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Cambridge Festival 2024

The Cambridge Festival returns for 2024.

Mon 28 October 2019 9:00AM - 7:00PM

YOKO ONOO: LOOKING FOR ... Pieces from Grapefruit and Other Works

A selection of 36 works from Yoko Ono’s Grapefruit (1964/1971) as well as other selected works.

9:30AM - 2:30PM

Sir Lionel Whitby: War hero, medical pioneer, Master

An archive exhibition featuring highlights from a recent donation of personal papers of the eminent bacteriologist, haematologist and Regius Professor of Physic at the University (1945-56)

9:30AM - 5:00PM

Highlight Downing's Early Black Cantabs

An archive exhibition for Black History Month celebrating the College's early black students dating back more than 100 years

10:00AM - 6:00PM

Highlight Creative Connections: Portraits of Women Scientists and Artists

An exhibition of photographic portraits of female scientists and artists.

2:00PM - 4:00PM

EVENT CANCELLED: Taking Up Space: The Black Girl's Manifesto for Change

THIS EVENT HAS BEEN CANCELLED.

6:00PM - 7:00PM

Highlight Cancer: when friends become foes, and how to make them friends again

A Lecture by Professor Gerard Evan FRS FMedSci, Sir William Dunn Professor of Biochemistry, Department of Biochemistry, University of Cambridge.

6:00PM - 7:30PM

Clare Distinguished Lecture in Economics and Public Policy "The Holy Land of Industrialism” Rethinking the Industrial Revolution by Joel Mokyr.

The Master and Fellows of Clare College, Cambridge invite you to join them for the 2019 Clare Distinguished Lecture in Economics & Public Policy 'The Holy Land of Industrialism' Rethinking the Industrial Revolution on Monday 28th October 2019

Tue 29 October 2019 9:00AM - 7:00PM

YOKO ONOO: LOOKING FOR ... Pieces from Grapefruit and Other Works

A selection of 36 works from Yoko Ono’s Grapefruit (1964/1971) as well as other selected works.

9:30AM - 5:00PM

Highlight Downing's Early Black Cantabs

An archive exhibition for Black History Month celebrating the College's early black students dating back more than 100 years

10:00AM - 5:00PM

Fans Unfolded: Conserving the Lennox-Boyd collection

Showcasing rare and exquisitely decorated fans from the collection of the Hon. Christopher Lennox Boyd, allocated to the Museum by H.M. Government in lieu of inheritance tax in 2015, this display reveals the techniques behind the making, investigation and conservation of fans.

10:00AM - 5:00PM

Goddesses, by Marian Maguire

Greek goddesses are re-imagined through a feminist lens in this contemporary art exhibition by New Zealand Artist Marian Maguire.

10:00AM - 5:00PM

Highlight Rembrandt and the Nude

Rembrandt made etchings of female nudes during two distinct periods of his career: in the 1630s, and another two decades later. This exhibition draws attention to the beauty and power of Rembrandt’s treatment of the female form, despite attacks received from critics of the time.

10:00AM - 5:00PM

Highlight Seeing Sound: Music, imagery and inspiration

This exhibition brings together a remarkable range of works from the Museum’s collections to explore the ways in which artists and composers have engaged in a dialogue between sight and sound.

10:00AM - 5:00PM

The celebrated Mr Belzoni: A cultural gift to the Fitzwilliam

This in-focus exhibition is centred on a new acquisition: Jan Adam Kruseman’s posthumous portrait of the celebrated adventurer, Giovanni Battista Belzoni, known as ‘The Great Belzoni’.

10:00AM - 6:00PM

Highlight Creative Connections: Portraits of Women Scientists and Artists

An exhibition of photographic portraits of female scientists and artists.

12:30PM - 2:00PM

The Square Kilometre Array telescope: Engineering to reveal cosmic origins.

Faraday Institute Seminar talk given by Dr Althea Wilkinson.

1:10PM - 1:55PM

Lunchtime Concert Series: Quartet for the End of Time

Messiaen Quartet for the End of Time Owen Saldanha, Yuma Kitahara, Patrick Bevan, Samuel Weinstein

5:30PM - 7:00PM

Donald Trump, The Embattled President

A talk by Jim Zirin, leading litigator and author of 'Plaintiff-in-Chief: A Portrait of Donald Trump in 3500 Lawsuits', as part of the Churchill History Lecture Series

7:00PM - 10:00PM

Pick of the month Graphene the new wonder material: But will it change the world?

Graphene the new wonder material: But will it change the world? This evening talk will be held at 7.30pm on Tuesday 29th October at the Department of Materials Science and Metallurgy with Professor Sir Colin Humphreys.

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

Wed 30 October 2019 9:00AM - 7:00PM

YOKO ONOO: LOOKING FOR ... Pieces from Grapefruit and Other Works

A selection of 36 works from Yoko Ono’s Grapefruit (1964/1971) as well as other selected works.

9:30AM - 2:30PM

Highlight Downing's Early Black Cantabs

An archive exhibition for Black History Month celebrating the College's early black students dating back more than 100 years

9:30AM - 2:30PM

Sir Lionel Whitby: War hero, medical pioneer, Master

An archive exhibition featuring highlights from a recent donation of personal papers of the eminent bacteriologist, haematologist and Regius Professor of Physic at the University (1945-56)

10:00AM - 5:00PM

Fans Unfolded: Conserving the Lennox-Boyd collection

Showcasing rare and exquisitely decorated fans from the collection of the Hon. Christopher Lennox Boyd, allocated to the Museum by H.M. Government in lieu of inheritance tax in 2015, this display reveals the techniques behind the making, investigation and conservation of fans.

10:00AM - 5:00PM

Goddesses, by Marian Maguire

Greek goddesses are re-imagined through a feminist lens in this contemporary art exhibition by New Zealand Artist Marian Maguire.

10:00AM - 5:00PM

Highlight Rembrandt and the Nude

Rembrandt made etchings of female nudes during two distinct periods of his career: in the 1630s, and another two decades later. This exhibition draws attention to the beauty and power of Rembrandt’s treatment of the female form, despite attacks received from critics of the time.

10:00AM - 5:00PM

Highlight Seeing Sound: Music, imagery and inspiration

This exhibition brings together a remarkable range of works from the Museum’s collections to explore the ways in which artists and composers have engaged in a dialogue between sight and sound.

10:00AM - 5:00PM

The celebrated Mr Belzoni: A cultural gift to the Fitzwilliam

This in-focus exhibition is centred on a new acquisition: Jan Adam Kruseman’s posthumous portrait of the celebrated adventurer, Giovanni Battista Belzoni, known as ‘The Great Belzoni’.

10:00AM - 6:00PM

Highlight Creative Connections: Portraits of Women Scientists and Artists

An exhibition of photographic portraits of female scientists and artists.

4:00PM - 5:00PM

A Governance Perspective on Urban Modelling and "City Digital Twins" (CDT's)

A talk by Dr Timea Nochta who is Research Associate at the Centre for Smart Infrastructure and Construction (CSIC) Dept of Engineering. Part of the Land Economy Departmental Seminar Series

5:00PM - 6:30PM

Annual Genizah Lecture 2019

Paradoxes of the Digital Age: The Cairo Genizah and the Material Text

6:00PM - 7:30PM

St Catharine's Political Economy Seminar Series - Sebastian Ille

Talk Title - 'The Evolution of Sectarianism: A Political Economy Approach' Sebastian Ille is a Senior Lecturer in Economics at the New College of the Humanities and Editor-in-Chief of International Social Science Journal.

7:00PM - 8:30PM

Highlight Rewriting human evolution

Understanding genes, ancestry and family trees: how do we talk about the history of our species, our ancestors, our families and our DNA? Join Adam Rutherford (BBC Radio 4 Inside Science) as he probes this subject with his panel of guests.

Thu 31 October 2019 9:00AM - 7:00PM

YOKO ONOO: LOOKING FOR ... Pieces from Grapefruit and Other Works

A selection of 36 works from Yoko Ono’s Grapefruit (1964/1971) as well as other selected works.

10:00AM - 5:00PM

Fans Unfolded: Conserving the Lennox-Boyd collection

Showcasing rare and exquisitely decorated fans from the collection of the Hon. Christopher Lennox Boyd, allocated to the Museum by H.M. Government in lieu of inheritance tax in 2015, this display reveals the techniques behind the making, investigation and conservation of fans.

10:00AM - 5:00PM

Goddesses, by Marian Maguire

Greek goddesses are re-imagined through a feminist lens in this contemporary art exhibition by New Zealand Artist Marian Maguire.

10:00AM - 5:00PM

Highlight Rembrandt and the Nude

Rembrandt made etchings of female nudes during two distinct periods of his career: in the 1630s, and another two decades later. This exhibition draws attention to the beauty and power of Rembrandt’s treatment of the female form, despite attacks received from critics of the time.

10:00AM - 5:00PM

Highlight Seeing Sound: Music, imagery and inspiration

This exhibition brings together a remarkable range of works from the Museum’s collections to explore the ways in which artists and composers have engaged in a dialogue between sight and sound.

10:00AM - 5:00PM

The celebrated Mr Belzoni: A cultural gift to the Fitzwilliam

This in-focus exhibition is centred on a new acquisition: Jan Adam Kruseman’s posthumous portrait of the celebrated adventurer, Giovanni Battista Belzoni, known as ‘The Great Belzoni’.

10:00AM - 6:00PM

Highlight Creative Connections: Portraits of Women Scientists and Artists

An exhibition of photographic portraits of female scientists and artists.

Fri 1 November 2019 9:00AM - 7:00PM

YOKO ONOO: LOOKING FOR ... Pieces from Grapefruit and Other Works

A selection of 36 works from Yoko Ono’s Grapefruit (1964/1971) as well as other selected works.

9:30AM - 2:30PM

Sir Lionel Whitby: War hero, medical pioneer, Master

An archive exhibition featuring highlights from a recent donation of personal papers of the eminent bacteriologist, haematologist and Regius Professor of Physic at the University (1945-56)

9:30AM - 5:00PM

Highlight Downing's Early Black Cantabs

An archive exhibition for Black History Month celebrating the College's early black students dating back more than 100 years

10:00AM - 4:00PM

24 Portraits: Recovering and Reimagining Women's Labour

An exhibition by Emma Copley exploring the the representation of women who work in Pathology. Part of The Rising Tide programme.

10:00AM - 5:00PM

Fans Unfolded: Conserving the Lennox-Boyd collection

Showcasing rare and exquisitely decorated fans from the collection of the Hon. Christopher Lennox Boyd, allocated to the Museum by H.M. Government in lieu of inheritance tax in 2015, this display reveals the techniques behind the making, investigation and conservation of fans.

10:00AM - 5:00PM

Goddesses, by Marian Maguire

Greek goddesses are re-imagined through a feminist lens in this contemporary art exhibition by New Zealand Artist Marian Maguire.

10:00AM - 5:00PM

Highlight Rembrandt and the Nude

Rembrandt made etchings of female nudes during two distinct periods of his career: in the 1630s, and another two decades later. This exhibition draws attention to the beauty and power of Rembrandt’s treatment of the female form, despite attacks received from critics of the time.

10:00AM - 5:00PM

Highlight Seeing Sound: Music, imagery and inspiration

This exhibition brings together a remarkable range of works from the Museum’s collections to explore the ways in which artists and composers have engaged in a dialogue between sight and sound.

10:00AM - 5:00PM

The celebrated Mr Belzoni: A cultural gift to the Fitzwilliam

This in-focus exhibition is centred on a new acquisition: Jan Adam Kruseman’s posthumous portrait of the celebrated adventurer, Giovanni Battista Belzoni, known as ‘The Great Belzoni’.

10:00AM - 6:00PM

Highlight Creative Connections: Portraits of Women Scientists and Artists

An exhibition of photographic portraits of female scientists and artists.

10:30AM - 11:15AM

Animal Tails: Big and small

Stories and play for ages 2-5

11:30AM - 12:15PM

Animal Tails: Big and small

Stories and play for ages 2-5

3:00PM - 4:00PM

Museum of Zoology Gallery Tour

Tour of the Museum of Zoology with an expert guide

7:00PM - 10:00PM

Cinema under the whale: JAWS!

Enjoy watching the original JAWS film under the whale at the Museum of Zoology

Sat 2 November 2019 10:00AM - 1:00PM

Goddesses, by Marian Maguire

Greek goddesses are re-imagined through a feminist lens in this contemporary art exhibition by New Zealand Artist Marian Maguire.

10:00AM - 5:00PM

Fans Unfolded: Conserving the Lennox-Boyd collection

Showcasing rare and exquisitely decorated fans from the collection of the Hon. Christopher Lennox Boyd, allocated to the Museum by H.M. Government in lieu of inheritance tax in 2015, this display reveals the techniques behind the making, investigation and conservation of fans.

10:00AM - 5:00PM

Highlight Rembrandt and the Nude

Rembrandt made etchings of female nudes during two distinct periods of his career: in the 1630s, and another two decades later. This exhibition draws attention to the beauty and power of Rembrandt’s treatment of the female form, despite attacks received from critics of the time.

10:00AM - 5:00PM

Highlight Seeing Sound: Music, imagery and inspiration

This exhibition brings together a remarkable range of works from the Museum’s collections to explore the ways in which artists and composers have engaged in a dialogue between sight and sound.

10:00AM - 5:00PM

The celebrated Mr Belzoni: A cultural gift to the Fitzwilliam

This in-focus exhibition is centred on a new acquisition: Jan Adam Kruseman’s posthumous portrait of the celebrated adventurer, Giovanni Battista Belzoni, known as ‘The Great Belzoni’.

10:00AM - 6:00PM

Highlight Creative Connections: Portraits of Women Scientists and Artists

An exhibition of photographic portraits of female scientists and artists.

2:00PM - 4:00PM

Family first Saturdays

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

6:00PM - 9:30PM

Deathly Encounters!

Join us at the Museum of Archaeology and Anthropology for a night devoted to exploring cultures of death and dying.

7:30PM - 9:30PM

Academy of Great St. Mary's Orchestral Concert

Beethoven Prometheus Overture; Programme: Beethoven Prometheus Overture; Holst Lyric Movement with solo viola; Beethoven Symphony No. 8; Vaughan Williams Folk Song Suite.

Sun 3 November 2019 10:00AM - 6:00PM

Highlight Creative Connections: Portraits of Women Scientists and Artists

An exhibition of photographic portraits of female scientists and artists.

12:00PM - 5:00PM

Fans Unfolded: Conserving the Lennox-Boyd collection

Showcasing rare and exquisitely decorated fans from the collection of the Hon. Christopher Lennox Boyd, allocated to the Museum by H.M. Government in lieu of inheritance tax in 2015, this display reveals the techniques behind the making, investigation and conservation of fans.

12:00PM - 5:00PM

Highlight Rembrandt and the Nude

Rembrandt made etchings of female nudes during two distinct periods of his career: in the 1630s, and another two decades later. This exhibition draws attention to the beauty and power of Rembrandt’s treatment of the female form, despite attacks received from critics of the time.

12:00PM - 5:00PM

Highlight Seeing Sound: Music, imagery and inspiration

This exhibition brings together a remarkable range of works from the Museum’s collections to explore the ways in which artists and composers have engaged in a dialogue between sight and sound.

12:00PM - 5:00PM

The celebrated Mr Belzoni: A cultural gift to the Fitzwilliam

This in-focus exhibition is centred on a new acquisition: Jan Adam Kruseman’s posthumous portrait of the celebrated adventurer, Giovanni Battista Belzoni, known as ‘The Great Belzoni’.

6:00PM - 6:25PM

Highlight Organ Recital

To be performed by Timothy Ravalde (Assistant Director of Music, Chichester Cathedral)