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xc Annual Report of the Delegacy department of old testament studies The Reverend Professor Ackroyd gave the Presidential address on 'Theological Geography' upon his inauguration as President of the Society for Old Testament Studies in January He lectured to the Oxford Society of Historical Theology the Hort Society Durham University Lightfoot Society on 'The Temple Vessels-a Continuity Theme of Old Testament Religion' and he also addressed the Becken- ham Historical Society and the International Bible Reading Association Professor Ackroyd attended the International Congress of Learned Societies in the Field of Religion in Los Angeles from September 1st to th and read paper on 'Pluriformity and Uniformity in Old Testa- ment theological thinking' he then went to Toronto University as Visiting Professor in the Department of Near Eastern Studies from September to December 1972 IV PUBLIC LECTURES michaelmas term 1971 Public lectures during the term were as follows English 'Chaucer's Three P's Pandarus Pardoner and Poet' by Professor Ε Donaldson French 'Proust and Painting' lecture in the Faculty of Arts to inaugurate the New Lecture Theatre by Professor Cocking Laws 'The Growth of International Law' an inaugural lecture in the Chair of International Law by Professor Sir Francis Vallat 'Defam- ation Privacy and Free Speech' Special University Lecture by Professor Fleming James Mathematics 'Relativity' lecture in the Faculty of Science to in- augurate the New Lecture Theatre by Professor Hermann Bondi Two Special University Lectures by Professor J-P Serre 'Points of Finite Order of Elliptic Curves' Modern Greek and Byzantine History 'Byzantium and Greece' an inaugural lecture in the Koraes Chair of Modern Greek and Byzantine History by Professor Nicol Spanish and Portuguese 'Literature versus History some problems