Senior seminars

The St. Clare's Seminar Series has provided an opportunity for students to explore a stimulating range of issues and ideas. Each semester the series is linked by a common theme. Themes in previous years have included: Death and Love; Dreams and Nightmares; Creation and Inspiration; Tragedy and Love; Cultural Contests; The Sense of Place; Representing Childhood.

The City and Modern Life - Cities are an integral part of modern life. At the beginning of the nineteenth century, only 3% of the world's population lived in cities; by the end of the twentieth century this figure had risen to 47%. How has the growth of the modern city changed the way in which we live, and how do we begin to map these changes? This interdisciplinary series will explore this topic from a variety of critical and cultural perspectives.

The next seminar is given by Dr Maurice Walsh, who is a Visiting Fellow at St Antony's College, University of Oxford, and a former BBC foreign correspondent. The title of the talk is 'Fighting now underway in outskirts: The City and the Foreign Correspondent'.

February