WHAT'S ON / EVENTS : November 2009

4 July - 29 November: A Delicate Operation
The History of Surgery in Tayside
An Exhibition at the Tayside Medical History Museum, Medical School Foyer, Ninewells Hospital
More information is available from the Museum Service webpage/

7-28 November: Preview: Grafika Polska Exhibition
6-8pm, Cooper Gallery
An exhibition of printmaking works from the Department of Printmaking, University of the Arts, Wroclaw.
The exhibition draws attention to the highly skilled processes which the individual artists are specialists in and use in their own work and teaching, including mezzotint, lithography and etching.
For more information contact: T:01382 385330 or email:exhibitions@dundee.ac.uk/

until January 2010: Visions of Discovery Image Competition - Award Ceremony and Exhibition Opening
Dalhousie Foyer, Old Hawkhill, University of Dundee
From Bacteria to Brain Tumours via Bach: from Cancer Cells to Chick Development via the Colon. Come and see an amazing showcase of fascinating images of bioscience research produced by University of Dundee researchers based in the Colleges of Life Sciences and Medicine, Dentistry and Nursing.
If you wish to attend the exhibition please RSVP to events@dundee.ac.uk.
Drinks and nibbles to be provided.
More info on the competition at http://vod.lifesci.dundee.ac.uk.

13 November: Lunchtime Concert
Dundee University Big Band
1.20pm to 1.50pm, University Chaplaincy, Cross Row
Open to all, entry free
Snack lunches available.

13 November: Scrymgeour Seminar Series
AG Eleanor Sharpston (European Court of Justice) - 'From child abduction to the European Arrest Warrant: How is the ECJ getting on with its new competences under the AFSJ?'
4pm in the Moot Court Room, Scrymgeour Building
Open to all. More information is available by contacting Lynette Findlay on l.d.findlay@dundee.ac.uk.

13 November: Armitstead Lectures
Professor Roland Paxton - 'Thomas Telford, Colossus of Roads 1757-1834'
7.30pm, D'Arcy Thompson Lecture Theatre
Ticket for all six lectures, £5.00 now available from Henderson Loggie CA, Royal Exchange, Panmure Street, Dundee
Admission for single lecture £1.50 at the door on the evening
More information: www.armitstead.org.uk.

13-14 November: NEoN Digistal Arts Festival
8.30am to 6.00pm daily, Dalhousie Building
Costs vary. For more information contact Susan Cox, e:susan.cox@scotent.co.uk.

16 November: University Challenge - staff v students
6pm in the Dalhousie Building
You are cordially invited, on behalf of the University and DUSA to attend a University Challenge style evening as part of DUSA Year of Democracy events. Questions will be set by a proper University Challenge question setter with starter and bonus questions across a range of subjects.
The quiz will be chaired by the BBC's Political Editor, Brian Taylor - who promises to be nicer than Jeremy Paxman (but not much).
Tickets are £3.00. The event will be held in aid of local charities.
Tickets are available from Online Store

17 November: British Science Association Lecture Series
Darwin and the roots of the tree of life by Professor Malcolm F. White, Centre for Biomolecular Sciences, University of St. Andrews.
7.00pm, D'Arcy Thompson (Tower) Lecture Theatre, University of Dundee
The vast diversity of life is unified by the molecules that store information: DNA and RNA, suggesting the existence of a last universal cellular ancestor (LUCA) at the root of the tree of life, some 3 billion years ago. This lecture will explore these fundamental issues in evolutionary biology and celebrate the 200th Anniversary of Charles Darwin's birth.
Lecture is free and all welcome.

19 November: Dundee Literary Salons
Live Wire - New Writing, New Voices
19 Nov, 5-7pm, DCA.
Come and hear what students from our Creative Writing classes at Dundee are up to and find out more about the exciting range of classes on offer. Tickets work on a first come, first seated basis so get there early. literarydundee@gmail.com for more info www.literarydundee.co.uk/salons.htm.

20 November: Lunchtime Concert
Kathleen White (soprano)
1.20pm to 1.50pm, University Chaplaincy, Cross Row
Open to all, entry free
Snack lunches available.

20 November: Armitstead Lectures
Professor Richard Lerski - 'Walking in the Himalayas - blisters, snow and yetis'
7.30pm, D'Arcy Thompson Lecture Theatre
Ticket for all six lectures, £5.00 now available from Henderson Loggie CA, Royal Exchange, Panmure Street, Dundee
Admission for single lecture £1.50 at the door on the evening
More information: www.armitstead.org.uk.

21 November: Annual Humanities Ball
The Annual Humanities Ball is once again being held at the Hilton Hotel. Tickets are £25 and include drink on arrival, three course meal (veggie option available), dance and free entry to the Union afterwards. Dresscode is formal. You do NOT have to be a student of Humanities to attend. Guests will arrive for the drinks reception at seven, beginning to sit down for the meal at half past. The Union have kindly arranged for buses to pick people up from the Hilton at twelve to take them to the Union.
Tickets on sale outside the Union.
More information available on the facebook page

26 November: Hi-jacked: Scots and the Contested Memory of Robert Burns- Lecture by Professor Christopher Whatley
6pm Lecture Theatre, Dalhousie Building, Old Hawkhill, University of Dundee
Up until the early 20th century, Robert Burns-related events, such as the unveiling of memorials - drew some of the biggest, most fervent crowds ever seen in Scotland. Not Beatlemania but Burnsmania. It is a fitting occasion with which to mark Scotland's national day, St Andrew's Day, on 30 November.
More information is available and tickets are available at the University's online store.

27 November: Lunchtime Concert
Pupils from St John's High School
1.20pm to 1.50pm, University Chaplaincy, Cross Row
Open to all, entry free
Snack lunches available.

30 November: Untangling the Web at Cafe Science
Event Details:7pm @ Borders Bookstore Dundee. Free entry to all.
Untangling the Web: Making Computers more Accessible to Older Adults with Prof. Vicki Hanson.
Come to Borders Starbucks Cafe to hear how research, and some great facilities, are making the internet and computers more accessible to older adults!
For more information please visit www.cafesciencedundee.co.uk/.
Contact:Jon Urch j.urch@dundee.ac.uk / 01382 386669.