1 September 2006

Lectures

My alma mater just emailed me about a couple of lecture series they're running:



Why not retain your intellectual faculties at the white-heat they enjoyed while you were at Keele!


WORLD AFFAIRS LECTURE SERIES


The World Affairs Group has drawn up an extremely stimulating series of lectures and speakers for their 2006-2007 programme. All Lectures start at 7.30 p.m. in the Westminster Theatre, Chancellor’s Building). Please note course fee below.






































































































































































September 28th


Prof
Paul Rogers


Bradford University


“A
War Too Far”



October 5th


Prof
D Stevenson


L.S.E.


War
and Peace in the 20th
Century



October 12th


Dr C
Spence


Director Middle East Studies


Chatham
House


“Iran”


October 19th


Dr D
Nussbuam


Transparency International Berlin


World Wide Corruption!


October 26th


Sir
Digby Jones


Chief Ext C.B.I.


Globalisation – Threat or Opportunity?


November 2nd


Lembit Öpik


Lib
Dem MP


Northern
Ireland


November 9th


Anas
Altikriti


Moslem Council


“Iraq” – a case point of Western
Moral and Ethical Decline


November 16th


Bruce Kent


Vice
President, Nuclear Disarmament


Getting rid of Nuclear Weapons and
War


November 23rd


Dr G
Watts


Science and Medical Author


BBC
Broadcaster


Mice, Molecules, Men. Moral Ethics and Biological
Medicine


November 30th


Prof
Alex Danchev


Nottingham University


Terror and Torture



December 7th


Prof
M Temple


Staffordshire University


Politics and the Media


December 14th


Dr
Tim Jones


Innovara, London and Amsterdam


The
World in 2026!


December 21st


Lindsay Whitehouse


Deputy Governor


Werrington Young Offenders’
Institute


Dealing with Young Offenders


January 4th


Annual Dinner



Keele Hall


Sir
Stephen Lander – Director General Serious Crime
Squad;


Former Head MI5


January 11th


Werner Sabiers


German Journalist


Germany
Today


January 18th


Prof
L Scott


Aberystwyth University


Intelligence in Crisis from Sept 11 to Iraq!


January 25th


Dr S
McKenzie


Keele University



Looting the World’s Culture
Heritage


February 1st


Dr M
Breen Smyth


Aberystwyth University


Reconstruction – Northern
Ireland, South
Africa and the Middle
East


February 8th


Dr P
Bou-Habib


Essex University


Justice for the Old and
Young


February 15th


Prof
D Dorling


Sheffield University


The
World as You Have Never Seen It Before



February 22nd


Dr M
O’Neill


Loughborough University


Immigration


March 1st


Prof
P Styles


Keele University


King
Coal is Buried but is he Dead Yet?!


March 8th



Dr P
Fysh


Nottingham Trent University


Racism in France


March 15th


Dr D
Maxwell


Keele University


Zimbabwe


March 22nd


Prof
N Wheeler



Aberystwyth University


Humanitarian Intervention


March 29th


Dr D
Dunn


Keele University


Thinking about Peace



May
3rd


Lord
Carlisle QC


House of Lords


Terrorism and Civil Liberties – Where Now and
Next?


May
10th


Dr S
Sharma


Keele University



India


May
17th


Prof
M Dando


Bradford University


Biological
Warfare




“There is
a lot of evil in mankind


And we
have to be constantly vigilant to combat it


But there
is a lot of good in mankind


And
properly nurtured it will always triumph!”


Gandhi



Course fee
£25. Pensioners £13. Unemployed and Students free. Please make cheques payable to “World
Affairs”.



Why not
try the first three lectures free of charge? This course is dedicated to the
principles of free political debate. You must, however, have the tolerance to
accept that others may hold opposite views! If you want further information,
please ring Owen Powell on 01782 534934.



INAUGURAL
LECTURE PROGRAMME




























































DATE




LECTURER



TITLE




Tuesday, 3 October 2006





Professor Matthias Klaes



An
Introduction to Commerce in Five
Aphorisms



Wednesday, 25 October 2006





Professor John Wearden



The
Perception of Time



Thursday, 9 November 2006



Professor Steve Cropper



Playing a part: on
organising and evaluating collaborative
action





Tuesday, 5 December 2006



Professor Serguei Semenov




Imagine and Discover:
medical Imaging



Tuesday, 16 January 2007



Professor Andy Dobson



Political Animals




Thursday, 1 February 2007



Professor Jo Laybourn-Parry



Antarctica – the edge of
existence




Kh


Mm
Thursday, 22 February 2007



Professor Stephen Wilkinson



Choosing Children:

the ethics of selective
reproduction



Thursday, 8 March 2007



Professor Richard Hays



Education or workforce strategies? The precarious position of medical
schools.



Tuesday, 27 March 2007



Professor Ronnie Lippens



Whither Critical Criminology?




Wednesday, 2 May 2007



Professor Chris Main



Does
the Reign of Pain fall mainly in the Brain?




Tuesday, 15 May 2007



Professor Tom Scharf



The
Extremes of Age: Challenging
Poverty, Promoting Inclusion





ALL
INAUGURAL LECTURES COMMENCE AT 6.00 p.m. IN THE
WESTMINSTER
THEATRE, CHANCELLOR’S BUILDING



Apologies
to those unable to enjoy these events due to
distance.



forever:
keele
John Easom
International Alumni Officer
Keele University, Staffordshire ST5 5BG
Tel
00 44 (0)1782 583370 Fax 584422
Moved house or job? Don't forget to let the
Alumni Office know... www.keele.ac.uk/depts/uso/alumni






The World Affiars doesn't look that interesting but some of the inaugural lectures do. If it weren't for the distance I'd seriously consider going.

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