Talks
Annual Public Policy Lecture: We’re all going to die! (Or are we?)
Drawing on her experience as an entrepreneur, legislator and board member, Martha Lane Fox will explore what AI could mean for the next 50 years, including its effects on work, business, entrepreneurial opportunity, existing institutions, culture, security and defence. Chaired by Prof Diane Coyle, Bennett Professor of Public Policy, University of Cambridge.
| Mon 22 July 2024 | 7:00PM - 8:00PM |
Join us for an illuminating panel discussion covering 'Life, The Universe, and Everything: The Next 50 Years of Astronomy,' featuring three Cambridge professors,Vasily Belokurov, Nikku Madhusudhan and Hiranya Peiris, working at the forefront of astronomical research. |
| Tue 23 July 2024 | 7:00PM - 8:00PM |
The University Observatory in Cambridge opened in 1823, after 50 years of effort. Key figures in establishing the Observatory, the first non-College Cambridge department, included young mathematical astronomers – George Peacock, John Herschel, and Charles Babbage. Over the next century, the focus was optical positional astronomy, generating star catalogues. |
| Wed 24 July 2024 | 7:00PM - 8:00PM |
You are made of star stuff by Jocelyn Bell Burnell Our human bodies contain a variety of chemical elements, each with its own distinct kind of atom. In this talk, we will look at the main chemical elements found in our human bodies and discover how the stars created these elements in the first place and then made them available to us – showing you are truly made of star stuff! |
| Sun 28 July 2024 | 2:00PM - 4:00PM |
BEYOND TATAMI: AGRICULTURE AND CRAFTS IN OITA 28 JUL 2024 Make your very own Shimenawa ring out of shichitoi with master craftsperson IWAKIRI Chika, after hearing how the rare crop is grown by HAYASHI Hiroaki; both making a rare visit from Oita Prefecture, Japan. |