U3A Members are welcome to attend any of the following seminars. Travel information and a map of Roehampton’s campuses with the names of buildings are available by clicking here.
Seminars with asterisks (**) have been recommended to U3A members by their respective departments. For more information, U3A members are encouraged to contact :-Dr Dustin M. Frazier Wood – Dustin.FrazierWood@roehampton.ac.uk
Social Sciences
**12 March, 1-1:50pm, Hirst 209**
‘Visions of Obamageddon: The Political Foundations of “Doomsday” Prepping in the Contemporary American Right’ – Michael Mills, University of Kent
**19 March, 1-1:50pm, Hirst 209**
‘Innovative Approaches to Asylum-Seeker Reception: Learning from the Utrecht Refugee Launchpad’ – Caroline Oliver, University of Roehampton
Centre for Research in Evolutionary, Social and Inter-Disciplinary Anthropology (CRESIDA)
8 March, 4:15-5:30pm, Whitelands G070
‘The hominin STD clinic: the ancient origins of HSV2’ – Charlotte Houldcroft, University of Cambridge
**22 March, 4:15-5:30pm, Whitelands G070**
‘How we talk and don’t talk about relatives: Cultural diversity, speaker patterns, and child acquisition of kinship terms’ – Fiona Jordan, University of Bristol
Centre for Research in Ecology, Evolution and Behaviour (CREEB)
8 March, 1-2pm, Richmond Room (1007)
‘Molecular regulation of social behaviour in insects’ – Fabio Manfredini, Royal Holloway University
15 March, 1-2pm, Richmond Room (1007)
‘Flexible social cognition and dehumanised perception’ – Lasana Harris, University College London
22 March, 1-2pm, Richmond Room (1007)
‘Causes and consequences of environmental contaminant exposure in seabirds’ – Alice Carravieri, University of Liverpool
29 March, 1-2pm, Richmond Room (1007)
‘Dispersal and biogeography in the marine deep biosphere’ – China Hanson, Queen Mary University of London
Psychology
12 March, 1-1.50pm, Whitelands G036
‘Neurophysiological mechanisms of cognitive control in anxiety’ – Jason Moser, Michigan State University
Professorial Lectures
**19 March 2018, 5pm for 5:30pm, Grove House, Portrait Room**
‘Employable Me: Career guidance for neoliberal times’ – Professor Anita Biressi, University of Roehampton, Department of Media, Culture and Language
English and Creative Writing
**14 March, 1-2pm, Fincham 001**
‘Party Girl / Part Girl / Arty Girl: experimental form and the creation of an avant-garde film-noir poem-novel’ – Tim Atkins, University of Roehampton
21 March, 1-2pm, Fincham 001
‘“It’s not someone unless it can talk! Otherwise it’s just food!” Ontological Dialogues and the Metaphysical Structures of Children’s Literature’ – Lisa Sainsbury, National Centre for Research in Children’s Literature
**28 March, 1-2pm, Fincham 001**
‘Thomas Payne’s Modest Revolution’ – David Fallon, Centre for Research in Romanticism
Department of Psychology
University of Roehampton RCTE Seminars and Events- 2017-2018
Other than the Advanced Practitioner Programme, Workshop, and Conference (which can be booked through their respective website links below) these events are free of charge to all. Please note that the seminars need to be booked through the Eventbrite link provided.
Advanced Practitioner Programme/Training in Existential-Analytic Psychotherapy and Counselling
19th April 2018 – 21st June 2018 – Summer Term 2018
Thursday Evening 6.00pm – 9.00pm (Room 2001)
