Mon 24 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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12:30PM - 1:30PM |
A bit of himself: British male-authored abortion narratives from waste to Alfie Fran Bigman, Faculty of English, University of Cambridge gives a Multi-disciplinary Gender Research Seminar |
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4:00PM - 6:00PM |
Part of 'Visual Constructions of South Asia' (2014-15) seminar series (http://talks.cam.ac.uk/show/index/50675) |
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5:00PM - 6:00PM |
A talk by Helene Neveau-Kingelbach (Oxford) Part of the Centre of African Studies' Michaelmas Seminar Series 'Migration and African Diasporas' |
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5:00PM - 6:30PM |
Book launch: Clive Wilmer's Urban Pastorals Book launch: Clive Wilmer reads his sequence Urban Pastorals (Worple Press). |
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6:00PM - 7:00PM |
Highlight MEMS Biosensors and their potential for improving healthcare A Lecture by Dr Andrew Flewitt, Department of Engineering, University of Cambridge |
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7:30PM - 9:00PM |
Poetry reading: Mark Ford, Simon Jarvis, Rowan Williams A poetry reading by Mark Ford, Simon Jarvis and Rowan Williams. |
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Tue 25 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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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 |
Sri Lanka on film: Ceylon tea and Tamil Tigers Part of ‘Visual Rhetoric and Modern South Asian History' course (http://talks.cam.ac.uk/show/index/50672) |
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5:00PM - 6:30PM |
Book launch: Nicholas Moore's selected poems Mark Ford and John Lucas talk about the poet Nicholas Moore (1918–1986) and read from his new selected poems (Shoestring Press). |
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5:30PM - 6:30PM |
Early-modern maps in mirror image A talk by Professor Paul Harvey (University of Durham) in the 'Cambridge Seminars in the History of Cartography' series. |
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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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7:30PM - 9:30PM |
Poetry reading: new Cambridge poets A reading of their work by upcoming Cambridge poets |
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Wed 26 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 - 12:30PM |
Training event: Stuart Shaw leads an exploration into the issues of validity and validation. |
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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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1:15PM - 2:00PM |
Modern art and the mannequin, form to fetish Dr Alyce Mahon Senior University Lecturer in the History of Art (20th century). |
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5:00PM - 6:30PM |
Family Politics: Domestic Life, Devastation and Survival, 1900-1950 Professor Paul Ginsborg, Professor of Contemporary European History at the University of Florence gives a Lecture on the topic of his latest book: 'Family Politics: Domestic Life, Devastation and Survival, 1900-1950'. |
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5:00PM - 6:30PM |
Poetry reading: Dan Burt and Anne Stevenson A poetry reading by two American poets with Cambridge connections, Dan Burt and Anne Stevenson. |
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5:30PM - 6:30PM |
Disability and austerity: shifting perspectives To celebrate International Day of Persons with Disabilities, the panel will explore current changes to disability support for students and staff in Higher Education. |
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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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7:00PM - 8:00PM |
Highlight Pompeii and Herculaneum: does the past have a future? A free public lecture at Madingley Hall by Professor Andrew Wallace-Hadrill, Director of Research in the Faculty of Classics, University of Cambridge. |
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7:30PM - 9:00PM |
Poetry reading: Sean Borodale, Elaine Feinstein and Angela Leighton Poets Sean Borodale, Elaine Feinstein and Angela Leighton read from their work. |
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Thu 27 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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5:00PM - 6:30PM |
Global poetries: the work of the editor Global poetries: the work of the editor, a discussion with With Sarah Howe, Eve Lacey and Preti Taneja. |
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6:30PM - 9:00PM |
Magazine launch: Long Poem Magazine, issue 12 The launch of Long Poem Magazine, issue 12, with readings and discussion |
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8:00PM |
Clare Hammond, piano |
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Fri 28 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. |
|
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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10:15AM - 12:00PM |
An artist led workshop inspired by the Fitzwilliam Museum's exhibitions and collections, with different themes each month. |
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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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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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5:00PM - 6:30PM |
Poetry reading: Vahni Capildeo, Ian Patterson and James Russell Poets Vahni Capildeo, Ian Patterson and James Russell read from their work. |
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5:00PM - 6:30PM |
The crisis of the UK political class Professor Andrew Gamble FBA will deliver this lecture part of the VHI series 'Ethical Standards in Public LIfe' |
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7:30PM - 9:00PM |
A reading by Equipage Poets John James, Drew Milne, Ian Patterson, Luke Roberts, Geoff Ward and Carol Watts. |
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9:00PM - 11:45PM |
Jazz party with 4 Bands in 2 rooms |
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Sat 29 November 2014 | 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. |
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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. |
|
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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7:30PM - 9:45PM |
Highlight City of Cambridge Symphony Orchestra concert orchestral concert including works by Tchaikovsky, Mahler and Rimsky-Korsakov and including a new work by composer Chris Roe, with soloist Henry Neill, former choral scholar at St John's College |
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9:00PM - 11:45PM |
Clare jazz: battle of the big bands The best big bands in town have been rounded up and will be squeezed into the coziness of Clare Cellars. |
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Sun 30 November 2014 | 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. |
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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. |
|
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. |
|
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 |
Instrumental award holders for chamber music A variety of works played by the very best undergraduate chamber musicians. |
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7:30PM - 11:20PM |
The Churchill Music Society presents an evening of jazz musical events in the college, from the state of the art Music Centre to the bar. |