The following lectures, seminars, etc. will be open to members of the University and others who are interested:
Classics. Professor Paul Cartledge, of the Faculty of Classics, will give the A. G. Leventis Professorship of Greek Culture Inaugural Lecture, entitled Forever young: why Cambridge has a Professorship of Greek Culture, at 5 p.m. on Monday, 16 February, in Mill Lane Theatre 3, Mill Lane.
Criminology. Dr Adrian Grounds, of the Institute of Criminology, will give a public seminar entitled The early release of paramilitary prisoners in Northern Ireland, at 5.30 p.m. on Thursday, 12 February, in Seminar Room B3, at the Institute of Criminology, Sidgwick Avenue.
Education. The following research seminars will take place on Wednesdays at 5 p.m. in the Faculty of Education, Hills Road:
| 11 February | GS5 (New Faculty Building) | Cultural identity and Greek-Cypriot picturebooks, by Louiza Mallouri. |
| 25 February | GS5 (New Faculty Building) | Artists' choices, by Maria Nikolajeva. |
| 3 March | Boulind G06 and G07 (Mary Allen Building) | Designing a picture book for a practice-based Ph.D., by Katherina Mannelessou. |
Gender Studies. In conversation with ... Margaret Heffernan, will take place on Monday, 9 February, from 5.30 p.m. to 7 p.m., in the Saltmarsh Rooms, King's College. Those wishing to attend should email admin@gender.ac.uk.
Multi-disciplinary Seminar Series. Professor Judith Lieu, of the Faculty of Divinity, will give a seminar entitled Death and the maiden? Women in early Christian martyrdom accounts, at 1 p.m. on Thursday, 12 February, in Room 101, Sir William Hardy Building, Downing Site.
History and Economics. Seminars take place on Wednesdays at 5 p.m. in the B-Dining Room, Trinity Hall, Trinity Lane. Please note that this is a correction to the History and Economics seminar listing of 21 January 2009 (Reporter, p. 425).
| 11 February | Secularizing Islamists? Conceptual confusion and political reality, by Humeira Iqtidar, of the Centre of South Asian Studies. |
| 4 March | Thinking about Madison thinking, by Jack Rakove, of Stanford University. |
| 11 March | The inner life of empires, by Emma Rothschild, of the Centre for History and Economics. |
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).
| 11 February | Molecular insights into membrane structure and dynamics of mitochondria, by Professor Dr Andreas Reichert, of Goethe University, Frankfurt. Hosted by Edmund Kunji. |
| 11 March | How does nitrite affect mitochondrial function and what may be its role in biology?, by Professor Martin Feelisch, of the University of Warwick. Hosted by Mike Murphy. |
Social Anthropology. Post-Doctoral Research Seminar Series. These seminars will take place on Tuesdays at 5.30 p.m., in the Seminar Room, Department of Social Anthropology, Free School Lane.
| 10 February | The anthropology of the possible: the ethnographer as sceptical enquirer, by Lee Wilson, of CRASSH. |
| 24 February | Children, animals, and names: fabricating persons among Eveny in North Siberia, by Olga Ulturgasheva, of the Scott Polar Research Institute. |
| 10 March | Meditation and monasticism: making the ascetic self in Thailand, by Joanna Cook, of the Department of Social Anthropology. |
University Library. Professor Michelle Brown, Professor of Medieval Manuscript Studies, School of Advanced Study, University of London, will deliver the Sandars Lectures 2009, under the general heading The book and the transformation of Britain, c. 550-1050, at 5 p.m. in the Morison Room, Cambridge University Library, as follows:
| Monday, 23 February | Conversion: the scribes of scripture and social change |
| Tuesday, 24 February | Integration and consolidation: creating communities of reading |
| Thursday, 26 February | After Alfred: language, literature, and libraries |