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 5 May 2014 | 5:00PM - 7:00PM |
Highlight Holocaust Denial: A Flat Earth Theory or a Clear and Present Danger? A public talk by Professor Deborah E. Lipstadt, Dorot Professor of Modern Jewish History and Holocaust Studies (Emory University). |
| Tue 6 May 2014 | 5:00PM - 6:45PM |
The Power and peril of narrative: policy-relevant research using the British birth cohort studies Professor Jane Elliott, Director of the Centre for Longitudinal Studies at the Institute of Education, London, will be giving a talk of interest to researchers in the social sciences. |
| 7:00PM - 8:00PM |
Row the Amazon with Mark de Rond and Anton Wright 2077 miles. Two men. One boat. A long way from the University of Cambridge. |
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| 7:30PM - 8:30PM |
Highlight What do we mean by 'music'? (and how can we make sense of it?) A free public lecture at Madingley Hall by Professor Ian Cross, Director of the Centre for Music and Science, University of Cambridge. |
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| Wed 7 May 2014 | 6:00PM - 7:30PM |
Highlight Architect of the year 2014, Alex de Rijke Architect of the Year Alex de Rijke will give an illustrated public talk. His work has been described as having a lightness of touch that is joyful, flamboyant and unique. DRMM’s RIBA award winning Sliding House in Suffolk and WoodBlock House in London are cited as examples of projects pushing boundaries in British residential design. |
| 6:00PM - 7:30PM |
St Catharines political economy seminars: William Brown The next St Catharine's Political Economy Seminar in the series on the Economics of Austerity, will be given by William Brown on 'The Use of Supply Chain Disruption to Fight for Workers' Rights'. All are welcome. |
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| 7:30PM - 9:30PM |
In this presentation, Dr. Ghanea will explore the themes of exclusion, constructive resilience, and education access as they apply to the current political situation in Iran, where Bahá’ís and other minority groups are systematically denied human rights. Her talk will be accompanied by portions of the 30-minute documentary Education Under Fire. |
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| Thu 8 May 2014 | 9:00AM - 9:00PM |
Highlight Memorial Service for Thurstan Shaw A series of events in memory of the late Professor Thurstan Shaw |
| 6:30PM - 8:30PM |
Poussin’s extreme unction: Art and sacrament in an age of controversy Learn more about the subject of Nicolas Poussin’s moving masterpiece Extreme Unction and the historical context in which it was painted from Eamon Duffy, Professor of the History of Christianity, University of Cambridge. Includes a reception and an opportunity to view Poussin’s painting after the talk. |
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| Fri 9 May 2014 | 9:00AM - 9:00PM |
Highlight Memorial Service for Thurstan Shaw A series of events in memory of the late Professor Thurstan Shaw |
| 4:00PM - 7:00PM |
Thurstan Shaw's excavations at Igbo Ukwu, Nigeria, revealed an astonishing array of elaborate cast bronzes and imported beads dating to the late first millennium A.D. In this lecture, Professor McIntosh will consider the implications of these finds for understanding early civilization in Africa. This is one of a series of Memorial events held in honour of the late Thurstan's Shaw |
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| 5:30PM - 6:45PM |
Selwyn College's annual Ramsay Murray Lecture. Speaker: John Deathridge on "Power and Violence in Wagner's Ring" |
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| 6:30PM - 7:30PM |
Dr Tao Wang from Sotheby’s: ‘Pricing Art: Early Chinese Bronzes on the Market’ How has bronze as an essential invention of the ancient Chinese civilisation become a highly valuable ‘commodity’ that is worth several million dollars today? |
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| Sat 10 May 2014 | 9:00AM - 9:00PM |
Highlight Memorial Service for Thurstan Shaw A series of events in memory of the late Professor Thurstan Shaw |
| Sun 11 May 2014 | 9:00AM - 9:00PM |
Highlight Memorial Service for Thurstan Shaw A series of events in memory of the late Professor Thurstan Shaw |