Reporter 20/10/99: 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:

English. The following Special Lectures will be held at 5 p.m. in Lady Mitchell Hall, Sidgwick Avenue.

27 October	What painting taught literature: Roger Fry and Virginia Woolf, by Dr Frances Spalding, art historian and critic.
22 November	Modern European storytelling, by Dame Antonia Byatt, DBE.

Biological Anthropology. Research seminars will be held at 4 p.m. on Wednesdays, in the Seminar Room, Level 6, Department of Biological Anthropology, Pembroke Street. There will be refreshments afterwards.

20 October	Intelligence and the brain, by Professor Nick Mackintosh, of the Department of Experimental Psychology.
27 October	Film and discussion of the Aquatic ape hypothesis, by Ms Elaine Morgan, author.
3 November	Agriculture, changing selective pressures, and human life history in Holocene Europe, by Professor Richard Paine, of the University of Utah.
17 November	Geographical variations of growth parameters in the former Soviet Union, by Dr Elena Godina, of Moscow State University.
24 November	Snps and cardiovascular disease: an evolutionary perspective, by Professor Ryk Ward, of the Institute of Biological Anthropology, Oxford.
1 December	Towards reconstructing ancestral states on phylogenies: examples from hominids, by Dr Mark Pagel, of the University of Reading.

Engineering. Mechanics colloquia will be held at 2.30 p.m. on Thursdays, in Lecture Room 5, Department of Engineering, Trumpington Street.

21 October	Constitutive models for metal foams and lattice materials, by Dr V. S. Deshpande, of the Department of Engineering.
28 October	Clastic mechanics and grain crushing: cornflakes, ballotini, and soil, by Dr M. D. Bolton, of the Department of Engineering.
4 November	Collapse analysis of structures subjected to earthquakes and applications in seismic risk reduction, by Professor A. S. Elnashai, of Imperial College of Science, Technology, and Medicine, London.
11 November	Design research methodology and systematic design, by Dr L. T. M. Blessing and Dr A. Chakrabarti, of the Department of Engineering.
2 December	Extension of the J concept for significant crack growth in ductile fracture mechanics, by Professor A. G. Atkins, of the University of Reading.

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.

27 October

Earth colour: the painting materials of ancient Egypt, by Julie Dawson, Senior Assistant Keeper of Antiquities.

Geography. Seminars will be held at 4.15 p.m. on Thursdays in the Seminar Room, Department of Geography, Downing Place.

21 October	The environmental sustainability of Sahelian agriculture, by Professor Andrew Warren, of University College London.
28 October	Millennial geographics, by Professor Denis Cosgrove, of Royal Holloway, London.
4 November	Species migration and climatic change: lessons from the past and modelling for the future, by Professor Brian Huntley, of the University of Durham.
11 November	Modernism and urban form/lessness: destabilizing calls to order, by Dr David Pinder, of Queen Mary and Westfield College, London.
18 November	False prophets: mutant NGOs and parasitic action in the struggle over the Philippine environment, by Dr Raymond Bryant, of King's College London.
25 November	Race, space, and the regulation of sexuality in the British Empire, by Dr Phillip Howell, of the Department of Geography.
2 December	Towards a radical physical geography, by Dr Stuart Lane, of the Department of Geography.

Centre for Jewish-Christian Relations. Lectures take place at 2 p.m. in the Old Common Room, Wesley House, Jesus Lane, on the following dates:

27 October	Ethics of peacemaking in Jewish and Christian thought, by Professor Bill Klassen.
9 November	The historical Jesus: Jewish contributions, by Professor Bill Klassen.
24 November	Reporting Jewish-Christian relations in the media, by the Hon. Gerry Noel.
1 December	'Paul's vision of death', with reference to 1 Thessalonians, by Dr Martin Ramey.
6 December	The Holocaust: a survivor's testimony, by Viktor Greenberg .

Oriental Studies. Seminars will be held at 5 p.m. on Tuesdays, in Room 13, Faculty of Oriental Studies, Sidgwick Avenue.

2 November	How to read the 'Mahabharata', by Dr John Smith, of the Faculty of Oriental Studies.
23 November	How to read new writing by Japan's untouchables, by Dr Mark Morris, of the Faculty of Oriental Studies.

Modern Hebrew Studies. Lectures will be held at 5 p.m. on Wednesdays, in Room 9, Faculty of Oriental Studies, Sidgwick Avenue.

20 October	The dangerous legacy, nationalism and welfare in Palestine, by Marcella Simoni, of University College London.
3 November	The presentation of Jerusalem in Israeli and Palestine poetry, by Professor Ziva Ben-Porat, of Tel Aviv University.
17 November	The modern Jewish history - emancipation or national identity?, by Professor Ch. Abramsky, of University College London.

South Asian Studies. Seminars are held at 5 p.m. in the Director's Room, Centre of South Asian Studies, Laundress Lane, on the following dates:

20 October	The General Strike of 1937, and its significance in Bengal politics, by Dr S. Basu, of the School of Oriental and African Studies.
29 October	Chronicles of corruption in India: 1947-1997, by Dr Shiv Visvanathan, of the Centre for the Study of Developing Societies, Delhi.

The Kingsley Martin Memorial Lecture, entitled Ankalu's errant wife: sex, marriage, and industry in contemporary Chhattisgarh, will be given by Professor Jonathan Parry, of the London School of Economics and Political Science, at 5 p.m. on Wednesday, 3 November, in the Classics Lecture Room (G. 19), Sidgwick Avenue.

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