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The Betty Behrens Seminar on Classics of Historiography

Paul Seaward on "The History of the Rebellion" by Edward Hyde, Earl of Clarendon

Mon 16 March 2015 6:30PM - 8:30PM

Thinking like a scientist: evening talk

Do you work in a scientific company but don’t have a scientific background? Are you interested in learning more about how scientists are trained to think, how scientific ideas are developed and shared, and what constitutes 'good science'? If so, come along to this evening talk at Madingley Hall.

Tue 17 March 2015 5:15PM - 6:30PM

Highlight Cosmopolitanism

Professor Kwame Anthony Appiah (New York University) in conversation with Professor Ash Amin (Univeristy of Cambridge).

5:15PM - 6:45PM

Highlight Cosmopolitanism: Professor Kwame Anthony Appiah

CRASSH Mellon CDI Visiting Professor Kwame Anthony Appiah (New York University) in conversation with Professor Ash Amin (University of Cambridge)

Thu 19 March 2015 7:30PM - 9:00PM

The flora & lizards of the Canary Islands

Peter Payne will introduce us to the flora and lizards of the Canary Islands,the Galapagos of the Atlantic Ocean.

Sat 21 March 2015 6:00PM - 7:10PM

Architecture and History at Castle Howard: early evening lecture

Dr Anthony Geraghty will deliver a lecture on ‘Architecture and History at Castle Howard’. Dr Geraghty, who completed his PhD on Sir Christopher Wren in the Faculty of Architecture and History of Art at Cambridge, is a Senior Lecturer in the History of Art at the University of York. He is an architectural historian, with a specialist interest in the early modern period in England.

Sun 22 March 2015 11:00AM - 11:30AM

A trick of the light? How petal surfaces attract pollinators

Director of the Botanic Garden Professor Beverley Glover kicks off the new Science on Sunday series of talks from plant scientists at the University by looking at how and why iridescence is produced in petals.

2:00PM - 2:30PM

A trick of the light? How petal surfaces attract pollinators

Director of the Botanic Garden Professor Beverley Glover kicks off the new Science on Sunday series of talks from plant scientists at the University by looking at how and why iridescence is produced in petals.