Autumn/winter 2010/2011
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Public lectures/seminars/events Buckland Lecture Centre for Security Studies Classical Association, Hull and District Branch East Riding Archaeological Society Engineering lectures Annual English Lecture Ferens Distinguished Lecture Annual History Lecture History of Art Public Lectures Hull and District Theological Society Hull Geological Society Inaugural lectures Institute of European Public Law Annual Lecture Josephine Onoh Memorial Lecture Larkin25 Music lectures and events Music research seminars Peter Thompson Lecture Physical Sciences Seminar Programme St John’s College Lecture Wilberforce Institute (WISE) public lectures Religious services Public lectures at Scarborough
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Campus maps
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Further information
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Contents
At a glance
Key Lectures Music events Larkin25 lectures Seminars Services 1
At a glance Date
Event
Venue
23 Sept
Classical Association: Malevolent Gods and Promethean Birds: The Dynamics of Roman Religion and the Case of Augury
Lecture Room, Graduate School, Hull Campus
7.30 pm
01482 470119
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29 Sept
Larkin 25: ‘Random Windows Conjuring a Street’: Larkin and the City
Middleton Hall, Hull Campus
6 pm
01482 465845
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30 Sept
WISE public lecture: Consuming Goods, Consuming People
WISE, Oriel Chambers, 27 High Street, Hull, HU1 1NE
4.30 pm
01482 465892
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Middleton Hall, Hull Campus
2.30 pm
01482 462045
34
1 Oct
Enquiries
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5 Oct
Larkin 25: Ferens Distinguished Lecture: The Afterlife of Philip Larkin
Middleton Hall, Hull Campus
6 pm
01482 465845
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8 Oct
Ferdinand David Quartet Workshop
Middleton Hall, Hull Campus
2.30 pm
01482 462045
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12 Oct
Music research seminar: Discovering Blanche Calloway: The First Female African-American Big Band Leader
Larkin Building, L201, Hull Campus
4.15 pm
a.binns@hull.ac.uk
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12 Oct
Engineering lecture: The Enigma Machine and Code Breaking at Bletchley Park
Department of Engineering, Robert Blackburn Building, Hull Campus
7 pm
01482 465654
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13 Oct
Hull and District Theological Society: ‘Suffered under Pontius Pilate’? Who Really Crucified Jesus?
Seminar Room, Graduate School, Hull Campus
7.30 pm
01482 466548
25
14 Oct
Annual History Lecture: Sons and Mother: The Virgin Mary and European Identity
Leslie Downs Lecture Theatre, Hull Campus
6.30 pm
01482 465192
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Classical Association: Carthage’s Second Great War With Rome: How Did Hannibal Not Win It?
Lecture Room, Graduate School, Hull Campus
7.30 pm
01482 470119
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Shakespeare in Music: A Brief Introduction
Middleton Hall, Hull Campus
4 pm
01482 462045
35
14 Oct 15 Oct
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Ninth Grace Black Piano Masterclass
Start time
19 Oct
Hull Geological Society: Climate Change from a Geologist’s Viewpoint
Department of Geography, Hull Campus
7.30 pm
01482 346784
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20 Oct
St John’s College Lecture: Dyslexia, Rhythm and Music
Middleton Hall, Hull Campus
6 pm
01482 466326
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20 Oct
East Riding Archaeological Society: The Staffordshire Anglo-Saxon Hoard
S1, Wilberforce Building, Hull Campus
7.30 pm
01482 465543
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21 Oct
Engineering lecture: The Life and Times of Robert Blackburn, Aviation Pioneer, 1885–1955
Department of Engineering, Robert Blackburn Building, Hull Campus
2 pm
01482 465818
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22 Oct
Java Band Workshop
Middleton Hall, Hull Campus
2.30 pm
01482 462045
35
23 Oct
Hull Chamber Music: A Schumann Celebration
Middleton Hall, Hull Campus
6.15 pm
01482 462045
35
23 Oct
Hull Geological Society: New Techniques in Geology
Department of Geography, Hull Campus
tbc
01482 346784
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28 Oct
Peter Thompson Lecture: Shipping and Governments: An Uneasy Partnership
Derwent Building, Hull University Business School, Hull Campus
6 pm
01482 463183
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29 Oct
The Grand Tourists Masterclass
Middleton Hall, Hull Campus
2.30 pm
01482 462045
35
30 Oct
Hull Geological Society: Quaternary Techniques Workshop
Department of Geography, Hull Campus
7.30 pm
01482 346784
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1 Nov
WISE public lecture: ‘The Products of the East by Free Men’: Sugar, Slavery and East India Trade, 1823–43
WISE, Oriel Chambers, 27 High Street, Hull, HU1 1NE
4.30 pm
01482 465892
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2 Nov
Music research seminar: Mozart and the Hass Clavichord
Larkin Building, L201, Hull Campus
4.15 pm
a.binns@hull.ac.uk
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3 Nov
Physical Sciences seminar: Molecules and Nanostructures for Solar Energy Conversion
Lecture Theatre A, Department of Chemistry, Hull Campus
4.15 pm
01482 465027
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Date
Event
Venue
Start time
Enquiries
4 Nov
Engineering lecture: Is It a Good Idea to Patent Your Idea?
Department of Engineering, Robert Blackburn Building, Hull Campus
7 pm
01482 465818
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Middleton Hall, Hull Campus
2.30 pm
01482 462045
35
5 Nov
Nordic Jazz Workshop
8 Nov
Inaugural lecture: Tumours: The Neighbours Can Be Both a Help and a Hindrance!
Middleton Hall, Hull Campus
6 pm
01482 466326
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10 Nov
Larkin 25: Philip to Monica: ‘Dearest Bun’
Middleton Hall, Hull Campus
6 pm
01482 465845
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10 Nov
Engineering lecture: BLOODHOUND
Department of Engineering, Robert Blackburn Building, Hull Campus
7 pm
01482 465654
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10 Nov
Hull and District Theological Society: No Faith in ‘Religion’: Some Variations on a Kierkegaardian Theme
Seminar Room, Graduate School, Hull Campus
7.30 pm
01482 466548
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11 Nov
Hull Geological Society: Permian Extinctions: Death by Fire
Department of Geography, Hull Campus
7.30 pm
01482 346784
27
12 Nov
Institute of European Public Law Lecture: The People’s Last Sigh? European Referendums and the End of the State
Wilberforce Building, Hull Campus
2.15 pm
01482 465917
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16 Nov
Music research seminar: Berg as Influenced by Swing: Contextual and Auditory Grounds
17 Nov
Physical Sciences seminar: Rolo Riddle and Other Chocolate Challenges
17 Nov
Larkin Building, L201, Hull Campus
4.15 pm
a.binns@hull.ac.uk
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Lecture Theatre A, Department of Chemistry, Hull Campus
4.15 pm
01482 465027
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East Riding Archaeological Society: Recent Work at Duggleby Howe, East Yorkshire
S1, Wilberforce Building, Hull Campus
7.30 pm
01482 465543
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History of Art Public Lecture: Art for Everybody: Spanish Polychromatic Word Sculpture
Middleton Hall, Hull Campus
6 pm
01482 465192
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22 Nov
The Buckland Lecture: Biological Inputs into Crustacean Shellfish Supply Chains
Middleton Hall, Hull Campus
6 pm
01482 847311
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23 Nov
Music research seminar: Channelling Glenn Gould: Masculinities from Television to New Hollywood
Larkin Building, L201, Hull Campus
4.15 pm
a.binns@hull.ac.uk
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24 Nov
Larkin 25: Philip Larkin: Life or Art?
Middleton Hall, Hull Campus
6 pm
01482 465845
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24 Nov
Josephine Onoh Memorial Lecture: title to be confirmed
To be confirmed
tbc
01482 465857
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25 Nov
History of Art Public Lecture: ‘The Trouble with Public Sculpture is not the Sculpture but the Public’
Middleton Hall, Hull Campus
6 pm
01482 465192
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25 Nov
Classical Association: Herculean Tasks: Writing about Herakles in the 21st Century
Lecture Room, Graduate School, Hull Campus
7.30 pm
01482 470119
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26 Nov
Music and Poetry: Musical Reactions and Creative Responses
Middleton Hall, Hull Campus
2.30 pm
01482 462045
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27 Nov
Hull Geological Society: Microfossils Workshop
Department of Geography, Hull Campus
tbc
01482 346784
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1 Dec
History of Art Public Lecture: Working towards Public Sculpture
Middleton Hall, Hull Campus
6 pm
01482 465192
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2 Dec
Larkin 25: Annual English Lecture: Larkin: The End of the Line
Middleton Hall, Hull Campus
6 pm
01482 465309
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2 Dec
WISE public lecture: Slimy Subjects? Barack Obama, Mixed-Race Metaphors and Neoliberal Multiculturalism
WISE, Oriel Chambers, 27 High Street, Hull, HU1 1NE
4.30 pm
01482 465892
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3 Dec
Anthony Thompson Brass Masterclass
Middleton Hall, Hull Campus
2.30 pm
01482 462045
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4 Dec
Music research seminar: Film, Music, Narrativity: A Royal Musical Association Study Day
Larkin Building, L201, Hull Campus
9 am to 6 pm a.binns@hull.ac.uk
18 Nov
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Date
Event
Venue
Start time
Enquiries
5 Dec 6 Dec
University of Hull Carol Service
Holy Trinity Church, Market Place, Hull
4.30 pm
01482 466326
Centre for Security Studies: Marshal Zhukov Reconsidered
Venue to be confirmed
5.30 pm
01482 462071
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6 Dec
Inaugural lecture: Blood, Fat and Gas: The Clot Thickens
Middleton Hall, Hull Campus
6 pm
01482 466326
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8 Dec
Engineering lecture: Red Devils
Department of Engineering, Robert Blackburn Building, Hull Campus
7 pm
01482 465654
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8 Dec
Hull and District Theological Society: Christianity and Culture
Seminar Room, Graduate School, Hull Campus
7.30 pm
01482 466548
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9 Dec
Hull Geological Society: Limestone: The Only Rock You Can See from the Inside
Department of Geography, Hull Campus
7.30 pm
01482 346784
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Engineering lecture: The Design and Testing of the Neptune Proteus Tidal Stream Power Device
Department of Engineering, Robert Blackburn Building, Hull Campus
7 pm
01482 465818
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15 Dec
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15 Dec
East Riding Archaeological Society: The Stonehenge Riverside Project
S1, Wilberforce Building, Hull Campus
7.30 pm
01482 465543
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13 Jan
Classical Association: Punishment and Violence in the Roman Household
Lecture Room, Graduate School, Hull Campus
7.30 pm
01482 470119
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19 Jan
Hull and District Theological Society: Christianity and the Theatre
Seminar Room, Graduate School, Hull Campus
7.30 pm
01482 466548
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S1, Wilberforce Building, Hull Campus
7.30 pm
01482 465543
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19 Jan
East Riding Archaeological Society: Prehistoric and Roman Saltmaking on the East Coast
20 Jan
Hull Geological Society: Felix Whitham and His Contributions to Science
Department of Geography, Hull Campus
7.30 pm
01482 346784
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27 Jan
WISE public lecture: ‘The Key to India’: Southern Africa, Troop Movements and Britain’s Indian Ocean World, 1795–1820
WISE, Oriel Chambers, 27 High Street, Hull, HU1 1NE
4.30 pm
01482 465892
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University of Hull Founder’s Day Service
University Chapel, Hull Campus
6 pm
01482 466326
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8 Mar
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Monday 22 November 2010 Middleton Hall, 6 pm Dr Roger Uglow Britain has a valuable export trade in live crustacean shellfish sent principally to France and Spain and, globally, this trade is huge. Anticipated trends include the development and expansion of novel, worldwide markets and new supply chain systems to service them. Delivering quality products consistently and costeffectively using humane, eco-friendly systems cannot be achieved by accident. It requires biological inputs aimed at providing the vital needs of the various species at all times. This has been the main research thrust of Dr Uglow and his team at the University of Hull, and the lecture will show that a humane system can be a profitable one.
The Buckland Lecture
Biological Inputs into Crustacean Shellfish Supply Chains
Further information Dr Roger Uglow, r.f.uglow@hull.ac.uk, 01482 847331 Sponsored by the Buckland Foundation
©iStockphoto.com/Arthur Kwiatkowski
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Centre for Security Studies
Monday 6 December 2010 Venue to be confirmed, 5.30 pm Professor Geoffrey Roberts, University College Cork Further information Professor Caroline Kennedy-Pipe, c.kennedy-pipe@hull.ac.uk, 01482 462071
Malevolent Gods and Promethean Birds: The Dynamics of Roman Religion and the Case of Augury Thursday 23 September 2010 Lecture Room, Graduate School, Hull Campus, 7.30 pm Steven Green, University of Leeds Steven Green is a specialist on the literature and society of Rome in the 1st centuries BC and AD, especially the Augustan and Neronian periods. He has published a major commentary on Ovid and is at present writing books on Roman astrology and the Emperor Nero. He has been interviewed on Radio 4 on the subject of Roman augury.
Carthage’s Second Great War with Rome: How Did Hannibal Not Win It? Thursday 14 October 2010 Lecture Room, Graduate School, Hull Campus, 7.30 pm
Classical Association
Marshal Zhukov Reconsidered
Joint lecture with the Roman Society Dr Tim Ryder, University of Reading Dr Ryder is a retired Reader in Classics from the University of Reading, having moved there after many years in the Classics Department at the University of Hull.
Herculean Tasks: Writing about Herakles in the 21st Century Thursday 25 November 2010 Lecture Room, Graduate School, Hull Campus, 7.30pm Joint lecture with the Hellenic Society Dr Emma Stafford, University of Leeds Emma Stafford specialises in Greek cultural history, especially religion. Her works include Life, Myth and Art in Ancient Greece. At present she is writing books on Herakles and on the Trojan War, and her next project is to be on Nemesis.
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The Staffordshire Anglo-Saxon Hoard
Thursday 13 January 2011 Lecture Room, Graduate School, Hull Campus, 7.30 pm
Wednesday 20 October 2010 S1, Wilberforce Building, Hull Campus, 7.30 pm
Julia Hillner, University of Sheffield
Dr Kevin Leahy, Portable Antiquities Scheme
Julia Hillner researches on late Roman and early medieval social history, c 300–750, in particular the family and household in this period. She is at present working on her latest book, Prison, Punishment and Penance in Late Antiquity. Further information Margaret Nicholson, 17 Sycamore Court, Park Grove, Hull, HU5 2UL, m.nicholson@hull.ac.uk, 01482 470119
Recent Work at Duggleby Howe, East Yorkshire Wednesday 17 November 2010 S1, Wilberforce Building, Hull Campus, 7.30 pm Dr Alex Gibson, University of Bradford
The Stonehenge Riverside Project Wednesday 15 December 2010 S1, Wilberforce Building, Hull Campus, 7.30 pm Dr Mike Parker-Pearson, University of Sheffield
Prehistoric and Roman Saltmaking on the East Coast Wednesday 19 January 2011 S1, Wilberforce Building, Hull Campus, 7.30 pm Tom Lane, Archaeological Project Services Further information Dr Helen Fenwick, h.fenwick@hull.ac.uk, 01482 465543
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East Riding Archaeological Society
Punishment and Violence in the Roman Household
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Tuesday 12 October, 2010 Department of Engineering, Robert Blackburn Building, Hull Campus, 7 pm One of WW2’s most fascinating stories is that of the Enigma codes. The Germans believed them unbreakable. Nevertheless, at Bletchley Park the Allies read millions of German messages, providing reliable intelligence. To exemplify the importance of code breaking in winning the war, Dr Mark Baldwin uses the Battle of the Atlantic, a fierce conflict lasting six years and costing more than 60,000 lives. Dr Baldwin has been giving talks on the Enigma machine for over 10 years, and has recently been actively involved in selling books about Enigma and other aspects of cryptography, in travelling around the country giving lectures about the WW2 code breakers, and in demonstrating an original 1944 Enigma machine.
Engineering lectures
The Enigma Machine and Code Breaking at Bletchley Park
Further information Andrew Smith, Engineering Innovation Institute, a.j.smith@hull.ac.uk, 01482 465654 Sponsored by the BCS (formerly known as the British Computer Society) (b.c.tompsett@bcs.org.uk), together with the Institute of Mechanical Engineers and the Institute of Engineering and Technology
©iStockphoto.com/Frank Rix
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The Life and Times of Robert Blackburn, Aviation Pioneer, 1885–1955 Thursday 21 October 2010 Department of Engineering, Robert Blackburn Building, Hull Campus, 2 pm In this unique public seminar, Professor Robert Blackburn (Professor of Constitutional Law and Director of the Institute for Contemporary History, King’s College London) will give an illustrated talk on the life and times of his grandfather, to commemorate the Blackburn first-flight centenary year and refurbishment of the Robert Blackburn Building on the University’s Hull Campus. Robert Blackburn, OBE, FRAeS, was one of Britain’s earliest aviation pioneers and the founder of Blackburn Aircraft, the forerunner to BAE Systems at Brough. He started work on his first machine in 1909 and demonstrated determination and innovation throughout the following 46 years as the driving force behind Blackburn Aircraft. The Blackburn Aircraft factory and aerodrome on the Humber Estuary were famous features of the East Yorkshire region for over five decades. The site at Brough dates back to 1916, when the Blackburn Aeroplane & Motor Company built a new factory there. The company flourished through the war years, and the proximity of the River Humber meant that the factory was ideally situated for the launching of seaplanes. In the years between WW1 and WW2 the company’s reputation grew and in 1939 it became Blackburn Aircraft Ltd. In 1960 its aircraft production operation was absorbed into Hawker Siddeley and its engine operations into Bristol Siddeley, as part of the rationalisation of British aircraft manufacturers.
Is It a Good Idea to Patent Your Idea? Thursday 4 November 2010 Department of Engineering, Robert Blackburn Building, Hull Campus, 7 pm Dr Andrew Bradley, visiting the UK from the School of Information Technology and Electrical Engineering at the University of Queensland, Australia, will provide some practical insight into what patents are, what they are used for and why you might want one. In particular, he will give an ‘engineer’s perspective’ on the patent process and explore some of the contentious issues surrounding patents, such as software patents, patent trolling and submarine patents. He will also present data that highlights an apparently weak relationship between R&D expenditure and the number of patents an organisation is granted. He will further explore this issue by highlighting just two Australian companies that are making a business purely out of patents. Further information Dr Philip Rubini, Department of Engineering, p.a.rubini@hull.ac.uk, 01482 465818 Sponsored by the Institute of Engineering and Technology
Further information Dr Philip Rubini, Department of Engineering, p.a.rubini@hull.ac.uk, 01482 465818
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BLOODHOUND Wednesday 10 November 2010 Department of Engineering, Robert Blackburn Building, Hull Campus, 7 pm BLOODHOUND is an iconic engineering project to design and build the first supersonic car capable of achieving 1,000 mph and smashing the World Land Speed Record. David Rowley, Education Programme Director, will give an exciting introduction to the project and its ambitions. BLOODHOUND SSC has been designed to achieve speeds of up to 1,050 mph and, being jet and rocket powered, has 133,000 bhp (equivalent to 180 Formula One cars). Having completed the aerodynamic design, the project is entering the detail design and car build phase of the programme. This will lead to roll-out towards the end of 2011, UK runway trials in early 2012 and, finally, high-speed trials on Hakskeen Pan, South Africa, later that year. Further information Andrew Smith, Engineering Innovation Institute, a.j.smith@hull.ac.uk, 01482 465654 Sponsored by the Hull Association of Engineers and the Institute of Mechanical Engineers
Red Devils Wednesday 8 December, 2010 Department of Engineering, Robert Blackburn Building, Hull Campus, 7 pm Jacqueline Young will talk about her involvement in the Red Devils, the Parachute Regiment Freefall Team. She will cover her achievements and experiences to date – the funny and the hairy! She will go into the basics of the Parachute Regiment and their history.
The Design and Testing of the Neptune Proteus Tidal Stream Power Device Wednesday 15 December, 2010 Department of Engineering, Robert Blackburn Building, Hull Campus, 7 pm Professor Jack Hardisty and Glenn Aitken of Neptune Renewable Energy will give an introduction to the background and future of the Neptune Proteus Tidal Stream Power Device. Alternative energy sources for electricity generation are at the forefront of governmental policy. In the UK the Government has committed us to meeting a target of 10% of energy generation from renewable sources by 2010 and 20% by 2020 (DTI, July 2006). Much of this renewable energy so far has been derived from wind power since the technology is now well advanced and proven. Marine renewable energy is available in the waves and tidal currents of the coastal water around our shores. Marine renewable energy is clean and accessible with the right technology. Neptune Renewable Energy Ltd (NREL) is currently developing two second-generation, commercially focused technologies to exploit both the tidal and wave resource. These are the Neptune Proteus Tidal Stream Power Device and the Neptune Triton, a shallow-water wave power device. NREL has built a full-scale Proteus Demonstrator which was brought to the Humber in July 2010. Upon successful completion of trials with the Demonstrator, the world’s first tidal stream power array, consisting of advanced NP1500s, will be built and deployed during 2011/12. Further information Dr Philip Rubini, Department of Engineering, p.a.rubini@hull.ac.uk, 01482 465818 Sponsored by the Institute of Engineering and Technology
Further information Andrew Smith, Engineering Innovation Institute, a.j.smith@hull.ac.uk, 01482 465654 Sponsored by the Royal Aeronautical Society and the Institute of Mechanical Engineers
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The Annual English Lecture
(Part of Larkin25)
Larkin: The End of the Line
The Afterlife of Philip Larkin
Thursday 2 December 2010 Middleton Hall, Hull Campus, 6 pm
Tuesday 5 October 2010 Middleton Hall, Hull Campus, 6 pm
Carol Rumens considers musicality in poetry and specifically in Larkin’s poetry. She goes on to discuss the ways in which melody is still relevant to 21st-century poetry, and attempts to trace those under-noticed writers who continue in what might be broadly called the lyric tradition.
Andrew Motion looks at the ways in which Philip Larkin’s reputation was changed by the publication of the Collected Poems, Selected Letters and his own biography and reflects on how it has continued to change in the last 25 years.
Further information Paula Shaw, p.shaw@hull.ac.uk, 01482 465309
Further information Lesley Dye, l.dye@hull.ac.uk, 01482 465845
Ferens Distinguished Lecture
(Part of Larkin25)
Self-portrait by Larkin. 20
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Annual History Lecture
Thursday 14 October 2010 Leslie Downs Lecture Theatre, Ferens Building, Hull Campus, 6.30 pm Professor Miri Rubin, Queen Mary, University of London A historical exploration – in word, image and sound – of the formation of European identities through the relationship to the Virgin Mary: bride, mother, mourner. Further information Louise Macfarlane, Department of History, o.l.macfarlane@hull.ac.uk, 01482 465192
Lectures on public sculpture Public Sculpture: The Italian Model Thursday 4 November 2010 Middleton Hall, Hull Campus, 6 pm John G Bernasconi, University of Hull
The Malcolm Easton Lecture Art for Everybody: Spanish Polychromatic Wood Sculpture Thursday 18 November 2010 Middleton Hall, Hull Campus, 6 pm Jennifer Fletcher, formerly of the Courtauld Institute of Art
‘The Trouble with Public Sculpture is not the Sculpture but the Public’ Thursday 25 November 2010 Middleton Hall, Hull Campus, 6 pm Ben Read, University of Leeds Benedict Read is perhaps the country’s leading authority on British public sculpture. He is the son of the eminent art critic and poet Sir Herbert Read. His principal publications include Victorian Sculpture (1982), Sculpture in Britain between the Wars (1986) and contributions to Pre-Raphaelite Sculpture (1991), which he co-edited. He is chairperson of the editorial committee of the Sculpture Journal and former president of the Public Monuments and Sculpture Association.
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History of Art Public Lectures
Sons and Mother: The Virgin Mary and European Identity
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Wednesday 1 December 2010 Middleton Hall, Hull Campus, 6 pm Martin Jennings Martin Jennings is a distinguished sculptor, perhaps best known for his acclaimed statue of Sir John Betjeman at St Pancras Station. He speaks on the eve of the unveiling of his related bronze statue of Philip Larkin at Hull Paragon Station as the culmination of the Larkin25 season on the exact 25th anniversary of Larkin’s death. The lectures will be illustrated. The University Art Collection with the Thompson Collections of Chinese ceramics will be open for half an hour before each lecture. Further information Louise Macfarlane, o.l.macfarlane@hull.ac.uk, 01482 465192
‘Suffered under Pontius Pilate’? Who Really Crucified Jesus? Wednesday 13 October 2010 Seminar Room, Graduate School, Hull Campus, 7.30 pm Dr Helen Bond, Senior Lecturer in Divinity, University of Edinburgh Dr Bond is one of the leading New Testament scholars of her generation and is a first-rate communicator. She is much in demand as a broadcaster on both radio and TV, most famously as a contributor to controversial documentaries on Jesus, the Virgin Mary and St Paul for Channel 4. In this lecture she will look again at the evidence surrounding the death of Jesus and the role of the famous Roman governor in it.
No Faith in ‘Religion’: Some Variations on a Kierkegaardian Theme Wednesday 10 November 2010 Seminar Room, Graduate School, Hull Campus, 7.30 pm Rt Revd Dr John Saxbee, Bishop of Lincoln It might seem odd to hear a Church of England bishop assert that there is too much religion around! But it is certainly the case that the word ‘religion’ is out of favour nowadays, with politicians, pundits and practitioners more likely to speak of ‘faith’ or ‘spirituality’. Perhaps surprisingly, anti-religious sentiment in this sense has a distinguished history in Christianity: in the 19th century, Søren Kierkegaard denied that Christianity was a manmade religion, seeing it rather as a radical challenge to all human institutions and constructs. Dr Saxbee will consider how the iconoclastic Dane’s message speaks to Church and society in 21stcentury Britain.
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Hull and District Theological Society
Working towards Public Sculpture
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Climate Change from a Geologist’s Viewpoint
Wednesday 8 December 2010 Seminar Room, Graduate School, Hull Campus, 7.30 pm
Tuesday 19 October 2010 Department of Geography, Hull Campus, 7.30 pm
Revd Dr Dee Dyas, Senior Research Fellow, Centre for Medieval Studies, University of York
Frank Cox
The impact of Christianity on this nation’s heritage is immeasurable. But, ironically, while the UK heritage industry is increasingly recognized as a driver of economic regeneration in many areas of the country, the ability of the general public, in an ‘unchurched’ society, to interpret Christian buildings and other artefacts is diminishing. In this lecture, Dee Dyas will evaluate some of the strategies being pursued to address this problem. Dr Dyas is Director of the Centre for Christianity and Culture at the University of York. She is the author of several books, including Pilgrimage in Medieval English Literature (2001) and The Bible in Western Culture (2004), and is the editor of a series of interactive DVDs published under the title ‘Christianity and Culture’.
New Techniques in Geology
Christianity and the Theatre Wednesday 19 January 2011 Seminar Room, Graduate School, Hull Campus, 7.30 pm Dr Philip Crispin, Lecturer in Drama, University of Hull The Christian story of creation, fall, redemption and final consummation is inherently dramatic, and it is little wonder that generations of playwrights have engaged with this story in different ways. In this lecture, Philip Crispin will explore some themes from the rich topic of Christianity and the theatre. Dr Crispin has wide-ranging interests in both early-modern and modern anglophone and francophone drama, and has a particular interest in the interweaving of the sacred and the profane. He is also a freelance journalist who comments on a variety of cultural and religious topics. Further information Dr David Bagchi, Department of History, d.v.bagchi@hull.ac.uk, 01482 466548
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Saturday 23 October 2010 Department of Geography, Hull Campus, 7.30 pm Joint afternoon meeting with the Yorkshire Geological Society Speakers will include Derek Siveter and Laurance Donnelly.
Quaternary Techniques Workshop Saturday 30 October 2010 Department of Geography, Hull Campus, 7.30 pm Led by Mike Horne, Rodger Connell and Stuart Jones. Booking required before 1 October; there may be a small fee.
Hull Geological Society
Christianity and Culture
Permian Extinctions: Death by Fire Thursday 11 November 2010 Department of Geography, Hull Campus, 7.30 pm Professor Paul Wignall, University of Leeds
Microfossils Workshop Saturday 27 November 2010 Department of Geography, Hull Campus, time to be confirmed Led by Mike Horne, Patty McAlpin and Stuart Jones. Booking required; there may be a small fee.
Limestone: The Only Rock You Can See from the Inside Thursday 9 December 2010 Department of Geography, Hull Campus, 7.30 pm Roger Sutcliffe
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Thursday 20 January 2011 Department of Geography, Hull Campus, 7.30 pm Mike Horne
Tumours: The Neighbours Can Be both a Help and a Hindrance! Monday 8 November 2010 Middleton Hall, Hull Campus, 6 pm Professor John Greenman, Professor of Tumour Immunology
Further information Mike Horne, secretary@hullgeolsoc.org.uk, 01482 346784, www.hullgeolsoc.org.uk
The lecture will discuss the behaviour of cells surrounding a tumour, focusing on the generation of new blood vessels and the anti-cancer immune response. An understanding of these factors, in combination with the tumour biology, will hopefully allow the development of new treatments or prognostic markers. Further information Karen Slater, k.slater@hull.ac.uk, 01482 466326
Inaugural lectures
Felix Whitham and His Contributions to Science
Blood, Fat and Gas: The Clot Thickens Monday 6 December 2010 Middleton Hall, Hull Campus, 6 pm Professor Khalid Naseem, Professor of Cardiovascular Biology The formation of a blood clot within an artery is known as arterial thrombosis. This usually affects individuals who already have atherosclerosis or narrowing of the arteries. Together atherosclerosis and arterial thrombosis are responsible for heart attacks, strokes and peripheral vascular disease. These diseases are the leading causes of mortality in the UK, and consequently they impose a signiďŹ cant burden of the National Health Service. As these diseases develop there is a progressive dysfunction of blood platelets. This lecture will examine the role of blood platelets in arterial disease and particularly how fat in the blood turns these protective cells into propagators of disease. Further information Karen Slater, k.slater@hull.ac.uk, 01482 466326
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Institute of European Public Law Annual Lecture
Friday 12 November 2010 Room to be confirmed, Wilberforce Building, Hull Campus, 2.15 pm Stephen Tierney, Professor of Constitutional Theory, University of Edinburgh This lecture will address the growing use of referendums in Europe to settle matters of the highest constitutional importance. We have seen referendums used to distribute powers within states such as the UK and Spain, and to create new states from the collapse of the Soviet Union and Yugoslavia, the latest iteration of which was the Montenegrin referendum of 2006. The most widely publicised referendums in this new wave, however, have been those deployed in the process of European integration. This lecture will explore what the proliferation of direct democracy has to say about the nature of constitutional sovereignty and changing patterns of democratic representation in the contemporary European state, particularly as referendums are being used to reclaim popular sovereignty within states at a time when the European Union’s constitutional project seems to call into question the very viability of state sovereignty. Professor Tierney is Director of the Centre for Constitutional Law at the University of Edinburgh. He is a visiting professor in International Law at Seton Hall Law School, New Jersey, and in Political Theory at Pompeu Fabra University in Barcelona.
Title of lecture to be confirmed Wednesday 24 November 2010 Venue to be confirmed Professor Philippe Sands, QC, University College London Philippe Sands is Professor of Law and Director of the Centre for International Courts and Tribunals at University College London. He is also a member of Matrix Chambers, where he has developed an extensive practice in international law, appearing before many international courts and tribunals in addition to the English courts. Professor Sands is extremely well known through his many, and regular, media appearances and through numerous publications in the field of international law – including his recent works, Torture Team: Uncovering War Crimes in the Land of the Free (2008) and Lawless World: America and the Making and Breaking of Global Rules (2005). Further information Ann Ashbridge, Law School, a.k.ashbridge@hull.ac.uk, 01482 465857
Josephine Onoh Memorial Lecture
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The People’s Last Sigh? European Referendums and the End of the State
He was awarded a British Academy / Leverhulme Senior Research Fellowship in 2008 to pursue the project: ‘Let the People Decide: Referendums in a Post-Sovereign Age’. This ongoing project focuses on referendums as a case study in the relationship between democracy and constitutionalism, and it will form the subject for the IEPL lecture. Further information Denise Townsend, Law School, d.k.townsend@hull.ac.uk, 01482 465917
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‘Random Windows Conjuring a Street’: Larkin and the City Wednesday 29 September 2010 Middleton Hall, Hull Campus, 6 pm Sean O’Brien Although Philip Larkin wrote in praise of rural England, he was largely a city dweller. Sean O’Brien will consider how Larkin imagines and explores the city, with particular reference to poems set in his adopted home, Kingston upon Hull.
The Afterlife of Philip Larkin Ferens Distinguished Lecture See page 21
Philip to Monica: ‘Dearest Bun’ Wednesday 10 November 2010 Middleton Hall, Hull Campus, 6 pm Anthony Thwaite Anthony Thwaite, one of Larkin’s literary executors, and editor of Larkin’s Collected Poems, Selected Letters and Further Requirements, talks about his edition of Larkin’s letters to Monica Jones, the poet’s intimate friend for three decades. Full of wit and humour, these letters chronicle the poet’s life and attitudes more closely and frankly than anything else we have.
Philip Larkin: Life or Art? Wednesday 24 November 2010 Middleton Hall, Hull Campus, 6 pm James Booth In an early letter Larkin wrote: ‘in my character there is an antipathy between “art” and “life”’. James Booth explores the poet’s struggle to reconcile the demands of the social world with his devotion to poetry.
Larkin: The End of the Line Annual English Lecture See page 20 Further information: Lesley Dye, l.dye@hull.ac.uk, 01482 465845 Philip Larkin’s money box. 32
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Music lectures and events
Music events at the Hull Campus
Shakespeare in Music: A Brief Introduction
Concerts, masterclasses, workshops and lectures
Friday 15 October 2010 Middleton Hall, Hull Campus, 4 pm
• Don’t miss the stunning piano-duettists Joseph Tong and Waka Hasegawa performing The Rite of Spring. • Encounter something new in rare duos for trumpet and guitar. • Experience the youthful passion of Tchaikovsky’s much-loved orchestral masterpiece Romeo and Juliet. • Commemorate Larkin’s special year with a performance of the collaborative Bridge for Living. • Get into the groove with Jamie Taylor’s Java band. • Mellow out to the sounds of the Nordic jazz saxophonist Froy Aagre. • Or simply enjoy the best in historically informed performance from the Grand Tourists and the Ferdinand David Quartet. There’s something for everyone at the concerts this semester and, as ever, you can attend the various masterclasses, workshops and student showcases free of charge. Listed below are just some of the instructive events that complement this semester’s concert activities. To obtain a brochure covering full details, please contact iHull on 01482 462045, pick one up from the iHull office (L172 – First Floor, Larkin Building West) or visit www.ihull.org.
Ninth Grace Black Piano Masterclass Friday 1 October 2010 Middleton Hall, Hull Campus, 2.30 pm Following their lunchtime recital (see the Arts Programme for full details), the piano duettists Joseph Tong and Waka Hasegawa lead this 90-minute public masterclass featuring three pianists currently studying at Hull.
Ferdinand David Quartet Workshop Friday 8 October 2010 Middleton Hall, Hull Campus, 2.30 pm
Professor Christopher R Wilson and Dr Lee Tsang Professor Wilson introduces a special performance of Tchaikovsky’s Romeo and Juliet fantasy-overture led by Dr Tsang (conductor) and members of Hull Sinfonietta. The performance features school pupils, students, teachers and local amateurs who have worked on this repertoire throughout the day. Sponsored by Doncaster Music Service and Excellence Hub
Java Band Workshop Friday 22 October 2010 Middleton Hall, Hull Campus, 2.30 pm Jazz/pop workshop for Hull students. Observers welcome.
Hull Chamber Music: A Schumann Celebration Saturday 23 October 2010 Middleton Hall, Hull Campus, 6.15 pm Pre-concert talk by Graham Saunders.
The Grand Tourists Masterclass Friday 29 October 2010 Middleton Hall, Hull Campus, 2.30 pm Early music masterclass for Hull students. Observers welcome.
Nordic Jazz Workshop Friday 5 November 2010 Middleton Hall, Hull Campus, 2.30 pm Jazz workshop for Hull students. Observers welcome.
Historical performance practice workshop led by Dr George Kennaway, Leeds University. Observers welcome.
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Friday 26 November 2010 Middleton Hall, Hull Campus, 2.30 pm
Discovering Blanche Calloway: The First Female African-American Big Band Leader Tuesday 12 October 2010 Larkin Building, L201, Hull Campus, 4.15 pm Dr Alyn Shipton, Jazz Critic, The Times
Led by Dr Mark Slater Composers and performers alike are invited to take part in this two-hour workshop exploring creative musical approaches to the poetry of Philip Larkin. This practical collaborative workshop will focus on how improvisation can be used to generate and capture musical ideas. Selected poems will form the basis of guided improvisations designed to suggest ways to take those important first steps towards writing a new piece. This follows a celebratory concert in honour of Larkin, featuring his historic collaboration with the local composer Anthony Hedges – Bridge for the Living – which marked the official opening of the Humber Bridge.
Anthony Thompson Brass Masterclass Friday 3 December 2010 Middleton Hall, Hull Campus, 2.30 pm
Mozart and the Hass Clavichord Tuesday 2 November 2010 Larkin Building, L201, Hull Campus, 4.15 pm Professor John Irving, Director, Institute of Musical Research
Berg as Influenced by Swing: Contextual and Auditory Grounds Tuesday 16 November, 2010 Larkin Building, L201, Hull Campus, 4.15 pm Dr Ian Bamford-Milroy, University of Hull
Channelling Glenn Gould: Masculinities from Television to New Hollywood
Music research seminars
Music and Poetry: Musical Reactions and Creative Responses
Tuesday 23 November 2010, 4.15 pm Larkin Building, L201, Hull Campus Dr Julie Brown. Royal Holloway, London
Brass masterclass for Hull students. Observers welcome. Further information For further details of all music lectures and events, call 01482 462045 or email tickets@hull.ac.uk.
Film, Music, Narrativity: A Royal Musical Association Study Day Saturday 4 December 2010 Larkin Building, L201, Hull Campus, 9 am to 6 pm This forum seeks to enhance the debate around questions of narrativity, musical referencing and participation in narrativity and narrative-formation in film. Changes of film aesthetics, cultural preferences and cliches may interfere with the way music figures in the construction of film narratives, and the scope of these interferences opens a wide-ranging field. This forum examines music in films of all genres and periods. Keynote speaker: Dr Julie Brown, Royal Holloway, London Registration £10 (members of the Department of Drama and Music, University of Hull, are entitled to free entrance). Registration forms can be downloaded from www.rma.ac.uk. Sponsored by the Royal Musical Association. Further information: Dr Alexander Binns, a.binns@hull.ac.uk
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Peter Thompson Lecture
Thursday 28 October 2010 Derwent Building, Hull University Business School, Hull Campus, 6 pm Dr Helmut Sohmen, chairman of the shipping industry heavyweight BW Group Ltd, will share his vast professional experience and discuss the increased involvement of government in the maritime industry. In its fourth consecutive year, this prestigious public lecture is held in recognition of the generosity of Dr Peter Thompson, OBE, JP, in endowing a chair in the Business School, which is currently held by Professor David Menachof. Further information Ian Calvert, i.calvert@hull.ac.uk, 01482 463183
Molecules and Nanostructures for Solar Energy Conversion Wednesday 3 November 2010 Lecture Theatre A, Department of Chemistry, Hull Campus, 4.15 pm Professor James Durrant, Professor of Photochemistry, Imperial College London Professor Durrant’s research is focused on solar energy conversion by nanostructured and molecular materials – harnessing solar energy to produce either electricity (photovoltaics) or molecular fuels (e.g hydrogen). For his pioneering work, he was awarded the Royal Society of Chemistry’s Environmental Prize in 2009.
Rolo Riddle and Other Chocolate Challenges Wednesday 17 November 2010 Lecture Theatre A, Department of Chemistry, Hull Campus, 4.15 pm Dr Stephen Beckett, Visiting Professor, Department of Physical Sciences, University of Hull
Physical Sciences seminars
Shipping and Governments: An Uneasy Partnership
Dr Beckett was involved in research and factory production at Rowntree and subsequently Nestlé. Up to his retirement from there in 2006, he was responsible for university and other outside collaborations. He has edited Industrial Chocolate Manufacture and Use and Physico-Chemical Aspects of Food Processing. As well as numerous articles and patents, he is the author of The Science of Chocolate, which was published by the Royal Society of Chemistry (2nd edition, 2008). More recently he took on the role of Managing Director of Sporomex, a University of Hull spinout company dealing with micro-encapsulation. In 2009 he became a Fellow of the Royal Society of Chemistry and joined our Department of Physical Sciences as a visiting professor. Further information Dr Nicole Pamme, n.pamme@hull.ac.uk, 01482 465027
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St John’s College Lecture
Dyslexia, Rhythm and Music Wednesday 20 October 2010 Middleton Hall, Hull Campus, 6 pm Professor Usha Goswami, Professor of Cognitive Developmental Neuroscience, University of Cambridge This lecture will show that the fundamental difficulty for children with dyslexia is in analysing the sounds of words. However, they have problems with speech rhythm as well as with letter-sounds, syllables and rhymes, and acoustic rhythm perception is a primary impairment. This suggests that music could offer useful remediation, as rhythm is more obvious in music than in language. Usha Goswami is a Fellow of St John’s College, Cambridge, and Director of the Centre for Neuroscience in Education, which carries out research into the brain basis of literacy, numeracy, dyslexia and dyscalculia. She was previously Professor of Cognitive Developmental Psychology at the Institute of Child Health, University College London, and, before that, University Lecturer in Experimental Psychology at the University of Cambridge. She received her PhD from the University of Oxford in 1987; her topic was reading and spelling by analogy. Her current research examines relations between phonology and reading, with special reference to the neural underpinnings of rhyme and rhythm in children’s reading. A major focus of the research is dyslexic and deaf children’s reading. She has received a number of career awards, including the British Psychology Society Spearman Medal, the Norman Geschwind-Rodin Prize for dyslexia research, and Fellowships from the National Academy of Education (USA) and the Alexander von Humboldt Foundation (Germany). Further information Karen Slater, k.slater@hull.ac.uk, 01482 466326
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Wilberforce Institute (WISE) public lectures
The University of Hull Carol Service
Thursday 30 September 2010 WISE, Oriel Chambers, 27 High Street, Hull, HU1 1NE, 4.30 to 6 pm
Sunday 5 December 2010 Holy Trinity Church, Market Place, Hull, 4.30 pm
Professor David Richardson, University of Hull
‘The Products of the East by Free Men’: Sugar, Slavery and East India Trade, 1823–43
The University of Hull Founder’s Day Service
Monday 1 November 2010 WISE, Oriel Chambers, 27 High Street, Hull, HU1 1NE, 4.30 to 6 pm
Tuesday 8 March 2011 University Chapel, Middleton Hall, Hull Campus, 6 pm
Dr Andrea Major, University of Leeds
Everyone is welcome. A buffet supper will be served in the Art Cafe foyer immediately after the service.
Slimy Subjects? Barack Obama, Mixed-Race Metaphors and Neoliberal Multiculturalism Thursday 2 December 2010 Oriel Chambers, 27 High Street, Hull, HU1 1NE, 4.30 to 6 pm
Mulled wine and mince pies will be served afterwards. Everyone is welcome. Tickets will be available for collection from the reception desks in the students’ union and the Venn Building from early November 2010.
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Further information Karen Slater, k.slater@hull.ac.uk, 01482 466326
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Dr Daniel McNeil, University of Newcastle
‘The Key to India’: Southern Africa, Troop Movements and Britain’s Indian Ocean World, 1795–1820 Thursday 27 January 2011 WISE, Oriel Chambers, 27 High Street, Hull, HU1 1NE, 4.30 to 6 pm Dr John McAleer, National Maritime Museum, Greenwich Further information sarah.carter@hull.ac.uk, 01482 465892. Please join us for tea or coffee from 4.15 pm.
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Future events Details of all public lectures should be forwarded to Karen Slater for inclusion in the next programme, which will be published in early February. Contact address: Karen Slater, Marketing and Communications, University of Hull, Hull, HU6 7RX, email k.slater@hull.ac.uk.
Further information If you would like to receive further copies of this booklet or your name and address included in the Public Lectures/Events mailing list, please contact Karen Slater Marketing and Communications University of Hull Hull, HU6 7RX 01482 466326 k.slater@hull.ac.uk
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