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.
| Tue 24 September 2024 | 7:30PM - 8:45PM |
Boulting on bikes: Ned Boulting in conversation Join the Intellectual Forum and the Cambridge Festival of Cycling to hear from sports commentator and cycling enthusiast Ned Boulting. |
| Wed 25 September 2024 | 6:00PM - 7:00PM |
Chaos Comes Calling – Reading and Conversation with Sasha Abramsky Celebrate the upcoming publication of Sasha Abramsky’s new book – Chaos Comes Calling: The Battle Against the Far-right Takeover of Small Town America – out 26 September with this free online event. |
| Thu 26 September 2024 | 5:30PM - 7:30PM |
Forgiving: JL Austin’s 'Hippolytus' and Hannah Arendt’s Politics of Release A public lecture from Bonnie Honig, Nancy Duke Lewis Professor of Modern Culture and Media (MCM) and Political Science at Brown University, in conjunction with the launch of the Hannah Arendt Consortium for Crises and Political Transformation |
| Sat 28 September 2024 | 10:00AM - 4:00PM |
Join us for Fungi Field Day at the Botanic Garden to celebrate fungi and their relationships with plants in the run up to UK Fungus Day. |