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What's on...
25 November - 29 November
Lectures, Seminars, Colloquia
Monday 25th November
11.30am SCOAP Seminar: Magnetic tapping
of atomic Europium. Prof. J. Doyle (Harvard), Room PB1A1.
12.30pm Continuing Education Research Forum: A
study in culture: The poetics of fishing: adults' motivation and higher
education. L. West (Kent), Room D310.
2pm Analysis Seminar: Huygen's Principle and
integral systems. A.P. Veselov (Loughborough), Room PB1A1.
2pm Particle Seminar: Stochastic walks in fractal
dimensions. K. Strobl, Room PB 2A1.
2pm Falmer Language Group:Time reference in
reported speech: getting the pragmatics right. R. Salkie (Brighton),
Room A155.
2pm Culcom Lecture: Righting the family: the
ethics and aesthetics of writing familial memoir as creative non-fiction.
J. Keefer (Guelph, Canada), Gardner Centre Theatre.
4.30pm Neuroscience Seminar: The number of transmitters
in small neural networks: consequences for signalling. P. Benjamin,
Biology Lecture Room.
5pm Women's Studies Research-in-Progress Seminar: New lamps for old: turns in the writing life. J. Keefer (Guelph),
Room D730.
5pm Sociology & Social Psychology Seminar: Modern
prejudice: an intergroup phenomenon. T. Farsides, Room D310.
5pm CPES Seminar: Archibald Scott Cooper
and Joseph Loschmidt: out of the shadow. Dr. A. Bader, MSLT.
Tuesday 26 November
12.30pm Life History Research Seminars:"Behind
Closed Doors": Women in business in Britain, 1930-1970. C. Taylor,
Library seminar room 122.
1.30pm Psychology in COGS Research in Progress Seminar:
Transient myopia: is it all in the mind? G. Edgar (British
Aerospace, Bristol), Room PB2A1.
3pm SEI Seminar: What can Europe learn from
the Korean electronics industry? Prof. A. Cawson and Dr. S. Ran
Kim, Room A71.
4pm COGS Seminar: Turning technology inside-out:
the importance of external representations and physical artefacts
in the publishing industry. Yvonne Rogers, Room PB5C11.
4.15pm Biochemistry and Genetics & Development Seminar:
The second ATP site and the first turnover of Na, K-ATPas.
Dr. J. Cavieres (Leicester), Biology Lecture Theatre.
5pm Graduate Seminar in Media and Culture: Notions
of a British film avant-garde. M. O'Pray (East London), Room D440.
5pm German Research Colloquium: The early years
of Nazism and the persecution of the Jew. K.F. Sheridan (London),
Room A155.
5pm MA Language, The Arts and Education: The
transformation of art into life. V. Denning, EDB Room 302.
6.15pm Professorial Lecture: Facing left: Power,
terror and profit in Chinese iconography. Prof. R. Benewick, Molecular
Sciences Lecturer Theatre.
Wednesday 27 November
1pm IDS Seminar: Work, wealth and power in rural
China: do political connections affect the returns to household labour?
S. Cook, IDS Room 221.
4pm Music Research Seminar: From perception
to critique: material and musical culture. E. Clarke (Sheffield),
Falmer House, Room 120.
5pm English Graduate Colloquium: Conversations
with my mother: psychodynamics and the contemporary woman writer.
K. Wise, Room D640.
Thursday 28 November
11.30am Economics Research-in-Progress Seminar:
Surplus labour and productivity in Chinese agriculture: evidence
from household survey data. S. Cook, Room D340.
12.30pm Postgraduate History and Gender Seminar:
The wonderful adventures of Mrs. Seacole in many lands: imperialism,
race and identity. A. Ruprecht, Room D730.
2pm Solid State and Materials Seminar: Some aspects
of liquid helium - 3. Prof. R.C. Richardson (Cornell), Room PB2A2
3.30pm Gender and Conflict Seminar: Arms to fight,
arms to protect: women speak out about conflict. Dr. O. Bennett
(PANOS Institute), IDS 221.
4pm Research Seminars: Cultural construction
and spatial strategy on the Eastern Cape Frontier, 1806-c1840.
A. Lester (St. Mary's College), Room D610.
5pm Social and Political Thought Seminar: Respect,
the Other and the moral law: Levinas' question to Kant. P. Davies,
Room D630.
5pm History Work in Progress Seminar: Kaiser
Wilheim II as supreme war lord in the First World War. H. Afflerbach
(Dusseldorf), Room A155.
5pm Sussex Development Lecture: Global environment
issues. J. Saurin, Room A1.
6pm Statistics Seminar: Cultural statistics.
P. Allin (National Heritage), Room PB107.
Friday 29 November
11.30am Algebra Seminar: The number of points
on an algebraic curve over a finite field. J.W.P. Hirschfeld, Portacabin
2 Science car park.
2pm SPRU Seminar: Strategy, structure and institution
in contemporary Europe: empirical findings, theoretical implications.
Dr. R. Whittington (New College, Oxford), EDB Room 121.
4pm Astronomy Centre Seminar: Imaging polarimetry
of YSOs. J. Hough (Hatfield), Room PB1A7.
4pm Applied Mathematics and Numerical Analysis Seminar:
Toeplitz operators and radial basis functions. B. Baxter (Imperial),
Room PB1A1.
4.30pm Philosophy Society Meeting: Explanations
- lost and found. T. Bowell (Waikato, NZ), Room A155.
Language Centre
Solo Learning Advice
If you would like advice on any aspect of learning a language
on your own, please make an appointment at reception to see John Purdy
(Room B131)
Miscellaneous
Lunchtime Recital
1.15pm - Thursday 29 November: The Bridge Quartet:
Hayden String Quartet in D Op.50, no. 6 and Frank Bridge, String
Quartet no. 4. Recital Room Falmer House.
Christian Union
7.30pm - Wednesday 27 November: Madonna:
icon of postmodernity. Christianity meets postmodernity with speaker
Jock McGregor and discussion. Meeting House.
Green Voting
4pm - Tuesday 26 November: Why voting Green matters. Ecoaction
presents Councillor Pete West. Room 126, Falmer House.
ROKPA Blanket Drive
Please bring sleeping bags, warm clothing including hats,
scarves, gloves, socks etc. to Saskia Neary, Students Community Action,
1st floor Falmer House, every Tuesday and Wednesday for the rest of
this term. ROKPA will take them to Brighton's night refuges for the
homeless.
Creative Writing
Anon is an informal group open to anyone from the university
or local community. It meets every Wednesday at 5pm in Arts B355 to
criticise creative writing supplied by its members. The group encourages
all kinds of writing - poetry, fiction, drama and anything in between
is welcomed.
Pub Quiz
1.15pm - Thursday 5 December: Superb prizes to be won.
Maximum 4 per team. To enter ring ext. 3950 or 8230.
Christmas Challenge
6pm - Wednesday 11 December: Teams required from as many
areas of the university as possible to take part in a fun night of
challenges for the body, mind and spirit. Entry forms available at
the Sportcentre reception. Closing date 29 November. Help and prizes
needed.
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