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February 2010
Tuesday 2 February 2010
Origin of Life: Why is there something rather than nothing?
Organised by the Bristol Centre for Complexity Sciences
Organised by the Bristol Centre for Complexity Sciences
Professor Eric Smith from the Santa Fe Institute for Complex Systems, New Mexico, US.
SM2, School of Mathematics,
4:00pm
Contact Karoline Wiesner
email: k.wiesner@bristol.ac.uk
Wednesday 3 February 2010
Screen 4: The Five Obstructions
Organised by Department of Drama
Wickham Theatre, Cantock's Close,
6:00-7:30pm
A showcase of third year students' screen production exercises, inspired by Lars Von Triers' film The Five Obstructions. For each exercise, students were given a scene to shoot and a creative 'obstruction'. The resulting work comprises a range of imaginative, playful, and sometimes startling film-making experiments. Further information is available
Free Admission.
Contact Rona Fineman
on
+44 (0)117 - 331 5084 or
rona.fineman@bristol.ac.uk
Wednesday 3 February 2010
Lunchtime Concert
Organised by Department of Music
Gemini. Ian Mitchell (clarinet), Caroline Balding (violin), Huw Watkins (piano).
Victoria Rooms,
1:15-2:00pm
Jonathan Harvey: Trio; Richard Whalley: Ad Infinitum for solo violin; Howard Skempton: Three Pieces for solo clarinet; Elena Firsova: Verdehr-Terzett; Gyorgy Kurtag: Hommage a Robert Schumann.
Admission free - retiring collection. Please be in your seat by 1.10 p.m. at latest as latecomers cannot be admitted.
Contact Ruth Hill or Margaret Peirson
on
+44 (0)117 - 3314044 or
music-info@bris.ac.uk
Thursday 4 February 2010 -
Tuesday 9 February 2010
Discover Islam
Organised by the University of Bristol Students' Union Islamic Society
various venues,
6:00pm
Events include a range of talks taking place at 6 pm daily, from Thursday 4 to Tuesday 9 February, in the Reception Room, Wills Memorial Building, BS8 1RJ. There will also be an art and poster exhibition in the Great Hall, Wills Memorial Building. Further information is available (pdf file 4.7MB)
Contact the University of Bristol Students' Union Islamic
email: secretary@brisoc.com
Thursday 4 February 2010
Causal inference meets international health policy: when should HIV-infected patients start antiretroviral therapy?
Organised by Social Medicine
Organised by Social Medicine
Professor Jonathan Sterne: Department of Social Medicine, University of Bristol.
Canynge Hall, 39 Whatley Road,
4:00pm
Contact Jacqueline Tonkin
on
+44 (0)117 - 9287234 or
jacky.tonkin@bristol.ac.uk
Saturday 6 February 2010
Evening Concert
Organised by Department of Music and Bristol University Music Society
Bristol University Chamber Orchestra, Conducted by Ajantha Chandrasena and Bristol University Symphony Orchestra, Conducted by Neal Farwell.
Victoria Rooms,
7:30-10:00pm
Wagner: Siegfried Idyll; Bernard Rands: Ceremonial 3; Brahms: Symphony no. 4.
Tickets: Auditorium Stalls: £10.00 (Concessions £7.00); Balcony: £15.00 (no concessions) available from Victoria Rooms Reception and Waterstone's, Tyndall Avenue. For debit/credit card bookings, please telephone 0117 3314044 during office hours.
Contact Ruth Hill or Margaret Peirson
on
+44 (0)117 - 3314044 or
music-info@bris.ac.uk
Sunday 7 February 2010
Bristol Botanic Garden Tour
Organised by University of Bristol Botanic Garden
The Holmes, Stoke Park Road,
10:00am-3:00pm
Tours present an excellent opportunity to hear of new developments and learn about plants of seasonal interest. Further information is available
Contact Botanic Garden
on
+44 (0)117 331 4912 or
botanic-gardens@bristol.ac.uk
Monday 8 February 2010
The Treaty of Lisbon explained; the substantive changes
Organised by School of Law
Organised by School of Law
Professor Brenda Sufrin, Professor of Competition Law, University of Bristol Dr Phil Syrpis, Snr Lecturer in European Law, University of Bristol Dr Ana Juncos, Lecturer in European Politics, University of Bristol.
Old Council Chamber, Wills Memorial Building,
6:30-8:30pm
The second of a series of public lectures given by members of the School of Law and the Department of Politics to discuss the key features and implications of the EU's Treaty of Lisbon, which is anticipated to enter into force in 2010. Further information is available
Designed for experts and non-experts in the fields of European Law and politics.
Contact Nina Boeger
on
+44 (0)117 - 954 5358 or
nina.boeger@bristol.ac.uk
Tuesday 9 February 2010
Information's best defence?
Organised by Dept of Electrical and Electronic Engineering
Organised by Dept of Electrical and Electronic Engineering
Alex Clark, Electrical and Electronic Engineering.
Cafe-at-Explore,Anchor Road, Bristol,BS1 5DB,
8:00pm
As we head into a new decade we realise that our lives are not only based in reality but stored, manipulated and sent endlessly through the virtual world in the form of information. Further information is available
No booking required.
Contact Alex Clark
on
+44 (0)117 331 5473 or
Alex.Clark@bristol.ac.uk
Wednesday 10 February 2010
Postgraduate Open Day - Arts and Humanities
Organised by Graduate School of Arts and Humanities
7 Woodland Road,
1:00-8:00pm
If you are interested in finding out about the postgraduate options available in the Arts and Humanities, come along to find out more. The day will include subject specific MA sessions, talks on funding and the opportunity to meet and talk to academic tutors, research supervisors and current students. Further information
To reserve a place, please register online.
Contact Graduate School of Arts and Humanities
email: artf-gradschool@bristol.ac.uk
Wednesday 10 February 2010 -
Saturday 13 February 2010
Opera - Mozart's Don Giovanni
Organised by Bristol University Operatic Society
Organised by Bristol University Operatic Society
Bristol University Operatic Society, Directed by James Dadd, Musical Direction by Matthew Pearson.
Winston Theatre, University Union,
7:30pm
Tickets: £6 (£5) (or £9 (£8) for gala performance on 13 February to include champagne reception) available on the STA website.
Contact Ruth Hill and Margaret Peirson
on
+44 (0)117 - 3314044 or
music-info@bristol.ac.uk
Wednesday 10 February 2010
Lunchtime Concert
Organised by Department of Music
Wells Cathedral School String Ensemble, Conducted by Catherine Lord.
Victoria Rooms,
1:15pm
A varied programme of music for string orchestra and for various ensembles from within the group.
Admission free - retiring collection. Please be in your seat by 1.10 p.m. at latest as latecomers cannot be admitted.
Contact Ruth Hill or Margaret Peirson
on
+44 (0)117 - 3314044 or
music-info@bris.ac.uk
Thursday 11 February 2010
It's the quality that counts - epidemiology and childhood epilepsy
Organised by Social Medicine
Dr. Richard Chin: Institute of Child Health, University College London.
Canynge Hall, 39 Whatley Road,
4:00pm
Contact Jacqueline Tonkin
on
+44 (0)117 - 9287234 or
jacky.tonkin@bristol.ac.uk
Friday 12 February 2010
Lecture/Recital
Organised by Department of Music and presented in association with AHRC/ESRC Religion and Society Programme
Organised by Department of Music and presented in association with AHRC/ESRC Religion and Society Programme
Emma Hornby with the Bristol University Schola Cantorum.
Victoria Rooms,
5:15pm
'Old Hispanic chant: uncovering a lost medieval tradition'.
Admissiion free- all welcome.
Contact Ruth Hill or Margaret Peirson
on
+44 (0)117 - 3314044 or
music-info@bristol.ac.uk
Monday 15 February 2010
The chemistry of fragrances - why can't we predict odour?
Organised by Fusion (undergraduate chemistry society)
Dr Charles Sell, MSc, PhD, CChem, FRSC, from Givaudan Ltd.
LT1, Chemistry,
1:00pm
The talk will address whether we can predict odour from molecular structure, beginning with an introduction to perfumery, outlining early use of synthesis instead of natural extracts, followed by the success and failures of structure odour relationships, the difficulties in obtaining an odour description and a little on the biological mechanism of olfaction.
Contact Zack Mummery
email: tm7331@bristol.ac.uk
Monday 15 February 2010
Dem Bones Dem Bones: Pathways to understanding the skeleton
Organised by The General Office - Inaugural Lecture
Professor Jon Tobias, Professor of Rheumatology.
E29, Medical Sciences, University Walk,
5:30pm
This lecture will explore how studies, ranging from those involving single cells to several thousand individuals, have been used to investigate the causes and treatment of osteoporosis, for example by examining why some people build weaker bones in childhood and lose bone more rapidly as they get older.
No booking required.
Contact Nicola Fry
on
+44 (0)117 - 928 8515 or
nicola.fry@bristol.ac.uk
Tuesday 16 February 2010
The 2010 Jerry Morris Memorial Lecture - "Maintaining mobility in old age: The role of physical activity"
Organised by the Department of Exercise, Nutrition and Health Sciences
Dr Jack Guralnik, Chief of the intramural Laboratory of Epidemiology, Demography and Biometry at the National Institute on Aging, USA.
Peel Lecture Theatre, School of Geographical Sciences,
5:30pm
The 2010 Jerry Morris Memorial Lecture is sponsored by the National Heart Forum and will include a tribute to Professor Morris by Sir Alexander Macara. The evening will also include the presentation of Lifetime Health and Fitness Awards to MSc students graduating in Nutrition, Physical Activity and Public Health. Further information is available
This event is free and open to all. No prior booking is necessary, though seating is limited.
Contact Jodie Hooper
on
+44 (0)117 - 331 1107 or
jodie.hooper@bristol.ac.uk
Wednesday 17 February 2010
Lunchtime Concert
Organised by Department of Music
Andrew Roberts (violin), John Irving (piano).
Victoria Rooms,
1:15-2:00pm
Beethoven: Violin Sonatas in A minor and F major.
Admission free - retiring collection. In the Recital Room - limited seating. Please be in your seat by 1.10 p.m. at latest as latecomers cannot be admitted.
Contact Ruth Hill or Margaret Peirson
on
+44 (0)117 - 3314144 or
music-info@bristol.ac.uk
Thursday 18 February 2010
South African Plants
Organised by University of Bristol Botanic Garden
Chris Smith.
School of Biological Sciences, Woodland Road, Bristol, BS8 1UG,
7:30pm
Pennard Plants nursery provides an ever-increasing mix of plants from around the world but especially South Africa and the southern hemisphere. Their specialities are Agapanthus, Gladioli species and Nerines. Further information is available
Free to members, £3 to general public.
Contact Botanic Garden
on
+44 (0)117 331 4912 or
botanic-gardens@bristol.ac.uk
Friday 19 February 2010
Lunchtime Concert
Organised by Department of Music
Bristol University Jazz Orchestra, Conducted by Tom Campion.
Victoria Rooms,
1:15-2:00pm
The band will play pieces by Michael Duble, Duke Ellington and Chet Baker along with arrangements by Gordon Goodwin and many others.
Admission free - retiring collection. Please be in your seat by 1.10 p.m. at latest as latecomers cannot be admitted.
Contact Ruth Hill or Margaret Peirson
on
+44 (0)117 - 3314044 or
music-info@bristol.ac.uk
Monday 22 February 2010
The Industrial Revolution - still cause for celebration?
Organised by The General Office - Inaugural Lecture
Professor Christine Macleod, Professor of History.
Reception Room, Wills Memorial Building,
5:30pm
The popular image of Britain's Industrial Revolution has long been a catastrophic one of 'dark satanic mills'. Yet, many who lived through it found much to celebrate. This lecture reinstates their positive perspective, and evaluates it from a 21st-century standpoint, framed by globalization and climate change.
No booking required.
Contact Nicola Fry
on
+44 (0)117 - 928 8515 or
nicola.fry@bristol.ac.uk
Monday 22 February 2010
When China rules the world: contested modernities and our global future
Organised by Centre for East Asian Studies, University of Bristol
Martin Jacques (Former editor of Marxism Today and Deputy Editor of The Independent).
Peel Lecture Theatre, Geographical Sciences,
4:30-6:00pm
2nd Annual Bristol Lecture in East Asian Studies. Further information is available (pdf document)
To reserve your please email Annabel.Lander@bristol.ac.uk.
Contact Emma Holland
email: emma.holland@bristol.ac.uk
Wednesday 24 February 2010
Virtuoso (working title)
Organised by Department of Drama
Proto-type Theater.
Wickham Theatre, Cantock's Close,
7:30pm
Three performers stage the story of a stagnant American suburbia, circa 1963, where the minutiae of everyday life have become strange. The audience witnesses the construction of a film on three flat screen monitors, behind which the performers can be seen assembling the backgrounds, costumes and props to craft a series of perfect images. Further information is available
Tickets: £8.50/£5 available from St. George's 0845 40 24 001.
Contact Rona Fineman
on
+44 (0)117 - 331 5084 or
rona.fineman@bristol.ac.uk
Wednesday 24 February 2010
Lunchtime Concert
Organised by Department of Music
Raymond Clarke (piano).
Victoria Rooms,
1:15-2:00pm
Debussy: Tarentelle styrienne; Ravel: Valses nobles et sentimentales; Pierre Boulez: Sonata no. 2.
Admission free - retiring collection. Please be in your seat by 1.10 p.m. at latest as latecomers cannot be admitted.
Contact Ruth Hill or Margaret Peirson
on
+44 (0)117 - 3314044 or
music-info@bristol.ac.uk
Thursday 25 February 2010
The challenge of controlling complexity: from engineering to living systems
Organised by Public and Ceremonial Events Office
Organised by Public and Ceremonial Events Office
Professor Mario Di Bernardo, Department of Engineering Mathematics.
Pugsley Lecture Theatre,
5:30pm
This lecture will discuss some of the fundamental mechanisms behind the operation of complex systems and discuss the modern tools devised by scientists and engineers to characterize and tame their behavior.
No booking required.
Contact Nicola Fry
on
+44 (0)117 - 928 8515 or
nicola.fry@bristol.ac.uk
Thursday 25 February 2010
Dynamic epigenetic regulation by early diet and aging of the type 2 diabetes susceptibility gene Hnf4a in pancreatic islets
Organised by Social Medicine
Organised by Social Medicine
Dr. Miguel Constancia: Department of Obstetrics and Gynaecology, University of Cambridge.
Canynge Hall, 39 Whatley Road,
4:00pm
Contact Jacqueline Tonkin
on
+44 (0)117 - 9287234 or
jacky.tonkin@bristol.ac.uk
Friday 26 February 2010
"Pale, Male and Stale? The Judiciary Today"
Organised by Clifton Hill House
Chancellor of the University of Bristol, The Rt Hon, The Baroness Hale of Richmond.
Clifton Hill House,
7:30pm
Each year Clifton Hill House hosts the Clement Wheeler-Bennett Convivium, set up in memory of a former Bristol University student studying Economics and Politics. This year's challenging talk will be given by Baroness Hale of Richmond, the Chancellor of the University and first female Law Lord in the UK.
Limited seats, so booking advisable. No charge to staff or students.
Contact Fiona Chapman
on
+44 (0)117 - 90 35179 or
f.chapman@bristol.ac.uk
March 2010
Wednesday 3 March 2010
Lunchtime concert
Organised by Department of Music
Bristol University Singers, Conducted by David Bednall and Tom Williams.
Victoria Rooms,
1:15-2:00pm
Solace and Contemplation. Gibbons: Drop, drop slow tears; Tallis: Lamentations (set II); Howells: Take him, earth, for cherishing; Durufle: Quatre Motets; Messiaen: O sacrum convivium; Walton: Drop, drop slow tears; Sanders: Reproaches.
Admission free - retiring collection. Please be in your seat by 1.10 p.m. at latest as latecomers cannot be admitted.
Contact Ruth Hill or Margaret Peirson
on
+44 (0)117 - 3314044 or
music-info@bristol.ac.uk
Thursday 4 March 2010
Science and the Media: Experience from the front line
Organised by Social Medicine
Organised by Social Medicine
Dr. Helen Jamison: Science Media Centre, London.
Canynge Hall, 39 Whatley Road,
4:00pm
Contact Jacqueline Tonkin
on
+44 (0)117 - 9287234 or
jacky.tonkin@bristol.ac.uk
Thursday 4 March 2010
Does physics answer metaphysical questions?
Organised by Public and Ceremonial Events Office
Professor James Ladyman, Professor of Philosophy.
Powell Lecture Theatre, Physics Building, Tyndall Avenue,
5:30pm
Physics is often thought to tell us about the most fundamental nature of reality, for example, about the true nature of material things and the unobservable causes of the phenomena, space and time, causation and the laws that govern the universe.
Contact Nicola Fry
on
+44 (0)117 - 928 8515 or
nicola.fry@bristol.ac.uk
Saturday 6 March 2010
Great mystics address the contemporary world
Organised by Departments of Historical Studies and Theology and Religious Studies
Organised by Departments of Historical Studies and Theology and Religious Studies
Keynote Speaker: Prof. Emeritus Bernard McGinn (University of Chicago):.
Lecture Theatre 2, 11 Woodland Road (entrance at 3-5 Woodland Rd),
10:00am-6:15pm
This one-day symposium considers the meaning of mysticism in the Christian tradition in the past and its appropriation and reception in the modern world. Further information is available
Registration details available on the conference website.
Contact Samantha Barlow
on
+44 (0)117 - 331 7879 or
sam.barlow@bristol.ac.uk
Saturday 6 March 2010
Evening Concert
Organised by Bristol University Music Society
Bristol University Wind and String Orchestras, Conducted by Daniel Barnes and Claire Lampon.
Victoria Rooms,
7:30pm
Darius Milhaud: Suite Francaise; Klaus Badelt: Pirates of the Caribbean; Robert W. Smith: Africa - Ceremony, Song and Ritual; Vaughan Williams: Charterhouse Suite; Handel: Concerto Grosso in E minor; Elgar: Sospiri; Bartok: Romanian Dances.
Tickets: £7 (£4 concessions; free for BUMS members) available on the door.
Contact Ruth Hill or Margaret Peirson
on
+44 (0)117 - 3314044 or
music-info@bristol.ac.uk
Monday 8 March 2010
Anne Spencer Memorial Lecture: Living in community - reinventing monasticism for the 21st century
Organised by the Multifaith Chaplaincy
Tobias Jones, journalist and author of 'Utopian Dreams' and 'The Dark Heart of Italy'.
Chemistry Lecture Theatre 1,
6:00pm
Drawing on his research and experience, Tobias Jones will explore how new and old forms of communal living can be inspired by each other. Further information is available
Free admission - no booking required.
Contact Nicola Beaumont
on
+44 (0)117 - 954 6600 or
multifaith-chaplaincy@bristol.ac.uk
Monday 8 March 2010
The Good, the Bad and the Ugly: Contrasting International Images of Contemporary China in Global Transformations
Organised by Centre for East Asian Studies
Professor Yongjin Zhang, Department of Politics, University of Bristol.
Drawing Room, University of Bristol, Royal Fort Lodge, Tyndall Avenue,
4:00-5:30pm
Contact Emma Holland
on
+44 (0)117 - 3318007 or
emma.holland@bristol.ac.uk
Wednesday 10 March 2010
Bad Samaritans: The secret history of capitalism and the future of world development
Organised by School of Geographical Sciences
Organised by School of Geographical Sciences
Ha-Joon Chang,University of Cambridge.
Peel Lecture Theatre, School of Geographical Sciences, University Road, BS8 1SS,
6:00pm
Ha-Joon Chang exposes how wealthy countries are preventing the developing world from using the very policy tools they themselves used when growing wealthy.
Free, booking is required.
Contact Diane Thorne
on
+44 (0)117 331 8318 or
diane.thorne@bristol.ac.uk
Wednesday 10 March 2010
NANA: Novel assessment of nutrition and ageing
Organised by the Department of Exercise, Nutrition and Health Sciences
Organised by the Department of Exercise, Nutrition and Health Sciences
Dr Arlene Astell (University of St Andrews).
ENHS Lecture Room, Centre for Sport, Exercise and Health, Tyndall Avenue,
12:00pm
Part of our Spring Term Visiting Speaker Series. Further information is available
This event if free and open to all. No prior booking is necessary, though seating is limited.
Contact Jodie Hooper
on
+44 (0)117 - 331 1107 or
jodie.hooper@bristol.ac.uk
Wednesday 10 March 2010
Lunchtime Concert
Organised by Department of Music
Students of the Department of Music.
Victoria Rooms,
1:15-2:00pm
Programme to be announced.
Admission free - retiring collection. Please be in your seat by 1.10 p.m. at latest as latecomers cannot be admitted.
Contact Ruth Hill or Margaret Peirson
on
+44 (0)117 - 3314044 or
music-info@bristol.ac.uk
Thursday 11 March 2010
Aerosols: the x-factor?
Organised by Public and Ceremonial Events Office
Organised by Public and Ceremonial Events Office
Professor Jonathan Reid, Professor of Physical Chemistry.
LT1, Chemistry Building, Cantocks Close,
5:30pm
Aerosols play an important role in atmospheric science, offsetting some of the effects of climate change. This lecture will highlight some of their inexplicable properties and how cutting edge techniques can throw light on their behaviour.
Contact Nicola Fry
on
+44 (0)117 - 928 8515 or
nicola.fry@bristol.ac.uk
Thursday 11 March 2010
Working narratives in modern French literature and visual culture
Organised by Public and Ceremonial Events Office
Organised by Public and Ceremonial Events Office
Professor Susan Harrow, Professor of French.
Reception Room, Wills Memorial Building,
5:30pm
Since the Second World War the everyday has been a compelling topic for French culture and, consequently, for the academic discipline of French studies.
Contact Nicola Fry
on
+44 (0)117 - 928 8515 or
nicola.fry@bristol.ac.uk
Thursday 11 March 2010
Rethinking health promotion in schools: lessons from the Gatehouse Project
Organised by Social Medicine
Organised by Social Medicine
Professor Lyndal Bond: MRC Social and Public Health Sciences Unit, University of Glasgow.
Canynge Hall, 39 Whatley Road,
4:00pm
Contact Jacqueline Tonkin
on
+44 (0)117 - 9287234 or
jacky.tonkin@bristol.ac.uk
Friday 12 March 2010
Lunchtime Concert
Organised by Department of Music
Bristol Unviversity 'Hornstars' Big Band, Conducted by Tim Firmston-Williams.
Victoria Rooms,
1:15-2:00pm
There's something for everyone in this year's concert, which is set to include numbers by Maynard Ferguson, Gordon Goodwin and some NYJO charts.
Admission free - retiring collection. Please be in your seat by 1.10 p.m. at latest as latecomers cannot be admitted.
Contact Ruth Hill or Margaret Peirson
on
+44 (0)117 - 3314044 or
music-info@bristol.ac.uk
Saturday 13 March 2010
Evening Concert
Organised by Department of Music
University Choral Society and Symphony Orchestra, Conducted by John Pickard with Deborah Stoddart (Soprano), Cari Searle (Mezzo-soprano), John Upperton (Tenor), Frederick Long (Bass).
Victoria Rooms,
7:30-10:00pm
Verdi: Messa da Requiem.
Tickets: Auditorium Stalls: £10.00 (£7.00 concessions); Balcony: £15.00 (no concessions) available from 1 February from Victoria Rooms Reception and Waterstone's, Tyndall Avenue. For debit/credit card bookings, please telephone 0117 3314044 during office hours.
Contact Ruth Hill or Margaret Peirson
on
+44 (0)117 - 3314044 or
music-info@bristol.ac.uk
Sunday 14 March 2010
Special Sunday opening
Organised by The Botanic Garden
The Holmes, Stoke Park Road,
11:00am
Tours present an excellent opportunity to hear of new developments and learn about plants of seasonal interest. Further information is available
Free to friends of the garden, non-friends will be asked to make a donation.
Contact Nicholas Wray
on
+44 (0)117 331 4906 or
botanic-gardens@bristol.ac.uk
Monday 15 March 2010
Iron horse, silver bird
Organised by Public and Ceremonial Events Office
Organised by Public and Ceremonial Events Office
Professor Martyn Pavier, Professor in Mechanics of Materials.
Pugsley Lecture Theatre, Queens Building, University Walk,
5:30pm
Stories of catastrophe for trains and aeroplanes that have influenced my teaching and research.
Contact Nicola Fry
on
+44 (0)117 - 928 8515 or
nicola.fry@bristol.ac.uk
Wednesday 17 March 2010
Lunchtime Concert
Organised by Department of Music
Bristol University New Music Ensemble, Conducted by Neal Farwell.
Victoria Rooms,
1:15-2:00pm
Join us for a concert of recent music in which pictures and stories have stirred the composers' imaginations.
Admission free - retiring collection. Please be in your seat by 1.10 p.m. at latest as latecomers cannot be admitted.
Contact Ruth Hill or Margaret Peirson
on
+44 (0)117 - 3314044 or
music-info@bristol.ac.uk
Wednesday 17 March 2010
CHOMBEC Lecture
Organised by Centre for the History of Music in Britain, the Empire and the Commonwealth
Paul Harper-Scott (Royal Holloway, University of London).
Victoria Rooms,
5:15pm
Post-war women in Britten's operas.
All welcome.
Contact Ruth Hill or Margaret Peirson
on
+44 (0)117 - 3314044 or
music-info@bristol.ac.uk
Thursday 18 March 2010
Amaze the neighbours! - large and unusual perennials
Organised by The Botanic Garden
Roger Turner.
School of Biological Sciences, Woodland Road, Bristol, BS8 1UG,
7:30pm
This talk will highlight tall architectural, foliage and other plants on a monthly basis throughout the year. Roger will conclude with examples of attractive plant associations to be found in the gardens of Piet Oudolf. Further information is available
Free to friends of the garden, £3 to non-friends.
Contact Nicholas Wray
on
+44 (0)117 331 4906 or
botanic-gardens@bristol.ac.uk
Thursday 18 March 2010
Surgical trial: a case for the defence?
Organised by Social Medicine
Organised by Social Medicine
Dr Jonathan Cook, Health Services Research Unit, University of Aberdeen.
Canynge Hall, 39 Whatley Road,
4:00pm
Contact Jacqueline Tonkin
on
+44 (0)117 - 9287234 or
jacky.tonkin@bristol.ac.uk
Tuesday 23 March 2010
Listening - a radical pedagogy
Organised by Graduate School of Education
Professor Bronwyn Davies (Professorial Research Fellow, University of Melbourne and Visiting Benjamin Meaker Professor with The University of Bristol).
Graduate School of Education,
5:00-6:00pm
Familiar concepts of listening, such as listening for meaning, or listening to judge the correctness of the other's understanding, or even listening in order to know the identity of the other, are integral to the habitual repetitions through which everyday pedagogy is practiced. Further information is available
Free event but please book for catering purposes.
Contact Lucy Stephens
email: lucy.stephens@bristol.ac.uk
Wednesday 24 March 2010
Walking for well being in the West - a multi disciplinary community based intervention
Organised by the Department of Exercise, Nutrition and Health Sciences
Organised by the Department of Exercise, Nutrition and Health Sciences
Professor Nanette Mutrie (Strathclyde University).
ENHS Lecture Room, Centre for Sport, Exercise and Health, Tyndall Avenue,
12:00pm
Part of our Spring Term Visiting Speaker Series. Further information is available
This event if free and open to all. No prior booking is necessary, though seating is limited.
Contact Jodie Hooper
on
+44 (0)117 - 331 1107 or
jodie.hooper@bristol.ac.uk
Thursday 25 March 2010
Environmental and genetic influences on obesity and type 2 diabetes mellitus
Organised by Social Medicine
Organised by Social Medicine
Dr. Paul Franks: Department of Public Health and Clinical Medicine, Umea University, Sweden.
Canynge Hall, 39 Whatley Road,
4:00pm
Contact Jacqueline Tonkin
on
+44 (0)117 - 9287234 or
jacky.tonkin@bristol.ac.uk
April 2010
Wednesday 14 April 2010 -
Friday 16 April 2010
20th century music and politics
Organised by Department of Music
Victoria Rooms,
9:00am
This conference offers the opportunity to explore the diverse ways in which music has been both explicitly and implicitly politicised during the 20th century and beyond. Sponsored by BIRTHA and the RMA. Further information is available
Registration details available on the conference website.
Contact Samantha Barlow
email: sam.barlow@bristol.ac.uk
Wednesday 21 April 2010
Lunchtime Concert
Organised by Department of Music
Bristol University Loudspeaker Orchestra, Curated by Neal Farwell.
Victoria Rooms,
1:15-2:00pm
Sonic Voyages: mixing and metaphors. A concert of sound-art.
Admission free - retiring collection. Please be in your seat by 1.10 p.m. at latest as latecomers cannot be admitted.
Contact Ruth Hill or Margaret Peirson
on
+44 (0)117 - 3314044 or
music-info@bristol.ac.uk
Saturday 24 April 2010 -
Sunday 25 April 2010
Imagining Astrology: Painted schemes and threads of the soul
Organised by Departments of Historical Studies and History of Art
Organised by Departments of Historical Studies and History of Art
Lecture Theatre 2, School of Chemistry, Cantock's Close,
10:15am
Registration details available on the conference website.
Contact Samantha Barlow
on
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