Reporter 16/10/02: Announcement of lectures and seminars, etc.

Announcement of lectures and seminars, etc.

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

Anglo-Saxon, Norse, and Celtic. Professor David Bates, of the University of Glasgow, will give a lecture entitled The Conqueror's adolescence, on Friday, 18 October, at 5 p.m. in the Old Combination Room, Trinity College.

Biochemistry. Seminars will take place in the Main Lecture Theatre, New (Sanger) Building, Department of Biochemistry, 80 Tennis Court Rd, at 1 p.m. on Tuesdays. Please address all enquiries to Dr Kathryn Lilley (tel. 01223 765255, e-mail k.s.lilley@bioc.cam.ac.uk).

29 October Using mass spectrometry to probe dynamic macromolecular assemblies, by Professor Carol Robinson, of the Department of Chemistry.

12 November The structure and function of outer membrane proteins from Neisseria meningitidis, by Dr Jeremy Derrick, of the University of Manchester Institute of Science and Technology.

19 November The apoptosome, the cell death machine, by Dr Kelvin Cain, of the University of Leicester.

26 November Neuroprotection against polyglutamines by chaperones and MAPkinases, by Dr Andreas Wyttenbach, of the Department of Biochemistry.

Chemical Engineering. Seminars will be held at 4.15 p.m. on Wednesdays in Lecture Theatre 1, Department of Chemical Engineering, Pembroke Street. Tea will be served.

23 October Flow dynamics of oil reservoirs, by Professor Andy Woods, of the BP Institute.

30 October Wavelet-based methods for the solution of population balances and transient chemical processes with moving steep gradients, by Dr Yazeng Liu, of the University of Birmingham.

Computer Laboratory. Seminars will be held at 4.15 p.m. on Wednesdays in Lecture Theatre 1, William Gates Building, J. J. Thomson Avenue, off Madingley Road.

23 October Theoretical limits on distributed congestion control, by Frank Kelly, of the Statistical Laboratory.

30 October Correctness of data representations involving heap data structures, by Uday Reddy, of the University of Birmingham.

6 November Smartcard defence technologies, by Simon Moore, of the Computer Laboratory.

13 November Brendan Murphy Award Lecture: Concurrent exception handling and resolution in distributed object systems, by Brian Randell, of the University of Newcastle.

20 November On the existence and origin of power laws in AS-Level Internet topologies, by Sugih Jamin, of the University of Michigan, Ann Arbor.

27 November More than meets the eye: the impact of media quality on users, by Angela Sasse, of University College London.

Criminology. Dr Tatjana Hörnle, of the University of Munich, will give a public lecture in Room G24, Faculty of Law, West Road, entitled Right-wing criminal offenses and the reactions in the German Penal Code, on Thursday, 24 October, at 5.30 p.m.

Divinity. The Jewish Roots of Eastern Christian Worship project invites all who are interested to attend a conference entitled The Holy of Holies on 24 October at 9 a.m. in the Faculty of Divinity. Those who wish to have lunch with the speakers should contact Ms Rosalind Paul (tel. 01223 763017, e-mail rmp24@cam.ac.uk) by 21 October at the latest. The programme is as follows:

9.00 - 9.45 a.m. The Holy of Holies in 'The Book of Bibical Antiquities' attributed to Philo, by Professor Robert Hayward, of the University of Durham.

9.45 - 10.30 a.m. The Holy of Holies in the Second Temple: memories and allusions in later Jewish texts, by Professor Moshe Herr, of the Hebrew University, Jerusalem.

10.30 - 11.00 a.m. Coffee.

11.00 - 11.45 a.m. The Holy of Holies in the Church of the Holy Sepulchre in Jerusalem, by Dr Wendy Pullan, of the Department of Architecture.

11.45 a.m. - 12.30 p.m. The Holy of Holies in the Oriental Christian Tradition, by Dr George Bebawi, of the Centre for Advanced Religious and Theological Studies (CARTS).

12.30 p.m. Discussion.

1.00 p.m. Lunch at Selwyn College.

2.00 p.m. Round table discussion.

3.30 p.m. Tea.

Centre for History and Economics, King's College. Quantitative Economic History Seminars will take place on Thursdays at 1 p.m., in Room 101, Sir William Hardy Building, Downing Site.

31 October Adam Smith and Amartya Sen: markets and famines in pre-Industrial Europe, by Cormac O'Grada, of University College Dublin.

14 November A new monetary regime and the end of the Great Depression in New Zealand, by David Greasley, of the University of Edinburgh.

28 November Health and nutrition in the pre-Industrial era: insights from a millennium of average heights in Northern Europe, by Richard Steckel, of the University of Ohio.

Documenting Environmental Change Seminars will take place on Wednesdays at 5 p.m., in Room F3, Gibb's Building, King's College. Organizers: Meena Singh and Paul Warde.

23 October Documenting the ecological history of the Mediterranean, by Oliver Rackham, of Corpus Christi College.

6 November Evolutionary history: prospectus for a new field, by Ed Russell, of the University of Virginia and Clare Hall.

Centre for Jewish-Christian Relations. The second Liberal Judaism Alma Royalton-Kisch Memorial Lecture will take place at Wesley House (Rank Room) on Wednesday, 23 October 2002, at 2 p.m. Professor Marc Saperstein, of George Washington University, will give a lecture entitled Jews and Christians in the Middle Ages: intolerance and creative competition. For enquiries, please telephone 01223 741048 or e-mail enquiries@cjcr.cam.ac.uk.

Land Economy. Lunch-time seminars will be held on Wednesdays from 1 p.m. to 2 p.m., and will take place in Lecture Room 1, Laundress Lane (old Department of Land Economy Library), unless otherwise stated.

21 October Volitional pragmatism and the theory of environmental policy, by Professor Daniel Bromley, of the University of Wisconsin. (Monday at 5 p.m.)

30 October Land degradation in Australia: the salinity crisis, by Professor David Pannell, of the University of Western Australia.

6 November Transitional politics: emerging incentive-based instruments in environmental regulation, by Dr Toke Aidt, of the Faculty of Economics and Politics.

13 November The management of the pace of technological change: the case of genetically modified organisms, by Dr Timo Goeschl, of the Department of Land Economy.

20 November Changes in enterprise culture over three decades: evidence from Teeside, by Professor David Storey, of the University of Warwick. (5 p.m.)

27 November Damages under the user principle: ethics, economics, and law, by Mr David Howarth, of the Department of Land Economy.

4 December Redeveloping inner ring suburbs, by Professor Ric Peiser, of Harvard University.

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. 01223 331700).

23 October Millennium measures of sustainability, by Professor Jeffrey Cook, of Arizona State University.

30 October Sir John Soane's Museum: its meaning in Soane's day, by Margaret Richardson, of Sir John Soane's Museum.

6 November Using slums to save cities, by Professor Himnshu Parikh, of Buro Happold.

13 November Ordering the landscape: colonial villages in sixteenth-century Peru, by Heidi Scott, of the Department of Geography.

20 November Transcultural architecture: the new Asian house 1980-2002, by Robert Powell, of St Mary's University in Luzon, Philippines.

27 November Keeping animals indoors! by Dr Nick Baker, of the Martin Centre.

Modern Greek. The following open lectures will be given at 5 p.m. on Thursdays, in Room 1.02 of the Faculty of Classics, Sidgwick Avenue.

17 October Writing the history of Greece: forty years on, by Professor Richard Clogg, of St Antony's College, Oxford.

31 October Love in a changing climate: the rise of romance in a Greek village, 1977-80, by Professor Roger Just, of the University of Kent.

14 November Evvia transit: the Jews, ELAS, and the allies in Evvia, 1943-4, by Professor Steven Bowman, of the University of Cincinnati.

28 November Seferis's lost centre, by Dr Mika Provata.

Copies of the complete lecture programme for 2002-03 may be obtained from the Secretary, Department of Other Languages, Faculty of Modern and Medieval Languages (e-mail rc264@cam.ac.uk).

Modern and Medieval Languages. Cultural History and Literary Imagination seminars will be held on Fridays at 4 p.m. in the Dirac Room, Fisher Building, St John's College.

18 October 'Pantheon der Deutschen': biographical dictionaries of the eighteenth century, by Professor Roger Paulin, of the Department of German.

8 November Timely constellations: Nietzsche, historicism, and the philology of culture, by Dr Christian Emden, of the Department of German.

29 November Lyric poetry in the shadow of Auschwitz, by Professor Leonard Olschner, of Queen Mary College, London.

Further information on the group's activities can be found on the following website: www.mml.cam.ac.uk/german/researchgroup/conferences.html.

Mongolia and Inner Asia Studies Unit. Lectures, given by Professor Sodnomdarjaa Otogonjargal, of the National University of Mongolia, will be held at 4.30 p.m. on Tuesdays, in Room 8, Faculty of Oriental Studies, Sidgwick Avenue.

The 1921 revolution in Outer Mongolia:

29 October The 1921 revolution in Outer Mongolia is the bourgeois revolution.

The 1990 political reforms in Mongolia and sovereign Mongolia:

12 November External and internal historical factors of the movement of the year of the White Horse in Mongolia.

26 November Democratic reforms or revolution?

Table of Contents

29 October	Using mass spectrometry to probe dynamic macromolecular assemblies, by Professor Carol Robinson, of the Department of Chemistry.
12 November	The structure and function of outer membrane proteins from Neisseria meningitidis, by Dr Jeremy Derrick, of the University of Manchester Institute of Science and Technology.
19 November	The apoptosome, the cell death machine, by Dr Kelvin Cain, of the University of Leicester.
26 November	Neuroprotection against polyglutamines by chaperones and MAPkinases, by Dr Andreas Wyttenbach, of the Department of Biochemistry.

23 October	Flow dynamics of oil reservoirs, by Professor Andy Woods, of the BP Institute.
30 October	Wavelet-based methods for the solution of population balances and transient chemical processes with moving steep gradients, by Dr Yazeng Liu, of the University of Birmingham.

23 October	Theoretical limits on distributed congestion control, by Frank Kelly, of the Statistical Laboratory.
30 October	Correctness of data representations involving heap data structures, by Uday Reddy, of the University of Birmingham.
6 November	Smartcard defence technologies, by Simon Moore, of the Computer Laboratory.
13 November	Brendan Murphy Award Lecture: Concurrent exception handling and resolution in distributed object systems, by Brian Randell, of the University of Newcastle.
20 November	On the existence and origin of power laws in AS-Level Internet topologies, by Sugih Jamin, of the University of Michigan, Ann Arbor.
27 November	More than meets the eye: the impact of media quality on users, by Angela Sasse, of University College London.

9.00 - 9.45 a.m.	The Holy of Holies in 'The Book of Bibical Antiquities' attributed to Philo, by Professor Robert Hayward, of the University of Durham.
9.45 - 10.30 a.m.	The Holy of Holies in the Second Temple: memories and allusions in later Jewish texts, by Professor Moshe Herr, of the Hebrew University, Jerusalem.
10.30 - 11.00 a.m.	Coffee.
11.00 - 11.45 a.m.	The Holy of Holies in the Church of the Holy Sepulchre in Jerusalem, by Dr Wendy Pullan, of the Department of Architecture.
11.45 a.m. - 12.30 p.m.	The Holy of Holies in the Oriental Christian Tradition, by Dr George Bebawi, of the Centre for Advanced Religious and Theological Studies (CARTS).
12.30 p.m.	Discussion.
1.00 p.m.	Lunch at Selwyn College.
2.00 p.m.	Round table discussion.
3.30 p.m.	Tea.

31 October	Adam Smith and Amartya Sen: markets and famines in pre-Industrial Europe, by Cormac O'Grada, of University College Dublin.
14 November	A new monetary regime and the end of the Great Depression in New Zealand, by David Greasley, of the University of Edinburgh.
28 November	Health and nutrition in the pre-Industrial era: insights from a millennium of average heights in Northern Europe, by Richard Steckel, of the University of Ohio.

23 October	Documenting the ecological history of the Mediterranean, by Oliver Rackham, of Corpus Christi College.
6 November	Evolutionary history: prospectus for a new field, by Ed Russell, of the University of Virginia and Clare Hall.

21 October	Volitional pragmatism and the theory of environmental policy, by Professor Daniel Bromley, of the University of Wisconsin. (Monday at 5 p.m.)
30 October	Land degradation in Australia: the salinity crisis, by Professor David Pannell, of the University of Western Australia.
6 November	Transitional politics: emerging incentive-based instruments in environmental regulation, by Dr Toke Aidt, of the Faculty of Economics and Politics.
13 November	The management of the pace of technological change: the case of genetically modified organisms, by Dr Timo Goeschl, of the Department of Land Economy.
20 November	Changes in enterprise culture over three decades: evidence from Teeside, by Professor David Storey, of the University of Warwick. (5 p.m.)
27 November	Damages under the user principle: ethics, economics, and law, by Mr David Howarth, of the Department of Land Economy.
4 December	Redeveloping inner ring suburbs, by Professor Ric Peiser, of Harvard University.

23 October	Millennium measures of sustainability, by Professor Jeffrey Cook, of Arizona State University.
30 October	Sir John Soane's Museum: its meaning in Soane's day, by Margaret Richardson, of Sir John Soane's Museum.
6 November	Using slums to save cities, by Professor Himnshu Parikh, of Buro Happold.
13 November	Ordering the landscape: colonial villages in sixteenth-century Peru, by Heidi Scott, of the Department of Geography.
20 November	Transcultural architecture: the new Asian house 1980-2002, by Robert Powell, of St Mary's University in Luzon, Philippines.
27 November	Keeping animals indoors! by Dr Nick Baker, of the Martin Centre.

17 October	Writing the history of Greece: forty years on, by Professor Richard Clogg, of St Antony's College, Oxford.
31 October	Love in a changing climate: the rise of romance in a Greek village, 1977-80, by Professor Roger Just, of the University of Kent.
14 November	Evvia transit: the Jews, ELAS, and the allies in Evvia, 1943-4, by Professor Steven Bowman, of the University of Cincinnati.
28 November	Seferis's lost centre, by Dr Mika Provata.

18 October	'Pantheon der Deutschen': biographical dictionaries of the eighteenth century, by Professor Roger Paulin, of the Department of German.
8 November	Timely constellations: Nietzsche, historicism, and the philology of culture, by Dr Christian Emden, of the Department of German.
29 November	Lyric poetry in the shadow of Auschwitz, by Professor Leonard Olschner, of Queen Mary College, London.

The 1921 revolution in Outer Mongolia:
29 October	The 1921 revolution in Outer Mongolia is the bourgeois revolution.
The 1990 political reforms in Mongolia and sovereign Mongolia:
12 November	External and internal historical factors of the movement of the year of the White Horse in Mongolia.
26 November	Democratic reforms or revolution?