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Wed 20 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.

9:30AM - 7:00PM

Highlight Frontiers in Astronomy: from the beginning of the Universe to the outer reaches of the Solar System

Professors George Efstathiou and Anthony Lasenby are co organisers of the symposium Frontiers in Astronomy: from the beginning of the Universe to the outer edges of the Solar System, and hosted by the Royal Society on 20 November 2013.

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.

10:00AM - 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.

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.

1:00PM - 2:00PM

Open classes in modern Hebrew

Open classes in Modern Hebrew Michaelmas Term 2013 Foundation course

1:15PM

How to spend it: luxury and display in Veronese’s Hermes, Herse and Aglauros

With Libbie Howie, independent art dealer and advisor.

2:15PM

Israeli film club - Michaelmas Term 2013

All films are in Hebrew with English sub-titles.

3:30PM - 5:00PM

The CEFR: over-utilised or under-utilised?

Seminar: Stuart Shaw and Helen Imam, experts from Cambridge International Examinations, discuss the use of the CEFR for the recognition of language proficiency - enough or too much?

6:00PM - 8:00PM

Cavafy in Cambridge: A celebration of the poetry of C. P. Cavafy (1863-1933)

An evening of poetry and music to celebrate the 150th anniversary of Cavafy's birth. Organised by the Modern Greek Section of the Cambridge Faculty of Modern and Medieval Languages and the Society for Modern Greek Studies.

6:30PM - 8:00PM

Life clubs - Self improvement workshops Cancelled

This event has been cancelled. Life clubs was created in 2004 by Nina Grunfeld, best-selling author of The Life Book. Sessions are every Wednesday.

7:00PM

And The Horse You Rode In On

Ten men. Two sides of the river. One night in the early 20th Century; in a world torn apart.

7:00PM - 9:00PM

Aftermath of the crisis: prospects for the world economy with Martin Wolf CBE, chief economics commentator at the Financial Times

Martin Wolf CBE is a British journalist, widely considered to be one of the world's most influential writers on economics. He is the associate editor and chief economics commentator at the Financial Times. He was awarded the CBE in 2000 "for services to financial journalism".

7:00PM - 9:00PM

Public open evenings at the Institute of Astronomy

Astronomy talks and public observing (if clear!) every Wednesday evening during the winter season.

7:45PM - 10:30PM

Confusions

From a mother unable to escape from baby talk to a farcical village fete: five interlinked short plays presented by Cambridge’s freshest dramatic talent.

9:30PM

An Earlier Heaven

Lying comatose in a hospital bed, Alice has a very busy day ahead of her. A new and relentlessly inventive pitch black comedy.

11:00PM - 11:59PM

The Penelopiad

Margaret Atwood’s retelling of the story of Odysseus from the point of view of his wife, Penelope. What’s a mother to do?