Canterbury University Diary Jul 26-Aug 2

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SATURDAY 26 JULY
8.00 p.m. School of Music recital.
University Chamber Orchestra with the Christ Church Trio
(Oxford, UK). Admission $15, $10.
Christchurch Cathedral.

MONDAY 28 JULY
Noon Education seminar.
Taffy Davies on
Towards a sociology of universities.
Room 611.
12.30 p.m. Poetry readings by Maori poet, Robert Sullivan (Auckland
University Library).
Level 2, Central Library.
1.10 p.m. School of Music open rehearsal.
Julian Lee, Doug Caldwell, piano.
Room 205.
4.00 p.m. Linguistics seminar.
Victor Parker (Classics) on
Linguistic evidence for the Dorian invasion.
A4.

TUESDAY 29 JULY
11.15 a.m. Zoology seminar.
Dr Rudolf Diesel on
Breeding in bromeliads and snail-shells by Jamaican land crabs.
Room 703.
1.10 p.m. Philosophy seminar.
Stephen Sharp on
Is there something morally deficient about platonic love?
Room 612.
1.10 p.m. School of Music lunchtime recital.
Martyn Hentschel, violin.
Room 205. Admission $2.

WEDNESDAY 30 JULY
10.00 a.m. Computer Science seminar.
Dr Mitrovic on
SQL-Tutor: teacher in a box.
Level 3 seminar room.
11.00 a.m. Psychology seminar.
Astrid Schloerscheidt (University of St Andrews, UK) on
Electrophysiological studies of episodic memory.
Sociology Theatrette.
Noon Political Science seminar.
Professor David Stark (Columbia University and Visiting
Fellow) on
Enabling constraints: institutional sources of policy
coherence in post-socialism.
Room 441, Commerce Building.
12.10 p.m. Religious Studies Society.
Dr Gregory Booth on
From devotion to exploitation and back again: religion,
music and narrative conventions in the Hindi cinema.
A9.
1.00 p.m. Management seminar.
Toby Harfield on
Grapes, leather and paper: strategies and structures in
three New Zealand industries through a postmodern lens.
Room 233.
1.00 p.m. Geography seminar.
Richie Wood on
Personal transport: an emerging problem and the solving
of another.
Jobberns Room.
1.10 p.m. Electrical and Electronic Engineering seminar.
Graham Callander (Power Electronics consultant) on
High frequency transformer design.
Level 3 lecture theatre.
8.00 p.m. School of Music recital.
University of Canterbury Trio. Diedre Irons, Jan
Tawroszewicz, Alexander Ivashkin.
Great Anniversaries: Schubert, Brahms, Mendelssohn.
Great Hall, Arts Centre. Admission: $20, $15.

THURSDAY 31 JULY
3.00 p.m. Sociology seminar.
Dr Henry Ivarature (National Research Institute,
Papua New Guinea) on
The sandline international contract controversy in
Papua New Guinea: challenges to sovereignty,
security and state.
Sociology Theatrette.

FRIDAY 1 AUGUST
11.00 a.m. Physics and Astronomy seminar.
Mr John Longbottom (Christchurch College of Education) on
What? Why? How?: a model for making teaching decisions.
Room 701.
Noon Doing Feminist Scholarship.
Feminist scholarship at the University of Canterbury:
strategies for collaboration across departments and
disciplines? Open discussion chaired by Victoria Grace and
Rosemary Du Plessis. Julie Wuthnow, Camilla Cockerton,
Katie Pickles share their ideas.
Law Library seminar room.
2.00 p.m. Accountancy, Finance and Information Systems seminar.
Jan Bebbington (University of Dundee) on
An account of sustainability: failure success and a
reconceptualisation.
Room 635.
3.10 p.m. English seminar.
Andrew Taylor-Perry on
Echoes of Eros: a homoerotic interpretation of Sonnet 20.
Room 104.