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Events open to the public from the University of Cambridge

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Mon 18 November 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.

9:00AM - 7:00PM

For Those Who Don’t Want to be Found

Selected artworks by artist Yvonne Salmon. Paint / Sand / Gold / Video / Photography / Digital

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.

10:00AM

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.

10:00AM - 4:00PM

Little Robin’s Christmas Trail

Christmas is little Robin Redbreast’s favourite time of year. She visits all the festive plants in the Garden, and this year, you’re invited too!

10:00AM - 6:00PM

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,

2:00PM - 4:00PM

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.

5:00PM - 7:00PM

"The Nervous State" film screening and discussion

"The Nervous State" explores F.L. Lucas's growing frustration with Appeasement and psychological impact of international crisis on his artist wife, Girton graduate Prudence Lucas.

5:00PM - 8:00PM

Highlight Fundraising event for survivors of sexual violence in Tigray, Ethiopia

An awareness-raising and fundraising event for survivors of sexual violence in Tigray and other conflict-affected regions of Ethiopia

5:30PM - 6:45PM

What lies beneath: Reflections on historical and contemporary burial beliefs and practices

The fifth event in the Intellectual Forum's "Death and Dying" series considers how beliefs about burial and burial practices have varied across history and cultures.