Reporter 30/10/02: 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:

Classics. Corbett Lecture 2002. Mr John Barton, Director of the Royal Shakespeare Company and playwright, London, will lead a panel discussion on Greek tragedy, myth, and history, at 5.15 p.m. on Monday, 18 November 2002, in Room G.19, Faculty of Classics, Sidgwick Avenue. This discussion will be preceded by a reading of John Barton's Helen, taken from his Tantalus cycle, on Sunday, 17 November, in the Queens' College Theatre, at 2.30 p.m.

Clinical Veterinary Medicine. Tea Clubs are held at 4.30 p.m. on Wednesdays, in Lecture Theatre 1, at the Department of Clinical Veterinary Medicine, Madingley Road. Tea is served at 4 p.m. in the Senior Common Room.

13 November A journey from laughing cannibals and mad cows to precarious conformations of prions, by Dr Jiri G. Safar, of the University of California at San Francisco.

27 November What can mathematical modelling add to our understanding and control of equine influenza? A talk in two halves by Dr Janet Daly, Equine Influenza Surveillance and Research Centre for Preventive Medicine, Animal Health Trust, Newmarket, and Dr Andrew Park, of the Department of Zoology.

Criminology. Paul Rock, Professor of Social Institutions at the London School of Economics and Political Science, will give a public lecture on Labour policies on crime victims, in Room G24, Faculty of Law, West Road, on Thursday, 7 November 2002, at 5.30 p.m.

Historical and Cultural Geography. Seminars take place on Wednesdays at 4.15 p.m., in the Seminar Room, Department of Geography, Downing Place.

13 November 'The rigours of Arctic experiment': field practice and high Arctic environmental science, 1958-701, by Richard Powell, of the Department of Geography.

27 November Spaced out: the Westminster Abbey almonry complex and the spatial aspects of poor relief c. 1290-1540, by Neil Rushton, of Trinity College.

Law. The 2002 Baron de Lancey Lecture on medico-legal studies, entitled Do no harm - the patient's tale, will be delivered by Professor Margaret Brazier, OBE, of the University of Manchester, at 5.30 p.m., on Friday, 15 November, in Lecture Theatre LG18, Faculty of Law, West Road.

McDonald Lecture. The Managing Committee of the McDonald Institute for Archaeological Research give notice that the fourteenth McDonald Lecture entitled, A life less ordinary: the ritualization of the domestic sphere in prehistoric Europe, will be delivered by Professor Richard Bradley, FBA, of the University of Reading, at 5 p.m. on Wednesday, 20 November, in Lecture Room 3, Mill Lane.

Mongolia and Inner Asia Studies Unit. Research seminars will be held at 4.30 p.m. on Tuesdays, in Room 8, Faculty of Oriental Studies, Sidgwick Avenue.

5 November Economic spheres in Uzbekistan: an alternative to dual economy models, by Johan Rasanayagam, of the Mongolia and Inner Asia Studies Unit.

19 November Mongolian prophecy prediction, by Katie Swancutt, of the Mongolia and Inner Asia Studies Unit.

3 December To be or not to be: constructing identities in contemporary Tibetan literature, by Yangdon Dhondup, of the School of Oriental and African Studies.

Table of Contents

13 November	A journey from laughing cannibals and mad cows to precarious conformations of prions, by Dr Jiri G. Safar, of the University of California at San Francisco.
27 November	What can mathematical modelling add to our understanding and control of equine influenza? A talk in two halves by Dr Janet Daly, Equine Influenza Surveillance and Research Centre for Preventive Medicine, Animal Health Trust, Newmarket, and Dr Andrew Park, of the Department of Zoology.

13 November	'The rigours of Arctic experiment': field practice and high Arctic environmental science, 1958-701, by Richard Powell, of the Department of Geography.
27 November	Spaced out: the Westminster Abbey almonry complex and the spatial aspects of poor relief c. 1290-1540, by Neil Rushton, of Trinity College.

5 November	Economic spheres in Uzbekistan: an alternative to dual economy models, by Johan Rasanayagam, of the Mongolia and Inner Asia Studies Unit.
19 November	Mongolian prophecy prediction, by Katie Swancutt, of the Mongolia and Inner Asia Studies Unit.
3 December	To be or not to be: constructing identities in contemporary Tibetan literature, by Yangdon Dhondup, of the School of Oriental and African Studies.