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December 2011
Advent Carol Service
1 December, 2011 - 14:41
The annual Advent Carol Service, with seasonal music and readings, takes place this Sunday (4 December) at 6.30pm at St Mark's Church on Barton Road.
November 2011
Tutorial Christmas Party
28 November, 2011 - 12:28
The Wolfson Tutors herald Christmas in style with the annual Tutorial Christmas Party in the Club Room this Wednesday (30 November) from 6.00 to 7.30pm. Free seasonal food & drink! This is a family-friendly event, with partners and children welcome. Look forward to seeing you there!
Wolfson's first Vice-President
28 November, 2011 - 12:23
Captain Norman Hilken Mr Peter Hilken, son of Captain Norman Hilken, will describe his father's journey from retirement as a naval officer to becoming the first Vice-President of Wolfson (then University) College at a talk on Thursday 1 December at 1.00pm in the Combination
Music & Madeira
28 November, 2011 - 09:17
Cambridge University Brass Band will perform a selection of 'Brass Classics for Christmas' at the next Music & Madeira evening on Tuesday 29 November.
Lunchtime recital
25 November, 2011 - 09:17
Photo credit: Sioux Jordan Electronic music artist Stuart Russell will give the Wolfson Music Society Lunchtime Recital on Saturday 26 November (1.30pm, Lee Hall) with a performance of his own compositions, with visuals, on laptop, hardware synthesizers, samplers an
Physics informing Biology
23 November, 2011 - 17:47
Wolfson College Science Society Professor Jane Clarke, of the Department of Chemistry, will be the guest speaker at the next meeting of the http://www.wolfson
Lunchtime seminar
22 November, 2011 - 11:43
Wolfson PhD student, Vojtech Olle, from the Department of Engineering, will consider 'The importance of cheap and reliable optical sources capable of short pulse and high power generation' at this week's Lunchtime Seminar. Wednesday 23 November, 1.00pm, OCR. Please bring your lunch; tea & coffee provided. All welcome! Abstract: The development of the laser was one of the most remarkable technical achievements of the 20th century and it has had a direct influence on much of modern life.
Michaelmas Term Concert
21 November, 2011 - 09:13
Wolfson College Choir and Chamber Singers, conducted by Director of Music Lynette Alcántara, will offer a programme of music from the Victorian era to commemorate the 150th anniversary of the death of Prince Albert of Saxe-Coburg and Gotha on
Women in the Belle Epoque
15 November, 2011 - 14:32
Dr Felicia Gordon, Senior Research Fellow at Anglia Ruskin University, is the guest speaker at this week's Lunchtime Seminar, with a paper entitled 'Ambition and Decorum: women's entry into the professions in Belle Époque France'. Wednesday 16 November, 1.00pm, OCR. Please bring your lunch; tea & coffee provided.
What is history?
14 November, 2011 - 17:59
Professor Richard J. Evans FBA This week, BBC Radio 3's The Essay is marking the 50th anniversary of the publication of E.H.
Lunchtime recital, Saturday 19 November
14 November, 2011 - 12:28
Shelley Katz Visiting Fellow, Dr Shelley Katz (piano), is the guest artist at the next Wolfson College Music Society Lunchtime Recital on Saturday 19 November at 1.30pm in the Lee Hall.
Lunchtime seminar
9 November, 2011 - 10:12
Dr Emily Bernhard Jackson, of Robinson College, will address today's Lunchtime Seminar on the subject of tango and gender. Wednesday 9 November, 1.00pm, Combination Room. Please bring your lunch; tea & coffee provided. All welcome! Abstract: At its creation, tango blurred gender boundaries. Men danced with men to become good enough to dance with women who were scarce enough to be able to perform the traditionally male activity of choosing (or not choosing!) partners.
Nurture & Nature
9 November, 2011 - 09:49
Wolfson College Science Society The guest speaker at the next meeting of the Wolfson College Science Society will be Professor S
Humanities Society
7 November, 2011 - 13:41
Professor Jonathan Haslam, of Corpus Christi College and the Faculty of History, will address the Humanities Society on the subject of "Russia's Cold War" on Tuesday 8 November at 6.00pm (refreshments from 5.45pm) in the Gatsby Room (Chancellor's Centre). All welcome!
Countercultural Studies Group
7 November, 2011 - 12:40
Wolfson Research Fellow, Dr James Riley, will address the next meeting of the Countercultural Studies Group on Friday 11 November at 4.00pm in the Gatsby Room (Chancellor's Centre). He will consider "The Bad Trip: Neo-Psychedelic Art and the 'End of the Sixties'". All welcome! Abstract: In 2003 Loog Records released Panic Movement by the American rock band, The Hiss.