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Events open to the public from the University of Cambridge

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Mon 22 April 9:00AM - 6:30PM

Highlight Murder by the Book: A Celebration of 20th Century British Crime Fiction

Cambridge University Library's exhibition celebrates the richness of twentieth century British crime fiction through a creative lens, from its origins to contemporary best sellers.

9:00AM - 7:00PM

A woman in the field: Susan Drucker-Brown’s photographs and anthropological fieldnotes (Mexico 1957-1958)

An exhibition of works by Susan Drucker-Brown.

9:00AM - 7:00PM

Rethinking anthropological fieldwork in historical perspective

The event includes a student workshop, a round table around photographic collections and three lectures on Susan Drucker’s work, on the historisation of field interactions and on mestizaje and categories of identification in Mexico.

9:00AM - 6:00PM on Mon 3 June

A woman in the field. Susan Drucker-Brown’s photographs and anthropological fieldnotes (Mexico 1957-1958)

This free exhibition, curated and researched by Paula López Caballero, displays photographs and ethnographic fieldnotes produced by Cambridge-based anthropologist Susan Drucker-Brown (1936-2023) in the Mixtec-speaking village of Jamiltepec (Oaxaca, Mexico) in 1957 and 1958.

10:00AM - 6:00PM

Highlight Exhibition: The Goddess, the Deity & the Cyborg

Drawing from the works in The Women’s Art Collection as well as loans from public and private collections, the exhibition explores the enduring appeal of the goddess and traces how artists have adapted and even transformed the goddess into an ambiguous figure undefined by gender or even bodily form.

10:00AM - 6:00PM

International Garden Photographer of the Year Exhibition 2024

Enjoy exploring a selection of winning garden photos

10:30AM - 4:00PM

Holding Space: Taking Action

This event looks at addressing gender-based violence and creating safe spaces. Lunch will be provided.

11:00AM - 5:00PM

Issam Kourbaj: Urgent Archive

Since 2011 Issam Kourbaj’s artwork has responded to the ongoing conflict in Syria, and reflects on the suffering of his fellow Syrians and the destruction of his cultural heritage.

1:00PM - 3:00PM

'Sex'-on-the-rocks: Geometric rock art and musical expressions amongst the African Pygmy forest hunter-gatherers in search of 'balance', 'harmony'

How does the interpretation of geometric rock art in Uganda shed light on the societal and cultural experiences of African Pygmy forest hunter-gatherers?

1:30PM - 3:30PM

Highlight Meet & Make at the Museum - Polar light phenomena: Glitter stencilling

Join us for our museum wellbeing and making workshops for adults at the Polar Museum! This session we will be using and creating stencils to create blended glitter art. We will be discussing polar light phenomena.

5:00PM - 7:30PM

Highlight Gates Cambridge Annual Lecture 2024

A global turning point: how to escape the permacrisis: Reid Lidow, Michael Spence and Mohamed A. El-Erian