City Events March 2014
-
Mar
4
Tuesday
City Opera Ensemble: Hansel and Gretel
Concerts
Public
The City Opera Ensemble returns this year with a performance of Engelbert Humperdinck’s opera Hansel and Gretel.
-
Mar
5
Wednesday
The shifting landscape of Article 8
Seminars
Public; Staff; Students; Academics
Part of the City Law School research seminar series, with Professor Tanya Aplin (King's College London)
-
Mar
5
Wednesday
Department of Music Research Seminar, Martin Stokes
Seminars
Public
Martin Stokes (King's College London) will discuss Issues of Love and Justice in Music
-
Mar
6
Thursday
Energy Regulation since Privatisation
Seminars
Public
Part of the Sectoral Regulation and Competition Seminars 2014 with Tim Tutton (Imperial College)
-
Mar
6
Thursday
Enhancing Language and Learning in Children and Adolescents with Speech, Language and Communication Needs
Lectures
Public
Victoria Joffe is Associate Dean for taught postgraduate studies and internationalisation in the School of Health Sciences, and Professor in the Enhancement of Child and Adolescent Language and Learning in the Division of Language and Communication Science at City University London.
-
Mar
8
Saturday
Toronto Alumni Reception
Alumni Events
Alumni; Prospective Postgraduates; Prospective Undergraduates
City University and Cass Business School are pleased to invite all alumni to an evening reception in Toronto.
-
Mar
10
Monday
Current problems of the Companies Act (2006) through the eyes of a foreign commentator
Seminars
Staff; Students; Academics
Part of the City Law School research seminar series, with Professor Alexander Schall (Leuphana Universität Lüneburg).
-
Mar
11
Tuesday
-
Mar
12
Wednesday
The Hollywood Producer and Human Rights
Lectures
Public
Taking his touchstone from stakeholders as diverse as medical academia, animal liberation, neoclassical economics, political economy, and environmentalism, Miller will interrogate the significance of public subvention of Hollywood.
-
Mar
12
Wednesday
The Scottish independence referendum: an international law perspective
Seminars
Staff; Students; Alumni; Academics
Part of the International Law and Affairs Group (ILAG) seminar series, with Dr Jure Vidmar (Oxford University).
-
Mar
12
Wednesday
The Scottish independence referendum: an international law perspective
Seminars
Staff; Students; Academics
-
Mar
12
Wednesday
NGOs: A New History of Transnational Civil Society
Launches
Public
book launch for Dr Thomas Davies’ NGOs: A New History of Transnational Civil Society
-
Mar
12
Wednesday
Executive Stock Option Backdating
Seminars
Public
Part of the Department of Economics seminar series, with Prof. Vicky Henderson (Warwick University)
-
Mar
12
Wednesday
Department of Music Research Seminar, John Rink
Seminars
Public
With John Rink (University of Cambridge)
-
Mar
12
Wednesday
ICL Talk March 2014: How To Know Where Failure Will Be OK
Public
Join us for what promises to be a facinating insight into into the process of finding your dream job
-
Mar
12
Wednesday
Stockholm Masterclass with Panel Debate and Alumni Reception
Seminars
Staff; Students; Alumni; Prospective Postgraduates; Prospective Undergraduates; Academics
City University London and Sir John Cass Business School are pleased to invite all alumni to a masterclass and panel debate presented by Anna Faelten, Deputy Director, M&A Research Centre, in Stockholm
-
Mar
13
Thursday
Telecoms Competition; the UK 4G Auctions
Seminars
Public
Part of the Sectoral Regulation and Competition Seminars 2014 with Geoffrey Myers (Ofcom)
-
Mar
17
Monday
Masterclasses and Alumni Reception in Munich
Seminars
Staff; Students; Alumni; Prospective Postgraduates; Prospective Undergraduates; Academics
Finance Masterclass with Dr Dirk Nitzsche or a Marketing Masterclass with Dr Rhiannon MacDonnell.
-
Mar
18
Tuesday
Rail Regulation
Seminars
Public
Part of the Sectoral Regulation and Competition Seminars 2014 with John Larkinson, Office of Rail Regulation
-
Mar
18
Tuesday
One Player: Stephane Ginsburgh
Concerts
Public
Stephane Ginsburgh presents a concert of new works for piano and electronics.
-
Mar
19
Wednesday
EU Law and the potential of democratic anxiety
Seminars
Staff; Students; Academics
Part of the Institute for the Study of European Law (ISEL) seminar series, with Professor Damien Chalmers (LSE).
-
Mar
19
Wednesday
Lunchtime Concert: Jennifer Lee (piano)
Concerts
Public
Programme includes works by Ravel and Chopin.
-
Mar
19
Wednesday
In-work Benefits and Human Well-Being: A Randomized Controlled Trial
Seminars
Public
Part of the Department of Economics seminar series, with Professor Andrew Oswald (Warwick University)
-
Mar
19
Wednesday
Scotland's independence and EU Membership
Panel Discussions
Public
Leading constitutional experts debate Scotland's independence and its implications for EU membership
-
Mar
19
Wednesday
Edwards Lecture 2014 with Professor Zhores Alferov (Nobel Laureate, Physics, 2000)
Lectures
Public; Staff; Students; Alumni; Prospective Postgraduates; Prospective Undergraduates; Academics
THIS LECTURE HAS BEEN POSTPONED.
-
Mar
20
Thursday
Can Western consumers really help development by buying ‘world music’?
Seminars
Staff; Students; Alumni; Academics
Part of the Centre for Law, Justice and Journalism Research Seminar Series, with Professor Andy Pratt
-
Mar
20
Thursday
Health Regulation and Competition 1
Seminars
Public
Part of the Sectoral Regulation and Competition Seminars 2014 with Catherine Davies, Executive Director, Cooperation and Competition Panel
-
Mar
20
Thursday
-
Mar
20
Thursday
Masterclass and Alumni Reception in Amsterdam
Seminars
Staff; Students; Alumni; Prospective Postgraduates; Prospective Undergraduates; Academics
City University London and Sir John Cass Business School are pleased to invite all alumni to a masterclass presented by Prof Thorsten Beck, followed by an alumni reception in Amsterdam.
-
Mar
22
Saturday
Teaching Legal Ethics workshop: Responding to the LETR
Workshops
Public
This day-long workshop is designed to encourage debate about the most effective ways in which we might respond to recommendations 6 and 7 of the Legal Education and Training Review.
-
Mar
22
Saturday
Bar Professional Training Course Open Day
Open days
Students; Prospective Postgraduates
Visit City to learn more about the Bar Professional Training Course (BPTC).
-
Mar
24
Monday
Business Journalism in the Digital Age
Lectures
Public
With Gerard Baker, Managing Editor, The Wall Street Journal and Editor-in-Chief, Dow Jones & Company
-
Mar
25
Tuesday
Are there really two sides to every story for science journalists?
Panel Discussions
Public; Staff; Students; Alumni; Prospective Postgraduates; Prospective Undergraduates; Academics
A special panel debate chaired by Fiona Fox of the Science Media Centre it will ask whether it is time for journalists to rewrite the ethical rulebook and simply acknowledge a few scientific truths.
-
Mar
25
Tuesday
City University Experimental Ensemble
Concerts
Public
City's newest student ensemble performs a concert of experimental music.
-
Mar
26
Wednesday
The 4th annual Postgraduate Research Symposium 2014
Conferences
Public
This event provides the opportunity for Doctoral students to present findings from their work to a supportive audience.
-
Mar
26
Wednesday
Celebrity Politics
Lectures
Public
Mark Wheeler will contend that celebrity politicians and politicised stars should be defined by their ‘affective capacity’ to operate within the public sphere.
-
Mar
26
Wednesday
Psychology seminar - Greg Maio
Public
Part of the Department of Psychology’s External Speaker Seminar Series
-
Mar
26
Wednesday
Lunchtime Concert: Annie Yim (piano)
Concerts
Public
Programme includes works by Schubert and Debussy
-
Mar
26
Wednesday
Finance and Poverty: Evidence From India
Seminars
Public
Part of the Department of Economics seminar series, with Prof Thorsten Beck (Cass Business School)
-
Mar
26
Wednesday
Environmental law 101: why environmental law matters
Public
An introduction to environmental Law, with Ned Westaway, barrister at Francis Taylor Building and City alumnus.
-
Mar
26
Wednesday
Johannesburg Alumni Reception
Alumni Events
Alumni
City University and Cass Business School Alumni are warmly invited to attend a reception in Johannesburg hosted by Professor Dinos Arcoumanis, Deputy Vice-Chancellor (Research and International).
-
Mar
27
Thursday
Environmental Regulation
Seminars
Public
Part of the Sectoral Regulation and Competition Seminars 2014 with Ronan Palmer, The Environment Agency
-
Mar
27
Thursday
Hopes and Fears for US Mediation in the Israeli-Palestinian Conflict
Lectures
Public
Part of the Olive Tree Forum
-
Mar
27
Thursday
Mixing it up - how debut novelist Melissa Bailey blended genres to her advantage in her novel The Medici Mirror
Public
City University London invites author Melissa Bailey to discuss The Medici Mirror
-
Mar
31
Monday
Hospitality in the health service: a return to basics!
Seminars
Public
Using hospitality as a conceptual frame Professor Muir-Cochrane will explore the role of the host (mental health staff) and guest/stranger (service user) in acute psychiatric inpatient units and reflect on current evidence about what is happening in psychiatric units and how we can improve services users’ by getting back to basics.
-
Mar
31
Monday
Masterclasses and Alumni Reception in Frankfurt
Seminars
Staff; Students; Alumni; Prospective Postgraduates; Prospective Undergraduates; Academics
Finance Masterclass with Dr Dirk Nitzsche or a Marketing Masterclass with Prof. Vincent Mitchell.