City Events October 2015
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Wednesday
Mais Lecture 2015 Mr Olivier Blanchard, IMF
Lectures
Public; Staff; Students; Alumni; Academics
Invite only event - Mais Lecture 2015, Mr Olivier Blanchard, IMF
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Oct
8
Thursday
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10
Saturday
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Oct
10
Saturday
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Oct
12
Monday
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Oct
12
Monday
Whither, whose and why TTIP?
Seminars
Public
Join City Law School experts and special guests as they debate the state of the Transatlantic Trade and Investment Partnership (TTIP) negotiations.
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Oct
13
Tuesday
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13
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Oct
14
Wednesday
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14
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Wednesday
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14
Wednesday
Ada Lovelace Day 2015 – “Are Women in Britain Frightened of Maths?”
Public; Staff; Students; Alumni; Prospective Postgraduates; Prospective Undergraduates; Academics
Prof Lis Howell, City’s Director of Broadcasting and an advocate for the positive representation of women in media, will facilitate the discussion during this stimulating event.
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Oct
15
Thursday
Current Issues in Parkinson's Disease
Public
Study day examining the current issues in Parkinson's Disease
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Oct
15
Thursday
Breakfast with Henderson Chambers with the Pupillage Advice Service
Public
Enjoy a presentation, breakfast and networking with Henderson Chambers.
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Oct
15
Thursday
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Oct
15
Thursday
Headlines from the Holy Land: reporting the Israeli-Palestinian conflict
Lectures
Public
From the Olive Tree Middle East Forum and Department of Journalism.
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Oct
19
Monday
Sustainable City Week
Fairs
Staff; Students
Join us as we celebrate City’s seventh annual green week. A variety of events and activities will be held, all aimed at encouraging students and staff to get involved and learn more about the environmental and other sustainability initiatives happening here at City and beyond.
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Oct
19
Monday
An evaluation of Protected Engagement Time in dementia care wards in England
Seminars
Public
Protected Engagement Time (PET) and how it should be implemented to achieve the best results.
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Oct
19
Monday
EntrepreneursTalk@Cass
Panel Discussions
Public
EntrepreneursTalk@Cass (in partnership with Thomson Reuters) are intimate, in-depth interviews with some of the UK’s most innovative and inspirational tech entrepreneurs. Meet them up close and personal at Cass Business School. Reuters Editor-at-Large Axel Threlfall will interview tech entrepreneur Alex Depledge and Tech City UK Chair and investor Eileen Burbidge.
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Oct
20
Tuesday
Ian Pace (Piano)
Concerts
Public
Paul Dukas’s Piano Sonata in E-flat minor (1899-1900) and the UK premiere of French composer Brice Pauset’s Étude (2011) for piano.
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Oct
21
Wednesday
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Wednesday
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Wednesday
On the Source of Human Irrationality: Bayesian Brains and the New Paradigm
Seminars
Public; Staff; Students
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Oct
21
Wednesday
An Introduction to Urban Beekeeping
Workshops
Staff; Students
Luke Dixon, our professional beekeeper, will talk about the keeping of bees in towns and cities.
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Oct
21
Wednesday
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Oct
21
Wednesday
Democracy Promotion, National Security and Strategy: Foreign Policy during the Reagan Administration
Launches
Public
Book Launch and Roundtable Event hosted by CIPS & the Department of International Politics.
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Oct
21
Wednesday
Alexis Luko (Carleton University): Ingmar Bergman's Soundtracks: The Sonatas, Screams and Silence of a Sonic Auteur
Seminars
Public
This presentation examines Bergman’s style as a "sonic auteur" and explores the vital role of the soundtrack in his films.
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Oct
21
Wednesday
Humanitarian News: changes, challenges and prospects
Lectures
Public
Join a panel of experts for a debate on how humanitarian issues are reported.
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Oct
22
Thursday
Technological applications in aphasia therapy
Seminars
Public
This presentation will briefly review the literature about technological applications in aphasia therapy.
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Oct
22
Thursday
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Oct
22
Thursday
The limits of “open": why knowledge is not a public good and what to do about it
Lectures
Public
A strong argument could be made that efforts to adopt and require Open Access and Open Data in the 21st Century research enterprise is really only a return to the 17th Century values that underpinned the development of modern scholarship. But if that’s true why does it seem so hard?
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Oct
22
Thursday
The Authorpreneur: how to build a platform and strategy for your writing that engages readers
Public
Aimed at those who would like to have their work published and earn a living from writing, The evening event looks at the reality of the modern publishing world and what is required of you as an author aside from the writing.
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Oct
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Friday
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Saturday
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28
Wednesday
Globalising Dayton: Lessons from 20 Years of Peace Implementation in Bosnia and Herzegovina
Workshops
Public
This workshop will discuss the legacies of Dayton for Bosnia and Herzegovina and consider how these legacies have also shaped global peacebuilding efforts.
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Oct
28
Wednesday
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Oct
28
Wednesday
Mechanisms of mindfulness: Insights from event-related brain potentials
Seminars
Public
A talk in the Psychology Seminar Series presented by Dusana Dorjee (Bangor University).
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Oct
28
Wednesday
Anna Morcom (Royal Holloway, University of London): Perspectives and approaches to studying music and capitalism
Seminars
Public
This talk will explore a number of ways of looking at the relationship of music and capitalism.
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Oct
28
Wednesday
To Tell you the Truth: Journalism and Ethics in a World of Toxic Information
Lectures
Public
In this first of a series of talks from EJN leaders, Aidan White explains why journalism is not free expression, how we can turn down the volume of hateful communications, and why value-based journalism is a key to responsible communications in the world at large.
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Oct
28
Wednesday
Integrity in public life: how behavioural economics can make a difference
Lectures
Public
Panel discussion to launch the MSc Behavioural Economics with The Rt Hon. Lord Gus O'Donnell, Rory Sutherland, Vice-Chairman, Ogilvy & Mather Group UK and Professor Adrian Furnham, University College London
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Oct
29
Thursday
Breakfast with Devereux Chambers
Public
Network over breakfast and listen to a presentation from Devereux Chambers on what to expect in Pupillage.
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Oct
29
Thursday
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29
Thursday
Path to Pupillage
Public
A talk on how to approach applying for Pupillage followed by a Question & Answer session.
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Oct
30
Friday
Writing seems to be only half of what’s needed of a modern author.
How do you learn to create a platform and strategy for your writing that builds interest and readers?
Join Publishing Consultant Heather O’Connell of City University and Katy Darby of Liars’ League, with author Mark Edwards, to find out as City Short Courses launches their new course, ‘The Authorpreneur’.