Talks
Holding it Together: Making, Maintaining and Mending from the Early Modern to the Present
‘Holding it Together’, a two-day symposium taking place in late June 2026, addresses this gap, bringing together makers and scholars of material culture to co-create new and robust concepts of lastingness rooted in both historical understanding and contemporary practice.
| Mon 11 May | 6:00PM - 7:00PM |
A Celebration of Art, Colour & Flowers with Horticulturalist Author, Sean A Pritchard Join the Friends of Kettle’s Yard in the house for a springtime talk and floral demonstration with the talented author, and founder of the award-winning garden design studio, Sean A Pritchard. |
| 7:30PM - 8:45PM |
Cambridge Industrial Archaeology Group: Film Night How some of cinema’s most influential filmmakers adapted industrial architecture as cinematic stage! The event will provide commentary on filmography of interest to architects, archaeologists, engineers and film researchers. |
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| Tue 12 May | 2:00PM - 6:00PM |
Rethinking Exile: On fractured lives and the capacity of beginning anew This event brings together scholars, artists, and practitioners to explore exile as both a lived condition and a metaphor for the fractures shaping modern intellectual and political life. |
| 5:00PM - 6:30PM |
Art Amidst Turmoil: Chinese Women Artists and the Second Sino-Japanese War Join us for the fifth event of the Women's History Seminar series. |
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| 5:30PM - 7:00PM |
The College is proud to welcome Professor Niamh Nic Daeid for the biennial Ruth Lynden-Bell Lecture. |
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| 7:30PM - 9:00PM |
Bring an Object, Tell a Story - Toys and Childhood & AGM Mill Road History Society celebrates toys and childhood with an open floor event where we invite our attendees to share their favourite memories from their youth |
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| Wed 13 May | 10:00AM - 5:00PM |
Cambridge Symposium on Protest and Peaceful Assembly An international convening of leading scholars and rights activists examining the vital yet threatened place of assembly in society and politics. |
| 5:30PM - 6:30PM |
Book Launch of the Annotated Edition of The Descent of Man James Costa and Elizabeth Yale will be talking book their new book: The Annotated Edition of The Descent of Man. |
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| 5:30PM - 6:30PM |
Kate Pretty Lecture on 'Women in Sport' with Baroness Tanni Grey-Thompson We are delighted to invite you to the 9th Annual Kate Pretty Lecture, honouring former Homerton Principal Dr Kate Pretty. This year’s speaker is Baroness Tanni Grey-Thompson DBE, a distinguished Paralympian and peer in the House of Lords. Her lecture will explore the theme of ‘Women in Sport’. |
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| 5:30PM - 7:00PM |
Assemble! Protest Politics and Rights (with Roger Hallam, Gina Romero, Martha Spurrier) A Panel on Protest Politics and Rights, to mark the launch of the Oxford Handbook of Peaceful Assembly. |
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| Thu 14 May | 5:00PM - 6:30PM |
Highlight Poems on the Underground: Celebrating 40 Years Cambridge University Library is celebrating the anniversary of this beloved literary project. |
| Fri 15 May | 9:30AM - 12:30PM |
Global History Lab’s Narrative Observatories: Rapid response history in action The event will showcase ongoing research from CRASSH's Global History Lab, while also inviting participants to take part in a live, interactive Observatory session. |
| Sat 16 May | 9:00AM - 4:00PM |
Nourish and Nurture Conference Across a full uplifting day, Nourish and Nurture will bring together a blend of hands-on experiences, thoughtful conversations and opportunities to learn from leading voices in food, health and sustainable living. Expect a warm community feel, a beautiful setting and space to pause, reflect, reconnect and discover something new. |
| 3:00PM - 4:30PM |
Bodies in the Bookshop Presents: Dark Deeds in Lonely Places Join authors Elspeth Latimer, Emma Styles and Bridget Walsh as they discuss their new thrillers. |
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| 4:00PM - 6:00PM |
GLOBAL CULTURES: THE SAMURAI BOND – YOSHITSUNE & BENKEI CONCERT 16 MAY 2026 Join us at Jesus College, Cambridge, for ‘The Boy on Goj? Bridge’ – a performance by Yui Shikakura and Laura Sampson. |
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| 7:00PM - 9:00PM |
Benjamin Britten and Peter Pears at the Red House: Shared Lives, Shared Legacy"? Benjamin Britten and Peter Pears at the Red House: Shared Lives, Shared Legacy"? by Christopher Hilton Head of Archive and Library, Britten Pears Arts |