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.
Divinity |
Tyrwhitt Lecture 2014: How Mesopotamian love literature helps to understand the Song of Songs, by Professor Martti Nissinen, at 2.30 p.m. on 19 February 2014 |
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Economics |
The Marshall Lectures 2013–14: Matching markets and market design, by Professor Alvin Roth, at 5 p.m. on 19 and 20 February 2014 |
http://www.econ.cam.ac.uk/events/seminars/ Marshall_Lecture/ |
History of Art |
Slade Lectures in Fine Art, 2013–14: Warfare, beauty, and belief: innovations from the west that changed China’s art and culture, 1500 bc – 1000 ad, by Professor Jessica Rawson, on Tuesdays at 5 p.m.; first lecture: Bridging Eurasia: the steppe, the silk road, and the sea, on 21 January 2014 |
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Institute for Manufacturing |
Babbage Lecture Series: 21st century manufacturing: innovation strategies and the role of technology extension, by Professor Philip Shapira, at 5 p.m. on 22 January 2014 |
http://www.ifm.eng.cam.ac.uk/research/brg/ babbage-lectures/ |
Mongolia and Inner Asia Studies Unit |
Research Seminars, on Tuesdays at 4.30 p.m.; first seminar: Five hundred years of flood management: environmental adaption strategies in a community in the Nepal Himalayas, by Astrid Hovden, on 21 January 2014 |