the Bacchus.' PHYSIOLOGICAL SCIENCES Department of Human Anatomy professor donald pfaff, Rockefeller University, New York, will lecture at 5 p.m. on Friday, 3 December, in the Lecture Theatre, the Department of Human Anatomy. Subject: `Molecular aspects of steroids and neuronal function.' OFFICE FOR HUMANITIES COMMUNICATION Seminar series: the humanities in the electronic age dr susan wright, Cambridge, will present the next seminar in this series, to be held at 5 p.m. on Monday, 22 November, in the Habakkuk Room, Jesus College. Subject: `The role of the computer in the search for the sources of standard English in the eighteenth century.' OXFORD CENTRE FOR ISLAMIC STUDIES professor l. patrick harvey, King's College, London, will present a seminar at 5 p.m. on Wednesday, 24 November, in the Oxford Centre for Islamic Studies, 10 St Cross Road. Subject: `Forcible conversion and its consequences: Spain's Morisco problem in the sixteenth and seventeenth centuries.' QUEEN ELIZABETH HOUSE Refugee Studies Programme frank sieverts, spokesman for the Committee on Foreign Relations, United States Senate, will give a talk at 2 p.m. on Thursday, 25 November, in the Blackhall Seminar Room, Queen Elizabeth House. Subject: `Refugees and American foreign policy.' ST JOHN'S COLLEGE The first St John's Ancient World Debate paul rahe, University of Tulsa, will speak on his recent book Republics Ancient and Modern at 2 p.m. on Friday, 26 November, in the Garden Quad Auditorium, St John's College. The interlocutors will be Paul Cartledge, of Clare College, Cambridge, and Eric Foner, Harmsworth Visiting Professor. Convener: N. Purcell, MA, University Lecturer (CUF) in Ancient History. OXFORD MEDIEVAL SOCIETY dr donnchadh o corrain, University College, Cork, will lecture at 8.30 p.m. on Thursday, 25 November, in the Rainolds Room, Corpus Christi College. Wine will be served from 8.15 p.m. New members are welcome. Subject: `Women and the law in early Christian Ireland.' ROYAL ACADEMY OF ENGINEERING dr stephen sheard will lecture at 6 p.m. on Wednesday, 24 November, in the Thom Building, the Department of Engineering Science. For reservations and further information, contact Ms Anne- Marie Sullivan, Royal Academy of Engineering, 2 Little Smith Street, London SW1 (telephone: 071-222 2688, fax: 071-233 0054). Subject: `A miniature microscope---made in Japan!' 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). OTHER GRANTS Board of the Faculty of Modern History Sydney Mayer Scholarship for Graduate Study in History in the University of Michigan The board invites application for a Sydney Mayer Scholarship tenable from 1 October 1994 for a one-year MA course in history at the University of Michigan. The scholarship, which is funded by Sydney L. Mayer, is open to candidates who are due to take Final Honour School examinations in Trinity Term 1994 in Modern History, or Ancient and Modern History, or Modern History and Economics, or Modern History and English, or Modern History and Modern Languages. All other things being equal, preference will be given to candidates from Oriel College; but the field is open to candidates from all colleges. Application forms for the studentship and details of the MA course in history available at the University of Michigan are available from the Faculty Board Secretary, University Offices. No separate application to the University of Michigan is necessary. The award will be sufficient to cover the fees of the University of Michigan, travel expenses to and from the scholar's home, $9,000 for subsistence, books, etc., and up to $1,000 for additional travel. Candidates should ensure that their completed application form, which should be accompanied by one piece of written work of not more than 2,000 words, should be with the Faculty Board Secretary at the above address by Monday, 17 January. They should ask their referees to send letters of recommendation directly to the Faculty Board Secretary by the same date. Scholarships for study in Germany Michael Foster Memorial Scholarship Applications are invited from members of the University for the Michael Foster Memorial Scholarship. The scholarship is tenable for ten months from 1 October 1994 at any university, technical university, or art or music academy (at the choice of the successful candidate) in Germany, and may be extended at the discretion of the Deutscher Akademischer Austauschdienst. The successful candidate must undertake research or other academic work in a field of his or her own choice. The scholar will receive a monthly maintenance grant and remission of university or institution fees and dues (but he or she will have to pay a compulsory Student's Union fee). A small grant will be paid at the beginning of the award period to cover incidental expenses and the scholar will be entitled to a small book grant each term. An additional grant will be paid to assist with travel expenses. A scholar who is married before taking up the award will receive an additional allowance, if accompanied by his or her partner. The scholarship is not tenable concurrently with any other travelling award. It should be noted that the scholarship does not include payment of any Oxford fees for which the scholar may be liable while he or she is in Germany. Candidates who hold British Academy studentships may however apply for suspension of their awards and suspension of status to enable them to take up the scholarship if elected. Candidates for the scholarship must be British subjects and members of the University who will not have attained the age of thirty-two years by 1 October 1994, and either (a) will have completed all the examinations required for the Oxford BA Degree, or (b) have embarked on a course of postgraduate study at the University. Candidates will normally be expected to show a reasonable proficiency in the use of German language, but if a candidate does not have a good knowledge of German a further grant may be made available to enable him or her to attend a language course in Germany before university entrance there. Candidates' proposed programmes of research must be such that they can best be carried out at a German university or other institution of higher learning. Applications must be received by the Secretary to the Board of Management, Michael Foster Memorial Scholarship, International Office, University Offices, Wellington Square, Oxford OX1 2JD, not later than Friday, 10 December 1993. They must include: (i) the applicant's age; (ii) a brief statement of his or her academic career; (iii) a brief programme of the work he or she proposes to undertake, the institution at which he or she would wish to study in Germany, the reasons for the choice of institution, and some evidence that he or she has made contact with the head of the chosen institution; (iv) a certificate from the head of his or her society that the application is made with the approval of the society and that the applicant is a British subject; (v) the names of two academic referees. It is the candidate's responsibility to ensure that references reach the Secretary by the closing date. Note: If applying for the Theodor Heuss Fellowship as well as the Foster Scholarship, one application will suffice. Hanseatic Scholarships These scholarships have been established by the generosity of the FVS (Freiherr von Stein/Friedrich von Schiller) Foundation which wishes to reciprocate the Rhodes Scholarships to Oxford from Germany. The aim of the Foundation is to promote closer Anglo-German links within a European context. At present two scholarships are to be offered each year. Candidates must be British subjects, unmarried, and graduate or undergraduate (final year) members of Oxford University. They should not have passed their twenty-eighth birthday by 1 October 1994, the date by which the scholars elected in 1994 will be expected to take up their scholarships. These are tenable for two years for study at Hamburg University. The successful candidate must undertake research at doctoral or postdoctoral level or give evidence of a workable project not connected to a research degree. There is the opportunity to obtain a German degree. The value of the scholarships is currently DM 13,000 per annum and is subject to regular review. Sufficient knowledge of the German language is desirable, but when a candidate does not have a good knowledge of German, he or she is expected to attend a language course in Germany prior to university entry. Applications should be sent to the Secretary, Hanseatic Scholarships, International Office, University Offices, Wellington Square, Oxford OX1 2JD (from whom further particulars may be obtained) by Friday, 10 December 1993. The applications should include (i) the applicant's full name and age; (ii) a photograph of the applicant; (iii) a curriculum vitae; (iv) a programme of the work which the candidate proposes to undertake; (v) the names of two referees; (vi) a certificate from the head of the candidate's society that the application is made with the approval of the college and that the applicant is a British citizen; (vii) a health certificate. It is the candidate's responsibility to ensure that references reach the Secretary by the closing date. Interviews will take place in Oxford during February 1994 and the decision of the selectors will be announced shortly thereafter. Theodor Heuss Research Fellowship Applications are invited from members of the University for the Theodor Heuss Research Fellowship. The Fellowship, which is financed through the Alexander von Humboldt Stiftung out of a gift from the late President of the Federal Republic of Germany, is tenable for the twelve months of the academic year 1994--5 at any university or other institution of higher learning (at the choice of the successful candidate) in Germany, and may be extended for a second year at the discretion of the Stiftung. The Fellowship is especially intended for research in the following subjects: Ancient History and Literature, Modern History, Modern Languages and Literature, English Literature, Oriental Studies, Philosophy, Politics, and Economics. Applications from other academic fields will, however, be welcomed. The holder of the Fellowship will receive a monthly maintenance grant. In addition, first-class rail travel from the Fellow's home to his or her place of study in Germany will be provided, and all university or institute fees will be paid on the Fellow's behalf (but he or she will have to pay a compulsory Students' Union fee). Upon application a monthly marriage allowance may also be paid. It should be noted that the fellowship does not include the payment of any Oxford fees for which the Fellow may be liable while he or she is in Germany. Candidates who hold British Academy Studentships may however apply for suspension of their awards and suspension of status to enable them to take the Fellowship if elected. Candidates for the Fellowship must be British subjects and members of the University who will not have attained the age of thirty-two years by 1 October 1994, and either (a) have embarked on a course of postgraduate study at the University or (b) have already obtained a postgraduate qualification of the University. Candidates will normally be expected to show a reasonable proficiency in the use of German language, but if a candidate does not have a good knowledge of German a further grant may be made available to enable him or her to attend a language course in Germany before university entrance there. Candidates' proposed programmes of research must be such that they can best be carried out at a German university or other institution of higher learning. Applications must be received by the Secretary to the Board of Management, Theodor Heuss Fellowship, International Office, University Offices, Wellington Square, Oxford OX1 2JD, not later than Friday, 10 December 1993. They must include: (i) the applicant's age; (ii) a brief statement of his or her academic career; (iii) a brief programme of the work he or she proposes to undertake, the institution at which he or she would wish to study in Germany, the reasons for the choice of institution, and some evidence that he or she has made contact with the head of the chosen institution or with any other member of the academic staff; (iv) a certificate from the head of his or her society that the application is made with the approval of the society and that the applicant is a British subject; (v) the names of two academic referees. It is the candidate's responsibility to ensure that references reach the Secretary by the closing date. Note: If applying for the Michael Foster Scholarship as well as the Heuss Fellowship, one application will suffice. St Andrew's Society of the State of New York Scholarship 1994--5 Two scholarships will be offered by the St Andrew's Society of the State of New York for study at universities within 250 miles of New York during the academic year 1994--5. The monetary value of the scholarship grant is $15,000, the use of which is restricted to university tuition fees, room and board, and transportation expenses. Any costs above this must be met by the successful applicant. The grants are open to men and women with Scottish background by way of birth or descent, graduating for the first time from a Scottish university or Oxford or Cambridge in 1993 or 1994. The closing date for applications is 14 January. Further particulars may be obtained from the International Office, University Offices, Wellington Square (telephone: (2)70135), or from the Rt. Hon. Lord Younger of Prestwick, KCVO, TD, DL, Chairman of the Selection Committee, St Andrew's Society of the State of New York, the Royal Bank of Scotland Group PLC, 42 St Andrew's Square, Edinburgh EH2 2YE. EXAMINATIONS AND BOARDS ------------------------- BOARD OF THE FACULTY OF ANTHROPOLOGY AND GEOGRAPHY Co-option The Board of the Faculty of Anthropology and Geography has co- opted dr h.t.a.m. la rue, ma, d.phil., Fellow of Lady Margaret Hall, for the statutory period of two years from the first day of Michaelmas Term 1993. BOARD OF THE FACULTY OF LITERAE HUMANIORES Co-options The Board of the Faculty of Literae Humaniores has co-opted professor j.f. matthews, ma, d.phil., Fellow of Queen's College, and dr r.c.s. walker, ma, d.phil., Fellow of Magdalen College, both for the statutory period of two years from the first day of Michaelmas Term 1993. CHAIRMAN OF EXAMINERS The Vice-Chancellor desires to call the attention of all examiners to the provisions of Ch. VI, Sect. ii.c, 1, clauses 1--3 (Examination Decrees, 1992, p. 881), which require examiners in all university examinations to appoint one of their number to act as Chairman, to notify the appointment to the Vice-Chancellor, and to publish it in the University Gazette. He desires that these appointments shall be notified to the Clerk of the Schools who will himself inform the Vice-Chancellor and see that notice of them is duly published in the University Gazette. CHAIRMEN OF EXAMINERS Trinity Term 1994 Preliminary Examinations Philosophy, Politics, and Economics: s.g. williams, b.phil., ma, d.phil., Fellow of Worcester Physical Sciences: j.h.d. eland, ma, d.phil., Fellow of Worcester (address: Department of Physical Chemistry) Honour Moderations: Classics and English: l.g. black, ma, d.phil., Fellow of Oriel Music: s.l.f. wollenberg, ma, d.phil., Fellow of Lady Margaret Hall (address: Music Faculty) Honour School Mathematics and Philosophy: i.a. ault, ma, Fellow of St Hilda's Master of Philosophy English Studies Courses (vi), (vii), and (viii): m.l.h.l. weaver, ma, d.phil., Fellow of Linacre Master of Science Agricultural Economics: g.j. tyler, ma, Fellow of St Cross (address: Queen Elizabeth House) Master of Studies Research Methods in English (Medieval Period): m.r. godden, ma, Fellow of Pembroke Research Methods in English (Modern Period): s.c. gill, b.phil., ma, Fellow of Lincoln Foreign Service Programme Certificate in Diplomatic Studies 1993- -4 sir john johnson, ma, Fellow of Keble EXAMINATION SCHOOLS Accommodation for Lectures Hilary Term 1994 The Chairman of the Curators of the Schools would be grateful if Professors, Readers, and University Lecturers who wish to lecture at the Schools in Hilary Term 1994 could inform the Clerk of the Schools at the end of the present term. It is necessary to know whether a room suitable for an audience of more than one hundred persons is required; only the three large writing-schools will accommodate more than that number. Leave for the use of rooms for lectures will expire at the end of the seventh week of Hilary Term. Afternoon lectures should normally finish by 6 p.m. Attention is drawn to the fact that overhead projection equipment and 35-mm projectors are available. When these facilities are required the Clerk of the Schools should be notified in advance. CHANGES IN REGULATIONS With the approval of the General Board, the following changes in regulations made by boards of faculties will come into effect on 26 November. Boards of the Faculties of Literae Humaniores and Theology Honour School of Philosophy and Theology With effect from 1 October 1994 (for first examination in 1995) 1 In Examination Decrees, 1992, p. 462, l. delete `(xv)' and substitute `(xvii)'. 2 Ibid., p. 463, delete ll. 19--21 and substitute: `(xvii) Thesis. The subject of every thesis should fall within the scope of theology. The provisions governing theses are the same as those given for theses in Philosophy in this school, as specified in Regulations for Philosophy in some of the Honour Schools, except that the provisions in the Regulations for Philosophy for subject 199 that `The subject of every thesis should fall within the scope of philosophy' does not apply to theses in theology.' !!1811 !!2511 EXAMINATION SCHOOLS Accommodation for Lectures Hilary Term 1994 The Chairman of the Curators of the Schools would be grateful if Professors, Readers, and University Lecturers who wish to lecture at the Schools in Hilary Term 1994 could inform the Clerk of the Schools at the end of the present term. It is necessary to know whether a room suitable for an audience of more than one hundred persons is required; only the three large writing-schools will accommodate more than that number. Leave for the use of rooms for lectures will expire at the end of the seventh week of Hilary Term. Afternoon lectures should normally finish by 6 p.m. Attention is drawn to the fact that overhead projection equipment and 35-mm projectors are available. When these facilities are required the Clerk of the Schools should be notified in advance. !!1811 !!2511 CHAIRMAN OF EXAMINERS The Vice-Chancellor desires to call the attention of all examiners to the provisions of Ch. VI, Sect. ii.c, 1, clauses 1--3 (Examination Decrees, 1992, p. 881), which require examiners in all university examinations to appoint one of their number to act as Chairman, to notify the appointment to the Vice-Chancellor, and to publish it in the University Gazette. He desires that these appointments shall be notified to the Clerk of the Schools who will himself inform the Vice-Chancellor and see that notice of them is duly published in the University Gazette. !!1811 !!2511 !! !! !! !! !! !! !! !! !! !! !! !! !! !! !! !! !! !! !! !! !! !! 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 shor 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 m.-b.f.m.p. dembour, St John's: `The memory of colonialism. Meetings with former colonial officers of the Belgian Congo'. Institute of Social and Cultural Anthropology, Wednesday, 24 November, 2 p.m. Examiners: M.J. Banks, J.E.A. Tonkin. BIOLOGICAL SCIENCES k.p.m. labib, Linacre: `Regulation of S-phase and mitosis in fission yeast'. Department of Zoology, Monday, 10 January, 2 p.m. Examiners: A.E. Wheals, S.E. Kearsey. LAW m. allen, St John's: `EEC law and the control of mergers'. St Edmund Hall, Monday, 22 November, 2.30 p.m. Examiners: R. Whish, D. Wyatt. LITERAE HUMANIORES g. banham, Hertford: `A critical commentary on Nietzsche's The Birth of Tragedy'. Examination Schools, Friday, 3 December, 2.15 p.m. Examiners: B.A.O. Williams, H. Caygill. MEDIEVAL AND MODERN LANGUAGES r.a.f. polonsky, Merton: `The role of English and Am- erican literature in Russian poetry and aesthetics, c.1890--1910'. St Cross Building, Wednesday, 24 November, 2.15 p.m. Examiners: J.O. Bayley, A. Pyman. MODERN HISTORY j.g. mccoy, Hertford: `Local political culture in the Hanoverian Empire: the case of Ireland 1714--60'. Hertford, Wednesday, 15 December, 11 a.m. Examiners: T.C. Barnard, D.W. Hayton. PHYSICAL SCIENCES a. caloutsis, Wolfson: `Some problems in magneto- hydrodynamics'. Mathematical Institute, Friday, 19 November, 2.15 p.m. Examiners: L.C. Woods, P. Browning. b. louie, St Hilda's: `Permeation of fluids through porous materials'. Department of Engineering Science, Wednesday, 8 December, 2.15 p.m. Examiners: P.B. Whalley, L.F. Gladden. c. marsh, Wolfson: `Microstructural studies of high-dose oxygen implanted silicon'. Department of Materials, Thursday, 16 December, 10 a.m. Examiners: M.L. Jenkins, C. Hill. f.h. potter, Wolfson: `Surface studies of tungsten bronzes'. Inorganic Chemistry Laboratory, Tuesday, 7 December, 2.15 p.m. Examiners: R.G. Denning, W.R. Flavell. PSYCHOLOGICAL STUDIES n.m. noor, Exeter: `Work and family roles in relation to women's well-being'. Department of Experimental Psychology, Thursday, 9 December, 2 p.m. Examiners: R. Eiser, G. Claridge. SOCIAL STUDIES k.j. jochelson, St Antony's: `The colour of disease: syphilis and racism in South Africa, 1910--50.' School of Oriental and African Studies, London (with the approval of the Proctors), Friday, 26 November, 2 p.m. Examiners: T.O. Ranger, S. Marks. p. lowden, St Antony's: `The vicariate of solidarity: moral opposition to authoritarian rule in Chile, 1973--90'. Examination Schools, Wednesday, 12 January, 3 p.m. Examiners: J. Fandez, F. Lannon. j. malcolm newton, St Antony's: `Soviet policy towards France 1958--91: a case-study of the Soviet Union's Westpolitik'. Social Studies Faculty Centre, Friday, 17 December, 2.15 p.m. Examiners: N. Malcolm, E.A. Roberts. t note of it were sent in advance. COLLEGES, HALLS, AND SOCIETIES --------------------------------- OBITUARIES LINACRE COLLEGE obert c. tanner (ba, ll.b., jud Utah), 14 October 1993; Honorary Fellow from 1988. Aged 89. ST ANNE'S COLLEGE kathleen gledhill (nee Wilson), October 1993; Society of Oxford Home-Students 1928--31. Aged 84. ion g. parry, September 1993; commoner 1979--83. Aged 33. ST CROSS COLLEGE arthur edwin needham, 6 November 1993; University Demonstrator in Zoology, and later Lecturer in Zoology, 1948--65; Fellow 1965- -79. Aged 81. ST PETER'S COLLEGE the revd richard alexander bell, ma, 18 September 1993; commoner 1933--6. Aged 79. reginald britten hale, 12 June 1993; commoner 1933--6. Aged 81. the revd william ernest harley, ma, December 1992; commoner 1928- -32. Aged 84. timothy robert gordon moir, ba, 1 March 1993; commoner 1936--9. Aged 75. anthony william spear, ma, October 1992; commoner 1950--3. Aged 74. stephen richard john wilcox, ma, 17 October 1993; commoner 1969-- 72. Aged 42. robert henry wilson, ma, probably 1993; commoner 1936--9. Aged 75. TRINITY COLLEGE philip arthur harcourt armes, 4 June 1993; commoner 1941. Aged 70. john martin bentley-taylor, 1980; commoner 1935. Aged 63. john brett fletcher, 5 October 1993; commoner 1923. Aged 87. mohamed jameelur rehmar khan, 11 September 1993; commoner as Pakistan C.S. Probationer 1956. Aged 59. thomas royston plummer, 22 June 1993; commoner 1921. Aged 90. WOLFSON COLLEGE ronald godfrey lienhardt, ma, d.phil. (ma Cambridge), 9 November 1993; Reader in Social Anthropology and Professorial Fellow 1967- -88, Emeritus Fellow 1988--93. Aged 72. ELECTIONS ALL SOULS COLLEGE To a Fellowship by Examination: peter andrew vincent sarris, ba, Balliol College CHRIST CHURCH To Ordinary Studentships: the revd michael geoffrey st aubyn jackson, ma, d.phil. (ba Dublin, ph.d. Cambridge) john milsom, d.phil. (b.mus. Surrey) martin christopher grossel, ma status (b.sc., ph.d. London) GREEN COLLEGE To Honorary Visiting Fellowships: donald arthur chambers (ab, ph.d. British Columbia) richard ericson (ba Guelph, ph.d., d.litt. Cambridge), frs (Canada) To a Visiting Fellowship of the Green College Centre (for one year): john david woods, cbe (b.sc., ph.d., dic London), arcs JESUS COLLEGE To Meyricke Graduate Scholarships: m. ap huw (ba Wales), University College of North Wales, Bangor r.a. jones (ba Wales), University College of Wales, Cardiff LADY MARGARET HALL To a Cephalosporin Scholarship: richard pash, formerly of Exeter School To a James Cropper Scholarship: philippa jackson, formerly of Westminster School To a Mary Talbot Scholarship: kin hung, formerly of the King's School, Worcester To an Old Students' Scholarship: robert fuller, formerly of Stoke-on-Trent Sixth-Form College To Ethel Ginsburg Scholarships: timothy day, formerly of Queen Mary's Grammar School, Walsall lauren rigg, formerly of Ripley St Thomas High School, Lancaster To Mary Stillman Harkness Scholarships: daniel cohen, formerly of City of London School christopher saunders, formerly of Burnham Grammar School, Buckinghamshire ian sumter, formerly of King Edward VI School, Chelmsford To Jocelyn Moore Scholarships: how t. low, formerly of Hwa Chong Junior College, Singapore nicholas parish, formerly of King's College School, Wimbledon To Heron Allen Scholarships: sarah bell, formerly of York College for Girls claire reindorp, formerly of Stantonbury Campus School, Milton Keynes claire sears, formerly of Nottingham Girls' High School To Ethel Ginsburg Exhibitions: russell agius, formerly of South-east Essex Sixth-Form College, Benfleet nicholas asbury, formerly of Manchester Grammar School emma folds, formerly of Badminton School, Bristol lynne ng, formerly of Victoria Junior College, Singapore emily rea, formerly of Wilmington Girls' School, Dartford lauren rigg, formerly of Ripley St Thomas High School, Lancaster james smith, formerly of Brentwood School, Essex janie steen, formerly of Downe House School, Newbury katie worrall, formerly of Sherborne School for Girls LINCOLN COLLEGE To Crewe Scholarships: neil alistair dryden, formerly of the High School, Glasgow suzanne ebbinghaus, formerly of Albert-Ludwigs Universitat grant raymond edwards, formerly of Lincoln University, New Zealand nicholas patrick rowland hill, formerly of Monmouth School stephen benjamin howard, formerly of Warwick School sabine jeanne jaccaud, formerly of the University of Geneva matthew keer, formerly of the Royal Grammar School, High Wycombe james henry mccracken, formerly of the Royal Grammar School, Guildford david christopher parkes, formerly of Holmes Chapel School lionel david smith, formerly of University of Cambridge alexander thoukydides, formerly of Bournemouth School jan van vuuren, formerly of the University of Stellenbosch tirayut vilaivan, formerly of Chulalongkorn University, Thailand To Organ Scholarships: alexander david christopher chaplin, formerly of Chigwell School louise ruth marsh, formerly of Kingswood School, Bath To a Sidgwick Scholarship: liam richard sutton, formerly of Bradford Grammar School To Scholarships: judith caroline austerberry, formerly of Gordonstoun School andrew james barfoot, formerly of Bradford Grammar School mark edwards barnes, formerly of St Columba's College victoria clare barnett, formerly of King Edward VI School, Southampton peter kenneth bell, formerly of Campbell College, Belfast anne caroline lloyd davies, formerly of Haberdashers' School, Monmouth dominic matthew robert fox, formerly of Monmouth School adam soliman hamdy, formerly of Greenhill College, Harrow francis adrian irving, formerly of Cheadle Hulme School lynne mccafferty, formerly of Richmond School andrea lindsay mcclung, formerly of Belfast Royal Academy amy jane mcclellan, formerly of Stoke-on-Trent Sixth-Form College john alan northan, formerly of Marton Sixth-Form College robin james daniel prestwich, formerly of Durham Johnston School paul david smith, formerly of Newry High School nicola jane stubbs, formerly of Guildford High School helen christine wilkinson, formerly of Bradford Girls' Grammar School To a Kolkhorst Exhibition: michael john monnelly, formerly of the Grange School, Northwich To an Old Members' Exhibition: hans olav melberg, formerly of the Armand Hammer United World College To Exhibitions: daniel hugh brown, formerly of Bradford Grammar School paul cheng, formerly of Winchester College richard linton green, formerly of Birkenhead School nicholas james harker, formerly of Uckfield Community College david malcolm jollie, formerly of Solihull School sven evans lewis, formerly of Cyffig Comprehensive School julian lloyd, formerly of Vaynor and Penderyn Comprehensive School eloise alexandra natalie mcgleish, formerly of Newport Girls' High School samantha jayne nelson, formerly of Leeds Girls' High School stuart thomas nelson, formerly of Belfast Royal Academy edmund james newey, formerly of Abingdon School nathaniel edward reginald plowman, formerly of Chichester College of Technology george sinclair porteous, formerly of Trent College tariq jameel jeremy, formerly of Bradford Grammar School indira rao, formerly of City of London School for Girls alexander george schofield, formerly of Plymouth College matthew jude sullivan, formerly of St George's School, Weybridge james richard terry, formerly of South-east Essex Sixth-Form College margaret eileen topping, formerly of Sullivan Upper School elizabeth jane webster, formerly of Kent College matthew john geoffrey williams, formerly of St Peter's School, York ORIEL COLLEGE To a Paul Ries Collin Scholarship for Graduate Studies: a. mehta To a Graduate Scholarship: d. talbot-ponsonby To Exhibitions: a.m. fryer, formerly of Scarborough Sixth-Form College PEMBROKE COLLEGE To a Blackett Memorial Scholarship and a Bannister Scholarship (from MT 1993): chinmay gupte, formerly of John Lyon School, Middlesex To a Scholarship in Law (from MT 1993): john q. davies, formerly of United World College of the Atlantic, Glamorgan To Domus Scholarships (from MT 1993): john h. armour, formerly of Bilborough College, Nottingham miss corinne berg, formerly of Newstead Wood School for Girls, Kent steven m. ellis, formerly of Halesowen College, West Midlands george kollias, formerly of Athens College, Greece miss philippa h. munns, formerly of Nonsuch High School, Surrey garry o'connor, formerly of Fishguard County Secondary School, Dyfed alan j. pearce, formerly of Poole Grammar School, Dorset miss olivia m. saunders, formerly of the Abbey School, Berkshire gary g. whitlock, formerly of Warwick School ST ANNE'S COLLEGE To Scholarships: kasia harvey, formerly of Lady Eleanor Holles School, Middlesex edward herail, formerly of Notre Dame Sixth-Form College, Leeds judith thornton, formerly of Bartholomew School, Eynsham To Exhibitions: rebecca probert, formerly of Coventry School nicholas walton, formerly of Conyers School, Cleveland ST CROSS COLLEGE To Professorial Fellowships: peter michael reynolds hill (ma Cambridge) gareth parry, ma (b.sc., ph.d. London) To an Official Fellowship: william dickson mudie rae, ma, d.phil. (b.sc. Edinburgh) To a Fellowship by Special Election: lorna a. casselton, ma (b.sc., ph.d., d.sc. London) To the Samir Shamma Visiting Fellowship in Islamic Numismatics and Epigraphy: lutz ilisch (ma, d.phil. Muenster) To a Visiting Fellowship: gregory vaughan jones, ma, d.phil., (ma, ph.d. Cambridge) To a Paula Soans O'Brien Scholarship: kirsten shepherd, ba To a E.P. Abrahams Scholarship: james huntley, ba To a Major College Scholarship: jack scannell, ba ST PETER'S COLLEGE To a Senior Research Fellowship (SERC in Mathematics) (from 1 October 1993), and to an Official Fellowship in Mathematics (from 1 October 1994): lionel jeremy mason, ma, d.phil. WADHAM COLLEGE To an Honorary Fellowship: sir claus moser, kcb, cbe, fba, former Warden of the College To an Emeritus Fellowship: professor r.j.p. williams, frs To a Foundation Fellowship: mr david k. richards MANSFIELD COLLEGE To a Scholarship: loy york jiun PRIZES GREEN COLLEGE Champneys Elective Prize ian boden wilkinson, bm, b.ch. Proxime accessit: julie carol smith, bm, b.ch. !!1811 NOTICES CHRIST CHURCH, MERTON COLLEGE, AND ST JOHN'S COLLEGE Junior Research Fellowships The governing bodies of the three colleges propose to elect in co-operation eleven Junior Research Fellows, in arts and sciences, according to an agreed allocation of subjects between the colleges. The fellowships are open to men and women and are tenable from 1 October 1994. One of the Junior Research Fellows at St John's College may hold a Fereday Fellowship, which is open to can- didates who are either kin to the founder, or were born or educated for at least two years in the county of Staf-ford. The fellows must engage in original research and may, with the permission of the appropriate governing body, undertake a limited amount of teaching. Application forms, together with further particulars, and details of the allocation of subjects, may be obtained from the Warden's Secretary, Merton College, Oxford OX1 4JD (telephone: Oxford (2)76352, fax: (2)76282). The closing date for applications is 14 January. NEW COLLEGE Fixed-term Fellowship in French Literature The college proposes, with effect from 1 October 1994, to make election to a five-year fixed-term Fellowship in French Literature (pre-1800). The fellowship is not renewable. Application forms and further particulars may be obtained from the Senior Tutor, New College, Oxford OX1 3BN (telephone: Oxford (2)79596, fax: (2)79590). Applicants should request three referees to send confidential testimonials directly to the Senior Tutor at New College. The closing date for applications and receipt of references is 1 January 1994. NUFFIELD COLLEGE Postgraduate Studentships in the Social Sciences These studentships are open to men or women graduates for research or postgraduate study in economics, econometrics, social statistics, politics, sociology (including some aspects of social psychology), recent economic, social or political history, industrial relations, management studies, public and social policy, American studies, international relations, or any aspect of social studies (such as, for instance, Commonwealth history or the study of Western Europe or of the Third World) which falls broadly within these fields. The college normally takes about twenty-five postgraduate students a year. The college also offers a small number of Nuffield Funded Studentships, open to both UK and overseas students, to cover fees and maintenance. In addition students of the college entering their third year of research, and registered for a D.Phil., may apply to the college for financial assistance; applicants from other colleges who are unable to obtain adequate funding elsewhere may be considered for admisson to the college under this head. Particulars and application forms are obtainable from the Admissions Secretary, Nuffield College, Oxford OX1 1NF. ST ANTONY'S COLLEGE Appointment of Accounts Assistant An experienced person is required for a responsible position in the Accounts Department. Experience of com- puterised accounting systems is essential. Salary on university clerical grade 3 scale (9,607--11,299), plus benefits. Starting date early January 1994 or as soon as possible thereafter. Further particulars can be obtained form the College Accountant. Applications, together with a curriculum vitae and the names of two referees, should be sent to the College Accountant, St Antony's College, Oxford OX2 6JE, by 1 December. ST CATHERINE'S COLLEGE Kobe Institute, Japan: English Language Teaching Co-ordinator The St Catherine's College Kobe Institute is situated in modern buildings in the city of Kobe. It aims to introduce European history, politics, and economics, and English language and literature to Japanese postgraduate students, making use of the Oxford-style tutorial teaching system. A Japanese studies course is also provided for a small number of British students. The institute is now seeking to appoint an English Language Teaching Co-ordinator, with effect from July 1994, for a period of one year in the first instance, with the possibility of subsequent renewal. The tutor will be expected to take charge of the instruction in English language and literature of the non-British students, which begins with an intensive pre-sessional course during the summer vacation of the British academic year. During the following two terms, English language and literature are taught through seminars, lectures, lessons, and tutorials with help from short-term contract staff. Students are prepared fo r external assessment through the IELTS examination. The stipend will be on the national university lecturer scale, together with substantial overseas allowances and other benefits including free accommodation. For further particulars contact the Kobe Secretary, St Catherine's College, Manor Road, Oxford OX1 3UJ (telephone: (2)71697). Applicants should write to the Kobe Secretary, St Catherine's College, Oxford OX1 3UJ, enclosing two copies of their curriculum vitae. Two references should be sent direct to the Kobe Secretary. Interviews will be held at St Catherine's College in early January. The closing date for applications is 3 December. ST EDMUND HALL William R. Miller Junior Research Fellowship The college proposes to elect into a stipendiary Junior Research Fellowship within the field of Molecular Aspects of Biology (including Biological Chemistry, Pharmacology, and Molecular Aspects of Physiology). The fellowship will be tenable for three years from 1 October 1994 and is open to men and women. A note of further particulars may be obtained from the Principal, St Edmund Hall, Oxford OX1 4AR, to whom applications should be sent to arrive no later than Friday, 10 December. SOMERVILLE COLLEGE Oxford Bursary for American Graduates Somerville College offers the Janet Watson Bursary (maximum of 3,500 per annum for two years only) to a US graduate wishing to read for a further degree at Oxford as a member of the college. The bursary is designed to provide marginal aid (approximately one-quarter of annual total costs for fees) to a candidate able to meet most of the fees from other sources. The closing date for applications is 1 April. Further particulars are available from the College Secretary, Somerville College, Oxford OX2 6HD. Graduate Scholarships The college proposes to award up to two Graduate Scholarships of 1,500 each to graduates of any university who intend to work, or are already working, for a higher degree at Oxford. The awards are tenable for two years from 1 October 1994, with a possibility of renewal for a third, and are unrestricted as to subject. Scholars will be entitled to one free dinner a week at high table during Full Term. At least for their first year, scholars will be offered a room at the standard rate in the Margery Fry and Elizabeth Nuffield Graduate House, which is within the college curtilage. Application forms and further particulars for these scholarships are available from the College Secretary, Somerville College, Oxford OX2 6HD. The closing date for applications is 31 March, and candidates should ask two referees to write directly to the College Secretary 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. Retail Services Ashmolean Museum Shop, Beaumont Street: the Museum Shop will be open Tue.--Sat., 10 a.m.--4 p.m., and on Sun., 2--4 p.m., until and inc. Thur. 23 Dec. (prior to Christmas closure). The full range of Christmas cards, calendars, diaries, gift-wrap, and gift-ware is now in stock. Call or telephone for list of cards, etc. Tel.: Oxford (2)78010. Now on sale in the Bodleian shop: our exclusive and handsome Cities in Art calendar for 1994, seven large (A3) images drawn from the Bodleian and Ashmolean collections---ideal for relatives and friends abroad. Find us in the Old Schools Quadrangle. Open Mon.--Fri. 9 a.m.--6 p.m., Sat. 9 a.m.--12.30 p.m. Tel.: Oxford (2)77091. Ginge Brook Pottery---Twentieth Annual Exhibition: genuine craftwork, pottery, woodwork, watercolours, quilts, rocks, jewellery, and kites, make `Christmas giving' easy at the Mill, Mill Lane, East Hendred. Open Fri.--Sat.--Sun., 11 a.m.--6 p.m., 12 Nov.--19 Dec. Tel.: 0235 833 484. Tuition Offered French conversation and tuition at all levels offered by Oxford graduate (British national, French-educated), experienced coach and teacher. Tel.: Oxford 511897. 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. Music with your next function, private/official reception, faculty dinners, etc., will add a civilised ambience to the occasion. Pianist with a gentle touch, non-intrusive playing, and a feeling for any occasion offers his skills. Total reliability and a wide repertoire including ballads, jazz, folk, rag. Tel. for details and available dates: Oxford 407904; fax: 407869. Original joinery: beautiful bookcases, cabinets, and fitted furniture, individually designed and hand-made in hard- and softwoods. Restoration and architectural joinery for period buildings; interior design and construction. For original designs and traditional skills, contact Original Joinery. Tel.: Oxford 741754, or 0367 240255. Typing, word-processing, of theses, c.v.s, academic and secretarial work undertaken by team of excellent typists. Braille printing---phone for details. Collection/delivery by arrangement. Not VAT registered. Cleartype, 46 Market Square, Witney. Tel.: 0993 704858/703418; fax: 704858. 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. Town and Country Trees: professional tree surgery, orchard and shrub pruning, planting, and hedges. Quality work at competitive prices. Fully insured. Locally based. For a free quotation, please call Paul Hodkinson. Tel.: 0993 811115. Career guidance and personal development: professional help offered. Tel. or fax: Oxford 57734. 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. Proper home-made food for all occasions: Christmas parties, receptions, business/departmental meetings, birthday parties, weddings. Tel.: Oxford 351272 or 68260. Domestic Services Oxford Nannies. First-class nannies available for temporary/permanent full-time or part-time work. We also supply a reliable babysitting service. References supplied with all our staff. For further information, please telephone Kimberley. Tel.: Oxford 721511. Situations Vacant Lector in Modern Hebrew required by the Oxford Centre for Postgraduate Hebrew Studies. The primary responsibility of the Lector will be to teach Modern Hebrew at university level for beginner, intermediate, and advanced students. Applicants should be fully qualified in the spoken and written language. The salary will be 8,500 p.a., rising by annual increments to 10,500 p.a. The appointment will take effect from 1 October 1994. Closing date for applications: 10 Dec. For further information, please write to or telephone Martine Smith, Oxford Centre for Postgraduate Hebrew Studies, Yarnton Manor, Yarnton, Oxford OX5 1PY. Tel.: Oxford 377946. Afternoon help sought for busy film-maker and husband in North Oxford, until July 1994 in first instance; light domestic duties, plus some care of two girls aged 7 and 12; good rates of pay, and pleasant working environment. Could suit partner of graduate student. Clean driving licence essential. Amanda Mackenzie- Stuart. Tel.: Oxford 310914 (evenings). Full-time post available for a recent graduate with a life sciences degree (with bias towards medicine and phamacology), within a young and dynamic pharmaceutical business development consultancy on the Oxford Science Park. The graduate should have a 2/i or first-class degree, an outgoing personality, be self- motivated, and have first-class communication skills. Would suit graduate seeking to apply a scientific background in an international business environment. For further information send c.v. to Miss S. Roddie, CONNECT Pharma Ltd., Magdalen Centre, Robert Robinson Avenue, Oxford Science Park, Oxford OX4 4GA. Tel.: Oxford 784177. Part-time bookkeeper/office assistant needed by US educational foundation. Hours flexible, approx. 25 p.w. 4.50 per hour, negotiable. Experience of Oxford University useful. Please send c.v. to WISC, 138 High Street, Oxford OX1 4DN. Or tel.: Oxford 201132. Houses to Let Harcourt Hill: large family house, 1 miles west of Oxford with views of city spires; 5 bedrooms, study, 2 bathrooms, dining-room, living-room, large fully-equipped kitchen, laundry, garage, large garden; near schools and access to leisure facilities. Available Jan.--end of Sept. 1994. 750 p.c.m. (inc. council tax and gardener). Tel.: Oxford 243725. 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. Comfortable, light, well-furnished, fully-carpeted house, opposite University playing fields at start of Iffley Road; 4 bedrooms (2 double, 2 single), sitting-room, modern equipped kitchen; gas c.h.; telephone; pleasant garden and terrace. Lovely open views. Near University, shops, and river. Only families please. Available Dec. onwards. Tel.: Oxford 242509 (or (2)73623 if necessary). Attractive, furnished family home: well-equipped kitchen/diner, e.g. dish-washer, large microwave, gas cooker; chest freezer; separate washer/dryer; economical gas c.h. and d.g.; lounge and dining-room; enclosed rear garden; front garden and parking spaces. Quiet area in east Oxford/Headington with easy access to local buses, London coaches, shops, top of South Park, and city centre. Available from Jan. for long or short lets. Tel./fax: 071-724 0340. Wolvercote, Oxford: compact furnished semi-detached house; 2 bedrooms; c.h.; en-suite shower, bath; study; sitting-room; kitchen/dining; garden; parking. Suit academic couple. Long lease preferred. No pets. 640 p.c.m. Mrs Madden. Tel.: Oxford 511862 (evenings). Wing of Victorian house in quiet village 8 miles south of Oxford: living-room, fitted kitchen, conservatory, 3 bedrooms, bathroom; furnished, all electric, night storage heating; garage, parking; use of tennis court, swimming pool by arrangement. Shorthold assured tenancy, available Jan. 500 p.c.m. Tel.: Oxford 890386. Grandpont, south Oxford: 3-bedroom terrace house, 5 minutes from city centre; fitted kitchen; c.h.; overlooking Hinksey Park. Available 9 Dec.--3 Jan. 250. Tel.: Oxford 251396. Charming 3-bedroom cottage in Marsh Baldon. Fully furnished, well equipped, gardens adjoining village green. Available for 1 year, 500 p.c.m. Tel.: 086 738 326. Flats to Let Central North Oxford, 10 minutes from city centre: exceptionally well-furnished flats in quiet, civilised family house: (1)--- available now: large double bedroom, single bedroom, drawing- room, kitchen, bathroom; (2)---from mid-Jan.: large double bedroom, drawing-room, kitchen, bathroom. Off-street parking, garden. Regret no children or pets. Tel.: Oxford 52400. Two-bedroom, one-bedroom, and studio flats just completed and furnished to high standard available in a spacious Victorian house just north of the city, at the heart of the university centre; best suited to mature and visiting academics. Rent 750, 650, and 500 p.m. Tel.: Oxford 516144. Flat available, from 1 Dec.: double bedroom, living-room, kitchen, bathroom; c.h.; all facilities; private parking; newly decorated and furnished; quiet Banbury Road location, half-mile from city centre. 570 p.m., plus council tax. Tel.: Oxford 511628. Luxury 1-bedroom flat in central North Oxford; fully furnished; c.h.; possibility of garaging. Immediate availability. 500 p.c.m. Tel.: Oxford 319257. Accommodation Offered Finders Keepers offers a unique reservation service for visitors to Oxford. Our properties range from 1-bedroom apartments in the centre of Oxford to family homes in the surrounding villages. We have offices covering the whole of Oxfordshire, Berkshire, and Buckinghamshire. Call us now to discuss your requirements with one of our experienced staff, or ask for one of our special information packs. Tel.: Oxford 512168, fax: 56993. Bed-and-breakfast accommodation available in warm, centrally- heated, comfortable house in prestigious central North Oxford, within easy walking distance of the city centre, all main university buildings, parks, and rivers. Very moderate terms. Tel.: Oxford 57879. North Oxford: attractive, quiet, self-contained bedsit, with cooking facilities and fridge, to let from 1 Dec., 60 p.w. plus electricity. Non-smoker. Tel.: Oxford 515264. Upper Wolvercote: spacious room with a view towards Wytham to let in lovely 17th-c. manor house. Share kitchen and bathroom with one other. Tel.: Oxford 52683. Accommodation Sought American academic couple, 3 teenage children, seek flat or house (3--4 bedrooms), accessible to central Oxford and schools, early Jan.--late July (flexible). Professor Michael H. Floyd, Episcopal Theological Seminary of the Southwest, 606 Rathervue Place, PO Box 2247, Austin, Texas 78768--2247. Or tel.: Oxford (2)76537 (Revd J. Barton, Oriel). 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. House wanted: American journalist seeks furnished 3-bedroom house in North Oxford, from July--Aug. 1994 for one year. David Hoffman, The Washington Post, Foreign Desk, 1150 15th St NW Washington DC 20071, USA. Tel.: 972 2 661 727. Professional couple (non-smokers, no pets), with first baby due soon, require rented accommodation in Headington area. Need to move by 1 Dec., for min. of 6 months. Dr David Lansley. Tel.: 0272 737976 (answering machine available). Accommodation Sought to Rent or Exchange Dutch academic couple (non-smoking, 2 small children) seek house, 4--5 bedrooms, fully furnished, with a garden, in/near Oxford, Mar. 1994--Feb. 1995 (flexible). Exchange of similar house near Leiden and Amsterdam possible. Tel.: Oxford (2)78705 or 010 31 23245849. 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, University Offices, Wellington Square (telephone: (2)70086). Friday 19 November professor p. dasgupta: `The population problem' (Sidney Ball Lecture), Mary Ogilvie Lecture Theatre, St Anne's, 2 p.m. dr j. steinberg: `The Third Reich reflected: German administration in eastern Europe, 1941-4' (Faculty of Modern History: Special Faculty Lecture), Schools, 5 p.m. rabbi professor dan cohn-sherbok: `Radical theologies: Holocaust theology', Mansfield, 5 p.m. professor h. vendler: `Robert Lowell and the topicality of the lyric', Gulbenkian Lecture Theatre, St Cross Building, 5 p.m. the allegri quartet play works by Haydn, Daniel Hewson, and Beethoven, Holywell Music Room, 8 p.m. (tickets 7.50 from Blackwell's; student tickets 4 from Music Faculty). Sunday 21 November mr r.g. smethurst preaches (Sermon on the Sin of Pride), St Mary's, 10 a.m. Monday 22 November dr d. posey: `Ethnobiology and traditional knowledge: local solutions to global conservation problems' (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). r. cave: `The architecture of H.T. Hare (1860--1921)' (Oxford Architectural History Seminar), Rewley House, 5.30 p.m. Tuesday 23 November professor seamus heaney: `Frontiers of writing', Schools, 5 p.m. professor n. wolterstorff: `How to read and listen for what God says' (Wilde Lectures: `Divine discourse: reflections on the claim that God speaks'), Schools, 5 p.m. Wednesday 24 November maison francaise exhibition opens: colour photographs by Jean- Pierre Ribiere (until 27 November). dr c. mould: `From harpsichord to piano---the Bodleian Broadwood manuscripts' (Friends of the Bodleian thirty-minute lecture), Cecil Jackson Room, Sheldonian, 1 p.m. professor j.w. o'malley: `Final summary and conclusions' (Martin D'Arcy Lectures: `Whatever happened to the Counter-Reformation? Fifty years of interpretation'), Campion Hall, 5 p.m. ms j. carey-wood: `Refugees in Britain: assessing the role of statutory, voluntary, and refugee community organisations in resettlement' (Refugee Studies Programme: Seminars on Forced Migration), Library Wing Seminar Room, Queen Elizabeth House, 5 p.m. Thursday 25 November dr sanyu semafumu: `Freedom of choice or Pandora's Box?: law in the regulation of marriage in east Africa' (Centre for Cross- Cultural Research on Women seminar), Library Wing Seminar Room, Queen Elizabeth House, 2 p.m. frank sieverts: `Refugees and American foreign policy' (Refugee Studies Programme talk), Blackhall Seminar Room, Queen Elizabeth House, 2 p.m. professor m.m. bowie (Marshal Foch Professor of French Literature): `The morality of Proust' (inaugural lecture), Taylor Institution, 5 p.m. professor m. parry: `Global warming and the world's population- supporting capacity' (Linacre Lectures: `Population and the environment'), Lecture Theatre A, Zoology/Psychology Building, South Parks Road, 5.30 p.m. Friday 26 November maison francaise colloquium: `Skilled trades in Ancien Regime Paris' (continues tomorrow). paul rahe speaks on his book Republics Ancient and Modern (St John's Ancient World Debate), Garden Quad Auditorium, St John's, 2 p.m. dr r. ambler: `Radical theologies: ecological theology', Mansfield, 5 p.m. professor m. hirst: `Michelangelo's dialogue with the antique; the cases of the Sleeping Cupid and the Bacchus', Oakeshott Room, Lincoln College, 8.30 p.m. Saturday 27 November degree conferments, Sheldonian, 11.30 a.m. and 2.30 p.m. Sunday 28 November the rt revd a.r. mcd. gordon preaches, Cathedral, 10 a.m. dominic moore (violin), neal parker (viola), and the St Anne's College Orchestra play works by Arne, Mozart, Beethoven, and Copland, Holywell Music Room, 8 p.m. (tickets, 5/2.50, at door or by post from College Secretary, St Anne's). Monday 29 November dr m. bell: `Archaeology and the study of environmental change in coastal regions' (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). professor lesley rees: `Mind, brain, and enocrinology' (St Hilda's Centenary Lecture Series: `Women of Ideas'), Dining Hall, St Hilda's, 5 p.m. professor h.b. keller: `The circle lattice problem, quantum statistics, and computer graphics' (Smith Lecture), Bernard Sunley Lecture Theatre, St Catherine's, 5 p.m. Tuesday 30 November congregation meeting, 2 p.m. professor n. wolterstorff: `The epistemology of believing that God speaks' (Wilde Lectures: `Divine discourse: reflections on the claim that God speaks'), Schools, 5 p.m. Wednesday 1 December mr r. mcgrath: `Undeclared war: the global challenge of land- mines and its solution' (Refugee Studies Programme: Seminars on Forced Migration), Library Wing Seminar Room, Queen Elizabeth House, 5 p.m. halifax house: wine-tasting, 5.45 p.m. (`Wine for Christmas'). dr a. rieger: `Is there a common solution to the set theoric and semantic paradoxes?' (interdisciplinary seminars in logic, language, and mind: `paradoxes'), Room C, Bernard Sunley Building, St Catherine's, 8.30 p.m. Thursday 2 December ayami nakatani: `To weave a woman's life: work and marriage in a Balinese community' (Centre for Cross-Cultural Research on Women seminar), Library Wing Seminar Room, Queen Elizabeth House, 2 p.m. m. fillenz: `Sex differences in the brain---what do they mean?' (Women's Studies Committee seminars: `Women and science'), second-floor seminar room, Biochemistry Building, 5 p.m. Friday 3 December the revd andrew linzey and the revd charles brock: `Oxford---home of lost voices?' (discussion, closing lecture-series on `Radical theologies'), Mansfield, 5 p.m. professor jean malaurie: `La Russie et les Territoires autonomes du Nord: Tchoukotka, Siberie du nord-est', Maison Francaise, 5.15 p.m. dr sheila lawlor: `The National Curriculum in English education' (Rewley House Educational Seminar), Lecture Theatre, Rewley House, 5.15 p.m. Saturday 4 December full term ends. Wednesday 8 December gabor takacs-nagy (violin), Alexander Baillie (violincello), and Wu Han (piano) play works by Beethoven, Brahms, and Dvorak, Holywell Music Room, 7.30 p.m. (tickets, 6 (concessions 4), available at the door). Thursday 9 December academic staff seminar: `Leading a research team', 9 a.m.--5 p.m. (see information above). professor richard brook: `Ceramic fever' (Oxford Innovation Society talk), Department of Nuclear Physics, 6 p.m. (admission by ticket only, from Isis Innovation: (2)72411). Saturday 11 December department for continuing education day-school: `Cancer' (Sir Richard Doll and other speakers) (details from (2)70391/(2)70360). pitt rivers museum `Pitt Stop' event for children: Balinese shadow play music, 2 p.m. Tuesday 14 December congregation meeting, 2 p.m. Friday 17 December michaelmas term ends. Saturday 18 December pitt rivers museum `Pitt Stop' event for children: making a shadow puppet play, 2 p.m. Friday 7 January hilary term begins. Saturday 8 January an evening of words and music: readings by Julian Barnes, James Fenton, Ian McEwan, Craig Raine; music by Katharine Ellis (violin) and Daphne Clark (piano), St Anne's, 0 p.m. (tickets 25 each---telephone: (2)78470). Sunday 16 January full term begins. END OF GAZETTE --------------------------------------------------