WHAT'S ON

Picturing prometheus

With Dr Carrie Vour, Christ’s College, University of Cambridge. Talk marks the 2013 Cambridge Greek Play.

Vocational qualifications and their interaction with the labour market – the challenge of weak incentives to learn

Seminar: Professor Ewart Keep discusses how successful vocational qualifications are in preparing people for the labour market.

Creating a shocking display: questions of taste and impropriety

A talk organised by the Friends of Cambridge University Library.

"How and why New York's elite's made Robert Peary an American icon": a talk by Lyle Dick

In his talk, Canadian historian, Lyle Dick will be discussing how the explorer Robert Peary, in the absence of evidence, managed to emerge as the victor in the Race to the North Pole in 1909-1910.

How and why New York's wlite made Robert Peary a national icon

A talk by Lyle Dick

Public open evenings at the Institute of Astronomy

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

An introduction to Vicken Parsons

with Andrew Nairne, director of Kettle's Yard

Saving Asia's vultures

Kevin Hand, will talk about the work scientists are doing to save Asia's vultures from extinction, illustrated with a short film from the RSPB.

The logic of "nothing" from Homer to Heidegger

Professor Alex Oliver gives the Mind Senior Research Fellow Lecture on the logic of "nothing"

Object handling session

An opportunity to look in more detail at some of the pieces in the Origins of the Afro Comb exhibition. Presented as part of Black History Month.

How I learnt to love difficult music - a talk by Tim Brown

Tim Brown is a member of the Friends of Michaelhouse. He worked as Arts Officer in France for six years from 1982 in his career with the British council.

The use of wigs and extensions in afro hairdressing

With June Forbes, Freelance Hairdresser and Afro Hair Consultant. Presented as part of Black History Month.