The following lectures, seminars, etc. will be open to members of the University and others who are interested:
Applied Mathematics and Theoretical Physics. The 2008 G. K. Batchelor Lecture entitled Water pearls will be given by Professor David Quéré, of EPSCI, Paris at 4 p.m., on Friday, 2 May, in Meeting Room 2, Centre for Mathematical Sciences, Wilberforce Road.
Centre for Research in the Arts, Social Sciences, and Humanities (CRASSH). Seminars are held on Mondays at 5 p.m., in the main seminar room at CRASSH, 17 Mill Lane, followed by discussion and a wine reception.
| 12 May | The ecological thought, by Professor Timothy Morton, of the University of California-Davis. |
| 19 May | The disjointed temporality of climate change, by Professor Karen Pinkus, of the University of California-Los Angeles. |
Any questions may be directed to the convenors, Benjamin Morris (email bam32@cam.ac.uk) and Bradon Smith (email btls2@cam.ac.uk). Further information and regular updates can be found on the CRASSH website at http://www.crassh.cam.ac.uk/page/34/climate-change.htm.
Centre for History and Economics. Meetings are on Wednesdays at 5 p.m., in the B-Dining Room, Trinity Hall, Trinity Lane.
| 7 May | Repudiating Aboriginal sovereignty and rights to land in Britain's Australian colonies: the case of Batman's treaty, by Bain Attwood, of Monash University and Smut Visiting Fellow, Wolfson College. |
| 21 May | Democracy embattled in the age of expertise: French reconstruction after World War II, by Herrick Chapman, of New York University. |
| 28 May | Research in a digital age - experience from The National Archives, by Natalie Ceeney, Chief Executive, The National Archives, and David Thomas, Director of Technology and Chief Information Officer, The National Archives. Organized with the Digitization of History project (see http://www-histecon.kings.cam.ac.uk/research/digitization/). |
History of Art. Dr Carola Hicks will deliver the Annual Heffer's Lecture, entitled The king's glass on Thursday, 15 May, at 5 p.m., at the Centre for Research in the Arts, Social Sciences, and Humanities (CRASSH), 17 Mill Lane. Admission is free.
McDonald Institute for Archaeological Research. A series of lunchtime seminars will be held at 1.15 p.m., in the seminar room at the McDonald Institute.
| 7 May | Post-doc. discussion forum. |
| 14 May | Kilise Tepe 2007, with some thoughts on empires and Dark Ages, by Nicholas Postgate. |
| 21 May | Who were the Strandlopers? A perspective on hunters and herders from a later Stone Age coastal campsite, South Africa, by Brian Stewart. |
| 28 May | The Lower Ica Valley, South Coast Peru: an archaeological case study of ecological and cultural collapse, by David Beresford-Jones. |
| 4 June | The formation of Europe: mathematical modelling, radio-carbon dating and the spread of the neolithic in Europe, by Marc Vander Linden. |
| 11 June | Early hominin stone technology on Flores, Indonesia, by Adam Brumm. |
Military Education Committee. The second annual lecture of the University of Cambridge Military Education Committee will take place on Thursday, 8 May, at 5.30 p.m., at Churchill College. Sir Hilary Synnott will give the lecture on the subject of Pakistan and Afghanistan: crises with global implications?