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What's on...
21 October - 27 October
Lectures, Seminars, Colloquia
Monday 21 October
12.30pm Sussex Continuing Education Research Forum: Adult Learners and Continuing Education at Kuwait University. Eissa Al-Ansari, Room D310.
2pm CulCom Lecture: Between Modes of Understanding: Psychoanalytic narratives and other stories. Eva Hoffman, Gardner Centre Theatre.
4.30 Neuroscience Seminar: From Living Eyes to Seeing Machines. Claire Rind (Newcastle-upon-Tyne), Biology Lecture Room.
5pm Sociology & Social Psychology Seminar: Meta- analysis of the determinants of heterosexual condom use. Paschal Sheeran (Dept. of Psych. Sheffield), Room D310.
5pm CPES Colloquium: The 3 Ps (An Industrial Approach to Polymer Research). Dr W.A. McDonald (ICI Wilton), MSLT.
Tuesday 22 October
3pm SEI Research in Progress Seminar: Aspects of Security: the NATO Enlargement Debate. Prof. Otto Pick (Charles University, Prague), Room A71.
4pm COGS Seminar: The unsuspected relationship between coffee cups and old elephants: The problem of representation in Artificial Intelligence. Robert French (University of Liege), Room PB5C11.
4.15pm Biochemistry and Genetics & Development Seminar: How do integral membrane proteins end up in the right membrane? Some answers from one example. Dr. George Banting (University of Bristol), Biology Lecture Room.
5pm International Relations and Politics Research in Progress Seminar: Rebels, Sceptics and Factions: Eurosceptical Factions in Political Parties. Dr. Paul Taggart, Room D510.
5pm German Research Colloquium: Moses Mendelssohn and the Concept of a German-Jewish Symbiosis. Ralph Blumenau (London), Room A155.
5pm MA Language, The Arts and Education: The Empty Word and the Full Word. Trevor Pateman, EDB Room 302.
Wednesday 23 October
1.30pm SCOAP: Antihydrogen. Dr. Mike Charlton (UCL), Room PB2A2.
4.30pm The 1996 Nortel Lecture in AI: Evolution of digital organisms. Prof. Thomas S. Ray (University of Delaware), Room A1
5pm English Graduate Colloquia: The Negro Anthology: Nancy Cunard, Modernism and Race. Carole Sweeney, Arts D640.
Thursday 24 October
12.30pm Postgrad History and Gender Seminar: Minor Literature, Major Source material: Collective Biographies of Women, 1550-1900. Sybil Oldfield, Room D730.
3.30pm IDS Gender Seminar: Gender and conflict: an overview of trends and issues. Judy el Bushra (ACORD), IDS.
4pm Geography Research Seminar: The Russian Far East: Resource Frontier for the Pacific Century. Mike Bradshaw (Birmingham), Room D610.
4pm Laboratory of Experimental Psychology: Cognition and narrative: Two experiments and the augmentation of a 2300-year-old theory. Keith Oatley (Toronto), Biology Lecture Room.
5pm University of Sussex Public Lecture: Martin Wight Memorial Lecture: On Writing International History: Maps, Chaps and Much More. Dr Zara Steiner (Cambridge), A1 Lecture Theatre.
5pm Social and Political Thought Seminar: Research Interests Colloquium. Room D630.
Friday 25 October
2pm SPRU Seminar: Instrumentation of Scientific Research. Prof. Luke Georghiou (Manchester), EDB 121.
4pm Astronomy Centre Seminar: Power spectrum analysis of redshift surveys. H. Tadros, Room PB1A7.
4.30pm Philosophy Society Meeting: The Concept of Landscape. Terry Diffey, Room A155.
The Gardner Arts Centre
The Fresh Dances Group
7.45pm Thursday 24 Oct: The flamboyant and theatrical Matthew Hawkins
and his Fresh Dances Group make a welcome return to the Gardner with a
brand new double bill of stunning contemporary dance.
The Gardner are offering two tickets for the price of one to see Matthew
Hawkins and The Fresh Dances Group to the first twenty people who
produce their copy of Bulletin at the box office.
Film at the Gardner
Monday 21 October
6.30 Brief Encounter
Tuesday 22 October
9pm High Hopes
Wednesday 23 October
7.45pm Life is Sweet
Sunday 27 October
6pm Secrets and Lies (15)
9pm ERMO (18)
CDU Workshops
Monday 21 October
5.30pm Inland Revenue: Training for and work in taxation with the Civil
Service.
Tuesday 22 October
6pm The Bar: how to train and work as a barrister.
Wednesday 23 October
5.30pm Association of Commonwealth Universities: Postgraduate study in
Commonwealth countries.
Thursday 24 October
11am The World Bank: Find out about their Young Professionals Program.
6pm Institute of Chartered Accountants: Accountancy careers for students of any
discipline.
For more information or to sign up for a workshop go to the CDU, in Falmer
House, with your £5 refundable deposit.
Erasmus Teaching Exchange
Psychophysiology of early cognition and language: Dr Alexandra Sansavini
(University of Bologna) will present three lectures on 28 & 30 Oct. at 4pm in
Room C207, and 29 Oct 1.30pm in PB2A. All welcome.
Recital
1.15pm Recital by Michael Finnissy on Thursday 24 Oct. The Recital Room, Falmer
House. Free and all welcome.
Senior Common Room
Membership of the Senior Common Room is open to all Univeristy staff. If you
would like to join or receive more details contact Andrew Buxton in
IDS(A.Buxton@sussex.ac.uk)
Call for Volunteers
10 - 15 Nov. Violence, Abuse and Women's Citizenship International Conference
needs volunteers. Work for 3 days get 2 days free attendance, or work 2 days
and get 1 day free attendance. Call 01274-383528.
IDS Library - BLDS
Issue desk service:
Term time: 11am - 4pm (open lunch time)
Vacation: 10am - 1 pm and 2pm - 4pm
Borrowing Allowances:
A maximum of 5 books at any one time for UoS postgraduates.
Journal issues will no longer be lent.
New Opening Hours
Mon - Thur: 9am - 8pm
Fri: 9am - 5pm
Sat: 12pm - 6pm
Sun: Closed
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