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The President’s Seminars Our speakers as in past years responded to the challenge of five broad themes chosen with the whole range of faculties and departments in mind, ‘Archives’, ‘Ageing’, ‘Hunger’, ‘Ethics’ and ‘Systems’. The President began with an account of her experiences amongst the papers and letters of her biographical subjects. She was followed later in Michaelmas by Professor Jon Austyn, who spoke of his work on dendritic cells and the potential efficacy of vaccine crystals. In Hilary we welcomed back Professor Barbara Harriss-White, who spoke on ‘Capital’ in 2011; she now discussed the difficulties besetting food production and food management in South Asia. The Development Director discussed the ethical dilemmas faced by fundraisers, and made a convincing case for social-impact investments. In our final seminar Dr Jonathan Barrett, the newly appointed Lecturer in Computer Science, discussed the possibilities and limits of quantum computing. Our research fellows and graduate students were no less interesting and entertaining. The first seminar gained a Gallic flavour when Dr Glenn Roe described the value of digital archives in studying eighteenth-century French literary culture, and Ruth Bush shed light on the archives of publishers associated with the beginnings of Francophone African literature. In subsequent seminars, speakers explored different aspects of health. Dr Mark Boyes considered the psychological harms to which poor South African adolescents are exposed; Francesca Ghillani sketched the differences in attitudes to beauty and the body found in native and migrant Italian communities; Dr Carolina Arancibia took us on a tour of the human gut; Darryl Stellmach surveyed the ways in which humanitarian organizations understand and respond to famine; Dr Omer Dushek outlined the uses of systems biology in the study of the immune system; and the Emeritus Chair of General Meeting, Andrew Cutts, gave an amusing précis of systematic reviews in Medicine. A more sombre note was struck by Dr Alexander Leveringhaus, who discussed the ethics of robotic weapons, and by Chris Malone, in his impressive analysis of our thinking about the moral wisdom of groups. Once again we thank Louise Gordon and Karl Davies for the support which ensures the smooth running of the seminars and the enjoyable dinners afterwards. We also welcomed Nisha Manocha and Christos Hadjiyiannis to the organizing group. Nisha has now completed her DPhil and has left Wolfson, to our regret, but we 111

thank her for her hard work, imperturbability, good humour and generosity of spirit. Jarad Zimbler Speakers and Sessions Michaelmas Term ‘Archives’ Professor Hermione Lee (President); Dr Glenn Roe (RF); Ruth Bush (GS) ‘Ageing’ Professor Jon Austyn (GBF); Dr Mark Boyes (RF); Francesca Ghillani (GS) Hilary Term ‘Hunger’ Professor Barbara Harriss-White (EF); Dr Carolina Arancibia (RF); Darryl Stellmach (GS) ‘Ethics’ William Conner (GBF); Alexander Leveringhaus (RF); Chris Malone (GS) Trinity Term ‘Systems’ Dr Jonathan Barrett (GBF); Dr Omer Dushek (RF); Andrew Cutts (GS) Organizers: Dr Christos Hadjiyiannis, Nisha Manocha, Dr Jarad Zimbler 112

thank her for her hard work, imperturbability, good humour and generosity of<br />

spirit.<br />

Jarad Zimbler<br />

Speakers and Sessions<br />

Michaelmas Term<br />

‘Archives’<br />

Professor Hermione Lee (President); Dr Glenn Roe (RF); Ruth Bush (GS)<br />

‘Ageing’<br />

Professor Jon Austyn (GBF); Dr Mark Boyes (RF); Francesca Ghillani (GS)<br />

Hilary Term<br />

‘Hunger’<br />

Professor Barbara Harriss-White (EF); Dr Carolina Arancibia (RF); Darryl<br />

Stellmach (GS)<br />

‘Ethics’<br />

William Conner (GBF); Alexander Leveringhaus (RF); Chris Malone (GS)<br />

Trinity Term<br />

‘Systems’<br />

Dr Jonathan Barrett (GBF); Dr Omer Dushek (RF); Andrew Cutts (GS)<br />

Organizers: Dr Christos Hadjiyiannis, Nisha Manocha, Dr Jarad Zimbler<br />

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