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.
| Wed 22 April | 5:30PM - 6:30PM |
One hundred years ago, Edwin Hubble confirmed the presence of galaxies of various morphological forms beyond our own Milky Way. Progress has accelerated with the more powerful James Webb Space Telescope sufficiently that we may soon witness the earliest galaxies emerging from darkness. |
| Fri 24 April | 9:00AM - 5:30PM |
Translating Conflict and Refuge: Language, displacement, and the politics of representation This event will bring together translators, interpreters, scholars, refugees, and NGO representatives to develop a deeper understanding of the complex demands and realities involved in translating conflict and refuge. |
| 3:30PM - 5:00PM |
Thinking Through Things: How human and animal minds understand the physical world Join us to explore how humans, animals, and machines think through things. You will see how birds plan for the future, how children build mental models of their surroundings, and how eye movements shape what we perceive. |
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| Sun 26 April | 2:00PM - 3:30PM |
Highlight Public reading series: Germany in Text and Context with bestselling author Seyda Kurt ?eyda Kurt, international bestselling author from Germany, will kick off the public reading series "Germany in Text and Context." Her book Hate explores the radical power of hatred: who is allowed to hate, how it shapes society, and how it can fuel resistance in a capitalist, racist, and patriarchal world? |