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.
| Tue 14 July | 7:30PM - 9:00PM |
A House of Significance: the Early History of Barnwell Priory and St Andrew the Less Today Mill Road History Society presents a talk about the neglected church of St Andrew the Less on Newmarket Road, the work being done to save it and the history of the area including Barnwell Priory. |
| Thu 16 July | 9:00AM - 6:00PM |
The 2026 Cambridge Journal of Regions, Economy and Society Conference The annual Cambridge Journal of Regions, Economy and Society conference will take place on 16-17 July 2026, at St Catharine’s College, Cambridge, UK. |
| 1:00PM |
Why animals talk…and can we translate what they say? Dr Arik Kershenbaum (Girton College, University of Cambridge) examines how evolutionary pressures shape animal communication, exploring its complexity across species. He considers whether AI could “translate” these signals, and how concepts like meaning apply beyond human language, with examples from dolphins and wolves. |
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| 7:00PM - 8:15PM |
In Conversation and Book Launch: Rebecca Birrell 'Venus, Vanishing' Join us in the Kettle’s Yard house to celebrate author Rebecca Birrell’s debut novel Venus, Vanishing. |
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| Sat 18 July | 3:00PM - 4:30PM |
Behind the Books: an afternoon with Tim Sullivan Join Tim Sullivan, author of the DS Cross series of novels, as he takes us 'behind the scenes' of writing bestselling detective fiction. |