Lectures

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

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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

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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.