Mon 27 October 2014 | 12:30PM - 1:30PM |
Dr Robert Balfour, Visiting Fellow, Institute of Education, London, gives a Multi-disciplinary Gender Research Seminar. |
5:00PM - 6:00PM |
The Roots Of Impermanence: Farm Life, Labour, And Migration On The Zimbabwean-South African Border A talk by Maxim Bolt (Birmingham) Part of the Centre of African Studies' Michaelmas Seminar Series 'Migration and African Diasporas' |
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5:30PM - 7:00PM |
Talk by the artist |
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6:00PM - 7:00PM |
Perception and belief in psychosis A Lecture by Professor Paul Fletcher, Department of Psychiatry |
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Tue 28 October 2014 | 5:00PM - 6:30PM |
Humanitas series in sustainability studies 2014 Earth Resilience and World Development: Pathways towards global sustainability |
5:00PM - 7:00PM |
A land of conspiracy: geopolitics and imagination in colonial North Africa A public talk by James Roslington (Cambridge). The talk will be followed by a wine reception. This is part of a series of public talks from the Leverhulme-funded project Conspiracy and Democracy. More information at http://www.conspiracyanddemocracy.org |
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6:00PM - 8:00PM |
Perfected mannequin: Perfected body? A roundtable discussion chaired by Steven Connor, Professor of English, exploring notions of perfection of the artificial figure – and the human body - from a number of different perspectives. |
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Wed 29 October 2014 | 1:15PM - 2:00PM |
David’s Polyphemus: the statue and the Baroque love of the monstrous With Carlo Milano, Art Historian specialising in Italian 17th and 18th century sculpture and decorative arts. |
5:00PM - 6:30PM |
Humanitas series in sustainability studies 2014 Earth Resilience and World Development: Pathways towards global sustainability |
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5:30PM - 6:30PM |
Annual race equality lecture 2014 Don’t throw the baby out with the bathwater: Remembering the Benefits of Multi-Cultural Britain |
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5:30PM - 6:30PM |
Don’t throw the baby out with the bathwater: remembering the benefits of multi-cultural Britain In a context of growing anxiety about immigration, author, playwright and Chancellor of Kingston University Bonnie Greer OBE explores how the UK’s cultural and ethnic diversity enriches our communities and how the UK benefits both societally and economically from its diversity. |
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Thu 30 October 2014 | 11:00AM - 1:00PM |
Humanitas series in sustainability studies 2014 Earth Resilience and World Development: Pathways towards global sustainability |
5:00PM - 6:15PM |
Magdalene Festival of Sound : Mad for Music: Festival Lecture by Duncan Robinson An expert in art from the eighteenth century onwards, in his Festival LectureDuncan Robinson will focus on the relationship of art to music in the world of Gainsborough. |
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6:00PM - 7:20PM |
Sherard Cowper-Coles on 'Folly in Foreign Policy: An Afghan Case Study' One hour lecture + short discussion |
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6:30PM |
Highlight Lars Iyer, David Winters and Wittgenstein Jr Lars Iyer in conversation with literary critic Daivid Winters discuss Lars' latest novel Wittgenstein Jr which concerns the academic career of a group of Cambridge philosophy students, deeply under the influence of their supervisor, whom they nickname Wittgenstein Jr. |
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6:30PM - 7:30PM |
Responses to the First World War The Fitzwilliam College Arrol Adam Lecture Series, Michaelmas 2014. |
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6:30PM - 8:30PM |
Highlight Scriptural reasoning Multi-Faith workshop coordinated by the Cambridge |
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Fri 31 October 2014 | 2:00PM - 6:00PM |
Humanitas series in sustainability studies 2014 Earth Resilience and World Development: Pathways towards global sustainability |
Sat 1 November 2014 | 9:30AM - 6:00PM |
Highlight Heffers Classics Forum 2014 Heffers Classics Forum returns to Cambridge: Saturday 1st November 2014. Faculty of Law, Sidgwick Site 9.30am - 6pm Heffers are delighted to be holding the annual Heffers Classics Forum once again, in association with Cambridge University’s Festival of Ideas, featuring a host of celebrities from the world of Classics. |
Sun 2 November 2014 | 11:15AM |
The Reverend Canon Dr Judith Maltby, of Newnham and Wolfson Colleges, will be the Lady Margaret's Preacher at the University's Commemoration of Benefactors. |