No 6179
Wednesday 17 February 2010
Vol cxl No 20
pp. 545–600
The Annual General Meeting will be held on Monday, 1 March, at 5.45 p.m., in the Law Faculty Building, West Road. At 6 p.m. Ben Robinson will speak on Revealing Peterborough: new explorations in an ancient cathedral city. Members may bring guests and junior members of the University are welcome at all meetings.
Ziva Ben-Porat, Professor of Poetics and Comparative Literature, Tel Aviv University, will talk on Dinosaur or lion? ‘Golden Age’ Hebrew poetry in Spain and Modern Hebrew poetry on the following dates:
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23 February, 5 p.m. |
Explicated intertextuality: Amichai and Hanagid |
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24 February, 5 p.m. |
Echoes or allusions? Naomi Shemer and Yehudah Halevi |
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26 February, 4 p.m. |
Cultural politics: Amnon Shamush, Yehudah Halevi, and the cultural debate |
All lectures will be in either Room 7, 8, or 9 in the Faculty of Asian and Middle Eastern Studies, Sidgwick Avenue. All are welcome.
On Monday, 22 February 2010, at 5.30 p.m., in the Bristol-Myers Squibb Lecture Theatre, Department of Chemistry, Lensfield Road, Professor Sir Dillwyn Williams, Strangeways Laboratory, will deliver a lecture entitled The consequences of Chernobyl, from human health to genetic mechanisms. All who are interested are invited.
At a meeting held on 8 February 2010 in the Bristol-Myers Squibb Lecture Theatre, Department of Chemistry, Lensfield Road, Professor A. G. Smith, President, was in the Chair.
Dr Jim McElwaine, Department of Applied Mathematics and Theoretical Physics delivered a lecture entitled The dynamics of avalanches. A vote of thanks was moved by Professor J. M. E. Hyland.
Rubbish Productions with Ensemble BPM presents a video opera by Steve Reich and Beryl Korot, Three Tales. Performances will take place at 11 p.m. to midnight on Wednesday 17 to Saturday 20 February 2010.
Three Tales is a documentary digital video opera that recalls three events from the twentieth century: the crash of the Hindenburg Zeppelin, the nuclear bomb testings at Bikini Atoll, and the cloning of Dolly the Sheep. To learn more please visit the website: http://www.threetales.co.uk/.
Pre-performance talks will be given at 10.15 p.m. on Thursday, 18 February (Professor Robert Bud), Friday, 19 February (Dr Nick Williams), and Saturday, 20 February (James Lark).
Tickets are £4 to £6. Free online booking is available at http://www.adctheatre.com/, or telephone the Box Office on 01223 300085.