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Announcement of lectures, seminars, etc.

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

Special Lecture. Mr Barry McSweeney, Director General of the Joint Research Centre of the European Commission, will deliver a lecture entitled Scientific basis of Community Policies - Role of the Joint Research Centre (JRC), on Friday, 9 May, at 2.30 p.m., in Room LG17, Faculty of Law, West Road.

For further information about Mr McSweeney's visit, please contact Julie Durrant in the Pro-Vice-Chancellors' Office (tel. 01223 765692, e-mail jd10010@cam.ac.uk).

Computer Laboratory. Leslie Lamport, of the Microsoft Corporation, will give a seminar entitled High-level specifications: lessons from industry, on Wednesday, 14 May, in Lecture Theatre 1, William Gates Building.

Centre for Research in the Arts, Social Sciences, and Humanities (CRASSH). The Centre for Research in the Arts, Social Sciences, and Humanities is pleased to announce the following events.

10 May Psychoanalysis - possible and impossible (One-day colloquium in the Wood-Legh Rooms, Lucy Cavendish College).

20-22 June Aesthetic positions: the place of aesthetics in the humanities (Two-day conference at King's College).

30 June-2 July Frank Ramsey Centenary Conference (Three-day conference at Newnham College).

4-6 July University collections: are they worth it? (Three-day conference at Peterhouse).

10-12 July The world of Roger Morrice: politics, religion, law, and information, 1675-1700 (Three-day conference at Clare College).

For further information, please see http://www.crassh.cam.ac.uk/events/eventsforthcoming.html. Alternatively, please contact CRASSH (tel. 01223 766886, e-mail administrator@crassh.cam.ac.uk).

Criminology. Dr Shadd Maruna will give a public lecture in Room B16, Faculty of Law, West Road, on Excuses, excuses: what have we learned in 50 years of testing 'Neutralization Theory'? on Thursday, 8 May, at 5.30 p.m.

Divinity. The 2003 Yerushah Lecture, entitled The Hitler emigrés: the cultural impact on Britain of refugees from Nazism, will be given by Mr Daniel Snowman, of the BBC, at 5 p.m. on Wednesday, 14 May, in the Faculty of Divinity, West Road.

Engineering. Mechanics Colloquia will be held at 2.30 p.m. on the following Fridays in Lecture Room 6, Department of Engineering, Trumpington Street, unless otherwise stated.

2 May Future directions for large space structures, by Dr Keith Belvin, of NASA.

16 May Title mathematical and experimental problems in avalanche dynamics, by Dr Jim McElwaine, of the Department of Applied Mathematics and Theoretical Physics.

6 June Some phenomena in structural impact and structural crashworthiness, by Professor Norman Jones, of the University of Liverpool (Micromechanics Seminar Room).

Centre for Gender Studies. Lectures will take place on Thursdays in the Palmerston Room, Fisher Building, St John's College, from 5 p.m. to 6.30 p.m. This term's theme is Masculinities.

8 May The Single Equality Commission and the Single Equality Act. The Bill introduced by Lord Lester in the House of Lords, based on research in Cambridge, by Bob Hepple, QC.

22 May Knowing and not knowing: reflections on manhood, by Carol Gilligan. Discussant: Juliet Mitchell.

The Gender Theory Study Group will meet as follows:

24 May Speaker: Moira Gatens. Upper Hall, Jesus College. 10 a.m. - 12 noon.

27 May Speaker: Abby Cox. Room 10, 8 Jesus Lane. 6.45 p.m. - 9.45 p.m. with refreshments at 7.45 p.m.

31 May Gender Film Day. Emmanuel College. 10 a.m. - 2 p.m.

Centre for History and Economics, King's College. Documenting Environmental Change Seminars will take place at 5 p.m., in the Meeting Room, Clare Hall (main building), Herschel Road, unless otherwise stated.

12 May Narrative and practice, by Sverker Sörlin, of the University of Umeå, and Michael Bravo, of the Department of Geography. (Please note different venue: Scott Polar Research Institute Lecture Theatre.)

11 June Reconstructing the environmental history of Lesotho, by Meena Singh, of the Centre for History and Economics.

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 £1.60) is available at 1.15 p.m. if ordered by the preceding Monday (tel. 01223 331700).

7 May Image of Empire - monumental halls and towers at Westminster, by Mr Alex Bremner, of the Department of Architecture.

14 May Private partnership of urban road development - the Chilean experience, by Mr Julio Toro, of the University of Santa Maria, Chile, and the Martin Centre.

21 May Enhancing museum experiences through design, by Professor Geoffrey Caban, of the University of Technology, Sydney.

28 May Spaces of Imperialism and Nationalism in India's new capital, Delhi, 1911-47, by Mr Stephen Legg, of the Department of Geography

4 June Augmented reality in architecture, by Dr Benechir Mejdoub, of the University of Nottingham.

Mathematics. Mordell Lecture. Professor Mike Hopkins, of the Massachusetts Institute of Technology, will lecture on Algebraic topology and modular forms, at 5 p.m. on Tuesday, 13 May, in the Wolfson Room (MR2), Centre for Mathematical Sciences, Wilberforce Road. The Lecture is followed by refreshments. For enquiries, please contact the Administrator, Department of Pure Mathematics and Mathematical Statistics (tel. 01223 337996).

MRC Dunn Human Nutrition Unit. Seminars will be held at 3 p.m., in the Raymond and Beverly Sackler Lecture Theatre, Level 7, Wellcome Trust/MRC Building, Hills Road. For enquiries, please contact Jean Seymour or Penny Peck (tel. 01223 252704).

7 May Central setting energy balance tone, by Professor Peter Morgan, of the Rowett Research Institute, Aberdeen. Host: Sheila Bingham.

28 May Respiratory routes for bacterial nitric oxide detoxification, by Professor David J. Richardson, of the University of East Anglia. Host: John Walker.

4 June Searching for the proton pump in mitochondrial complex I, by Professor Dr Ulrich Brandt, of the Institut fuer Biochemie, Johann Wolfgang Goethe-Universität, Frankfurt. Hosts: Judy Hurst and Leo Sazanov.

Social Anthropology. Senior Seminars are held at 5 p.m. on Fridays (unless otherwise stated) in Seminar Room G2, Department of Social Anthropology, Free School Lane. Tea will be available in the Common Room (G1, ground floor) from 4 p.m.

2 May Not animal, not not animal: a study of hunting, imitation, and personhood among the Upper Kolmya Yukaghirs of north-eastern Siberia, by Dr Rane Willerslev, of the Department of Social Anthropology.

9 May The regional and the global: Sedimo in Botswana's time of AIDS, by Professor Richard Werbner, of the University of Manchester.

16 May The industrious Inuit of the North Atlantic: Mauss' musings on technologies of war and peace, by Dr Michael Bravo, of the Department of Geography.

23 May How it feels - as an Indian woman - to wear a sari, by Professor Daniel Miller, of University College London. (Note: 2 p.m.)

30 May Social objects: agency, creativity, and evaluation in relation to Sci-Art projects, by Dr James Leach, of the Department of Social Anthropology.

6 June With Elias in China. 'Civilizing process', local restorations, and power in contemporary China, by Dr Susanne Brandtstadter, of the University of Manchester.

13 June Randomized meat sharing systems among nomadic hunters of Northern Tibet, by Professor Toni Huber, of Humboldt University, Berlin.

Table of Contents

10 May	Psychoanalysis - possible and impossible (One-day colloquium in the Wood-Legh Rooms, Lucy Cavendish College).
20-22 June	Aesthetic positions: the place of aesthetics in the humanities (Two-day conference at King's College).
30 June-2 July	Frank Ramsey Centenary Conference (Three-day conference at Newnham College).
4-6 July	University collections: are they worth it? (Three-day conference at Peterhouse).
10-12 July	The world of Roger Morrice: politics, religion, law, and information, 1675-1700 (Three-day conference at Clare College).

2 May	Future directions for large space structures, by Dr Keith Belvin, of NASA.
16 May	Title mathematical and experimental problems in avalanche dynamics, by Dr Jim McElwaine, of the Department of Applied Mathematics and Theoretical Physics.
6 June	Some phenomena in structural impact and structural crashworthiness, by Professor Norman Jones, of the University of Liverpool (Micromechanics Seminar Room).

8 May	The Single Equality Commission and the Single Equality Act. The Bill introduced by Lord Lester in the House of Lords, based on research in Cambridge, by Bob Hepple, QC.
22 May	Knowing and not knowing: reflections on manhood, by Carol Gilligan. Discussant: Juliet Mitchell.

24 May	Speaker: Moira Gatens. Upper Hall, Jesus College. 10 a.m. - 12 noon.
27 May	Speaker: Abby Cox. Room 10, 8 Jesus Lane. 6.45 p.m. - 9.45 p.m. with refreshments at 7.45 p.m.
31 May	Gender Film Day. Emmanuel College. 10 a.m. - 2 p.m.

12 May	Narrative and practice, by Sverker Sörlin, of the University of Umeå, and Michael Bravo, of the Department of Geography. (Please note different venue: Scott Polar Research Institute Lecture Theatre.)
11 June	Reconstructing the environmental history of Lesotho, by Meena Singh, of the Centre for History and Economics.

7 May	Image of Empire - monumental halls and towers at Westminster, by Mr Alex Bremner, of the Department of Architecture.
14 May	Private partnership of urban road development - the Chilean experience, by Mr Julio Toro, of the University of Santa Maria, Chile, and the Martin Centre.
21 May	Enhancing museum experiences through design, by Professor Geoffrey Caban, of the University of Technology, Sydney.
28 May	Spaces of Imperialism and Nationalism in India's new capital, Delhi, 1911-47, by Mr Stephen Legg, of the Department of Geography
4 June	Augmented reality in architecture, by Dr Benechir Mejdoub, of the University of Nottingham.

7 May	Central setting energy balance tone, by Professor Peter Morgan, of the Rowett Research Institute, Aberdeen. Host: Sheila Bingham.
28 May	Respiratory routes for bacterial nitric oxide detoxification, by Professor David J. Richardson, of the University of East Anglia. Host: John Walker.
4 June	Searching for the proton pump in mitochondrial complex I, by Professor Dr Ulrich Brandt, of the Institut fuer Biochemie, Johann Wolfgang Goethe-Universität, Frankfurt. Hosts: Judy Hurst and Leo Sazanov.

2 May	Not animal, not not animal: a study of hunting, imitation, and personhood among the Upper Kolmya Yukaghirs of north-eastern Siberia, by Dr Rane Willerslev, of the Department of Social Anthropology.
9 May	The regional and the global: Sedimo in Botswana's time of AIDS, by Professor Richard Werbner, of the University of Manchester.
16 May	The industrious Inuit of the North Atlantic: Mauss' musings on technologies of war and peace, by Dr Michael Bravo, of the Department of Geography.
23 May	How it feels - as an Indian woman - to wear a sari, by Professor Daniel Miller, of University College London. (Note: 2 p.m.)
30 May	Social objects: agency, creativity, and evaluation in relation to Sci-Art projects, by Dr James Leach, of the Department of Social Anthropology.
6 June	With Elias in China. 'Civilizing process', local restorations, and power in contemporary China, by Dr Susanne Brandtstadter, of the University of Manchester.
13 June	Randomized meat sharing systems among nomadic hunters of Northern Tibet, by Professor Toni Huber, of Humboldt University, Berlin.