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:

Architecture. The Department of Architecture presents a series of public lectures at which architects will discuss their recent work. Lectures take place in Lecture Room 9, Mill Lane Lecture Rooms, at 5.30 p.m., unless otherwise stated.

21 February Mr Ben van Berkel, of UNStudio, Amsterdam.
6 March Mr Winy Maas, of MVRDV, Rotterdam. This lecture will start at 5 p.m.
11 March Mr Michiel Riedijk, of Neutelings Riedijk, Rotterdam.

Centre for Research in the Arts, Social Sciences, and Humanities (CRASSH). The Cambridge University City Seminar research group at CRASSH announces its Lent 2008 schedule. Seminars are held on alternate Tuesdays at 5.15 p.m. for 5.30 p.m. in the main seminar room at CRASSH, 17 Mill Lane, followed by discussion and a buffet reception. Further information and regular updates on the City Seminar at large can be found on the CRASSH website at http://www.crassh.cam.ac.uk/events/2007-8/citysem07-08.html.

12 February Metropolis: temporary arts events as alternative strategies for urban public domains, by Mr Trevor Davies, Director, Copenhagen International Theatre.
26 February Sui-veillance; social bonding through spatial bondage, by Mr Alex Haw, architect and filmmaker.
11 March The latent world of the contemporary city, by Professor Emeritus Dalibor Vesely, of the Department of Architecture.

A one-day conference, entitled Sound and the City: Interdisciplinary Perspectives, will take place on 22 February 2008 at CRASSH, 17 Mill Lane. Further information on this conference, including a programme and registration forms, may be found at http://www.crassh.cam.ac.uk/events/2007-8/soundandthecity.html.

Biological Anthropology. Research Seminars take place on Wednesdays at 5 p.m. in the Seminar Room, Leverhulme Centre for Human Evolutionary Studies, Department of Biological Anthropology, Fitzwillliam Street. For further information, please telephone 01223 764700, or e-mail dc431@cam.ac.uk.

6 February Investigating early hominid life history, by Dr Kevin Kuykendall, of the University of Sheffield.
13 February Language and life history: a new perspective on the development and evolution of human language, by Dr Barry Bogin, of the University of Loughborough.
27 February Global health partnerships work together to combat neglected tropical diseases in Africa, by Professor Alan Fenwick, of Imperial College London.
5 March Great ape origins of intentional understanding, by Professor Richard Byrne, of the University of St Andrews.
12 March Technological evolution of early hominids, by Professor Hélène Roche, of Université Paris-Sud.

Chemistry. The Alex Hopkins Lecture. Dr John Emsley, former Science Writer in Residence, will deliver the Inaugural Alex Hopkins Lecture, entitled Better looking, better living, better loving. What's chemistry got to do with it?, at 4 p.m. on 7 March in the Bristol-Myers-Squibbs Lecture Theatre, Department of Chemistry, Lensfield Road.

Criminology. Professor Peter J. Carrington, of the University of Waterloo in Canada, will give a public seminar, entitled Co-offending and the development of delinquency, at 5.30 p.m. on 14 February in Seminar Room B3 at the Institute of Criminology, Sidgwick Avenue.

Education. A meeting of the Mathematics Education Colloquia will take place on 3 March at 3.30 p.m. in the Faculty of Education, Room G05, Mary Allan Building, Hills Road. Ms Marilena Petrou, of Queens' College, will speak on The role of 'schema problems' in Cypriot mathematics education. Enquiries should be directed to Dr Tim Rowland (e-mail tr202@cam.ac.uk). Tea and coffee will be available prior to the meeting.

Second Language Education Seminars will take place on Mondays from 5 p.m. until 6 p.m. in Room GS4 of the Faculty Building, 184 Hills Road. Enquiries should be directed to Dr Edith Esche (e-mail eme10@cam.ac.uk).

18 February Researching the impact of recent foreign language policy initiatives on provision and practice in schools in England, by Dr Michael Evans, Ms Linda Fisher, Ms Caroline Filmer-Sankey, and Ms Ruth Levine, of the Faculty of Education.
3 March Conceptualizing on-line spaces as communities: analysis of an on-line Italian-speaking community, by Dr Marina Mozzon-McPherson, of the University of Hull.

Education, Equality, and Development Seminars will take place from 4.30 p.m. until 6.30 p.m. (unless otherwise stated) in Room 2S4 of the Faculty of Education Building, 184 Hills Road. Enquiries should be directed to Susannah Lacon (e-mail sml44@cam.ac.uk).

20 February Book Launch - Networking Practitioner Research: The Effective Use of Networks in Educational Research (Routledge, November 2007), by Ms Colleen McLaughlin and Dr Kristine Black-Hawkins, of the Faculty of Education (in conjunction with Leading Learning for School Improvement). This event will take place from 2 p.m. until 4.30 p.m.
26 February Education and Development Workshop: Representation and legitimacy: the ethics and politics of ethnographic research in 'Developing Worlds' contexts, by Ms Arathi Sriprakash, of Girton College.
10 March Education and Development Workshop: Doing elite interviews in Thailand, by Ms Vong-on Phuaphansawat, of Corpus Christi College.

A Science, Technology, and Mathematics Education seminar will be held on 27 February at 4.30 p.m. in the Science Seminar Room of the Faculty of Education, Hills Road. Dr Marta Romero Ariza and Dr Antonio Quesada Armenteros, of the University of Jaen, Spain, will speak on Motivation and learning science. Any enquiries should be directed to Keith Taber (e-mail kst24@cam.ac.uk).

A Children's Book Group seminar will take place on 5 March from 5 p.m. until 6.30 p.m. in Room 1S3 of the Faculty Building, 184 Hills Road. Professor Perry Nodelman, of the University of Winnipeg, Canada, will speak on Clever enough to do variations: Sendak as a visual musician. Enquiries should be directed to Morag Styles (e-mail ms104@cam.ac.uk).

Gender Studies. Dr Melissa Lane, of the Faculty of History, will give a Gender Skills Training Workshop, entitled Dilemmas in feminist political thought, from 2 p.m. until 4 p.m. on 12 February in the Upper Hall, Jesus College. Further programme information can be found at http://www.gender.cam.ac.uk/.

History. Hexagonal Forum. Meetings will take place at 5 p.m. in the Castlereagh Room, Fisher Building, St John's College, and will be followed by refreshments. To receive notification of forthcoming events via the mailing list, please contact David Todd (e-mail fdt20@cam.ac.uk).

26 February IRCAM: Boulez, the state, and French musical modernism, by Professor Georgina Born, of the Faculty of Social and Political Sciences.
11 March French and British energy policy since 1945: were the 'Anglo-Saxons' really French?, by Dr Martin Chick, of the University of Edinburgh.

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

18 February Regulating somatic homologous DNA recombination in mitochondrial and nuclear genomes, by Professor Takehiko Shibata, of RIKEN Discovery Research Institute. Host: Ian Holt.
4 March Monitoring single ion transporters at work: proton-driven rotation in FoF1-ATP synthase and domain swapping in P-type ATPase, by Dr Michael Börsch, of the University of Stuttgart. Host: John Walker.