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Mon 27 January 2014 9:00AM - 5:00PM

Exhibition by Roeland Verhallen and Ash Summers

Exhibitions by Roeland Verhallen and Ash Summers at the Alison Richard Building.

9:00AM - 5:00PM

Photographs of cultural heritage by Gwil Owen

A rare opportunity to witness a collection of striking and informative images from the world of Archaeology and Anthropology

10:00AM - 12:00PM

First World War Remembered

A five-week course from the University of Cambridge Institute of Continuing Education at Madingley Hall - course begins 13th January.

10:00AM - 6:00PM

Marilyn Johns

The small selection of paintings exhibited here have been chosen by Marilyn Johns because they incorporate images and allusions that reflect a lifetime's association with the art of Italy.

1:00PM - 2:00PM

Good and evil in sexual objectification: putting kant to feminist work

Professor Rae Langton, Faculty of Philosophy, University of Cambridge will give the first Multi-disciplinary Gender Research Seminar of Lent 2014, on behalf of the University of Cambridge Centre for Gender Studies.

5:00PM - 6:00PM

The Timbuktu manuscripts: economic, political and scientific stakes. some reflections about a media buzz

Part of the Centre of African Studies Lent term seminar series: Media and Intellectual Productions in Africa's Pasts and Presents

6:00PM - 7:00PM

Highlight The G I Taylor lecture - fluid mechanical processes during geological sequestration of carbon dioxide

The G I Taylor Lecture by Professor John Lister, DAMTP, University of Cambridge

Tue 28 January 2014 9:00AM - 5:00PM

Exhibition by Roeland Verhallen and Ash Summers

Exhibitions by Roeland Verhallen and Ash Summers at the Alison Richard Building.

9:00AM - 5:00PM

Photographs of cultural heritage by Gwil Owen

A rare opportunity to witness a collection of striking and informative images from the world of Archaeology and Anthropology

10:00AM - 12:00PM

600 years of death and burial

A five-week course from the University of Cambridge Institute of Continuing Education at Madingley Hall - course begins 14th January.

10:00AM - 4:00PM

Magadan: life in the Russian north

A photography exhibition exploring the City and Region of Magadan.

10:00AM - 5:00PM

Highlight A world of private mystery: John Craxton, RA (1922 -2009)

A fresh retrospective on John Craxton - from his beginnings as a young hope of post-war British art, creating dark, meditative images of the natural world, to works of incredible vibrancy, light and colour from his later life in Crete.

10:00AM - 5:00PM

Highlight Edmund de Waal: on white – porcelain stories from the Fitzwilliam

Come and experience the visual drama of the intervention that renowned potter and Cambridge graduate, Edmund de Waal, has staged in four interconnected ground-floor galleries of the Museum.

10:00AM - 5:00PM

From root to tip: Botanical art in Britain

This exhibition brings together a selection of watercolours from the Fitzwilliam’s outstanding collection of botanical art. It draws on over 300 years of work by both professional and amateur artists, tracing a history of flower drawing in Britain.

10:00AM - 6:00PM

Marilyn Johns

The small selection of paintings exhibited here have been chosen by Marilyn Johns because they incorporate images and allusions that reflect a lifetime's association with the art of Italy.

10:30AM - 4:30PM

Chiefs and governors: art and power in Fiji

A major exhibition of Fijian Art at the Museum of Archaeology and Anthropology, drawing from its historically significant collections

1:15PM - 1:45PM

Art speak

Enjoy half an hour looking at and talking about art.

5:00PM

Slade lectures in fine art 2013-2014

The 2013-2014 Slade Lectures will be given in the Lent Term by Professor Jessica Rawson, Professor of Chinese Art and Archaeology.

6:30PM - 8:00PM

Poussin and Raphael

Join Professor Paul Joannides from the University of Cambridge for a slide lecture. Includes a reception and an opportunity to view Poussin’s work after the talk.

7:15PM - 8:15PM

University social club swimming Cancelled

This event has been cancelled. Lane swimming available every Tuesday for University and non-University individuals

7:15PM - 9:15PM

Writing non-fiction: telling true tales

A five-week course from the University of Cambridge Institute of Continuing Education at Madingley Hall - course begins 14th January.

7:30PM - 8:30PM

Time to scrap Trident: a talk by Tony Clarke

Why Britain's nuclear defence programme is too expensive and totally unnecessary, and why the Green Party alone is offering Britain’s voters an alternative future?

Wed 29 January 2014 9:00AM - 5:00PM

Exhibition by Roeland Verhallen and Ash Summers

Exhibitions by Roeland Verhallen and Ash Summers at the Alison Richard Building.

9:00AM - 5:00PM

Photographs of cultural heritage by Gwil Owen

A rare opportunity to witness a collection of striking and informative images from the world of Archaeology and Anthropology

10:00AM - 12:00PM

Medieval Fenland

A five-week course from the University of Cambridge Institute of Continuing Education at Madingley Hall - course begins 15th January.

10:00AM - 4:00PM

Magadan: life in the Russian north

A photography exhibition exploring the City and Region of Magadan.

10:00AM - 5:00PM

Highlight A world of private mystery: John Craxton, RA (1922 -2009)

A fresh retrospective on John Craxton - from his beginnings as a young hope of post-war British art, creating dark, meditative images of the natural world, to works of incredible vibrancy, light and colour from his later life in Crete.

10:00AM - 5:00PM

Highlight Edmund de Waal: on white – porcelain stories from the Fitzwilliam

Come and experience the visual drama of the intervention that renowned potter and Cambridge graduate, Edmund de Waal, has staged in four interconnected ground-floor galleries of the Museum.

10:00AM - 5:00PM

From root to tip: Botanical art in Britain

This exhibition brings together a selection of watercolours from the Fitzwilliam’s outstanding collection of botanical art. It draws on over 300 years of work by both professional and amateur artists, tracing a history of flower drawing in Britain.

10:00AM - 6:00PM

Marilyn Johns

The small selection of paintings exhibited here have been chosen by Marilyn Johns because they incorporate images and allusions that reflect a lifetime's association with the art of Italy.

10:30AM - 4:30PM

Chiefs and governors: art and power in Fiji

A major exhibition of Fijian Art at the Museum of Archaeology and Anthropology, drawing from its historically significant collections

1:15PM - 2:00PM

Illuminations on the conservation of manuscript fragments

A lunchtime talk at the Fitzwilliam Museum withSibel Ergener, Conservation Intern (Manuscripts & Printed Books).

5:00PM - 6:15PM

Adam Phillips: becoming freud: the psychoanalyst and the biographer. lecture 1

Trinity College Clark Lectures 2014

6:30PM - 8:00PM

Life clubs - Self improvement workshops Cancelled

This event has been cancelled. Life clubs was created in 2004 by Nina Grunfeld, best-selling author of The Life Book. Sessions are every Wednesday.

7:00PM - 9:00PM

Public open evenings at the Institute of Astronomy

Astronomy talks and public observing (if clear!) every Wednesday evening during the winter season.

Thu 30 January 2014 9:00AM - 5:00PM

Exhibition by Roeland Verhallen and Ash Summers

Exhibitions by Roeland Verhallen and Ash Summers at the Alison Richard Building.

9:00AM - 5:00PM

Photographs of cultural heritage by Gwil Owen

A rare opportunity to witness a collection of striking and informative images from the world of Archaeology and Anthropology

10:00AM - 4:00PM

Magadan: life in the Russian north

A photography exhibition exploring the City and Region of Magadan.

10:00AM - 5:00PM

Highlight A world of private mystery: John Craxton, RA (1922 -2009)

A fresh retrospective on John Craxton - from his beginnings as a young hope of post-war British art, creating dark, meditative images of the natural world, to works of incredible vibrancy, light and colour from his later life in Crete.

10:00AM - 5:00PM

Highlight Edmund de Waal: on white – porcelain stories from the Fitzwilliam

Come and experience the visual drama of the intervention that renowned potter and Cambridge graduate, Edmund de Waal, has staged in four interconnected ground-floor galleries of the Museum.

10:00AM - 5:00PM

From root to tip: Botanical art in Britain

This exhibition brings together a selection of watercolours from the Fitzwilliam’s outstanding collection of botanical art. It draws on over 300 years of work by both professional and amateur artists, tracing a history of flower drawing in Britain.

10:00AM - 6:00PM

Marilyn Johns

The small selection of paintings exhibited here have been chosen by Marilyn Johns because they incorporate images and allusions that reflect a lifetime's association with the art of Italy.

10:30AM - 4:30PM

Chiefs and governors: art and power in Fiji

A major exhibition of Fijian Art at the Museum of Archaeology and Anthropology, drawing from its historically significant collections

6:00PM - 7:00PM

Assassins inside us – secret agents with a licence to kill!

A talk by Professor Gillian Griffiths FRS, Director of the Cambridge Institute for Medical Research

7:00PM - 10:00PM

FameLab: Cambridge fInal

Join us for the local FameLab final heat. ‘FameLab is an International competition to find the newest voices in Science, Engineering, Maths and Technology – Witness the finest, funniest and formidable minds as they battle it out to win a place at the FameLab UK National Final’.

8:00PM

Highlight Cambridge's future: green jobs, green growth

A talk by Dr Julian Huppert, Member of Parliament for Cambridge

8:00PM - 10:00PM

Fauré Piano quartet

performing Bridge, Brahms and Strauss at Kettle's Yard.

Fri 31 January 2014 9:00AM - 5:00PM

Exhibition by Roeland Verhallen and Ash Summers

Exhibitions by Roeland Verhallen and Ash Summers at the Alison Richard Building.

9:00AM - 5:00PM

Photographs of cultural heritage by Gwil Owen

A rare opportunity to witness a collection of striking and informative images from the world of Archaeology and Anthropology

10:00AM - 4:00PM

Magadan: life in the Russian north

A photography exhibition exploring the City and Region of Magadan.

10:00AM - 5:00PM

Highlight A world of private mystery: John Craxton, RA (1922 -2009)

A fresh retrospective on John Craxton - from his beginnings as a young hope of post-war British art, creating dark, meditative images of the natural world, to works of incredible vibrancy, light and colour from his later life in Crete.

10:00AM - 5:00PM

Highlight Edmund de Waal: on white – porcelain stories from the Fitzwilliam

Come and experience the visual drama of the intervention that renowned potter and Cambridge graduate, Edmund de Waal, has staged in four interconnected ground-floor galleries of the Museum.

10:00AM - 5:00PM

From root to tip: Botanical art in Britain

This exhibition brings together a selection of watercolours from the Fitzwilliam’s outstanding collection of botanical art. It draws on over 300 years of work by both professional and amateur artists, tracing a history of flower drawing in Britain.

10:00AM - 6:00PM

Marilyn Johns

The small selection of paintings exhibited here have been chosen by Marilyn Johns because they incorporate images and allusions that reflect a lifetime's association with the art of Italy.

10:30AM - 4:30PM

Chiefs and governors: art and power in Fiji

A major exhibition of Fijian Art at the Museum of Archaeology and Anthropology, drawing from its historically significant collections

5:30PM

The Darwin College lecture series Cambridge 2014: Plagues

The annual multidisciplinary series hosted by Darwin College will examine the topic “Plagues” in the broad context of a disease or calamity of proportions that cause high morbidity or mortality with lasting impact on populations. The speakers will delve into plagues of the past, present and consider future threats to all populations that inhabit the earth.

5:30PM - 6:30PM

Silicon plagues, Mikko H Hypponen

Darwin College Lecture Series

6:00PM - 7:00PM

Margaret Drabble 'in conversation'

Acclaimed author Margaret Drabble will be ‘In Conversation’ with Professor Mary Buckley at Hughes Hall on Friday 31 January.

7:30PM - 10:00PM

Highlight CUJO with Liane Carroll

The Cambridge University Jazz Orchestra (CUJO) is delighted to welcome vocalist Liane Carroll to the West Road stage for this fantastic one-off gig! She will be performing big-band arrangements of her own original compositions, as well as some classic vocal jazz charts.

Sat 1 February 2014 10:00AM - 4:00PM

Magadan: life in the Russian north

A photography exhibition exploring the City and Region of Magadan.

10:00AM - 5:00PM

Highlight A world of private mystery: John Craxton, RA (1922 -2009)

A fresh retrospective on John Craxton - from his beginnings as a young hope of post-war British art, creating dark, meditative images of the natural world, to works of incredible vibrancy, light and colour from his later life in Crete.

10:00AM - 5:00PM

Highlight Edmund de Waal: on white – porcelain stories from the Fitzwilliam

Come and experience the visual drama of the intervention that renowned potter and Cambridge graduate, Edmund de Waal, has staged in four interconnected ground-floor galleries of the Museum.

10:00AM - 5:00PM

From root to tip: Botanical art in Britain

This exhibition brings together a selection of watercolours from the Fitzwilliam’s outstanding collection of botanical art. It draws on over 300 years of work by both professional and amateur artists, tracing a history of flower drawing in Britain.

10:00AM - 5:00PM

Perception

The Cambridge Science Centre presents an extraordinary sensory experience. The new exhibition, Perception, will use illusions to uncover how our senses and brain work and the tricks your brain uses to make sense of the world.

10:00AM - 6:00PM

Marilyn Johns

The small selection of paintings exhibited here have been chosen by Marilyn Johns because they incorporate images and allusions that reflect a lifetime's association with the art of Italy.

10:30AM - 4:30PM

Chiefs and governors: art and power in Fiji

A major exhibition of Fijian Art at the Museum of Archaeology and Anthropology, drawing from its historically significant collections

2:00PM - 4:00PM

Family first Saturdays

Visit our Fitz Family Welcome Point and collect materials to use in the Museum.

2:00PM - 4:00PM

Family first Saturdays - John Craxton: imaginary landscapes

On the first Saturday of each month drop-in to our Fitz Family Welcome Point in the Courtyard and collect drawing materials, activities and trails to use throughout the Museum.

2:00PM - 4:00PM

Family first Saturdays - John Craxton: imaginary landscapes

On the first Saturday of each month drop-in to our Fitz Family Welcome Point in the Courtyard and collect drawing materials, activities and trails to use throughout the Museum.

7:30PM - 9:00PM

The art of fugue

Concert of works for organ and harpsichord by Frescobaldi, J S Bach and Schumann

8:00PM - 9:00PM

Songs for the sun king

Music from 17th Century France

Sun 2 February 2014 10:00AM - 5:00PM

Perception

The Cambridge Science Centre presents an extraordinary sensory experience. The new exhibition, Perception, will use illusions to uncover how our senses and brain work and the tricks your brain uses to make sense of the world.

10:00AM - 6:00PM

Marilyn Johns

The small selection of paintings exhibited here have been chosen by Marilyn Johns because they incorporate images and allusions that reflect a lifetime's association with the art of Italy.

12:00PM - 5:00PM

Highlight A world of private mystery: John Craxton, RA (1922 -2009)

A fresh retrospective on John Craxton - from his beginnings as a young hope of post-war British art, creating dark, meditative images of the natural world, to works of incredible vibrancy, light and colour from his later life in Crete.

12:00PM - 5:00PM

Highlight Edmund de Waal: on white – porcelain stories from the Fitzwilliam

Come and experience the visual drama of the intervention that renowned potter and Cambridge graduate, Edmund de Waal, has staged in four interconnected ground-floor galleries of the Museum.

12:00PM - 5:00PM

From root to tip: Botanical art in Britain

This exhibition brings together a selection of watercolours from the Fitzwilliam’s outstanding collection of botanical art. It draws on over 300 years of work by both professional and amateur artists, tracing a history of flower drawing in Britain.

1:15PM - 2:00PM

Water and image

An-Ting Chang (piano) performs pieces by Beethoven, Debussy, Ravel, Liszt and Chopin.

6:00PM - 6:25PM

Organ recital

Organ recital to be performed by Andrew Nethsingha (Director of Music, St John’s College)