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Talks

The Betty Behrens Seminar on Classics of Historiography

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

Mon 22 June 2015 2:00PM - 4:00PM

Corporate power in a digital world

Talk by Professor John Naughton, Technology & Democracy Project, CRASSH

5:00PM - 6:30PM

Human embryos: A history in series

Lecture by Nick Hopwood who is a Reader in History of Science and Medicine, University of Cambridge. The event is sponsored by the Reproductive Sociology Research Group (ReproSoc) at the University of Cambridge.

5:15PM - 7:15PM

Highlight Do Western sanctions bite? The competitiveness of Russia in the current economic context

This public seminar will analyse the current state of the Russian economy, the main aspects of its competitiveness in the global economic context, the impact of economic sanctions and other external factors and will focus on areas of strategic importance.

Tue 23 June 2015 4:00PM - 5:30PM

Metabolic, filmic, and genetic accounts of time in embryonic life

Guest Lecture by Hannah Landecker who is the Acting Director of The UCLA Institute for Society and Genetics. The event is sponsored by the Reproductive Sociology Research Group (ReproSoc) at the University of Cambridge.

Thu 25 June 2015 5:00PM - 7:00PM

Highlight Drowning Humanity?

A high-level international panel of experts in law, diplomacy and refugee rights will address the urgent need for a solution to Europe’s migrant crisis at a public event in Cambridge.

5:15PM - 6:15PM

2015 Raymond and Beverly Sackler distinguished lecture

This year's Annual Lecture is 'Cellular responses to DNA damage: mechanistic insights and new cancer therapies' to be given by Steve Jackson FRS, Professor of Biology, Head of Cancer Research UK Laboratories in the Gurdon Institute.

Fri 26 June 2015 8:00AM - 7:00PM

Technology Ventures Conference "Future Resource Abundance"

Cambridge's Technology Ventures Conference (TVC) is one of the largest non-profit student-led entrepreneurship conferences in the world. We bring together more than 400 entrepreneurs, investors, technologists, academics, and students to share, collaborate, and connect with visionary thinkers on all aspects of technology and entrepreneurship.

2:00PM - 3:00PM

Curator's Tour: The Labours of Herakles

Tour of Marian Maguire's Labours of Herakles series with curator Dr. Susanne Turner.

Sun 28 June 2015 11:00AM - 11:30AM

A bird's eye view of the natural world

Dr David Coomes, Head of Group, Forest Ecology and Conservation in the Department of Plant Sciences introduces techniques for monitoring the health and diversity of forests from aircraft.

2:00PM - 2:30PM

A bird's eye view of the natural world

Dr David Coomes, Head of Group, Forest Ecology and Conservation in the Department of Plant Sciences introduces techniques for monitoring the health and diversity of forests from aircraft.