Reporter 13/10/99: 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:

Institute of Astronomy. Colloquia will be held at 4.30 p.m. on Thursdays, preceded by tea at 4 p.m. They will be held in the RGO Common Room, Madingley Road, up to 28 October. From 10 November, they will be held in the new Raymond and Beverly Sackler Lecture Theatre, Madingley Road.

14 October	Armed bombs? Double degenerates, type Ia supernovae, and close binary evolution, by Dr T. Marsh, of the University of Southampton.
21 October	The cosmological evolution of far infrared galaxies and its implications, by Dr J.-L. Puget, of the Institut d'Astrophysique Spatiale, Orsay.
28 October	Weak lensing by high-redshift clusters of galaxies, by Dr D. Clowe, of MPA-Garching.
11 November	The formation of elliptical galaxies, by Dr A. Burkert, of Heidelberg University.
18 November	Large scale clustering and smoothness, by Dr O. Lahav, of the Institute of Astronomy.
25 November	Reionization and its connection to the first galaxies and QSOs, by Dr P. Madau, of the Institute of Astronomy.

Inauguration of the Raymond and Beverly Sackler Lecture Theatre. Professor R. D. Blandford, of Caltech, will deliver the Fourth Raymond and Beverly Sackler Lecture, entitled Cosmic illusions: how nature creates giant gravitational telescopes, on Wednesday, 10 November, at 3.30 p.m.

Chemical Engineering. Seminars will be held at 4.15 p.m. on Wednesdays in the Main Lecture Theatre, Department of Chemical Engineering, Pembroke Street. Tea is available at 4 p.m. in the foyer.

13 October	Scheduling of cleaning actions in multiperiod heat exchanger networks using stochastic optimization methods, by Dr Vassilis Vassiliades, of the Department of Chemical Engineering.
20 October	Metal ion chemistry in flames, by Professor John Goodings, of York University, Canada.
27 October	Dynamics of bubble plumes and particle plumes, by Professor Andrew Woods, of the University of Bristol.
3 November	The design and planning of a major new cement manufacturing plant, by Richard Sams, of Blue Circle Industries.
10 November	Understanding and minimizing polymer die swell, by Dr Malcolm Mackley, of the Department of Chemical Engineering.
17 November	Block copolymers: nanostructured materials for the new millennium, by Dr Ian Hamley, of the University of Leeds.
24 November	Effects of flow on polymer-polymer miscibility, by Professor Julia Higgins, of Imperial College, London.
1 December	Extractive membrane reactors in clean chemical manufacture, by Dr Andrew Livingston, of Imperial College, London.
8 December	Encouraging catalysts to work that little bit harder, by Professor Brian Johnson, of the Department of Chemistry.

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

20 October	Remyelination and glial cell transplantation in the central nervous system, by Professor W. F. Blakemore, of the Department of Clinical Veterinary Medicine.
24 November	How dendritic cells handle bacteria, by Dr. M. Rescigno, of the University of Milan.

Earth Sciences. Seminars will be held at 5 p.m. on Tuesdays, in the Harker Room, Department of Earth Sciences, Downing Street.

19 October	Volcano-atmosphere science and the hazards of volcanic clouds, by Professor Bill Rose, of Michigan Technical University.
26 October	Magnetic minerals produced by magnetotactic bacteria, by Dr Mihaly Posfai, of the University of Veszprem.
2 November	Ice core records of the late Quaternary, by Dr Eric Wolff, of the British Antarctic Survey.
9 November	Coupled natural hazards: earthquakes, rainstorms, and landslides, by Dr Nils Hovius, of the Department of Earth Sciences.
16 November	In the footsteps of Albertosaurus: tectonic, eustatic, and climatic controls on a large delta complex, Cretaceous, western Canada, by Dr Guy Plint, of the University of Western Ontario.
23 November	Long-term variability in the El Niño Southern Oscillation: evidence from living and fossil annually-banded massive corals in Papua New Guinea, by Dr Sandy Tudhope, of the University of Edinburgh.
30 November	Floristic change in the Antarctic Peninsula: implications for the radiation of flowering plants in the Southern Hemisphere, by Dr David Cantrill, of the British Antarctic Survey.

Experimental Psychology. Zangwill Club Seminars are held at 4.30 p.m. on Fridays in the Lecture Theatre, Ground Floor, Department of Experimental Psychology, Downing Site. Tea will be served in the First Floor Seminar Room from 4 p.m.

15 October	Do dolphins have a theory of mind?, by Alain Tschudin, of the University of Liverpool.
22 October	Prior entry measures of attentional deficit, by Chris Rorden, of the MRC Cognition and Brain Sciences Unit.
29 October	Episodic memory: insight from the study of semantic dementia, by Kim Graham, of the MRC Cognition and Brain Sciences Unit.
5 November	Vanishing helicopters and seahorses with hearing aids: exploring the representation of concepts in semantic memory, by Helen Moss, of the Department of Experimental Psychology.
12 November	Images are seldom what they seem: understanding graphic representations of the world, by Lyn Liben, of Penn State University.
19 November	From motivation to action: limbic-striatal interactions, by John Parkinson, of the Department of Anatomy.
26 November	The amygdala, emotion, and learning, by Simon Kilcross, of the University of York.
3 December	Space, time, and the formation of auditory objects, by Andy Oxenham, of MIT.

Centre for Family Research. Lunch-time seminars will be held at 1 p.m. prompt on Tuesdays in Room 606, Centre for Family Research, Free School Lane.

2 November	Men's understanding of familial and genetic cancer, by Clare Moynihan, of the Institute of Cancer Research.
9 November	Seminar title to be announced, to be given by Professor Ann Robertson, of the Centre for Family Research and the University of Toronto.
16 November	Genetic capital and the construction of fit bodies within reproductive genetics, by Professor Elizabeth Ettorre, of the University of Plymouth.
30 November	Where have all the drunks gone? An illustration of ways of dealing with missing data applied to alcohol consumption in the 1946 British Cohort, by Margaret Ely, of University College London Medical School.

Fitzwilliam Museum. Lunch-time Gallery Talks, under the general title Art in context, will be given at 1.15 p.m. on Wednesdays, from 13 October to 1 December.

20 October

Casts and after-casts - medal-making in the Renaissance and later, by Dr Mark Blackburn, Keeper of Coins and Medals.

Land Economy. Lunch-time seminars will be held at 1 p.m. on Wednesdays in the Conference Room, Department of Land Economy, basement of 19 Silver Street.

13 October	Future of land use planning policy, by John Corkindale.
20 October	Alternative systems for adoption of EU agricultural policies, by Ignacio Atance.
27 October	Economics of endangered species, by David Brookshire.
3 November	Creating markets in land and housing in transitional economies: example of Poland, to be given by Dunuta Jachniak.
10 November	Blinded by the light: an investigation into light pollution in Europe and the United States, by Simon Sneddon.
24 November	Residents' views of conservation areas, by Ian Ellingham.
1 December	Recent developments in French planning law, by Professor J. B. Auby.

A seminar, entitled Contrasting approaches to economic development and job generation in traditional industrial areas, by Paul Lawless and Gordon Dabinett, will take place at 5 p.m. on Wednesday, 17 November, in the Conference Room, Department of Land Economy. It will be held jointly with the Regional Studies Association.

Lauterpacht Research Centre for International Law. Lunch-time talks will be held at 12.30 p.m. on Fridays in the Lauterpacht Research Centre, 5 Cranmer Road. A sandwich lunch will be provided, courtesy of Messrs Ashurst Morris Crisp.

15 October	The archives of Lord Arnold McNair: a brief examination of his contribution to the development of International Law, by Sandra Bunn-Altham, of LRCIL.
22 October	Legal aspects of the Middle East peace process, by Professor Nico Bar-Yaacov, of the Hebrew University of Jerusalem.
29 October	International arbitration in the United Kingdom, by Ronnie King, of Ashurst Morris Crisp, London.
5 November	Dispute settlement by advisory opinion - the immunity from legal process of the Special Rapporteur of the Commission on Human Rights, by Sir Elihu Lauterpacht, CBE, QC, formerly of the Lauterpacht Research Centre.
12 November	Dispute settlement, international courts, and tribunals, panel discussion (speakers to be announced).
19 November	The power of international tribunals to determine national security interests, by Dapo Akande, of the University of Nottingham.
26 November	The Law of the Sea Tribunal and its procedures, by Judge David Anderson, of the International Tribunal on the Law of the Sea.

In addition to this programme, the Centre also organizes occasional evening seminars and other sessions on an ad hoc basis on topics of current interest. Notice of these meetings will be given at the Friday lunch-time sessions.

McDonald Institute for Archaeological Research. Lunch-time seminars will be held at 1.15 p.m. on Wednesdays in the Seminar Room, Ground Floor, McDonald Institute Courtyard Building, Downing Site. Speakers are from the McDonald Institute.

13 October	The origins of the civilization of Angkor, by Charles Higham.
27 October	Egyptian pyramids of the Fourth Dynasty: orientation, chronology, and interpretation, by Kate Spence.
10 November	Making culture: the biography of ceramics in early Bronze Age Britain and Ireland, by Andrew Jones.
24 November	Marketing illicit antiquities, by Jenny Doole.

Mongolia and Inner Asia Studies Unit. Research seminars will be held at 4.30 p.m. on Thursdays in Lecture Room 8, Faculty of Oriental Studies, Sidgwick Avenue. Tea will be available from 4 p.m. in the Unit Office, Room 4.

14 October	Predators and perceptions: herders, livestock, wolves, and snow leopards in Mongolia, by Priscilla Allen, of the University of Wales.
28 October	Seminar on her book, Education in Tibet: policy and practice since 1950, by Catriona Bass.
4 November	Symbols of ethnic identity in the Republic of Sakha (Yakutia), by Tatiana Argounova, of the Scott Polar Research Institute.
18 November	Religious diversity among post-socialist Buryats of Russia - is there any hidden generality?, by Mr Hurelbaatar, of the Department of Social Anthropology.
25 November	Discussion and screening of a film, Sleepingwalking in Mongolia, led by Sue Byrne, of the Tibet Foundation. This session begins at 3.45 p.m.

Oriental Studies. Japanese Studies Seminars will be held at 2.15 p.m. on Mondays in the Sorimachi Memorial Room (Room 13), Faculty of Oriental Studies, Sidgwick Avenue.

18 October	Zainichi Korean writers and cultural identity, by Dr Carol Hayes, of the University of Durham.
25 October	Terrorists in early Shōwa Japan: the crazy world of the Blood-Pledge Corps, by Dr Stephen Large, of the Faculty of Oriental Studies.
1 November	How to keep women off the Japanese throne!, by Dr Peter Kornicki, of the Faculty of Oriental Studies.
8 November	Sino-Japanese relations towards the twenty-first century, by Dr Caroline Rose, of the University of Leeds.
15 November	The concept of 'Asia' in Japanese political thought, 1690-1890, by Professor Kōichirō Matsuda, of Rikkyō University.
22 November	Transforming the Japanese monarchy along with the 'popularization' of society: Crown Prince Hirohito and his court in the late Taishō period (early 1920s), by Professor Kazuto Sakamoto, of the Nissan Institute, Oxford.
29 November	Title of seminar to be announced, to be given by Dr Lucia Dolce, of the School of Oriental and African Studies.

For further information, contact Zoë Conway Morris on 35100 (e-mail zhc20@cam.ac.uk).

Institute of Public Health. Bradford Hill Seminar Series. Unless otherwise specified, seminars will be held at 1 p.m. prompt on Fridays, in the Large Seminar Room, 1st Floor, Institute of Public Health, University Forvie Site, Robinson Way (Parke-Davis Site).

19 October	Rare disease surveillance in children, by Dr Elisabeth Elliot, of the University of Sydney. (Tuesday)
22 October	Seminar title to be announced, to be given by Dr Jeremy Wyatt, of University College, London.
29 October	Seminar title to be announced, to be given by Dr Heiner Boeing, of the German Institute of Human Nutrition, Potsdam.
5 November	Towards evidence based implementation, by Professor Jeremy Grimshaw, of the University of Aberdeen.
12 November	Seminar title to be announced, to be given by Dr Chris Riddoch, of the University of Bristol.
18 November	Socio-economic differences in tobacco attributable mortality in developed countries: epidemiology and policy implications, by Dr Prabhat Jha, of the World Health Organisation, Geneva. (Thursday)
19 November	Why are asthma and allergy on the increase?, by Professor David Strachan, of St George's Hospital Medical School.
30 November	Human obesity: not all gluttony and sloth, by Professor Steve O'Rahilly, of the Department of Medicine. (Tuesday)

IPH Discussion Groups. Seminars will be held at 1 p.m. prompt on Tuesdays, in the Large Seminar Room, 1st Floor, Institute of Public Health.

9 November	A study of breast cancer screening in high risk women, by Jonathan Myles and Stephen Duffy, of the MRC Biostatistics Unit.
16 November	Antenatal screening for syphillis in East Anglia: is it still worth it?, by Julian Flowers, of the Anglia Clinical Audit and Effectiveness Team.
23 November	NetWAX and the importance of information portals not flood gates, by Claire O'Brien, of the Department of Community Medicine.

For further details or suggestions for future speakers, please contact Sarah Shore (tel. 762033, e-mail srs25@medschl.cam.ac.uk), or Dawn Teare (tel. 740163, e-mail dawn@srl.cam.ac.uk).

Scott Polar Research Institute. Lectures will be held at 8 p.m. on Saturdays in the Scott Polar Research Institute, Lensfield Road, unless otherwise specified. Seats will be reserved, on request, for Friends of the Institute.

23 October	Summer on the tundra, by Bob Burton, of Arcturus Expeditions.
6 November	Frank Wild: the forgotten hero of Antarctica, by Leif Mills, author.
20 November	Edward Wilson of the Antarctic: the hero in the family from the family point of view, by David Wilson, great-nephew of Edward Wilson. Please note that this lecture will be held at 5 p.m. The AGM of the Friends of the Institute, and a buffet will follow. All are welcome to the lecture, but Friends only may attend the AGM and buffet.
4 December	A century ago: the heroic era of Antarctic exploration, by Robert Headland, of the Scott Polar Research Institute.

Sino-Indian Liberalization Seminar. The Sino-Indian Liberalization Seminar, entitled Social welfare and the transition to a market economy in China, will be given by Dr Athar Hussain, Deputy Director of the Asia Research Centre, London School of Economics. The seminar will take place from 5 to 6.30 p.m. on Thursday, 14 October, in the Andrew Room, Sussex House, Sidney Sussex College.

Social and Political Sciences. Sociological Research Group. A lunch-time talk entitled Work overload and personal relationships, will be given by Jane Nolan, of the Faculty of Social and Political Sciences, at 1 p.m on Wednesday, 3 November, at the Faculty of Social and Political Sciences, 8-9 Jesus Lane. Bring lunch if you wish.

A seminar, entitled Work, welfare, and society in Europe, will be given by Dr Christine Cousins, of the University of Hertford, at 5 p.m. on Friday, 12 November, in Committee Room 717, Faculty of Social and Political Sciences, Free School Lane.

Social Anthropology. Seminars will be held at 5 p.m. on Fridays in the Seminar Room, Department of Social Anthropology, Free School Lane.

15 October	Blood money: the elite thoroughbred auction, by Dr Rebecca Cassidy, British Academy Postdoctoral Fellow, Cambridge.
22 October	The occasional garden, by Dr Catherine Alexander, of St John's College.
29 October	Self-development and social transformation: the vision and experiments of the socio-spiritual movement of Swadhyaya in contemporary India, by Dr Ananta Giri, of the Madras Institute of Development Studies.
5 November	The beginnings of documentary films in the British Empire and in independent India, by Dr Dennis Vidal, of CEIAS.
12 November	Lost worlds: aesthetics, 'culture loss', and the law in two Pacific environmental disasters, by Dr Stuart Kirsch, of the Economic Relations Project, Cambridge, and the University of Michigan.
19 November	'A celebration of worship': a new post-revolutionary girls' initiation ritual in Iran, by Dr Azam Torab, of Clare Hall.
26 November	Relativism, anthropology, and human rights, by Professor Bryan Turner, of the Faculty of Social and Political Sciences.

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