City Events March 2012
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Mar
1
Thursday
Rioting in Greece: Responding to the economic crisis
Seminars
Public
Sociology Research Seminar Series
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Mar
1
Thursday
Shipping Law Symposium
Public
The City Law School and the Aikaterina Laskaridou Foundation, Piraeus, Greece warmly invite you to attend a symposium about current legal issues affecting the commercial operation of the shipping business
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Mar
1
Thursday
Tackling the ‘Big Data’ challenge – an interdisciplinary symposium
Seminars
Public
Tackling the challenges posed by “big data” – the growing amount of information that needs to be stored, searched, analysed and visualised in the digital age.
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Mar
1
Thursday
The Ex Post Evaluation of Infrastructure Regulators: Lessons from Middle Income and Developing Countries
Seminars
Public
Part of the Economic Regulation and Competition Seminar Series.
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Mar
2
Friday
From Microscopy to Ophthalmoscopy - new ideas for imaging the retina
Seminars
Public; Staff; Students
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Mar
6
Tuesday
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Mar
7
Wednesday
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Mar
7
Wednesday
Better Journalism in the Digital Age: seminar
Panel Discussions
Public
A seminar to discuss the findings and recommendations from Better Journalism in the Digital Age, a report by Carnegie Fellow Blair Jenkins
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Mar
7
Wednesday
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Mar
7
Wednesday
The Arab Spring: where from and where to?
Lectures
Public; Staff; Students; Alumni; Prospective Postgraduates; Prospective Undergraduates; Academics
Part of the Middle East lecture series, organised by City's Department of International Politics.
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Mar
7
Wednesday
Screening of the new feature length film - Blue Alchemy: Stories of Indigo, by Mary Lance
Public; Staff; Students
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Mar
8
Thursday
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Mar
8
Thursday
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Mar
12
Monday
Screening and discussion of Blood Ivory Smugglers (documentary about elephant poaching)
Presentations
Public; Staff; Students
Screening and discussion investigating the state of elephant poaching in Kenya
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Mar
12
Monday
Israel and the European Left: Zionists, Trotskyists and Stalinists
Lectures
Public; Staff; Students; Alumni; Prospective Postgraduates; Prospective Undergraduates; Academics
Part of the Middle East Lecture Series, organised by City's Department of International Politics.
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Mar
13
Tuesday
Evaluation of the Employment and Support Allowance
Seminars
Public; Staff; Students; Academics
Sara Dewson and Helen Stevens will present the key findings from a series of research reports by the Institute for Employment Studies published in 2010 and 2011.
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Mar
13
Tuesday
The Attorney General's Lecture at The City Law School
Lectures
Public; Staff; Students; Alumni; Academics
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Mar
14
Wednesday
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Mar
14
Wednesday
We, the walking wounded
Public
We, the Walking Wounded is a 45 minute documentary following Nader, a rejected Afghan asylum seeker as he survives in Paris without papers. This is the British première..
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Mar
14
Wednesday
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Mar
14
Wednesday
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Mar
15
Thursday
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Mar
16
Friday
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Mar
20
Tuesday
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Mar
21
Wednesday
Lunchtime Concert: City Daf and Parvaz Ensembles
Concerts
Public
Concert of Iranian percussion music
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Mar
21
Wednesday
The returns to medical R&D: the case of the UK and USA
Seminars
Public
Part of the Economics Research Seminars series
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Mar
21
Wednesday
Professionalising the profession: Translator status and the role of the professional bodies
Lectures
Public
Lecture on the professional status of translators as perceived by practitioners, their clients and the public
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Mar
21
Wednesday
Media Coverage of the Arab Revolts 2011: How was the story told?
Panel Discussions
Public
Media Coverage of the Arab Revolts 2011: How was the story told? With Jeremy Bowen, Jon Snow and Dr Zahera Harb
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Mar
22
Thursday
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Mar
22
Thursday
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Mar
23
Friday
The Maritime Law and Policy Postgraduate Research Conference 2012
Conferences
Public
The Third Annual Maritime Law and policy Conference for postgraduate students and researchers
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Mar
23
Friday
Lunchtime Concert: Ikuko Inoguchi (Piano)
Concerts
Public
includes works by Beethoven, Debussy and Messiaen.
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Mar
26
Monday
The best of times or worst of times? What lessons can we learn from Leveson and the hacking scandal?
Panel Discussions
Public; Staff; Students; Alumni; Prospective Postgraduates; Prospective Undergraduates; Academics
A panel debate hosted by City's Department of Journalism.
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Mar
28
Wednesday
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Mar
28
Wednesday
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Mar
28
Wednesday
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Mar
28
Wednesday
Investigating Multinational Corporations: where the facts are found, and the difficulties in presentation
Seminars
Public; Staff; Students; Alumni; Prospective Postgraduates; Prospective Undergraduates
With Gavin MacFadyen, Director of The Centre for Investigative Journalism
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Mar
28
Wednesday
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Mar
29
Thursday
The mobilisation of vulnerable groups. A comparison of social movements by irregular migrants, sex workers, and drug users in Europe
Seminars
Public
Sociology Research Seminar Series
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Mar
29
Thursday
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Mar
29
Thursday
City Law Alumna Network (CLAN) event
Networking Events
Alumni; Academics
CLAN is our network for female City Law School graduates. The group meets twice-yearly and provides a unique opportunity to meet like-minded solicitors, barristers and other law graduates from across the UK.
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Mar
29
Thursday
City University Chamber Choir Concert
Concerts
Public
City University London's Chamber Choir perform Magnificat by Pergolesi and Haydn's 'Little Organ' Mass
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Mar
31
Saturday
Alumni Reception, Sao Paulo
Alumni Events
Alumni; Prospective Postgraduates; Prospective Undergraduates
Alumni or prospective students currently living in Brazil are invited to a drinks reception we will be hosting in Sao Paulo as part of City's WC2 visit.