Events, courses, etc.

Announcement of lectures, seminars, etc.

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

Asian and Middle Eastern Studies and Divinity. Professor Robert Hayward, of the University of Durham, will give the annual Tyrwhitt Lecture, entitled Food, the animals, and human dignity in Jewish perspective: the evidence of the Aramaic Targum, at an open meeting of the Old Testament Seminar, on Wednesday, 17 February, at 2.30 p.m., in the Runcie Room, Faculty of Divinity, West Road.

Criminology. Professor Fergus McNeill, Professor of Criminology and Social Work at the Scottish Centre for Crime and Justice Research, Glasgow University, will give a public seminar entitled On probation: helping, holding, and hurting offenders, at 5.30 p.m., on 18 February 2010, in Seminar Room B3 at the Institute of Criminology, Sidgwick Avenue.

Equality and Diversity. The following events will take place in February:

Equal pay and the gender divide, by Dr Jude Browne, at 12.30 p.m., on 11 February, in St Catharine’s College. As part of the Different views series, Dr Browne considers the representation of women, gender inequality, and the University’s Equal Pay Reports. All are welcome and lunch will be provided. To book a place at this event, email equality@admin.cam.ac.uk. If you would like more information or have any special requirements, contact Claire Hogg at clh80@admin.cam.ac.uk.

Whatever happened to gay journalism?, on 12 February, at 6 p.m., in the Ramsden Room, St Catharine’s College. As part of the celebrations for Lesbian, Gay, Bisexual, and Trans History Month, this talk, by journalists from the original Gay News, will consider the role of gay journalism in the fight for equality and assess its demise in recent years. To book a place at this event, email cjg29@cam.ac.uk. If you would like more information or have any special requirements, contact Dr Caroline Gonda at cjg29@cam.ac.uk.

Out at lunch, on 16 February, at 5.45 p.m., in Cripps Court, Chesterton Lane (Magdalene College). As part of the celebrations for Lesbian, Gay, Bisexual, and Trans History Month, the University of Cambridge is hosting a special preview screening of a new film documenting life as a lesbian at the University. It will be followed by Q&As with the film-makers. All are welcome. To book a place at this event email equality@admin.cam.ac.uk. If you would like more information or have any special requirements, contact Kevin Coutinho at ksmc3@cam.ac.uk.

Gender Studies. Multi-disciplinary Gender Research Seminar. The following seminar will be hosted by the Centre for Gender Studies on Monday, 15 February 2010, from 12.30 to 1.30 p.m.: Family snaps: doing family, home, and mothering with photographs, by Professor Gillian Rose, Department of Geography, Open University. The seminar will take place in Room 101, Sir William Hardy Building, Downing Site. All are welcome.

Slavonic Studies. The 2010 Stasiuk Workshop in Ukrainian Studies. Cambridge Ukrainian Studies, an initiative of the Department of Slavonic Studies, is inviting interested graduate students and researchers at the beginning of their careers to participate in a special workshop in contemporary Ukrainian politics and society.

Conducted by Dr Gwendolyn Sasse, Professorial Fellow at Nuffield College and University Reader in Comparative Politics, University of Oxford, the workshop will focus on successes of transition in Ukraine (e.g. state-building, Crimea) and consider prospects for the future after the presidency of Viktor Yushchenko. The workshop will take place on Friday, 26 February 2010, from 11 a.m. to 2 p.m., in the Rylands Room, King’s College. After the workshop, participants are cordially invited to attend the Stasiuk Lecture, at 5 p.m., in the Umney Theatre, Robinson College. More information can be found at http://www.cambridgeukrainianstudies.org.uk/.

Coffee and lunch will be provided. To apply, please send a brief curriculum vitae and statement of interest to Mrs Irina Ginns, Department of Slavonic Studies, University of Cambridge, at slavon@hermes.cam.ac.uk by Monday, 15 February.

Sociology. Professor Yanje Bian, Professor of Sociology, University of Minnesota, Dean of the School of Humanities and Social Science at Xi’an Jiotong University, will give a lecture entitled The increasing significance of Guanxi, on 26 February 2010, at 3 p.m., in the Arts School, Room B, New Museums Site. For further information contact Larry King on lk285@cam.ac.uk.