Talks
Gates Cambridge Annual Lecture 2024
A global turning point: how to escape the permacrisis: Reid Lidow, Michael Spence and Mohamed A. El-Erian
| Mon 12 February 2018 | 6:00PM - 7:00PM |
Highlight Magnetic microscopy of meteorites: probing the magnetic state of the early solar system Lecture by Professor Richard Harrison, Department of Earth Sciences, University of Cambridge. |
| 7:30PM - 9:30PM |
Cambridge Realist Workshop - Lukasz Hardt - Classical economists as advocates of economics without laws. Drinks available from 7:30 pm for 8pm start |
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| Wed 14 February 2018 | 7:00PM - 8:30PM |
Café Sci Cambridge: What does your DNA actually say about you? Can your DNA say if you love or hate Marmite, or prefer a Malbec over Merlot? Genetic testing is hitting the mainstream, but what can your DNA actually reveal about you? Join us for the first event of a lively new series of Café Sci to find out more about the real science truths, and discuss how you think genetic data should be used. |
| Thu 15 February 2018 | 9:00AM - 6:30PM |
Visions of Plague: Photographs of the third plague pandemic The exhibition showcases the founding moment in epidemic photography, presenting photographs collected and digitized from across the world by the ERC-funded project Visual Representations of the Third Plague Pandemic. The exhibition extends over all four floors of the building. |
| 6:45PM - 8:30PM |
Sandra Chapman will talk about the pathogens on grasses and cereals whose life cycles are completely tied to the seed of their hosts. |
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| Fri 16 February 2018 | 9:00AM - 6:30PM |
Visions of Plague: Photographs of the third plague pandemic The exhibition showcases the founding moment in epidemic photography, presenting photographs collected and digitized from across the world by the ERC-funded project Visual Representations of the Third Plague Pandemic. The exhibition extends over all four floors of the building. |
| 5:45PM - 7:00PM |
Highlight Girton College 57th Founders' Memorial Lecture - Hisham Matar: Life and Word Former Visiting Fellow, Hisham Matar, will be speaking at Girton College for the 57th Founders' Memorial Lecture. Entrance is free, places are limited, reservations required. RSVP via email: ms2276@cam.ac.uk or tel. 01223 (3)38951. Doors open at 5:45pm for 6pm |
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| Sat 17 February 2018 | 10:30AM - 4:30PM |
Religion in the Ancient World (Glanville Study Day) A series of 40-minute talks on "Religion in the Ancient World", in connection with the Glanville Lecture 2018 by scholars from Cambridge and beyond |
| 5:00PM - 6:00PM |
The Book of Exodus and the Invention of Religion (Glanville Lecture 2018) The Glanville Lecture for 2018, entitled The Book of Exodus and the Invention of Religion, will be given by Professor Dr Jan Assmann (Honorary Professor, University of Konstanz; Visiting Professor, University of Luzern; Emeritus Professor, University of Heidelberg) |