Cambridge University Reporter

Announcement of lectures, seminars, etc.

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

Centre for Research in the Arts, Social Sciences, and Humanities (CRASSH). The Cultures of Climate Change research group at CRASSH announces its Michaelmas 2007 schedule. Seminars are held on alternate Mondays at 5 p.m. in the main seminar room at CRASSH, 17 Mill Lane, followed by discussion and an informal reception.

22 October Klaatu barada nikto - climate change and other acts of imagination, by Mr Caspar Henderson, author and journalist.
5 November What is a climate refugee?, by Dr Deborah Staines, of Macquarie University and CRASSH Visiting Fellow.
19 November ICT and climate change, by Ms Molly Webb of the Climate Group.
3 December Climate of fear or fear of climate? 'Lines of Defence'on the East coast of England, by Ms Bettina Furnee, 2008 University Library Artist-in-Residence.

Any questions may be directed to the convenors, Benjamin Morris (e-mail bam32@cam.ac.uk) and Bradon Smith (e-mail btls2@cam.ac.uk). Further information and regular updates can be found on the CRASSH website at http://www.crassh.cam.ac.uk/events/2007-8/climatechange.html.

Cambridge Post-Conflict/Post-Crisis Group will be holding weekly seminars in the Michaelmas Term 2007 on a range of topics, including:

23 October Space and place
30 October Reconstructing identity
6 November Memory and memorialization
13 November Transitional administration and governance
20 November Stakeholders, accountability, and ethics
27 November Stock-taking

All seminars take place on Tuesdays from 2.30 p.m. to 4.30 p.m. at CRASSH, 17 Mill Lane. The seminars will form the basis for an international conference, 'The Cultures of Reconstruction', being held on 27 and 28 June 2008. Those interested in attending should e-mail events@crassh.cam.ac.uk. Further information is available at http://www.crassh.cam.ac.uk/events/2007-8/postconflict.html.

Chemistry. Melville Laboratory for Polymer Synthesis. Seminars take place at 4 p.m. in the Unilever Lecture Theatre (unless otherwise stated), Department of Chemistry, Lensfield Road. Further information can be found at http://www.ch.cam.ac.uk/events/colloquia/mel.html.

18 October Functional dendritic architectures, by Dr Rainer Haag, of the Institut für Chemie und Biochemie, Freie Universitaet, Berlin.
1 November Synthesis and potential chiral catalytic application of nanoparticles from RAFT polymerized, optically active, amphiphilic diblock copolymers, by Mr Jared Skey, of the Melville Laboratory.
Cucurbituril meets polymer: Be my guest!, by Mr Urs Rauwald, of the Melville Laboratory.
15 November Design and synthesis of new biocatalysts, by Professor Ehud Keinan, of the Scripps Research Institute, California, and the Technion-Israel Institute of Technology.
22 November Bio-inpired nanomaterials for sensing and regenerative medicine, by Dr Molly M. Stevens, of Imperial College, London.
26 November Functionalized cucurbiturils and their applications, by Professor Kimoon Kim, of Pohang University of Science and Technology. This seminar will take place at 2.15 p.m. in the Pfizer Lecture Theatre.
29 November Co-ordination polymers, metallo-gels, and discrete metallo-supramolecular assemblies with cyclotriveratrylene-based or flat tripodal ligands, by Dr Michaele J. Hardie, of the University of Leeds.
6 December Nanoimprint lithography for application in polymer electronics, by Miss Ximin He, of the Melville Laboratory.
Supramolecular polymers bearing self-complementary hydrogen bonding end-groups, by Mr Adam Celiz, of the Melville Laboratory.

Engineering. Dynamics and Vibration Tea-Time Talks. Talks are held on Fridays at 4 p.m. in Lecture Room 5 at the Department of Engineering, Trumpington Street. Tea is served at 3.30 p.m. in the South Wing Mechanics Laboratory, followed by presentations at 4 p.m., lasting approximately 30 minutes. All visitors are welcome. Please report to Reception on arrival. Further information is available from Tore Butlin, Dynamics and Vibration Research Office (e-mail tb267@cam.ac.uk).

19 October A diffusion model of vibrational energy flow in large structures, by Mr Nick Wolff, of the University of Illinois.
How repeatable is brake squeal?, by Mr Tore Butlin, of the Department of Engineering.
26 October (Title to be confirmed) Professor David Hampton, of the Department of Civil and Mechanical Engineering, US Military Academy, West Point.
2 November Reliability analysis of offshore structures in spreading seas, by Miss Yahui Zhang, of the Department of Engineering.
An analysis of energy-efficient road transport, by Professor David Cebon, of the Department of Engineering.

Geography. Seminars will be held at 4.15 p.m. on Thursdays (unless otherwise stated) in the Seminar Room, Department of Geography, Downing Site, as follows:

1 November Water under ice: investigating the basal zone in ice sheets and glaciers, by Dr Poul Christoffersen, of the Scott Polar Research Institute.
15 November Crop yields, environmental crises, and historical change: Britain and Ireland 1290-1380, by Professor Bruce Campbell, of Queen's University Belfast.
29 November Regional economic evolution: creating a space for history in economic geography, by Professor Ron Martin, of the Department of Geography.

German. Professor Nicholas Boyle, Schröder Professor of German, will give his Inaugural Lecture, entitled The bourgeois and the official: a theme in German literary history, at 5 p.m. on 18 October, in the Sir Humphrey Cripps Theatre, Cripps Court, Magdalene College. The lecture will be followed by a reception for those attending in the Denis Murphy Gallery, Cripps Court.

Cambridge Committee for Russian and East European Studies (CamCREES). Seminars will take place on Tuesdays at 5 p.m. in the Latimer Room, Clare College. Tea and coffee will be available at 4.45 p.m.

23 October A virtual Gulag museum in the making [in Russian], by Dr Irina Flige, of St Petersburg Memorial Society Research Centre.
6 November Red Star Dance: the Berlin 'Russendisko' between 'Ostalgie' and Sots Art, by Dr Ellen Rutten, of the Department of Slavonic Studies.
20 November The quest for redemption of the hero: cosmologies of the future among the Eveny children in north-east Siberia, by Ms Olga Ulturgasheva, of the Scott Polar Research Institute.