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Cambridge in America hopes you will join us for

Cambridge in America Day 2010
New York City

a thought-provoking program featuring
notable Cambridge academics and alumni from both sides of the Atlantic. 

CUNY Graduate Center
365 Fifth Avenue
New York City

Date: Saturday, March 20, 2010

Time: 2:00 pm - 7:00 pm

Registration Fee: $25 / person

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2:00 pm - Registration opens
2:30 pm - First speaker
3:15 pm - Coffee break
3:45 pm - Second speaker
4:30 pm - Panel discussion
5:30-7:00 pm - Drinks & hors d'oeuvres 

Professor Charles Melville
Persian Miniature Painting, Epic Poetry and the Internet

One thousand years ago, the Persian poet Ferdowsi completed his Shahnama or 'Book of Kings', which narrates the ancient legends of Iran and the history of the Persian Empire and has remained a symbol of what it means to be Iranian.

Professor Charles Melville read Arabic & Persian at Pembroke College, Cambridge (1969-72). He later worked as a research assistant on a project investigating historical earthquakes in Iran (1974-82) which became the subject of his PhD dissertation (Cambridge, 1978). He was appointed lecturer in Islamic and Middle Eastern Studies at Cambridge in 1984 and a Fellow of Pembroke College the following year.

Professor Andy Parker
To Infinity and Beyond: the Search for New Physics at the Large Hadron Collider

This lecture will describe the science aims and current status of the ATLAS experiment at the Large Hadron Collider, at CERN in Geneva. It will focus on searches for new particles and exotic physics like extra space dimensions and black holes.

Professor Andy Parker is the leader of the Cambridge High Energy Physics Group at the Cavendish Laboratory. He came to Cambridge in 1989 after a time at CERN in Geneva. He holds a PhD from the University of London, and an MA from Oxford. He is a Professor of High Energy Physics and a Professorial Fellow at Peterhouse.

Professor Catharine R. Stimpson
Moderator

Professor Stimpson became Dean of New York University's Graduate School of Arts and Science in January 1998 after directing the MacArthur Foundation Fellows program for four years. She has authored a novel, books on feminism and the work of Gertrude Stein, and over 150 monographs, essays, stories and reviews in publications like The Nation and The New York Times Book Review. Stimpson has won Fulbright and Rockefeller Humanities Fellowships and was educated at Bryn Mawr College; Newnham College, Cambridge; and Columbia University.

We hope you will join us for an afternoon of engaging talks, lively conversation and the opportunity to reconnect with new and old friends alike!