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Talks

Gates Cambridge Annual Lecture 2024

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

Tue 27 October 2020 1:00PM - 2:00PM

Religion, Evolution and the Social Brain - Prof. Robin Dunbar [Oxford University]

New evidence reveals that rituals affect biological processes that promote social bonding. Hear leading academic in experimental and evolutionary psychology of religion, religious studies, and the creator of the social brain hypothesis Professor Robin Dunbar, Oxford University, Department of Experimental Psychology.

5:30PM - 6:30PM

Churchill, Empire and Race: Opening the Conversation

An online discussion between Professor Priya Gopal of Churchill College and Professor Richard Toye of the University of Exeter.

Wed 28 October 2020 6:00PM - 7:00PM

#LivefromLucy in conjunction with "Optimise your Future": 'The Con Job' with Dr Suzanne Doyle-Morris

Join us for this special talk with Dr Suzanne Doyle-Morris in which she discusses her latest book, 'The Con Job'.

Thu 29 October 2020 6:00PM - 7:30PM

Impact of COVID-19 on our Built Environment and Infrastructure

The COVID 19 pandemic has wide-ranging implications for how we design, manage and use our built environment and infrastructure. This panel will focus specifically on two key and interconnected aspects of ongoing change processes, namely decentralisation and resilience.

6:00PM - 7:30PM

Highlight The Human Genome: The gift that keeps on giving

Do you recognize history is being made when you are part of making it? Join scientists from the Wellcome Genome Campus and beyond who contributed to the landmark Human Genome Project.