Talks
Carlo Ginzburg on "Les rois thaumaturges" by Marc Bloch
Carlo Ginzburg on "Les rois thaumaturges" by Marc Bloch
| Tue 9 May 2023 | 1:00PM - 2:00PM |
The Many Worries of Many Worlds: Exploring Some Implications of Everettian Quantum Mechanics Part of The Faraday Institute for Science and Religion Easter Research Seminar Series |
| 5:00PM - 6:00PM |
Meredith Broussard: Confronting race, gender, and ability bias in tech Join Meredith Broussard to discuss the ways that tech reproduces inequality, and discuss novel strategies to address persistent social problems. |
|
| 7:30PM - 9:00PM |
Frank Fenner – Hero or Villain? “Fenner’s” is well known in Cambridge but being named after the University Cricket Ground is currently Frank Fenner’s only legacy. When he died in the late 19th century no obituary was published in local papers. Why? |
|
| Thu 11 May 2023 | 2:00PM - 4:00PM |
Highlight The Betty Behrens Seminar on Classics of Historiography Professor Jane Caplan (University of Oxford) will speak about Arnold Toynbee’s "A Study of History" (1934-1961) and engage in discussion with the attendees. |
| 5:30PM - 6:30PM |
Highlight Means & Ends? How Images Convey Emotions in the Work of Raymond Briggs Raymond Briggs never shied away from addressing serious or controversial topics in his picturebooks and sequential art narratives. This talk hosted by Cambridge University Library will explore how his illustrations convey specific feelings about the subject matter he addresses. |
|
| Fri 12 May 2023 | 9:00AM - 10:00AM |
Agent based Modelling for Urban Health Impact Assessment This agent-based modeling approach entails the integration of behavioural models of people’s mobility choices and dynamic physical models of environmental stressors. Tabea Sonnenschein will present model architecture and methodology, strength and limitations for health impact assessment, and findings on the effects of transport interventions in Amsterdam. |