| If you’ll be here in 2013–14 the Ustinov Seminar Committee is now looking for Durham students, in any discipline, to give presentations for next year’s programme. There are several Saturday-morning seminars each term, with hot and cold drinks, biscuits and a buffet lunch provided. Each seminar includes three or four 20-minute presentations from a range of disciplines, typically grouped around a common theme to prompt discussion – which is as wide-ranging as it is thought-provoking. Panel sessions are arranged on occasion to draw out points for debate from different presentations. If you want to rehearse a potential conference paper, practise presentation skills in a relaxed and friendly environment, or simply enjoy introducing your research and ideas to students from various disciplines, this is your chance! The Ustinov Seminar is an interdisciplinary forum for postgrads across the university, and offers a wonderful way of meeting outside the normal departmental or subject-based circles, and to hear something about research in other fields. Click the links at the side for more details about the Seminar and its programmes since its inception in 2006. We look forward to seeing you. The Ustinov Seminar Committee | Our last seminar was Crime and Punishment on Sat 2nd March. Our next seminar is Globalisation on Sat 4th May, in Fisher House, Ustinov College at 10.30am 10:30: ‘International Rights Recognition: Just a Cosmopolitan Fantasy?’ -- Matt Hann (SGIA) 11:00:‘Splitting the UK: The Road Towards a Single European Electricity Market’ -- Sergio Roldan (School of Engineering) 11:30:Coffee break 11:45: ‘Changes in Climate and Oceanic Temperature in Southern Ocean over 1,000,000 years’ -- Dr Aurora Elmore (Geography) 12:15: ‘The Representation of Women in After-Life in Middle-Eastern and European Texts’ -- Sharihan Al-Akhras (Comparative Literature) 12:45: Lunch for all Freshly brewed coffee from 10:15 and lunch available for all participants Upcoming seminars in 2013 Globalisation Health (Theme TBC) Ustinov 10th Anniversary Seminar Showcasing Undergraduate Research |