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.

Chemistry. Melville Laboratory for Polymer Synthesis. Seminars take place on Thursdays at 4 p.m. in the Unilever Lecture Theatre, Department of Chemistry, Lensfield Road. Further information can be found on the website (http://www.ch.cam.ac.uk/events/colloquia/mel.html).

16 October Nanoimprinting functional polymers, by Miss Jo Slota, of the Melville Laboratory for Polymer Synthesis.
Catalytic interfaces for organic synthesis in microdroplets, by Miss Ashleigh Theberge, of the Melville Laboratory for Polymer Synthesis.
23 October Hierarchical self-assembly in aqueous media, by Mr John Lee, of the Melville Laboratory for Polymer Synthesis.
Droplet-interface bilayers formation in microfluidic devices, by Mr Yunpeng Bai, of the Melville Laboratory for Polymer Synthesis.
30 October Effects of surface chemistry on epidermal stem cell differentiation, by Miss Britta Trappmann, of the Melville Laboratory for Polymer Synthesis.
Stimuli-responsive materials - aqueous phase cucurbituril assemblies, by Mr Jameel Zayed, of the Melville Laboratory for Polymer Synthesis.
6 November To be arranged.
13 November Making semiconducting polymers - the long and the short of it, by Professor Michael Turner, of the University of Manchester (see http://www.omec.org.uk/MLTurner/).
20 November To be arranged.
27 November To be arranged.
4 December Nano-sized architectures: folding, metal co-ordination, and assembly, by Dr Ivan Huc, of the University of Bordeaux (see http://www.iecb.u-bordeaux.fr/index.php?id=66).

Classics. Professor Leonard Barkan, of Princeton University, will deliver the Corbett Lecture, entitled A canon for beauty and a canon for ugliness: two classical topoi and their heritage, on Thursday, 30 October 2008, at 5 p.m. in Room G.19, Faculty of Classics, Sidgwick Avenue.

Divinity and Asian and Middle Eastern Studies. The Old Testament Seminars take place on Wednesdays at 2.30 p.m. in the Runcie Room, Faculty of Divinity, West Road.

29 October The Hezekiah narratives: Isa. 38:1-39:8, by Professor R. E. Clements, formerly of King's College London.
12 November Does God behave unethically in the book of Job?, by Dr K. J. Dell, of the Faculty of Divinity.
3 December The temptation of Cain, by Professor R. P. Gordon, of the Faculty of Asian and Middle Eastern Studies.

History and Philosophy of Science. Departmental Seminars. Seminars are held on Thursdays at 4.30 p.m. in Seminar Room 2, Department of History and Philosophy of Science, Free School Lane. Tea is available from 4 p.m. in Seminar Room 1.

23 October The shape of the conceptual, by Charles Travis, of King's College London.
30 October Early-modern investigations on the nature of tarantism from Tommaso Campanella to Antonio Vallisneri, by Guido Giglioni, of the Warburg Institute.
6 November History and philosophy of regulatory science: the case of pharmaceuticals, by John Abraham, of the University of Sussex.
13 November Where does a claim for the necessity of historical knowledge lead in the human sciences?, by Roger Smith, of the University of Lancaster and the University of Durham.
20 November Phlogiston revisited: an argument for scientific pluralism, by Hasok Chang, of University College London.
27 November Imagined experiments: molecular modelling and make-believe, by Adam Toon, of the Department of History and Philosophy of Science.

Fourth Cambridge Wellcome Lecture in the History of Medicine. Rayna Rapp, of the University of New York, will give a lecture entitled Making the invisible visible: the hidden history of families, schools, civil rights, media, and science in the production of learning disabilities, on 4 December at 4.30 p.m. in Seminar Room 2, Department of History and Philosophy of Science.

History of Medicine. Seminars are held on Tuesdays at 5 p.m. in Seminar Room 1, Department of History and Philosophy of Science. Tea is available from 4.40 p.m.

21 October The machinery of authoritarian care: representing and experiencing breast cancer treatment in 1970s Britain, by Elizabeth Toon, of the University of Manchester.
4 November Perceptions of health in Roman Spain: preliminary research on the archaeological material from the Province, by Patty Baker, of the University of Kent.
11 November 'Der neue Trend - no smoking please!': creating the non-smoker in West Germany, 1945-1975, by Rosemary Elliot, of the University of Glasgow.
25 November Space and spectacle in the Renaissance apothecary, by Evelyn Welch, of Queen Mary, University of London.
2 December Segments and proportions: body mapping in early twentieth-century neuroscience, by Katja Guenther, of Harvard University.

From Generation to Reproduction. These seminars, which are funded by the Department's Wellcome enhancement award in the history of medicine, are held on Tuesdays at 5 p.m. in Seminar Room 1, Department of History and Philosophy of Science. Tea is available from 4.40 p.m.

28 October Picture perfect: from golden rules to golden boys, by Suzanne Anker, of the School of Visual Arts, New York.
18 November Midwifery practices and the fate of mothers and infants in late eighteenth-century Denmark, by Anne Løkke, of the University of Copenhagen.

Psy Studies: History of Psychiatry, Psychology, Psychoanalysis, and Allied Sciences. Seminars are held on Wednesdays at 5 p.m. in Seminar Room 2, Department of History and Philosophy of Science. Tea is available from 4.40 p.m.

22 October Psychoanalysis, psyche, and spirit in the modern world, by Sudhir Kakar, of INSEAD, Fontainebleau and Goa.
12 November How the insane crossed the Channel: a forgotten aspect of the Franco-British shared psychiatric history, by Aude Fauvel, of La Fondation Singer-Polignac.
26 November Can psychometric/educational testing be multicultural? The case of Greenland, by Christian Ydesen, of the Centre for Educational Sociology, Edinburgh.

Cabinet of Natural History. Seminars are held on Mondays at 1 p.m. in Seminar Room 1, Department of History and Philosophy of Science.

20 October Orford Ness: landscape of war and science, by Sophia Davis, of the Department of History and Philosophy of Science.
3 November The early Soviet project of hybridizing humans and apes, by Alexander Etkind, of the Department of Slavonic Studies.
10 November New manuscript evidence for medieval Latin bestiary ownership and use, by Trish Stewart, of the University of St Andrews.
17 November Why do we want Aristotle to have been a biologist (given that he wasn't)?, by Andrew Cunningham, of the Department of History and Philosophy of Science.
24 November A botanical tour in Paris: botany, amateurship, and communities of knowledge, by Sarah Easterby-Smith, of the University of Warwick.
1 December Food, fair weather, and fields: fundamental change in Anglo-Saxon England, by Debby Banham, of the Department of History and Philosophy of Science.

Isaac Newton Institute. The Rothschild Visiting Professor, Jürg Fröhlich, of ETH Zurich, will give a seminar at 5 p.m. on Monday, 27 October 2008, entitled Atomism and quantization. The seminar will be followed by an informal reception at 6 p.m.

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