Thu 16 November 2023 | 12:00AM |
![]() Participate in behavioural research at Cambridge Judge Business School Become a member of our participant pool, support academic research and get paid for it (£10/hour). There is no need to be a student or affiliated with the University of Cambridge. |
8:30AM - 9:30AM |
![]() Day by day: Living with pancreatic cancer All are welcome to join a webinar with experts in pancreatic cancer to mark World Pancreatic Cancer Day 2023 on Thursday 16 November. |
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9:00AM - 6:30PM |
![]() 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. |
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9:00AM - 7:00PM |
![]() The Anxiety of Interdisciplinarity 2.0 An exhibition of 40+ contemporary artists exploring the terrain of anxiety or uncomfortable ‘between-ness’. |
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10:00AM - 12:00PM |
![]() The Personality and Legacy of Fox An exhibition highlighting innovative Cambridgeshire archaeologist Sir Cyril Fox (1882-1967). |
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10:00AM - 4:00PM |
![]() Highlight Being Human Festival at the Fitzwilliam Museum The UK's national festival of the Humanities returns to 52 towns and cities across the country from 9–18 November and we're delighted to be part of this with events at the Museum of Archaeology and Anthropology and The Fitzwilliam Museum. |
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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 - 5:00PM |
Making New Worlds: Li Yuan-chia and friends This group exhibition is based on the pioneering vision of artist Li Yuan-chia (1929 – 1994) and the LYC Museum & Art Gallery which he founded and ran between 1972 and 1983 in the Cumbrian village of Banks, alongside Hadrian’s Wall. |
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1:30PM - 3:00PM |
![]() The Cambridge Colleges: A Walking Tour A walking tour that takes an in-depth look at unusual aspects of several of the city centre colleges and, depending on public access on the day, will include a visit to one in order to really discover just what goes on! |
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2:00PM - 4:00PM |
![]() The Personality and Legacy of Fox An exhibition highlighting innovative Cambridgeshire archaeologist Sir Cyril Fox (1882-1967). |
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4:00PM - 5:30PM |
Garrod Research Seminar - Archaeology within a unified science of cultural evolution The Garrod Research Seminar Series is the Department of Archaeology’s principal seminar series of invited scholarly lectures. All are welcome and encouraged to attend. This term, the series will focus on the interplay of cultural evolution and archaeology. |
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5:30PM - 6:30PM |
Breaking bread: What's wrong with wheat? Bread has been consumed by humans for thousands of years. This event will consider the history and environmental impact of this staple food. |
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5:30PM - 6:30PM |
![]() Breaking Bread: what’s wrong with wheat? Almost everyone on the planet eats bread, but the bread we eat these days is very different from that which our ancestors ate. What does the changing nature of bread say about our food system? |
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5:30PM - 7:00PM |
![]() Do we need a new paradigm for economic policy? Hear Dani Rodrik, Ford Foundation Professor of International Political Economy at the Harvard Kennedy School, present the annual Public Policy Lecture 2023. |