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No 6463

Thursday 4 May 2017

Vol cxlvii No 29

pp. 485–504

Events, courses, etc.

Announcement of lectures, seminars, etc.

The University offers a large number of lectures, seminars, and other events, many of which are free of charge, to members of the University and others who are interested. Details can be found on individual Faculty, Department, and institution websites, on the What’s On website (http://www.admin.cam.ac.uk/whatson/), and on Talks.cam (http://www.talks.cam.ac.uk/).

Brief details of upcoming events are given below.

Classics

Inaugural lecture of the Professor of Comparative Philology: ‘Dangerous lunatics’: Comparative philology in Cambridge, by Professor James Clackson, at 5 p.m. on 19 May 2017, in the Little Hall, Sidgwick Site.

http://www.classics.cam.ac.uk

History

J. R. Seeley Lectures 2017: Recognition. A chapter in European intellectual history, a series of lectures by Axel Honneth, Institute of Social Research, Frankfurt, and Columbia University, on 16, 18, 23 and 25 May 2017, at 5 p.m. in the Runcie Lecture Theatre, Faculty of Divinity, Sidgwick Site. First lecture: Methodological remarks on intellectual history, on 16 May.

http://www.hist.cam.ac.uk/events/2017-seeley-lectures

Mongolia and Inner Asia Studies Unit

The perils of stray men, or why everybody needs a master (in India for example), by Anastasia Piliavsky, University of Cambridge, at 4.30 p.m. on 16 May 2017, in the Seminar Room, the Mond Building, Free School Lane

http://innerasiaresearch.org/

Physics

Scott Lecture Series 2017, at 4 p.m. in the Pippard Lecture Theatre, Cavendish Laboratory. Professor Hiroshi Amano, Nagoya University will give two lectures on Making of sustainable smart society by transformative electronics: 16 May: Blue LED story; 17 May: Future electronics

http://talks.cam.ac.uk/show/index/5376

Endellion String Quartet

The final concert of the 2016–17 series features music by Haydn, Mozart, and Schubert, with guest Cellist Guy Johnston (former King’s College Chorister and BBC Young Musician of the Year), at 7.30 p.m. on 24 May 2017, at West Road Concert Hall.

https://www.cambridgelivetrust.co.uk/tickets/events/endellion-string-quartet-11