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Tue 12 November 2013 8:00AM - 5:00PM

"Potentials" - exhibition of art work by local students

An exciting exhibition by 10 promising students.

9:00AM - 5:00PM

Until lions write their own history ... and exhibition by artist Deanna Tyson

An eclectic exhibition of painted and stitched kimono, wall hangings, soft sculptures and paintings at the Alison Richard Building.

9:00AM - 6:00PM

Art exhibition

Gail de Cordova

9:00AM - 6:00PM

Enduring visions

Paintings by Gail de Cordava Gail achieved a 1st class Hons degree in Fine Art from Exeter College of Art and Design in 1981. She currently lives in Cambridge and has exhibited widely in the UK, Spain and Sweden.

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.

10:00AM - 4:00PM

Landscapes of exploration

Landscapes of Exploration is a joint exhibition presented by The Polar Museum and the Ruskin Gallery.

10:00AM - 5:00PM

Highlight The night of longing: love and desire in Japanese prints

An exhibition of Japanese woodcuts and books of the Edo and Meiji periods (18th and 19th centuries) depicting lovers from literature and life.

10:30AM - 12:30PM

Measurement and meaning: using the Rasch model in assessment

Training event: Dr Neil Jones of Cambridge English presents the Rasch model used in assessment. Part of the Assessment Practice series.

10:30AM - 4:30PM

Chiefs and governors: art and power in Fiji

A major exhibition of Fijian Art at the Museum of Archaeology and Anthropology, drawing from its historically significant collections

10:30AM - 4:30PM

The lost world (part 2)

The Lost World (Part 2) is a solo exhibition by Julie Gough simultaneously installed in the Museum of Archaeology and Anthropology and at Contemporary Art Tasmania (CAT), Hobart.

1:15PM

Art speak

Enjoy half an hour looking at and talking about art.

4:00PM - 5:30PM

Partition: politics, memory and experience

Part of 'Visual rhetoric and modern South Asian history' course which examines the importance of theories of visual culture to teaching modern South Asian history. It introduces Cambridge University academics, students and researchers of South Asia to media research skills required when exploring the ideologies conveyed by the visual dimension of South Asia’s modern history.

5:00PM - 7:00PM

Hulsean Lecture "The manger in which Christ lies": figural readings of Israel's scripture

The first in a lecture series on the subject of "Reading Backwards: Israel's Scripture through the Eyes of the Evangelists".

7:00PM

Greek

The enduring story of Oedipus hurled into a filthy and decaying London, told by Cambridge’s freshest dramatic talent.

7:15PM - 8:15PM

University social club swimming Cancelled

This event has been cancelled. Lane swimming available every Tuesday for University and non-University individuals

7:45PM - 10:30PM

Funny Girl

Fierce, poignant and with a brilliant score full of show-stopping numbers, Funny Girl is re-imagined for the ADC.