Talks
Institute of Continuing Education: Undergraduate Virtual Open Day
Looking to pursue your love of learning, take the next step in your career or take your first steps along a new career path? Join us for our upcoming Undergraduate Virtual Open Day on 21st May, where we’ll delve into the world of undergraduate study at the Institute of Continuing Education
| Mon 28 October 2013 | 12:00PM - 10:00PM |
Together with the premier of Hossein Hadisi's contemporary music and dance stage work 'Zahhak, the Dragon King of Persia' the Cambridge Shahnameh Centre introduces the new Cambridge Persian Art Series. The show presents the works of young and mature artists working with the themes from the Persian ancient epic Shahnameh ('Book of Kings'). |
| 12:30PM - 1:30PM |
The 'ethereal female' motif in Arctic fiction of the 19th Century Dr Shane McCorristine, Department of Geography, University of Cambridge will give a Multi-disciplinary Gender Research Seminar. |
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| 6:00PM - 7:00PM |
Highlight Antarctica, ozone and change: some links between environmental concerns Lecture by Mr Jonathan Shanklin, British Antarctic Survey . |
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| 6:15PM - 7:30PM |
Wagner's Shakespeare by Dr Patrick Carnegy Part of the Trinity Hall Forum Lecture Series |
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| Tue 29 October 2013 | 5:00PM - 7:00PM |
University of Cambridge annual race equality lecture ' Challenging barriers to equality – the importance of equalities law ' |
| 6:00PM - 7:00PM |
Highlight Landscapes of exploration: artist in conversation Artist Chris Drury talks about his experience in Antarctica. |
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| Wed 30 October 2013 | 1:00PM - 2:00PM |
An inspirational session with women of faith in leadership, featuring Laura Janner-Klausner, Rabbi to the Movement for Reform Judaism, and Julie Siddiqi, Executive Director of the Islamic Society of Britain. |
| 1:15PM |
Models of collaboration: artistic interventions in a fifteenth-century book of hours With Dr Deirdre Jackson, Research Associate, Manuscripts and Printed Books. |
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| 6:00PM - 7:30PM |
St Catharine's political economy seminar series on the Economics of Austerity Andy Ross will give a talk on 'Prudent fiscal consolidation versus reckless austerity and the limits of capitalism'. All are welcome. |
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| 7:00PM - 8:00PM |
Lecture one will begin with an analysis of macroeconomic development in the past and how can it be explained? In this lecture the importance of methodology and how to choose a relevant model, where uncertainty is represented, is discussed. |
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| 7:00PM - 9:00PM |
Public open evenings at the Institute of Astronomy Astronomy talks and public observing (if clear!) every Wednesday evening during the winter season. |
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| Thu 31 October 2013 | 1:10PM - 2:00PM |
Sophy Rickett will discuss ideas around collaboration and appropriation in relation to her latest project. |
| Sat 2 November 2013 | 9:30AM - 6:00PM |
Heffers classics festival 2013 This year we have two festivals in one - not just a great Classics Facts Festival, but also Classics Fiction Festival running alongside. |
| 4:00PM |
Pedro Barateiro: meet the artist & performance A conversation. Join Curator Filipa Oliveira and Pedro Barateiro for a talk exploring the making of We Belong to the People When We’re Outside and the artist’s inspiration from Kettle’s Yard. A PERFORMANCE premiere of a specially commissioned performance as part of the new work by Pedro Barateiro. |