| Mon 4 April 2022 | 6:00PM - 7:00PM |
WHAT HAPPENS WHEN YOU MIX PARTICLE PHYSICS WITH A T. REX? Cutting-edge instruments for particle physics collide with palaeontology in an informative and fun talk, inspired by the gamebook “Your adventures at CERN”. |
| Tue 5 April 2022 | 6:00PM - 7:00PM |
INDIAN POLITICAL THOUGHT IN THE GLOBAL AGE Shruti Kapila, Associate Professor in the Faculty of History at the University of Cambridge and author of the recently released Violent Fraternity: Indian Political Thought in the Global Age, a history of the political ideas that made modern India, is in conversation with Gideon Rachman, chief foreign affairs commentator at the Financial Times |
| 6:00PM - 7:15PM |
Lessons from history for governing the digital future A panel discussion with leading experts on learning from history to manage technological change as part of the Cambridge Festival 2022. |
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| 7:30PM - 9:00PM |
WATERLOO SUNRISE : LONDON FROM THE SIXTIES TO THATCHER A kaleidoscopic history of how the 1960s and 1970s changed London forever |
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| Wed 6 April 2022 | 12:30PM - 1:30PM |
CBC Wellness Campaign: Mindfulness - what you've always wanted to know In this CBC Wellness Campaign webinar, you will have an opportunity to find out for yourself what mindfulness is - with Revd John Nicholson |
| 1:00PM - 2:00PM |
Join us over a vegetarian lunch at Michaelhlouse for an exploration of five works of art from the Fitzwilliam Museum, with staff from the University Church, Great St Mary's. |
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| 6:00PM - 7:30PM |
CAN LIBERAL DEMOCRACIES REGULATE THE POWER OF TECH GIANTS? A panel discussion chaired by Professor John Naughton of Wolfson College, Cambridge and the Minderoo Centre for Technology and Democracy, with Gina Neff, David Runciman, and Jennifer Cobbe, considering the regulation of global technology companies. This event is part of 'Wolfson Explores GROWTH 2022' |
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| Thu 7 April 2022 | 6:00PM - 7:00PM |
GOOD GRIEF: HOW DO WE SUPPORT BEREAVED PEOPLE BETTER? Covid has brought bereavement to the fore, raising questions about how a society confronts grief on such a huge scale. In this discussion, Professor Stephen Barclay, GP Dr Dan Knights and grief podcaster Amber Jeffrey will talk about the impact of bereavement on society at large and changing attitudes to how the medical profession should respond and the kind of support needed in the community |
| 6:00PM - 7:30PM |
V: VIRUSES, VARIANTS AND VACCINES A panel discussion from the Immunology department on viruses, variants and vaccines |
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| 7:30PM - 8:30PM |
CAN POLITICAL INNOVATION COME FROM CRISIS? How does the history of ideas help us to understand what is happening today and will the multiple crises we are facing spawn new ideas about how we organise society? |
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| Fri 8 April 2022 | 7:30PM - 9:00PM |
CAMBRIDGE AT THE FOREFRONT OF HUMAN EMBRYO RESEARCH Embryo research in the UK is governed by principles that are over 40 years old. New developments led by Cambridge researchers mean that we are now pushing the limits of what is technically and legally possible in embryo research. Join our panel of scientific, legal, sociological and historical experts as they debate whether it is time to revisit the rules governing fertility and embryo research! |
| 7:30PM - 9:00PM |
TAKING ON THE PSEUDOSCIENCE CRISIS Join Students Against Pseudoscience in a unique celebration of science in which students unite to tackle the pseudoscience crisis. We believe creative, compassionate and exciting new ways of countering misinformation are necessary as society’s information infrastructure continues to change drastically. |
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| Sat 9 April 2022 | 1:00PM - 2:30PM |
TELEVISING THE FUTURE: NINETEEN EIGHTY-FOUR AND THE IMAGINATION OF NIGEL KNEALE A panel discussion on the BBC TV Drama of 1984- on its re-release by The BFI in 2022. |
| 2:00PM - 3:00PM |
LGBTQ+ Bridging Binaries Guided Tours Join our volunteer guides as they share their personal selection of fascinating stories about gender and sex in the animal world at the Museum of Zoology |
