Talks
Gates Cambridge Annual Lecture 2024
A global turning point: how to escape the permacrisis: Reid Lidow, Michael Spence and Mohamed A. El-Erian
| Tue 13 November 2018 | 5:00PM - 7:00PM |
Clare Hall Korea Symposium: Reflections on the Sunshine Policy and its Relevance today This year, it will be just over 25 years since Kim Dae-Jung spent time at Clare Hall, a college in the University of Cambridge as a Visiting Fellow. We are hosting a symposium chaired by Ambassador Ra Jong-Yil on the 13 November 2018: Reflections on the Sunshine Policy and its relevance today – 25 years after Kim Dae-Jung's stay at Clare Hall. |
| Wed 14 November 2018 | 5:00PM - 6:00PM |
Highlight Annual Marshall Lecture - Professor Robert Shiller The annual Marshall Lectures is a major event in the Faculty annual calendar and honours Professor Alfred Marshall, one of the most influential economists in the history of the subject. |
| 7:00PM - 8:30PM |
Cafe Sci Cambridge: So-called alternative medicine (SCAM) SCAM is popular, not least because consumers are being misled about it. Join us to discuss some of the many misunderstandings in this area. |
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| Thu 15 November 2018 | 5:00PM - 6:30PM |
Highlight Annual Marshall Lecture - Professor Robert Shiller The annual Marshall Lectures is a major event in the Faculty annual calendar and honours Professor Alfred Marshall, one of the most influential economists in the history of the subject. |
| 5:00PM - 7:00PM |
Prime Minister’s Questions is the bear pit of British politics. Watched and admired around the world, it is often hated at home for bringing out the worst in our politicians. Yet despite successive leaders trying to get away from ‘Punch and Judy politics’, it’s here to stay. Talk followed by a drinks reception |
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| 5:45PM - 7:00PM |
SYRIA IS A CATASTROPHE. NOW WHAT? This event will be chaired by the Right Honourable Andrew Mitchell, MP and features H.E Ambassador Rami Mortada of Lebanon and the BBC's Middle East Editor, Jeremy Bowen. |
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| 6:00PM - 7:00PM |
Cambridge Physics Centre presents: Exotic Magnetism: monopoles and emergent order by Dr Sian Dutton Siân will discuss the exotic magnetism which arises in new materials prepared in laboratories, and how they might be used as bits in next generation computing or for the magnetic equivalent of electricity called ‘magnetricity'. |
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| Sun 18 November 2018 | 5:45PM - 6:45PM |
Humanist Happening: International Women's Education The ‘Humanist Happenings’ are peaceful events featuring a short address along with a range of music and poetry all organised around a topical theme. They take place fortnightly on Sundays at 5.45pm in term time in the Fellows’ Drawing Room at Murray Edwards College. Entry is free, refreshments are provided, and everyone is welcome. |