No 6203
Wednesday 17 November 2010
Vol cxli No 7
pp. 181–196
This focused information briefing will be held at 12.30–2 p.m. on 18 November in the Pitt Building, Trumpington Street. Sexual orientation is a new protected characteristic under the Equality Act 2010. To help the University understand the implications of this legal change, this briefing will share the experiences of LGB&T staff and students at the University and look at specific issues in relation to employment and teaching.
This is a free event, open to all staff and students of the collegiate University and non-School institutions. Lunch will be provided. Confirm attendance via the booking form at http://www.training.cam.ac.uk/equality/event/49249. Further information is available from equality@admin.cam.ac.uk or 01223 764091.
All members of the University are invited to attend this drop-in session, held from 11 a.m. to 2 p.m. on 1 December in the University Centre, Granta Place, showcasing a variety of the University’s services and resources available to staff. Unwind with a yoga session, listen to slam poetry, try assertiveness training, or visit one of the many stalls.
There will also be an opportunity at 12.30 p.m. to meet the University’s new Equality Champions for Race, Disability, and Gender: Professor Dame Athene Donald, Dr Nick Bampos, and Pro-Vice-Chancellor Professor Ian White.
All staff are welcome. Further information is available at http://www.admin.cam.ac.uk/offices/hr/equality/events/.
The following lectures, seminars, etc. will be open to members of the University and others who are interested:
Cambridge Central Asia Forum. In collaboration with the Development Studies Committee and the Cambridge Uzbekistan Society, the Cambridge Central Asia Forum presents a seminar on The phenomenon of nostalgia in post-Soviet Central Asia: oral accounts of everyday life in Soviet Uzbekistan and Kyrgyzstan, by Professor Timur Dadabaev, University of Tsukuba and University of Tokyo, on 23 November 2010, at 5 p.m. in Seminar Room E, 17 Mill Lane.
Gender Studies. A multi-disciplinary gender research seminar will be held at 12.30–1.30 p.m. on Monday, 22 November, in the Large Lecture Theatre, Department of Plant Sciences, Downing Street, entitled Two theses on the Afghan woman: Samira and Hana Makhmalbaf filming Agheleh Farahmand, by Professor Haim Bresheeth, School of Humanities and Social Sciences, University of East London. All welcome.
Heritage Research Group. A talk will be held on Thursday, 18 November, at 1–2.30 p.m. in the McDonald Institute Seminar Room, Downing Site, Department of Archaeology, entitled Djenne’s emptymuseum: the politics of cultural heritage in Djenne, by Dr Charlotte Joy (Museum of Archaeology and Anthropology). All welcome.
The Heritage Research Group meets once a week in term-time for discussions on the theme of heritage. The programme includes talks by invited speakers as well as members of the group (from Archaeology, Social Anthropology, Classics, etc.), and films, and discussions of texts. For more information, to be added to the HRG email list, or if you would like to speak at a session in 2011, please contact Gilly Carr (email gcc20@cam.ac.uk), Britt Baillie (email bab30@cam.ac.uk), or Guohua Yang (email gy216@cam.ac.uk).
Public Law. The Centre for Public Law in the Faculty of Law and the New Zealand Link Foundation will be hosting a public lecture, entitled Making parliament work, in LG19, Faculty of Law building, West Road, at 6 p.m. on Thursday, 25 November. The speakers will be the Honourable Margaret Wilson (former Speaker, New Zealand Parliament) and David Howarth (MP for Cambridge, 2005–10). All are welcome to attend.