Mon 17 November 2014 | 8:00AM - 5:00PM |
Sula Rubens- artist in residence Sula Rubens is currently working as Artist in Residence at The Michaelhouse. You are welcome to talk to her about her work. |
9:00AM - 5:00PM |
52 Days to Timbuktu - an exhibition by Tim Oelman Art exhibition by Tim Oelman |
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9:00AM - 5:00PM |
Social Commentary - an exhibition by Mohammed Djazmi Exhibition by artist Mohammed Djazmi |
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9:00AM - 6:00PM |
Element – An exhibition of recent paintings by Zachary Beer An exhibition of recent paintings by Zachary Beer, exploring flora and biochemical processes. |
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9:00AM - 6:00PM |
Highlight Private lives of print: The use and abuse of books 1450-1550 An exhibition of over 50 of Cambridge University Library's wonderful early printed books, selected for the stories they tell about the use of books in the first hundred years after the invention of printing. |
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10:00AM - 4:00PM |
Ediacaran Enigmas: resolving the fossil record of early animals This new display is a snapshot of the research taking place in the department of Earth Sciences at Cambridge on fossils from the 540-580 million year old Ediacaran Period, known as the 'Ediacaran Biota'. |
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10:00AM - 6:00PM |
Highlight Exhibition: poppies (women and war) An exhibition of contemporary photography by Lee Stow, focusing on images of women whose lives have been touched by war, and of poppies, to commemorate the centenary of the First World War. |
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10:00AM - 6:00PM |
Natalie Dower & Harriet Mena Hill: the elegance of order Cancelled An exhibition that brings together two artists from different generations, who work within pre-set parameters, which guide, and to some extent govern the outcome of their images. |
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11:30AM - 5:00PM |
In Helen Ede’s bedroom, in the house at Kettle’s Yard, a series of wood engravings by Gwen Raverat (1885-1957) are on display. |
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1:00PM |
An exhibition of Zachary Beer's paintings is being shown at Clare Hall from Nov 7th - Dec 17th. Join the artist as he talks about his work. |
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5:00PM |
A stoic on the Street of Shame Confessions of a classical journalist in the Thatcher age. What role do Classics play outside the academy? |
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5:00PM - 6:00PM |
A talk by Pamela Kea (Sussex) Part of the Centre of African Studies' Michaelmas Seminar Series 'Migration and African Diasporas' |
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5:30PM - 6:30PM |
The Leslie Stephen Lecture 2014 The Leslie Stephen Lecture 2014: George Eliot and the difficulty of reaching conclusions |
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Tue 18 November 2014 | 8:00AM - 5:00PM |
Sula Rubens- artist in residence Sula Rubens is currently working as Artist in Residence at The Michaelhouse. You are welcome to talk to her about her work. |
9:00AM - 5:00PM |
52 Days to Timbuktu - an exhibition by Tim Oelman Art exhibition by Tim Oelman |
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9:00AM - 5:00PM |
Social Commentary - an exhibition by Mohammed Djazmi Exhibition by artist Mohammed Djazmi |
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9:00AM - 6:00PM |
Element – An exhibition of recent paintings by Zachary Beer An exhibition of recent paintings by Zachary Beer, exploring flora and biochemical processes. |
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9:00AM - 6:00PM |
Highlight Private lives of print: The use and abuse of books 1450-1550 An exhibition of over 50 of Cambridge University Library's wonderful early printed books, selected for the stories they tell about the use of books in the first hundred years after the invention of printing. |
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10:00AM - 4:00PM |
Ediacaran Enigmas: resolving the fossil record of early animals This new display is a snapshot of the research taking place in the department of Earth Sciences at Cambridge on fossils from the 540-580 million year old Ediacaran Period, known as the 'Ediacaran Biota'. |
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10:00AM - 4:00PM |
Highlight The Polar Muse The Polar Muse is a collaboration between The Polar Museum, PN Review and eight of Cambridge's most exciting and innovative poets. |
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10:00AM - 4:00PM |
Highlight The Thing Is... This exhibition explores the many ways in which we consider and care for museum objects, how and why objects gain meaning and why we collect them and their accompanying stories. |
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10:00AM - 5:00PM |
World War I consumed vast quantities of money as well as lives. This display of coins, medals, banknotes and government bonds provides an insight into the desperate measures that had to be used to maintain a supply of money, from the transition of gold coinage at the outbreak of war in 1914 to inflationary paper money by 1918 when the great European empires fell. |
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10:00AM - 5:00PM |
Caroline Watson and female printmaking in late Georgian England Caroline Watson ( 1760/61 - 1814) was one of the most skilful engravers working in late 18th century England. She can be seen as the first British professional woman engraver. This exhibition shows a selection of her portrait and subject prints, together with those of other contemporary women printmakers. |
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10:00AM - 5:00PM |
Fatal consequences: the Chapman Brothers and Goya’s disasters of war The Chapman Brothers’ Disasters of War takes Goya’s print series of the same title and reinvents and extends the imagery and horrors with a cornucopia of ideas from later wars and modern culture. This exhibition shows different versions of the Chapman Bothers’ set, together with a selection from Goya’s original series. |
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10:00AM - 5:00PM |
Highlight Silent partners artist & mannequin from function to fetish Silent Partners is the first exhibition uncovering the evolution of the artist’s mannequin. It will show how, from being an inconspicuous studio tool, a piece of equipment as necessary as easel, pigments and brushes, the lay figure became the fetishised subject of the artist’s painting, and eventually, in the 20th century, a work of art in its own right. |
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10:00AM - 6:00PM |
Highlight Exhibition: poppies (women and war) An exhibition of contemporary photography by Lee Stow, focusing on images of women whose lives have been touched by war, and of poppies, to commemorate the centenary of the First World War. |
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10:00AM - 6:00PM |
Natalie Dower & Harriet Mena Hill: the elegance of order Cancelled An exhibition that brings together two artists from different generations, who work within pre-set parameters, which guide, and to some extent govern the outcome of their images. |
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10:30AM - 4:30PM |
Highlight Buddha's word: the life of books in Tibet and Beyond The first exhibition of Tibetan material in Cambridge, and the first time in the Museum of Archaeology and Anthropology’s history that its Buddhist collections will be showcased in an exhibition. |
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11:30AM - 5:00PM |
In Helen Ede’s bedroom, in the house at Kettle’s Yard, a series of wood engravings by Gwen Raverat (1885-1957) are on display. |
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11:30AM - 5:00PM |
A rare opportunity to enjoy the collected films and projects by artist duo Karen Guthrie & Nina Pope, in this their first gallery exhibition since they won the Northern Art Prize in 2008. |
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1:15PM - 1:45PM |
Enjoy half an hour looking at and talking about art. Meet in the Courtyard Entrance. |
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2:00PM - 4:00PM |
An art appreciation course designed specially for people with dementia and their carers. |
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4:30PM - 6:00PM |
After Independence: India, Pakistan and Bangladesh Part of ‘Visual Rhetoric and Modern South Asian History' course (http://talks.cam.ac.uk/show/index/50672) |
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5:00PM - 7:00PM |
What causes the paranoid style of American public opinion? - EVENT CANCELLED Cancelled A public talk by Professor Eric Oliver (Chicago). The talk will be followed by a wine reception. This is part of a series of public talks from the Leverhulme-funded project Conspiracy and Democracy. More information at http://www.conspiracyanddemocracy.org |
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5:30PM |
Highlight Cambridge digital library: digital curation of special collections materials A talk by Christopher Stokoe to the Friends of Cambridge University Library. This event will be preceded by the Annual General Meeting of the Friends. |
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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 |
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Wed 19 November 2014 | 8:00AM - 5:00PM |
Sula Rubens- artist in residence Sula Rubens is currently working as Artist in Residence at The Michaelhouse. You are welcome to talk to her about her work. |
9:00AM - 5:00PM |
52 Days to Timbuktu - an exhibition by Tim Oelman Art exhibition by Tim Oelman |
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9:00AM - 5:00PM |
Social Commentary - an exhibition by Mohammed Djazmi Exhibition by artist Mohammed Djazmi |
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9:00AM - 6:00PM |
Element – An exhibition of recent paintings by Zachary Beer An exhibition of recent paintings by Zachary Beer, exploring flora and biochemical processes. |
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9:00AM - 6:00PM |
Highlight Private lives of print: The use and abuse of books 1450-1550 An exhibition of over 50 of Cambridge University Library's wonderful early printed books, selected for the stories they tell about the use of books in the first hundred years after the invention of printing. |
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10:00AM - 4:00PM |
Ediacaran Enigmas: resolving the fossil record of early animals This new display is a snapshot of the research taking place in the department of Earth Sciences at Cambridge on fossils from the 540-580 million year old Ediacaran Period, known as the 'Ediacaran Biota'. |
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10:00AM - 4:00PM |
Highlight The Polar Muse The Polar Muse is a collaboration between The Polar Museum, PN Review and eight of Cambridge's most exciting and innovative poets. |
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10:00AM - 4:00PM |
Highlight The Thing Is... This exhibition explores the many ways in which we consider and care for museum objects, how and why objects gain meaning and why we collect them and their accompanying stories. |
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10:00AM - 5:00PM |
World War I consumed vast quantities of money as well as lives. This display of coins, medals, banknotes and government bonds provides an insight into the desperate measures that had to be used to maintain a supply of money, from the transition of gold coinage at the outbreak of war in 1914 to inflationary paper money by 1918 when the great European empires fell. |
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10:00AM - 5:00PM |
Caroline Watson and female printmaking in late Georgian England Caroline Watson ( 1760/61 - 1814) was one of the most skilful engravers working in late 18th century England. She can be seen as the first British professional woman engraver. This exhibition shows a selection of her portrait and subject prints, together with those of other contemporary women printmakers. |
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10:00AM - 5:00PM |
Fatal consequences: the Chapman Brothers and Goya’s disasters of war The Chapman Brothers’ Disasters of War takes Goya’s print series of the same title and reinvents and extends the imagery and horrors with a cornucopia of ideas from later wars and modern culture. This exhibition shows different versions of the Chapman Bothers’ set, together with a selection from Goya’s original series. |
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10:00AM - 5:00PM |
Highlight Silent partners artist & mannequin from function to fetish Silent Partners is the first exhibition uncovering the evolution of the artist’s mannequin. It will show how, from being an inconspicuous studio tool, a piece of equipment as necessary as easel, pigments and brushes, the lay figure became the fetishised subject of the artist’s painting, and eventually, in the 20th century, a work of art in its own right. |
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10:00AM - 6:00PM |
Highlight Exhibition: poppies (women and war) An exhibition of contemporary photography by Lee Stow, focusing on images of women whose lives have been touched by war, and of poppies, to commemorate the centenary of the First World War. |
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10:00AM - 6:00PM |
Natalie Dower & Harriet Mena Hill: the elegance of order Cancelled An exhibition that brings together two artists from different generations, who work within pre-set parameters, which guide, and to some extent govern the outcome of their images. |
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10:30AM - 4:30PM |
Highlight Buddha's word: the life of books in Tibet and Beyond The first exhibition of Tibetan material in Cambridge, and the first time in the Museum of Archaeology and Anthropology’s history that its Buddhist collections will be showcased in an exhibition. |
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11:30AM - 5:00PM |
In Helen Ede’s bedroom, in the house at Kettle’s Yard, a series of wood engravings by Gwen Raverat (1885-1957) are on display. |
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11:30AM - 5:00PM |
A rare opportunity to enjoy the collected films and projects by artist duo Karen Guthrie & Nina Pope, in this their first gallery exhibition since they won the Northern Art Prize in 2008. |
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1:15PM - 2:00PM |
Goya and the tradition of anti-war art With Jeremy Mulvey, Formerly Director of Research, Cambridge School of Art, Anglia Ruskin University. |
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5:00PM - 6:00PM |
Highlight The greatest trick ever pulled: performing the history of magic The Victorian magicians Morgan & West join the Public History seminar to discuss (and demonstrate) how they have explored the history of science and magic in their award-winning shows. |
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6:00PM - 7:00PM |
Highlight Honorary fellows prize lecture - Could computers understand their own programs? Honorary fellows prize lecture - by Professor Sir Tony Hoare FRS FREng, Microsoft Research Limited and Computer Laboratory |
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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. |
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Thu 20 November 2014 | 8:00AM - 5:00PM |
Sula Rubens- artist in residence Sula Rubens is currently working as Artist in Residence at The Michaelhouse. You are welcome to talk to her about her work. |
9:00AM - 5:00PM |
52 Days to Timbuktu - an exhibition by Tim Oelman Art exhibition by Tim Oelman |
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9:00AM - 5:00PM |
Social Commentary - an exhibition by Mohammed Djazmi Exhibition by artist Mohammed Djazmi |
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9:00AM - 6:00PM |
Element – An exhibition of recent paintings by Zachary Beer An exhibition of recent paintings by Zachary Beer, exploring flora and biochemical processes. |
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9:00AM - 6:00PM |
Highlight Private lives of print: The use and abuse of books 1450-1550 An exhibition of over 50 of Cambridge University Library's wonderful early printed books, selected for the stories they tell about the use of books in the first hundred years after the invention of printing. |
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10:00AM - 4:00PM |
Ediacaran Enigmas: resolving the fossil record of early animals This new display is a snapshot of the research taking place in the department of Earth Sciences at Cambridge on fossils from the 540-580 million year old Ediacaran Period, known as the 'Ediacaran Biota'. |
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10:00AM - 4:00PM |
Highlight The Polar Muse The Polar Muse is a collaboration between The Polar Museum, PN Review and eight of Cambridge's most exciting and innovative poets. |
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10:00AM - 4:00PM |
Highlight The Thing Is... This exhibition explores the many ways in which we consider and care for museum objects, how and why objects gain meaning and why we collect them and their accompanying stories. |
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10:00AM - 5:00PM |
World War I consumed vast quantities of money as well as lives. This display of coins, medals, banknotes and government bonds provides an insight into the desperate measures that had to be used to maintain a supply of money, from the transition of gold coinage at the outbreak of war in 1914 to inflationary paper money by 1918 when the great European empires fell. |
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10:00AM - 5:00PM |
Caroline Watson and female printmaking in late Georgian England Caroline Watson ( 1760/61 - 1814) was one of the most skilful engravers working in late 18th century England. She can be seen as the first British professional woman engraver. This exhibition shows a selection of her portrait and subject prints, together with those of other contemporary women printmakers. |
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10:00AM - 5:00PM |
Fatal consequences: the Chapman Brothers and Goya’s disasters of war The Chapman Brothers’ Disasters of War takes Goya’s print series of the same title and reinvents and extends the imagery and horrors with a cornucopia of ideas from later wars and modern culture. This exhibition shows different versions of the Chapman Bothers’ set, together with a selection from Goya’s original series. |
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10:00AM - 5:00PM |
Highlight Silent partners artist & mannequin from function to fetish Silent Partners is the first exhibition uncovering the evolution of the artist’s mannequin. It will show how, from being an inconspicuous studio tool, a piece of equipment as necessary as easel, pigments and brushes, the lay figure became the fetishised subject of the artist’s painting, and eventually, in the 20th century, a work of art in its own right. |
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10:00AM - 6:00PM |
Highlight Exhibition: poppies (women and war) An exhibition of contemporary photography by Lee Stow, focusing on images of women whose lives have been touched by war, and of poppies, to commemorate the centenary of the First World War. |
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10:00AM - 6:00PM |
Natalie Dower & Harriet Mena Hill: the elegance of order Cancelled An exhibition that brings together two artists from different generations, who work within pre-set parameters, which guide, and to some extent govern the outcome of their images. |
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10:30AM - 4:30PM |
Highlight Buddha's word: the life of books in Tibet and Beyond The first exhibition of Tibetan material in Cambridge, and the first time in the Museum of Archaeology and Anthropology’s history that its Buddhist collections will be showcased in an exhibition. |
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11:30AM - 5:00PM |
In Helen Ede’s bedroom, in the house at Kettle’s Yard, a series of wood engravings by Gwen Raverat (1885-1957) are on display. |
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11:30AM - 5:00PM |
A rare opportunity to enjoy the collected films and projects by artist duo Karen Guthrie & Nina Pope, in this their first gallery exhibition since they won the Northern Art Prize in 2008. |
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12:30PM - 1:00PM |
Lunchtime talk at Kettle's Yard Introduction to Kettle’s Yard House and the role of Jim Ede |
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6:00PM - 7:00PM |
Shankar Balasubramanian co-invented the leading method for decoding DNA that has made routine, accurate, low-cost sequencing of human genomes a reality. |
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6:00PM - 7:00PM |
Shakespeare for Dummies or When Actors Work with Puppets Carol Chillington Rutter is Professor of Shakespeare and Performance Studies at the University of Warwick and a National Teaching Fellow. A historian of the early modern stage, she also writes contemporary theatre history, using theatre archives and the material remains of performance. |
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6:00PM - 7:00PM |
What are we digging for? Some reflections on current fieldwork at Interamna Lirenas (Italy) A talk on current fieldwork at Interamna Lirenas by members of the Faculty of Classics. |
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6:00PM - 7:20PM |
Anatol Lieven, 'Is a modern nation state a chimera in Afghanistan?' One hour lecture followed by 15 minutes of questions and refreshments |
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7:30PM - 9:00PM |
In search of the snow leopard in Ladakh, in winter Christine Newell will talk about her visit to Ladakh. |
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Fri 21 November 2014 | 8:00AM - 5:00PM |
Sula Rubens- artist in residence Sula Rubens is currently working as Artist in Residence at The Michaelhouse. You are welcome to talk to her about her work. |
9:00AM - 5:00PM |
52 Days to Timbuktu - an exhibition by Tim Oelman Art exhibition by Tim Oelman |
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9:00AM - 5:00PM |
Social Commentary - an exhibition by Mohammed Djazmi Exhibition by artist Mohammed Djazmi |
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9:00AM - 6:00PM |
Element – An exhibition of recent paintings by Zachary Beer An exhibition of recent paintings by Zachary Beer, exploring flora and biochemical processes. |
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9:00AM - 6:00PM |
Highlight Private lives of print: The use and abuse of books 1450-1550 An exhibition of over 50 of Cambridge University Library's wonderful early printed books, selected for the stories they tell about the use of books in the first hundred years after the invention of printing. |
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10:00AM - 4:00PM |
Ediacaran Enigmas: resolving the fossil record of early animals This new display is a snapshot of the research taking place in the department of Earth Sciences at Cambridge on fossils from the 540-580 million year old Ediacaran Period, known as the 'Ediacaran Biota'. |
|
10:00AM - 4:00PM |
Highlight The Polar Muse The Polar Muse is a collaboration between The Polar Museum, PN Review and eight of Cambridge's most exciting and innovative poets. |
|
10:00AM - 4:00PM |
Highlight The Thing Is... This exhibition explores the many ways in which we consider and care for museum objects, how and why objects gain meaning and why we collect them and their accompanying stories. |
|
10:00AM - 5:00PM |
World War I consumed vast quantities of money as well as lives. This display of coins, medals, banknotes and government bonds provides an insight into the desperate measures that had to be used to maintain a supply of money, from the transition of gold coinage at the outbreak of war in 1914 to inflationary paper money by 1918 when the great European empires fell. |
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10:00AM - 5:00PM |
Caroline Watson and female printmaking in late Georgian England Caroline Watson ( 1760/61 - 1814) was one of the most skilful engravers working in late 18th century England. She can be seen as the first British professional woman engraver. This exhibition shows a selection of her portrait and subject prints, together with those of other contemporary women printmakers. |
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10:00AM - 5:00PM |
Fatal consequences: the Chapman Brothers and Goya’s disasters of war The Chapman Brothers’ Disasters of War takes Goya’s print series of the same title and reinvents and extends the imagery and horrors with a cornucopia of ideas from later wars and modern culture. This exhibition shows different versions of the Chapman Bothers’ set, together with a selection from Goya’s original series. |
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10:00AM - 5:00PM |
Highlight Silent partners artist & mannequin from function to fetish Silent Partners is the first exhibition uncovering the evolution of the artist’s mannequin. It will show how, from being an inconspicuous studio tool, a piece of equipment as necessary as easel, pigments and brushes, the lay figure became the fetishised subject of the artist’s painting, and eventually, in the 20th century, a work of art in its own right. |
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10:00AM - 6:00PM |
Highlight Exhibition: poppies (women and war) An exhibition of contemporary photography by Lee Stow, focusing on images of women whose lives have been touched by war, and of poppies, to commemorate the centenary of the First World War. |
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10:00AM - 6:00PM |
Natalie Dower & Harriet Mena Hill: the elegance of order Cancelled An exhibition that brings together two artists from different generations, who work within pre-set parameters, which guide, and to some extent govern the outcome of their images. |
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10:30AM - 4:30PM |
Highlight Buddha's word: the life of books in Tibet and Beyond The first exhibition of Tibetan material in Cambridge, and the first time in the Museum of Archaeology and Anthropology’s history that its Buddhist collections will be showcased in an exhibition. |
|
11:30AM - 5:00PM |
In Helen Ede’s bedroom, in the house at Kettle’s Yard, a series of wood engravings by Gwen Raverat (1885-1957) are on display. |
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11:30AM - 5:00PM |
A rare opportunity to enjoy the collected films and projects by artist duo Karen Guthrie & Nina Pope, in this their first gallery exhibition since they won the Northern Art Prize in 2008. |
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12:00PM - 5:00PM |
Fatal consequences: the Chapman Brothers and Goya’s disasters of war The Chapman Brothers’ Disasters of War takes Goya’s print series of the same title and reinvents and extends the imagery and horrors with a cornucopia of ideas from later wars and modern culture. This exhibition shows different versions of the Chapman Bothers’ set, together with a selection from Goya’s original series. |
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4:00PM - 7:00PM |
'Towards One World': seminar with HE Judge CG Weeramantry Please join us for an international law seminar and book launching reception with His Excellency Judge CG Weeramantry, former Vice-President of the International Court of Justice and Justice of the Supreme Court of Sri Lanka, and UNESCO Prize for Peace Education Laureate, known especially for his international legal contributions to sustainable development, disarmament and human rights. |
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Sat 22 November 2014 | 8:00AM - 5:00PM |
Sula Rubens- artist in residence Sula Rubens is currently working as Artist in Residence at The Michaelhouse. You are welcome to talk to her about her work. |
9:00AM - 4:30PM |
Highlight Private lives of print: The use and abuse of books 1450-1550 An exhibition of over 50 of Cambridge University Library's wonderful early printed books, selected for the stories they tell about the use of books in the first hundred years after the invention of printing. |
|
9:00AM - 6:00PM |
Element – An exhibition of recent paintings by Zachary Beer An exhibition of recent paintings by Zachary Beer, exploring flora and biochemical processes. |
|
10:00AM - 4:00PM |
Ediacaran Enigmas: resolving the fossil record of early animals This new display is a snapshot of the research taking place in the department of Earth Sciences at Cambridge on fossils from the 540-580 million year old Ediacaran Period, known as the 'Ediacaran Biota'. |
|
10:00AM - 4:00PM |
Highlight The Polar Muse The Polar Muse is a collaboration between The Polar Museum, PN Review and eight of Cambridge's most exciting and innovative poets. |
|
10:00AM - 4:00PM |
Highlight The Thing Is... This exhibition explores the many ways in which we consider and care for museum objects, how and why objects gain meaning and why we collect them and their accompanying stories. |
|
10:00AM - 5:00PM |
World War I consumed vast quantities of money as well as lives. This display of coins, medals, banknotes and government bonds provides an insight into the desperate measures that had to be used to maintain a supply of money, from the transition of gold coinage at the outbreak of war in 1914 to inflationary paper money by 1918 when the great European empires fell. |
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10:00AM - 5:00PM |
Caroline Watson and female printmaking in late Georgian England Caroline Watson ( 1760/61 - 1814) was one of the most skilful engravers working in late 18th century England. She can be seen as the first British professional woman engraver. This exhibition shows a selection of her portrait and subject prints, together with those of other contemporary women printmakers. |
|
10:00AM - 5:00PM |
Fatal consequences: the Chapman Brothers and Goya’s disasters of war The Chapman Brothers’ Disasters of War takes Goya’s print series of the same title and reinvents and extends the imagery and horrors with a cornucopia of ideas from later wars and modern culture. This exhibition shows different versions of the Chapman Bothers’ set, together with a selection from Goya’s original series. |
|
10:00AM - 5:00PM |
Highlight Silent partners artist & mannequin from function to fetish Silent Partners is the first exhibition uncovering the evolution of the artist’s mannequin. It will show how, from being an inconspicuous studio tool, a piece of equipment as necessary as easel, pigments and brushes, the lay figure became the fetishised subject of the artist’s painting, and eventually, in the 20th century, a work of art in its own right. |
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10:00AM - 6:00PM |
Highlight Exhibition: poppies (women and war) An exhibition of contemporary photography by Lee Stow, focusing on images of women whose lives have been touched by war, and of poppies, to commemorate the centenary of the First World War. |
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10:00AM - 6:00PM |
Natalie Dower & Harriet Mena Hill: the elegance of order Cancelled An exhibition that brings together two artists from different generations, who work within pre-set parameters, which guide, and to some extent govern the outcome of their images. |
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10:30AM - 1:00PM |
Explore the art of ekphrasis with Vahni Capildeo and Preti Taneja, at Murray Edwards College, which hosts the largest collection in Europe of contemporary art by women. |
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10:30AM - 4:30PM |
Highlight Buddha's word: the life of books in Tibet and Beyond The first exhibition of Tibetan material in Cambridge, and the first time in the Museum of Archaeology and Anthropology’s history that its Buddhist collections will be showcased in an exhibition. |
|
11:30AM - 5:00PM |
In Helen Ede’s bedroom, in the house at Kettle’s Yard, a series of wood engravings by Gwen Raverat (1885-1957) are on display. |
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11:30AM - 5:00PM |
A rare opportunity to enjoy the collected films and projects by artist duo Karen Guthrie & Nina Pope, in this their first gallery exhibition since they won the Northern Art Prize in 2008. |
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2:00PM - 3:30PM |
Enjoy a garland of purely pleasurable readings by Vahni Capildeo, Leo Mellor and John Regan, and explore urban wilderness and tainted pastoral. |
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7:30PM - 9:00PM |
Trinity Hall concert: the English Orpheus The English Orpheus: Choral & Organ works by Henry Purcell Orpheus Britannicus Vocal Consort Organ: Stephen Farr Conductor: Andrew Arthur Ticket price includes a post-concert drink in the Master's Lodge. |
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7:30PM - 10:00PM |
One of the most powerful requiems ever composed performed in a tremendous building - a concert not to be missed. |
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Sun 23 November 2014 | 8:00AM - 5:00PM |
Sula Rubens- artist in residence Sula Rubens is currently working as Artist in Residence at The Michaelhouse. You are welcome to talk to her about her work. |
9:00AM - 6:00PM |
Element – An exhibition of recent paintings by Zachary Beer An exhibition of recent paintings by Zachary Beer, exploring flora and biochemical processes. |
|
10:00AM - 6:00PM |
Highlight Exhibition: poppies (women and war) An exhibition of contemporary photography by Lee Stow, focusing on images of women whose lives have been touched by war, and of poppies, to commemorate the centenary of the First World War. |
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10:00AM - 6:00PM |
Natalie Dower & Harriet Mena Hill: the elegance of order Cancelled An exhibition that brings together two artists from different generations, who work within pre-set parameters, which guide, and to some extent govern the outcome of their images. |
|
10:30AM - 4:30PM |
Highlight Buddha's word: the life of books in Tibet and Beyond The first exhibition of Tibetan material in Cambridge, and the first time in the Museum of Archaeology and Anthropology’s history that its Buddhist collections will be showcased in an exhibition. |
|
11:30AM - 5:00PM |
In Helen Ede’s bedroom, in the house at Kettle’s Yard, a series of wood engravings by Gwen Raverat (1885-1957) are on display. |
|
11:30AM - 5:00PM |
A rare opportunity to enjoy the collected films and projects by artist duo Karen Guthrie & Nina Pope, in this their first gallery exhibition since they won the Northern Art Prize in 2008. |
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12:00PM - 5:00PM |
World War I consumed vast quantities of money as well as lives. This display of coins, medals, banknotes and government bonds provides an insight into the desperate measures that had to be used to maintain a supply of money, from the transition of gold coinage at the outbreak of war in 1914 to inflationary paper money by 1918 when the great European empires fell. |
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12:00PM - 5:00PM |
Caroline Watson and female printmaking in late Georgian England Caroline Watson ( 1760/61 - 1814) was one of the most skilful engravers working in late 18th century England. She can be seen as the first British professional woman engraver. This exhibition shows a selection of her portrait and subject prints, together with those of other contemporary women printmakers. |
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12:00PM - 5:00PM |
Fatal consequences: the Chapman Brothers and Goya’s disasters of war The Chapman Brothers’ Disasters of War takes Goya’s print series of the same title and reinvents and extends the imagery and horrors with a cornucopia of ideas from later wars and modern culture. This exhibition shows different versions of the Chapman Bothers’ set, together with a selection from Goya’s original series. |
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12:00PM - 5:00PM |
Highlight Silent partners artist & mannequin from function to fetish Silent Partners is the first exhibition uncovering the evolution of the artist’s mannequin. It will show how, from being an inconspicuous studio tool, a piece of equipment as necessary as easel, pigments and brushes, the lay figure became the fetishised subject of the artist’s painting, and eventually, in the 20th century, a work of art in its own right. |
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1:15PM - 2:00PM |
Andrew Morris (flute), Martin White (oboe and cor anglais) and Alec Forshaw (bassoon and piano) perform pieces by Rossini, Ravel, Shostakovitch and Rachmaninov. |
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5:00PM - 6:30PM |
Poetry reading: Carcanet new poetries This reading features Cambridge contributors to the forthcoming Carcanet New Poetries VI (2015) and contributors to earlier volumes in the series, including Janani Ambikapathy, Adam Crothers, Mina Gorji and Rebecca Watts. |
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6:00PM - 6:25PM |
To be performed by Prof. Bernhard Marx (Titular Organist, Dom St Blasien, Germany) |
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6:00PM - 7:30PM |
Buddhism in the new era: the path of Chinese Buddhism - past, present and future The Venerable Master Xuecheng, Spiritual Leader of Longquan Temple in Beijing and Vice President of the Buddhist Association of China, will speak on the role of Buddhism in a changing China |
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7:30PM - 9:00PM |
Poetry reading: Vahni Capildeo, John James, Redell Olsen A poetry reading by Vahni Capildeo, John James and Redell Olsen |