15 October 1998 - No 4487



<p>Oxford University Gazette,<br /> Vol. 129, No. 4487: 15 October 1998<br /></p>

Oxford University Gazette

15 October 1998


The following supplements were published
with this Gazette:

Recognition of Distinction 1997-
8: list of those awarded the titles of Professor or
Reader

Vice-Chancellor's Oration
1998

University Health and
Safety
information

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<br /> Oxford University Gazette, 15 October 1998: University<br /> Acts<br />

University Acts


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HEBDOMADAL COUNCIL 12 October


1 Decrees

Council has made the following decrees, to come into
effect on 30 October.

List of the decrees:

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Decree (1): Impending nomination
to the Vice-Chancellorship

Explanatory note

Under the existing legislation governing nomination to
the Vice-Chancellorship (Tit. IX, Sect. III, cl. 7,
Statutes, 1997, p. 68), the nominating
committee is due to propose a name to Congregation by 30
September 1999 for the appointment of the Vice-Chancellor
to serve, in succession to the Master of Balliol, for
four years with effect from 1 October 2001. Since,
however, the report of the Commission of Inquiry, which
is currently under consideration within the University,
recommends changes in the length of and eligibility for
the Vice-Chancellorship, including the abolition of the
present two-year `run in' period for the
Vice-Chancellor-elect, as well as changes in the
composition of the nominating committee (recommendations
25 and 26, Report, paras 5.179, 5.181),
Council has agreed that it would be expedient to suspend
the current timetable pending decisions by the University
on these matters. The following decree provides
accordingly.

Text of Decree (1)

Notwithstanding the provisions of Tit. IX, Sect. III, cl.
7 (Statutes, 1997, p. 68), the Nominating
Committee for the Vice-Chancellorship shall not be
required to submit to Congregation by 30 September 1999
the name of a person to be appointed as Vice-Chancellor
with effect from 1 October 2001.

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Decree (2): Extension of period
of office of Nuffield Medical Trustees (Dr P. Iredale and
Mrs C.M. Miles)

Notwithstanding the provisions of Ch. IX, Sect. i, §
248 [1], cl. 1 (a) (Statutes, 1997,
p. 691, as amended by Decree (4) of 26 June 1998,
Gazette, Vol. 128, p. 1410), Dr P. Iredale
and Mrs C.M. Miles shall continue to serve as Nuffield
Medical Trustees until (in each case) resigning or
reaching the age of 75, whichever is the earlier.

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Decree (3): Remission of
composition fees (Ms S. Gibbons)

Notwithstanding the provisions of Ch. VIII, Sect. i,
§ 6, cl. 15 (Examination Decrees, 1998,
p. 1107), Ms S. Gibbons, University College, shall be
required to pay composition fees at the `home' rate for
her period of postgraduate study.

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2 Status of Master of Arts

Mr Vice-Chancellor reports that the status of Master of
Arts under the provisions of Ch. V, Sect. vi, cl. 1
(Statutes, 1997, p. 367) has been accorded
to the following persons who are qualified for membership
of Congregation:

LIORA LAZARUS, St Anne's College

RICHARD HUGH OSGOOD, M.LITT., Lincoln College

JUDITH SECKER, University Offices

JANE SULLIVAN, University Offices

MATTHEW ROBERT WOODCOCK, University College

TIONG MIN YEO, BCL, Worcester College

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3 Register of Congregation

Mr Vice-Chancellor reports that the following names have
been added to the Register of Congregation:

Lazarus, L., MA status, St Anne's

Lee, H., MA, M.Phil., New College

Osgood, R.H., MA status, M.Litt., Lincoln

Richardson, J.J., MA, Nuffield

Secker, J., MA status, University Offices

Sneath, D.A., MA, D.Phil., St Cross

Sullivan, J., MA status, University Offices

Van Gelder, G.J.H., MA, St John's

Woodcock, M.R., MA status, University

Yeo, T.M., BCL, MA status, Worcester

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CONGREGATION 13 October


Promulgation of Statute

A form of Statute was promulgated. No notice of
opposition having been given, Mr Vice-Chancellor declared
the preamble carried of the proposed Statute establishing
a Professorship of Marketing.




<br /> Oxford University Gazette, 15 October 1998: University Agenda<br />

University Agenda


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CONGREGATION 19 October


Degree by Special Resolution

The following special resolution will be deemed to be approved
at noon on 19 October, unless by that time the Registrar has
received notice in writing from two or more members of
Congregation under the provisions of Tit. II, Sect. vi, cl. 6
(Statutes, 1997, p. 13) that they wish the
resolution to be put to a meeting of Congregation.

Text of Special Resolution

That the Degree of Master of Arts be conferred upon the
following:

ALASDAIR CHARLES CROCKETT, Nuffield College

ROBERT CHARLES GRIFFITHS, Lady Margaret Hall

ALLISON G. HARVEY, St Anne's College

CHARLES OSCAR JONES, Nuffield College

JÖRN LEONHARD, M.ST., Wadham College

EDWARD JOHN LOUIS, Corpus Christi College

PHILIP MOUNTFORD, D.PHIL., St Edmund Hall

LAURA LYNN PEERS, Linacre College

ERIC ANDREW RAUCHWAY, Mansfield College

JOHN TASIOULAS, D.PHIL., Corpus Christi College

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CONGREGATION 24 October 2.30 p.m.


Conferment of Honorary Degree

The Degree of Master of Arts, honoris causa, approved
by Special Resolution of Congregation on 24 March 1998, will be
conferred upon CYRIL WILLIAM BAND.

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CONGREGATION 3 November 2 p.m.

¶ Members of Congregation are reminded that written
notice of any proposed amendments to, or of any intention to vote
against, the following statute, and of any wish to speak or to
ask a question concerning the Vice-Chancellor's Oration, signed
by at least two members of Congregation, must be given to the
Registrar by noon on Monday, 26 October (see the Guide to
Procedures in Congregation cited in the note at the end of
`University Agenda').


1 Voting on Statute promulgated on 13
October

Statute: Establishment of Professorship of Marketing

(For form of Statute see Gazette "../240998/agen.htm#8Ref">24 September 1998.)


2 Presentation of Vice-Chancellor's
Oration

The Oration delivered by Mr Vice-Chancellor on 6 October will be
presented and may be discussed.

¶ The text of the Oration has been published as
Supplement (2) to Gazette No. 4486.

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<br /> Oxford University Gazette, 15 October 1998: Notices<br />

Notices


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UNILEVER PHYSICAL CHEMISTRY
PRACTICAL PRIZES 1997--8

Third Year

MS MASA CEMAZAR, Somerville College

MS SARA N.W. DAVIES, Corpus Christi College

MS JOANNA L. HARDCASTLE, St. Catherine's College

MS REENA P. MALDE, Somerville College

MS SARAH L. ROBERTS, Lincoln College

IAN A. SHELDON, University College

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NUCLEAR ELECTRIC PRIZE IN
MATHEMATICAL MODELLING AND NUMERICAL ANALYSIS 1998

The Prize has been awarded to JAMES MARK OLIVER, St
Anne's College.

Proxime accessit: ANDREW PHILIP SPRATLEY,
Queen's College.

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REVIEW OF THE SIR DUNN SCHOOL OF
PATHOLOGY

Under the University's procedures for the regular review
of faculties and departments, the General Board has set
up a committee under the chairmanship of Mr T.S.M.
Williams to review the Sir William Dunn School of
Pathology. The terms of the review are:

(a) to review the teaching and research
activities of the Sir William Dunn School of Pathology,
having regard to international standards of excellence,
and the future direction that these activities might be
expected to take, in particular with regard to the
continuing possibility of an expansion in medical student
numbers;

(b) to review the relationship of the
department with other relevant departments in the Science
Area and the Clinical School, taking account of current
discussions about the possibility of a more integrated
Medical School;

(c) to consider any changes which might be
desirable in the organisation and administrative
arrangements in the department;

(d) in consultation with the University
Surveyor, to review matters relating to existing
accommodation and future space needs of the department;

(e) to make recommendations, bearing in mind
constraints on the level of resources likely to be
available.

Members of the University who wish to contribute to the
review are asked to forward their submissions by Friday,
6 November, to the Secretary of the Review Committee, Ms
A. Flender, either in writing to the Medical School
Office, the John Radcliffe Hospital, Oxford OX3 9DU, or
by e-mail to: anja.flender@medschool.ox.ac.uk.

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COMPOSITION OF ELECTORAL BOARD

The composition of the electoral board to the post below,
proceedings to fill which are currently in progress, is
as follows:


                                             Appointed by

Chichele Professor of Public International
Law

The Principal, Jesus College            Mr Vice-Chancellor [1]
The Warden, All Souls College           ex officio
Professor F. Francioni                  Council
Sir Franklin Berman                     General Board
Dame Rosalyn Higgins                    General Board
The Principal, St Anne's College        Law Board
Dr G.S. Goodwin-Gill                    Law Board
Mr S. Gardner                           Law Board
Dr S. Cretney                           All Souls College

[1] Appointed by Mr Vice-Chancellor under the provisions
of Tit. IX, Sect. III, cl. 2 (Statutes,
1997, p. 67).

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SPEAKING BY JUNIOR MEMBERS IN
CONGREGATION

Mr Vice-Chancellor has, with the agreement of Council,
approved the following arrangements for junior members to
speak in Congregation under the terms of Ch. I, Sect x
(Statutes, 1997, p. 208), which reads as
follows:

`Any junior member as defined in Tit. XIV, Sect. iv,
§ 1, cl. 2, may speak at a meeting of Congregation,
if called upon to do so by the Chairman at the Chairman's
discretion, provided that the Chairman may at any time
terminate a debate on the floor of the House and proceed
to the final speeches and the taking of a vote.'

The Chairman of Congregation will normally expect to call
upon nominated representatives of the Oxford University
Student Union if they wish to speak in debate, and will
normally expect to call upon junior members to speak only
from among those who have given advance notice of their
wish to be called. Should the Chairman consider that the
number of junior members who have given such notice is
excessive, he or she will have to be selective in calling
upon them. The Chairman will try to ensure a balanced
debate in relation to the apparent spread and strength of
views held by junior members. If informed selection is to
be possible it is desirable that when giving notice of
the wish to be called a junior member should indicate
(a) whether he or she intends to support or
oppose the motion before the House, (b) whether
he or she would speak on behalf of any club, committee,
group, or association, (c) whether he or she is
supported by other junior members (up to twelve of whom
might sign the notice).

If the number giving notice is small they will all
be admitted to the floor of the House although this does
not ensure their being called. In other cases some
selection may be necessary at the stages of both
admission and calling of speakers. If there is to be time
to tell applicants whether they will be admitted notice
will have to be received in good time. Junior members
should therefore send in such notice, in writing, to the
Registrar to be received at the University Offices not
later than 10 a.m. on the Monday preceding the debate in
question. The name of any representative nominated by
OUSU should also be communicated to the Registrar, in
writing, through the President by that time. A notice
will then be posted in the University Offices and on the
gate of the Clarendon Building not later than 10 a.m. on
the morning of the debate, indicating whether all
applicants will be admitted to the floor of the House or,
if selection has had to take place, the names of those
selected for admission to the floor.

Junior members not admitted to the floor of the
House will normally be permitted to listen to the debate
from the gallery. Junior members on the floor of the
House will be asked to remain in their places while a
vote is being taken.

Under Tit. XIV, Sect. IV, § 1, cl. 2, junior
members are defined as `those persons who, having been
admitted to matriculation, are residing to fulfil the
requirements of any statute, decree, or regulation of the
University or reading for any degree, diploma, or
certificate of the University and who have not proceeded
to membership of Convocation'. (Membership of Convocation
is normally obtained by taking the MA degree.)

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DISCOUNT ON PERSONAL INSURANCE
POLICIES AVAILABLE TO STAFF AND MEMBERS OF THE UNIVERSITY

Sun Alliance Connections, the personal insurances
division of the main insurer of the University, provides
discounts for members, staff, their families, and
pensioners of the University of Oxford. The following
savings can be achieved:

Household (buildings andor contents: 20 per cent;

Travel (including winter sports): 12.5 per cent;

Private medical expenses: 10 per cent;

Private car: 5 per cent.

The University acts solely as an introducer of business
to Sun Alliance Connections, receiving no commission or
other remuneration, with all savings passed on to the
subscribing member. For further information, a brochure
may be obtained from Graham Waite (telephone: (2)80307),
or Gill Tombs (telephone: (2)70110) at the University
Offices. To obtain a quotation or receive specific
information on the covers available, telephone Sun
Alliance Connections' regional office on 0800 300 822,
quoting the appropriate reference: SCH266 for car
insurance; otherwise 34V0067.

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OLIS, THE UNIVERSITY'S LIBRARY
SYSTEM

OLIS, Oxford University's Library system, is an
integrated library system which offers on-line
cataloguing, circulation, acquisitions, and periodicals
registration. Eighty-four Oxford libraries now catalogue
onto OLIS. See below for a complete list of member
libraries with information about when they began
cataloguing and whether they also use the Acquisitions,
Circulation, or Periodical registration modules.

GeoWeb and GeoPAC, two new interfaces to OLIS, are
being introduced to coincide with the start of the new
academic year. It is anticipated that GeoWeb will be the
preferred method of access for readers in the general
academic community, although some may wish to use GeoPAC
for its superior display of unusual characters and
diacritics.

GeoWeb may be accessed at http://library.ox.ac.uk. It
will provide much of the functionality currently
available on the character-based OPAC, and will also:

—allow result set navigation record by record or by
selecting relative record number;

—provide hypertext links to other WWW resources via
URLs embedded within bibliographic records (links are
accessible at both the citation display and the full
record display screens);

—allow readers to combine searches from their search
history with new search terms;

—allow readers to `mark' search results, i.e. save
record pointers in order to facilitate subsequent access
to and/or the emailing of records.

In order to use GeoWeb, it is necessary to have
access to a WWW browser which is HTML 3.2 compliant,
supports forms and tables, and also supports JavaScript
(note: Microsoft Internet Explorer versions prior to 3.02
do not adequately support JavaScript).

GeoPAC will be available in some Oxford libraries
from the start of the new academic year. It will also be
possible for academic staff to download this graphical
user interface onto their PCs (downloading instructions
will be released shortly). In addition to much of the
functionality currently available on the character-based
OPAC, it offers:

—the full display of special characters and
diacritics;

—a customisable search query window;

—the display of search results summary information
in a `Display Manager' window;

—the option to store or save locally search results
in `Baskets' or collections of bibliographic
references.

OLIS is a union catalogue which contains cataloguing
information (i.e. bibliographic records) from all of the
member libraries. This enables a reader to search for any
book held in any OLIS member library from any terminal or
microcomputer connected to OLIS. Copy information (i.e.
shelfmark) which is specific to a particular library has
been separated so that when searching for a book, the
user will first be shown the copy information for the
items held in the library where the search is being made.
Information regarding other copies in Oxford libraries
will also frequently be available. It will still be
necessary to check other catalogues in the libraries
concerned to find information about holdings not yet
catalogued on OLIS. In common with most other academic
libraries in the UK, the catalogue can be searched from
any terminal capable of connection to the University's
network.

In 1996, the software underlying the OLIS system was
changed. Anyone returning to the University after an
absence of some years will thus be struck by differences
to the interface, as well as the increased size of the
catalogue and the enhanced functionality.

Retrospective conversion of card and other catalogues
into machine-readable form so that they can be
interrogated on-line has been recognised by the
University as a major priority. Following completion of a
University funded project to convert the Bodleian Guard
Book catalogue from 1920 onwards, the OLIS catalogue
currently has over 4.6 million copies attached to 3.2
million individual titles. The Bodleian Library's Pre-
1920 catalogue, comprising 1.2 million titles, has been
available on CD-ROM since January 1994, and preparations
are being made to convert and load this data into a
parallel OLIS database. A project to enable readers to
place on-line requests for material held in stacks in
Oxford libraries is also ongoing.

Printed catalogues in the Ashmolean, Economics, and
Taylor Institution Libraries are currently being
converted onto OLIS. A project to produce machine-
readable records for early printed books from the Inter-
Collegiate Catalogue is being funded jointly by HEFCE,
the University, and college donations. Details of the
project are available at http://www.lib.ox.ac.uk/icc/.

On-line circulation (issuing, reservations, and
fines) has been introduced into thirty-six OLIS
libraries. This allows readers registered in these
libraries to find out what they have on loan and to place
reservations from any terminal. Automated self-issue is
also possible in most of the libraries using automated
circulation which provide twenty-four hour access for
part or all of their readership. On-line acquisitions
allows a reader to find out when a book has been ordered
and received by one of the forty libraries now using the
Acquisitions module. Ten libraries are now using the
periodicals registration module. This allows readers to
find out when a specific issue of a journal has been
received or declared missing.

Searching the OPAC (On-line Public Access Catalogue)
allows the user to access the items catalogued by any of
these eighty-four libraries. There is information about
opening hours and admissions policies, as well as access
to library guides, on the University Information System
at http://www.lib.ox.ac.uk/libraries/ .

The on-line catalogue is designed so that it can be
used easily, but guidance in how to use it is also
provided via the on-line help screens. Explanatory
leaflets about basic searching procedures are available
in any OLIS library or from the Libraries Automation
Service (telephone: (2)78170). Library staff are able to
show readers how to use the on-line catalogue and give
advice on how to search the catalogue. Assistance with
problems is also provided by an On-line Catalogue Help
Desk (telephone: (2)77163), staffed by members of the
Bodleian Library Cataloguing Division. This is located in
the Lower Reading Room of the Bodleian Library.

OLIS MEMBER LIBRARIES 


                               (1)        (2)       (3)         (4)
Key:

(1) Cataloguing
(2) Circulation
(3) Acquisitions
(4) Periodicals Registration  


                                 
All Souls College             Feb 90
Ashmolean                     Jun 90             Aug 91
Balfour Library                          
   (Pitt Rivers)              Nov 93   Aug 95
Balliol College               Sep 89             Aug 91
Biochemistry                  Jul 94
Bodleian                      Sep 88             Aug 92
Bodleian Japanese Library     Jan 88   Oct 94    Aug 93
Bodleian Law Library          Sep 88             Aug 92
Brasenose College             Aug 93   Oct 98
Cairns Medical Library        Sep 97   Sep 97    Aug 97
Centre for Islamic Studies    Jan 98
Centre for Oxfordshire
  Studies                     Oct 98
Clarendon Laboratory          Jan 93   Oct 95
Classics Lending              Oct 92   Apr 94
Computing Laboratory          Jun 90   Oct 94    Aug 98
Continuing Education Dept     Sep 92   Jan 98
Corpus Christi College        Aug 89   Oct 92    Aug 90  Jan 95
Criminological Research       Feb 95
Earth Sciences                Feb 92             Aug 93  Jan 95
Economics                     Jan 90   Oct 98    Aug 98
Education Studies             Mar 91   Aug 95    Aug 95
Engineering Science           Feb 91   Oct 97
English Faculty               Jan 89   Apr 90    Aug 91
Exeter College                Oct 97
Experimental Psychology       Jun 90   Oct 92
Geography                     Jan 90   Jan 95    Aug 91
Harris Manchester             Jun 98
Hertford                      Jun 98
History Faculty               May 91   Oct 96
History of Art                Jan 92             Aug 93
Hooke                         Jan 89   Oct 89    Oct 92  Jan 98
Indian Institute              Sep 88   Oct 97    Aug 92
Jesus College                 Aug 92
Keble College                 Jan 93   Oct 98
Lady Margaret Hall            Jul 92             Oct 93
Latin American Centre         Jan 91             Nov 91
Linacre College               Oct 98
Lincoln College               Jan 92   Oct 94
Magdalen College              Jan 93   Oct 97
Maison Francaise              Jan 91   Oct 98
Materials Department          Jan 93   Oct 95
Mathematical Institute        May 90
Merton College                May 97
Middle East Centre            Jan 91             Nov 91
Modern Languages Faculty      Jan 88   Apr 90    Sep 92
Museum of the History
  of Science                  Feb 96
Music Faculty                 Jun 90
New College                   Sep 89
Nuffield College              Sep 89   Oct 94    Aug 90  Jan 93
Oriel College                 Jul 98             Jul 98
Oriental Institute            Jan 88             Aug 92
    Chinese Studies           Jan 88             Aug 92
    Eastern Art               Jan 88             Aug 92
Pembroke College              Oct 98
Philosophy                    Nov 90   Apr 95    Sep 92
Physics (Astro, Nuclear)      Jan 93   
Physiology Departmental       Jun 90   Oct 97
Plant Sciences                Jan 90   Oct 93
Queen Elizabeth House         Jan 90   Oct 92    Aug 91  Jan 95
Queen's College               Feb 92             Oct 97  Oct 97
Radcliffe Science             Sep 88             Jan 91  Jan 93
Regent's Park                 Nov 97
Rhodes House Library          Sep 88             Aug 92  Jan 98
Said Business School          Apr 96   Oct 96    Oct 96
St Anne's College             Jan 91             Sep 92
St Antony's College           Jan 91             Dec 91
St Cross College              Oct 93
St Edmund Hall                Jan 92
St Hugh's College             Jul 95             Oct 98
St John's College             Jan 95
St Peter's College            Oct 93   Oct 97    Sep 94
Social and Cultural 
   Anthropology               Jan 92
Social Studies                Jan 89   Jan 90    Aug 91  Jan 95
Socio-Legal Studies           Jul 94
Somerville College            Oct 98
Staff Library                 Sep 89             Jan 93
Taylor Institution            Sep 88   Sep 98    Aug 98
Taylor Slavonic               Sep 88   Sep 98    Aug 98
Theology                      Jan 90   Oct 94
Trinity College               Apr 92
University Museum             Jan 91
Wadham College                Apr 92                       
Wellcome Institute            Oct 93
Wolfson College               Jul 90             Aug 92
Zoology                       Jan 90   Oct 97    Jan 98

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ASHMOLEAN LIBRARY


Arrangements during the
construction of the Sackler Library, summer
1998–summer 2000

The Committee for the Ashmolean Library wishes to advise
members of the University that construction of the
Sackler Library on a site immediately west of the library
is now in progress, and completion is expected in the
late summer of 2000. The committee has been advised that
working conditions will vary according to the stage of
adjacent construction, but should be tolerable for the
majority of the time. It regrets the inconvenience to
readers from the inevitable disruption and noise, and is
taking all practicable steps to keep disruption to a
minimum.

The project involves the replacement of the Griffith
Institute, and the decanting of its holdings into
adjacent accommodation for the construction period. The
Ancient Near East holdings are now available to readers
in the basement of the Oriental Institute Library; the
Egyptological holdings are now accessible through No. 6
St Johnþs Street. All other sections of the Ashmolean's
collections will remain on the existing site. Access to
the Library remains via the Ashmolean Museum when the
museum is open (Tuesdayþ-Friday, 10 a.m.þ-5 p.m.;
Saturday, 10 a.m.-þ1 p.m.). At all other times access is
through the new entrance opposite the Cast Gallery, which
replaces the former Pusey Lane entrance.

Readers are advised that the demolition of the Griffith
Institute and Bridge, which is potentially the noisiest
part of the project, will occupy the first six weeks of
Michaelmas Term (12 Octoberþ21 November inclusive). All
reasonable measures to reduce the noise have been imposed
on the contractor, and so far as is practicable the
noisiest work will be programmed to take place before 2
p.m. each day. However there may be times when it becomes
necessary for health and safety reasons to close the
library at short notice.

A one-day total closure of the Library will be required
on Wednesday, 4 November, for a complete electrical shut-
down which will affect all surrounding buildings.

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INSTITUTE OF ARCHAEOLOGY

The Institute of Archaeology will be closed on Wednesday,
4 November, due to a complete shutdown associated with
the provision of a new electrical sub-station to the
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WINCHESTER LECTURE IN INTERNATIONAL
RELATIONS 1998

PROFESSOR K. WALTZ, Adjunct Professor, Columbia University, will
deliver the Winchester Lecture in International Relations at 5
p.m. on Tuesday, 20 October, in the Examination Schools.

Subject: `Realism after the Cold War.'

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CHERWELL–SIMON LECTURE 1999

The electors have appointed PROFESSOR CARL E. WIEMAN, University
of Colorado, as Cherwell–Simon Lecturer for 1999. Professor
Wieman will deliver the lecture at 4.30 p.m. on Friday, 11 June
1999, on a subject to be announced.

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CAMERON MACKINTOSH LECTURES

Amended notice

Due to the indisposition of Mr Ninagawa the Cameron Mackintosh
Lecture scheduled to take place on Friday, 30 October, has been
cancelled.

The following lectures will be given at 5 p.m. on Fridays in the
Bernard Sunley Lecture Theatre, St Catherine's College.

PROFESSOR THELMA HOLT and Sir Peter Hall

20 Nov.: `Theatre—where the imagination
lives.'

PROFESSOR HOLT and others

27 Nov.: `Vision for the future.'

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ANTHROPOLOGY AND GEOGRAPHY

Institute of Social and Cultural Anthropology

Ethnicity and Identity Seminars: the identity of the
fieldworker: `me' and others' `me'

The following seminars will be given at 11 a.m. on Fridays in the
Institute of Social and Cultural Anthropology.

Conveners: Shirley Ardener, Ian Fowler, and Jonathan
Webber.

PROFESSOR W. JAMES

16 Oct.: `The fieldworker in a chronic crisis
context.'

J. DAVIES, BCUC/Brunel

23 Oct.: `Identities revisited and memories
stirred in a nursing home: my grass skirt, his yams, and
their MG sports car.'

DR M. YOUNG, Hull

30 Oct.: `Insider/covert research in the
police.'

PROFESSOR J. OKELY

6 Nov.: `The fieldworker: age, ethnicity, and
era.'

PROFESSOR Z. MACH, Jagiellonian University, Cracow

13 Nov.: `My identity as a fieldworker in
Poland, under Communism and now.'

DR I. FOWLER, Brookes, and MRS E.M. CHILVER

20 Nov.: `The ethnographer in the last decades
of colonialism and now.'

DR M. MCDONALD, Cambridge

27 Nov.: `An anthropologist at the European
Commission.'

DR K. SZENT-GYORGYI

4 Dec.: `Fieldworker among an Hungarian peasant
nobility: uncovering old roots, discovering new identities.'

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Departmental Seminar

The following seminars will be held at 4.30 p.m. on Fridays in
the Institute of Social and Cultural Anthropology.

O. HARRIS, Goldsmiths' College

16 Oct.: `The eternal return of conversion:
Christianity as contested domain in Highland Bolivia.'

DR P. SILLITOE, Durham

23 Oct.: `Putting anthropology to work.'

DR D. SNEATH

30 Oct.: `Regimes of truth, land-use and the
development discourse in pastoral Mongolia.'

PROFESSOR A. WIMMER, Neuchâtel

6 Nov.: `Culture as compromise.'

DR C. HARRIS

13 Nov.: `The politics and praxis of image-
making among Tibetan exiles.'

DR N. TAPP, Edinburgh

20 Nov.: `Shifting cultivation and forestry in
the south-west China borderlands: the Hmong and others.'

DR L. PEERS

27 Nov.: ` "Playing ourselves":
native histories, native interpreters, and living history
sites.'

DR A. SCHRAUWERS, LSE

4 Dec.: `Three weddings and a performance:
marriage, households, and development in Highland Central
Sulawesi.'

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BIOLOGICAL SCIENCES

Departmental Research Seminars

The following seminars will be held at 4.30 p.m. on Mondays, in
Lecture Theatre B, Department of Zoology, South Parks Road,
unless otherwise stated.

DR MARTIN MAIDEN

19 Oct.: `Epidemiological, evolutionary, and
biochemical approaches to meningococcal vaccine design.'

DR GRAEME HAYS, Swansea

26 Oct.: `Satellite tracking the trans-oceanic
migrations of marine turtles.'

PROFESSOR WALTER FINCH, UC Irvine

2 Nov.: `Predicting the future course of the
human influenza virus.'

DR PETER EVANS, Consultant in Conservation and EGI Department

9 Nov.: `Conservation biology and conservation
practice on the Caribbean Island of Dominica.'

DR GUS MILLS, Kruger National Park, South Africa

Wed. 18 Nov., 3 p.m., Room D38, Zoology
Department: `Research and conservation of the wild dog
in South Africa.'

PROFESSOR RAGHAVENDRA GADAGKAR, Centre for Ecological Sciences,
Institute of Science

23 Nov.: `Evolution of sociality—a
perspective from studying tropical wasps in India.'

PROFESSOR NORMAN MYERS

30 Nov.: `Environmental priorities, anyone?'

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LITERAE HUMANIORES

The following lectures will be held at 5 p.m. on the days shown
in Corpus Christi College.

Convener: Michael Winterbottom, MA, D.Phil., Corpus
Christi Professor of Latin Language and Literature.

PROFESSOR DR WILFRIED STROH, Munich

Thur. 29 Oct., Seminar Room: `Faunus in Roman
Poetry.'

DR JAKOB WISSE, Leiden

Tue. 24 Nov., Rainolds Room: `True history
after all? Remarks about historiography, rhetoric, and truth
in the first century BC.'

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MATHEMATICAL SCIENCES, LITERAE
HUMANIORES

Seminar: mathematical logic

The following seminars will be held at 4.30 p.m. on Fridays in
the Mathematical Institute.

No seminars will be held on 30 October and 27 November, because
of the Mathematics Colloquia taking place on those days. Details
of the 20 November seminar will be announced later.

Convener: A.J. Wilkie, MA, Professor of Mathematical
Logic.

P. SCOWCROFT, Wesleyan

16 Oct.: `p-adically closed fields without
cross-section.'

A. BECKMANN, Münster

23 Oct.: `Dynamic ordinals—a measure of
proof-theoretic strength for fragments of bounded
arithmetic.'

M. BAAZ, Vienna

6 Nov.: `On the generalisation of
factorisations of Fermat pseudo-primes.'

H. SIMMONS, Manchester

13 Nov.: `Why does tiering severely weaken
recursive constructions?'

D. MACPHERSON, Leeds

4 Dec.: `Imaginaries and independence in
algebraically closed valued fields.'

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MEDIEVAL AND MODERN LANGUAGES

Dorothy Rowe Memorial Lecture

MR DENIS MACK SMITH will deliver the Dorothy Rowe Memorial
Lecture at 5 p.m. on Monday, 26 October, in the Examination
Schools.

Subject: `Italy in 1998: has anything changed?'

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MODERN HISTORY

History and identity

The following lectures will be held at 2 p.m. on Tuesdays in the
Conduit Room, New College.

Conveners: Ruth Harris MA, D.Phil., Fellow of New
College, and Megan Vaughan, MA, Ph.D., Professor of Commonwealth
Studies.

DANIEL STONE

20 Oct.: `Competing memories of the Holocaust:
the Holocaust as creation.'

DROR WAHRMAN, Warwick

27 Oct.: `The American Revolutionary War and
the prehistory of modern notions of identity in England.'

OLWEN HUFTON

3 Nov.: `Identity and the purse: Popes and
Cardinals as donors in early-modern Rome.'

ADRIAN LYTTLETON, Pisa

10 Nov.: `New reflections on Italian national
identity.'

RUTH WATSON

17 Nov.: `Chiefs, thieves, and strangers:
criminal identities in early-colonial Ibadan.'

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Problems in the History of Science and Technology

The following seminars will be given at 5 p.m. on the days shown
in the History of Science and Technology Seminar Room, the Modern
History Faculty Building. They will take place on Thursdays,
unless indicated otherwise.

Convener: R. Fox, MA, D.Phil., Professor of the
History of Science.

MS P.A. GOULD, Cambridge

15 Oct.: `The lady with the (arc) lamp:
femininity and scientific practice in late Victorian
Britain.'

DR E. MAGNELLO, Wellcome Institute for the History of Medicine,
London

22 Oct.: `The non-correlation of biometrics and
eugenics: rival forms of laboratory work in Karl Pearson's
career at University College, London.'

DR R. ANDERSON, British Museum

29 Oct.: `Objects, treatises, and early
chemical practice.'

PROFESSOR M. RUDWICK, California, San Diego

5 Nov.: `Museum science as visual practice:
Georges Cuvier's fossil bones.'

R. BULKELEY

12 Nov.: `Aeronomy or IBMs? Internal and
external origins of the International Geophysical Year.'

DR J. BENNETT

Mon. 16 Nov.: `The travels and trials of Mr
Harrison's timekeeper.'

DR F.A.J.L. JAMES, Royal Institution

Wed. 25 Nov.: `Where science, technology, and
the state met: the lighthouse service in nineteenth-century
Britain.'

DR C. MACLEOD, Bristol, and DR J. STEIN, Birmingham

Tue. 1 Dec.: `Making waves: the Royal Navy,
technical innovation, and steam shipping, 1815–32.'

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Seminar on Germany in the nineteenth and twentieth centuries

The following seminars will be given at 5 p.m. on Mondays in the
European Studies Centre, 70 Woodstock Road. Details of the
seminars to be held in the final weeks of term will be published
later.

Conveners: A.J. Nicholls, Special (non-CUF) Lecturer
in Modern History, and H.J.O. Pogge von Strandmann, MA, D.Phil.,
Professor of Modern History.

DR S. FREITAG, German Historical Institute, London

19 Oct.: `The revolutionary Friedrich Hecker,
1848–9.'

PROFESSOR H. MOMMSEN, Bochum

26 Oct.: `German military resistance and
Hitler's racial war of annihilation against the Soviet
Union.'

Z. SHORE

2 Nov.: `Hitler, intelligence, and the decision
to remilitarise the Rhineland, 1936.'

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Special Faculty Lecture

PROFESSOR CHRISTOPHER WICKHAM, School of History, University of
Birmingham, will deliver the annual Special Faculty Lecture at
5 p.m. on Friday, 27 November, in the Examination Schools.

Subject: `An empire fragments: aristocratic wealth
and peasant autonomy in the post-Roman West, 450–750.'

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MUSIC

SUPARMI ARCHER will lecture at 4.30 p.m. on Wednesday, 28
October, in the Holywell Music Room. The lecture is open to the
public.

Subject: `The roots of rock.'

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ORIENTAL STUDIES

Topics in Ancient Near Eastern Studies and Egyptology

The following seminars will be given on the days shown in the
Oriental Institute. Unless otherwise indicated, they will take
place at 3 p.m. on Tuesdays in Lecture Room 1.

Dr Edzard's seminar, on 5 November, is the fourth of a series of
four seminars of which the preceding three will be given at 5
p.m. on Thursdays in University College, London.

Conveners: J.W. Baines, MA, D.Phil., Professor of
Egyptology, J.A. Black, B.Phil., MA, D.Phil., University Lecturer
in Akkadian, and S. Dalley, MA, Senior Research Fellow,
Somerville College.

S. WOODHOUSE, Hamburg

27 Oct.: `Patterns of kingship in the Ptolemaic
temple of Edfu.'

D. EDZARD, Munich

Thur. 5 Nov., Lecture Room 2, 5 p.m.: `The
history of the Sumerian language (4).' (See note
above)

DR DALLEY

24 Nov.: `Aramaic high literature in Egypt with
a Late Assyrian setting.'

G. PINCH, Cambridge

1 Dec.: `Beauty, ugliness, and the mask of
Hathor.'

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PHYSICAL SCIENCES

Oxford Physics Colloquia

The following lectures will be held at 4.15 p.m. on Fridays in
the Lindemann Lecture Theatre, the Clarendon Laboratory.

Conveners: R.J. Nicholas, MA, D.Phil., Professor of
Physics, and G.G. Ross, MA, Professor of Theoretical Physics.

PROFESSOR A. BLAKE

23 Oct.: `The chances of perception:
applications of statistical processes in artificial
intelligence.'

PROFESSOR R. SVOBODA, Louisiana State

30 Oct.: `The discovery and implications of
neutrino mass.'

PROFESSOR F. MIRABEL, Saclay

13 Nov.: `Relativistic Jet sources in our
galaxy.'

PROFESSOR D. PHILLIPS, Imperial College

20 Nov.: `The use of lasers in medicine.'

PROFESSOR A.W. WOLFENDALE, Durham

27 Nov.: `The search for extraterrestrial
life.'

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Atmospheric, Oceanic, and Planetary Physics Seminars

The following seminars will be held at 4.15 p.m. on Thursdays in
the Dobson Lecture Room, the Atmospheric Physics Laboratory.

Because on rare occasions the arrangements need to be changed,
anyone intending to come to Oxford specially to attend should
check first by telephoning Oxford (2)72933.

PROFESSOR P.J. GIERASCH, Cornell

15 Oct.: `Cloud structure and atmospheric
dynamics on Jupiter.'

DR P.G. CHALLENOR, Southampton Oceanography Centre, NERC

29 Oct.: `Global ocean wave climatology
observed from space.'

DR M. EHRENDORFER, European Centre for Medium Range Weather
Forecasting, Reading

5 Nov.: `An explicitly extended Kalman filter
and atmospheric predictability.'

DR N.F. ARNOLD, Leicester

12 Nov.: `Solar–terrestrial influences on
weather and climate.'

DR B.J. KERRIDGE, Rutherford Appleton Laboratory

19 Nov.: `Measurement of ozone in the lower
atmosphere by the ESA GOME instrument.'

DR J.A. HANSEN, Rutherford Appleton Laboratory

26 Nov.: `Operational constraints on selection
schemes for supplementary weather observations.'

DR T.W.N. HAINE

3 Dec.: `Constraints on the North Atlantic
circulation using transient tracers.'

DR G. HEGERL, Washington

10 Dec.: `Detection and attribution of
anthropogenic climate change: statistical and dynamical
approaches.'

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Department of Earth Sciences

The following seminars will be held at 4.30 p.m. on Mondays in
the Lecture Theatre of the Department of Earth Sciences, Parks
Road.

DR JULIAN PEARCE, Durham

19 Oct.: `Ophiolites: the search for modern
analogues.'

PROFESSOR ROGER BILAM, Colorado

2 Nov.: `Indo-Asian collision—a geodetic
view of the dark side of the Himalaya.'

PROFESSOR KEITH THOMSON, Director, OUMNH

16 Nov.: `The Coelacanth: Phase 3.'

PROFESSOR SIMON HARLEY, Edinburgh

30 Nov.: `Cordierite as a sensor of
H2O and CO2 activities in the deep
crust.'

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Non-linear and Geographical Fluid Dynamics Seminars

The following seminars will be held at 2.15 p.m. on Mondays, in
the Brewer Seminar Room, Atmospheric Physics Laboratory (next to
the Clarendon Laboratory), unless otherwise stated.

Convener: P.L. Read, MA, University Lecturer in
Physics.

DR ANDERS PERSSON, ECMWF, Reading

19 Oct.: `How do we understand the Coriolis
Force?'

DR RUPERT FORD, Imperial College, London

26 Oct.: `The influence of topography in simple
models of large-scale ocean circulation.'

DR TERRY DAVIES, Met. Office

2 Nov.: `Developing models for NWP or climate
change?'

DR GEORGE NURSER, Southampton Oceanography Centre

9 Nov.: `Frontal shallowing of the oceanic
mixed layer.'

DR MIKE BITHELL, Rutherford Appleton Laboratory

16 Nov.: `Langrangian Modelling.'

DR JACOB HACKER, DAMTP, Cambridge

23 Nov.: `Eddy-driven mean flows in a
stratified rotating fluid.'

DR ROBB MCDONALD, University College, London

30 Nov.: `Vortex drift.'

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Dyson Perrins Laboratory

The following seminars will be held at 4 p.m. on Thursdays in the
Dyson Perrins Lecture Theatre, unless otherwise stated. Anyone
wishing for further information, or to meet with the speakers,
should contact george.fleet@chem.ox.ac.uk unless otherwise
indicated.

PROFESSOR BILL KITCHING, Brisbane

15 Oct.: `Structure and synthesis of some
naturally occuring oxygen heterocycles.'

DR CHRIS WILLIS, Bristol

29 Oct.: `Chemoenzymatic methods for the
synthesis of biologically important compounds.'

PROFESSOR RAYMOND DWEK, FRS

5 Nov.: `Abnormal glycosylation in disease and
therapy.'

PROFESSOR LOUISE JOHNSON, FRS

12 Nov.: `Protein kinase: structure and
mechanism.'

DR DRAKE EGGLESTONE, Smithkline Beacham

Monday 16 Nov., 5 p.m., Inorganic Chemistry
Laboratory: To be arranged. Joint DP/ICL seminar
hosted by Professor Prout
(keith.prout@chemistry.oxford.ac.uk).

DR MARIO POLYWKA, Oxford Asymmetry

19 Nov.: To be arranged

PROFESSOR HUW DAVIES, State University of New York at Buffalo

24 Nov.: `Asymmetric synthesis using Rhodium-
Carbenoid intermediates.' Seminar hosted by Dr Hodgson
(david.hodgson@chemistry.oxford.ac.uk).

DR TIM DONOHOE, Manchester

26 Nov.: `Oxidation and reduction: themes for
asymmetric synthesis.'

DR PHILIP PYE, Merck, Rahway NJ

Mon. 7 Dec.: `Asymmetric catalysis using
ligands with planar chirality.' Seminar hosted by Dr
Brown (john.brown@chemistry.oxford.ac.uk).

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Atomic and Laser Physics Seminars

The following lectures will be held at 1.45 p.m. on Mondays in
the Lindemann Lecture Theatre, Clarendon Laboratory, Parks Road,
unless otherwise indicated.

Details of the 23 and 30 November seminars will be announced
later.

MEMBERS OF THE DEPARTMENT OF ATOMIC AND LASER PHYSICS

19 Oct.: Members of the department will present
the research programme of their groups.

MR D KAPITAN

26 Oct.: `Laser ablation with copper vapour
lasers.'

MEMBERS OF THE DEPARTMENT OF ATOMIC AND LASER PHYSICS

2 Nov.: Members of the department will present
the research programme of their groups.

PROFESSOR PETER BLOOD, Cardiff

16 Nov.: `Progress towards a blue-emitting
laser diode.'

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Interdepartmental Polymer Seminars

The following seminars will be given at the times shown.

Convener: C.P. Buckley, MA, D.Phil., University
Lecturer in Engineering Science.

PROFESSOR G. MITCHELL, Reading, will give a seminar at 2.15 p.m.
on Thursday, 22 October, in the Hume–Rothery Lecture
Theatre, the Department of Materials.

Subject: `Liquid crystal elastomers: new materials,
new phenomena.'

DR P. LEEVERS, Imperial College, will give a seminar at 1.10 p.m.
on Monday, 9 November, in Lecture Room 8 (Engineering and
Technology Building), the Department of Engineering Science.

Subject: `Mechanisms of impact fracture in tough
engineering thermoplastics.'

DR S. HANNA, Bristol, will give a seminar at 1.15 p.m. on Friday,
27 November, in Lecture Room 7 (Engineering and Technology
Building), the Department of Materials.

Subject: `Modelling of liquid crystal displays.'

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Materials Modelling Laboratory Seminars

The following seminars will be given at 1.15 p.m. on Fridays in
Lecture Room 7, the Engineering and Technology Building.

Conveners: A.P. Sutton, MA, M.Sc., Professor of
Materials Science, and P.S. Grant, MA, D.Phil., University
Lecturer in the Processing of Materials.

DR J. HUMPHREYS, UMIST

16 Oct.: `Modelling of recrystallisation.'

DR H. SHERCLIFF, Cambridge

23 Oct.: `Modelling of microstructure evolution
in transient hot deformation of Al-Mg alloys.'

DR J. DURODOLA, Oxford Brookes

30 Oct.: `Analysis of functionally graded
materials for structural applications.'

DR T.R. WALSH

6 Nov.: `Modelling the flexibility of
polyimides.'

DR M. PROBERT, Cambridge

13 Feb.: `ab initio modelling of
hydrogen in materials.'

PROFESSOR A.M. STONEHAM, University College, London

20 Feb.: `Can the silicon oxidation problem be
solved?'

DR S. HANNA, Bristol

27 Nov.: `Modelling of liquid crystal
displays.' (Interdepartmental Polymer
Seminar)

DR K. PARROTT, Greenwich

4 Dec.: `Methods of modelling shape evolution
in materials processing.' (In association with
OCIAM)

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PHYSIOLOGICAL SCIENCES

Pharmacology and anatomical neuropharmacology seminars

The following seminars will be given at 5 p.m. on the days shown
in the Lecture Theatre, the Department of Pharmacology. They will
take place on Tuesdays, unless indicated otherwise.

Details of the 20 October seminar are not yet available.

DR F. GRIBBLE

27 Oct.: `Sulphonylureas: new mechanisms for
old drugs.'

DR S. HERING, Institute for Biochemistry and Pharmacology,
Innsbruck

Wed. 4 Nov.: `Common molecular determinants of
calcium channel block and inactivation: coincidence or key
for understanding?'

DR P. LANGTON, Bristol

10 Nov.: `Chloride transport and the myogenic
contraction of rat cerebral resistance arteries—what we
think we know and how to go forward.'

DR J. LACKIE, Director, Yamanouchi Research Institute, Oxford

17 Nov.: `Drug targets: are there many
left?'

PROFESSOR M. ASHFORD, Aberdeen

24 Nov.: To be announced.

DR B. ROBERTSON, Imperial College

1 Dec.: To be announced.

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SOCIAL STUDIES

PROFESSOR CHARLES O. JONES, Olin Professor of American
Government, will give a seminar at 5 p.m. on Tuesday, 20
October, in the Chester Room, Nuffield College.

Convener: B.E. Shafer, MA, Mellon Professor of
American Government.

Subject: `Passages to the presidency: from
campaigning to governing.'

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SOCIAL STUDIES, LAW

ANDREW DRZEMCZEWSKI, Head of the Secretary-General's Monitoring
Unit, Council of Europe, Strasbourg, will give a seminar at 5
p.m. on Tuesday, 27 October,in the Habbakuk Room, Jesus College.

Conveners: G. Goodwin-Gill, MA, D.Phil., Rubin
Director of Research, Institute for European Studies, and M.
Byers (Ph.D. Cambridge), Junior Research Fellow in Law, Jesus
College.

Subject: `The Council of Europe—a human rights
agenda for the new millennium.'

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SOCIAL STUDIES, INTERFACULTY COMMITTEE
FOR RUSSIAN AND EAST EUROPEAN STUDIES, AND OXFORD CENTRE FOR
ISLAMIC STUDIES

Central Asia in the 1990s

The following lectures will be held at 5 p.m. on Tuesdays, in the
second-floor Lecture Room, Oxford Centre for Islamic Studies,
George Street.

Conveners: Mr Paul Bergne, Carol Leonard, MA,
Ph.D.,
Fellow of St Antony's College, Alex Pravda, MA, D.Phil., Fellow
of St Antony's College, and James Piscatori, Ph.D., Oxford Centre
for Islamic Studies.

MICHAEL KASER

20 Oct.: `Stabilisation and growth in Central
Asia, 1990–8.'

YERDZHAN DUSMUKHAMEDOV

27 Oct.: `Post-independence economic
legislation in Kazakhstan.'

BORIS RUMER, Harvard

3 Nov.: `Economic transition in Central
Asia.'

BHAVNA DAVE, SOAS, London

10 Nov.: `Balancing ethnic homogeneity and
multi-ethnicity in Central Asia.'

ANTHONY HYMAN, Associate Editor, Central Asian
Survey, and SOAS, London

17 Nov.: `Afghanistan and Central Asia.'

CYRIL LIN

24 Nov.: `Kyrgyzstan.'

HAMID ISMAIL, Uzbek Service of BBC

1 Dec.: `Uzbekness.'

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THEOLOGY

Interdisciplinary Seminars: Methodological Approaches to the
Study of Religions

Amended notice

The following interdisciplinary seminars will be held at 5 p.m.
on Tuesdays, in Christ Church.

The first meeting will now be held on 3 November, and not, as
previously notified, on 20 October.

Conveners: J.S.K. Ward, B.Litt., MA, Regius Professor
of Divinity, and W.M. Morgan, MA, Lecturer in World Religions,
Mansfield and Westminster Colleges.

DR JAMES PISCATORI

3 Nov.: `Religion in the study of politics.'

DR JAMES COX

17 Nov.: `Methodological innovation and the
study of religions.'

PROFESSOR WENDY JAMES

1 Dec.: `Questions old and new in the
anthropology of religion.'

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Robert Whyte Lecture in the Interdisciplinary Study of
Religions

Professor John Hick, Birmingham, UK, and Claremont, USA, will
deliver the Robert Whyte Lecture at 5 p.m. on Tuesday, 20
October, in the Examination Schools.

Conveners: J.S.K. Ward, B.Litt., MA, Regius Professor
of Divinity, and W.M. Morgan, MA, Lecturer in World Religions,
Mansfield and Westminster Colleges.

Subject: `Philosophy and the study of religions.'

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DEPARTMENT OF APPLIED SOCIAL STUDIES
AND SOCIAL RESEARCH AND THE WELLCOME UNIT FOR THE HISTORY OF
MEDICINE

Oral History Seminars

The following seminars will be held at 12.30 p.m. on Wednesdays
in the Violet Butler Room, Department of Applied Social Studies,
Barnett House.

Convener: Sarah Harper, D.Phil.

PROFESSOR MARY CHAMBERLAIN, Oxford Brookes

21 Oct.: `Genre and narrative in life
stories.'

PROFESSOR STEPHAN FEUCHTWANG, City University

11 Nov.: `Recognising Chinese lives as an
anthropologist.'

DR CHRIS MANN, Cambridge

18 Nov.: `Family fables—girls on the
threshold of adulthood.'

DR TIMOTHY ASHPLANT, Liverpool John Moores University

2 Dec.: `Narrative resources in working-class
life stories.'

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COMMITTEE FOR COMPARATIVE PHILOLOGY AND
GENERAL LINGUISTICS

General Linguistics Graduate Seminar

The following seminars will be held at 4.45 p.m. on Fridays in
the Ground Floor Seminar Room, 47 Wellington Square.

Conveners: James Higginbotham, MA, BS, Ph.D.,
Professor of General Linguistics, and David Cram, MA, Ph.D.,
Fellow of Jesus College.

PROFESSOR PIETER SEUREN, Nijmegen

23 Oct.: `Why natural language semantics is
commitment-conditional, and not truth conditional.'

PROFESSOR LAURIE BAUER, Victoria University of Wellington

30 Oct.: `Universals of compounding.'

PROFESSOR MOIRA YIP, Irvine, CA

6 Nov.: `Multiple systems of reduplication in
a single language: a markedness account.'

PROFESSOR DAVID BRADLEY, La Trobe University, Melbourne

13 Nov.: `Endangered languages and rapid
language change.'

PROFESSOR NEIL SMITH, London

20 Nov.: `Dissociations.'

DR ALAN DENCH, University of Western Australia

27 Nov.: `Ergative to accusative alignment
shift in the languages of north-west Western Australia.'

PROFESSOR JAMES HIGGINBOTHAM

4 Dec.: `Why is sequence of tense obligatory?'

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OXFORD CENTRE FOR ISLAMIC STUDIES

The following meetings will be held at 5 p.m. on the days shown.
Unless otherwise indicated, they will take place on Wednesdays
in the Examination Schools.

PROFESSOR I. WALLERSTEIN, Fernand Braudel Centre, SUNY,
Binghampton, USA

21 Oct.: `Islam, the West, and the world.'

PROFESSOR TU WEIMING, Harvard–Yenching Institute, Harvard


28 Oct.: `Cultural China: implications of
Islamic–Confucian dialogue.'

PROFESSOR D. EICKELMAN, Dartmouth College, USA

Thur. 29 Oct., Centre for Islamic Studies, George
Street: `Islam in the global public sphere.'

PROFESSOR R. BULLIET, Columbia

4 Nov.: `Islamic society and the state: a
historical re-examination.'

PROFESSOR B. LAWRENCE, Duke University

11 Nov.: `Islam and world systems: the case of
south Asian and south-east Asian Muslims in the pre-modern
period.'

PROFESSOR K. GRIFFIN, University of California, Riverside

18 Nov.: `Culture and economic growth: a
general argument with illustrations from the Islamic
world.'

PROFESSOR F. ROBINSON, Royal Holloway College, London

25 Nov.: `South Asia as part of an Islamic
world system.'

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CENTRE FOR SOCIO-LEGAL STUDIES

DR WALTER J. LEONARD, Visiting Scholar at the Centre for
Socio-Legal Studies and Honorary Member of Wolfson College,
former Associate Dean of the Harvard Law School and former
President of Fisk University, will lecture at 5 p.m. on Thursday,
22 October, in the Examination Schools.

Convener: D.J. Galligan, BCL, MA, Professor of Socio-Legal
Studies and Director of the Centre for Socio-Legal Studies.

Subject: `Efforts toward equity: establis\hing and
implementing legal equality in the United States.'

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Programme in Comparative Media Law and Policy

European media law and the reshaping of media space

The following seminars will be held at 5 p.m. on Mondays in the
Centre for Socio-Legal Studies, Wolfson College.

M. STEPHENS, Stephens Innocent, and HIKMET TABAK, Director, Med
TV

26 Oct.: `Diasporic communications and European
media law: Med TV.' (Discussant: Professor G. Goodwin-
Gill, Centre for Socio-Legal Studies)

D. LEVY, Director of Policy Planning, BBC

2 Nov.: `Europe's digital revolution:
technological change and public policy.' (Discussant:
Dr R. Banakar, Centre for Socio-Legal Studies)

DR R. CRAUFORD-SMITH, Corpus Christi College

9 Nov.: `EC media law and protection of
minors.' (Discussant: S. Verhulst, Centre for Socio-
Legal Studies)

PROFESSOR D. VAWER, Intellectual Property Law Centre, St Peter's
College

16 Nov.: `Internationalising copyright law:
implementing the WIPO.' (Discussant (tentative): Dr M.
Spence, St Catherine's College: )

F. PINARD, Programme in Comparative Media Law and Policy

23 Nov.: `V-chip: child's rights and parental
control.' (Discussant: M. Maclean)

A. HARCOURT, Manchester

30 Nov.: `Ownership, pluralism, and European
media regulation.' (Discussant: Professor D. Galligan,
Centre for Socio-Legal Studies)

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CORPUS CHRISTI COLLEGE


F.W. Bateson Memorial Lecture 1999

PROFESSOR CLAUDE RAWSON, Department of English, Yale University,
will deliver the F.W. Bateson Memorial Lecture at 5 p.m. on
Wednesday, 10 February 1999, in the Examination Schools.

Subject: `Killing the poor: an Anglo-Irish theme.'

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Lowe Lectures in Palaeography

Manuscripts and method: the transmission of Vegetius

PROFESSOR MICHAEL REEVE, Kennedy Professor of Latin, Cambridge,
will deliver the Lowe Lectures in Palaeography at 5 p.m. on
Mondays in Hilary Term, in the Examination Schools.

25 Jan.: `A proposal about Modestus.'

1 Feb.: `A man on a horse.'

8 Feb.: `R.'

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GREEN COLLEGE


Radcliffe Lecture 1998

SIR RICHARD B. SYKES, D.SC., FRS, Chairman, Glaxo Wellcome PLC,
will deliver the Radcliffe Lecture at 6 p.m. on Tuesday, 3
November, in the Witts Lecture Theatre, the Radcliffe Infirmary.

Subject: `Medicines, morals, and money: the high
ground and the bottom line.'


Brian Walker Lecture on Environment and
Development

DR R. JOLLY, Special Adviser to the Administrator, United Nations
Development Programme, New York, will deliver the Brian Walker
Lecture at 6 p.m. on Thursday, 26 November, in the Witts Lecture
Theatre, the Radcliffe Infirmary.

Subject: `Human development and environment
priorities: basis for a grand alliance.'

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HERTFORD COLLEGE


Tyndale Lecture 1998

PROFESSOR J. AITCHISON will deliver the Tyndale Lecture at 5 p.m.
on Thursday, 22 October, in the Examination Schools. After the
lecture there will be a reception in the Principal's Lodgings,
Hertford College.

Subject: `The drinker of the devil's dregs.'

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LADY MARGARET HALL

Canada Seminars

PROFESSOR NEIL MACFARLANE, Director, the Centre for International
Studies, will lecture at 5.15 p.m. on Thursday, 29 October, in
Lady Margaret Hall.

There will be an opportunity to meet Professor MacFarlane
informally afterwards over drinks. Further information may be
obtained from Elizabeth Jubb, Lady Margaret Hall (telephone:
(2)74302, e-mail: liz.jubb@lmh.ox.ac.uk).

Subject: `The emperor's new clothes: activism and
atrophy in Canadian foreign policy.'

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ST ANNE'S COLLEGE


Hoskins Lecture

DR I. SCARGILL, University Lecturer in Geography and Fellow of
St Edmund Hall, will deliver the eighth Hoskins Lecture at 5.30
p.m. on Tuesday, 10 November, in the Mary Ogilvie Lecture
Theatre, St Anne's College.

The annual lecture, in honour of Professor William G. Hoskins,
on some aspect of local history, has been generously endowed by
the late Mrs Jean Duffield.

Subject: `The landscape of Oxford's Green Belt.'

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ST ANTONY'S COLLEGE


Middle East Centre

1948: founding myths and original sins

The following lectures will be given at 5 p.m. on the days shown.

Unless otherwise indicated, they will take place on Fridays, in
the Middle East Centre, 68 Woodstock Road.

Anyone travelling from a distance is advised to confirm the
arrangements in advance with the Middle East Centre (telephone:
(2)84780).

Conveners: E.L. Rogan, MA, University Lecturer in the
Modern History of the Middle East, and A. Shlaim, MA, Professor
of International Relations.

B. MORRIS, Ben-Gurion University

16 Oct.: `The birth of the Palestinian refugee
problem revisited.'

R. KHALIDI, Chicago

23 Oct.: `The Palestinians and 1948: the causes
of failure.'

PROFESSOR SHLAIM

30 Oct.: `Divide and conquer: Israel and the
Arab coalition.'

L. PARSONS, Harvard

6 Nov.: `The Druze and the birth of Israel.'

EDWARD SAID, Columbia

Mon. 9 Nov., Examination Schools: `The
political and moral consequences of 1948.'

DR ROGAN

20 Nov.: `Jordan in 1948: the persistence of an
official history.'

F. GERGES, Sarah Lawrence College

27 Nov.: `Egypt and the 1948 war: a case of
internal conflict and regional ambition.'

C. TRIPP, School of Oriental and African Studies, London

4 Dec.: `Iraq in the 1948 war: mirror of Iraq's
disorder.'

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Russian and East European Centre

Russia and East Europe: Politics, Economics, and Regions in
Transition

The following lectures will be held at 5 p.m. on Mondays in the
Lecture Theatre, New Building, St Antony's College.

MIROSLAW BRONOWSKI, Gdansk Institute

19 Oct.: `The transition in Poland.'

BRIGITTE GRANVILLE, Moscow

26 Oct.: `Inflationary pressure in the Russian
economy: conflict between fiscal, monetary, and exchange
rate policy.'

ZVI GITELMAN, Michigan

2 Nov.: `Native land, promised land, new land:
Jewish emigration from Russia and Ukraine,
1980s–90s.'

SAUL ESTRIN, London

9 Nov.: `The transition in Ukraine'

MARK KRAMER, Harvard

16 Nov.: `The social safety net in transition
in Central and Eastern Europe.'

CHRIS DAVIS

23 Nov.: `Russia's economic crisis in 1980:
causes and prospects for recovery in Russian federation.'

ALEKSA DJILAS, journalist, and IVOR ROBERTS, former Ambassador
to Yugoslavia

30 Nov.: `Bosnia, Kosovo, Serbia, and
Montenegro: the future of former Yugoslavia.'

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ST HILDA'S COLLEGE


St Hilda's College Lectures

Women in Westminster

The following lectures will be given at 5.30 p.m. on Thursdays
in the Jacqueline du Pré Building, St Hilda's College.

Note: details of time and place, given in the
Michaelmas Term Special Lecture List, are incorrect.

THE RT. HON. GILLIAN SHEPHARD, MP

22 Oct.: `Women in politics—do they make a difference?'

THE RT. HON. SHIRLEY WILLIAMS

29 Oct.: `Women in politics: transforming governance.'

THE RT. HON. BARONESS YOUNG OF FARNWORTH, DL

5 Nov.: `Is half the population
underrepresented? A look at local government and
Parliament.'

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ST PETER'S COLLEGE

Sir Alec Cairncross Lecture

SIR ALAN BUDD will deliver the eighth annual Sir Alec Cairncross
Lecture at 5 p.m. on Tuesday, 27 October, in St Peter's College.
Admission is free, and all are welcome to attend.

Subject: `The role of the Chief Economic Adviser.'

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TRINITY COLLEGE


Chatham Lecture

In anticipation of its 450th anniversary in 2005, Trinity College
is inaugurating a series of lectures on future aspects of public
affairs. The series will be named after the Earl of Chatham, one
of the college's most celebrated graduates.

THE RT. HON. THE LORD BINGHAM OF CORNHILL, Lord Chief Justice of
England, will deliver the first Chatham Lecture at 5 p.m. on
Friday, 30 October, in the Gulbenkian Room, the Law Faculty, the
St Cross Building.

Subject: `The future of the common law.'

Note: the 1999 Chatham Lecture will be delivered by
the Rt. Hon. Christopher Patten, CH.

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WOLFSON COLLEGE


Ronald Syme Lecture

PROFESSOR G. BOWERSOCK, School of Historical Studies, Institute
for Advanced Study, Princeton University, will deliver the annual
Ronald Syme Lecture at 5 p.m. on Thursday, 5 November, in the
Hall, Wolfson College.

Subject: `Tacitus and Pushkin.'

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CAMPION HALL


Martin D'Arcy Lectures

The riddle of Christian mystical experience: the role of the
humanity of Jesus

PROFESSOR P. MOMMAERS, SJ, University of Antwerp and Katholieke
Universiteit, Leuven, will deliver the Martin D'Arcy Lectures at
5 p.m. on the following Wednesdays in the Examination Schools.

21 Oct.: `Mystical reports: feelings into
words.'

28 Oct.: `Hadewijch: "Tasting man and God in
one knowledge".'

4 Nov.: `Jan van Ruusbroec and Christocentric
mysticism.'

11 Nov.: `The role of the intermediary.'

18 Nov.: `The way from humanity to divinity.'

25 Nov.: `The inner and the outer: the spirit and
the image.'

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OXFORD IMMUNOLOGY GROUP

Mini-symposium: infection and immunity

The following papers will be given at the meeting to be held at
6 p.m. on Monday, 19 October, in the Lecture Theatre, the Sir
William Dunn School of Pathology. The meeting will be chaired by
Dr Anton van der Merwe.

Further information about the OIG and its meetings can be found
at http://www.molbiol.ox.ac.uk/pathology/sems/OIG.html.

PROFESSOR D. KWIATKOWSKI: `Genetic variation in
cytokine regulation and susceptibility to infectious
disease.'

PROFESSOR G. ROOK, University College, London:
`Human and murine tuberculosis as models of immuno-endocrine
interactions.'

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OXFORD MEDIEVAL SOCIETY

DR H. HAMEROW will lecture at 8.30 p.m. on Thursday, 22 October,
in the Kidd Room, Christ Church. Wine will be served from 8.15
p.m. New members are welcome.

Subject: `Anglo-Saxon timber buildings: the Continental
connection.'

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TRANSLATION RESEARCH IN OXFORD

Translating the text and context: vernacular, dialect,
minority language, and the stage

A meeting on this subject will be held on Saturday, 7 November,
in St Hugh's College. Those wishing to attend are asked to book
in advance, by contacting Edith McMorran (telephone: Oxford
(2)74996 or (2)74222, e-mail: maison@sable.ox.ac.uk).

J.-M. DÉPRATS, Paris

9.30 a.m.: `Traduire Synge.'

M. WALTON, Hull

10 15 a.m.: `The Gates of Melbourne:
Medea into English.'

M. BOWMAN, St Lamberts, Canada

11.30 a.m.: `Train-spotting in Montreal, from
Scots to Joual.'

W. FINDLAY, Edinburgh

12 noon: `Goldoni and
"versionising".'

M. BOWMAN and W. FINDLAY

12.30 p.m.: Discussion of their latest
Tremblay's translation and co-operation.

I. BROWN, Edinburgh

2.15 p.m.: `Molière into Scots.'

J. LONG, Dublin

3 p.m.: `Diction and ideology: Chekhov's Irish
voice.'

T. HALE, Hull

4 p.m.: `Hugo, dialect or non-dialect?.'

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OXFORD ENGLISH DICTIONARY
FORUM

BERNADETTE PATON, Assistant Editor, OED, will
lecture at 5 p.m. on Monday, 19 October, in Rewley House.

Subject: `Prime noodles in horseless carriages, or
idiots in automobiles? Revising the text of the
OED.'

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<br /> Oxford University Gazette, 15 October 1998: Grants and Funding<br />

Grants and Research Funding


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RESEARCH SERVICES OFFICE

The Oxford University Research Services Office (RSO) is based in
the University Offices, Wellington Square (with a satellite
office in the Medical School Offices, Level 3, John Radcliffe
Hospital). The RSO is part of the finance division of the
University's central administration.

The office processes and approves all applications to outside
bodies for research grants and approves research-related
agreements on behalf of the University. It also acts in an
advisory capacity for those seeking outside funding or requiring
information about specific initiatives (e.g. LINK, ROPA, Teaching
Company Schemes, EU research programmes, etc.).

The RCSO produces a weekly bulletin on funding opportunities,
electronic Research and Industry News (eRIN), which is available
to members of the University via the World Wide Web at:
http://www.admin.ox.ac.uk/rcso/erin/.

Research contracts with industry are negotiated through the
RSO, which also deals, inter alia, with various
intellectual property matters, including other research-related
agreements covering clinical trials and services, services to
industry, confidentiality issues, material transfer and
consultancy. Contact details for members of the RSO, from whom
advice may be sought are as follows:

Dr Michael Halsey, Assistant Registrar---Senior Contracts
Officer (telephone: (2)70011, e-mail:
michael.halsey@admin.ox.ac.uk);

Dr Richard Liwicki, Assistant Registrar, John Radcliffe
Hospital satellite office (telephone: 553 22604, e-mail:
richard.liwicki@admin.ox.ac.uk;

Mr Pierre-Manuel Espinasse, Research Grants and European
Liaison Officer (telephone: (2)70043, e-mail:
pierre.espinasse@admin.ox.ac.uk);

Ms Fiona Anderson, Contracts Officer (telephone: (2)70142,
e-mail: fiona.anderson@admin.ox.ac.uk);

Ms Kathryn Dally, Administrative Officer---Information
(telephone: (2)80319, e-mail: kathryn.dally@admin.ox.ac.uk).

Enquiries relating to day-to-day processing of research grant
applications should be addressed to the RSO's Research Grants
Office, Room 330, the University Offices (telephone: (2)70146),
or, in the case of certain clinical departments, to the RSO
satellite office, the Medical School Offices, Level 3, John
Radcliffe Hospital, Headington (telephone: 553 22544).

General enquiries may be addressed, in the first instance, to
Mrs Jane Taylor (telephone: (2)70143), who will be pleased to
direct calls to the appropriate member of staff.

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Administrative procedures in respect of externally sponsored
research

Members of the University are reminded that it is a requirement
of the General Board that all applications for externally funded
support must be endorsed on behalf of the University through the
Research and Commercial Services Office before they are
dispatched to the sponsor, whether or not this is required by the
funding body. (This includes, for example, bodies such as the
Leverhulme Trust, and other charities and EU programmes which do
not specifically ask for administrative authorisation.)

The reason for the requirement is twofold: namely (i) to
ensure that the funds being requested are adequate for the
purpose and the costing rules of the funding body have been
applied correctly, and (ii) to ensure that the University would
be in a position to undertake the obligations arising from an
award and that these do not contravene University policy.

The detailed arrangements are as follows: applicants for
research grants should submit their applications, together with
a completed copy of the University's outside grant form (OG12),
to Room 330, Research and Commercial Services Office, University
Offices, Wellington Square, telephone (2)70146—leaving three
clear working days for them to be processed.

In connection with the acceptance of awards and signature
of contracts it should be noted that Statutes, Tit. X, cl. 2,
provides that `no official of the University or any other person
employed by the University or working in or in connection with
any department of or under the control of the University shall
in connection with any invention, discovery, or patent, or ...
process, or manufacture have authority to make any
representations on behalf of the University or to enter into any
contract on behalf of the University or to be concerned in any
transaction whatsoever in connection therewith on behalf of the
University except with the express consent of Council'.

The relevant officials in the Research and Commercial
Services Office have been given authority to approve applications
for external funds in support of research and the terms of
contracts in straightforward cases under this provision: in more
complicated cases, specific authority is necessary.

Enquiries related to any aspect of externally sponsored
research should be directed to the Research and Commercial
Services Office, whose staff would be pleased to help.

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ARTS AND HUMANITIES RESEARCH BOARD
(1999–2000)

The Arts and Humanities Research Board (AHRB) was established in
July 1998 and has announced the launch of a round of awards for
1999–2000.

Researchers in all areas of the arts and humanities are now
invited to apply for research grants and research leave awards,
to be taken up in the academic years 1998--9 and 1999--2000,
details of which are as follows:

(i) Research Grants

Grants of up to £100,000 a year, and for up to a period of
five years are available. Provision will be made within these
grants for the payment of institutional overheads, or indirect
costs.

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(ii) Small Research Grants in the Arts and Humanities

Grants of up to £5,000 are available to meet the direct
costs of research projects in the arts and humanities, to include
such items as travel, maintenance and consumables.

The AHRB's closing dates for receipt of applications under these
schemes are:

—30 November 1998 for applications where projects will incur
significant expenditure from April or May 1999.

—31 December 1998 for grants and awards to be taken up in
the financial year 1999-2000.

University applications to the above schemes must be submitted,
via the departmental administrator (or in the case of
non-departmentally organised faculties, via the appropriate
faculty board secretary), to the Research and Commercial Services
Office.

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(iii) Research leave

The AHRB will meet the full salary costs of successful applicants
to the research leave scheme for one term.

Applications to the research leave scheme should be submitted
through the college (for CUF and special non-CUF lecturers); or
through the University (for other university academic staff).
However, approval for all applications from academic staff
holding joint appointments must be obtained from both the faculty
board in question and the college before they are forwarded to
the AHRB.

The AHRB's closing date for receipt of applications under the
research leave scheme is 31 December 1998. Application forms and
further details about the schemes above are available from the
Research and Commercial Services Office, senior tutors (in the
case of the research leave scheme), or from the appropriate
faculty board secretaries. Alternatively, further information may
be found on the AHRB's web site at http://www.britac.ac.uk,
or by contacting the Chief Executive of the AHRB at: c/o 10
Carlton House Terrace, London SW1Y 5AH (telephone: 0171-969
5200).

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<br /> Oxf. Univ. Gazette, 15 October 1998: Examinations and Boards<br />

Examinations and Boards


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BOARD OF THE FACULTY OF MATHEMATICAL
SCIENCES


Honour School of Mathematics 1999

The Board of the Faculty of Mathematical Sciences has approved
the following list of lecture courses for Section c of the Honour
School of Mathematics to be examined in Trinity Term 1999
(Examination Decrees, 1997, p. 296, regulation
6(1)(a)).

Intuitionism

Model Theory

Axiomatic Set Theory

The Gödel's Incompletess Theorem

Group Theory

Lie Algebras

Representation Theory

Manifolds and Differential Geometry

Algebraic Topology

Functional Analysis

Analytic Topology

C* -algebras

Perturbation Methods

Calculus of Variations

Solid Mechanics

Numerical Linear Algebra and Approximation

Finite Elements for PDEs

Bayesian Statistics

Patterns and Networks

Generalised Linear Models and Survival Analysis

Mathematical Genetics

Stochastic Calculus for Finance

Complexity and Cryptography

Lambda Calculus

Domain Theory

Further Quantum Theory

General Relativity I

Quantum Field Theory

General Relativity II

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Honour School of Mathematical Sciences
2000

Subjects for paper B10

The following list of subjects for paper B10 has been approved
for examination in 2000.

Elementary Number Theory

Mathematical Ecology and Biology

Combinatorial Optimisation

Communication Theory

Nonlinear Systems

Applied Probability

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Papers for Section o

The Board of the Faculty of Mathematical Sciences has approved
the following papers for examination in Section o of the Honour
School of Mathematical Sciences 2000 (see Examination
Decrees, 1997, p. 286, regulation 3(f).

o3 Functional Programming and Algorithm Design

o4 Imperative Programming

o8 Philosophy of Mathematics

o9 Astronomy

010 Mathematics and Finance

Part I: Mathematical Models of Financial
Derivatives

Part II: Decision Mathematics

o12 Mathematics Education

A complete list will be published during Michaelmas Term 1998.

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Honour School of Computation 2000

The following subjects have been approved for the Honour School
of Computation, Trinity Term 2000.

1. Section II.1. Compilers and Operating Systems.

2. Section II.2. Computer Graphics, Splines, and Computational
Geometry.

3. Section II.3. Parallel Scientific Computation and Parallel
Algorithms.

4. Section II.4. Object-oriented programming.

5. Section II.5. Mathematical Foundation of Programming
Languages (*topics may vary from year to year and may include
Lambda Calculus, Domain Theory, Semantics of Programming
Languages, Application-oriented program semantics).

6. Section II.6. Advanced Mathematical Logic (*topics may vary
from year to year and may include Proof Theory, Model Theory,
Axiomatic Set Theory, and Gödel's Incompleteness
Theorems).p

Options 1, 2, and 3 will have 1/6 practical weight and a
two-and-a-half-hour examination.

Option 4 will have 1/3 practical weight and a two-hour
examination.

Options 5 and 6 will have no practicals and a three-hour
examination.

*Synopses of the topics to be offered will be circulated to
undergraduates in the Trinity Term preceding the examination.

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Section E

Papers a1, a2, a3, a4, a5, a6, b1, b8, b9, and b10 specified for
the Honour School of Mathematical Sciences. All papers will be
of three hours' duration except papers b8 and b9 will have a
two-and-a-half-hour examination; papers b8 and b9 will contain
a practical element, as set out in the Regulations for the Honour
School of Mathematical Sciences.

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Honour School of Mathematics and
Computation 2000

The subjects approved for Section II (MC) in the Honour School
of
Mathematics and Computation, Trinity Term 2000, will be the same
as those for Section II of the Honour School of Computation 2000.

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EXAMINATIONS FOR THE DEGREE OF DOCTOR OF
PHILOSOPHY

The examiners appointed by the following faculty boards give notice
of oral examination of their candidates as
follows:

Biological Sciences

C. ADCOCK, Linacre: `Molecular modelling and electrostatic properties
of ion channels'.

Laboratory of Molecular Biophysics, Friday, 23 October,
11 a.m.


Examiners: P.J. Goodford, J. Goodfellow.

A.A.F. BOCQUIER, Queen's: `NMR studies of a pair of modules of the
gelatin-binding domain of fibronectin'.

Rex Richards Building, Monday, 19 October, 2 p.m.


Examiners: C. Redfield, S.J. Matthews.

R.M. CURRIE, Worcester: `Immunoepidemiology of Trichuris trichiura,
T.muris, and Ascaris lumbricoides infections'.

Department of Zoology, Thursday, 29 October, 2 p.m.


Examiners: J. Webster, D. Wakelin.

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English Language and Literature

G. LESTAGE, Oriel: `Forces in the development of the British short
story, 1930–70: some writers, editors, and periodicals'.

Wolfson, Thursday, 22 October, 10 a.m.


Examiners: J.O. Bayley, J. Batchelor.

Medieval and Modern Languages

J.C.Y. SUK, St Hugh's: `Postcolonial paradoxes in French Antillean
writing (1939–89), with special refrence to Maryse Gonde'.

Lady Margaret Hall, Monday, 2 November, 2 p.m.


Examiners: C.J. Davis, C. Britton.

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Modern History

P.A. SCHELL, St Antony's: `Teaching children of the revolution:
church and state education in Mexico City, 1917–26'.

St Antony's, Friday, 23 October, 11 a.m.


Examiners: A.E. Angell, G.P. Thomson.

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Oriental Studies

M. MOSLEM, Wolfson: `Factionalism in the Islamic Republic of Iran,
1989–97'.

St Antony's, Saturday, 17 October, 11 a.m.


Examiners: D. Hopwood, A. Rahnema.

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Physical Sciences

P.C. MARAIS, Wolfson: `The segmentation of sparse MR
images'.

Department of Engineering Science, Wednesday, 21 October, 10.30 a.m.


Examiners: R.P. Highnam, D. Hawkes.

J.E. PEDERSEN, University: `Fast ions in tokamaks and their
measurement by collective Thomson scattering'.

Department of Engineering Science, Monday, 19 October, 10 a.m.


Examiners: J.E. Allen, R.A. Cairns.

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Social Studies

D. TSUI, St Antony's: `Chinese military intervention in the Korean
War'.

St Antony's, Monday, 16 November, 2.30 p.m.


Examiners: S.Y. Tsang, M. Yahuda.

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Theology

C. JOYNES, St Hugh's: `The return of Elijah: an exploration of the
character and context of the relationship between Elijah, John the
Baptist, and Jesus in the Gospels'.

Examination Schools, Thursday, 10 December, 2 p.m.


Examiners: P.M. Joyce, W. Horbury.

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<br /> Oxford University Gazette, 15 October 1998: Colleges<br />

Colleges, Halls, and Societies


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OBITUARIES


Lincoln College

KEITH SHAND ATKINSON, 19 May 1998; commoner 1952–5.
Aged 66.

SIR PETER HUTCHINSON, 28 May 1998; commoner 1925. Aged
90.

DAVID KELLY, June 1998; commoner 1957–60. Aged
61.

DAVID LLEWELLYN RAMM, 16 July 1998; commoner
1953–6. Aged 64.

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St Edmund Hall

MARK HOWARD JENNINGS, MA, 26 May 1998; commoner
1967–70. Aged 40.

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ELECTIONS


All Souls College

The following will be in residence for Michaelmas
Term 1998 as
Visiting Fellows at All Souls College:

PROFESSOR KATHLEEN BURK, University College, London

SIR JOHN COLES

PROFESSOR ZHONGQIAO DUAN, Renmin University of China

PROFESSOR ANDREW DYCK, University of California, Los
Angeles

PROFESSOR RICHARD ERICSON, University of British Columbia

PROFESSOR RICHARD HELMHOLZ, University of Chicago

DR PAUL JOHNSON, London School of Economics

PROFESSOR ANNE MATONIS, Temple University, Philadelphia

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The following is the complete list of Visiting
Fellows at All Souls
College for the academic year 1998--9:

PROFESSOR KATHLEEN BURK, University College, London

SIR JOHN COLES

PROFESSOR JOSEPH CONNORS, Columbia University

PROFESSOR NIKOLAI DUBRONRAVIN, University of St
Petersburg

PROFESSOR ZHONGQIAO DUAN, Renmin University of China

PROFESSOR ANDREW DYCK, University of California, Los
Angeles

PROFESSOR RICHARD ERICSON, University of British Columbia

PROFESSOR RICHARD HELMHOLZ, University of Chicago

DR PAUL JOHNSON, London School of Economics

PROFESSOR ANTHONY JOSEPH, Weizman Institute of Science,
Rehovot

PROFESSOR GABRIEL JOSIPOVICI, University of Sussex

DR DINAH MANISTY

PROFESSOR ANNE MATONIS, Temple University, Philadelphia

PROFESSOR VILAYANUR RAMACHANDRAN, University of
California, San
Diego

PROFESSOR PAMELA REYNOLDS, University of Cape Town

PROFESSOR GAVIN WRIGHT, Stanford University

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Exeter College

To Amelia Jackson Senior Scholarships:

LUKE PITCHER, formerly of City of London School

ANNA LINTON, formerly of Bromley High School

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To Scholarships:

B. AL-SADY, formerly of Hans-Sachs-Gymnasium
Nürnberg

J.M. AMBROSE, formerly of King Edward VI, Chelmsford

ANDREA W.S. AU-YEUNG, formerly of Cheltenham College

KATE D. BAKER, formerly of North London Collegiate

P. BODDINGTON, formerly of Colchester Royal Grammar
School

A.E. BRETT, formerly of Kimbolton School,
Cambridgeshire

GEMMA BURFORD, formerly of Barton Peveril College

J.C.T COOMBES, formerly of Plymouth College of Art

A.P. COX , formerly of King's School, Worcester

R.B. DODD, formerly of Magdalen College School

M.H. DYSON, formerly of Torquay Boys' Grammar

D.J. FLOWERDEW, formerly of Hills Road Sixth-form
College, Cambridge

J.S. FOLEY, formerly of Hymer's College, Hull

R.J. GIBSON, formerly of St Joan of Arc,
Rickmansworth

S.M. GOLDUP, formerly of Sir Thomas Rich's School

J. HAYS, formerly of Royal Grammar School, Newcastle

S.A. HINTON-SMITH, formerly of Truro School, Cornwall

CHLOË JONES, formerly of Newstead Wood School for
Girls

T.L. KHOO, formerly of Victoria Junior College,
Singapore

C.P. LAU, formerly of Raffles Junior College, Singapore


A.K. LEUNG, formerly of Queen's College, Hong Kong

HONOR LEVY, formerly of Clifton College, Bristol

P. LIVERMORE, formerly of Dr Challoner's, Amersham

SOPHIE MCDONALD JOYCE, formerly of Weymouth College

G. MONTAGNON, formerly of Whitgift School

P.D. MORGAN, formerly of King Edward's School, Bath

GEMMA MORTENSEN, formerly of Oxford High School

C.A. MORTON, formerly of Poole Grammar School, Dorset

J.H. NEILL, formerly of Sherborne School

K.S. NG, formerly of Anderson Junior College,
Singapore

SIU WAI NG, formerly of University of Hong Kong

S.C. O'KEEFE, formerly of Monmouth School

K.P.J. PADLEY, formerly of Bishop Gore, Swansea

EMMA PALMER, formerly of Leeds Girls' High School

G.D. POWELL, formerly of Reading School

J.S. REED, formerly of Colchester Sixth-form College

ZOË TUCKLEY, formerly of the Royal Wolverhampton
School

F.R.C. WATTS, formerly of Sir Thomas Picton,
Haverfordwest

K.Y. WOO, formerly of Diocesan Girls' School, Hong
Kong

S.L. WONG, formerly of Raffles Junior College,
Singapore

P. YU , formerly of Repton School, Derby

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To Exhibitions:

D.M. MCBURNIE, formerly of Sir Thomas Rich's,
Gloucester

Y. OKADA, formerly of Colfe's School, London

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To Senior Scholarships:

A.P. BALE, formerly of Stoke on Trent Sixth-form
College

A.L. BOGG, formerly of Queen Elizabeth's Grammar School,
Blackburn

T.G. CHESTERS, formerly of Hymers College, Hull

B.J. CLARKE, formerly of Sherburn School, Yorks

J.K. DAVIS, formerly of Truro School, Cornwall

EMMA R.L. GEORGE

ANNA LINTON, formerly of Bromley High School

A.D. MARSHAM, formerly of Kingswood School, Bath

D.J. MCCOMBIE, formerly of Whitgift School, Croydon

S. PATHMANATHAN, formerly of York Sixth-form College

L.V. PITCHER, formerly of City of London School

KATHERINE A. PLOWRIGHT, formerly of Esher Sixth-form
College

E.D. SAVORY, formerly of Oakham School, Rutland

R.P. SPARKES, formerly of Ipswich School

STEPHANIE WILDE, formerly of Chichester High School for
Girls

R. WOORE, formerly of Nottingham High School

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St Hilda's College

To Dame Helen Gardner Scholarships:

LISA ANSCOMB

SETHINA WATSON

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To New Zealand Bursaries:

SARAH COUPER

IMOGEN DICKIE

SARAH ROSS

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To Graduate Scholarships:

ISELIN ANDREASSEN

KEELY FISHER

KERSTIN HOGE

AMANDA HOLTON

ELIZABETH HOOK

ANCHALEE MANONUKUL

EVA MICHELER

JILLIAN MURRAY

MICHELLE O'CONNELL

HENNA SEWELL

TESS THOMPSON

VINITA TSENG

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St Hugh's College

To Bursaries:

FRANCIS YUNG-QING LIN (B.ENG. Jiangsu, M.SC. Essex)

BIAO XIANG (MA Peking)

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To Smith Rippon Scholarships:

ADAM CLEGGETT, formerly of Maidstone Grammar School

LOIS ELIZABETH GOLDSTONE, formerly of Netherall School

CASPAR GRAF VON MOY, formerly of Leopold-Franzens
Universität

SIMON CHARLES MACK, formerly of Eltham College

CHARLOTTE JESSICA ELAND METCALF, formerly of
Lycée Française de Tananarive

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To Hodgson Scholarships:

BARRY WILLIAM PARSONS, formerly of Godalming College

MICHAEL JAMES FLEXER, formerly of Brighton College

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To the Thomas Fowle Scholarship:

RUTH ELIZABETH
BUCHANAN, formerly of Rainham Market Grammar School

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To Mary Lunt Memorial Scholarships:

VICTORIA ANNE HOYLE, formerly of Talbot Heath School

NAOMI ELIZABETH PRICE, formerly of Morrison's Academy

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To the Irene Shrigley Scholarship:

DAVID COLIN
ANDERSON, formerly of Kimbolton School

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To Centenary Scholarships:

RAPHAEL ALEX STERN MOKADES, formerly of City of London
School

CLAUDIO GIANCARLO ROSSI, formerly of Millfield School

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To a Scholarship:

WILLIAM JAMES WALKER-HAWORTH,
formerly of Charterhouse

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To the Mary Lunt Memorial Exhibition:

CLAIRE
ELIZABETH UNSTEAD, formerly of Roade School

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To the Thomas Fowle Exhibition:

NANNA LIEBACH
LUNEBORG, formerly of Marselisborg Gymnasium Arhus

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To Hodgson Exhibitions:

PHILLIP BROADBENT, formerly of Cambridge Seminars

MATTHEW PHILIP HOWLING, formerly of King Edward VII
High School, King's Lynn

ALICE SPENCER, formerly of Henrietta Barnett School

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To the Smith Rippon Exhibition:

IAN HENRY
SHIPLEY, formerly of St Thomas More School, Blaydon

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To C.E. Mordan Exhibitions:

JAMES ROBERT BUSHELL, formerly of King Edward VI School,
Southampton

YOGENDRA PATEL, formerly of St James Independent
School for Boys

ALASTAIR MATTHEW PICKETT, formerly of Queen Elizabeth
School

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To Centenary Exhibitions:

TATIANA-MARIA COMERZAN, formerly of Farringtons and
Stratford House

HELEN CLAIRE LAWSON, formerly of King's High School,
Warwick

ROBERT TRUSWELL, formerly of York SixthfForm College

To an Exhibition:

JAMES ALEXANDER HOGARTH,
formerly of Harrow School

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Greyfriars

To a Junior Research Fellowship in Philosophy (with
effect from 1 October 1998):

THE REVD DR BOGUSLAW
WÓJCIK (PH.D. Cracow)

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PRIZES


St Hugh's College

Katherine Lawrence Memorial Prize:

DAVID COLIN ANDERSON

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Mary Lunt Prize for Practical Biochemistry:

JONATHAN SHARPLES

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Newcomers' Club

Oxford University Newcomers' Club. The
club exists to welcome to Oxford the partners and
families of academic visitors and graduate students. Come
along to the Club rooms at 13 Norham Gardens, and sample
our programme of events and outings; we are open each
Wednesday morning, 10.30 a.m.–12 noon, from the week
before term starts to the week after term.

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Tuition Offered

French tuition: private tuition by
experienced and qualified native speaker. All levels from
beginners to advanced. Group and individual teaching.
GCSE and A level revision. Unlimited `on-line' support.
Contact Xavier Schoenmaeckers, tel.: Oxford 771360, e-
mail: xschoenmaeckers@compuserve.com.

Piano tuition. Experienced teacher of
adults and children. All grades, beginners welcome.
Contact Miss P. Read BA (Hons) LRAM; Jericho. Tel.:
Oxford 510904.

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Services Offered

Oxuniprint, Oxford University
Press—the University Printers: specialising in
booklet and publicity material, typesetting, printing,
and finishing. Output Bureau provides high-quality output
from disc from all major DTP programs onto paper,
bromide, colour-separated positive or negative film;
high-quality specialist colour copier service. For
service, quality, and competitive prices contact
Oxuniprint, Oxford University Press, Great Clarendon
Street, Oxford. Tel.: Oxford 514691, fax: 514010.

Translations: English–French or
English–German, by talented multi-linguist. Any text
accepted inc. technical. Tel.: 01993 850658, e-mail:
mallagui@yahoo.com.

Frederick and Sudabeh Hine have top
quality hand-knotted Persian carpets for disposal at
exceptionally low prices. Old Afghan carpets, marvellous
reds in classic elephant's foot design, approx. 3m x 2m
and upwards from £475. Some rugs from Iran, both old
and new, starting at £89. Distinctive Baluch runners
from around £275. Call 16 Linton Road, North Oxford,
but please ring first, tel.: Oxford 559396.

Bespoke Garden and Landscape Design:
`one-off' consultancy visits, or sketch and scaled
layouts, planting schemes, construction details and site
supervision, as desired. Nationwide service from
Oxford/Gloucestershire base. Chelsea gold Medal 1996 and
1997. Contact Jacquie Gordon, tel./fax: 01531 822743.

Personal computer consultants: we offer
expert advice and tuition for both hardware and software.
On-site service at home or in the office. We provide
upgrades for most computers or alternatively we now
supply our own range of K Tec computers; we will also
supply or source software to match your requirements. For
a quality service matched with competitive prices,
contact Chris Lewis, tel./fax: Oxford 461333.

Shipping? Abyssinia to Zanzibar, New
York to Newmarket. Today, tomorrow, next week? All the
best options are at Mail Boxes Etc. Will collect from
college, home, factory, or elsewhere. Also 24-hour
photocopying, secure mailboxes, computer workstation,
high-grade colour photocopying, faxing, laminating,
binding, etc. 266 Banbury Road, Summertown, Oxford OX2
7DL. Contact Justin Brookes. Tel.: Oxford 514655, fax:
514656, e-mail: summertown@020.mbe.uk.com.

Tax advice. Ex-KPMG Chartered Accountant
specialises in assisting professionals and small
businesses with tax problems including self-assessment.
Convenient North Oxford premises. To receive further
information please tel.: Oxford 513381, e-mail:
100430.145@compuserve.com.

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Domestic Services

Carpet/upholstery/curtain cleaning by
Grimebusters, your local specialists. Quality work,
competitive prices. Domestic, commercial, college. Also
carpet/upholstery stain protection, pre-occupancy
cleaning, flood cleaning/drying, oriental rug cleaning.
For free estimates and friendly advice, call
Grimebusters. Tel.: Oxford 726983 or Abingdon 555533.

St Paul's Nursery, Somerville College,
119a Walton Street. Full- and part-time places available
now, Mon.–Fri. 9 a.m.–5 p.m., for children over
2 years of age; waiting list for those under the age of
2. We aim to promote the health and happiness of all
children in our care and to enable them to feel relaxed
and secure. Please contact Susan Harland, Nursey Manager,
for details and registration forms, or to arrange a visit
the nursery. Tel.: Oxford (2)70686.

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Situations Vacant

St John's College Library: Cataloguer.
Two-year post (in the first instance), salary (Clerical
and Library Grade C4) £12,847–£16,234. The
successful candidate will continue the conversion of the
Library's post-1800 holdings, have experience in
AACR2/MARC standards with Library of Congress Subject
headings and OLIS (training can be arranged), and be
expected to work accurately and in an organised manner.
The library includes collections in Modern Languages and
CLassical Literature. Applications with c.v. and
names/addresses of 2 referees should be sent to Dr P.M.S.
Hacker, St John's College, Oxford OX1 3JP. Applications
close 23 Oct.

Volunteer required by Oxfam Archives.
The Oxfam Archivist needs an assistant to help sort and
organise archived records. A variety of tasks varying in
content and length are available and include work on our
historic International Programme files and other
material. Volunteers should be thorough and methodical in
their approach.

Brasenose College require a Bursary
Assistant. Main duties include general finance,
administration, and assisting students. Good
communication skills essential. Salary (University scale
3) £11,294–£13,465 depending on
experience. Free lunches, contributory pension.
Applications in writing, including names/addresses of 2
referees (and marked `Confidential CA'), to The
Accountant, Brasenose College, Oxford OX1 4AJ, from whom
further particulars are available. Applications close: 22
Oct.; interviews in week of 26 Oct.

The Bodleian Library offers daily tours
of its historic buildings by volunteer guides. Full
training is given. If you have up to 2 hours p.w. to
give, please contact Dr Judith Thomas, Assistant
Secretary to the Library. Tel.: Oxford (2)77224 or
(2)77188, fax: (2)77189, e-mail:
judith.thomas@bodley.ox.ac.uk.

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Houses to Let

Fully-furnished Victorian house, c.h.,
close to the city centre, 5 bedrooms, sitting-room,
dining-room, bathroom, 2 showers. Available now. Contact
Mrs Ann White, tel.: Oxford 512865, fax: 310264.

Tenant/house-sitter wanted for house in
Headington, 14 Dec. 1998–1 Mar. 1999. Two bedrooms
and study. £600 p.m. Tel.: Oxford 761688.

Make finding accommodation a pleasure,
not a chore. Finders Keepers is dedicated to making it
easy for visitors to Oxford to find the right property.
Browse through our Web site for up-to-date detailed
information on properties available and make use of our
interactive database, priority reservation service
(credit cards accepted), welcome food pack, personal
service, and much more. Call us and you will not need to
go elsewhere. For further information contact Finders
Keepers, 73 Banbury Road, Oxford OX2 6PE. Tel.: Oxford
311011, fax: 556993, e-mail: oxford@finders.co.uk;
Internet site: http://www.finders.co.uk.

Woodstock: recently refurbished small
period cottage in quiet location close to Blenheim Park
and town centre. Furnished and equipped to high standard.
Would suit sabbatical couple or single person. One
double, 1 single bedroom, bathroom and separate w.c.,
sitting/dining-room and kitchen. Gas c.h., phone.
Conservatory area leading to small walled garden.
Available Oct. £675 p.c.m. Tel.: 01993 812639.

North Oxford : unfurnished former
Victorian lodge situated close to city centre. Newly
renovated. Lounge/dining-room, kitchen, 3 bedrooms,
study, bathroom, loft room, gas c.h., parking spaces,
garden. £1,200 p.c.m. (6-month let initially). Tel.:
01993 812123/813100.

Witney: short term and holiday lets;
2/3-bedroom period cottage, fully furnished and equipped.
From £260 p.w. or £850 p.m. Ten miles from
Oxford with good bus service into Oxford. Non-smokers; no
pets. Tel.: 01993 703035, fax: 771014.

An Englishman's home is his
castle—so the saying goes. We cannot pretend that we
have too many castles on offer but if you are seeking
quality rental accommodation in Oxford or the surrounding
area we may be able to help. QB Management is one of
Oxford's foremost letting agents, specialising in
lettings to academics, medical personnel, and other
professionals. Our aim is to offer the friendliest and
most helpful service in Oxford. Visit our Web site at:
http://www.qbman.co.uk and view details of all the
properties that we have currently available to let.
Alternatively, telephone, fax, or e-mail us with details
of your requirements and we will do whatever we can
without obligation. Tel.: Oxford 764533, fax: 764777, e-
mail: info@qbman.co.uk.

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Flats to Let

North Oxford : large, furnished, 2-
bedroom flat with study, refurbished with gas c.h., in
pleasant residential area within walking distance of
University colleges and city centre. Near Wolfson
College. Tel.: Oxford 559408.

High-quality, fully-furnished, ground-
floor flat. One double and 1 single bedroom/study.
Sitting/dining room, kitchen, bathroom, c.h., garage.
£725 p.c.m. Tel.: Oxford 331289.

Summertown: modern self-contained first-
floor flat. Two bedrooms, third bedroom/study/dining-
room, large sitting-room, bathroom with separate shower
cubicle, kitchen/diner, all mod. cons. Double glazed,
fully carpeted, linen provided, parking space, gardens
all round. Available now. Tel.: Oxford 515301.

New split-level apartment with own front
door, parking, garage pos. One double bedroom. living-
room, dining area, kitchen, bathroom, study area, no
garden. Suit couple/single/mature student, no children or
pets. Rent £600 p.c.m. Tel.: Oxford 351566, fax:
351628.

Luxury unfurnished warehouse conversion;
c.h., shower and bathroom, 3 bedrooms, 2 parking spaces.
Two miles city centre. £825 p.m. Tel.: 0802 226426
(day), 01608 684823 (evenings).

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Accommodation Offered

Bed-and-breakfast available in the warm
comfortable home of a semi-retired academic couple in
exclusive, leafy, central North Oxford; within easy
walking distance of the city centre and all main
university buildings; a stone's throw from the river,
parks, excellent pubs and restaurants and a 9–9
corner shop. All rooms have colour TV, microwave, tea-
and coffee-making facilities, c.h., and independent
heating. Refrigerators available. Very moderate terms.
Tel./fax: Oxford 557879, mobile: 0374 434489.

Large, light, furnished room in thatched
cottage on edge of historic village, 9 miles Oxford,
regular bus service. Facilities shared with owner. Single
person, must be non-smoker. £295 p.c.m. plus
telephone. Tel.: 01993 881310, e-mail:
JACorlett@aol.com.

Attractive room available
Nov.–Mar., suit visiting academic.
Headington—close to public transport to London and
central Oxford. Longer let for weekdays only possible.
Cat lover essential. Owner in London weeks. Attractive
rates for right person. TEl.: Oxford 763650, e-mail:
nr80@dial.pipex.com.

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Accommodation Sought

Senior music teacher; aged 38, female,
single, animal lover, non-smoker, is looking for a house-
sit from the beginning of November, preferably in Oxford
or within 30 miles south of Oxford. Emigrating to Ireland
next summer, so prefer longer-term arrangement, but happy
to do a series of shorter house-sits. Excellent
references. Tel./fax: 01235 772117.

House wanted for rent for 1 week only by
a professional family of 5 during the Christmas holidays.
Either in Oxford or the surrounding countryside.
References provided. Tel.: 01628 418647.

Mallams Residential Letting is well
placed to help with your letting and management
requirements. Based in Summertown, we offer a
professional service tailored to your individual
requirements. If you are thinking of letting your
property, please call us. Tel.: Oxford 311006, fax:
311977.

Finders Keepers specialises in managing
your home or investment. We have celebrated 25 years in
Oxford letting and managing properties—try us first!
Many of our landlords have remained with us since we
opened and are delighted with our service—why not
pop in and read their comments? Contact Finders Keepers,
73 Banbury Road, Oxford OX2 6PE. Tel.: Oxford 311011,
fax: 556993, e-mail: oxford@finders.co.uk, Internet site:
http://www.finders.co.uk.

Going abroad? Or just thinking of
letting your property? QB Management is one of Oxford's
foremost letting agents and property managers. We
specialise in lettings to both academic and professional
individuals and their families, and have a constant flow
of enquiries from good-quality tenants seeking property
in the Oxford area. If you would like details of our
services, or if you simply need some informal help and
advice without obligation, telephone us: Oxford 764533,
fax us: 764777, or e-mail us: info@qbman.co.uk.
Alternatively, we would invite you to visit our Web site
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Holiday Lets

France: Entre-deux-Mers, St Emilion 15
km. Chambres d'hôtes (B&B) in renovated 18th-c.
wine-growing property. Three rooms all with en
suitebathroom. Anglo-French hosts, open all year.
Evening meal by arrangement. Morris, tel./fax: 00 30 557
84 69 08.

Scottish Highlands, Ardnamurchan: 3-
bedroom, Aga-heated, Victorian detached house available
to rent. Ideal hideaway. Easy access to beaches, hills,
castles, and wonderful walks. £200 p.w. Tel.: 0131
447 5563, fax: 447 9625, e-mail: g.donn@ed.ac.uk.

Cape Town, South Africa: beautiful
bungalow available to rent. Sleeps 8 (4 bedrooms), has
large swimming pool; close to Table Mountain, City, Seas,
Newlands Sports Grounds, shops at Cavendish Square,
Garden Route, and vineyards. From £280 p.w. Tel.:
0131 447 5563, fax: 447 9625, e-mail: g.donn@ed.ac.uk.

Windrush valley: detached garden cottage
available next to Minster Lovell Church. Holiday lets.
Tel.: 01993 775630.

Tuscany, Barga. Medieval hill town, 1
hour Pisa airport, 40 minutes Lucca. Farmhouse and 2 s/c
flats to let in 18th-c. Palazzo. Long and short term lets
available from £150 p.w. Tel.: 01959 533108.

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Houses for Sale

Iffley: in quiet leafy location, less
than 2 miles from Carfax and close to excellent bus
service. Modern four-bedroom house with an attractive
light sitting-room, spacious kitchen-diner, study,
bathroom, shower room, and laundry. Garden with shrubs,
herb bed and mature trees. Parking for 2 cars.
£270,000. Tel.: Oxford 715941.

Upper Wolvercote, Oxford: sunny house in
elevated position with garage and large pretty garden.
Semi-detached with 3 bedrooms and small study. Upstairs
bathroom and w.c.; kitchen/dining-room, living-room,
conservatory, downstairs w.c. Extremely convenient
location on bus route, in village atmosphere close to
Port Meadow and city with its amenities. Tel.: Oxford
451770.

Six-bedroom family home, North Oxford,
south-facing garden, near schools and transport.
Available spring 1999. £300,000; furnishings
negotiable. Tel.: Oxford 557233.

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Flats for Sale

Five minutes' walk from St Giles:
maisonette for sale. Two bedrooms, sitting-room with nice
view, fitted kitchen, bathroom, ample storage space,
garage, c.h. Good decorative condition. £120,000.
Tel.: Oxford 554015 (evenings).

Flat: top floor mansion block, off
Woodstock Road; hall, south-facing living-room, bedroom,
kitchen, bathroom, store-room. Good decorative order. Gas
c.h. Quiet; would suit single academic or couple.
Spacious grounds with well-kept garden and private car
park. £85,000 or near offer. Tel.: Oxford 511576.

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Academic Staff
Development Seminars: places should be booked in advance
through
the Staff Development Office, University Offices,
Wellington Square (telephone: (2)70086).

For the full list of courses, see the HREF="http://www.admin.ox.ac.uk/training/">Staff Development
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Friday 16 October

ACADEMIC STAFF Development Seminar: `Small group
teaching', 9.30 a.m. (see information
above).

PROFESSOR W. JAMES: `The fieldworker in a chronic
crisis context' (Ethnicity and Identity Seminar: `The
identity of the fieldworker: "me" and others' "me" '),
Institute of Social and Cultural Anthropology, 11 a.m.

ASHMOLEAN MUSEUM gallery talk: `The world of the New
Testament', 1.15 p.m. (Cost: £1.50. Tel. for
bookings: (2)78015, 9 a.m.--1 p.m.)

PROFESSOR J.-P. CHANGEUX: `The nicotinic acetylcholine
receptor and synaptic plasticity' (Royal Society Ferrier
Lecture), Lecture Theatre A, Department of Experimental
Psychology, 4.30 p.m.

SIR JOHN BIRT and Melvyn Bragg: `The future of
broadcasting' (inaugural Sir Patrick Nairne Lecture),
Bernard Sunley Lecture Theatre, St Catherine's, 5 p.m.

WEEKEND OF CONTEMPORARY MUSIC: performance of Morton
Subotnick's chamber opera Jacob's Room,
Holywell Music Room, 8 p.m. (public lecture by composer,
6 p.m.); also performance of Variations IV
by John Cage (tickets £6/£3 from Playhouse Box
Office, or at the door).

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Saturday 17 October

MATRICULATION CEREMONY, Convocation House (colleges to be
informed of time).

WEEKEND OF CONTEMPORARY MUSIC: performance of
ShamanSong, film-score for voice and
electronics by Joan la Barbara, Denis Arnold Hall, Music
Faculty, 8 p.m. (public lecture by composer, 6 p.m.);
also works by John Cage (tickets £6/£3 from
Playhouse Box Office, or at the door).

MARK PESKANOV and Julian Jacobson: violin and piano
recital of works by Schubert, Prokofiev, Bach, Bloch, and
Sarasate, Garden Quadrangle Auditorium, St John's, 8.30
p.m. (admission by free programme, available from college
lodge; reserved for college members until 10 October).

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Sunday 18 October

THE REVD CANON BRIAN MOUNTFORD preaches, St Mary's, 10
a.m.

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Monday 19 October

CLINICAL MEDICINE Faculty Board election, 12 November
(one ordinary member): nominations by two electors to be
received at the University Offices by 4 p.m.

MUSIC Faculty Board election, 12 November (one
ordinary member): nominations by two electors to be
received at the University Offices by 4 p.m.

PHYSIOLOGICAL SCIENCES Faculty Board election, 12
November (one ordinary member): nominations by two
electors to be received at the University Offices by 4
p.m.

SOCIAL STUDIES Faculty Board election, 12 November
(one official member): nominations by two electors to be
received at the University Offices by 4 p.m.

CONGREGATION elections, 5 November: nominations by six
members of Congregation to be received at the University
Offices by 4.30 p.m.

PROFESSOR AMOS OZ (Weidenfeld Visiting Professor): `On
the beginning of In the Prime of Her Life by
S.Y. Agnon' (lecture series: `The story begins: studying
the opening sections of masterpieces in literature'),
Schools, 5 p.m.

BERNADETTE PATON: `Prime noodles in horseless
carriages, or idiots in automobiles? Revising the text of
the OED' (Oxford English
Dictionary Forum), Rewley House, 5 p.m.

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Tuesday 20 October

ASHMOLEAN MUSEUM gallery talk: `Ashmolean
gentlemen---portraits and beyond', 1.15 p.m. (Cost:
£1.50. Tel. for bookings: (2)78015, 9 a.m.--1 p.m.)

ACADEMIC STAFF Development Seminar: `Services to
support academic staff', 12 noon (see
information above).

CONGREGATION meeting, 2 p.m.

PROFESSOR K. WALTZ: `Realism after the Cold War'
(Winchester Lecture in International Relations), Schools,
5 p.m.

PROFESSOR J. HICK: `Philosophy and the study of
religions' (Robert Whyte Lecture in the Interdisciplinary
Study of Religions), Schools, 5 p.m.

C. HAMBLER: `Is sustainability an illusion?' (Oxford
Centre for the Environment, Ethics, and Society seminar),
Council Room, Main Building, Mansfield, 5 p.m.

K. GORE: `L'actualité du theâtre de
Sartre, 1943–98' (lecture series: `Thêatre et
littérature, mots et images'), Maison
Française, 5.15 p.m.

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Wednesday 21 October

PROFESSOR P. MOMMAERS: `Mystical reports: feelings into
words' (Martin D'Arcy Lectures: `The riddle of Christian
mystical experience: the role of the humanity of Jesus'),
Schools, 5 p.m.

DR W. BOSSWICK: `Asylum in Germany' (Refugee Studies
Programme: Seminars on Forced Migration), Library Wing
Seminar Room, Queen Elizabeth House, 5 p.m.

THE RT REVD RICHARD HARRIES: `Religion in the media'
(lecture), Regent's Park College, 5 p.m.

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Thursday 22 October

CONGREGATION meeting, 12 noon (conferment of DCL by
Diploma on President Václav Havel).

PROFESSOR E. KOFMAN: `Women, migration, and human
rights' (Centre for Cross-Cultural Research on Women
seminars: `Gender, change, and human rights'), Library
Seminar Room, Queen Elizabeth House, 2 p.m.

DR F. PIEKE: `The overseas Chinese and the world
system; new configurations of an "old" diaspora' (ESRC
Research Programme on Transnational
Communities—seminars: `Globalisation and the "old"
diasporas'), Senior Common Room, School of Geography, 2
p.m.

DR B. WOLFF: `Mixing qualitative and quantitative
methods in the study of couple decision-making on sex,
condoms, and contraceptive use in Uganda' (Institute of
Social and Cultural Anthropology seminars: `Youth,
fertility, and reproductive health'), Lecture Room, 61
Banbury Road, 4.30 p.m.

PROFESSOR AMOS OZ (Weidenfeld Visiting Professor): `On
the beginning of The Nose by Nikolai Gogol'
(lecture series: `The story begins: studying the opening
sections of masterpieces in literature'), Schools, 5 p.m.

PROFESSOR J. AITCHISON: `The drinker of the devil's
dregs' (Tyndale Lecture), Schools, 5 p.m.

THE RT. HON. GILLIAN SHEPHARD, MP: `Women in
politics---do they make a difference?' (St Hilda's
College Lectures: `Women in Westminster'), Jacqueline du
Pré Building, St Hilda's, 5.30 p.m.
(note: details of time and place, given in
current Special Lecture List, are incorrect).

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Friday 23 October

ACADEMIC STAFF DEVELOPMENT SEMINARS: `Effective
meetings', 9 a.m.; `Disabled students: access, inclusion,
and fulfilling potential', 9.30 a.m. ( HREF="#seminars">see information above).

J. DAVIES: `Identities revisited and memories stirred
in a nursing home: my grass skirt, his yams, and their MG
sports car' (Ethnicity and Identity Seminar: `The
identity of the fieldworker: "me" and others'
"me" '), Institute of Social and Cultural Anthropology,
11 a.m.

ASHMOLEAN MUSEUM gallery talk: `Renaissance (II)',
1.15 p.m. (Cost: £1.50. Tel. for bookings: (2)78015,
9 a.m.--1 p.m.)

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Saturday 24 October

DEGREE CEREMONIES, Sheldonian, 11.30 a.m. and 2.30 p.m.

MAISON FRANÇAISE meeting, 10 a.m.–5 p.m.:
`Which Napoleon?' (tel. for details: (2)74220).

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Sunday 25 October

PROFESSOR FRANCES YOUNG preaches, St Mary's, 10 a.m.

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Monday 26 October

PROFESSOR AMOS OZ (Weidenfeld Visiting Professor): `On
the beginning of A Country Doctor by Franz
Kafka' (lecture series: `The story begins: studying the
opening sections of masterpieces in literature'),
Schools, 5 p.m.

DENIS MACK SMITH: `Italy in 1998: has anything
changed?' (Dorothy Rowe Memorial Lecture), Schools, 5
p.m.

PROFESSOR P. RILEY: `Leibniz's Lettre sur
l'éducation d'un prince: a commentary'
(lecture series: `Thêatre et littérature,
mots et images'), Maison Française, 5.15 p.m.

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Tuesday 27 October

ASHMOLEAN MUSEUM gallery talk: `Japanese Nanga paintings'
(special exhibition), 1.15 p.m. (Cost: £1.50. Tel.
for bookings: (2)78015, 9 a.m.--1 p.m.)

SIR ALAN BUDD: `The role of the Chief Economic
Adviser' (Sir Alec Cairncross Lecture), St Peter's, 5
p.m.

D. PEPPER: `Ecological modernisation versus the "ideal
model" of sustainable development: which is appropriate
for the European periphery?' (Oxford Centre for the
Environment, Ethics, and Society seminar), Council Room,
Main Building, Mansfield, 5 p.m.

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Wednesday 28 October

MRS M. CLAPINSON: `Beetles, beams, and buttresses: 500
years of maintaining the Old Library' (Friends of the
Bodleian thirty-minute lecture), Cecil Jackson Room,
Sheldonian, 1 p.m. (tel. for further information:
(2)77234).

SUPARMI ARCHER: `The roots of rock' (public lecture),
Holywell Music Room, 4.30 p.m.

PROFESSOR P. MOMMAERS: `Hadewijch: "Tasting man and
God in one
knowledge" ' (Martin D'Arcy Lectures: `The riddle of
Christian mystical experience: the role of the humanity
of Jesus'), Schools, 5 p.m.

S. SEN: `Waiting to return home: the refugees of South
Asia' (Refugee Studies Programme: Seminars on Forced
Migration), Library Wing Seminar Room, Queen Elizabeth
House, 5 p.m.

UNIVERSITY CLUB wine-tasting: Clarets from the 1988
and 1990 vintages, 5.45 p.m. (admission for members and
guests, £2 per person).

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Thursday 29 October

DR H. AFSHAR: `Islamisation and human rights' (Centre for
Cross-Cultural Research on Women seminars: `Gender,
change, and human rights'), Library Seminar Room, Queen
Elizabeth House, 2 p.m.

DR M. STEWART: `Hungarians in Romania: from mother
tongue education to regional autonomy' (ESRC Research
Programme on Transnational Communities—seminars:
`Globalisation and the "old" diasporas'), Senior Common
Room, School of Geography, 2 p.m.

DR H. MONTGOMERY: `Adulthood, sexuality, and
prostitution among children in Thailand' (Institute of
Social and Cultural Anthropology seminars: `Youth,
fertility, and reproductive health'), Lecture Room, 61
Banbury Road, 4.30 p.m.

PROFESSOR AMOS OZ (Weidenfeld Visiting Professor): `On
the beginning of Rothschild's Fiddle by
Anton Chekhov' (lecture series: `The story begins:
studying the opening sections of masterpieces in
literature'), Schools, 5 p.m.

THE RT. HON. SHIRLEY WILLIAMS: `Women in politics:
transforming governance' (St Hilda's College Lectures:
`Women in Westminster'), Jacqueline du Pré
Building, St Hilda's, 5.30 p.m.

PROFESSOR C. SEYMOUR-URE: `Harlots revisited: media
barons and the new politics' (Reuter Foundation
Programme: Iain Walker Memorial Lecture), Nissan Lecture
Theatre, St Antony's, 5.30 p.m.

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Friday 30 October

MAISON FRANÇAISE meeting, 9.30 a.m.: `Action
collective et intégration européenne'
(continues tomorrow; tel. for details: (2)74220).

DR M. YOUNG: `Insider/covert research in the police'
(Ethnicity and Identity Seminar: `The identity of the
fieldworker: "me" and
others' "me" '), Institute of Social and Cultural
Anthropology, 11 a.m.

ASHMOLEAN MUSEUM gallery talk: `Some saints for All
Saints Day', 1.15 p.m. (Cost: £1.50. Tel. for
bookings: (2)78015, 9 a.m.--1 p.m.)

LORD BINGHAM OF CORNHILL: `The future of the common
law' (Chatham Lecture), Gulbenkian Lecture Theatre, St
Cross Building, 5 p.m.

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