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'Crime doesn't have to be second class literature': An evening with Nicola Upson

Join Cambridge University Library for an evening with crime writer Nicola Upson. Nicola will talk to us about curating the Library’s new exhibition, Murder by the Book: A Celebration of 20th Century British Crime Fiction.

Tue 1 May 2018 5:30PM - 6:30PM

The cardinal points and the structure of geographical knowledge in the early twelfth century

A talk by Eric Wolever (University of York) in the 'Cambridge Seminars in the History of Cartography' series.

6:00PM - 7:00PM

The Destruction of Stonehenge: Iconoclasm, Reputation and Memory in the British Civil Wars

Lecture by Professor Alexandra Walsham, Professor of Modern History and Fellow of Trinity College, as part of the Women of Trinity Lecture Series.

Thu 3 May 2018 5:00PM - 6:30PM

Sir Richard Stone Annual Lecture: The Emergence of Weak, Despotic and Inclusive States

Professor James Robinson (University of Chicago) will present the 9th Sir Richard Stone Annual Lecture on “The Emergence of Weak, Despotic and Inclusive States”. The Lecture will take place on Thursday 3rd May 2018, 5.00-6.30pm, in LG18, The Faculty of Law, The David Williams Building, 10 West Road, Cambridge CB3 9DZ.

7:15PM - 8:45PM

Newell Classical Event

Emily Wilson and Alice Oswald talk poetry, time and classics.