Talks
The Betty Behrens Seminar on Classics of Historiography
Paul Seaward on "The History of the Rebellion" by Edward Hyde, Earl of Clarendon
| Mon 6 June 2022 | 11:00AM - 12:00PM |
Highlight Touch Tours for Blind and Partially Sighted Adults Join the Polar Museum team for a touch tour and explore a range of objects from polar history. The tour will also include some of the objects and sculptures outside on the museum lawn. |
| 1:30PM - 2:30PM |
Highlight Touch Tours for Blind and Partially Sighted Adults Join the Polar Museum team for a touch tour and explore a range of objects from polar history. The tour will also include some of the objects and sculptures outside on the museum lawn. |
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| 5:15PM - 6:15PM |
"Discussing Leonard Woolf’s The Village in the Jungle" with Professor Shihan de Silva Jayasuriya In this lecture, Professor Shihan de Silva Jayasuriya will highlight Leonard Woolf’s iconic novel, The Village in the Jungle. |
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| Tue 7 June 2022 | 5:45PM - 7:00PM |
Baljit Kaur joins us from The University of Sussex to talk about rap music and the tension between achieving success and telling authentic stories that might spark change. |
| Wed 8 June 2022 | 5:30PM - 6:45PM |
To mark World Environment Day, our panel of experts will be discussing how UK universities, and the University of Cambridge in particular, are responding to the climate crisis. |
| 7:00PM - 8:00PM |
Butterfly Talk: Extinction & re-establishment of the large blue butterfly Join us online as Professor JA Thomas talks about extinction and re-establishment of the large blue butterfly in Britain. |
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| Fri 10 June 2022 | 5:45PM - 7:00PM |
Can biodiversity make children happy? What are the benefits of exposure to biodiversity and how can they improve children's wellbeing at school? |
| Sat 11 June 2022 | 9:00AM - 5:30PM |
Saffron: global history, Cambridge stories This interdisciplinary symposium seeks to explore the history of saffron cultivation and use – both globally and more locally. |
| 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 |
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| 2:30PM - 4:30PM |
Discover Cambridge in a different way on this guided walking tour, focusing on the uncomfortable stories of power and privilege which have shaped both the university and the city. |
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| Sun 12 June 2022 | 2:30PM - 4:30PM |
Discover Cambridge in a different way on this guided walking tour, focusing on the uncomfortable stories of power and privilege which have shaped both the university and the city. |