The following lectures, seminars, etc. will be open to members of the University and others who are interested:
Earth Sciences. Tuesday Seminars will take place at 5 p.m. in the Tilley Lecture Room, Department of Earth Sciences, Downing Street. Wine will be served from 4.30 p.m. in the Common Room.
| 31 October | When magma starts to fizz ... gas geochemistry of volcanic eruptions, by Marie Edmonds, of the University of East Anglia. |
| 7 November | The ecology of cryptic genetic types of planktonic foraminifers: implications for fossil record interpretation, by Kate Darling, of the University of Edinburgh. |
| 14 November | Volatile origin and convection in the Earth's mantle, by Chris Ballentine, of the University of Manchester. |
| 21 November | (title to be announced) Alex Halliday, of the University of Oxford. |
| 28 November | A new look at possible connections between ocean circulation and climate change during the Holocene, by Ian Hall, of Cardiff University. |
Wednesday Seminars will take place at 4.30 p.m. in the Marine/Wolfson Building Lecture Hall, Bullard Laboratories, Madingley Road.
| 25 October | Surface wave tomography: insights into the structure of the upper mantle beneath Australia, by Stewart Fishwick, of the Department of Earth Sciences. |
| 1 November | Phase and correlation in 'random' seismic fields: Imaging with background noise and coda, by Michel Campillo, of Université Joseph Fourier, Grenoble. |
| 8 November | Geological constraints on Himalaya-Tibet collision processes, by Mike Searle, of the University of Oxford. |
| 22 November | (title to be announced) Mike Kendall, of the University of Bristol. |
| 29 November | Statistically determining errors of velocity models, by Richard Hobbs, of Durham University. Please note that this seminar may take place at 1 p.m. (to be confirmed). |
Law. The Centre for European Legal Studies (CELS) presents The Mackenzie-Stuart Lecture, entitled Trusting judges to deliver changes: EU social policies and the case of Italy, to be given by Professor Silvana Sciarra, of the University of Florence, and Goodhart Visiting Professor of Legal Science in the Faculty of Law. The lecture will take place on 26 October, from 5.30 p.m. to 6.30 p.m., in Lecture Theatre LG18, Faculty of Law, 10 West Road. The lecture will be followed by a drinks reception in the Atrium, Faculty of Law, generously sponsored by Shearman & Sterling LLP. Enquiries should be directed to cels@law.cam.ac.uk.
Martin Centre for Architectural and Urban Studies. 37th Annual Series of Lunchtime Lectures. Lectures are held at the Martin Centre, 6 Chaucer Road, on Wednesdays at 12.15 p.m. Tea, coffee, and cake are provided after each lecture for a small charge. There is more information and an abstract each week at http://www.arct.cam.ac.uk/. For further information, please contact Alistair Fair (tel. 01223 331704, e-mail ajf56@cam.ac.uk).
| 1 November | Sustainable communities - a comparative review of some UK and European examples, by Dr Sebastian Macmillan, of the Martin Centre. |
| 8 November | Simulating buildings in use, by Dr William Fawcett, of Pembroke College. |
| 15 November | A global agenda for revaluing construction, by Professor Peter Barrett, of the University of Salford. |
| 22 November | 'A wild lion through the window' - reflections on studios in Cambridge and Ahmedabad, by Nicholas Ray, of Nicholas Ray Architects. |
| 29 November | Does Palladian architecture exist?, The Tony Baggs Memorial History Lecture, by Dr Richard Hewlings, of English Heritage. |