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Art and faith- new ways of seeing

Innovative art exhibition which seeks to explore inter-faith dialogue in the world of aesthetics.

Interfaith art

Interfaith Art by Laura Kettle

Reading Tolstoy and Flaubert in English

This new short course at Madingley Hall will consider problems and theories of translation and, at the same time, will engage you in a close reading of two world masterpieces: Lev Tolstoy’s Anna Karenina, and Gustave Flaubert’s Madame Bovary.

Art as power and performance: Byzantine and modern art compared and contrasted

For the Byzantines, art was a craft central to their culture and lavishly supported by the state. From the ‘Modern’ period on, ‘artists’ have fulfilled a more variable role in society. This new short course at Madingley Hall will help you develop your analytical skills in both these periods of art, opening up new areas of knowledge of Byzantine society and of the way art is consumed today.

People’s portraits exhibition

The People’s Portraits exhibition captures on canvas ordinary people from different walks of lives in the United Kingdom at the beginning of the 21st Century, and is rich in its diversity of subjects and styles.

Art and faith- new ways of seeing

Innovative art exhibition which seeks to explore inter-faith dialogue in the world of aesthetics.

Interfaith art

Interfaith Art by Laura Kettle

Polar challenges in the 21st century

This unique new lecture series at Madingley Hall, given by leading Cambridge scientists, will explain the key differences between the polar regions, including their politics and governance. You will learn about the major changes occurring in the Arctic and Antarctic, and discover what these might mean for the rest of the world.

Designed to Impress: Highlights from the print collection

See works by some of the greatest Old Master printmakers, including Rembrandt and Dürer, as well as prints by later artists such as Degas, Whistler and Picasso.

People’s portraits exhibition

The People’s Portraits exhibition captures on canvas ordinary people from different walks of lives in the United Kingdom at the beginning of the 21st Century, and is rich in its diversity of subjects and styles.

Decoding: from The Da Vinci Code to Cambridge spies

In this new short course at Madingley Hall, we will find meaning in the meaningless, reveal hidden truths and decipher secrets. The course will show how the idea of decoding can occur in genetics, landscape history, the study of sacred texts, sociology and espionage.

New music concert: The Smith Quartet

The Smith Quartet: Amplified string quartet/electronics

Art and faith- new ways of seeing

Innovative art exhibition which seeks to explore inter-faith dialogue in the world of aesthetics.

Interfaith art

Interfaith Art by Laura Kettle

Humps, bumps, buildings and hedges: walking through history

This new short course is a set of five fieldtrips around the theme of medieval landscape. Each session will be based on a different site, each within 15 miles of Cambridge and each focusing on a different general topic.

Designed to Impress: Highlights from the print collection

See works by some of the greatest Old Master printmakers, including Rembrandt and Dürer, as well as prints by later artists such as Degas, Whistler and Picasso.

The Search for Immortality: Tomb Treasures of Han China

An introduction to the forthcoming exhibition by the curator Dr James Lin.

People’s portraits exhibition

The People’s Portraits exhibition captures on canvas ordinary people from different walks of lives in the United Kingdom at the beginning of the 21st Century, and is rich in its diversity of subjects and styles.

Art and faith- new ways of seeing

Innovative art exhibition which seeks to explore inter-faith dialogue in the world of aesthetics.

Interfaith art

Interfaith Art by Laura Kettle

Designed to Impress: Highlights from the print collection

See works by some of the greatest Old Master printmakers, including Rembrandt and Dürer, as well as prints by later artists such as Degas, Whistler and Picasso.

Lunchtime talk

Introduction to the Alfred Wallis display, with Kettle's Yard Director Andrew Nairne

People’s portraits exhibition

The People’s Portraits exhibition captures on canvas ordinary people from different walks of lives in the United Kingdom at the beginning of the 21st Century, and is rich in its diversity of subjects and styles.

The Lawrence room

Girton College has an extremely unusual Egyptian mummy called Hermione, which can now be viewed in the College’s small museum.

Cities, writing, and readerships: social history and Jewish sectarianism in the early centuries of Islam

On the 26th April Professor Astren will deliver a Woolf Institute public lecture on the topic of Cities, Writing, and Readerships: Social History and Jewish Sectarianism in the Early Centuries of Islam.

Employers and employees

Lecture exploring the requirements of ongoing skills assessment within organisations against a context of standards and professional expectations for employee development placed on companies. It will also consider the role of the individual within differing types of working environment in the sector, and the development of career paths. Followed by free drinks reception from 6.30pm.

Marianne Majerus talk on Gardens Photography

Marianne Majerus is one of the world's finest garden photographers; winning International Garden Photographer of the Year 2010, amongst other awards. She will be visting Lucy Cavendish College to talk about her career and show images from her portfolio.

Glen Duncan, acclaimed author of The Last Werewolf & Talulla

Join Glen Duncan, acclaimed author of The Last Werewolf & Talulla Rising, introduced by poet and novelist Tracy Ryan, for an evening of reading and discussion. St John's College Boys Smith Room, Fisher Building 8pm, Thursday 26 April Refreshments provided

Art and faith- new ways of seeing

Innovative art exhibition which seeks to explore inter-faith dialogue in the world of aesthetics.

Interfaith art

Interfaith Art by Laura Kettle

Designed to Impress: Highlights from the print collection

See works by some of the greatest Old Master printmakers, including Rembrandt and Dürer, as well as prints by later artists such as Degas, Whistler and Picasso.

Writing in a post-literary age

Israeli Author Dror Burstein in Readings and Conversation with Yaron Peleg

Lunchtime Concerts at St Giles Church, Castle Street.

Kettle's Yard Lunchtime Concert Series

People’s portraits exhibition

The People’s Portraits exhibition captures on canvas ordinary people from different walks of lives in the United Kingdom at the beginning of the 21st Century, and is rich in its diversity of subjects and styles.

Art and faith- new ways of seeing

Innovative art exhibition which seeks to explore inter-faith dialogue in the world of aesthetics.

Interfaith art

Interfaith Art by Laura Kettle

Designed to Impress: Highlights from the print collection

See works by some of the greatest Old Master printmakers, including Rembrandt and Dürer, as well as prints by later artists such as Degas, Whistler and Picasso.

People’s portraits exhibition

The People’s Portraits exhibition captures on canvas ordinary people from different walks of lives in the United Kingdom at the beginning of the 21st Century, and is rich in its diversity of subjects and styles.

Sounds of Latin America

Sounds of Latin America with Tim Christmas

Art and faith- new ways of seeing

Innovative art exhibition which seeks to explore inter-faith dialogue in the world of aesthetics.

Interfaith art

Interfaith Art by Laura Kettle

Designed to Impress: Highlights from the print collection

See works by some of the greatest Old Master printmakers, including Rembrandt and Dürer, as well as prints by later artists such as Degas, Whistler and Picasso.

The Cosima Piano Quintet

Mozart, Korngold

People’s portraits exhibition

The People’s Portraits exhibition captures on canvas ordinary people from different walks of lives in the United Kingdom at the beginning of the 21st Century, and is rich in its diversity of subjects and styles.

Organ Recital

To be performed by Matthew Martin (Organist, London Oratory)