Talks
Getting to Diversity: A Talk About Which Diversity Initiatives Work and Which Fail
Frank Dobbin is Henry Ford II Professor of the Social Sciences, and chair of the Department of Sociology, at Harvard.
| Mon 27 February 2023 | 6:00PM - 7:00PM |
Highlight Mitigating mitochondrial mutational meltdown: can we save the species? A Lecture by Professor Patrick Chinnery, Department of Clinical Neurosciences, University of Cambridge. |
| Tue 28 February 2023 | 1:15PM - 2:00PM |
The Evolution of 'Islanders: The Making of the Mediterranean' Join Curator, Anastasia Christophilopoulou, online to learn more about the Museum’s new exhibition and the research project behind it, which began back in 2018. Discover more about the research themes and the overall contribution it has made to its field. |
| 5:30PM - 6:30PM |
Highlight Dr Louise Newson: The Truth about the Menopause & HRT In conversation with Dr Louise Newson – the medical consultant on the Channel 4 Davina McCall documentary Sex, Myths and the Menopause. |
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| 5:30PM - 7:00PM |
The Battle of Marathon: How a Battle Can Shape Culture When the Athenians won the Battle of Marathon, the impossible seemed to have been achieved - the mighty Persian Empire halted in its advance. What happened that day, why was the battle fought, and how did people make sense of it? After exploring the battle, this talk will then ask: When is a battle more than a battle? |
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| 7:00PM - 8:00PM |
Highlight The Really Popular Book Club: The Hours by Michael Cunningham This Pulitzer Prize winner is a daring and deeply affecting novel inspired by the life and work of Virginia Woolf. |
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| Thu 2 March 2023 | 6:00PM - 7:00PM |
Highlight What does it mean to remember Fukushima in the UK today? COVID, Climate Change, and Ukraine. P?anel discussion to mark the exhibition Picturing the Invisible at The Heong Gallery. Y?oi Kawakubo G?iles Price D?r Brigitte Steger D?r Makoto Takahashi L?eigh Turner |
| Fri 3 March 2023 | 5:30PM - 6:30PM |
The Self-Imposed Isolation of North Korea This talk is part of the Darwin College lecture series 2023 on the theme of 'Isolation' |
| Sat 4 March 2023 | 1:30PM - 2:15PM |
Highlight Snow Widows: A talk by Katherine MacInnes Join us at the Polar Museum with author Katherine MacInnes to celebrate International Women's Day this March. Discover the untold stories of the race for the South Pole from the perspective of the women whose lives would be forever changed by it. |