Reporter 12/11/97: Announcement of lectures and seminars

Announcement of lectures and seminars

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

E. C. Quiggin Memorial Lecture. The fourth annual lecture in memory of Edmund Crosby Quiggin, Fellow of Gonville and Caius College, Monro Lecturer in Celtic, University Lecturer in German (†1920) on the theme 'The Sources of Gaelic History' will be given by Professor Máire Herbert, who will speak about Gaelic hagiography, at 5 p.m. on Thursday, 20 November, 1997, in the Old Hall, Queens' College. The lecture will be followed by a reception.

Clinical Veterinary Medicine. Tea Clubs are held at 4.30 p.m. on Thursdays, in the Main Lecture Theatre at the Department of Clinical Veterinary Medicine, Madingley Road. Tea is served at 4 p.m. in the Senior Common Room.

13 November	The immunology of pregnancy - lessons from people, cows and deer, by Dr D. Bainbridge, of the John Radcliffe Hospital, Oxford.
20 November	T cell clonality and immunological memory, by Professor P. Beverley, of the Edward Jenner Institute for Vaccine Research, Compton.
4 December	Vaccination and bovine tuberculosis, by Dr Glyn Hewinson, of the Central Veterinary Laboratory, Weybridge.

International Studies, Latin-American Studies, Social and Political Sciences, and Cambridge Committee for Russian and East European Studies. A joint seminar will be given at 5 p.m. on Monday, 17 November, in Room LG18, Law Faculty, 10 West Road. Professor Alfred Stepan, of the University of Oxford, will speak on Federalism, nationalism, and democracy: a comparative perspective.

Law. Centre for European Legal Studies (CELS). Seminars will be given at 12.45 p.m. on the following Wednesdays, in Room B16 (Lower Ground Floor), Law Faculty, 10 West Road:

12 November	Some current topics in EC Competition Law (I) - international mergers, jurisdictional issues, cooperation between the Commission and other competition authorities inside and outside the EU, by Mr Jonathan Faull, of the European Commission, Brussels.
19 November	The future of European social policy: fundamental rights or economic constitution, by Dr Simon Deakin.

A sandwich lunch will be provided, courtesy of Stanbrook and Hooper, Brussels.

Philosophy. This year's Heffer Lecture will be given by Professor James Griffin, of Corpus Christi College, Oxford, under the title First steps in an account of human rights, at 5 p.m. on Friday, 21 November, in the Little Hall, Sidgwick Avenue.

Slavonic Studies. Petr Aleshkovskii will lecture on Russia - past and present, at 5 p.m. on Tuesday, 18 November, in Room 12, Raised Faculty Building, Sidgwick Avenue.

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