The University offers a large number of lectures, seminars, and other events, many of which are free of charge, to members of the University and others who are interested. Details can be found on Faculty and Departmental websites, and in the following resources.
The What’s On website (http://www.admin.cam.ac.uk/whatson/) carries details of exhibitions, music, theatre and film, courses, and workshops, and is searchable by category and date. Both an RSS feed and a subscription email service are available.
Talks.cam (http://www.talks.cam.ac.uk/) is a fully searchable talks listing service, and talks can be subscribed to and details downloaded.
Brief details of upcoming events are given below.
Department of Chinese |
Chuan Lyu Lectures, 2013: Professor Chen Kuo-tung will lecture on British records, Taiwanese history: the English East India Company in Taiwan, 1670–1686, on 13 May 2013 and Beautiful island, inhospitable shores: British ship-wreckers,impressions of Taiwan, 1841–1842, on 15 May 2013 |
http://www.ames.cam.ac.uk/news_events/chuan-lyu-lectures-2013.htm |
Mathematics |
Rouse Ball Lecture, 2013: The quandary of the quark, by Professor Christine Davies, on 21 May 2013 at 12 noon |
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Mongolia and Inner Asia Studies Unit |
Research seminars are held fortnightly on Tuesdays; next seminar: Political boundaries: watchdog media and the state in China and Russia, by Maria Repnikova, on 7 May 2013 |
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Centre for Research in the Arts, Social Sciences, and Humanities |
In defence of optimism, by Gareth Evans, Humanitas Visiting Professor in Statecraft and Diplomacy, 2013 – lectures on 8, 10, and 13 May, and symposium on 14 May 2013 |