23 November 1995



<br /> Oxford University Gazette, 23 November 1995: University Acts<br />

University Acts


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HEBDOMADAL COUNCIL 20 November


1 Decrees

Council has made the following decrees, to come into effect on
8 December.

List of the decrees:

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Explanatory note to Decrees (1) and (2)

No notice of opposition having been given, Mr Vice-Chancellor will
declare carried, without holding the meeting of Congregation on 28
November, the Statutes (1) changing the age limit for members of
university bodies, and (2) changing the current title of the
Professorship of Electrical Engineering, which were promulgated on 14
November. Council has accordingly made the following decrees, which
give effect to consequential changes.


Decree (1)

1 In Ch. I, Sect. IX, cl. 1, concerning membership
of Congregation
(Statutes, 1995, p. 198), delete item (10) and renumber
existing items (11)–(13)
as items (10)–(12).

2 In Ch. III, Sect. LXXIV, cl. 4, concerning
the Delegacy of the
University Press (p. 330, as renumbered by Decree (6) of 26 October
1995, Gazette, p. 245), delete `In no circumstances ...
67th
birthday.'

3 This decree shall be effective from 1 October
1995, provided
that clause 1 shall not apply to any person who held the title of
Emeritus Professor on 30 September 1995.

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Decree (2)

1 In Ch. II, Sect. VI, § 1, SCHEDULE,
concerning official
members of faculty boards (Statutes, 1995, p. 231),
under Physical Sciences, after `Engineering, Electrical' insert `and
Electronic'.

2 In Ch. VII, Sect. I, § 5. B, SCHEDULE A,
concerning
professorships (p. 368), delete `Professor of Electrical Engineering'
and substitute:

`Professor of Electrical and Electronic Engineering'.

3 Ibid., Sect. III, § 67, title,
concerning particular
professorships (p. 402), after `Professor of Electrical'
insert `and Electronic'.

4 Ibid., cl. 1, after `Professor of Electrical'
insert `and
Electronic'.

5 Ibid., after `instruction in Electrical'
insert `and
Electronic'.

6 This decree shall be effective from 1 October
1997.


Explanatory note to Decree (3)

The following decree extends to the holders of fixed-term
professorships the eligibility already accorded to single-tenure
professors for official membership of the relevant faculty board. At
the same time opportunity is taken to clarify the existing
legislation by expressly excluding from such eligibility titular
professors and readers, and visiting professors.

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Decree (3)

In Ch. II, Sect. VI, § 1 (Statutes, 1995, p. 229),
delete cl. 2 (a) and (b) and substitute:

`(a) the single-tenure and fixed-term professorships
(including ad hominem professorships, but excluding titular
professorships conferred under the provisions of Ch. VII, Sect. I,
§ 10 and visiting professorships) which are on the establishment
of the faculty board concerned;

(b) the readerships to which appointments are made by
the General Board (but excluding titular readerships conferred under
the provisions of Ch. VII, Sect. I, § 10) and which are on the
establishment of the faculty board concerned; and'.

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Explanatory note to Decree (4)

The following decree, made on the recommendation of the General Board
after consultation with the English Board, changes the name of the
Readership in Textual Criticism to that of Readership in Bibliography
and Textual Criticism in order to reflect more accurately the subject
coverage and general orientation of the post; and reconstitutes the
electoral board for the readership in order to include two members
appointed by the college of association and two by the General Board,
in line with the recommendations of the Working Party on Statutory
Posts.

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Decree (4)

1 In Ch. II, Sect. VI, § 1, SCHEDULE,
concerning official members of faculty boards (Statutes,
1995, p. 230), under English, after `Poetry.' insert:
`Bibliography and Textual Criticism, Reader in.'

2 Ibid., delete `Textual Criticism, Reader
in.'

3 In Ch. VII, Sect. III, § 311, title,
concerning individual posts (p. 482), after `Reader in' insert
`Bibliography and'.

4 Ibid., cl. 1, after `Reader in' delete
`Textual Criticism shall lecture and give instruction in' and insert
`Bibliography and Textual Criticism shall lecture and give
instruction in Bibliography and'.

5 Ibid., delete cl. 2 and substitute:
`2. The reader shall be elected by a board consisting of:

(1) the Vice-Chancellor, or, if the head of the college
specified in (2) of this clause is Vice-Chancellor, a person
appointed by Council;

(2) the head of the college with which the readership
is on that occasion associated, or, if the head is unable or
unwilling to act, a person appointed by the governing body of the
college;

(3) a person appointed by the governing body of the college
specified in (2) of this clause;

(4) a person appointed by Council;

(5), (6) two persons appointed by the General Board;

(7)–(9) three persons appointed by the Board of the
Faculty of English Language and Literature.'


Decree (5)

Notwithstanding the provisions of Ch. III, Sect. XI, § 7, cl. 2
(Statutes, 1995, p. 260), the Chairman of the Ashmolean
Library Committee shall be a person (not necessarily already being a
member of that committee) appointed by the Vice-Chancellor.

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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,
1995, p. 345) has been accorded to the following persons who are
qualified for membership of Congregation:

PEGGY ALISON FRITH, Nuffield Department of Ophthalmology

CATHERINE SARA NEEDHAM, University College

MICHAEL ANTHONY RUDGYARD, Jesus College

DAVID PAUL TAGGART, John Radcliffe Hospital

JOANNE PETA WEBSTER, D.PHIL., Linacre 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:

Frith, P.A., MA status, Nuffield Department of Ophthalmology

Needham, C.S., MA status, University

Rudgyard, M.A., MA status, Jesus

Rundle, D.G., MA, Mansfield

Taggart, D.P., MA status, John Radcliffe Hospital

Webster, J.P., MA status, D.Phil., Linacre

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<br /> Oxford University Gazette, 23 November 1995: University Agenda<br />

University Agenda


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CONGREGATION 28 November


Notice

The meeting of Congregation is cancelled. The sole business comprises
questions to which no opposition has been notified and in respect of
which no request for an adjournment has been received, and Mr Vice-
Chancellor will accordingly declare the statutes approved without a
meeting under the provisions of Tit. II, Sect. III, cl. 11
(Statutes, 1995, p. 8).

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Declaration of approval of Statutes
promulgated on 14 November

For forms of Statutes (1) and (2) see Congregation 14 November, HREF =
"../261095/agen.htm#12Ref">Gazette 26 October.

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CONGREGATION 25 January


Election

Equal Opportunities Committee

Vacancy: one

Retiring member: Mrs K.S. Ward-Perkins

Period from HT 1996: Until MT 1998

Nominations in writing by two members of Congregation will be
received by the Head Clerk at the University Offices, Wellington
Square, up to 4 p.m. on Monday, 8 January, and similar nominations by
six members of Congregation up to 4 p.m. on Monday, 15 January.

Council has decided that nominations should show for each
signatory the name and college or department in block capitals. Any
names which are not so shown may not be published.

The following nomination has been duly received (8 January):

A. GRAFEN, MA, M.PHIL., D.PHIL., Fellow of St Hilda's

Nominated by:

D.S. King, St John's

M.E. Dawkins, Somerville

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<br /> Oxford University Gazette, 23 November 1995: Notices<br />

Notices


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    WYKEHAM PROFESSORSHIP OF ANCIENT HISTORY

    ROBERT CHRISTOPHER TOWNELEY PARKER, MA, D.PHIL., Fellow of Oriel
    College and University Lecturer (CUF) in Greek and Latin Languages
    and Literature, and currently British Academy Mark Fitch Research
    Reader, has been appointed to the professorship with effect from 1
    October 1996.

    Dr Parker will be a fellow of New College.

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    APPOINTMENTS BY THE VICE-CHANCELLOR AND
    PROCTORS

    The Vice-Chancellor and Proctors, acting under Tit. II, Sect. IX, cl.
    4 (d) (Statutes, 1995, p. 15), have made the
    following appointments with immediate effect:

    As a member of the Libraries Board

    Until the first day of Michaelmas Term 1999

    L.S. ATKINSON, MA status, School of Geography

    As a member of the Oxford and Cambridge Examinations and
    Assessment Council

    Until the first day of Trinity Term 1997

    P.A. MADDEN, MA, Fellow of Queen's College

    As a member of the Nominating Committee for the Vice-
    Chancellorship

    Until the first day of Michaelmas Term 1999

    S.D. IVERSEN, MA, D.PHIL., Fellow of Magdalen College

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    STATUTE APPROVED BY HER MAJESTY IN COUNCIL

    Mr Vice-Chancellor has received a communication from the Clerk of Her
    Majesty's Privy Council, stating that on 18 October 1995 Her Majesty
    was pleased to approve the Statute establishing the Degree of Master
    of Biochemistry, printed in Gazette, Vol. 125, p. 964
    (approved by Congregation, p. 1017).

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    SIR ALEC TURNBULL TRAVELLING SCHOLARSHIP
    1995

    The Scholarship has been awarded to DR MARIANNE JOHANSEN.

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    THE UNIVERSITIES SUPERANNUATION SCHEME


    Report and Accounts for the year to 31 March
    1995

    The Report and Accounts for the year ended 31 March 1995 have been
    published, and sight of the full copy may be obtained on application
    to either the USS Desk in the Superannuation Office of the University
    Chest (telephone: Oxford (2)70156), or the administration of any of
    the colleges of the University.

    An abridged Trustees' Annual Report in leaflet form for individual
    members has been received, and will be distributed to those members
    of the USS who are paid through the University Chest with the next
    Addendum to `A Guide for Members'; in the meantime a copy may be
    obtained on request from the Superannuation Office, as above.

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    University Gazette


    Publication arrangements

    The final Gazettes of this term will appear on 30
    November, 7 December, and 14 December. Publication for Hilary Term
    will begin on 11 January.

    Appointments Supplements will appear with the
    Gazettes of 7 December and 18 January.

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    COMMITTEE FOR THE SCIENTIFIC COLLECTIONS IN
    THE UNIVERSITY MUSEUM


    Annual Report 1994–5

    The Annual Report for 1994–5 of the Committee for the Scientific
    Collections in the University Museum has recently been published, and
    a copy may be obtained by any member of Congregation on request to
    the secretary to the committee at the University Museum, Parks Road.

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    THE VOLTAIRE FOUNDATION


    Annual Report 1994–5

    The Master of Balliol College, Dr C.R. Lucas, succeeded Dr J.M.
    Roberts, formerly Warden of Merton College, as chairman in October
    1994. At the end of the period under review the terms of office of
    Professor M. Delon, Professor H.J. Lüsebrink, and Professor H.T. Mason lapsed and the
    committee wishes to thank them for their participation in its work.
    The role of overseas members is an important one and their commitment
    of the required time is much appreciated. The part played by
    Professor Mason, for many years Editor of Studies on
    Voltaire     and latterly both Chairman of the Directors and a
    Fund Committee member, has been not only central but fundamental.
    Thanks to him this important series not only survived its founder's
    death but went on to flourish even in difficult times. Through
    eighteen years some 161 volumes have appeared under his aegis, making
    the Studies one of the major academic journals in the
    arts field. The Foundation, not to mention eighteenth-century studies
    in the United Kingdom, in Europe and indeed, following his recent
    presidency of the International Society for Eighteenth-Century
    Studies (the fourth Oxford-associated person to hold that post),
    internationally, owe him a considerable debt not just for scholarship
    but also for dedication, diplomacy, and organisational skill. As
    Editor he worked for others: we hope retirement will allow him to
    continue his own personal, high-level, contributions to the republic
    of letters.

    The Foundation has continued to settle into its new quarters
    at 99 Banbury Road and has also continued to explore and expand into
    new technology. Such moves have necessitated some structural changes
    including an increased overlap in membership between the committee
    and the Directors, the latter being aimed at productive co-operation
    and efficient overall management. The role of the Secretary of the
    Chest has been an important one here and the committee would
    particularly like to recognise the positive commitment of the
    outgoing Secretary, Mr Ian Thompson.

    As part of its routine activities the Committee continues to
    provide some support of the research side of the Foundation and to
    assist the Taylor Institution Library with its purchase of relevant
    antiquarian material. It also made grants to Miss Anne Charlton (New
    College, Oxford) and Dr U. Thiel (Australian National University) for
    work in France and in Oxford respectively.

    The Directors of the Voltaire Foundation, who carry out the
    editorial and publishing side of the activities initiated by the
    Besterman Bequest, were again chaired by Dr R.A. Cooper. Dr N.E.
    Cronk (St Edmund Hall) was appointed Director. The Directors report
    that twenty-three new titles were published this year.

    Three new volumes appeared in the Complete works of
    Voltaire    , under the general editorship of Ulla Kölving:
    volumes 35–6 containing the Dictionnaire
    philosophique    , edited under the direction of Christiane
    Mervaud by Andrew Brown, Marie-Hélène Cotoni,
    Jacqueline Hellegouarc'h, Ulla Kölving, Christiane Mervaud,
    Jeanne R. Monty, José-Michel Moureaux, Bertram Eugene
    Schwarzbach, Jeroom Vercruysse, and Roland Virolle; and volume 69
    containing Dieu et les hommes edited by Roland Mortier
    and the Collection d'anciens évangiles edited by
    Bertram Eugene Schwarzbach. Of the eighty-four volumes allocated to Voltaire's
    literary works, twenty-four had been published by 31 July 1995.

    Christiane Mervaud's introduction to the Dictionnaire
    philosophique     was also published in a separate paperback
    edition and was reprinted during the year. Professor Mervaud, of the
    Université de Rouen, was awarded the Prix de
    littérature française from the Académie des
    sciences morales et politiques for her contribution to Voltaire
    scholarship.

    Volume 51 of the Correspondance complète de
    Jean-Jacques Rousseau     was published (Index des
    éditions, ouvrages cités, citations, locutions, listes
    des hors-texte, des illustrations, errata et complément,
    prepared by Janet Laming).

    Twelve volumes appeared in the series Studies on
    Voltaire and the eighteenth century    , edited by H.T. Mason,
    including:

    318. Madeleine van Strien-Chardonneau, Le Voyage de
    Hollande: récits de voyageurs français dans les
    Provinces-Unies (1748–1795)    .

    320. Pour encourager les autres: studies for the
    tercentenary of Voltaire's birth, 1694–1994    , edited by
    Haydon Mason.

    321. Graham Gargett, Jacob Vernet, Geneva and the
    philosophes    .

    322. Voltaire, Discours de l'empereur Julien contre les
    chrétiens    , edited by Jose-Michel Moureaux.

    324. Tanguy L'Aminot, Politique et révolution chez
    Jean-Jacques Rousseau    .

    325. Jean Bloch, Rousseauism and education in eighteenth-
    century France    .

    326. Enrico Rufi, Le Rêve laïque de Louis-
    Sébastien Mercier: entre littérature et
    politique    .

    328. J.A.W. Gunn, Queen of the world: opinion in the public
    life of France from the Renaissance to the Revolution    .

    A new series, Archives de l'Est: littérature et
    relations culturelles    , under the general editorship of Georges
    Dulac and co-published with CNRS-Editions, was launched with the
    publication of Denis Fonvizine, Lettres de France
    (1777–1778)    , translated from the Russian and edited by
    Henri Grosse, Jacques Proust, and Piotr Zaborov.

    Other titles published were: Livre dangereux,
    Voltaire's Dictionnaire philosophique. A bibliography of the original
    editions and catalogue of an exhibition    , by Andrew Brown with
    the collaboration of J. Patrick Lee, Nicholas Cronk, and Ulla
    Kölving; Nicholas Fréret, légende et
    verité    , edited by Catherine-Volpilhac-Auger and Chantal
    Grell; Correspondance d'Eugène Fromentin, edited
    by Barbara Wright, co-published with CNRS-Editions; Vivienne G.
    Mylne, Le Dialogue dans le roman français de Sorel
    à Sarraute    , edited by Francoise Tilkin; and volume 17
    of the British journal for eighteenth-century studies,
    general editor Brean Hammond.

    Haydn Mason's retirement from the general editorship of
    Studies on Voltaire was announced in April 1995.
    Professor Mason will be succeeded on 1 October 1995 by Anthony
    Strugnell, Reader in French Enlightenment Studies at the University
    of Hull.

    The tercentenary of Voltaire's birth was marked by the
    Foundation with a bipolar international congress `Voltaire et ses
    combats', held at the Taylor Institution in Oxford and at the
    Université de Paris-Sorbonne from 29 September to 5 October
    1994. Jointly financed by the French Ministère de la Culture,
    the British Academy, and the Foundation, the event attracted over 300
    participants and 154 papers were read. The organising committee,
    headed by Ulla Kölving and Christiane Mervaud, was composed of
    Andrew Brown, Nicholas Cronk, Keith Gore, Chantal Grell, Maurice
    Lévy, Sylvain Menant, and François Moureau. The
    secretariat was ably managed by Elizabeth Kreager. Worcester College
    provided the Oxford base and events were held at the Ashmolean, St
    Edmund Hall, and Keble College. A gala concert, devised by Keith
    Gore, was held in the Sheldonian in partnership with the Campaign for
    Oxford. The words of Voltaire and his contemporaries were read by
    Denis Quilley and the music performed by the Orchestra of the Age of
    Enlightenment. In Paris (where events were co-ordinated by
    François Moureau) the participants enjoyed the hospitality of
    the Rectorat de Paris, the Mairie de Paris, the Sorbonne, and the
    Comédie-Française. The transactions of the congress will be
    published in 1996.

    The Foundation also hosted a reception in London after the
    unveiling by the French Ambassador of a green plaque erected by the
    City of Westminster in Maiden Lane to commemorate Voltaire's visit to
    England during the years 1726–7. This led to further television
    coverage of the Foundation in France.

    Andrew Brown, Executive Director of the Foundation, and Ulla
    Kölving, General Editor of the Complete works of
    Voltaire    , were awarded the Médaille de vermeil by the
    City of Paris and the Grande médaille de la francophonie by
    the Académie française for the work of the Foundation.

    Professor René Pomeau was awarded the Grand Prix de
    l'histoire by the Maison de Chateaubriand for his work on Voltaire,
    in particular the five-volume biography Voltaire en son
    temps    , which has sold strongly throughout the year.

    In May 1995 the Executive Director and the General Editor of
    the Complete works of Voltaire made a research visit to
    St Petersburg, sponsored by the British Academy, and were present at
    celebrations of the bicentenary of the National Library of Russia,
    where Voltaire's library is preserved. Together with Professor Mason
    and Dr Strugnell they represented the Foundation at the Ninth
    International Congress on the Enlightenment, held in Münster in
    July 1995.

    The Foundation has completed its first year operating as a
    limited company, wholly owned by the University. Publishing turnover
    was £681,273 producing an operating surplus of £35,753.

    Information about the Foundation, its activities and
    publications, is available at http://www.voltaire.ox.ac.uk/.

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    DEPARTMENT FOR CONTINUING EDUCATION

    The Department for Continuing Education exists to make the University
    accessible to men and women in ways which complement the University's
    provision for its resident members. Each year the department mounts
    several hundred courses, either part-time or short full-time,
    covering most subjects taught within the University (except
    management and clinical medicine). Courses last anything from one day
    to ten weeks (full time), and between ten weeks and two years on a
    part-time basis. During recent sessions about 11,000 students have
    enrolled annually for the department's courses, the average length of
    study being twenty hours.

    Apart from a large number of individual members of the
    University who offer courses or give lectures, the Department for
    Continuing Education works in co-operation with an increasing number
    of other departments and faculties throughout the University. It
    welcomes expressions of interest from individuals and departments who
    wish to become involved in or to explore continuing education
    activities.

    The department's main provision is organised through three
    programme offices (see below), each of which is able to provide more
    detailed information on current and forthcoming activities. In
    addition, the Kellogg Residential Centre, when not being used for
    courses, can occasionally be made available for conferences and other
    residential meetings.

    The Public Programmes Office

    This office (Director: Mr R.T. Rowley) offers to the public a wide
    range of study opportunities in most academic disciplines through
    part-time day, evening, and short residential courses. Although most
    programmes have open entry and require no formal entry
    qualifications, an increasing number are award-bearing, at access,
    undergraduate, or postgraduate level, and many of these call for
    evidence of suitable entry requirements. During the summer the
    department offers one-week residential study opportunities, mainly
    for domestic students, through the Oxford University Summer School
    for Adults based at Rewley House, and the Oxford Experience, based at
    Christ Church. A range of study tours is also available to various
    parts of Europe and further afield. The department also runs the
    Rewley House Film Theatre on Sunday evenings during term. Individuals
    interested in offering courses or in contributing to other programmes
    are invited to contact the office.

    Details of all courses are publicised in annual prospectuses,
    or are available at any time from the department (telephone:
    (2)70312).

    The Continuing Professional Development Office

    Short and extended courses

    This office (Director: Mr P.G. Combey) draws on departments and
    faculties throughout the University to offer courses designed to meet
    the needs of individuals and groups drawn from industry, the
    professions, commerce, and academia. Courses vary from one- or two-
    day intensive updating courses based on the latest academic research,
    to longer courses enabling professionals to review advances in
    specialised fields, and acquire new areas of expertise and additional
    qualifications. Areas covered include engineering, law, information
    technology and computing, mathematics and statistics, education,
    biomedical science, and social studies. Contributors to courses
    include Oxford academics and research staff, and experts from other
    universities and organisations in the UK and abroad.

    Conferences/Seminars/Workshops

    The CPD Office is also able to offer a conference organisation and
    management service to colleagues within the University and other
    organisations. The CPD Office has specialist skills in running
    national and international meetings, and more than fifteen years'
    collective experience of organising and managing conferences,
    seminars, and training courses for up to 500 delegates. The Centre
    provides a `total conference package' which combines the best of
    personal service with the highest professional standards.

    Services offered include the following:

    • Conference planning and academic support
    • Budget preparation and account management
    • Venue sourcing, including residential accommodation, lecture
      theatres, hotels, and catering support
    • Organisation of exhibitions and displays, design and provision
      of publicity
    • Promotion/advertising/marketing support
    • Mailing; compilation of databases
    • Sourcing possible sponsorship
    • Organisation of social programmes, excursions and tours
    • Translation and interpretation services, technical and audio-
      visual support
    • Pre-registration management and on-site registration services,
      preparation of pre-prints, binders, badges
    • Post-conference reports and proceedings

    Further details are available from Oxford (2)70361.

    The International Programmes Office

    This office (Director: Dr A. Hawkins) offers a wide range of courses
    to undergraduates, graduates, and continuing education students from
    around the world. These courses include a year-long full-time
    programme for Japanese women graduates and diplomats from the
    Republic of China, Taiwan, as well as a large number of three- or
    four-week courses held during the summer for students from Europe and
    North America. Programmes are held in partnership with institutions
    such as the Smithsonian Institution, University of California at
    Berkeley, Duke University, the University of Virginia, and
    Northwestern University in America. International Programmes also
    works with the British Council, the European Commission, and the ODA,
    as well as offering courses in partnership with the Bodleian Library
    and many other colleges and departments within the University.
    Subjects covered in these courses include topics from law and
    industrial relations through to archaeology, art history, and the
    physical and biological sciences. Tutors are drawn from Oxford
    academic and research staff, and expertise is also recruited from
    outside the University. Programmes vary in size from small groups of
    twenty-five students to larger programmes of over 200 participants.
    During the summer many residential International Programmes,
    including the Oxford International Summer School in English
    Literature, are held in colleges throughout Oxford, in addition to
    courses held at the Kellogg Residential Centre. Over the next few
    years the range of courses offered by the International Programmes
    Office will be expanded, drawing in more students from Europe, Japan,
    other countries in the Far East, and from elsewhere around the world.

    As the work of the International Programmes Office expands,
    approaches would be welcomed from those who have accommodation from
    which they would like to generate further income or from individuals
    with suitable qualifications interested in teaching on international
    programmes. Telephone: (2)70456.

    Enquiries should be directed to the numbers given above.
    General enquiries may be directed to the Director of the Department
    (Dr G.P. Thomas), at the Department for Continuing Education, 1
    Wellington Square, Oxford OX1 2JA.

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    <br /> Oxford University Gazette, 23 November 1995: Lectures<br />

    Lectures


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    CLINICAL MEDICINE


    Epidemiology and Social Medicine: special
    extra seminar

    JEFFREY CARSON, Fogarty Senior International Fellow, Robert Wood
    Johnson Medical School, New Jersey, will give a seminar at 1 p.m. on
    Tuesday, 5 December, in the Abraham Lecture Theatre, Green College.

    Subject: `In search of the blood transfusion trigger: the
    need for a randomised control trial.'

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    MODERN HISTORY


    Early Modern Europe Seminar

    DR J. EDWARDS, University of Birmingham, will give a seminar at 2.15
    p.m. on Friday, 1 December, in the History Faculty, Broad Street.

    Subject: `Spaniards in the Rome of Leo X and Clement
    VII.'

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    SOCIAL STUDIES

    MR WILL HUTTON, Economics Editor of the Guardian, and
    Visiting Fellow, Nuffield College, will lead a discussion at 5.30
    p.m. on Wednesday, 6 December, in the Seminar Room, Nuffield College.

    Convener: A. Offer, MA, D.Phil., Reader in Recent Social
    and Economic History.

    Subject: `Middle-class anxieties in Britain today.'

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    COMPUTING LABORATORY AND OXFORD PARALLEL


    Bulk Synchronous Parallel (BSP) Computer
    Model: BSP World-wide

    The inaugural meeting of BSP World-wide, to discuss co-ordinating
    research and development of the BSP Model, will be held by Oxford
    Parallel, the University's Parallel Applications Centre, on Monday, 4
    December, 10.30 a.m.–3.30 p.m., in the Computing Laboratory.

    Those wishing to attend should register by 30 November with
    Mrs S. Day, Oxford Parallel, Oxford University Computing Laboratory,
    Wolfson Building, Parks Road, Oxford OX1 3QD (telephone: Oxford
    (2)73884, fax: (2)73819, e-mail: oxpar@comlab.ox.ac.uk).

    W.F. MCCOLL

    11 a.m.: `Scalable computing with BSP.'

    J. HILL

    11.35 a.m.: `The Oxford BSP Tools Project.'

    A.K. PARROTT

    11.50 a.m.: `Using BSP in application
    development.'

    R. BISSELLING

    12.10 p.m.: `Using BSP for sparse matrix
    factorisation.'

    Discussion

    1.45 p.m.: `The structure and organisation of BSP
    World-wide'.

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    <br /> Oxford University Gazette, 23 November 1995: Grants and Research<br /> Funding<br />

    Grants and Research Funding


    Contents of this section:

    [Note. An asterisk denotes a reference to a previously
    published or recurrent entry.]

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    British Council: support for collaborative
    research


    UK–Dutch Joint Research Programme

    The British Council, in collaboration with the Netherlands
    Organisation for Scientific Research (NWO), runs a UK–Dutch
    Joint Scientific Research Programme to stimulate scientific
    and academic collaboration between higher education
    isntitutions in the two countries. The programme encompasses all
    fields of academic research in the humanities, social sciences, and
    sciences.

    Proposals for collaborative work or for preparatory visits for
    collaborative work will be considered. Awards will provide travel and
    subsistence costs only. The duration of the visits may be up to two
    months.

    For further information and application forms, British
    applicants should contact the British Council (for the attention of
    the Head of Exchanges and Information), Keizergracht 343, 1016 EH
    Amsterdam, The Netherlands (telephone: 00 31 20 622 3644, fax: 00 31
    20 620 7389).

    Dutch applicants should contact the NWO directly.

    The deadlines for applications are 31 January 1996 and 30 June
    1996.

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    Britain–Norway Joint Research Projects

    The British Council and the Norwegian Research Council have set up a
    joint fund to promote collaborative research between British and
    Norwegian universities. The fund provides travel and subsistence
    costs for exchange visits that are an essential part of the initial
    or middle phases of such research projects. Grants will not normally
    exceed £4,000 per project.

    Applications have been invited for grants to support exchange
    visits between April 1996 and March 1997. Proposals may be in any
    field of the sciences, social sciences or the humanities. For further
    information and application forms, British applicants should contact
    the British Council (BB), Fridtjof Nansens plass 5, 0160 Oslo,
    Norway.

    The closing date for applications is 15 January 1996.


    British–Polish Joint Research
    Collaboration Programme 1996–7

    The British Council and the Polish State Committee for Scientific
    Research (KBN) have invited proposals under a bilateral programme to
    promote collaboration between scientific groups in Great Britain and
    Poland. Applicants should be from HEIs or research institutes and
    proposals will be accepted in the fields of pure and applied sciences
    (but not the humanities). For 1996–7, applications in the areas
    of agriculture; biotechnology; electronics; engineering;
    environmental sciences; management of science and research; materials
    science and new technologies; and medical sciences are particularly
    encouraged.

    Financial support for travel and living costs is available, up
    to a maximum of £2,500 per annum. Projects are expected to be of
    two to three years' duration, with reciprocal visits each year.
    Applications will be judged on scientific merit, mutual benefit and
    the intention to develop long-term links.

    Further details are available from the British Council (for
    the attention of Ms Malgorzata Dors), Al. Jerozolimskie 59, 00-697
    Warszawa, Poland (telephone: 00 48 2 628 7401/2/3, fax: 00 48 2 621
    9955).

    The closing date for applications is 31 January 1996.

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    Royal Society: postdoctoral visits to Japan

    The Royal Society is inviting applications from UK postdoctoral
    workers for visits to Japan of between 10 days' and 3 months'
    duration. The purpose of these visits shoul be to exchange ideas and
    information, acquire new techniques or to carry out research.
    Successful candidates will receive the cost of an Apex airfare to
    Japan, together with a contribution towards travel and subsistence
    costs.

    Further details are available from the Royal Society,
    International Exchanges Section, 6 Carlton House Terrace, London SW1Y
    5AG (telephone: 0171-839 5561, ext. 2557, fax: 0171-925 2620).

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    BMW Scientific Award 1997

    The 1997 BMW Scientific Award competition is open to students who
    have completed and submitted, or who will complete and submit, a
    doctoral or master's degree thesis, or other dissertation, in the
    period 1 January 1995 to 31 December 1996 in fields relevent to
    transport and mobility. The competition aims to find novel concepts,
    innovative technologies or systems which will help to maintain
    mobility in the future. In 1997, the competition will concentrate on
    the theme of `Sustainable Mobility—maintaining mobility in
    harmony with mankind and the environment'. Awards are available for
    the best theses in this category.

    Further details of the competition and copies of the
    application forms are available from the Research Services Office
    (telephone: (2)70146).

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    Asahi Fellowship Program 1996

    The Asahi Fellowship Program provides promising scholars,
    journalists, artists and others with an opportunity to spend a year
    in Japan to develop their academic or professional expertise, as well
    as their personal knowledge of Japan. A total of up to 15 million
    (£92k) is available to support two to four fellowships, to begin
    in September 1996. The amount granted to each successful fellow will
    depend on the scope of the individual's research plans. Each fellow
    will also be provided with economy-class air travel to and from
    Japan.

    Applicants should be non-Japanese and should be of at least
    graduate level; for academic research proposals, the candidate should
    also hold a doctoral degree, or equivalent academic experience, in
    the relevant field. The programme of research or study proposed
    should be such as could not be undertaken other than in Japan.
    Applicants who have lived for an extended period in Japan, or who are
    already due to go to Japan for training, study or research are not
    eligible for awards under this scheme.

    Further details can be obtained from the Research Services
    Office (telephone: (2)70146). The closing date for applications is 29
    February 1996.

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    Denyer and Johnson Travelling Fellowship
    1996

    Applications are invited for the Travelling Fellowship supported by
    the Denyer and Johnson Fund, which is offered from time to time for
    the encouragement of the study of theology. Travelling Fellows unless
    specially exempted are required to spend at least three months in
    study abroad. Candidates must be members of the University who on the
    first day of October 1995 were under forty years of age, and either
    (a) have qualified by examination for any degree of the
    University, or (b) are members of Congregation. The
    Travelling Fellowship may not be awarded to the same person twice.

    The value of the fellowship will be £2,000 or such other sum,
    either less than or in excess of this amount, as may be determined by
    the Board of the Faculty of Theology in relation both to the fellow's
    other emoluments and to the travelling and subsistence expenses which
    the fellow expects to incur.

    Candidates should apply in writing to the Secretary to the Board
    of the Faculty of Theology, University Offices, Wellington Square,
    Oxford OX1 2JD, and should (a) state the nature of their
    qualifications as candidates, i.e. by age and by Oxford degrees held
    or as members of Congregation; (b) give a brief summary of
    their academic record; (c) state the course of study they
    would pursue if elected, giving an estimate of expenses which would
    be incurred, and details of any other assistance expected to be
    received; (d) submit the names of not more than two
    referees. Applications should be marked `Denyer and Johnson
    Travelling Fellowship' and must not later than 1 February.

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    Scholarships for study in Germany


    Michael Foster Memorial Scholarship

    Applications are invited from members of the University for the
    Michael Foster Memorial Scholarship. The scholarship is tenable for
    ten months from 1 October 1996 at any university, technical
    university, or art or music academy (at the choice of the successful
    candidate) in Germany, and may be extended at the discretion of the
    Deutscher Akademischer Austauschdienst. The successful candidate must
    undertake research or other academic work in a field of his or her
    own choice.

    The scholar will receive a monthly maintenance grant and
    remission of university or institution fees and dues (but he or she
    will have to pay a compulsory Student's Union fee). A small grant
    will be paid at the beginning of the award period to cover incidental
    expenses and the scholar will be entitled to a small book grant each
    term. An additional grant will be paid to assist with travel
    expenses. A scholar who is married before taking up the award will
    receive an additional allowance, if accompanied by his or her
    partner. The scholarship is not tenable concurrently with any other
    travelling award. It should be noted that the scholarship does not
    include payment of any Oxford fees for which the scholar
    may be liable while he or she is in Germany. Candidates who hold
    British Academy studentships may however apply for suspension of
    their awards and suspension of status to enable them to take up the
    scholarship if elected.

    Candidates for the scholarship must be British subjects and
    members of the University who will not have attained the age of
    thirty-two years by 1 October 1996, and either (a)
    will have completed all the examinations required for the Oxford BA
    Degree, or (b) have embarked on a course of
    postgraduate study at the University. Candidates will normally be
    expected to show a reasonable proficiency in the use of German
    language, but if a candidate does not have a good knowledge of German
    a further grant may be made available to enable him or her to attend
    a language course in Germany before university entrance there.
    Candidates' proposed programmes of research must be such that they
    can best be carried out at a German university or other institution
    of higher learning.

    Applications must be received by the Secretary to the Board of
    Management, Michael Foster Memorial Scholarship, International
    Office, University Offices, Wellington Square, Oxford OX1 2JD, not
    later than Friday, 19 January 1996. They must include:

    (i) the applicant's age;

    (ii) a brief statement of his or her academic career;

    (iii) a brief programme of the work he or she proposes to
    undertake, the institution at which he or she would wish to study in
    Germany, the reasons for the choice of institution, and some evidence
    that he or she has made contact with the head of the chosen
    institution;

    (iv) a certificate from the head of his or her society that the
    application is made with the approval of the society and that the
    applicant is a British subject;

    (v) the names of two academic referees. It is the candidate's
    responsibility to ensure that references reach the Secretary by the
    closing date.

    Note: If applying for the Theodor Heuss Fellowship as
    well as the Foster Scholarship, one application will suffice.

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    Hanseatic Scholarships

    These scholarships have been established by the gener- osity of the
    Alfred Toepfer FVS (Freiherr vom Stein/Friedrich von Schiller)
    Foundation which wishes to reciprocate the Rhodes Scholarships to
    Oxford from Germany. The aim of the Foundation is to promote closer
    Anglo- German links within a European context. At present two
    scholarships are offered each year.

    Candidates must be British subjects, unmarried, and graduate or
    undergraduate (final year) members of Oxford University. They should
    not have passed their twenty-eighth birthday by 1 October 1996, the
    date by which the scholars elected in 1996 will be expected to take
    up their scholarships. These are tenable preferably for two years for
    study at Hamburg University; exceptionally, the second year may be
    spent at another academic institution in Germany. The successful
    candidate must undertake research at doctoral or postdoctoral level
    or give evidence of a workable project not connected to a research
    degree. There is the opportunity to obtain a German degree.

    The value of the scholarships is currently DM 18,000 per annum
    and is subject to regular review. Sufficient knowledge of the German
    language is desirable, but when a candidate does not have a good
    knowledge of German, he or she is expected to attend a language
    course in Germany prior to university entry.

    Applications should be sent to the Secretary, Hanseatic
    Scholarships, International Office, University Offices, Wellington
    Square, Oxford OX1 2JD (from whom further particulars may be
    obtained) by Friday, 19 January 1996. The applications
    should include (i) the applicant's full name and age; (ii) a
    photograph of the applicant; (iii) a curriculum vitae;
    (iv) a programme of the work which the candidate proposes to
    undertake; (v) the names of two referees; (vi) a certificate from the
    head of the candidate's society that the application is made with the
    approval of the college and that the applicant is a British citizen;
    (vii) a health certificate. It is the candidate's responsibility to
    ensure that references reach the Secretary by the closing date.
    Interviews will take place in Oxford during February 1996 and the
    decision of the selectors will be announced shortly thereafter.

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    Theodor Heuss Research Fellowship

    Applications are invited from members of the University for the
    Theodor Heuss Research Fellowship. The Fellowship, which is financed
    through the Alexander von Humboldt Stiftung out of a gift from the
    late President of the Federal Republic of Germany, is tenable for the
    twelve months of the academic year 1996–7 at any university or
    other institution of higher learning (at the choice of the successful
    candidate) in Germany, and may be extended for a second year at the
    discretion of the Stiftung.

    The Fellowship is especially intended for research in the
    following subjects: Ancient History and Literature, Modern History,
    Modern Languages and Literature, English Literature, Oriental
    Studies, Philosophy, Politics, and Economics. Applications from other
    academic fields will, however, be welcomed.

    The holder of the Fellowship will receive a monthly maintenance
    grant (currently DM 3,200). In addition payments are provided to
    cover travel expenses, and all university or institute fees will be
    paid on the Fellow's behalf (but he or she will have to pay a
    compulsory Students' Union fee). Upon application a monthly marriage
    allowance may also be paid. It should be noted that the fellowship
    does not include the payment of any Oxford fees for which
    the Fellow may be liable while he or she is in Germany. Candidates
    who hold British Academy Studentships may however apply for
    suspension of their awards and suspension of status to enable them to
    take the Fellowship if elected.

    Candidates for the Fellowship must be British subjects and
    members of the University who will not have attained the age of
    thirty-two years by 1 October 1996, and either (a) have
    embarked on a course of postgraduate study at the University or
    (b) have already obtained a postgraduate qualification of
    the University. Candidates will normally be expected to show a
    reasonable proficiency in the use of German language, but if a
    candidate does not have a good knowledge of German a further grant
    may be made available to enable him or her to attend a language
    course in Germany before university entrance there. Candidates'
    proposed programmes of research must be such that they can best be
    carried out at a German university or other institution of higher
    learning.

    Applications must be received by the Secretary to the Board of
    Management, Theodor Heuss Fellowship, International Office,
    University Offices, Wellington Square, Oxford OX1 2JD, not later
    than Friday, 19 January 1996.

    They must include:

    (i) the applicant's age;

    (ii) a brief statement of his or her academic career;

    (iii) a brief programme of the work he or she proposes to
    undertake, the institution at which he or she would wish to study in
    Germany, the reasons for the choice of institution, and some evidence
    that he or she has made contact with the head of the chosen
    institution or with any other member of the academic staff;

    (iv) a certificate from the head of his or her society that the
    application is made with the approval of the society and that the
    applicant is a British subject;

    (v) the names of two academic referees. It is the candidate's
    responsibility to ensure that references reach the Secretary by the
    closing date.

    Note: If applying for the Michael Foster Scholarship as
    well as the Heuss Fellowship, one application will suffice.

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    <br /> Oxford University Gazette, 23 November 1995: Examinations and<br /> Boards<br />

    Examinations and Boards


    Contents of this section:

    [Note. An asterisk denotes a reference to a previously
    published or recurrent entry.]

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    BOARD OF THE FACULTY OF SOCIAL STUDIES


    Election of one official member

    2 November 1995

    The following has been duly elected as an official member, to
    hold office until the beginning of Michaelmas Term 1996:

    E.A. ROBERTS, MA, Montague Burton Professor of International
    Relations

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    section


    DEGREE OF DOCTOR OF SCIENCE

    The Board of the Faculty of Physical Sciences has granted leave to
    J.M. WHITELEY, Brasenose, to supplicate for the Degree of Doctor of
    Science.

    A list of the evidence submitted by the candidate is
    available at the University Offices.

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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

    A. TUCKER, Linacre: `Tail development in Xenopus laevis'.

    Department of Human Anatomy, Monday, 27 November, 11 a.m.

    Examiners: G.M. Morriss-Kay, J. Bard.

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    English Language and Literature

    S.C. MANLY, Somerville: `Authorised language: theories of language
    and questions of authority (1786–1851)'.

    Keble, Wednesday, 29 November, 2 p.m.

    Examiners: P. Hamilton, N. Smith.

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    Law

    M.D. BOOLS, Hertford: `The Ocean Bill of Lading as a document of
    title to goods in Anglo-American Law'.

    St Cross Building, Tuesday, 5 December, 11 a.m.

    Examiners: A.L. Diamond, F.M.B. Reynolds.

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    Mathematical Sciences

    R.A. EARL, Queen's: `The mumford relations and the moduli of low
    rank stable bundles'.

    Mathematical Institute, Friday, 8 December, 2 p.m.

    Examiners: P.J. Braam, P.E. Newstead.

    D.H. SYMES, Exeter: `Reflexive operator algebras'.

    St John's, Friday, 8 December, 2 p.m.

    Examiners: C.J.K. Batty, J.A. Erdos.

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    Modern History

    N.K. GVOSDEV, St Antony's: `Alliance or absorbtion: imperial
    perspectives and policies towards Georgia, 1760–1819'.

    St Antony's, Tuesday, 5 December, 11 a.m.

    Examiners: H. Shukman, D. Lieven.

    R. LIEDTKE, St Antony's: `Jewish welfare in Hamburg and Manchester,
    c.1850–1914'.

    All Souls, Tuesday, 19 December, 2 p.m.

    Examiners: P.G.J. Pulzer, J. Breuilly.

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    I.R. MATHER, New College, `The Royal Navy in America and the West
    Indies, 1660–1720'.

    Examination Schools, Tuesday, 16 January, 4 p.m.

    Examiners: D.W. Howe, N.A. Rodger.

    Music

    J.T.D. NEWMAN, Wolfson: `Aspects of Mendelssohn's musical
    language'.

    Faculty of Music, Thursday, 14 December, 2.30 p.m.

    Examiners: P.A. Ward Jones, T.J. Samson.

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    Oriental Studies

    E. ROBSON, Wolfson, `Old Babylonian coefficient lists and the wider
    context of mathematics in ancient Mesopotamia, 2100–1600
    bc'.

    Ashmolean Museum, Friday, 1 December, 2 p.m.

    Examiners: F.N. Al-Ravi, J. Hoyrup.

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    Physical Sciences

    S. BOSWORTH, Wolfson: `A measurement of the B-baryon lifetime'.

    Nuclear and Particle Physics Laboratory, Friday, 1 December, 2 p.m.


    Examiners: N. Harnew, V. Gibson.

    N. HOVIUS, University: `Macro-scale process-systems of mountain bell
    erosion and sediment delivery to basins'.

    Department of Earth Sciences, Thursday, 14 December, 2.30 p.m.

    Examiners: J.F. Dewey, M. Summerfield.

    S. MACKENZIE, Magdalen: `Zero-kinetic-energy photoelectron
    spectroscopy and the study of state-selected ion-molecule
    reactions'.

    Physical and Theoretical Chemistry Laboratory, Friday, 15 December,
    11 a.m.

    Examiners: G. Hancock, R.J. Donovan.

    J.M. MCCARNEY, University: `Reflection from interfaces'.

    Magdalen, Friday, 15 December, 10.30 a.m.

    Examiners: C.D. Bain, R.W. Richards.

    J.A. SIMPSON, Magdalen: `Magnetic properties of rare-earth elements
    and superlattices'.

    Clarendon Laboratory, Friday, 15 December, 9.30 a.m.

    Examiners: J.M. Baker, S.B. Palmer.

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    Physiological Sciences

    A.E. FRAY, St Cross: `In vivo studies of brain metabolism
    in rat striatum'.

    Merton, Wednesday, 13 December, 10 a.m.

    Examiners: E.A. Newsholme, J. Korf.

    J.M. REID, Wolfson: `The role of K+ channels during hypoxia and
    metabolic inhibition in the rat brain'.

    New Chemistry Building, Wednesday, 6 December, 2.15 p.m.

    Examiners: G. Henderson, M. Fillenz.

    U. SOHNIUS, Merton: `Some effects of hormonal manipulation in normal
    and mutant rodents'.

    St Antony's, Wednesday, 6 December, 2 p.m.

    Examiners: C.A. Grocock, P.J. O'Shaughnessy.

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    Psychological Studies

    C. LOGAN, Wolfson: `Care-giving to older people who have a dementia:
    an investigation of stress and coping in carers'.

    Magdalen, Thursday, 11 January, 2 p.m.

    Examiners: M. Johnston, G. Claridge.

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    Social Studies

    J.H. DUARTE-AGUDELO, St Antony's: `State education and clientelism
    in Colombia (the politics of state education administration and of
    implementation of educational investment projects in two Colombian
    regions)'.

    St Antony's, Friday, 8 December, 11 a.m.

    Examiners: A.E. Angell, C. Abel.

    W.F. HATCH, St Antony's: `The 1987 law on the State Enterprise. A
    case study of policy-making in the Soviet Union'.

    Pembroke, Thursday, 7 December, 2 p.m.

    Examiners: S.O. Whitefield, R.J. Hill.

    D.J. MARKWELL, Merton: `John Maynard Keynes and international
    relations: idealism, economic paths to war and peace, and post-war
    reconstruction'.

    Examination Schools, Friday, 8 December, 11 a.m.

    Examiners: K. Burk, R.A.C. Parker.

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    EXAMINATION FOR THE DEGREE OF MASTER OF
    LETTERS

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

    Social Studies

    M. SPAT, St Antony's: `From Kulturnation to Staatsnation. The
    transformation of Austrian national identity since the Second World
    War'.

    Examination Schools, Friday, 1 December, 11.30 a.m. Examiner: R.
    Crampton, R. Luther.

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    EXAMINATION FOR THE DEGREE OF MASTER OF
    SCIENCE

    The examiners appointed by the following committee give notice of
    oral examination of their candidate as follows:

    Committee for Educational Studies

    H. FITZPATRICK, Lady Margaret Hall: `The Legal Practice Course:
    students' perspectives on their learning'.

    Examination Schools, Wednesday, 29 November, 5 p.m.

    Examiners: R.A. Pring, A. Sherr.

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    <br /> Oxford University Gazette, 23 November 1995: Colleges, Halls, and<br /> Societies<br />

    Colleges, Halls, and Societies


    Contents of this section:

    • OBITUARIES


    • ELECTIONS

    • PRIZES

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      OBITUARIES


      Corpus Christi College

      SIR PETER HYLA GAWNE STALLARD, KCMG, CVO, MBE, 25 October 1995;
      commoner 1933–6. Aged 80.

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      Merton College

      MERRIMON CUNINGGIM, 1 November 1995; Rhodes Scholar 1933–6.
      Aged 84.

      EDWARD ALAN CONAN PASCOE, 31 October 1995; commoner 1953–4. Aged
      73.

      SIR RUPERT LEIGH SICH, 14 September 1995; commoner 1926–9. Aged
      87.

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      St Edmund Hall

      JACK HOBBS, MA, 13 October 1995; exhibitioner 1947–9. Aged 69.

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      St Hilda's College

      EILEEN MARY RAE, BA, 1995; commoner 1919–22. Aged 96.

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      Regent's Park College

      SIMON ANTHONY HOUGHTON, 25 October 1995; commoner 1986. Aged 36.

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      ELECTIONS


      Corpus Christi College

      To Scholarships:

      ANNE GLAZIER, formerly of Talbot Heath School, Bournemouth

      ALISTAIR R. GRAHAM, formerly of Durham Sixth-Form College

      TERENCE C. KWOK, formerly of Claremont High School, Harrow

      EVA MEYER, formerly of Sevenoaks School

      JIAN QIN, formerly of Woodside Secondary School

      DOMAGOJ SLADE, formerly of Sevenoaks School

      LI HWEI YEO, formerly of Hwa Chong Junior College

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      Lincoln College

      To a Fleming Fellowship:

      DR GEORGE POSTE (D.SC. Bristol),
      FRCVS, F.R.C.PATH.

      To Lord Crewe Scholarships:

      JEREMY PETER ELLIS, formerly of Abingdon School

      RALPH HARRINGTON, formerly of King's College, London

      CHRISTOPHER DAMON LAWRENCE, formerly of Methodist College, Belfast

      GERAINT MARK LLOYD, formerly of St John's College, Cambridge

      ANDREA LINDSAY MCCLUNG, formerly of Belfast Royal Academy

      JAMES HENRY MCCRACKEN, formerly of the Royal Grammar School,
      Guildford

      TARIQ JAMEEL JEREMY QURESHI, formerly of Bradford Grammar School

      DANIEL FREDERICK DOUGLAS STURGESS, formerly of McGill University

      NIKUNJ NARENDRA SHAH, formerly of Haberdashers' Aske's School

      MARK JONATHON TRICKER, formerly of Westbourne College, Ipswich

      MATTHEW GUY RUTHVEN VAIGHT, formerly of Sir John William School,
      Rochester

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      To an Old Members' Scholarship:

      RACHEL ANNE BLAIKLEY,
      formerly of King Edward VI Girls' High School, Birmingham

      To an Old Members' Exhibition:

      DANIEL MICHAEL GABRIELE,
      formerly of Epsom College

      To an Organ Scholarship:

      BENJAMIN WILLIAM NICHOLAS, formerly
      of Norwich School

      To a Sidgwick Scholarship:

      NICHOLAS JAMES HARKER, formerly
      of Uckfield Community College

      To Scholarships:

      ALISTAIR MAGNUS BLAIR, formerly of Dulwich College

      MOHAMMED HARIS ASHAR ALAM, formerly of Rougemont School, Newport

      ALEXANDER JAMES BARR, formerly of the Royal Grammar School,
      Guildford

      TIMOTHY LAURENCE BULEY, formerly of Magdalen College School

      RALPH CHAMBERLAIN, formerly of South Wolds School, Nottingham

      GARETH JOHN DAVIES, formerly of the Royal Grammar School,
      Guildford

      BENJAMIN JAMES DUNBAR, formerly of Harrogate Grammar School

      SOPHIE MELINDA HANDLER, formerly of Channing School

      MICHELLE DIANE HAWKE, formerly of Haberdashers' Aske's School for
      Girls

      PHILIP JOHN HUMPHREY, formerly of St Anselm's School, Birkenhead

      ANDREW JACKSON, formerly of University College School

      PETER SZEMERE JASKO, formerly of Watford Grammar School

      ROGER RALPH LUDLOW MATTHEWS, formerly of Winchester College

      VIJAY KHUMAR MISTRY, formerly of King Edward VI College,
      Stourbridge

      THOMAS JOSEPH POTBURY, formerly of Judd School, Tonbridge

      JOHN HILTON ROSCOE, formerly of Manchester Grammar School

      JEREMY FRANCIS SWALES, formerly of St Cuthbert's High School,
      Newcastle upon Tyne

      MARC JONATHAN TURNER, formerly of Westbourne College, Ipswich

      To Exhibitions:

      ROSAMOND OLIVIA ALLEN, formerly of St Ivo School, Huntingdon

      JOANNA FRANCESCA BROWNHILL, formerly of Richard Huish College,
      Taunton

      HENRY JAMES BYAM-COOK, formerly of Eton College

      DEBORAH CLARE DAVIES, formerly of Kingswood School, Bath

      MARK STUART DUXBURY, formerly of Bury St Edmunds Comprehensive
      School

      SARA GWENLLIAN ELLIS OWEN, formerly of Ysgol Gyfun Llanhari

      JOHN ALEXANDER KEMP, formerly of Peter Symonds School, Winchester

      MICHAEL LAWRENCE LAVELLE, formerly of Winstanley College, Wigan

      CLAIRE ANNE LUGGER, formerly of Farnborough Sixth-Form College

      PETER BRIAN MILLS, formerly of Winchester College

      MICHAEL JOHN MONNELLY, formerly of Grange School, Northwich

      HELENA JEANNE FIONA PICKUP, formerly of Westholme School,
      Blackburn

      JAMES MICHAEL WENT, formerly of Sullivan Upper School, County Down

      THOMAS HALAHAN WILDE, formerly of Dulwich College

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      Merton College

      To a Visiting Research Fellowship (Trinity Term 1997):

      PROFESSOR EDMUND KITCH, University of Virginia

      To an Honorary Fellowship:

      THE EARL RUSSELL (PROFESSOR
      CONRAD RUSSELL)

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      Trinity College

      To an Honorary Fellowship:

      FRANCIS JAMES HERBERT HASKELL,
      MA, FBA (MA Cambridge), formerly Professor of the History of Art

      To an Official Fellowship in Materials Science (from 1 January
      1996):

      JAN TADEUSZ CZERNUSZKA (B.SC. London, PH.D. Cambridge),
      Royal Society University Research Fellow, Department of Materials

      To a Millard Exhibition in Metallurgy, Economics, and
      Management:

      RICHARD ANDREW PAWLOWSKI, formerly of Bristol
      Grammar School

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      PRIZES


      Corpus Christi College

      Sidgwick Prize (Undergraduate Prize):

      BARBARA GRAZIOSI

      Sidgwick Prize (Graduate Prize) (joint award):

      DAVID J. CHANDLER

      DAVID W. MACKIE

      Corpus Association Award:

      ADRIAN M. ALLEN

      Andrew Hopley Memorial Prize:

      ARJUNE SEN

      Palmer Prize:

      JEMIMA HOWGEGO

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      St Hugh's College

      Haxworth Instrumental Prize:

      LUCIE KATE MIDDLEMISS

      Examination Prizes:

      ALEJANDRO MIRA-OBRADOR

      LENNOX EDWARD HONYCHURCH

      Hurry Prize:

      MARGARET JANE HOVERD

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      Regent's Park College

      George Cockle Prize:

      DAVID R. CHILDS

      Anthony Phillips Memorial Prizes:

      RICHARD HOSKINS

      BENJAMIN J. CATTERMOLE

      DAVID R. CHILDS

      Samuel Cox Prize:

      PETER S. EDWARDS

      Eliza Fitzgerald Prizes:

      NEENA SABHARWAL

      ADAM M. SMITH

      Ramsbottom Preaching Prize:

      KATHRYN A. BRACEWELL

      W.W. Sidey Prize:

      LAURENCE S. BURN

      W.W. Winfield Christian Missions Prize:

      PETER S. EDWARDS

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      <br /> Oxford University Gazette, 23 November 1995: Advertisements<br />

      Advertisements


      Contents of this section:


      How to advertise in the
      Gazette


      Terms and
      conditions of acceptance of advertisements

      Return to Contents Page of this issue

      Gazette publication dates

      Advertisers are asked to note that the final Gazettes of this term
      will be published on 30 November, 7 December, and 14 December.
      Publication will resume on 11 January.

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      Ashmolean Museum Shop

      The Ashmolean Museum Shop will be open every day,
      except Mondays,
      up to and inc. Fri., 22 Dec., stocking Christmas cards, calendars,
      diaries, giftwrap, books for all ages, and general giftware.
      Christmas card brochure available on request. Opening hours: Tue.--
      Sat. 10 a.m.--4 p.m., Sun. 2--4 p.m. The museum and shop will reopen
      after Christmas on 28 Dec. Tel.: Oxford (2)78010, fax: (2)78018.

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      Bodleian Shop

      The Bodleian Shop will remain open until 6 p.m.
      every weekday evening until Christmas. New: Cats in Oxford desk
      calendar, silver Radcliffe Camera earrings and cufflinks, and lots of
      other gifts and cards. Entrance in Old Schools Quadrangle. Open
      9–6 weekdays, 9–12.30 Sats.


      Concert

      `Musica Transalpina---Continental influences at the
      Tudor Court',
      at 3.30 p.m. on Sunday, 3 Dec.; Emily Van Evera (soprano), Geoffrey
      Baker (recorder), and Christopher Morrongiello (lute). Tickets
      £6
      (concessions £4, children £2.50) from Blackwell's Music
      Shop or at
      the door.


      Book Fair

      PBFA Oxford Academic Book Fair, Sunday, 26 November,
      11 a.m.--4
      p.m., Linton Lodge Hotel, Linton Road, Oxford. Free admission. 27
      booksellers will be exhibiting a wide range of general and academic
      stock. Tel. for further details: 01491 652082.

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      Publication and related exhibition

      Mistresses of the Graphic Arts: famous and forgotten
      women print-makers, c.1550–c.1950.
      Quarto paperback, 124 pages, chronological biographical listing of
      220 women; 360 b/w illustrations (31 repeated in colour on the
      covers); £15 pp. An exhibition and new stock catalogue from
      print-dealer Elizabeth Harvey-Lee, 1 West Cottages, Middle Aston
      Road, North Aston, Oxon. OX6 3QB. The prints will be exhibited
      11–12 November in North Aston (15 miles north of Oxford) and
      afterwards at the Fine Art and Antiques Fair, Olympia. Tel. (Ms
      Harvey-Lee): 01869 347164.

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      Services Offered

      Frederick and Sudabeh Hine, private dealers in
      oriental carpets,
      rugs, runners, and kelims. Wide selection of tribal and village
      pieces from Iran, Turkey, and Afghanistan in stock. Specialists in
      fine Persian carpets and also Old Chinese. Extra-large carpets and
      runners available from store. 10 per cent discount to the University
      plus additional discounts for cash and for second purchases. Prayer
      rugs at around £45 make very acceptable gifts. Open 10 a.m--6
      p.m., 7
      days a week. Old Squash Court at rear of 16 Linton Road, North
      Oxford. Tel./fax: Oxford 59396.

      Book-search service: any author, title, on any
      subject searched for all over the UK; no fee, no obligation to buy
      when found. Send details, basic or precise, of wanted books with
      s.a.e. Wait 2–5 weeks to be contacted with offers or report.
      Fast and easy way to find books you have wanted for years. S.E. Owen
      Booksearch, 4 Cotswold Crescent, Old Marston, Oxford OX3 0SG.

      Interior furnishing: curtain makers and traditional
      upholsterers. Upholstery tools and accessories, braids and trimmings.
      Fitted and Oriental carpets. Wallpaper. A complete interior design
      service is available if required. Furniture restoration and chair
      repairs. Wall panelling, bookcases and individual joinery designed
      and made. We now offer a quality interior and exterior decorating
      service, and `no hassle' building work. Please enquire for further
      details. Braziers of Oxford—established at 57 High Street,
      Oxford, since 1896. Tel.: Oxford 246574.

      Original joinery: beautiful bookcases, cabinets, and
      fitted furniture, individually designed and hand-made in hard- and
      softwoods. Restoration and architectural joinery for period
      buildings; interior design and construction. For original designs and
      traditional skills, contact Original Joinery. Tel.: Oxford 741754, or
      0367 2402125.

      Town and Country Trees: professional tree surgery,
      orchard and shrub pruning, planting, and hedges. Quality work at
      competitive prices. Fully insured. Locally based. For a free
      quotation, please call Paul Hodkinson. Tel.: 01993 811115.

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      Domestic Services

      French student (Slavonic languages, Sorbonne), 23,
      male, seeks
      employment as au-pair in England (4--6 months). Previous experience
      includes 7 months as au-pair for 2 brothers (aged 5 and 11) in
      Moscow. Immediate start possible. Please contact
      Frédéric Larcher, 48
      bis rue des 5 croix, 28300 Ouerray, France. Tel.: 00 33 37.32.83.54,
      fax: 00 33 37.32.84.78.

      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.

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      Situations Vacant

      St Peter's College requires copy assistants to help
      with the conversion of the library's card catalogues onto OLIS.
      Applicants must be basically computer-literate, conscientous and
      accurate. Rate of pay £3.50 per hour. Please apply to the
      Librarian. Tel.: Oxford (2)78882.

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      Houses to Let

      Furnished central North Oxford house to let: walk
      to colleges, train station, bus station; near Port Meadow; c.h.,
      recently redecorated, secluded garden, garden furniture, terrace; 3
      bedrooms, 1« bathrooms, washing-machine, drier, telephone, linen,
      dishes, 2 bicycles. Suitable for visiting academics. œ830 p.m. Tel.:
      Oxford 53679.

      Superb, modern, architect-designed house in North
      Oxford; 4 bedrooms; fully equipped; very efficient c.h.; on bus
      routes; 25 minutes' walk to town. Available mid-Dec. for 4 months.
      Tel.: Oxford 511825 (evenings or Sundays).

      Period detached 3-bedroom stone cottage
      (unfurnished) with many charming features in Wheatley village; en-
      suite shower-room, bathroom, sitting-room, dining-room, cloakroom,
      kitchen, utility room, cellar; gas c.h.; secluded private south-
      facing garden; excellent local amenities inc. schools within walking
      distance. Easy access to Oxford (4 miles) by car, bus, or bicycle.
      Available immediately. £600 p.c.m. Tel.: 0117 9685 474.

      Pleasant, comfortable house to let on Iffley Road;
      sleeps up to 6; linen supplied; conveniently situated for Oxford city
      centre. £350 p.w. (negotiable). Tel.: Oxford 778458, fax:
      776477.

      Very clean, peaceful rural but accessible beautiful
      old stone cottage (2 bedrooms) on ancient farm; wonderful views,
      walks, garden; tennis; comfortable antiques---or unfurnished;
      insulation; c.h.; open log fire; garage; local pub. Six months min.
      Oxford 20 minutes. Tel.: 01993 822152.

      Coming to Oxford? QB Management are one of Oxford's
      foremost letting agents with a range of good quality flats and houses
      in the Oxford area. We specialise in lettings to visiting academics,
      medical personnel, and other professionals and our aim is to provide
      the friendliest and most helpful service in Oxford. Please telephone
      or fax us with details of your requirements and we will do whatever
      we can to help without obligation. Tel.: Oxford 64533, fax: 64777.

      Mallam's Residential Letting and Management
      Department offers a complete letting and management service. If you
      are considering letting your property please call for a professional
      consultation without cost or obligation. Tel.: Oxford 241466.

      Finders Keepers are the current holders of the Best
      Letting and Management Office in the UK. For over 25 years Finders
      Keepers has specialised in serving the needs of Oxford's academic
      landlords and visiting tenants and has developed tailor-made
      services: a choice of 5 for home owners; advance Priority Reservation
      System with comprehensive booklet and maps for academic visitors.
      Call, write, or e-mail for further information and fast personal
      service. Finders Keepers Ltd., 73 Banbury Road, Oxford OX2 6PE (tel.:
      Oxford 311011, fax: 56993, e-mail: oxford@finders.co.uk); also 27 St
      Clement's, Oxford OX4 1DJ (tel.: Oxford 200012, fax: 204844, e-mail:
      stclements@finders.co.uk).

      Attractive Victorian cottage to let for approx. 8
      weeks, mid-Feb.--
      mid.-Apr. (dates negotiable); 1 double, 1 single bedroom, large
      sitting/dining-room, c.h., parking space. Overlooking Wolvercote and
      Oxford Canal---country atmosphere but on city bus route. £160
      p.w.

      Tel.: Oxford (2)78344 (day), or 57791 (evening).

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      Flats to Let

      West Oxford, city centre 1 mile, good bus and rail
      service: quiet flat in cul-de-sac; suit single or couple; bedroom,
      sitting-room, kitchen, bathroom, telephone, small garden. Available
      from 8 Jan. 1996. £450 p.c.m. Tel.: 01993 811488.

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      Accommodation Sought

      d'Overbroeck's is now looking for more good family
      and self-catering accommodation from Jan. for A-level students.
      Excellent rates. North Oxford preferred. Two or more rooms in the
      same house would be particularly welcome. If you think you can help
      or for more information, please telephone. Tel.: Oxford 310000.

      Beijing girl, late teens, boarder in Somerset,
      looking for a good
      family to stay with as a paid guest for a week any time between 15
      Dec. and 10 Jan. Tel.: Oxford (2)71876.

      Needing a house-sitter for Trinity Term? Senior
      research fellow
      seeks accommodation late Apr.--end of June, between bouts of Asian
      field-work. Dreaming of space and a garden. Hoping to sort something
      out before I leave on 5 Dec. Tel.: Oxford (2)71217 (day), or 241078
      (evening); e-mail: avincent@vax.ox.ac.uk.

      Going abroad? Or just thinking of letting your
      property? QB Management are 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.
      Tel.: Oxford 64533, or fax: 64777.

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      Accommodation Exchange

      Visiting American professor with family (sister,
      brother-in-law) seeks to exchange 2-bedroom, large sitting-room, 3-
      bath flat overlooking ocean in Los Angeles, California, suitable for
      2 adults, 1/2 children of secondary/university age, for 2/3-bedroom
      furnished house/flat in Oxford (within walking/cycling distance of
      Queen's College), for 5 weeks, 24 June–29 July. Dr Albert
      Koppes. Tel.: 001 310 338 7301, fax: 001 310 338 1976, e-mail:
      akoppes@lmumail.lmu.edu.

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      Accommodation sought to rent or exchange

      Go West! Young academic couple (no children) seeks
      accommodation for July 1996 (flexible); we are quiet, clean, non-
      smoking. House preferred; £600–£800 p.m. Biking
      distance to central libraries. Will consider trade (references
      requested) for our spacious, new home (3 bedrooms, 2½
      bathrooms), on Mountain Preserve in Phoenix, Arizona; 1-day drive to
      Grand Canyon, Santa Fe, Mexico beaches, Las Vegas, California
      coast/LA. Write to Kevin Dalton (Oxford grad, 1986): 112 McClintock
      Hall, Arizona State University, Tempe, AZ 85287-3102. Tel.: 001 602
      598 0357, fax: 001 602 965 5139, e-mail: tracyf@imapl.asu.edu.

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      Holiday Let

      Quercy, SE Dordogne: large, striking 18th-c. house
      in regional
      style, in hamlet overlooking village in unspoilt countryside; big
      garden; modern kitchen, laundry, bathrooms; sleeps up to 10.
      Available all year. £175--£350 p.w. inc. Tel.: Oxford
      56307.

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      <br /> Ox. Univ. Gazette, 23 November 1995: Diary, 24 November<br /> - 29 December

      Diary


      Contents of this section:

      Academic Staff 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="../../supps/3_4373.htm">Staff Development Programme
      supplement.

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      issue


      Friday 24 November

      DR J. MACCLANCY: `The decline in racist attitudes of the Basques?'
      (Ethnicity and Identity seminars: `Racist debates in contemporary
      Europe'), Institute of Social Anthropology, 11 a.m.

      ASHMOLEAN MUSEUM gallery talk: `Music and musical instruments',
      1.15 p.m. (Cost: £1.50. Tel. for bookings: (2)78000.)

      DR GERMAINE GREER: `Victims no longer: feminism and the reform of
      the criminal law' (Herbert Spencer Lectures: `Gender and society'),
      Lecture Theatre A, Zoology/Psychology Building, 5 p.m.

      CONCERT, with Fiona Kimm and David Golub, Garden Quadrangle
      Auditorium, St John's College, 8.30 p.m. (admission free).

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      Saturday 25 November

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

      ST ANNE'S COLLEGE Choir and Orchestra, with vocal and instrumental
      soloists: Purcell Tercentenary Concert, Holywell Music Room, 8 p.m.
      (tickets £6/£3, from the College Secretary, St Anne's, or
      at the door).

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      Sunday 26 November

      MR E. ANDERSON preaches the Sermon on the Sin of Pride, St Mary's,
      10 a.m.

      ELENA KRIVENKO performs piano works by Rameau, Debussy, Messiaen,
      and Scriabin, Wolfson College, 3 p.m. (tickets £4 and £2,
      at the door).

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      Monday 27 November

      PROFESSOR J. GARDINER: `Sustainable development: integrated
      catchment management and decision-making for the water environment'
      (Environmental Change Unit seminar), Main Lecture Theatre, School of
      Geography, 4.30 p.m.

      PROFESSOR A. GOEHR: `Music without power: the institutionalisation
      of modern music' (lecture series: `Music and power'), Schools, 5.15
      p.m.

      J. COMMAILLE: `L'esprit sociologique des lois' (lecture), Maison
      Française, 5.15 p.m.

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      Tuesday 28 November

      The meeting of Congregation, due to take place today, is
      cancelled.

      ASHMOLEAN MUSEUM gallery talk: `Fourteenth-century Iran', 1.15
      p.m. (Cost: £1.50. Tel. for bookings: (2)78000.)

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      Wednesday 29 November

      MR J. RICHARDSON: `1910: the graduate made of glass' (Slade
      Lectures: `Picasso and Cubism: a biographer's view'), Lecture Hall,
      Taylor Institution, 5 p.m.

      N. DABELSTEIN: `The international response: lessons from the
      Rwandan experience' (Refugee Studies Programme Seminars on Forced
      Migration: `Responding to an emergency: the Rwanda case'), Library
      Wing Seminar Room, Queen Elizabeth House, 5 p.m.

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      Thursday 30 November

      MATRICULATION ceremony, Convocation House, 12.30 p.m.

      MR DAVID GENTLEMAN: `Words and pictures: an artist talks about
      drawing, designing, and writing' (Friends of the Bodleian thirty-
      minute lecture), Cecil Jackson Room, Sheldonian, 1 p.m.

      DR F. BANDA: `Women and the law in Zimbabwe: access to divorce'
      (Centre for Cross-cultural Research on Women seminars: `Cross-
      cultural perspectives on women and the law'), Library Wing Seminar
      Room, Queen Elizabeth House, 2 p.m.

      DR J.C. MATHER: `Observing the Big Bang' (Milne Lecture),
      Mathematical Institute, 5 p.m.

      PROFESSOR D. MARSDEN: `Toxins in the environment and human brain
      disease' (Linacre Lectures: `Mind, brain, and the environment'),
      Lecture Theatre A, Zoology/Psychology Building, 5.30 p.m.

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      Friday 1 December

      DR L. SCIAMA: `Racist discourses in Italy' (Ethnicity and Identity
      seminars: `Racist debates in contemporary Europe'), Institute of
      Social Anthropology, 11 a.m.

      ASHMOLEAN MUSEUM gallery talk: `Glass through the ages', 1.15 p.m.
      (Cost: £1.50. Tel. for bookings: (2)78000.)

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      Saturday 2 December

      MICHAELMAS FULL TERM ends.

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      Sunday 3 December

      THE REVD DR OLIVER O'DONOVAN preaches the Advent Sermon,
      Cathedral, 10 a.m.

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      Monday 4 December

      ACADEMIC STAFF SEMINAR: `Gender in teaching', 9.30 a.m. (see
      information above).

      OXFORD PARALLEL (the University's Parallel Applications Centre):
      meeting to discuss the Bulk Synchronous Parallel Computer Model,
      Computing Laboratory, 10.30 a.m.–3.30 p.m. (registration: tel.
      Oxford (2)73884).

      DR D.L. SCHINDLER: `Interpreting the Second Vatican Council'
      (inaugural Hans Urs von Balthasar Lecture), College Theatre,
      Westminster College, 4 p.m.

      DR S.B. HRDY: `Raising Darwin's consciousness: female sexuality
      and the prehominid origins of patriarchy' (Herbert Spencer Lectures:
      `Gender and society'), Lecture Theatre A, Zoology/Psychology
      Building, 5 p.m.


      Tuesday 5 December

      ASHMOLEAN MUSEUM gallery talk: `Fabulous furniture', 1.15 p.m. (Cost:
      £1.50. Tel. for bookings: (2)78000.)

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      Wednesday 6 December

      MR J. RICHARDSON: `1914: the lady vanishes' (Slade Lectures:
      `Picasso and Cubism: a biographer's view'), Lecture Hall, Taylor
      Institution, 5 p.m.

      DR P. DALEY: `The response of academics to the Rwandan emergency'
      (Refugee Studies Programme Seminars on Forced Migration: `Responding
      to an emergency: the Rwanda case'), Library Wing Seminar Room, Queen
      Elizabeth House, 5 p.m.

      MR WILL HUTTON leads discussion on `Middle-class anxieties in
      Britain today', Seminar Room, Nuffield, 5.30 p.m.

      UNIVERSITY CLUB wine-tasting: `Wines for Christmas', 5.45 p.m.
      (admission £2 per person).

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      Thursday 7 December

      PROFESSOR C. HIGGINS: `Gene therapy' (Oxford Innovation Society
      talk), Department of Pharmacology, 6 p.m. (admission by ticket only,
      available from Isis Innovation: tel. (2)72411).

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      Friday 8 December

      ASHMOLEAN MUSEUM gallery talk: `The arts of Byzantium', 1.15 p.m.
      (Cost: £1.50. Tel. for bookings: (2)78000.)

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      Saturday 9 December

      MAISON FRANÇAISE conference: `John Stuart Mill et la
      pensée
      française de son temps: philosophie, politique, et
      économie'
      (concludes 11 December).

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      Monday 11 December

      DR M. REMNANT: `Christmas in art and music' (Friends of the
      Bodleian lecture-recital), Convocation House, 6.30 p.m. (tel. for
      tickets: (2)77234).

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      Tuesday 12 December

      ASHMOLEAN MUSEUM gallery talk: `Classicism and Romanticism', 1.15
      p.m. (Cost: £1.50. Tel. for bookings: (2)78000.)

      CONGREGATION meeting, 2 p.m.

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      Wednesday 13 December

      S. PAINE: `Embroideries of the Afghan amulet' (Friends of the Pitt
      Rivers lecture), Pitt Rivers Lecture Room, 5 p.m.

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      Friday 15 December

      ASHMOLEAN MUSEUM gallery talk: `Hairstyles, wigs, and whiskers', 1.15
      p.m. (Cost: £1.50. Tel. for bookings: (2)78000.)

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      Saturday 16 December

      MAISON FRANÇAISE conference: `Le statut de
      l'ésotérisme en Islam'
      (continues tomorrow).

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      Sunday 17 December

      MICHAELMAS TERM ends.

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      Tuesday 19 December

      ASHMOLEAN MUSEUM gallery talk: `The Pre-Raphaelites', 1.15 p.m.
      (Cost: £1.50. Tel. for bookings: (2)78000.)

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      Friday 22 December

      ASHMOLEAN MUSEUM gallery talk: `A Christmas tour', 1.15 p.m. (Cost:
      £1.50. Tel. for bookings: (2)78000.)

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      Friday 29 December

      ASHMOLEAN MUSEUM gallery talk: `Pissarro', 1.15 p.m. (Cost:
      £1.50. Tel. for bookings: (2)78000.)

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