| Tue 19 November 2024 | 6:00AM - 7:30AM |
Mr. Robert Tibbo, who formerly represented Edward Snowden, will join us on Zoom for a live talk about the legal and non-legal realities that he and the 7 Tibbo refugees who sheltered Mr. Snowden faced in Hong Kong when Mr. Snowden was present and after. We will take questions from the audience at Newnham (and online if time allows). Please do come and invite friends who may be interested. |
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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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| 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 |
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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 |
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 - 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! |
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| 10:00AM - 5:00PM |
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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| 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, |
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| 11:00AM - 5:00PM |
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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| 11:00AM - 5:00PM |
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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| 11:00AM - 5:00PM |
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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| 1:00PM - 2:00PM |
How to Think about God the Creator Today The fourth and final of the Faraday Research Seminars for Michaelmas Term, delivered by Prof. Janet Soskice |
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| 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. |
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| 5:00PM - 6:00PM |
Sandars Lecture 1: Isness and Aboutness The first lecture as part of the 2024 Sandars Lectures on Resistance to Bibliography is a meditation on how bibliography functions and how we think about the practice today. |
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| 5:15PM - 7:00PM |
Climbing Days: Dorothy Pilley, Mountaineer Dan Richards will talk about his remarkable great aunt, Dorothy Pilley on the occasion of the reissue of her account of her mountaineering exploits, Climbing Days. |
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| 5:30PM - 6:45PM |
A talk by Maurice Whitehead (Venerable English College, Rome) in the 'Cambridge Seminars in the History of Cartography' series. |
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| 5:30PM - 7:00PM |
Egypt’s New Republic: From Tahrir’s Euphoria to Sisi’s Authoritarianism – what went wrong? Why do Egyptians in deprived communities accept a more authoritarian social contract under Sisi after their high hopes for democracy in Tahrir Square? |
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| 6:00PM - 7:00PM |
Sir Adrian Smith - Whither Rational Thinking in a Digital Age - Fitzwilliam Foundation Lecture The 2024 Fitzwilliam College Foundation Lecture “Whither Rational Thinking in a Digital Age" will be given by the President of the Royal Society, Sir Adrian Smith |
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| 7:30PM - 11:00PM |
Cambridge Folk Club: Kris Drever Kris Drever originally comes from Hrossey in the Orkney Islands. Over the years, he has taught himself to be a songwriter, guitarist and singer of note (and sometimes many notes). |
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| 8:00PM - 10:00PM |
TILKA Film Screening and Q&A with Victoria Lupton TILKA is a documentary about five women who come together to create a collective piece of theatre amid Lebanon’s collapse. It will be followed by a Q&A with the producer, touching on topics of Lebanon, Palestine, Jordan, feminism, and the performing arts. |
