This year’s Harold Bailey Memorial Lecture will be given on 10 December 2010 at 5 p.m., entitled The rediscovery of the court culture of the Qarakhanids (11th–early 13th centuries): recent results of the French–Uzbek Archaeological Mission at Afrasiab (Samarkand), by Professor Frantz Grenet (Paris). The lecture will be held in the Faculty of Asian and Middle Eastern Studies on Sidgwick Avenue, Cambridge, CB3 9DA. The lecture will be followed by a reception.
European Studies Centre, St Antony’s College: Deakin Fellowship 2011–12; living allowance: c. £14,000; closing date: 1 February 2011; further particulars: http://www.sant.ox.ac.uk/esc/fellowships/deakin.html
St John’s College: The Presidency; salary: within the professorial range for the University of Oxford; applications will be considered from 21 February 2011; further particulars: http://www.sjc.ox.ac.uk/ or vice.president@sjc.ox.ac.uk