Cambridge Summer School 2008
International Summer School Term I
Special Subject Courses
7 July - 1 August 2008
Classes are held on weekdays: Tues 8 to Thurs 31 July, except Fri 18 July
Group A: 9.00am - 10.15am
Group B: 11:45am - 1.00pm
Group C: 2.00pm - 3.15pm
A01/B01/C01 International politics in a global age
The academic programme
• Major plenary lecture series (Term I only): Creation
• Two or three special subject courses
• Evening lectures
Plenary lectures
The theme for our major morning plenary series this year is Creation, and lectures interpret this theme across a numberof disciplines. This series will address not only some of the more obvious interpretations of the theme (Creation and religious belief, the creation of life and the creation of the Universe), but will also explore a diverse range of ‘creations’.
Our lectures will therefore extend into areas such as law (creating ‘the law’), politics and history (creating ‘the state’ or a constitution, creating democracy, creating the news). We look at the creation of myth and of literature. ‘Creating an image’ can now refer just as easily to the more modern concepts of advertising and image-creation as to the traditional idea of the making a work of art and we can explore the difference between creation and creativity.
Titles already confirmed include:
Engineers and alchemists: the accidental makers of modern science
Unwelcome creation: how cancer cells arise
Creating peace in divided societies: can the Middle East learn from the experience of Northern Ireland?
Monday 14 July
Creation and Evolution by Professor Colin Humphreys
Wednesday 16 July
Creating peace in a divided societies. Can the Middle East learn from the experience of Northern Ireland by John Jackson
Monday 28 July
Unwelcome creation: how cancer cells arise by Professor Ron Laskey
Special subject courses
The central part of your academic programme is a range of special subject courses.
Please note: Term I courses are 17 sessions in length - there are no teaching sessions on Friday 18 July.
International politics in a global age. Julie Smith et al
This course aims to help students to understand a complex and ever-changing world. Organised into three sections, it deals respectively with problems of international security after the Cold War, the international politics and political economy of regionalism and globalisation, and the legal and institutional framework of international society. Particular attention is given to the ways in which political, strategic, economic and legal aspects of international politics interact and reinforce one another.
Evening lectures
Invited speakers and members of the University will give a varied evening lecture programme, covering a wide range of subjects of current interest and importance.
Thursday 10 July
Henslow’s legacy: Darwin ’s inheritance by Professor John Parker
Monday 21 July
Reverse engineering the violin by Professor Jim Woodhous
Important dates
Balance of payment deadline: ISS Term I Friday 21 April
Balance of payment deadline: ISS Term II Friday 25 May
Arrival and registration: ISS Term I Monday 7 July
Departure: ISS Term I Friday 1 August