Reporter 2/2/00: 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:

Biological Anthropology. Research seminars will be held at 4 p.m. on Wednesdays in the Seminar Room, Level 6, Department of Biological Anthropology, Pembroke Street. There will be refreshments afterwards.

2 February	If memes are the answer, what is the question?, by Adam Kuper, of Brunel University.
9 February	Human evolution goes genomic, by David Goldstein, of University College London.
16 February	Infant care and life history in primates, by Caroline Ross, of Roehampton Institute.
23 February	The demographic disentrapment of two continents: where has it got to?, by Maurice King, of the University of Leeds.
1 March	Modern DNA and ancient human demography, by Peter Forster, of the McDonald Institute for Archaeological Research.
8 March	A gendered perspective on nomads and health in Chad, by Kate Hampshire, of the University of Durham.
15 March	The exchange economy of female baboons, by Louise Barrett, of the University of Liverpool.

Divinity. Currents in World Christianity Seminar. A seminar will be held at 2.15 p.m. on Thursday, 10 February, in the Healey-Elias Room, Westminster College, when Mr Sujit Sivasundaram, of Christ's College, will speak on The bounds of an impulse: missionaries as collectors and Pacific Islanders as natural historical specimens.

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.

9 February

Sacred time, by Revd Timothy Jenkins, Dean of Jesus College.

French. Visiting Speakers Series. At a session, entitled Analysts on the couch, Professor Malcolm Bowie, of All Souls College, Oxford, and Darian Leader, psychoanalyst, will be in conversation, at 8.30 p.m. on Monday, 7 February, in Sidgwick Hall, Newnham College.

History. Ellen McArthur Lectures. Professor Jan de Vries, of the University of California, Berkeley, will deliver the Ellen McArthur Lectures at 5 p.m. on Monday, 14, Wednesday, 16, Monday, 21, and Wednesday, 23 February, in Room 9, Mill Lane Lecture Rooms. The subject of the lectures is The family and economic growth since the eighteenth century.

John Robert Seeley Lectures. Professor Joseph Raz, of Balliol College, Oxford, will deliver the John Robert Seeley Lectures at 5 p.m. on Tuesday, 1, Thursday, 3, Tuesday, 8, and Thursday, 10 February, in Room 3, Mill Lane Lecture Rooms. The subject of the lectures is Respect for people and the value of life.

Land Economy. Lunch-time seminars will be held at 1 p.m. on Wednesdays in the Conference Room, Department of Land Economy, basement of 19 Silver Street.

2 February	Whither WTO on agriculture, by Ian Sturgess, formerly of the Department of Land Economy.
9 February	Allocating salmon in English and Welsh fisheries, by Ian Hodge, of the Department of Land Economy.
23 February	Encouraging interdisciplinary research and debate: experience from the concerted action on environmental valuation in Europe, by Claudia Carter, of the Department of Land Economy.
1 March	Costs of the CAP revisited, by Lionel Hubbard, of the University of Newcastle.
8 March	Best practices in local development - a perspective from the OECD LEED programme, by John Potter, of the Organization for Economic Co-operation and Development.
15 March	Title to be confirmed, to be given by Ya Ping Wang, of Heriot-Watt University.

MRC Dunn Human Nutrition Unit. Seminars will be held at 3 p.m. on Wednesdays in the Level 3 Seminar Room, Wellcome Trust/MRC Building, Hills Road, unless otherwise specified.

2 February	Energetics of neuronal cells, by David Nicholls, of the University of Dundee.
7 February	Understanding the molecular characteristics of essential nutrient transporters, by Matthias Hediger, of the Harvard Institutes of Medicine (Monday).
9 February	DNA helicases: ATP hydrolysis in a molecular motor, by Dale Wigley, of the Laboratory of Molecular Biophysics, Oxford.
1 March	Recent advances in structure/function aspects of oxidases and quinone binding sites, by Peter Rich, of University College London.

Oriental Studies. Japanese Studies Seminars will be held at 2.15 p.m. on Mondays in the Sorimachi Memorial Room (Room 13), Faculty of Oriental Studies, Sidgwick Avenue.

7 February	Exhibitions and export ware: how Meiji Japan manipulated the markets, by Dr Olive Checkland, of the University of Glasgow.
14 February	Creating a new Japan: the results of the Education Reform Programme, by Dr Christopher Hood, of Chatham House.
21 February	'Learn and earn, earn and learn': Fukuzawa Yukuchi's creation of the first Japanese business élite, by Professor Norio Tamaki, of Keio University, and Clare Hall.
28 February	Sino-Japanese relations towards the twenty-first century, by Dr Caroline Rose, of the University of Leeds.

Institute of Public Health. Bradford Hill Seminar Series. Unless otherwise specified, seminars will be held at 1 p.m. prompt on Fridays, in the Large Seminar Room, 1st Floor, Institute of Public Health, University Forvie Site, Robinson Way.

8 February	The first European virtual hospital, by Dr Jari Forrstrom, of the Medical Informatics Centre, Durku, Finland (Tuesday).
11 February	MRC and 'health of the public', by Dr Peter Dukes, of the Health Services and Public Health Research Board, Medical Research Council.
18 February	Metabolic and genetic basis of ethnic differences in risk of diabetes and cardiovascular disease, by Dr Paul McKeigue, of the London School of Hygiene and Tropical Medicine.
25 February	Epidemiology for health policy on ageing, by Dr David Melzer, of the Institute of Public Health.
3 March	Personal experiences in information technology for health services management, by Professor Don Detmer, of the Judge Institute of Management Studies.
10 March	The European prospective study of osteoporosis - the main results, by Dr Jonathan Reeve, of the Institute of Public Health.
17 March	Title to be confirmed, to be given by Dr Stephen Sutton, of University College London.
31 March	Title to be confirmed, to be given by Professor Melissa Austin, of the University of Washington, Seattle.

IPH Discussion Groups. Seminars will be held at 1 p.m. prompt on Tuesdays, in the Large Seminar Room, 1st Floor, Institute of Public Health.

22 February	Developing a comprehensive risk model for familial breast cancer, by Mr Antonis Antoniou, of the CRC Genetic Epidemiology Unit, Strangeways.
7 March	Cystic fibrosis within the Eastern Region, by Dr Corinne Camilleri-Ferrante, of the Anglian Clinical Effectiveness Team.

Slavonic Studies. Professor G. S. Smith, of New College, Oxford, will give a lecture, entitled D. S. Mirsky: prince, critic, comrade, at 5.15 p.m. on Thursday, 10 February, in the Cranmer Room, Jesus College.

Professor Moshe Taube, of the Hebrew University of Jerusalem, will give a lecture, entitled Was there a Jewish conspiracy to proselytize the Principality of Muscovy as a solution to the Y7k problem?, at 5.30 p.m. on Tuesday, 15 February, in the Thirkill Room, Clare College.

University Library. Professor Daniel Sperber, of Bar-Ilan University, and the Beit Morasha Institute, Israel, will deliver a lecture, entitled Lessons in Jewish history and lore from an unusual artefact (a Schulklapper's mallet), at 5 p.m. on Monday, 21 February, in the Morison Room, Exhibition Centre, University Library, West Road.

University of Cambridge Local Examinations Syndicate and its Advisory Council for New Technologies in Assessment. A seminar, entitled Language teaching and assessment across the internet, will be given at 4.30 p.m. on Wednesday, 9 February, in the Music Room, Downing College, as follows:

Languages for all - the contribution of the internet, by Dr Christoph Zähner, of the Language Centre.

Computer assisted language testing: motivating the learner through helpful diagnostic feedback, by Dr Philippe Delcloque, of the University of Abertay Dundee.

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