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In 1998 the International Division of the Board of Continuing Education celebrates its seventy-fifth anniversary year of arranging International Summer Schools. These now bring over 1,000 visitors to the University each year for periods of study lasting from two to six weeks. At the core of each Summer School are small special study classes, usually taught by members of the University. Each programme also offers plenary lectures for all participants in that Summer School, and experts from within the University and beyond are invited to contribute to these series.
The first term of the Board of Continuing Education's sixty-third International Summer School will take place from Monday, 6 July, to Thursday, 30 July 1998. The theme for this year's plenary lecture series is Celebration, controversy, discovery. Lectures take place on weekday mornings, in the Lady Mitchell Hall. They begin promptly at 10.30 a.m., and finish at 11.30 a.m. The series is arranged for the c. 300 participants on the International Summer School, but members of the University are cordially invited to attend.
Please note: Precedence must be given to paying full participants in the programmes, and members of the University may be asked to verify their eligibility to one of the Board's staff in attendance at the lecture hall. The lectures are not open to the public. We would be grateful if those wishing to attend any of these lectures would notify us in advance. Contact details are below.
| Tuesday, 7 July | Introductions: the Board, the Summer School, and the plenary series, by Sir David Harrison, C.B.E. |
| Wednesday, 8 July | The study of human societies, by Lord Runciman |
| Thurday, 9 July | Discovery, celebration, and controversy at the Whipple Museum, by Dr Liba Taub |
| Friday, 10 July | The Oxford and Cambridge Act - and all that jazz: Cambridge in 1923, by Dr Elisabeth Leedham-Green |
| Monday, 13 July | The truth about science, by Professor Peter Lipton |
| Tuesday, 14 July | Discovery: management from the past to the future, by Professor Sandra Dawson |
| Wednesday, 15 July | The Museum of Archaeology and Anthropology: Cambridge-based, conducting research all over the world, by Dr David Phillipson |
| Thursday, 16 July | The Bill of Rights, 1689 and 1998, by Dr Mark Goldie |
| Friday, 17 July | Race in Britain, by Dr Sue Benson |
| Monday, 20 July | Cambridge University Library: from papyrus to CD-Rom, by Mr Peter Fox |
| Tuesday, 21 July | Science and the Bible, by Professor Colin Humphreys |
| Wednesday, 22 July | Celebrating Israel or mourning Palestine? The 50th Anniversary, by Dr Yezid Sayigh |
| Thursday, 23 July | 150 years of the Botanic Garden: changing research and changing styles, by Professor John Parker |
| Friday, 24 July | Reporting abroad, by Kate Adie, O.B.E. |
| Monday, 27 July | The myth of modernism, by Dr Jay Winter |
| Tuesday, 28 July | Sequencing genomes, by Professor Michael Ashburner |
| Wednesday, 29 July | A tour of the Universe, by Professor Andy Fabian |
Additional lectures given in the evening, from 8.30 p.m. to 9.30 p.m., may also be of interest to members of the University:
| Wednesday, 8 July | Britain in Europe: the awkward partner?, by Dr Tom Ling |
| Tuesday, 14 July | Women and the University of Cambridge: the longest revolution, by Dr Pamela Hirsch |
| Tuesday, 21 July | The Irish Question, by John Jackson |
Further information regarding the plenary lectures for the Board's specialist Art History, History, Shakespeare, English Literature, and Medieval Studies Summer Schools is available from Sarah J. Ormrod, Director, International Programmes, Board of Continuing Education, Madingley Hall, Madingley (tel. 140-216, or e-mail sjo1001@cus.cam.ac.uk). Members of the University who might be interested in teaching on or contributing to future Summer Schools, or teaching on termly or weekend courses for the Board, are invited to contact Sarah Ormrod at the same address.
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