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Seminars, talks & public lectures in 2012
| Dates | Title | Details | Venue | Contact |
| 06 Feb | Vintage condom dress competition | Organised by HAICU. Prizes: Cavendish vouchers. Music by: Craig De Sousa. Winning team will be featured in Vintage Lifestyle Magazine. More... | Jameson Plaza, 12h40 | Lucina Reddy 021 650 1006 |
| 06 Feb | Black Zion: the story of Africa's Black Jews, by Prof Tudor Parfitt | Tudor Parfitt is Professor of Modern Jewish Studies at the School of Oriental & African Studies, University of London. | Auditorium, SA Jewish Museum, Gardens, 20h00 | Janine Blumberg 021 650 3062 |
| 07 Feb | Urban slum child mortality & the effect of water & sanitation on child mortality, by Prof Ken Hill | Two Actuarial Science Department Demography Seminars. More... | LS4C, Leslie Social Sciences Bldg, Upper Campus, 13h00 - 15h00 | Zerina Matthews 021 650 5475 |
| 07 Feb | Bible, race & the evolution of black Jews in America & Africa, by Prof Tudor Parfitt | Faculty Seminar: Tudor Parfitt is Professor of Modern Jewish Studies at the School of Oriental & African Studies, University of London, where he is the Founding Director of the Centre for Jewish Studies. | Beit Midrash, Kaplan Centre, 15h00 | Janine Blumberg 021 650 3062 |
| 08 Feb | Mapping Africa's Mammals: The ADU's Newest Atlas Project | Zoology Departmental Seminar. | Zoology Museum, Level 3, John Day Bldg | Richard Sherley 021 650 5073 |
| 08 Feb | Managing cross-cultural communication, by Barry Maude | GSB Research Seminar. | Syndicate Rm 1, GSB, Breakwater Campus, Greenpoint, 13h00 - 14h00 | Tamlyn Mawa 021 406 1441 |
| 09 Feb | Fertility decline in SA: end of the 1st transition or beginning of the 2nd transition?, by Dr Michel Garenne | Actuarial Science Department Demography Seminar. More... | LC2A, The Nedbank Rm, Leslie Commerce Bldg, Upper Campus, 13h00 - 14h00 | Zerina Matthews 021 650 5475 |
| 13 Feb | The potential relationships between teaching with technologies & higher order cognitive skills improvement, by Prof Victor Mbarika | Prof Mbarika will obtain pedagogically insightful answers to the question of whether the use of technologies for teaching & learning improves students' higher order cognitive skills. Sign up. | CHED Boardroom, Hlanganani Bldg, 12h30 - 14h00 | Adena Jooste |
| 14 Feb | Uncertainty, Randomised Mixture Models & Interest Rates, by Dr Andrea Macrina & Ms Priyanka Parbhoo | Mathematical Finance Research Seminar. More... | LC4A, Level 4, Leslie Commerce Bldg, Upper Campus, 12h00 - 13h30 | Zerina Matthews 021 650 5475 |
| 14 Feb | Jewish choral music through the ages, by Dr Stephen Muir | A lecture presented by the Kaplan Centre for Jewish Studies & Research. | Auditorium, SA Jewish Museum, Gardens, 20h00 | Janine Blumberg 021 650 3062 |
| 15 Feb | Resources-Limited Systems, by Dr Andrea Macrina | Mathematical Finance Research Seminar. More... | Menzies 12, Menzies Bldg, Upper Campus, 08h00 - 09h30 | Zerina Matthews 021 650 5475 |
| 15 Feb | An Actuarial Experience, by Ms Manuela Schaller | Mathematical Finance Research Seminar. More... | Menzies 12, Menzies Bldg, Upper Campus, 09h00 - 09h30 | Zerina Matthews 021 650 5475 |
| 16 Feb | Coproducing race: genealogy & the genomic archive in SA, by Katharina Schramm | Seminar, hosted by the Institute of Humanities in Africa (HUMA). More... | HUMA Seminar Rm, 4th floor, Oppenheimer Institute Bldg, Upper Campus, 13h00 - 14h30 | Heather Maytham 021 650 4592 |
| 17 Feb | Rethinking Thinking: Modernity's Other & the Transformation of the University | Prof Howard Richards, of the PASCAL International Observatory in Chile, will be the guest of CITANDA, CEG & the Faculty of Commerce Transformation Committee. | African Studies Gallery, 12h45, followed by discussion at 14h00 | Carolyn McGibbon 021 650 4551 |
| 20 Feb | HUMA Book Lunch: "The Humanist Imperative in SA" | John de Gruchy in conversation with John Higgins & Jaco Barnard. More... | HUMA Seminar Rm, 4th floor, Oppenheimer Institute Bldg, Upper Campus, 13h00 - 14h30 | Heather Maytham 021 650 4592 |
| 21 Feb | Is it Rational to Trust?, by Dr Jeremy Wanderer | Philosophy Society Meeting. | Lecture Theatre 2, Humanities Bldg, 20h00 | Liz Gubb 021 650 3316 |
| 22 Feb | Strategy, bad & good, by Trevor Williams | "How can the mind distinguish?". GSB Research Seminar. More... | Boardroom 1, GSB, Breakwater Campus, Greenpoint, 13h00 - 14h00 | Tamlyn Mawa 021 406 1441 |
| 23 Feb | The culture of boxing in Accra, West Africa based on the 1950's newspapers Drum & Sunday Mirror, by Jan Dunzendorfer | Seminar, hosted by the Institute of Humanities in Africa (HUMA). More... | HUMA Seminar Rm, 4th floor, Oppenheimer Institute Bldg, Upper Campus, 13h00 - 14h30 | Heather Maytham 021 650 4592 |