Reporter 29/1/03: Announcement of lectures, seminars, etc.

Announcement of lectures, seminars, etc.

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

Centre of International Studies and Smuts Memorial Fund Commonwealth Lectures. The Managers of the Smuts Memorial Fund give notice that Dr Peter Lyon, editor of The Round Table, will be giving the Smuts Memorial Fund Lectures, entitled The chameleon Commonwealth, as follows:

30 January Commonwealth ideas, ideals, and ideologues, at 5.15 p.m., in Room 3, Mill Lane Lecture Rooms.

(Thursday)

31 January The 1964-65 watershed, at 5.15 p.m., in Room 3, Mill Lane Lecture Rooms.

(Friday)

6 February Commonwealths actual, virtual, and possible, at 5.15 p.m., in the Mong Room, Sidney Sussex

(Thursday) College.

7 February The Commonwealth and international civil society, at 4 p.m., in the Mong Room, Sidney

(Friday) Sussex College.

A seminar programme entitled The Commonwealth's role in international society, will be held on Friday, 7 February, in the Mong Building, Sidney Sussex College. For details and a registration form please e-mail wec20@cam.ac.uk.

Anglo-Saxon, Norse, and Celtic. Mrs Karen George, of the University of Leeds, will give a lecture entitled Symmetrical repetition in Jeremiah's lamentations and the 'De Excidio Britonum' of Gildas, on Friday, 31 January, at 5 p.m. in the Rushmore Room, St Catharine's College.

Computer Laboratory. Seminars will be held at 4.15 p.m. on Wednesdays in Lecture Theatre 1, William Gates Building, J. J. Thomson Avenue, off Madingley Road. Please note that these seminars appear in addition to those published in the 22 January edition of the Reporter.

5 February The challenges of data integration for e-Science, by Malcolm Atkinson, of the National e-Science Centre.

12 February Transforming awkward face-to-face consultations into more equitable, fluid, and congenial experiences, by Yvonne Rogers, of the University of Sussex.

12 March The PERMIS X.509 role-based privilege management infrastructure, by David Chadwick, of the University of Salford.

Centre for Research in the Arts, Social Sciences, and Humanities (CRASSH). Edna O'Shaughnessy, of the British Psychoanalytical Society, will be giving the fourth lecture in the series entitled Certainty, uncertainty, and meaning, at 8 p.m. on Thursday, 30 January, in the Lloyd Room, Christ's College. The title of the talk will be Whose Bion? Information about this and subsequent lectures on 13 and 27 February is available from the CRASSH webpage at http://www.crassh.cam.ac.uk/events/eventsforthcoming.html.

Criminology. A careers seminar chaired by Dr Alison Liebling, Director of the Prisons Research Centre, will be held in the Faculty of Law, Room B16, on Wednesday, 5 February, at 5.30 p.m. Professional groups to be presented will include: police, probation, prison/prison psychology, voluntary organizations, and Home Office research. A glass of wine will be available.

Engineering. The lecture series on Sustainable development will take place on Wednesday evenings, at 6.30 p.m. for 7 p.m., in the Lecture Theatre and the Lubbock Room, Peterhouse. For further details please contact Dr R. A. Fenner (tel. 01223 765626, e-mail raf37@eng.cam.ac.uk).

5 February Environmental sustainability, by Professor John Parker, Director of the Botanic Garden.

12 February Sustainable development - co-optimizing competitiveness, environment, and employment, by Professor Nick Ashford, of the Massachusetts Institute of Technology.

5 March After the World Summit? by Professor David Fisk, of Imperial College London.

26 March Operationalizing sustainable development: why is it so difficult? by Ms Sara Parkin, of the Forum for the Future.

30 April Science and technology strategies for a sustainable society - ten cases of creativity and innovation leading to a new framework of competitiveness, by Mr Gunter Pauli, of the Zeri Foundation.

14 May Sustainable mobility: pathways to the future, by Professor David Marks, of the Massachusetts Institute of Technology.

Centre for Gender Studies. This term's Colloquia is entitled Gender in the age of AIDS, and will be held on Saturday, 1 March, in Keynes Hall, King's College, between 10 a.m. and 3 p.m.

The Martin Centre. The Martin Centre for Architectural and Urban Studies holds lunch-time lectures at 12.15 p.m., on Wednesdays, in the Martin Centre, 6 Chaucer Road. Lunch (price £1.50) is available at 1.15 p.m. if ordered by the preceding Monday (tel. 01223 331700).

5 February Revelation through representation, by Professor Tom Kvan, of the University of Hong Kong.

12 February Plastics for electronics, by Professor Richard Friend, of the Cavendish Laboratory.

19 February Twenty-first-century timber, by Mr Stephen Corbett, of the Green Oak Carpentry Company, Ltd.

26 February The common place: what exactly is an 'open air museum'? by Mr Richard Harris, of the Weald and Downland Open Air Museum.

5 March The future of retail in the urban environment, by Ms Cari Hakes, of Whitby Bird and Partners/Hakes Associates.

12 March Hakes Associates - Wycoller Vistors' Centre and current work in progress, by Mr Julian Hakes, of Whitby Bird and Partners/Hakes Associates.

Table of Contents

30 January	Commonwealth ideas, ideals, and ideologues, at 5.15 p.m., in Room 3, Mill Lane Lecture Rooms.
(Thursday)
31 January	The 1964-65 watershed, at 5.15 p.m., in Room 3, Mill Lane Lecture Rooms.
(Friday)
6 February	Commonwealths actual, virtual, and possible, at 5.15 p.m., in the Mong Room, Sidney Sussex
(Thursday)	College.
7 February	The Commonwealth and international civil society, at 4 p.m., in the Mong Room, Sidney
(Friday)	Sussex College.

5 February	The challenges of data integration for e-Science, by Malcolm Atkinson, of the National e-Science Centre.
12 February	Transforming awkward face-to-face consultations into more equitable, fluid, and congenial experiences, by Yvonne Rogers, of the University of Sussex.
12 March	The PERMIS X.509 role-based privilege management infrastructure, by David Chadwick, of the University of Salford.

5 February	Environmental sustainability, by Professor John Parker, Director of the Botanic Garden.
12 February	Sustainable development - co-optimizing competitiveness, environment, and employment, by Professor Nick Ashford, of the Massachusetts Institute of Technology.
5 March	After the World Summit? by Professor David Fisk, of Imperial College London.
26 March	Operationalizing sustainable development: why is it so difficult? by Ms Sara Parkin, of the Forum for the Future.
30 April	Science and technology strategies for a sustainable society - ten cases of creativity and innovation leading to a new framework of competitiveness, by Mr Gunter Pauli, of the Zeri Foundation.
14 May	Sustainable mobility: pathways to the future, by Professor David Marks, of the Massachusetts Institute of Technology.

5 February	Revelation through representation, by Professor Tom Kvan, of the University of Hong Kong.
12 February	Plastics for electronics, by Professor Richard Friend, of the Cavendish Laboratory.
19 February	Twenty-first-century timber, by Mr Stephen Corbett, of the Green Oak Carpentry Company, Ltd.
26 February	The common place: what exactly is an 'open air museum'? by Mr Richard Harris, of the Weald and Downland Open Air Museum.
5 March	The future of retail in the urban environment, by Ms Cari Hakes, of Whitby Bird and Partners/Hakes Associates.
12 March	Hakes Associates - Wycoller Vistors' Centre and current work in progress, by Mr Julian Hakes, of Whitby Bird and Partners/Hakes Associates.