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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

Tue 29 May 2018 5:30PM - 7:00PM

China Goes Global Lecture: China's AI Challenge - How Confucian Communism Can Help

Join us for the 4th 'China Goes Global' lecture which will examine the much-discussed topic of Artificial Intelligence, in the context of China.

Wed 30 May 2018 6:00PM - 7:30PM

St Catharine's Political Economy Seminar Series - Sophie Heald, Richard Lewney & Laurie Heykoop

Talk Title: 'Modelling the Impacts of Brexit on Low-Income Households'. All are welcome. The seminar series is supported by the Cambridge Journal of Economics and the Economics and Policy Group at the Cambridge Judge Business School.

Thu 31 May 2018 1:15PM - 1:45PM

Perspectives on SUBJECT

A short talk on the Antony Gormley SUBJECT exhibition by Rod Mengham (English), in the galleries.

5:15PM - 7:00PM

Nine Dots Prize Book Launch: Stand Out of Our Light

Former Google advertising executive, now Oxford-trained philosopher James Williams launches a plea to society and to the tech industry to help ensure that the technology we all carry with us every day does not distract us from pursuing our true goals in life. Williams is the inaugural winner of the Nine Dots Prize, a new Prize for creative thinking that tackles contemporary social issues.

5:30PM - 7:00PM

Clare Hall King Lecture

Professor Michael Hall, Biozentrum University of Basel, winner of the 2017 Albert Lasker Basic Medical Research Award. Paradigm shift in Biology

6:30PM - 8:00PM

David Willetts - Fair Sharing across Generations in 2027

David Willetts of the Resolution Foundation presents his personal, positive vision - and then leads discussion - on how to arrive at a fairer sharing of wealth and wellbeing across generations in 2027.

Fri 1 June 2018 1:15PM - 1:45PM

Perspectives on SUBJECT

A short talk on the Antony Gormley SUBJECT exhibition by Robert Cipolla (Engineering) in the galleries.