| Thu 16 May 2013 | 8:00AM - 5:00PM |
Highlight Cambridge schools Art Exhibition Pupils from The Leys and Arbury Primary school exhibit their work on conservation. In the last few years students have won prizes and exhibited at Saatchi gallery. the Mall Galleries, arts and the Medical Research Council at Addenbrookes. |
| 9:00AM - 5:00PM |
Jane Perryman and Helena Greene exhibition Jane Perryman is exhibiting ceramics, photography and video, Helena Greene is exhibiting paintings. |
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| 9:00AM - 6:00PM |
'Future anterior' Art Exhibition at Clare Hall by Hepzibah Rendle-Short |
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| 9:00AM - 6:00PM |
Highlight Read all about it! wrongdoing in Spain and England in the long nineteenth century An exhibition of nineteenth-century popular press material from Spain and England, featuring poisoners, pirates, werewolves and many other dubious characters. |
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| 10:00AM - 5:00PM |
The provocative exhibition takes a rare view of the discipline through the eyes of patients and researchers. The photographs capture the unique relationship between patient and doctor and the hope and human spirit wrapped up in research projects. |
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| 10:00AM - 5:00PM |
Images of empire: the British Empire on nineteenth century medals A special display: A thought provoking selection of medallic artowrk, which explores British expansion across the globe during the nineteenth century, showing a wide range of medals relating to plagues and rebellions, sieges and skirmishes, victories and defeats. |
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| 10:00AM - 6:00PM |
Highlight Anne-Lise Saillen - L'arbre, der baum, the tree An exhibition of work by Anne-Lise Saillen |
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| 10:30AM - 4:30PM |
Creativity in the bronze age - a response An intervention into MAA’s experimental World Archaeology Gallery by a group of seven contemporary craft artists, ranging from artist jewellers to potters. |
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| 10:30AM - 4:30PM |
Exploring how the Penan and Kelabit people of Borneo have shaped and been shaped by the rainforest for 50,000 years |
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| 11:30AM - 5:00PM |
From April to July visitors to Kettle's Yard will have the opportunity to see 'guests' from eight other University of Cambridge museums and collections carefully places amongst the artworks and objects in the house. |
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| 11:30AM - 5:00PM |
Katie Paterson's exhibition at Kettle's Yard brings together previous projects and new work. On display in St Peter's Church is a new piece, Fossil Necklace, a culmination of her residency at the Wellcome Trust Sanger Institute. |
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| 1:10PM - 1:40PM |
Introduction to Katie Paterson with Andrew Nairne Join Andrew Nairne, Director of Kettle's Yard, for a lunchtime talk introducing the work of Katie Paterson. |
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| 3:30PM - 5:00PM |
Cambridge Assessment Network seminar: Detecting cheating and plagiarism Cheating and plagiarism have become very serious problems in schools and colleges alike. Teachers, examination boards and their agents clearly have a responsibility to discourage cheating on their tests and to minimise it wherever possible. |
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| 4:00PM - 5:30PM |
Software innovation: eight work style heuristics for creative system developers Traditional forms of technical education pay little attention to creativity – often encouraging overtly rationalistic ways of thinking which stifle the ability to innovate. Professional software developers are often drowned in commercial drudgery and overwhelmed by work pressure and deadlines. |
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| 5:00PM |
Roundtable discussion: transnational organised crime and security Transnational organised crime increasingly concerns policy-makers and security experts around the world. Drug-related violence in Mexico, human trafficking in the Mediterranean, and Internet and environmental crimes are only some of the examples of transnational organised crime with increasing bearing over international security. |
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| 5:00PM - 6:30PM |
Sir Richard Stone annual lecture, Prof Debraj Ray, "ethnicity and conflict" Prof Ray is the Julius Silver Professor in the Faculty of Arts and Science and Professor of Economics at New York University. His main research areas focus on microeconomic theory, development economics and game theory. |
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| 6:00PM |
University of Cambridge Museums open after-hours for music, art, performance, talks |
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| 6:00PM - 7:00PM |
Have you ever wondered what it takes to become a novelist? Join us for an engaging, insightful and thought-provoking talk by Salley Vickers. |
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| 6:00PM - 7:30PM |
What's the state of today's Russian non-fiction writing? What's the state of today's Russian non-fiction writing? Rachel Polonsky, Sue Larsen and journalist Andrew Jack discuss the six shortlisted books in the inaugural Pushkin House Book Prize. |
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| 6:00PM - 8:30PM |
Highlight Museums at night: a father for my son Ever wanted to explore a museum after dark? Join us at the Polar Museum, for one night only to explore the galleries with a glass of wine in tow! Travel back in time with Kathleen Scott, wife of the legendary polar explorer Captain Robert Falcon Scott for a female perspective on love and life at the turn of the 20th century in a play written and performed by Jenny Coverack. |
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| 7:00PM - 11:00PM |
Wouldn't it be amazing if you could sit in the pub sipping your pint while listening to the most incredible scientists explain their recent discoveries? Pint of Science is a new science festival for the general public being held in 15 different pubs in London, Oxford and Cambridge over three days |
