Fri, 14 Jan 2011
From digital youth culture to extreme flooding, a new series of public lectures from newly appointed professors will be starting next week at the University of East Anglia.
The free lectures are a chance for members of the public, staff, and students to gain an insight into the research of professors who have recently been appointed.
The series of 40-minute lectures launches on January 18 with the new dean of Arts & Humanities Prof David Peters Corbett who will speak about ‘American Water: Wilderness in the mid-nineteenth century United States’.
This will be followed by a lecture from Prof Geoffrey Plank (AMS) who will present a lecture entitled ‘Feeling "Where words come from": An American Indian prophet's advice to the Quakers, 1760-2011’.
On January 25, Prof Jan Alexander (Environmental Sciences) will speak about ‘Extreme floods: a geologist's perspective’ and Prof Tracey Chapman (Biological Sciences) will speak about ‘The evolution of conflict and co-operation: flies, molecules and mating’.
On February 1, Prof Victoria Carrington (Education and Lifelong Learning) will talk about ‘Young people, digital cultures and literacies’. And on February 8, Prof Alastair Watson (Medicine) will speak about ‘Disease and the environment: medicine at the University of East Anglia’.
The series continues on February 15 with Prof John Greenaway (Political, Social and International Studies), followed by Prof Elena Kulinskaya (Computing Sciences) and Prof Julea Butt (Chemistry) on February 22.
Prof Anne Cockburn and Prof Terry Haydn (both Education and Lifelong Learning) will present lectures on March 1, followed by Prof Bill Sturges (Environmental Sciences) and Prof Andrea Munsterberg (Biological Sciences) on March 8.
Further lectures to take place in the spring and summer will be announced later in the year.
Each free event starts at 6.30pm and takes place in the Thomas Paine Study Centre Lecture Theatre. They will be followed by a drinks reception in the Thomas Paine Foyer.
For full details visit the event web page or contact Briony McArdle on 01603 593978.
The series of 40-minute lectures launches on January 18 with the new dean of Arts & Humanities Prof David Peters Corbett who will speak about ‘American Water: Wilderness in the mid-nineteenth century United States’.
This will be followed by a lecture from Prof Geoffrey Plank (AMS) who will present a lecture entitled ‘Feeling "Where words come from": An American Indian prophet's advice to the Quakers, 1760-2011’.
On January 25, Prof Jan Alexander (Environmental Sciences) will speak about ‘Extreme floods: a geologist's perspective’ and Prof Tracey Chapman (Biological Sciences) will speak about ‘The evolution of conflict and co-operation: flies, molecules and mating’.
On February 1, Prof Victoria Carrington (Education and Lifelong Learning) will talk about ‘Young people, digital cultures and literacies’. And on February 8, Prof Alastair Watson (Medicine) will speak about ‘Disease and the environment: medicine at the University of East Anglia’.
The series continues on February 15 with Prof John Greenaway (Political, Social and International Studies), followed by Prof Elena Kulinskaya (Computing Sciences) and Prof Julea Butt (Chemistry) on February 22.
Prof Anne Cockburn and Prof Terry Haydn (both Education and Lifelong Learning) will present lectures on March 1, followed by Prof Bill Sturges (Environmental Sciences) and Prof Andrea Munsterberg (Biological Sciences) on March 8.
Further lectures to take place in the spring and summer will be announced later in the year.
Each free event starts at 6.30pm and takes place in the Thomas Paine Study Centre Lecture Theatre. They will be followed by a drinks reception in the Thomas Paine Foyer.
For full details visit the event web page or contact Briony McArdle on 01603 593978.
