Pembroke College: Drapers' Company Research Fellowship in Physical or Biological Sciences or Mathematics; Harry F. Guggenheim Research Fellowship in Humanities and Social Sciences; Trebilcock-Newton Trust Research Fellowship in Arts, Humanities, and Social Sciences; Randall Dillard Research Fellowship in Arts and Social Sciences; tenure: from 1 October 2017; salary: £22,494–£25,298 at current rates; closing date: 25 November 2016; further details: http://www.pem.cam.ac.uk/the-college/job-vacancies/
A memorial service for Mr Nigel Allington will take place in the College Chapel, Downing College, at 1.15 p.m. on Saturday, 29 October 2016. Those who wish to attend please notify the Master’s PA, Maggie Cherry (email: masters-pa@dow.cam.ac.uk or tel.: 01223 334806).
A memorial service for Dr Peter Mathias will take place in the College
Chapel, Downing College, at 2 p.m. on Saturday, 12 November 2016. Those who wish to
attend please notify the Master’s PA, Maggie Cherry (email: masters-pa@dow.cam.ac.uk or
tel.: 01223 334806).
There will be a memorial service to celebrate the life of Professor Alan
Cuthbert, Master of Fitzwilliam College, 1991–99, in the Chapel of Jesus College at 2
p.m. on Saturday, 5 November 2016, to which all are welcome. Refreshments will
follow.
An exhibition of paintings by Richard Hickman, entitled
Ekphrasis, will take place in the King’s College Art Room
from Wednesday, 2 November 2016 to Saturday, 26 November 2016. Further details are
available at http://www.kings.cam.ac.uk/events/exhibitions.html. The sale of the
paintings is in aid of Footage Foundation: see
http://www.footageyouth.org/.
The Lees Knowles Lectures for the Michaelmas Term 2016 on the theme The Byzantine art of war, will be given by James Howard-Johnston, Emeritus Fellow of Corpus Christi College, Oxford, at 5 p.m. as follows:
1 November 2016: The grand strategy of the Emperor Justinian
8 November 2016: The last great war of antiquity
15 November 2016: An early medieval guerilla state: Dark Age Byzantium
22 November 2016: The resurgence of Byzantium, 9th–11th centuries
Further information is available at http://www.trin.cam.ac.uk/events/.