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Mon 18 November 2013 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 - 6:00PM

Highlight Martha Haversham: blue on white III

Martha Haversham gained a dance degree at Roehampton Institute and worked in the theatre before transferring to fine art. Charcoal and material of tangibility is intrinsic to her work as this represents the dance of carbon atoms and the continuance of life.

5:00PM - 6:00PM

Transition and justice in Sierra Leone and Liberia

Part of the Centre of African Studies' Michaelmas Term Seminar Series on 'Law, Crime and Justice in Africa'

5:30PM - 6:30PM

Sex, gender and heteronormativity: seeing ‘Some Like it Hot’ as a heterosexual dystopia

Professor Terrell Carver, Professor of Political Theory, University of Bristol gives a Public Lecture for the University of Cambridge Centre for Gender Studies

6:00PM - 8:00PM

Sing that thing!

In our workshops we will explore stories of objects through singing songs connected and inspired by them. The music featured will include both traditional and contemporary styles as well as some composed by the group.