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Gates Cambridge Annual Lecture 2024

A global turning point: how to escape the permacrisis: Reid Lidow, Michael Spence and Mohamed A. El-Erian

Tue 3 May 2016 12:30PM - 2:00PM

God and the order of nature: unity and plurality

The Faraday Institute for Science and Religion: Research Seminar God and the Order of Nature:Unity and Plurality Revd Dr Shaun C. Henson (St Hugh's College, Oxford University)

5:30PM - 6:30PM

Alexander Ogg (1811-65) : surveyor, farmer and gold prospector, Aberdeenshire and New Zealand

A talk by Dr Douglas Lockhart (formerly University of Keele) in the 'Cambridge Seminars in the History of Cartography' series.

5:30PM - 7:00PM

Public lecture: green urbanism and sustainable technologies in Rwanda

The talk will cover work and research set within the rapidly urbanising and developing city of Kigali.

Wed 4 May 2016 5:00PM - 6:00PM

What is left of the international?

Professor Christopher Hill's valedictory lecture will consider what, if anything, is still distinctive about the international realm, and what that implies for its future academic study.

5:00PM - 6:30PM

Tagliaferri lecture - Geography, Globalisation and Governance: The UK Regional (and National) Economic Problem

A talk given by Professor Philip McCann, Tagliaferri Visiting Fellow at the Department of Land Economy

5:30PM - 6:30PM

The horizon is the point of no return: artist talk with Georgie Grace

Join artist Georgie Grace as she discusses her practice and selection of works from the Kettle’s Yard Collection, currently on display in the University Library alongside two of her lenticular prints.

6:00PM - 7:30PM

St Catharine's Political Economy Seminar Series - Paul De Grauwe

‘Flexibility versus Stability. A Difficult Trade off in the Euro Area’

7:30PM - 10:00PM

EVENT POSTPONED DUE TO ILL HEALTH: On keys and music: an illustrated lecture by Mitsuko Uchida Cancelled

A NEW DATE FOR THIS EVENT WILL BE ANNOUNCED.

Fri 6 May 2016 5:00PM - 6:30PM

Highlight Refurbishing the Rijksmuseum: an open lecture by Wim Pijbes (director of the Rijksmuseum)

Wim Pijbes will take the audience on the journey of the transformation of the Rijksmuseum. He will share his inspiration, his vision, his obstacles, his lessons learned and the triumph that eventually was the re-opening of the Rijksmuseum.