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Events in the Humanities - 125 Lectures

Further information in relation to:

  • University 125 Lectures in Humanities Schools;
  • Conferences taking place in Humanities Schools;
  • Seminar series linked to research networks, groups and centres in Humanities Schools.
  • CHRI events supported by Cardiff Humanities Research Institute.

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University 125 Lectures in Humanities Schools

To celebrate the University's 125 Anniversary, it is sponsoring public lectures from prestigious, internationally-known speakers. Those lectures hosted by Humanities Schools are listed below in date order.

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18/11/2008: ARCHI 125 Lecture
'The Embodied Imagination in Architectural Drawing Practice'
Professor Paul Emmons Virginia Tech

27/11/2008: CLAWS 125 Lecture
'The Bioknowledge Economy: New challenges between myths and reality'
Professor Alain Pompidou, Universite Rene Descartes 

26/01/2009: ENCAP 125 Lecture
'Futures of Criticism: 1929 / 2009'  
Professor James Chandler, University of Chicago

03/02/2009: MUSIC 125 Lecture
'Understanding Wagners Ring: the composer as philosopher'
Professor Roger Scruton, Institute for the Psychological Sciences, Washington DC

16/02/2009: EUROS 125 Lecture
'Preventive Human Rights Strategies'
Professor Bertrand G. Ramcharan, Senior Fellow at the Ralph Bunche Institute for International Studies, City University of New York
 (as part of one day celebration of the UN Declaration of Human Rights to be staged at the Temple of Peace)

18/02/09: EUROS 125 Lecture
'Re-Envisioning the European Union: Democracy, Economy, Identity'
Professor Vivien Schmidt, Boston University

5/03/2009: WELSH 125 Lecture'
'Engaging Teachers in the Study of Learner Language'
Professor Elaine Tarone, University of Minnesota
5.00 p.m. wine reception Humanities Cafeteria, 6.00 p.m. Lecture 0.31 Humanities
RSVP: Llinos Jones, 029 2087 0637/ JonesLW@cf.ac.uk

19/05/2009: HISAR 125 Lecture
'Empire, Gender and Obsession: The world-wide thought of Philip Francis'
Professor Linda Colley, Princeton University 

19/05/2009: RELIG 125 Lecture
‘From Divine Kingdom to Hindu Nation: an alternative path into modernity'
17:15-18:30, Council Chamber, Main Building
Professor William Sax, University of Heidelberg

Summer 2009: JOMEC 125 Lecture
Speaker and title to be confirmed