Beyond Neoliberalism Conference 2025
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| Fri 25 October 2024 | 9:00AM - 6:30PM |
Highlight Endless Stories: Manuscripts, knowledge and translation in the 17th century Cambridge University Library's exhibitions are free and open to the public. |
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Little Pleasures is an exhibition by artists from Los Angeles and Cambridge. It is a collaboration with Durden and Ray, curated by Alexandra Baraitser and David Leapman. |
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| 9:00AM - 7:30PM |
"The Cost of Dying" display Cancelled Explore the lived experiences of death and dying on the margins through "The Cost of Dying", a display of images and stories documenting the realities of dying at home while facing financial hardship. |
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The Women’s Art Collection: Conversation Not Spectacle The Women’s Art Collection: Conversation Not Spectacle is a group exhibition that explores the history and development of The Women’s Art Collection. |
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| 10:00AM - 4:00PM |
Our Autumn Art Adventure is back! |
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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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Highlight Glenn Ligon: All Over The Place Experience the work of American contemporary artist Glenn Ligon in this landmark exhibition bringing together works by the artist alongside his unique interventions in The Fitzwilliam Museum's galleries. |
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Highlight 70 Years of New Hall & Murray Edwards College 70 years ago, New Hall opened as the third foundation for women at the University of Cambridge on a shoestring with just 16 students. This exhibition traces the history of a women's college, |
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A G E N D A Yevheniia Laptii: Cherkaski Tyshky This display features a selection of photographs by the Ukrainian artist Yevheniia Laptii (b. 1992, Kharkiv). |
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Barbara Hepworth: ‘a work of mine in your house’ This new display brings together works by Barbara Hepworth that are not ordinarily on permanent display in the Kettle’s Yard house. |
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Portia Zvavahera: Zvakazarurwa Presenting new and recent paintings, this exhibition will be Portia Zvavahera’s first solo exhibition at a public gallery in Europe. |
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Nigel Hall RA: Line, Edge, Shadow: drawings and sculpture Nigel Hall RA is one of Britain’s most distinguished sculptors. His outside works, principally made of corten steel, painted steel or bronze, are concerned with three-dimensional space, mass and line. His geometric sculptures give as much prominence to voids and shadows as to the solidity of material; each work changes with light and viewpoint reflecting the landscapes that inspired them. |
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Commissioned for the Cambridge Festival, the Uncomfortable Science tour at the Whipple Museum explores the complex history of science, reflecting on its societal and ethical dimensions. The guided tour highlights conflicts between scientific advancements and ethics, addressing controversial issues like eugenics, colonialism, and how gender, race, and socio-economic disparities influenced science. |
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| 5:30PM - 6:45PM |
Digital immortality: On new forms of care, responsibility, and empathy in the age of AI This event in the Intellectual Forum's "Death and Dying" lecture series will consider how the advent of new technologies is changing how we experience death, dying, and immortality. |
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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 Anthony Blunt, via James Bond. Tours are led by Green Badge Guides. |