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 9 August 2022 | 7:30PM - 9:00PM |
From Gwydir Street to Vancouver – how local history research unravelled an extraordinary story Local resident and former BBC journalist Fiona Chesterton will talk about how she came to write a book about what started as a small amateur research project into a distant cousin called Jessie Underwood. |
| Thu 11 August 2022 | 5:00PM - 6:45PM |
Highlight The Ghost in the Garden Join Cambridge University Library for an evening with Dr Jude Piesse to discuss Charles Darwin's forgotten garden. |
| Sat 13 August 2022 | 10:00AM - 11:30AM |
Highlight Behind-the-scenes of the Historical Printing Room Go behind-the-scenes in the Morison Historical Printing Room at Cambridge University Library, to learn about letterpress printing and links to the Darwin family. |
| 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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| 8:00PM - 10:00PM |
Our Place in Space - Cycle the Solar System Hop on your bike and cycle your way through the solar system with fellow explorers. |
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| Sun 14 August 2022 | 11:00AM - 12:00PM |
Our Place in Space - Storytelling at the Sun Take yourself and your family or friends on a storytelling adventure by the Our Place in Space Sun on Sunday 14 or 21 August. |
| 2:00PM - 3:00PM |
Our Place in Space - Storytelling at the Sun Take yourself and your family or friends on a storytelling adventure by the Our Place in Space Sun on Sunday 14 or 21 August. |
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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. |