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No 6220

Wednesday 20 April 2011

Vol cxli No 24

pp. 645–684

Notices by Faculty Boards, etc.

Faculty of Classics: Conference of Lecturers

The Chairman of the Faculty Board of Classics gives notice that a Conference of Lecturers will be held at 1.45 p.m. on Thursday, 26 May 2011, in Room 1.11 of the Faculty Building, for the purpose of discussing the Lecture-list for 2011–12.

Historical Tripos, 2012: Notice

The Faculty Board of History give notice that they have amended their announcement of special and specified subjects for Part II of the Historical Tripos, 2012, as published on 7 July 2010 (Reporter, p. 1047), as follows:

By withdrawing the following from the list of Special Subjects for Papers 2i and 2ii:

Knowledge, wealth, and power in the Roman Empire (A)

The Adams family and American culture (H)

By adding the following to the list of Special Subjects for Papers 2i and 2ii:

From World War to Cold War: America, Britain, Russia, and the division of Europe, 1944–1950 (L)

By amending the title of Paper 10

From

Death in the middle ages, c.1050–c.1550

To

No subject specified

By amending the title of Paper 21

From

The long road to modernization: Spain, 1800–2000

To

No subject specified

The variable papers originally announced have been reorganized and new papers have been added. The revised list follows:

6

Ancient Greek democracy and its legacies (Paper C1 of Part II of the Classical Tripos)

7

Transformation of the Roman world (Paper C4 of Part II of the Classical Tripos)

8

The Near East in the age of Justinian and Muhammad, ad 527–700

9

The Jewish presence in medieval society

11

The archaeology of medieval Britain (Paper A28 of Part II of the Archaeological and Anthropological Tripos) (new subject)

12

The middle ages on film: medieval violence and modern identities

14

Material culture in the early modern world

15

Food and drink in Britain and the wider world, 1577–1773 (new subject)

16

Persecution and toleration in Britain, 1400–1700

17

The politics of knowledge from the late Renaissance to the early Enlightenment

19

Culture and identity in Britain’s long eighteenth century

20

World population, development, and environment since 1750: comparative history and policy

21

The French and the British problem, since c.1688

23

Ireland since the famine

24

The politics of gender in Britain, 1790–1990

27

The history of Latin America in the colonial period, c.1500–1830

28

The history of the Indian sub-continent from the late eighteenth century to the present day

29

The history of Africa from 1800 to the present day

30

‘Islands and beaches’: the Pacific and Indian Oceans in the long nineteenth century (new subject)

Candidates for Part II in 2012, who have previously taken Part I of the Historical Tripos and who did not offer in that Part a paper falling mainly in the period before 1750, may meet the requirement to take a pre-1750 paper in Part II by offering one of the Special Subjects B, C, D, E, and F or by offering Paper 3 or one of the Papers 6, 7, 8, 9, 11, 12, 14, 15, 16, and 17 or a dissertation, provided that its subject falls mainly in the period before 1750.

Candidates for Part II in 2012, who have previously taken Part I of the Historical Tripos and who did not offer in that Part a paper falling mainly in the period after 1750, may meet the requirement to take a post-1750 paper in Part II by offering one of the Special Subjects I, K, L, M, N, and P or by offering Papers 4 or 5 or one of the Papers 19, 20, 21, 23, 24, 28, 29, and 30 or a dissertation, provided that its subject falls mainly in the period after 1750.

Candidates for Part II in 2012, who have previously taken Part I of the Historical Tripos and who did not offer in that Part a paper in European History, may meet the requirement to take a European History paper in Part II by offering one of the following papers: 7, 8, 9, 14, and 21.

The Faculty Board are satisfied that no candidate’s preparation for examination will be adversely affected by these amendments.

Oriental Studies Tripos, Part II, 2011: Notice

The Faculty Board of Asian and Middle Eastern Studies give notice that, with effect from the examinations to be held in 2011, the form of the examinations for the following papers for Part II of the Oriental Studies Tripos will be changed as follows:

Paper J.16. Japanese history

The course-work that constitutes this paper assessment consists of one research essay, of between 6,000 and 7,500 words, including footnotes and excluding bibliography. Each student will develop the topic of the essay in consultation with the instructor. A one-page topic and paper outline plus a bibliography will be due during the first class session of Lent Term. Two copies of the project shall be submitted to the Programmes Administrator in the Faculty Office so as to arrive not later than the third Friday of Full Easter Term.

Paper J.18. Japanese politics and international relations

The course-work that constitutes this paper assessment consists of one research essay, of between 6,000 and 7,500 words, including footnotes and excluding bibliography. Each student will develop the topic of the essay in consultation with the instructor. A one-page topic and paper outline plus a bibliography will be due during the first class session of Lent Term. Two copies of the project shall be submitted to the Programmes Administrator in the Faculty Office so as to arrive not later than the third Friday of Full Easter Term.

All other papers remain unchanged. The Faculty Board have confirmed that no candidate’s preparation for the examination in 2011 will be affected by these changes.

Natural Sciences Tripos, Part II (Biological and Biomedical Sciences), 2011–12: Notice

The Faculty Board of Biology give notice that the following combination of Major and Minor subjects, additional to, or amending, those previously published (Reporter, 2010–11, pp. 487–89), will be offered in NST Part II (Biological and Biomedical Sciences) in 2011–12:

Major Subjects:

Major Subject

Permissible Minor Subjects

Examination requirements

401

Mechanisms of Disease

Min. 20 candidates

101 103 104 107 108 121 122

Four written papers of three hours each

Full information about available Major and Minor subjects is provided on the Faculty website at http://www.bio.cam.ac.uk/sbs/facbiol/bbs/combinations.html.