Reporter 26/1/00: Announcement of lectures and seminars

Announcement of lectures and seminars

The following lectures and seminars will be open to members of the University and others who are interested:

Divinity. Hulsean Lectures. The Hulsean Lectures, under the general title A theology of place and human identity, will be given by Dr Philip Sheldrake, of Sarum College, at 5 p.m. on Wednesdays, in the Divinity School, St John's Street.

2 February	The meaning of 'place'
9 February	Christian tradition and ambivalence towards place
16 February	Place, presence, and transformation: some fundamental theological trajectories
23 February	The place of practice I: stability and the way of withdrawal
1 March	The place of practice II: inner and outer pilgrimage
8 March	The contemporary crisis of place: the future of cities

There will also be a follow-up seminar at 9 a.m. on Thursday, 9 March.

Fitzwilliam Museum. Lunch-time Gallery Talks, under the general title Art in context, will be given at 1.15 p.m. on Wednesdays, from 26 January to 26 April.

2 February

A journey towards a poem, by Adrian Mitchell, Tempus poet-in-residence.

Geography. Research seminars are held at 4.15 p.m. on Thursdays in the Seminar Room, Department of Geography, Downing Place, with the exception of the seminar on 10 February, which starts at 3.30 p.m.

27 January	Implementing sustainable development in the industrialized world, by Dr James Meadowcroft, of the University of Sheffield.
3 February	Perceptions, myths, and classical literature in a polar context, by Professor Paul Simpson-Housley, of York University, Canada.
10 February	The timing of the last glacial-Holocene transition in Patagonia and global climatic inferences, by Dr David Sugden, of the University of Edinburgh.
17 February	Bodies, modalities, knowledges: making up the tramp, by Dr Tim Cresswell, of the University of Wales, Aberystwyth.
24 February	Large wood, sediment deposition, and island development along a gravel-bed river, by Dr Angela Gurnell, of the University of Birmingham.
2 March	Theorizing transnationalism, by Professor Peter Jackson, of the University of Sheffield.
9 March	Modelling the dynamics of the Siple Coast ice streams, West Antarctica, by Dr Tony Payne, of the University of Southampton.
27 April	Environmental decision-making: engaging stakeholders in marine conservation, by Professor Jacquie Burgess, of University College London.

German Studies Group. Dr Christian Gerlach, of the Research Centre, Yad Vashem, will speak on The German food policy and the Holocaust, at 5 p.m. on Thursday, 27 January, in the Bateman Room, Gonville and Caius College.

Kettle's Yard. A series of lunch-time talks, exploring the exhibitions and the artists of the collection, will be given at 1.10 p.m. on Thursdays. Further information is available from Kettle's Yard (tel. 352124) or from its website (http://www.kettlesyard.co.uk/).

McDonald Institute for Archaeological Research. Lunch-time seminars will be held at 1.15 p.m. on Wednesdays in the Seminar Room, Ground Floor, McDonald Institute Courtyard Building, Downing Site.

26 January	Detecting boundaries within diversity landscapes: application to genetic data, by Matthew Hurles.
9 February	Population pressure and the rise of the extended family: a case study of Neolithic Sha'ar Hagolan, by Yosef Garfinkel.
23 February	The Stage Three Project and the possible presence of refugia in North-West Europe during the Late Pleistocene, by John Stewart.
8 March	Five years' research at Aksum, Ethiopia: organization and achievement, by David Phillipson.

The Martin Centre. The Martin Centre for Architectural and Urban Studies holds lunch-time lectures at 12.15 p.m. on Wednesdays in the Martin Centre, 6 Chaucer Road. Lunch (price £1.50) is available at 1.15 p.m. if ordered by the preceding Monday (tel. 331700).

26 January	Caves, churches, railway stations, and speech, by Mr Tim Lewers, of Cambridge Architectural Research Ltd.
2 February	'Der Golem': German expressionist film, by Ms Renée Tobe, of the Martin Centre.
9 February	Who needs housing? Housing needs in the South East, by Professor Christine Whitehead, of the London School of Economics.
16 February	House_n: MIT's home of the future - thoughts on aspects of research to date, by Dr Chris Luebkeman, of Ove Arup & Partners.
23 February	Rural building in Shaanxi Province, China: the opportunities and the limitations of a decentralized approach, by Mr Ulrich Hausmann.
1 March	Weather data and occupant feedback for building design, by Dr Geoff Levermore, of the University of Manchester Institute of Science and Technology.
8 March	Refugee shelter for cold climates, by Dr Darren Robinson, Mr Joseph Ashmore, Mr Peter Manfield, and Ms Kate Crawford, of the Department of Engineering, and the Martin Centre.

Mongolia and Inner Asia Studies Unit. Research seminars will be held at 4 p.m. on Tuesdays in Room 16, Corpus Christi College.

8 February	The sandalwood statue of Buddha: representing Buryats' ideas of their own dignity, by Hurelbaatar, of the Mongolia and Inner Asia Studies Unit, and the Department of Social Anthropology.
22 February	Shamanism, humour, and innovation in northern Mongolia, by Morten Pedersen, of the Mongolia and Inner Asia Studies Unit, and the Department of Social Anthropology.
7 March	Aspects of performing arts and ritual in Buryatia today, by Alexander Knapp, of the School of Oriental and African Studies, London.
14 March	Victims and victimhood: the moral legacy of political repression in post-socialist Mongolia, by Christopher Kaplonski, of the School of Oriental and African Studies, London.

Oriental Studies. Modern Hebrew Studies. Lectures will be held at 5 p.m. on Wednesdays in Room 9, Faculty of Oriental Studies, Sidgwick Avenue.

2 February	Don't play hide-and-seek with mothers - mother's voice and the sacrifice of Isaac in Israeli poetry, by Professor R. Kartun-Blum, of Hebrew University, Jerusalem.
23 February	Forbidden love and its echoes in Hebrew literature, by Ms Eilat Negev and Mr Yehuda Koren, writers.
8 March	Mr Meir Shalev, Israeli author, will talk about his work.

Pure Mathematics and Mathematical Statistics. Professor Peter Schneider, of the University of Münster, will deliver the fifth Kuwait Fund Lecture, entitled Continuous p-adic representation theory of the group gl_2, at 5 p.m. on Tuesday, 22 February, in Lecture Room 9, Mill Lane Lecture Rooms, Mill Lane.

South Asian Studies. Seminars are held at 5 p.m. on Wednesdays in the Director's Room, Centre of South Asian Studies, Laundress Lane.

26 January	Economic change and the creation of the nation-state: South Asia, 1920-50, by Professor B. R. Tomlinson, of the University of Strathclyde.
2 February	Fifty years of the Indian Union: an historical perspective, by Professor Suranjan Das, of the University of Calcutta, and British Academy Visiting Professor.
9 February	India's nuclear doctrine, by Dr W. P. S. Sidhu, of St Anthony's College, Oxford.
16 February	The problem of the courtesan in early medieval India, by Dr Daud Ali, of the School of Oriental and African Studies, London.
23 February	Democracy, civil society, and governance in India: lessons from a contemporary urban-environmental perspective, by Mr Bharat Dahiya, of the Department of Geography.
1 March	When potential migrants become refugees: family histories of the Bengal Partition, by Dr Meghna Guha-Thakurta, of the University of Dhaka.
8 March	Classifying case-histories: the subject of colonial psychiatry, Bombay Presidency, 1870-1940, by Ms Shruti Kapila, of the School of Oriental and African Studies, London.

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