What's On: What's On

Thu 10 May 2012

8:00AM - 5:00PM

Cows, bowers and towers

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 - 11:00PM

Cambridge & London 2012

Over 300 Olympians have been associated with the University as former students, academics and staff. To celebrate London 2012, the University is hosting a variety of events highlighting the City’s Olympic links and the cultural diversity of countries competing in the Games.

9:00AM - 5:00PM on Thu 5 July 2012

Pick of the month London calling: an exhibition of paintings by Vic Stedman

An exhibition of paintings for sale by local artist Vic Stedman.

10:00AM - 5:00PM

Designed to Impress: Highlights from the print collection

See works by some of the greatest Old Master printmakers, including Rembrandt and Dürer, as well as prints by later artists such as Degas, Whistler and Picasso.

10:00AM - 5:00PM

Highlight Edgelands

Prints by George Shaw and Michael Landy

10:00AM - 5:00PM

Highlight The Search for Immortality: Tomb Treasures of Han China

Featuring over 350 treasures in jade, gold, silver, bronze and ceramics, discover the secrets of ancient China’s 2000 year old royal tombs. This exhibition is part of the London 2012 Festival and is the largest exhibition of ancient royal treasures ever to travel outside China.

10:00AM - 5:00PM

Trail: beauty walk

Pick up a map which leads you on a beauty walk around the Fitzwilliam and nominate the painting or object you find the most beautiful.

10:00AM - 6:00PM

Highlight Lys Hansen: across the divide

The core of this exhibition is a selected group of major canvases on the theme of war and peace and family relationships.

10:00AM - 6:00PM

Photography exhibition "il faut que je sois"

The photographic essay “il faut que je sois” (it must be that I am) was shot in Paris by Roeland Verhallen – a Cambridge graduate researcher in visual perception – using black and white medium format film and a Hasselblad 503CX. It explores the concept of time, the necessity of being, and ancestry.

10:30AM - 12:30PM

How can assessment support learning?

What do people mean when they claim that summative assessment ‘damages learning’? And what are the recommendations of groups which champion greater reliance on ‘Assessment for Learning’?

11:30AM - 4:30PM

Highlight Alfred Wallis: ships and boats

Selected works from the collection will be on show in the exhibition gallery during the building work. In a series of small, focused displays familiar works will be presented in new ways and with contextual material from the archive and the reserve collection that is not normally available to the public.

1:10PM - 2:00PM

Lunchtime talk

Introduction to the Alfred Wallis display with Curator of Exhibitions, Lizzie Fisher

2:00PM - 4:00PM

People’s portraits exhibition

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.

2:00PM - 4:00PM

The Lawrence room

Girton College has an extremely unusual Egyptian mummy called Hermione, which can now be viewed in the College’s small museum.

5:00PM

The German collections at Cambridge University library

A talk by Christian Staufenbiel for the Friends of Cambridge University Library

5:00PM - 6:30PM

Highlight Sir Richard Stone annual lecture

Prof. Susan Athey (Harvard, Microsoft) presents "Online Markets Using Theory, Structural Models, and Field Experiments".

6:00PM - 7:00PM

Murder and mystery: the craft of the detective story with P D James - FULLY BOOKED

Award-winning author P D James will visit Lucy Cavendish College to give a free talk on 'the Craft of the Detective Story'

6:00PM - 8:00PM

Art at the IFM: private view

Private View: A selection of paintings in various media by two Cambridge-based artists, Jo Tunmer and Marcus Nisbet, in this remarkable contemporary building on the University's West Cambridge site

6:15PM - 9:15PM

Going for gold: the science of sporting success

Winning - is it in your genes or your mind? Join three scientists working on genetics, neuroscience and psychology to understand more about the science behind sporting success.

WHAT'S ON

Events open to the public from the University of Cambridge

Thu 10 May 2012	8:00AM - 5:00PM	Cows, bowers and towers Cows, bowers and towers
	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 - 11:00PM	Cambridge & London 2012 Over 300 Olympians have been associated with the University as former students, academics and staff. To celebrate London 2012, the University is hosting a variety of events highlighting the City’s Olympic links and the cultural diversity of countries competing in the Games.
	9:00AM - 5:00PM on Thu 5 July 2012	Pick of the month London calling: an exhibition of paintings by Vic Stedman An exhibition of paintings for sale by local artist Vic Stedman.
	10:00AM - 5:00PM	Designed to Impress: Highlights from the print collection See works by some of the greatest Old Master printmakers, including Rembrandt and Dürer, as well as prints by later artists such as Degas, Whistler and Picasso.
	10:00AM - 5:00PM	Highlight Edgelands Prints by George Shaw and Michael Landy
	10:00AM - 5:00PM	Highlight The Search for Immortality: Tomb Treasures of Han China Featuring over 350 treasures in jade, gold, silver, bronze and ceramics, discover the secrets of ancient China’s 2000 year old royal tombs. This exhibition is part of the London 2012 Festival and is the largest exhibition of ancient royal treasures ever to travel outside China.
	10:00AM - 5:00PM	Trail: beauty walk Pick up a map which leads you on a beauty walk around the Fitzwilliam and nominate the painting or object you find the most beautiful.
	10:00AM - 6:00PM	Highlight Lys Hansen: across the divide The core of this exhibition is a selected group of major canvases on the theme of war and peace and family relationships.
	10:00AM - 6:00PM	Photography exhibition "il faut que je sois" The photographic essay “il faut que je sois” (it must be that I am) was shot in Paris by Roeland Verhallen – a Cambridge graduate researcher in visual perception – using black and white medium format film and a Hasselblad 503CX. It explores the concept of time, the necessity of being, and ancestry.
	10:30AM - 12:30PM	How can assessment support learning? What do people mean when they claim that summative assessment ‘damages learning’? And what are the recommendations of groups which champion greater reliance on ‘Assessment for Learning’?
	11:30AM - 4:30PM	Highlight Alfred Wallis: ships and boats Selected works from the collection will be on show in the exhibition gallery during the building work. In a series of small, focused displays familiar works will be presented in new ways and with contextual material from the archive and the reserve collection that is not normally available to the public.
	1:10PM - 2:00PM	Lunchtime talk Introduction to the Alfred Wallis display with Curator of Exhibitions, Lizzie Fisher
	2:00PM - 4:00PM	People’s portraits exhibition 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.
	2:00PM - 4:00PM	The Lawrence room Girton College has an extremely unusual Egyptian mummy called Hermione, which can now be viewed in the College’s small museum.
	5:00PM	The German collections at Cambridge University library A talk by Christian Staufenbiel for the Friends of Cambridge University Library
	5:00PM - 6:30PM	Highlight Sir Richard Stone annual lecture Prof. Susan Athey (Harvard, Microsoft) presents "Online Markets Using Theory, Structural Models, and Field Experiments".
	6:00PM - 7:00PM	Murder and mystery: the craft of the detective story with P D James - FULLY BOOKED Award-winning author P D James will visit Lucy Cavendish College to give a free talk on 'the Craft of the Detective Story'
	6:00PM - 8:00PM	Art at the IFM: private view Private View: A selection of paintings in various media by two Cambridge-based artists, Jo Tunmer and Marcus Nisbet, in this remarkable contemporary building on the University's West Cambridge site
	6:15PM - 9:15PM	Going for gold: the science of sporting success Winning - is it in your genes or your mind? Join three scientists working on genetics, neuroscience and psychology to understand more about the science behind sporting success.