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!
| Tue 27 February 2024 | 9:00AM |
Highlight Cambridge Networking Conference (CAN) Creative place-making – how the arts and culture make a thriving city |
| 9:00AM - 7:00PM |
Exhibition - The Expanded Librarian The Expanded Librarian exhibition is the result of a series of collaborative artists’ workshops investigating different approaches to what the figure of the Expanded Librarian can be, and to add to the existing discourses of text & image – theoretically, methodologically and as artistic strategy. |
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| 10:00AM - 4:00PM |
Highlight Hidden Histories Explore the hidden histories of the Polar Museum in this new label display. From the female figures in polar history to the origins of Inuit art; follow the stories around the museum exhibits and discover something new. |
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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 |
Crazy Cone Caper self-led trail Join us for a fantastic whodunit mystery this winter and track down who has been stealing seeds from pinecones! |
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| 10:00AM - 5:00PM on Fri 24 May 2024 |
Highlight William Blake’s Universe Discover William Blake’s universe and a constellation of European artists seeking spirituality in their lives and art in response to war, revolution and political turbulence. |
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| 11:00AM - 12:30PM |
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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| 12:30PM - 2:00PM |
Rescuing Religion from Obsolescence? John Templeton on Science and Religion On 27th February at 1pm Dr Pete Jordan will give a seminar entitled ‘Rescuing Religion from Obsolescence? John Templeton on Science and Religion’. A light sandwich lunch will be provided from 12:30 in the Healey Room, Westminster College, Madingley Road Cambridge. |
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| 1:00PM - 2:00PM |
Cambridge University Lunchtime Concert | GAMELAN Immerse yourself in the mesmerizing sounds of the Cambridge Gamelan Society. |
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| 1:30PM - 3:30PM |
Charles Darwin in Cambridge: A Walking Tour Find out why Charles Darwin, an undergraduate in Cambridge, once said "Upon the whole, the three years I spent at Cambridge were the most joyful of my happy life.” |
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| 5:00PM - 7:00PM |
How to be Human in a Collapsing Economy - The 10th Alistair Berkley Memorial Lecture The lecture is named in memory of Alistair Berkley, a student at Robinson College who was killed in the Lockerbie Air Disaster. Alistair’s parents established it to honour their son’s commitment to social justice, focusing in particular on issues of equality. |
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| 5:30PM - 7:00PM |
Disruption, Democracy & the Global Order: An Evening with Yuval Noah Harari CSER and King’s College Cambridge are pleased to host a talk by Professor Yuval Noah Harari on Disruption, Democracy & the Global Order |
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| 5:30PM - 7:00PM |
The Age of Revolutions in Southern Europe What is a revolution? What role did Southern Europe play in the history of modern politics? |
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| 6:00PM - 7:00PM |
Highlight In Conversation with Dame Deborah Bronnert DCMG In Conversation event with the former Ambassador to Russian Federation will be hosted by Dorothy Byrne, President of Murray Edwards College. |
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| 7:30PM - 8:45PM |
"Time and Western Man": Wyndham Lewis’s Modernist Critique Prof Paul Edwards takes us into the life and work of painter and writer Wyndham Lewis. |
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| 8:30PM - 9:30PM |
We will be performing classical Persian songs that embody the historical nuances of Persian culture. |