Talks
In Her Words: Women Artists and Life Writing Symposium
For centuries, women artists have produced autobiographical accounts of their lives and careers, using diaries, letters and other types of writing as a means of resistance, reflection, and self-fashioning. Taking a broad geographical approach, this symposium will address how women artists, between 1900 and the present, navigate their artistic identities through writing.
| Mon 10 June 2013 | 5:30PM |
A change of seasons: Egypt, the ‘Arab spring’ and the challenges ahead Demetrius Floudas, Senior Associate of Hughes Hall and advisor to the Egyptian Competition Authority in Cairo will speak on the 2011 uprisings in Egypt and the ensuing political developments in key Middle Eastern and North African countries. |
| Tue 11 June 2013 | 1:00PM - 2:00PM |
Jesus, Darwin and Ashley Montagu Although never especially well known in Britain, the London-born Ashley Montagu (1905-1999) became one of the most publicly visible anthropologists in the United States in the mid-twentieth century, thanks to a succession of popular books and frequent television appearances. |
| 5:00PM - 7:00PM |
Loving theory: two talks on film and television The Cambridge Screen Media Group hosts its final seminar of the year, with papers on TV and film theory from Alison Fornell and Prof. Amelie Hastie. |
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| 7:00PM - 8:00PM |
Cambridge Wordfest presents Lord Sainsbury David Sainsbury – businessman, philanthropist, Labour life peer, former government minister and Chancellor of the University of Cambridge – joins us for the launch of his new book, Progressive Capitalism. |
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| 8:15PM - 9:15PM |
The Diplomacy of Crisis: FDR's Ambassadors in Berlin and policy towards Nazi Germany 1933-41 |
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| Wed 12 June 2013 | 1:15PM - 2:00PM |
'Composed of the same materials': dressing alike in Victorian art Join Anna Marie Kirk, Research Assistant (Paintings, Drawings and Prints) at the Fitzwilliam Museum for a lunchtime talk. |
| Thu 13 June 2013 | 5:00PM - 6:30PM |
Wid mi riddim / wid mi rime....wid mi own sense a time (Linton Kwesi Johnson) Inaugural Lecture - Professor Morag Styles, Faculty of Education |
| 7:00PM - 8:00PM |
Highlight Quantum writing: literature and the world of numbers In this free public lecture at Madingley Hall, Professor Steven Connor will discuss the ways in which literary writers over the last century, including Lewis Carroll, James Joyce and Samuel Beckett, have approached and sometimes embraced mathematical operations in their work. |
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| Fri 14 June 2013 | 5:00PM - 5:30PM |
Why chess could have been invented in India - Dr Maria Schetelich Dr Maria Schetelich (Leipzig) talks about why chess could have been invented in India. |
| 6:30PM - 9:30PM |
Cambridge University entrepreneurs grand finale 2013 The grand finale marks the end of the Cambridge University entrepreneurs 50K business creation competition - the UK's oldest student-led entrepreneurship competition! Join us to learn about this year's best entrepreneurial ideas coming out of Cambridge. |
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| 7:30PM - 10:20PM |
Bright club: bodies Cancelled The thinking person's variety night, with our special guests Nicky Doody and Vicky Stone on stage alongside fellows and researchers giving stand-up comedy a go for the first time. Join academics from Cambridge and beyond for a lighthearted look at their research. It's a comedy night with a difference and not to be missed. |
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| Sat 15 June 2013 | 2:00PM - 3:00PM |
Searching for Sikh soldiers on British medals Enjoy a short talk, viewing session and tour of the Fitzwilliam Museum’s Images of Empire display. |