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Cows, bowers and towers

Cows, bowers and towers

Cambridge & London 2012

Over 300 Olympians have been associated with the University as former students, academics and staff. To celebrate London 2012, the University is hosting a variety of events highlighting the City’s Olympic links and the cultural diversity of countries competing in the Games.

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.

Leveson and the lessons from hacking

A talk by Chris Blackhurst, Editor of the Independent.

Gates scholars distinguished lecture: Dr. Richard Horton

Dr. Horton's tenure at the Lancet has been dynamic and engaging--he is known for his willingness to use scientific research and knowledge to advocate for political and social change. Through commentaries and publications in the Lancet, he has publicly tackled issues of funding in science, pharmaceuticals, mortality in the Iraq war, the structure of the NHS, and much more.

Cows, bowers and towers

Cows, bowers and towers

Cambridge & London 2012

Over 300 Olympians have been associated with the University as former students, academics and staff. To celebrate London 2012, the University is hosting a variety of events highlighting the City’s Olympic links and the cultural diversity of countries competing in the Games.

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.

The edge of beyond: the Antarctic paintings of Dafila Scott

An exhibition of Antarctic work by landscape and wildlife artist Dafila Scott

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.

Art Speak

Enjoy half an hour looking at and talking about art at the Fitzwilliam Museum.

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.

(De-) Formative assessment: is formative assessment as benign as we think?

Formative assessment has been taken up in many institutionalised learning contexts over the last decade, often in the guise of ‘Assessment for Learning’ (AfL). Both terms have largely positive associations – it seems to be assumed that formative assessment or AfL will simply be a ‘good thing’.

Tuesday studio

For young people aged 11-14

Demolition projects: absence as contemporaneity

Humanitas Visiting Professor in Chinese Studies 2012: Wu Hung

University social club swimming Cancelled

This event has been cancelled. Lane swimming available every Tuesday for University and non-University individuals

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.

Cows, bowers and towers

Cows, bowers and towers

Cambridge & London 2012

Over 300 Olympians have been associated with the University as former students, academics and staff. To celebrate London 2012, the University is hosting a variety of events highlighting the City’s Olympic links and the cultural diversity of countries competing in the Games.

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.

The edge of beyond: the Antarctic paintings of Dafila Scott

An exhibition of Antarctic work by landscape and wildlife artist Dafila Scott

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.

Wednesday club

Weekly art club for 8-11s

Cows, bowers and towers

Cows, bowers and towers

Cambridge & London 2012

Over 300 Olympians have been associated with the University as former students, academics and staff. To celebrate London 2012, the University is hosting a variety of events highlighting the City’s Olympic links and the cultural diversity of countries competing in the Games.

Creative chaos

Monthly drop-in art sessions fro pre-school children and their carers.

The edge of beyond: the Antarctic paintings of Dafila Scott

An exhibition of Antarctic work by landscape and wildlife artist Dafila Scott

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.

The Lawrence room

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

My sister Rosalind Franklin with Jenifer Glynn, author

Jenifer Glynn is visiting Lucy Cavendish College on Thursday 17 May to discuss her new book about her sister Rosalind Franklin, who made an important contribution to the discovery of the structure of DNA

Cows, bowers and towers

Cows, bowers and towers

Cambridge & London 2012

Over 300 Olympians have been associated with the University as former students, academics and staff. To celebrate London 2012, the University is hosting a variety of events highlighting the City’s Olympic links and the cultural diversity of countries competing in the Games.

The edge of beyond: the Antarctic paintings of Dafila Scott

An exhibition of Antarctic work by landscape and wildlife artist Dafila Scott

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 Stephen Perse foundation concert

Concert given by musicians from the Perse Girls School

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.

Cambridge early music's festival of the voice

Cambridge is home to some of the country’s finest collegiate choirs and so many singers studied and sang here earlier in their careers, or attended Cambridge Early Music’s summer schools, that the festival will feel as much a reunion as a celebration of the voice.

The Sir Arthur Bliss Song Series - Dame Felicity Lott

Dame Felicity Lott is one of Britain's best-loved sopranos. In opera, her portrayals of the Strauss and Mozart roles in particular have led to critical and popular acclaim worldwide

Cows, bowers and towers

Cows, bowers and towers

Cambridge & London 2012

Over 300 Olympians have been associated with the University as former students, academics and staff. To celebrate London 2012, the University is hosting a variety of events highlighting the City’s Olympic links and the cultural diversity of countries competing in the Games.

The edge of beyond: the Antarctic paintings of Dafila Scott

An exhibition of Antarctic work by landscape and wildlife artist Dafila Scott

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.

Cambridge early music's festival of the voice

Cambridge is home to some of the country’s finest collegiate choirs and so many singers studied and sang here earlier in their careers, or attended Cambridge Early Music’s summer schools, that the festival will feel as much a reunion as a celebration of the voice.

Saturday drawing

For adults and people aged 16+

Piano duet

Lindsay Stemp

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.

Retorica Duo

“An impeccable musicianship.. I defy you not to be mesmerised” – Richard Morrison, chief music critic of The Times

Cambridge Philharmonic Society

Works include Brahms Piano Concerto No 1 with piano soloist Cordelia Williams

Cambridge & London 2012

Over 300 Olympians have been associated with the University as former students, academics and staff. To celebrate London 2012, the University is hosting a variety of events highlighting the City’s Olympic links and the cultural diversity of countries competing in the Games.

Cambridge early music's festival of the voice

Cambridge is home to some of the country’s finest collegiate choirs and so many singers studied and sang here earlier in their careers, or attended Cambridge Early Music’s summer schools, that the festival will feel as much a reunion as a celebration of the voice.

Sunday coffee concert: John Paul Jones

A Composer Portrait with Cambridge New Music Ensemble and interview with Stephen Montague

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.

Schubert, Brahms, Debussy

A lunchtime concert at the Fitzwilliam Museum.

Cambridge curiosity and imagination family workshop

The artists work in an open-ended way, so there is no defined or pre-determined outcome.

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

Organ Recital to be performed by Andrew Nethsingha (Director of Music, St John's College)