Beyond Neoliberalism Conference 2025
Be part of a transformative three-day event uniting global thinkers, scholars, and leaders to shape the future—sign up today!
| Sat 14 October 2023 | 9:00AM - 4:30PM |
Highlight Spitting Image: A Controversial History Savage, grotesque, hilarious: explore Spitting Image, the puppet show that became an icon of 20th century television, with Cambridge University Library's current exhibition. |
| 10:00AM - 4:00PM |
Organised by Cambridge Biologists, Big Biology Day brings together 40 exhibitors, including many from the University, representing a wide range of areas of biology including conservation, molecular biology, aspects of medicine, animal behaviour, biostatistics and more. No booking needed, just turn up and enjoy! |
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| 10:00AM - 5:00PM |
Beneath Our Feet: Archaeology of the Cambridge Region A new exhibition at the Museum of Archaeology and Anthropology explores the traces of where people have lived, worked and died for thousands of years in Cambridgeshire. |
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| 10:00AM - 5:00PM |
Highlight Black Atlantic: Power, People, Resistance Which stories get remembered, and why? This exhibition explores some new stories from history – stories that help us to separate fact from fiction and history from myth. |
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| 10:00AM - 5:00PM |
An exhibition of student art |
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| 10:00AM - 5:00PM |
Highlight Real Families: Stories of Change Bringing together more than 120 artworks spanning painting, photography, sculpture and film, 'Real Families: Stories of Change' asks us to consider what makes a family today, and the impact our families have on us, through the eyes of contemporary artists |
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| 10:00AM - 6:00PM |
Highlight Women & Water Our exhibition Women & Water explores the relationship between women and water in the works of 17 women artists, spanning from the early twentieth century to the present day. The exhibition examines how water has been used by artists both as subject matter and artistic medium to reflect the multiplicity of women’s experiences. |
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| 11:00AM - 12:30PM |
A Treasure Hunt: The Quirky Side of Cambridge Hidden Cambridge's unique (and not app-based) treasure hunt will have you discovering quirky Cambridge-including hidden away work by Quentin Blake and something from the sculptor of "The Angel of the North", but not quite on that scale! And much more |
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| 11:00AM - 5:00PM |
Material Power: Palestinian Embroidery Ancient, intimate and political, embroidery is the foremost cultural material of Palestine. |
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| 1:30PM - 2:30PM |
Lunchtime Concert: Trumpet recital by Ella Mason & Luisa Armitage Join us for this exciting trumpet recital which brings pieces from the baroque and early classical eras together with 20th century works. |
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| 2:00PM - 3:30PM |
The "Just How Well Do You Really Know Cambridge?" Walking Tour A walking tour by Hidden Cambridge that will have you looking at the centre of Cambridge in a whole new light! |
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| 6:30PM - 7:30PM |
Cambridge guides' scariest storytellers take you to the darker byways of our city, where the spirits of the dead still hover ... |
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| 7:30PM - 9:20PM |
City of Cambridge Symphony Orchestra conducted by Robert Hodge performs Elgar and Brahms, with soloist Joo Yeon Sir |
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| 7:45PM - 10:00PM |
A Raisin in the Sun by Lorraine Hansberry In South Chicago, a young black family struggle with internalised racism and a new hostile neighbourhood. |