Cambridge University Reporter


Announcement of lectures, seminars, etc.

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

Centre for Research in the Arts, Social Sciences, and Humanities (CRASSH). The Cultures of Climate Change research group at CRASSH announces its Lent 2008 schedule. Seminars are held on alternate Mondays at 5 p.m. in the main seminar room at CRASSH (17 Mill Lane), followed by discussion and an informal reception.

28 January Ice: the story of 'surface tension', by Mr Nick Cobbing, photojournalist and member of the Cape Farewell expedition.
11 February (Title to be confirmed) Dr Kathryn Yusoff, of the University of Exeter.
25 February ICT and climate change, by Ms Molly Webb, of The Climate Group.
10 March (Title to be confirmed) Ms Melanie Challenger, 2007-08 British Antarctic Survey Artist-in-Residence.

Any questions may be directed to the convenors, Benjamin Morris (e-mail bam32@cam.ac.uk) and Bradon Smith (e-mail btls2@cam.ac.uk). Further information and regular updates can be found on the CRASSH website at http://www.crassh.cam.ac.uk/events/2007-8/climatechange.html.

Chemical Engineering. Seminars take place on Wednesdays in Lecture Theatre 1 (LT1), from 3.30 p.m. until 4.30 p.m. Tea and cakes are available from 3.15 p.m. until 3.30 p.m. outside LT1.

30 January Research Students' Seminars
6 February Challenges for UK innovation and entrepreneurial chemical engineering, by Dr Peter Davidson, of the Department for Business Enterprise and Regulatory Reform.
13 February (Title to be confirmed) Professor Paul Luckham, of Imperial College London.
20 February The Buncefield explosion, by Professor Derek Bradley, of Leeds University.
27 February The chameleon plane, by Dr Matthew Juniper, of the Department of Engineering.
5 March Experimental and CFD modelling investigations of dense gas-solid fluidized beds, by Dr Paola Lettieri, of University College London.
12 March Some aspects of the energy scene, by Dr Jack Howard, of Aston University.

Divinity. Hulsean Lectures. The Hulsean Lectures, under the general title Religion and the rise of sport in modern England, will be given by Professor H. McLeod, Professor of Church History, University of Birmingham, at 5 p.m. in the Runcie Room in the Faculty of Divinity, West Road, on the following dates:

26 February 1. Introducing the relationship
4 March 2. Repulsion
5 March 3. Attraction
11 March 4. Co-habitation
12 March 5. Separation

Engineering. Mechanics Colloquia will be held on Fridays at 2.30 p.m. in Lecture Room 6 at the Department of Engineering, Trumpington Street. All visitors are welcome. Please report to Reception on arrival. Further information, including abstracts, may be obtained from http://www-mech.eng.cam.ac.uk/mechanics/seminars/.

7 March Flow induced excitation of elastic modes, by Dr Shreyas Mandre, of Harvard University.
14 March A methodology to study morphological changes in sclerotic arteries, and related biomechanical modelling and simulation, by Professor Gerhard Holzapfel, of Graz University of Technology.

The sixth Annual Lecture Series in Sustainable Development will take place on Wednesdays in Lecture Theatre 0 of the Department of Engineering at 5.30 p.m. for 6 p.m. Further details are available from Dr R. A. Fenner (e-mail raf37@cam.ac.uk).

23 January The challenges of managing the American foreign aid program, post-9/11 in Pakistan and Afghanistan, by Mr Mark Ward, of the US Agency for International Development (USAID).
6 February Climate change, peak oil, and the coming global energy crisis, by Dr Jeremy Leggett, of Solar Century.
13 February Creating a better place - the Environment Agency - and shaping sustainability, by Baroness Barbara Young, Chief Executive, the Environment Agency.
27 February Sustainable development in the built environment; progress or procrastination?, by Professor Peter Brandon and Dr Patrizia Lombardi, of the University of Salford.
12 March Carbon footprinting: industry, people, the universe, and everything, by Professor Adisa Azapagic, of the University of Manchester.
23 April Delivering sustainable development at the Eden Project, by Mr Tim Smit, Founder of the Eden Project.
30 April Climate change and ecosystem services: science, economics, and ethics, by Professor Robert Watson, Chief Scientific Adviser, DEFRA and Director of Strategic Development at the Tyndall Centre.

Centre for Gender Studies. Gender Theory and Methodology Seminars will take place on Thursdays, from 1 p.m. to 2 p.m. in Seminar Room HB101, Sir William Hardy Building, Downing Site. Further information can be found at http://www.gender.cam.ac.uk/.

24 January The care paradox, by Vinca Bigo, of the Department of Land Economy.
31 January Androgen and gender development, by Melissa Hines of the Department of Social and Developmental Psychology.
7 February Troubling gender and temporality in social science methodology: personified ideals of working class girlhood in visual sources, by Jo-Anne Dillabough, of the Faculty of Education.
14 February Maternity and missing children: Kieslowski's Decalogue 8, by Emma Wilson, of the Faculty of Modern and Medieval Languages.
21 February Out of control: implications of hysteria and mysticism in Leopoldo Alas's 'La Regenta' (1885), by Sarah Thomas, of New York University.
28 February Public house and private home: women, cultural policy, and changing practices in Irish traditional music, by Tes Slominski, of New York University.

Martin Centre for Architectural and Urban Studies. 38th Annual Series of Lunchtime Lectures. Lectures are held in the Classroom at the Department of Architecture, 1-5 Scroope Terrace, on Wednesdays at 1 p.m. (unless otherwise stated). There is more information and an abstract each week at http://www.arct.cam.ac.uk/. For further information, please contact Alistair Fair (tel. 01223 760114, e-mail ajf56@cam.ac.uk).

30 January Environmental implications of buildings equipped with wireless internet, by Ms Ji-Young Song, of the Martin Centre.
6 February Human perceptions of urban density, by Ms Vicky Cheng, of the Martin Centre.
13 February On a room with underfloor air supply, by Dr Torwong Chenvidyakarn, of the Martin Centre.
20 February Portable: Flexible: Architecture, by Professor Robert Kronenberg, of the University of Liverpool.
27 February Sustain-Ability: a conference to mark the fortieth anniversary of the Martin Centre's foundation. This event will take place from 9 a.m. to 6.30 p.m. To register, contact Matina Rassia (e-mail sr414@cam.ac.uk).
6 March Sir Basil Spence: architecture, tradition, and modernity, by Dr Louise Campbell, of the University of Warwick.

Mongolia and Inner Asia Studies Unit. Dr Isabelle Charleux, of CNRS, Paris, will give a seminar, entitled A place to be buried, a place to be reborn: Mongol pilgrimage to Wutaishan in the Qing dynasty, at 2 p.m. on 7 March in the seminar room, the Mond Building, Free School Lane.

MRC Dunn Human Nutrition Unit. Professor Bruce Spiegelman, of the Dana-Farber Cancer Institute and Harvard Medical School, will deliver the Sixth Annual Sir William Dunn Lecture, entitled Transcriptional basis of energy homeostasis in health and disease, at 4.30 p.m. on 16 April in the Max Perutz Lecture Theatre, MRC Laboratory of Molecular Biology, Hills Road. A reception will be held in the foyer at 5.30 p.m. Further information is available at http://www.mrc-dunn.cam.ac.uk/, or from Penny Peck (tel. 01223 252703, e-mail pap@mrc-dunn.cam.ac.uk).

Pure Mathematics and Mathematical Statistics. Professor Jean-Pierre Wintenberger, of Université Louis Pasteur, will give the Seventy-First Kuwait Foundation Lecture entitled On the proof of Serre's conjecture, at 5 p.m. on 29 January, in the Wolfson Room, Centre for Mathematical Sciences, Wilberforce Road (entrance on Clarkson Road before the Isaac Newton Institute).