What's on in November 2008
The University of Kent offers a wide range of events open to current and past students, staff and the wider community of Kent.
| November | ||
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Date |
Venue |
Event |
1 10am -12 noon |
The Peter Brown Room, The Missing Link, Darwin College, Canterbury Campus |
Junior Chess Club A new Canterbury Junior Chess Club for 12 - 14 year olds will be meeting fortnightly. Staff and students are welcome to bring their children along. For further information contact Dr Lyne o.d.lyne@kent.ac.uk 01227 823657 or Professor Dore j.c.dore@kent.ac.uk 01227 464944 (evenings). |
4 6.30pm |
Keynes Lecture Theatre 1, Canterbury Campus |
The Stirling Lecture Professor Robin Dunbar, Oxford University The Monogamous Brain and Its Implications Robin Dunbar is currently Professor of Evolutionary Anthropology at the University of Oxford, and co-Director of the British Academy’s Centenary Research Project 'Lucy to Language: The Archaeology of the Social Brain'. His principal research interests are in social evolution in mammals. This lecture will be followed by a buffet reception, to which all are welcome. For more details please see the Anthropology website. |
5 3.30pm |
CGU2, Gulbenkian, Canterbury Campus |
School of European Culture and Languages Centre for Reasoning Research Seminar Barry Richards Singular Propositions For Further information please contact Dr Shane Weller or visit the SECL website. |
5 2.30pm |
Pilkington Building, Medway campus |
Talk by Dan Hunt, British Cycling coach. As coach for the women’s endurance team at the Beijing Olympics, Dan played a major role in the success of some of the country’s gold and silver medal winners. Dan will discuss his experiences of helping the British team prepare for Beijing, and the role of sports science when working with elite athletes. This event is free and has been organised by the Centre for Sports Studies. |
5 5pm |
Keynes Lecture Theatre 1, Canterbury Campus |
Department of Politics and International Relations Guest Lecture Dr Andy Wroe/Prof Maurice Vile/Professor Sir Robert Worcester, University of Kent Analyzing the Results of the USA Presidential Elections For more details please contact Gemma Chapman G.A.Chapman@kent.ac.uk |
5 5.15pm |
KLT5, Keynes Lecture Theatre, Canterbury Campus |
School of European Culture and Languages SECL Distinguished Lecture Baroness Onora O’Neill Reasoning about Trust For Further information please contact Dr Shane Weller or visit the SECL website. |
5 7.30pm onwards |
On the field between Eliot and Rutherford College |
Fireworks night This is a free event, open to all so please come along and bring your family! As well as fireworks, there will be a small funfair, BBQ, Live Music and Djs for you to enjoy. We hope to see you there! |
11 1-2pm |
Rutherford Seminar Room, Canterbury Campus |
The Centre for the Study of Politics and Spirituality (CSPS) Brown Bag Lunch Seminars Autumn Term 2008 Alan Le Grys (Centre for Flexible Learning) Attitudes to the Bible in a post-modern culture For more details contact Philip Boobbyer (History), P.C.Boobbyer@kent.ac.uk or Stefan Rossbach (Politics), S.Rossbach@kent.ac.uk |
11 5.30pm |
Peter Brown Room, Missing Link, Darwin College, Canterbury Campus |
University of Kent Reading Series Tony Lopez (funded by Centre for Modern Poetry) This event is free and open to all. For more details see the School of English website. |
12 9.30-1am |
Room CNE08, Cornwallis North East Building, Canterbury Campus |
Centre for Health Services Studies Open Seminar Dr Janet Macvarish, Research Associate, Centre for Health Services Studies, University of Kent Intimacy in the 21st Century: How Real is Bridget Jones? For more information see the CHSS website. This seminar is free and open to all. To register attendance please telephone Helen Wooldridge on 01227 823052 or email h.l.wooldridge@kent.ac.uk. |
12 6pm |
Lecture Theatre 1, Keynes College, Canterbury Campus |
Open Lecture The Rt Hon David Willetts MP, Shadow Secretary of State for Innovation, Universities & Skills The Future of Higher Education All are welcome. |
15 10am -12 noon |
The Peter Brown Room, The Missing Link, Darwin College, Canterbury Campus |
Junior Chess Club A new Canterbury Junior Chess Club for 12 - 14 year olds will be meeting fortnightly. Staff and students are welcome to bring their children along. For further information contact Dr Lyne o.d.lyne@kent.ac.uk 01227 823657 or Professor Dore j.c.dore@kent.ac.uk 01227 464944 (evenings). |
17 5.30pm |
Darwin Lecture theatre 1, Canterbury Campus |
Book launch and conversation with Laura Alcoba Argentine author Laura Alcoba will be discussing her recently published work The Rabbit House, in which she describes the confusion and trauma of growing up in Buenos Aires during the military dictatorships of the Dirty War in the 1970s, whilst her parents were operating a clandestine printing press. The autobiographical novel is written in the poetic language of the child, and presents the child’s struggle to comprehend and accept the horror of growing up amidst conflict. |
18 12 noon |
CNW6, Cornwallis North West, Canterbury Campus |
Philosophy Work-in-Progress Seminar Professor Jerrold Levinson (University of Maryland), 'The Morality and Immorality of Jokes' School of European Culture and Languages Lecture and research seminar series. |
18 12-2pm |
CNW6, Cornwallis North West, Canterbury Campus |
School of Drama and Visual Arts Research Seminar and Lecture Series Professor Jerrold Levinson, Visiting Leverhulme Professor in the Philosophy of Art, University of kent The Morality and Immorality of Jokes All welcome. For more details please see the SDFVA website. |
18 5.30-7.30pm |
Rochester Building, Medway campus |
Strengthen Your Business The University of Kent, in partnership with Thames Gateway Chamber of Commerce, is staging an event to demonstrate how the expertise of the University's staff and students can benefit Medway businesses. This event is free and has been organised by Kent Innovation and Enterprise. For more details, please contact 01227 827376 or email enterprise@kent.ac.uk |
18 5.30pm |
Peter Brown Room, Missing Link, Darwin College, Canterbury Campus |
University of Kent Reading Series Andrew McGuinness (funded by Centre for Creative Writing) This event is free and open to all. For more details see the School of English website. |
19
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Rochester Cathedral |
There will be two ceremonies: Ceremony one – 10.30am
Ceremony two – 2.30pm
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19 5pm |
Darwin Lecture Theatre 2, Canterbury Campus |
Department of Politics and International Relations Guest Lecture Professor Richard Simeon, University of Toronto Like Federalism, like Snow? Alternative Discourses in Federalism Sponsored by the Centre for Federal Studies For more details please contact Gemma Chapman G.A.Chapman@kent.ac.uk |
19 5.15pm |
KLT5, Keynes College, Canterbury Campus |
Centre for Modern European Literature Distinguished Lecture Dr Andy Martin (University of Cambridge), ‘Only One Really Serious Philosophical Problem: The Sartre-Camus Dialogue’ School of European Culture and Languages Lecture and research seminar series. |
20 1pm |
SECL Staff Common room, Canterbury Campus |
Launch of the interdisciplinary journal Skepsi School of European Culture and Languages Lecture and research seminar series. |
20 4.30-6pm |
CNEO8, SSPSSR building, Canterbury campus |
School of Social Policy, Sociology and Social Research Seminar series Hilary Silver, Brown University, Academic Visitor, Nuffield College, Oxford New institutions in combating social exclusion in France and Germany. (Chair: Chris Pickvance) For further information see the SSPSSR website |
21 |
Cantebury Cathedral |
There will be three ceremonies: Ceremony One – 10.30am
Ceremony Two – 2.30pm
Ceremony Three – 7.15pm
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25 12 noon |
CNW6, Cornwallis North West, Canterbury Campus |
Philosophy Work-in-Progress Seminar Professsor Jon Williamson (University of Kent), ‘Mechanistic Theories of Causality’ School of European Culture and Languages Lecture and research seminar series. |
25 1-2pm |
Rutherford Seminar Room, Canterbury Campus |
The Centre for the Study of Politics and Spirituality (CSPS) Brown Bag Lunch Seminars Autumn Term 2008 Prof. Robin Gill (Religious Studies) Autonomy and Grace For more details contact Philip Boobbyer (History), P.C.Boobbyer@kent.ac.uk or Stefan Rossbach (Politics), S.Rossbach@kent.ac.uk |
25 5.30pm |
Peter Brown Room, Missing Link, Darwin College, Canterbury Campus |
University of Kent Reading Series Malcolm Andrews This event is free and open to all. For more details see the School of English website. |
26 5pm |
GLT3, Grimond Building, Canterbury Campus |
School of Drama and Visual Arts Research Seminar and Lecture Series Authenticity in the Hybrid and Digital Arts' Paper by Aaron Meskin, University of Leeds; response by Jerrold Levinson, Visiting Leverhulme Professor in the Philosophy of Art, University of kent All welcome. For more details please see the SDFVA website. |
26 5pm |
Darwin Lecture Theatre 2, Canterbury Campus |
Department of Politics and International Relations Guest Lecture Warwick Morris, fmr. Ambassador of the UK to South Korea A First-hand View of Developments on the Korean Peninsula since the 1970s and the Current Outlook For more details please contact Gemma Chapman G.A.Chapman@kent.ac.uk |
27 4.30-6pm |
CNEO8, SSPSSR building, Canterbury campus |
School of Social Policy, Sociology and Social Research Seminar series Caroline Knowles, Goldsmiths Skilled Migrants and Migrant Skill: An examination of British Migrants in Hong Kong (Chair: Miri Song) For further information see the SSPSSR website |
28 6.00pm |
Brabourne Lecture Theatre, Keynes College |
Sir John Tusa, Writer and Broadcaster If music is the staff of life, pay up! Sir John Tusa joined the BBC in 1960 as a trainee. He presented the BBC's Newsnight and 24 Hours programmes before becoming Managing Director of the BBC World Service from 1986 to 1993. In 1995 he became Managing Director of London’s Barbican Arts Centre, a position he held for 12 years. Since 1998, he has been Chairman of the Wigmore Hall Trust and was appointed Chairman of the Court of Governors for the University of the Arts London in 2007. He continues to be a prolific writer and broadcaster and has co-written two books with his wife Ann Tusa: The Nuremberg Trial and The Berlin Blockade. His most recent book is Engaged with the Arts: Writings from the Frontline. He was awarded a knighthood in 2003. This lecture is part of the University's Open Lecture series |
