Talks
In Her Words: Women Artists and Life Writing Symposium
For centuries, women artists have produced autobiographical accounts of their lives and careers, using diaries, letters and other types of writing as a means of resistance, reflection, and self-fashioning. Taking a broad geographical approach, this symposium will address how women artists, between 1900 and the present, navigate their artistic identities through writing.
| Mon 13 May 2013 | 5:00PM - 6:30PM |
Highlight Eliminating nuclear weapons: an impossible dream? Professor the Hon Gareth Evans AC QC FASSA (Chancellor and Honorary Professorial Fellow, Australian National University; President Emeritus, International Crisis Group; former Foreign Minister of Australia) will give a series of three public lectures and a concluding symposium as Humanitas Visiting Professor in Statecraft and Diplomacy 2013. |
| 6:15PM - 7:45PM |
Why certain people succumb to certain illnesses Talk by Professor Peter Sever on the global burden of cardiovascular disease. |
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| Tue 14 May 2013 | 1:00PM - 2:00PM |
Does cognitive Psychology subvert Religious belief? Prof. James Jones speaks at the The Faraday Institute for Science and Religion Research Seminar. |
| 1:15PM - 1:45PM |
Enjoy half an hour looking at and talking about art at the Fitzwilliam Museum. |
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| 5:00PM - 7:00PM |
A special issue of the Screen Media Seminar looking at three facets of performance. |
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| 7:00PM - 11:00PM |
Wouldn't it be amazing if you could sit in the pub sipping your pint while listening to the most incredible scientists explain their recent discoveries? Pint of Science is a new science festival for the general public being held in 15 different pubs in London, Oxford and Cambridge over three days |
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| Wed 15 May 2013 | 1:15PM - 2:00PM |
Can Guido Reni still speak to us? Two Reni paintings through 17th and 21st Century eyes Join Libby Howie, independent art dealer and adviser, for a lunchtime talk at the Fitzwilliam Museum. |
| 6:00PM - 7:30PM |
St Catharine's political economy seminar series on the economics of Austerity Sue Konzelmann will give a talk on 'The Political Economics of Austerity'. All are welcome. |
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| 6:15PM - 9:15PM |
From habit to addiction: a slippery slope? From habit to addiction: A slippery slope is a Science and Society event organised by the European Bioinformatics Institute and hosted by Cambridge Union Society. Find out about the latest advances in scientific research and discuss how this work impacts society. |
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| 7:00PM - 11:00PM |
Wouldn't it be amazing if you could sit in the pub sipping your pint while listening to the most incredible scientists explain their recent discoveries? Pint of Science is a new science festival for the general public being held in 15 different pubs in London, Oxford and Cambridge over three days |
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| Thu 16 May 2013 | 1:10PM - 1:40PM |
Introduction to Katie Paterson with Andrew Nairne Join Andrew Nairne, Director of Kettle's Yard, for a lunchtime talk introducing the work of Katie Paterson. |
| 4:00PM - 5:30PM |
Software innovation: eight work style heuristics for creative system developers Traditional forms of technical education pay little attention to creativity – often encouraging overtly rationalistic ways of thinking which stifle the ability to innovate. Professional software developers are often drowned in commercial drudgery and overwhelmed by work pressure and deadlines. |
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Roundtable discussion: transnational organised crime and security Transnational organised crime increasingly concerns policy-makers and security experts around the world. Drug-related violence in Mexico, human trafficking in the Mediterranean, and Internet and environmental crimes are only some of the examples of transnational organised crime with increasing bearing over international security. |
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| 5:00PM - 6:30PM |
Sir Richard Stone annual lecture, Prof Debraj Ray, "ethnicity and conflict" Prof Ray is the Julius Silver Professor in the Faculty of Arts and Science and Professor of Economics at New York University. His main research areas focus on microeconomic theory, development economics and game theory. |
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| 6:00PM |
University of Cambridge Museums open after-hours for music, art, performance, talks |
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| 6:00PM - 7:00PM |
Have you ever wondered what it takes to become a novelist? Join us for an engaging, insightful and thought-provoking talk by Salley Vickers. |
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| 6:00PM - 7:30PM |
What's the state of today's Russian non-fiction writing? What's the state of today's Russian non-fiction writing? Rachel Polonsky, Sue Larsen and journalist Andrew Jack discuss the six shortlisted books in the inaugural Pushkin House Book Prize. |
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| 7:00PM - 11:00PM |
Wouldn't it be amazing if you could sit in the pub sipping your pint while listening to the most incredible scientists explain their recent discoveries? Pint of Science is a new science festival for the general public being held in 15 different pubs in London, Oxford and Cambridge over three days |
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| Fri 17 May 2013 | 5:00PM - 6:00PM |
Arts and health - talk from Richard Taylor Richard Taylor is a founding Trustee and Chairman of Arts and Minds. Before retirement, he held a number of senior leadership positions at the NHS |
| 5:30PM |
A tale of three Hagia Sophias: conversion, museumification, contestation Speaker Tugba Tanyeri-Erdemir will focus on the debates surrounding the Hagia Sophias of Istanbul, Iznik and Trabzon. |
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| 6:00PM |
University of Cambridge Museums open after-hours for music, art, performance, talks |
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| 6:00PM - 9:00PM |
Join us for a special evening at the Fitzwilliam Museum and explore the collections after hours. |
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| Sat 18 May 2013 | 10:00AM - 4:00PM |
The new Festival of Plants at the Cambridge University Botanic Garden brings together horticulture and science in a day devoted to all things plant, from propagation to pollination, from seed to shopping! Join our team of horticulturalists, plant experts and scientists from across the region for a garden event with a difference. |
| 6:00PM |
University of Cambridge Museums open after-hours for music, art, performance, talks |
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| 6:00PM - 7:45PM |
Museums at night: the geology of wine Talk and wine tasting at Sedgwick Museum |
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| Sun 19 May 2013 | 7:30PM - 9:00PM |
Imagining Cambridge - cloud-capped towers A talk from Novelist Jill Paton-Walsh. Using a real place as setting for a work of fiction is a two-way affair. the fiction becomes satisfyingly solid, but the place itself dissolves; a novel is a very misleading guide book! she will talk about the interface between city and setting in her detective novels. |