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University of California Los Angeles, 31 Jan-14 Feb 1988, 1987-1988

Peierls was 'Regents' Lecturer' in the Department of Physics and also addressed an International Security Seminar. Material comprises correspondence on visit, including discussion of arms race problems and letters of thanks.
Shelfmark: MS. 11619/56/J.79
Extents: 1 file
Dates: 1987-1988
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Stanford University California, 14-15 Mar 1988, 1987-1988

Visit and seminar at Center for International Security and Arms Control (CISAC). Material comprises correspondence.
Shelfmark: MS. 11619/56/J.81
Extents: 1 file
Dates: 1987-1988
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University of Coimbra, Portugal, 10-19 May 1988, 1986-1988

Peierls received an honorary degree on 15 May 1988. Much of the correspondence is concerned with the elaborate procedural and sartorial arrangements, involving a personally-tailored cloak and gown which Peierls sometimes wore subsequently at formal occasions in Oxford.
Shelfmark: MS. 11619/56/J.82
Extents: 1 file
Dates: 1986-1988
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Landau Commemorative Conference, Tel Aviv, 6-10 Jun 1988, 1986-1988

Peierls served on the International Scientific Advisory Committee, advised on speakers, topics, etc. and spoke on 'Landau in the 1930s', published in Frontiers of Physics (Landau Memorial Conference), Pergamon Press 1990. Material comprises correspondence and manuscript text of Peierls's talk.
Shelfmark: MS. 11619/56/J.84
Extents: 1 file
Dates: 1986-1988
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Niels Bohr Institute, Copenhagen, 20 Jun 1988, 1988

Peierls gave his lecture on 'Rutherford and Bohr' in the course of a conference. Material comprises correspondence and Peierls' notes on papers or speeches given at conference.
Shelfmark: MS. 11619/56/J.85
Extents: 1 file
Dates: 1988
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Workshop on International Security and Disarmament: the role of the scientific academies, Accademia Nazionale dei Lincei, Rome, 23-25 Jun 1988, 1988

Peierls chaired a session and spoke on 'Europe and SDI'. These were annual conferences, first organised by E. Amaldi, which Peierls usually attended and addressed. Material comprises correspondence, information, participants, programme and manuscript text of Peierls's remarks.
Shelfmark: MS. 11619/56/J.86
Extents: 1 file
Dates: 1988
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University of California, Feb-Apr 1989, 1988-1989

Correspondence and arrangements relating to the following visits: University of California, Santa Barbara, 28 Feb-19 Apr 1989 University of California, Irvine, 27 Mar-14 Apr 1989 University of California, Davis, conference on 'Science and Technology in Global Conflict and Cooperation', 3-4 Mar 1989
Shelfmark: MS. 11619/56/J.90
Extents: 1 file
Dates: 1988-1989
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Conference on 'Fifty Years with Nuclear Fission', National Institute of Standards and Technology, Maryland, 26-28 Apr 1989, 1988-1989

Peierls spoke on 'Early work in Copenhagen and England'. Material comprises correspondence and manuscript of Peierls's talk.
Shelfmark: MS. 11619/56/J.91
Extents: 1 file
Dates: 1988-1989
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Second Niels Bohr Symposium on 'Global Issues in an Open World: From Confrontation to Cooperation', University of Copenhagen, 18-25 May 1989, 1988-1989

Peierls served on the advisory board. Material comprises correspondence, information, planning, participants and programme.
Shelfmark: MS. 11619/56/J.92
Extents: 1 file
Dates: 1988-1989
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Conference on 'The Role of the Scientific Academies', Accademia Nazionale dei Lincei, Rome, 4-7 Jun 1989, 1989

This was the last to be organised by E. Amaldi, who died in January 1990. Material comprises correspondence.
Shelfmark: MS. 11619/56/J.94
Extents: 1 file
Dates: 1989