5 October. Duncan Bell, Centre of International Studies, Cambridge, ‘The idea of America in Victorian Imperial Thought’
Duncan’s research focuses currently on two main areas. Firstly, he is interested in eighteenth and nineteenth century British intellectual history, especially ideologies of empire and imperialism, and theoretical visions of international politics in general. His work in this area is part of a long-term project to explore the multiple ways in which thinkers of past generations have reflected on the convoluted processes of ‘globalisation.’ Secondly, he works on various issues in contemporary international political theory, including questions relating to realism, globalisation theory, memory and identity, and popular culture and political thought. dsab2@cam.ac.uk

19 October. Nasser Hussain, Department of Law, Jurisprudence and Social Thought, Amherst MA, ‘Palimpsest: Guantanamo’
Assistant Professor of Law, Jurisprudence and Social Thought and History. Nasser has a B.A. from Yale University and both an M.S. and a Ph.D. from the University of California at Berkeley. He teaches courses on Law and Historical Trauma, Legal Categories and Cultural Forms, and the Luce Seminar on Law, God and Modernity. Has published The Jurisprudence of Emergency – which explores the intricate and delicate relationship between the concepts of a rule of law and emergency. nhussain@amherst.edu

2 November. Jon Binnie, Institute for Culture, Gender and the City, Manchester Metropolitan University, ‘Rethinking queer globalization: interdisciplinary agendas’
Jon’s academic interests are: Sexuality and space; Sexual citizenship; Globalization of sexuality; Geographies of cosmopolitanism; Citizenship Geographies. Has recently published The globalisation of sexuality. J.Binnie@mmu.ac.uk

16 November. Stuart Basten, CAMPOP, Cambridge, ‘Smallpox inoculation strategies in late-Georgian Newcastle-upon-Tyne: Foucauldian or Unitarian?’
A PhD student working on the demography of infancy in late-Georgian northern England. While the primary goal of his work is to compute robust estimates of infant and early childhood mortality in urban and rural areas, he has found that these figures need to be set in a context of the ‘infant and maternal experience’ of the time. As such, he is concentrating on the ‘administration of the demographic experience’ and aspects of paediatric and obstetric care. He is particularly interested in discovering the extent to which religious and secular concerns provided a motivation to individuals and institutions to develop various strategies of both administration and medical care. sab64@cam.ac.uk.

All are welcome. Seminars are held at 4.15 in Room 101 of the Hardy Building, Downing Site. Details for finding this place are at http://www.geog.cam.ac.uk/contacts/directions/.

Gerry Kearns, July 2005. gk202@hermes.cam.ac.uk