Reporter 8/5/03: Announcement of lectures, seminars, etc.

Announcement of lectures, seminars, etc.

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

Anglo-Saxon, Norse, and Celtic. Professor Margaret Clunies Ross, of the University of Sydney, will give a lecture entitled Editing the longer poems of Egill Skallagrímsson, on Thursday, 15 May, at 5 p.m. in the Sidgwick Hall, Newnham College.

Criminology. Professor Andrew von Hirsch will give the Institute's Annual Nigel Walker Lecture in Room LG19, Faculty of Law, West Road, on Penalizing offensive behaviour. This will take place on Thursday, 15 May, at 6 p.m.

Cambridge Disability Forum and Cambridge Disability Resource Centre. The Cambridge Disability Forum and Cambridge Disability Resource Centre are pleased to announce the First Annual Lecture on Disability Issues. Professor Usha Goswami, of the Faculty of Education and St John's College, will speak on Developmental dyslexia: a cross language approach, on Monday, 19 May, in the Palmerston Room, Fisher Building, St John's College, at 5 p.m. The lecture is sponsored by St John's College and the Disability Forum and Disability Resource Centre gratefully acknowledge the College's support. This will be the first of what is hoped to be a regular annual event. Such an event will both celebrate the progress that is being made on disability issues within the University and recognize the work of significant individuals in their respective fields of disability enquiry.

Education. Education Seminars will take place as follows in the Faculty of Education, Shaftesbury Road, unless otherwise stated. Contacts will provide room details.

12 May A study of language diversification within the context of a diverse school community, by Mark Payne, of the Faculty of Education. 4.30 p.m. Contact: Edith Esch (tel. 01223 336285, e-mail eme10@cus.cam.ac.uk).

Teacher learning and identity in primary mathematics, by Dr Jeremy Hodgen, of King's College London. Mary Allan Building, Homerton Site. 5.30 p.m. Contact: Tim Rowland (tel. 01223 507298, e-mail tr202@cus.cam.ac.uk).

15 May The school perspective on a research partnership with a university, by Colleen McLaughlin, Kristine Black-Hawkins, and Nan Worral, of the Faculty of Education. 5.30 p.m. - 7 p.m. Contact: Colleen McLaughlin (tel. 01223 369631, e-mail cm10009@cam.ac.uk).

24 May Democracy and leaning in education, featuring Professor Saville Kushner, of the University of the West of England, Bristol. 10 a.m. - 1 p.m. Mary Allan Building, Homerton Site. Please contact Pam Burnard (tel. 01223 507299, e-mail pab61@cam.ac.uk) if attending.

9 June Still no pedagogy in England? Principle, pragmatism, and compliance in primary teaching, by Professor Robin Alexander, of the Faculty of Education. 5 p.m. Contact: Pauline Mason (tel. 01223 369631, e-mail pam26@cam.ac.uk).

12 June Investigating children's meaning making and the emergence of socio-musical interaction in group improvization, by Dr Pam Burnard, of the Faculty of Education. 4.30 p.m. - 6 p.m. Mary Allan Building, Homerton Site. Contact: Isobel Urquhart (tel. 01223 507285, e-mail ibu20@cus.cam.ac.uk).

Promoting teachers as researchers and users of research in partnership with universities, by Judy Sebba, of the Department for Education and Skills. 5.30 p.m. - 7 p.m. Contact: Colleen McLaughlin (tel. 01223 369631, e-mail cm10009@cam.ac.uk).

23 June Developing a framework for mathematics enrichment resources, by Jenny Piggott, of the Faculty of Education. 5.30 p.m. Mary Allan Building, Homerton Site. Contact: Tim Rowland (tel. 01223 507298, e-mail tr202@cus.cam.ac.uk).

Centre for Family Research. Lunch-time seminars will be held at 1 p.m. promptly on Tuesdays, unless otherwise stated, in Room 606, Centre for Family Research, Free School Lane.

20 May Views of participants in clinical trials, by Claire Snowdon, of the Centre for Family Research.

22 May Using music therapy to facilitate the mother-baby relationship, by Aimee Yates, of Addenbrookes Hospital. (Note: Thursday, 1 p.m. - 2.30 p.m.)

3 June Exploring the thoughts and behaviours of parents of hard to manage children, by Charlotte Wilson, of Brookside Family Consultation Clinic, Cambridge.

10 June Health Psychology and the hospitalized pre-term neonate: assessment, interventions, and new paradigms, by Elvidina Adamson-Macedo, of the University of Wolverhampton.

24 June (In)congruence in siblings' and friends' dyads: another possible variable in studying children's relationships, by Serena Lecce, of the University of Pavia.

Gender Studies.

The Gender and Theory Day at Jesus College, which will take place between 10 a.m. and 12 noon, on 24 May, with Professor Moira Gatens, is entitled Gender: imagination, power, and freedom.

The Gender Theory Group speaker on 27 May is Abi Cox. She will speak on 'We are not an academy for young ladies': delinquency, masculinity, and citizenship in England, 1950-70.

The Film Day venue has moved to Keynes Hall, King's College, and will take place between 10 a.m. and 1 p.m., on 31 May. The theme will be Fathers, lovers, and sons: masculinities and cinema.

History. The next Leverhulme Lecture, under the general title of A new survey of social capital in America - first results and reflections, will be held at 5 p.m. on Wednesday, 14 May, in Lady Mitchell Hall, Sidgwick Site. Professor Robert D. Putnam, of Harvard University, and Leverhulme Visiting Professor, will speak on Inequality, diversity, and the distribution of social capital.

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.

13 May The Jetsun Dhampa (Bogdo Gegen), the Mongolian Buddhist renaissance, and the current Mongolian-Tibetan exchange in Tibetan refugee communities, by Andrew Fischer, of the London School of Economics and Political Science.

27 May Introduction to the Deed Mongols: new research site in Central Asia, by Bumochir Dulam, of the Department of Social Anthropology.

10 June A society of virtual kin: state, family, and children's homes in the Russian Far East, by Elena Khlinovskaya-Rockhill, of the Scott Polar Research Institute.

University of Cambridge Local Examinations Syndicate and its Advisory Council for New Technologies in Assessment. A seminar entitled The work of ULTRALAB: new learning landscapes, will be given at 4.30 p.m. on Tuesday, 13 May, in the Music Room, Downing College. The speakers will be Professor Stephen Heppell and Mr Richard Millwood. For further details see http://ital.ucles-red.cam.ac.uk/ACNTA/current_html.

Table of Contents

12 May	A study of language diversification within the context of a diverse school community, by Mark Payne, of the Faculty of Education. 4.30 p.m. Contact: Edith Esch (tel. 01223 336285, e-mail eme10@cus.cam.ac.uk).
	Teacher learning and identity in primary mathematics, by Dr Jeremy Hodgen, of King's College London. Mary Allan Building, Homerton Site. 5.30 p.m. Contact: Tim Rowland (tel. 01223 507298, e-mail tr202@cus.cam.ac.uk).
15 May	The school perspective on a research partnership with a university, by Colleen McLaughlin, Kristine Black-Hawkins, and Nan Worral, of the Faculty of Education. 5.30 p.m. - 7 p.m. Contact: Colleen McLaughlin (tel. 01223 369631, e-mail cm10009@cam.ac.uk).
24 May	Democracy and leaning in education, featuring Professor Saville Kushner, of the University of the West of England, Bristol. 10 a.m. - 1 p.m. Mary Allan Building, Homerton Site. Please contact Pam Burnard (tel. 01223 507299, e-mail pab61@cam.ac.uk) if attending.
9 June	Still no pedagogy in England? Principle, pragmatism, and compliance in primary teaching, by Professor Robin Alexander, of the Faculty of Education. 5 p.m. Contact: Pauline Mason (tel. 01223 369631, e-mail pam26@cam.ac.uk).
12 June	Investigating children's meaning making and the emergence of socio-musical interaction in group improvization, by Dr Pam Burnard, of the Faculty of Education. 4.30 p.m. - 6 p.m. Mary Allan Building, Homerton Site. Contact: Isobel Urquhart (tel. 01223 507285, e-mail ibu20@cus.cam.ac.uk).
	Promoting teachers as researchers and users of research in partnership with universities, by Judy Sebba, of the Department for Education and Skills. 5.30 p.m. - 7 p.m. Contact: Colleen McLaughlin (tel. 01223 369631, e-mail cm10009@cam.ac.uk).
23 June	Developing a framework for mathematics enrichment resources, by Jenny Piggott, of the Faculty of Education. 5.30 p.m. Mary Allan Building, Homerton Site. Contact: Tim Rowland (tel. 01223 507298, e-mail tr202@cus.cam.ac.uk).

20 May	Views of participants in clinical trials, by Claire Snowdon, of the Centre for Family Research.
22 May	Using music therapy to facilitate the mother-baby relationship, by Aimee Yates, of Addenbrookes Hospital. (Note: Thursday, 1 p.m. - 2.30 p.m.)
3 June	Exploring the thoughts and behaviours of parents of hard to manage children, by Charlotte Wilson, of Brookside Family Consultation Clinic, Cambridge.
10 June	Health Psychology and the hospitalized pre-term neonate: assessment, interventions, and new paradigms, by Elvidina Adamson-Macedo, of the University of Wolverhampton.
24 June	(In)congruence in siblings' and friends' dyads: another possible variable in studying children's relationships, by Serena Lecce, of the University of Pavia.

13 May	The Jetsun Dhampa (Bogdo Gegen), the Mongolian Buddhist renaissance, and the current Mongolian-Tibetan exchange in Tibetan refugee communities, by Andrew Fischer, of the London School of Economics and Political Science.
27 May	Introduction to the Deed Mongols: new research site in Central Asia, by Bumochir Dulam, of the Department of Social Anthropology.
10 June	A society of virtual kin: state, family, and children's homes in the Russian Far East, by Elena Khlinovskaya-Rockhill, of the Scott Polar Research Institute.