Beyond Neoliberalism Conference 2025
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| Fri 29 April 2022 | 9:00AM - 6:30PM |
Samurai are a well-known image of Japan, but they are as much legend as history. Our Samurai: History and Legend exhibition explores the literary concept of the samurai and the changing nature of Japanese warrior culture from the 12th to the 19th centuries. |
| 9:00AM - 7:00PM |
An exhibition of paintings and ceramics curated by Ben Risk |
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| 10:00AM - 4:00PM |
CLASSROOM COURSE Introduction to botany This lively, informative, hands-on course offers complete beginners a relaxed introduction to the world of botany |
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| 10:00AM - 5:00PM |
Hockney's Eye: The Art and Technology of Depiction One of the most influential artists of our time, David Hockney (b.1937) takes over Cambridge this spring and summer with an exhibition across The Fitzwilliam Museum and The Heong Gallery, Downing College. |
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| 10:00AM - 5:00PM |
Highlight Hockney’s Eye: The Art and Technology of Depiction One of the most influential artists of our time, David Hockney (b.1937) takes over Cambridge this spring and summer with an exhibition across The Fitzwilliam Museum and The Heong Gallery, Downing College. |
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| 11:00AM - 5:00PM |
Ai Weiwei: The Liberty of Doubt Kettle’s Yard is pleased to announce a new solo exhibition by internationally renowned Chinese artist Ai Weiwei (b. 1957, Beijing) in which new and existing work will be shown alongside historic Chinese objects |
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| 5:00PM - 6:30PM |
The Marshall Lectures – Professor Ariel Rubinstein: ‘Economics Without Prices and Without Games’ Prof Rubinstein will give two lectures presenting non-standard theoretical models where conflicts between insatiable wants and limited resources are resolved through social institutions like 'social status', 'power' and 'preference biases' rather than 'prices and money'. |
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| 5:30PM |
With roots in early modern Japan and yet very much alive and ever-changing, rakugo is a type of performance that defies any easy description. Sitting on his zabuton cushion, one performer creates through words a world populated by different characters; a world filled with humour, suspense, tragedy, horror, and much more. |
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| 5:30PM - 7:00PM |
Lies, Spies and Double-Dealing: A Cambridge Spy Tour A walking tour which unmasks the long tradition of Cambridge spying, from the earliest days of the university to recent times; from Christopher Marlowe to James Blunt, via James Bond. The tour will be led by Green Badge Guides. |
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| 6:00PM - 7:00PM |
LucyGives Giving Week 2022: 'Optimism for Beginners' with Sophie Hannah In celebration of LucyGives, Honorary Fellow Sophie Hannah will discuss how our understanding of what's achievable is often false and limiting. |