| Fri 10 February 2012 | 9:00AM - 6:00PM |
Highlight Shelf Lives: Four Centuries of Collectors and their Books Ten great book collectors whose volumes have enriched the University Library's holdings from the sixteenth to the twenty-first centuries. |
| 9:00AM - 8:00PM |
A 50 Years Restrospective of Self Portraits |
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| 10:00AM - 4:00PM |
Highlight These Rough Notes: Captain Scott's last expedition A chance to see unique manuscripts from the archive of Captain Scott's Terra Nova Expedition (1910-13) on show to commemorate the centenary of the first British expedition to the attain the South Pole. |
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| 10:00AM - 5:00PM |
England and the Dutch Republic in the age of Vermeer Coins and medals from the 17th-century |
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| 10:00AM - 5:00PM |
Discover the extraordinary expressive potential of the pencil in a display ranging from 17th-century miniatures on vellum to compositional sketches by George Romney and William Blake, and drawings by Ingres and Degas. |
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| 10:00AM - 5:00PM |
Highlight Work, rest and play: Women and children in prints after Chardin This exhibition investigates the appeal of Chardin’s familial imagery for the 18th-century public, and takes a close look at the skill of the printmakers who interpreted his canvases into graphic art. |
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| 10:00AM - 6:00PM |
Highlight Braided together Hair in the work of contemporary women artists |
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| 1:00PM - 5:00PM |
Artists in focus: Henri Gaudier-Brzeska Selected works from the collection will be on show in the exhibition gallery during the closure of the house extension. The first of these displays will look at the work of Henri Gaudier-Brzeska. |
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| 1:10PM |
Passionate playing from students of the University of Cambridge. Performances by students of the University of Cambridge. Please note due to building work, the Friday concerts will be held over the road at St Giles Church. |
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| 1:15PM - 3:30PM |
Israeli films with English subtitles will be shown in the faculty of Asian and Middle Eastern Studies during Lent term 2012. |
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| 2:00PM - 4:00PM |
The People’s Portraits exhibition captures on canvas ordinary people from different walks of lives in the United Kingdom at the beginning of the 21st Century, and is rich in its diversity of subjects and styles. |
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| 5:00PM - 7:30PM |
At home with strangers: urban life and the moral force of nationalism Professor Blom Hansen (Anthropology and South Asian Studies, Stanford University) will give the keynote address at Nationalism and the City. His lecture is free and will be followed by a wine reception. |
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| 7:15PM - 1:00PM on Sun 12 February 2012 |
Dickens's David Copperfield and Thackeray's Pendennis: answering back The serial publication of these two novels overlapped and to an extent they deliberately respond to one another, particularly in presenting main characters who are authors. Beyond exploring this ‘dialogue’ between the two novels, this weekend course at Madingley Hall will give you a chance to appreciate and compare the central qualities of Dickens and Thackeray. |
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| 7:15PM - 1:00PM on Sun 12 February 2012 |
Mozart is remembered not only for his outstanding contribution to the piano concerto repertoire and his many piano sonatas, but also his chamber works, many of which include a piano participation. This weekend course at Madingley Hall will endeavour to place all such works in an overall picture of his remarkable musical achievement. |
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| 8:00PM - 10:30PM |
Highlight Screening of Oldboy Screening of Korean film 'Oldboy', presented by Dr Joseph Crawford |
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| 9:00PM - 10:45PM |
Roy Howat piano |
