Food, Glorious Food!
Dr Richard Parmee 'X-Rays and Food Safety'
Dr Richard Parmee 'X-Rays and Food Safety'
Dr Melissa Calaresu lecturing on Food and Cultural History
Dr Melissa Calaresu lecturing on Food and Cultural History
Dining Hall set for a Formal Hall Dinner
Dining Hall set for a Formal Hall Dinner
The 2022 Darwin College Lecture Series took as its theme, food. As is the norm for these lectures, the topic was approached from a wide range of disciplinary perspectives drawing on climate science, archeology, history, economics, chemical engineering and veterinary science among other subjects. Each of our speakers also highlighted the importance and value of crossing disciplinary boundaries in research when addressing questions around food and, in several cases, brought together experience, knowledge and analytical tools from one discipline and applying them to another.
Several of the lecturers explored the interface between research,
policy (and in some cases politics) and the practical actions and
decisions made by individuals, governments and companies. It was a fascinating journey, highlighting both enormous global
challenges, but also great opportunities for innovation, individual
actions and the vital role research can play in ensuring we can feed the world without destroying our planet.
This year our catering team took on the ambitious task of theming the Formal Hall dinners that follow the lectures to fit with each topic covered. We warmly thank Ivan Higney, Catering
Manager, and his team for their innovation and ambition applied
to creating a delicious and varied menu for us each week.
We are indebted to the organisers of this series: Dr Miguel Anaya
– a physicist and Research Fellow at Darwin (who proposed the
theme), Dr T J Young – a glaciologist at the Scott Polar Research
Institute and Post-Doctoral Research Associate at Darwin, and Dr
John Nilsson-Wright - Associate Professor in Modern Japanese
Politics and International Relations and a Fellow of the College.
For the first time all the lectures were livestreamed, enabling a
global audience to join us live. Of course, these lectures would not be possible without the help of a wide range of volunteers and staff, including the College Registrar Janet Gibson who is such a linchpin for the Lecture Series.
Finally we are most grateful to our audience – we do it for you and you make it worthwhile for us.
2023 Darwin College Lecture Series
'Isolation'
20 January Adrian Kent The Closeting of Secrets
27 January Amy Nethery The isolation of asylum seekers
3 February Anil Seth Isolating Consciousness
10 February Jane Francis Antarctica: isolated continent
17 February Philip Jones Isolation and trapping using optical Tweezers
24 February Arik Kershenbaum Are we alone in the universe
3 March Heonik Kwon The self-imposed isolation of North Korea
10 March Amrita Narlikar Isolation in International Relations
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