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Mon 11 November 2013 8:00AM - 5:00PM

"Potentials" - exhibition of art work by local students

An exciting exhibition by 10 promising students.

9:00AM - 5:00PM

Until lions write their own history ... and exhibition by artist Deanna Tyson

An eclectic exhibition of painted and stitched kimono, wall hangings, soft sculptures and paintings at the Alison Richard Building.

9:00AM - 6:00PM

Art exhibition

Gail de Cordova

9:00AM - 6:00PM

Enduring visions

Paintings by Gail de Cordava Gail achieved a 1st class Hons degree in Fine Art from Exeter College of Art and Design in 1981. She currently lives in Cambridge and has exhibited widely in the UK, Spain and Sweden.

9:00AM - 6:00PM

Highlight Read all about it! wrongdoing in Spain and England in the long nineteenth century

An exhibition of nineteenth-century popular press material from Spain and England, featuring poisoners, pirates, werewolves and many other dubious characters.

12:30PM - 2:30PM

Beyond romance: love, knowledge and fragility in contemporary French women's writing

Dr Amaleena Damlé, Department of French, University of Cambridge will give a Multi-disciplinary Gender Research Seminar.

5:00PM - 6:00PM

The prosecution of rape in wartime: evidence From Kenya, 1952-1960

Part of the Centre of African Studies' Michaelmas Term Seminar Series on 'Law, Crime and Justice in Africa'

6:00PM - 7:00PM

The cultured chimpanzee: nonsense or breakthrough?

Lecture by Professor William McGrew, Division of Biological Anthropology, Department of Archaeology and Anthropology

6:00PM - 8:00PM

Sing that thing!

In our workshops we will explore stories of objects through singing songs connected and inspired by them. The music featured will include both traditional and contemporary styles as well as some composed by the group.

Tue 12 November 2013 8:00AM - 5:00PM

"Potentials" - exhibition of art work by local students

An exciting exhibition by 10 promising students.

9:00AM - 5:00PM

Until lions write their own history ... and exhibition by artist Deanna Tyson

An eclectic exhibition of painted and stitched kimono, wall hangings, soft sculptures and paintings at the Alison Richard Building.

9:00AM - 6:00PM

Art exhibition

Gail de Cordova

9:00AM - 6:00PM

Enduring visions

Paintings by Gail de Cordava Gail achieved a 1st class Hons degree in Fine Art from Exeter College of Art and Design in 1981. She currently lives in Cambridge and has exhibited widely in the UK, Spain and Sweden.

9:00AM - 6:00PM

Highlight Read all about it! wrongdoing in Spain and England in the long nineteenth century

An exhibition of nineteenth-century popular press material from Spain and England, featuring poisoners, pirates, werewolves and many other dubious characters.

10:00AM - 4:00PM

Landscapes of exploration

Landscapes of Exploration is a joint exhibition presented by The Polar Museum and the Ruskin Gallery.

10:00AM - 5:00PM

Highlight The night of longing: love and desire in Japanese prints

An exhibition of Japanese woodcuts and books of the Edo and Meiji periods (18th and 19th centuries) depicting lovers from literature and life.

10:30AM - 12:30PM

Measurement and meaning: using the Rasch model in assessment

Training event: Dr Neil Jones of Cambridge English presents the Rasch model used in assessment. Part of the Assessment Practice series.

10:30AM - 4:30PM

Chiefs and governors: art and power in Fiji

A major exhibition of Fijian Art at the Museum of Archaeology and Anthropology, drawing from its historically significant collections

10:30AM - 4:30PM

The lost world (part 2)

The Lost World (Part 2) is a solo exhibition by Julie Gough simultaneously installed in the Museum of Archaeology and Anthropology and at Contemporary Art Tasmania (CAT), Hobart.

1:15PM

Art speak

Enjoy half an hour looking at and talking about art.

4:00PM - 5:30PM

Partition: politics, memory and experience

Part of 'Visual rhetoric and modern South Asian history' course which examines the importance of theories of visual culture to teaching modern South Asian history. It introduces Cambridge University academics, students and researchers of South Asia to media research skills required when exploring the ideologies conveyed by the visual dimension of South Asia’s modern history.

5:00PM - 7:00PM

Hulsean Lecture "The manger in which Christ lies": figural readings of Israel's scripture

The first in a lecture series on the subject of "Reading Backwards: Israel's Scripture through the Eyes of the Evangelists".

7:00PM

Greek

The enduring story of Oedipus hurled into a filthy and decaying London, told by Cambridge’s freshest dramatic talent.

7:15PM - 8:15PM

University social club swimming Cancelled

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

7:45PM - 10:30PM

Funny Girl

Fierce, poignant and with a brilliant score full of show-stopping numbers, Funny Girl is re-imagined for the ADC.

Wed 13 November 2013 8:00AM - 5:00PM

"Potentials" - exhibition of art work by local students

An exciting exhibition by 10 promising students.

9:00AM - 5:00PM

Until lions write their own history ... and exhibition by artist Deanna Tyson

An eclectic exhibition of painted and stitched kimono, wall hangings, soft sculptures and paintings at the Alison Richard Building.

9:00AM - 6:00PM

Art exhibition

Gail de Cordova

9:00AM - 6:00PM

Enduring visions

Paintings by Gail de Cordava Gail achieved a 1st class Hons degree in Fine Art from Exeter College of Art and Design in 1981. She currently lives in Cambridge and has exhibited widely in the UK, Spain and Sweden.

9:00AM - 6:00PM

Highlight Read all about it! wrongdoing in Spain and England in the long nineteenth century

An exhibition of nineteenth-century popular press material from Spain and England, featuring poisoners, pirates, werewolves and many other dubious characters.

10:00AM - 4:00PM

Landscapes of exploration

Landscapes of Exploration is a joint exhibition presented by The Polar Museum and the Ruskin Gallery.

10:00AM - 5:00PM

Highlight The night of longing: love and desire in Japanese prints

An exhibition of Japanese woodcuts and books of the Edo and Meiji periods (18th and 19th centuries) depicting lovers from literature and life.

10:30AM - 4:30PM

Chiefs and governors: art and power in Fiji

A major exhibition of Fijian Art at the Museum of Archaeology and Anthropology, drawing from its historically significant collections

10:30AM - 4:30PM

The lost world (part 2)

The Lost World (Part 2) is a solo exhibition by Julie Gough simultaneously installed in the Museum of Archaeology and Anthropology and at Contemporary Art Tasmania (CAT), Hobart.

1:00PM - 2:00PM

Open classes in modern Hebrew

Open classes in Modern Hebrew Michaelmas Term 2013 Foundation course

1:15PM

A call to arms: redisplaying the armoury

With Victoria Avery, Keeper of Applied Arts.

2:15PM

Israeli film club - Michaelmas Term 2013

All films are in Hebrew with English sub-titles.

5:00PM - 6:30PM

Highlight Alastair Campbell: why journalism, and why it matters in a world in flux

Alastair Campbell, writer, strategist and former communications director to British PM Tony Blair, will discuss the importance, power and attraction of journalism, its rapidly changing environment and practice, and its centrality to a liberal democracy.

5:15PM - 6:00PM

Reading by German writer

Book Prize Winner Ursula Krechel will read from her novel "Landgericht"

6:00PM - 7:00PM

Highlight Honorary fellows lecture - genomics, structural Biology and making new medicines: An Opportunity for Academia to Contribute

Honorary fellows lecture by Professor Sir Tom Blundell FRS FMedSci, Emeritus Professor and Director of Research, Department of Biochemistry

6:00PM - 7:30PM

St Catharine's political economy seminar series on the Economics of Austerity

Stephany Griffith-Jones will give a talk on 'Promoting Investment and Growth in Europe'. All are welcome.

6:00PM - 7:30PM

The things some things say

A workshop at the Museum of Archaeology & Anthropology with Creative Fellow, Alana Jelinek, exploring the objects on display from their point of view. Part of a series running through 2013.

6:30PM - 8:00PM

Life clubs - Self improvement workshops Cancelled

This event has been cancelled. Life clubs was created in 2004 by Nina Grunfeld, best-selling author of The Life Book. Sessions are every Wednesday.

7:00PM

Greek

The enduring story of Oedipus hurled into a filthy and decaying London, told by Cambridge’s freshest dramatic talent.

7:00PM - 9:00PM

Get a whiff of this

Are you a super taster? What is it like to experience food without a sense of smell? Join us as we serve up your senses on a plate.

7:00PM - 9:00PM

Highlight How predictive text plays havoc with British history

Hugh Kellett will talk about his new book Glitzch! was inspired by a most familiar blunder of the technological age when the pesky predictive text gremlin plays havoc with your sent messages Glitzch! boldly goes where most wouldn’t dare tackling politics, religion, literature and everything in between. Ballsy this is “Brutish hysteria” (British history) as you’ve never seen it before

7:00PM - 9:00PM

Public open evenings at the Institute of Astronomy

Astronomy talks and public observing (if clear!) every Wednesday evening during the winter season.

7:00PM - 9:00PM

The Economist who mistook his Model for a market With Professor Roy Rotheim

The Marshall Society is pleased to announce the details of its first collaboration with the Cambridge Society for Economic Pluralism. Professor Roy Rotheim will be presenting his latest paper.

7:45PM - 10:00PM

Funny Girl

Fierce, poignant and with a brilliant score full of show-stopping numbers, Funny Girl is re-imagined for the ADC.

11:00PM - 11:59PM

One Million Tiny Plays About Britain

What it says on the tin: a plethora of little vignettes about Britain and its people. You'll laugh, cry, and hang your head in shame.

Thu 14 November 2013 5:15AM - 6:15AM

Reading by German writer

Reading by bestselling German writer Kristof Magnusson

8:00AM - 5:00PM

"Potentials" - exhibition of art work by local students

An exciting exhibition by 10 promising students.

9:00AM - 5:00PM

Until lions write their own history ... and exhibition by artist Deanna Tyson

An eclectic exhibition of painted and stitched kimono, wall hangings, soft sculptures and paintings at the Alison Richard Building.

9:00AM - 6:00PM

Art exhibition

Gail de Cordova

9:00AM - 6:00PM

Enduring visions

Paintings by Gail de Cordava Gail achieved a 1st class Hons degree in Fine Art from Exeter College of Art and Design in 1981. She currently lives in Cambridge and has exhibited widely in the UK, Spain and Sweden.

9:00AM - 6:00PM

Highlight Read all about it! wrongdoing in Spain and England in the long nineteenth century

An exhibition of nineteenth-century popular press material from Spain and England, featuring poisoners, pirates, werewolves and many other dubious characters.

10:00AM - 4:00PM

Landscapes of exploration

Landscapes of Exploration is a joint exhibition presented by The Polar Museum and the Ruskin Gallery.

10:00AM - 5:00PM

Highlight The night of longing: love and desire in Japanese prints

An exhibition of Japanese woodcuts and books of the Edo and Meiji periods (18th and 19th centuries) depicting lovers from literature and life.

10:30AM - 4:30PM

Chiefs and governors: art and power in Fiji

A major exhibition of Fijian Art at the Museum of Archaeology and Anthropology, drawing from its historically significant collections

10:30AM - 4:30PM

The lost world (part 2)

The Lost World (Part 2) is a solo exhibition by Julie Gough simultaneously installed in the Museum of Archaeology and Anthropology and at Contemporary Art Tasmania (CAT), Hobart.

5:00PM - 6:30PM

Highlight Alastair Campbell: journalism and democracy: grounds for optimism in the face of the future?

Alastair Campbell, writer, strategist and former communications director to British PM Tony Blair, will address the challenges facing journalists, and the potential for positive changes in how journalism is conducted and regulated.

6:30PM

Two Regency collectors & their museums: Sir John Soane & Richard Fitzwilliam, 7th Viscount Fitzwilliam of Merrion

Join Tim Knox, Museum Director, for the 2013 Severis Lecture on collecting and its influence on the John Soane Museum and the Fitzwilliam Museum.

7:00PM

Greek

The enduring story of Oedipus hurled into a filthy and decaying London, told by Cambridge’s freshest dramatic talent.

7:30PM - 9:00PM

Chalk streams and their management

Ruth Hawksley will talk about chalk streams and how to ensure they provide good habitats.

7:45PM - 10:30PM

Funny Girl

Fierce, poignant and with a brilliant score full of show-stopping numbers, Funny Girl is re-imagined for the ADC.

8:00PM - 10:00PM

Escher string quartet

Bridge, Britten, Birtwistle, Elgar.

11:00PM - 11:59PM

One Million Tiny Plays About Britain

What it says on the tin: a plethora of little vignettes about Britain and its people. You'll laugh, cry, and hang your head in shame.

Fri 15 November 2013 8:00AM - 5:00PM

"Potentials" - exhibition of art work by local students

An exciting exhibition by 10 promising students.

9:00AM - 5:00PM

Until lions write their own history ... and exhibition by artist Deanna Tyson

An eclectic exhibition of painted and stitched kimono, wall hangings, soft sculptures and paintings at the Alison Richard Building.

9:00AM - 6:00PM

Art exhibition

Gail de Cordova

9:00AM - 6:00PM

Enduring visions

Paintings by Gail de Cordava Gail achieved a 1st class Hons degree in Fine Art from Exeter College of Art and Design in 1981. She currently lives in Cambridge and has exhibited widely in the UK, Spain and Sweden.

9:00AM - 6:00PM

Highlight Read all about it! wrongdoing in Spain and England in the long nineteenth century

An exhibition of nineteenth-century popular press material from Spain and England, featuring poisoners, pirates, werewolves and many other dubious characters.

10:00AM

The fork's tale

The Fork’s Tale, as narrated by Itself The story of a cannibal fork in the collections of the Museum of Archaeology & Anthropology’s, complete with drawings from its point of view.

10:00AM - 4:00PM

Landscapes of exploration

Landscapes of Exploration is a joint exhibition presented by The Polar Museum and the Ruskin Gallery.

10:00AM - 5:00PM

Highlight The night of longing: love and desire in Japanese prints

An exhibition of Japanese woodcuts and books of the Edo and Meiji periods (18th and 19th centuries) depicting lovers from literature and life.

10:30AM - 4:30PM

Chiefs and governors: art and power in Fiji

A major exhibition of Fijian Art at the Museum of Archaeology and Anthropology, drawing from its historically significant collections

10:30AM - 4:30PM

The lost world (part 2)

The Lost World (Part 2) is a solo exhibition by Julie Gough simultaneously installed in the Museum of Archaeology and Anthropology and at Contemporary Art Tasmania (CAT), Hobart.

7:00PM

Greek

The enduring story of Oedipus hurled into a filthy and decaying London, told by Cambridge’s freshest dramatic talent.

7:45PM - 10:30PM

Funny Girl

Fierce, poignant and with a brilliant score full of show-stopping numbers, Funny Girl is re-imagined for the ADC.

11:00PM - 11:59PM

One Million Tiny Plays About Britain

What it says on the tin: a plethora of little vignettes about Britain and its people. You'll laugh, cry, and hang your head in shame.

Sat 16 November 2013 8:00AM - 5:00PM

"Potentials" - exhibition of art work by local students

An exciting exhibition by 10 promising students.

9:00AM - 4:30PM

Highlight Read all about it! wrongdoing in Spain and England in the long nineteenth century

An exhibition of nineteenth-century popular press material from Spain and England, featuring poisoners, pirates, werewolves and many other dubious characters.

9:00AM - 6:00PM

Art exhibition

Gail de Cordova

9:00AM - 6:00PM

Enduring visions

Paintings by Gail de Cordava Gail achieved a 1st class Hons degree in Fine Art from Exeter College of Art and Design in 1981. She currently lives in Cambridge and has exhibited widely in the UK, Spain and Sweden.

10:00AM - 12:30PM

Cambridge maths circle

Hands-on mathematical activities for children and young people aged 5 to 18.

10:00AM - 12:30PM

The open gate by Maurice Cockrill, RA

An exhibition of paintings at Trinity Hall by Royal Academy artist, Maurice Cockrill

10:00AM - 12:30PM

Trinity Hall observed: doors and windows of an ancient college

Drawings by Colin Hayes (Trinity Hall 1962)

10:00AM - 4:00PM

Landscapes of exploration

Landscapes of Exploration is a joint exhibition presented by The Polar Museum and the Ruskin Gallery.

10:00AM - 5:00PM

Perception

The Cambridge Science Centre presents an extraordinary sensory experience. The new exhibition, Perception, will use illusions to uncover how our senses and brain work and the tricks your brain uses to make sense of the world.

10:00AM - 5:00PM

Highlight The night of longing: love and desire in Japanese prints

An exhibition of Japanese woodcuts and books of the Edo and Meiji periods (18th and 19th centuries) depicting lovers from literature and life.

10:30AM - 12:00PM

Rubber band powered fixed wing aircraft

Investigate aerofoils and wings in this hands on family activity at the Department of Engineering

10:30AM - 4:30PM

Chiefs and governors: art and power in Fiji

A major exhibition of Fijian Art at the Museum of Archaeology and Anthropology, drawing from its historically significant collections

10:30AM - 4:30PM

The lost world (part 2)

The Lost World (Part 2) is a solo exhibition by Julie Gough simultaneously installed in the Museum of Archaeology and Anthropology and at Contemporary Art Tasmania (CAT), Hobart.

11:45AM - 1:45PM

Creative writing course

Creative Writing Course run by Sophie Smiley

1:00PM - 2:30PM

Rubber band powered fixed wing aircraft

Investigate aerofoils and wings in this hands on family activity at the Department of Engineering

1:30PM - 3:00PM

Hungarian & other chamber music

Chamber music for cello & piano

2:30PM - 5:15PM

Funny Girl

Fierce, poignant and with a brilliant score full of show-stopping numbers, Funny Girl is re-imagined for the ADC.

4:00PM - 5:00PM

Soul Food: "The Light Within"

Soul Food is a monthly community devotional event featuring live music, audio-visual pieces, and readings from various authors, sources and Faiths—indigenous, ancient and modern—from all over the world.

7:00PM

Greek

The enduring story of Oedipus hurled into a filthy and decaying London, told by Cambridge’s freshest dramatic talent.

7:30PM - 9:00PM

Lobet den Herren

Music by Bach and Bruhns

7:45PM - 10:30PM

Funny Girl

Fierce, poignant and with a brilliant score full of show-stopping numbers, Funny Girl is re-imagined for the ADC.

8:00PM

Highlight Cambridge University Chamber Orchestra - The Epic of Everest

Screening of the newly restored 1924 silent film The Epic of Everest with live orchestral accompaniment.

8:00PM - 11:00PM

Dido Queen of Carthage

Peformance of Christopher Marlowe's 'Dido Queen of Carthage, followed by Black Tie drinks reception'

11:00PM - 11:59PM

One Million Tiny Plays About Britain

What it says on the tin: a plethora of little vignettes about Britain and its people. You'll laugh, cry, and hang your head in shame.

Sun 17 November 2013 9:00AM - 6:00PM

Art exhibition

Gail de Cordova

9:00AM - 6:00PM

Enduring visions

Paintings by Gail de Cordava Gail achieved a 1st class Hons degree in Fine Art from Exeter College of Art and Design in 1981. She currently lives in Cambridge and has exhibited widely in the UK, Spain and Sweden.

10:00AM - 5:00PM

Perception

The Cambridge Science Centre presents an extraordinary sensory experience. The new exhibition, Perception, will use illusions to uncover how our senses and brain work and the tricks your brain uses to make sense of the world.

10:00AM - 6:00PM

Highlight Martha Haversham: blue on white III

Martha Haversham gained a dance degree at Roehampton Institute and worked in the theatre before transferring to fine art. Charcoal and material of tangibility is intrinsic to her work as this represents the dance of carbon atoms and the continuance of life.

12:00PM - 4:30PM

The lost world (part 2)

The Lost World (Part 2) is a solo exhibition by Julie Gough simultaneously installed in the Museum of Archaeology and Anthropology and at Contemporary Art Tasmania (CAT), Hobart.

12:00PM - 5:00PM

Highlight The night of longing: love and desire in Japanese prints

An exhibition of Japanese woodcuts and books of the Edo and Meiji periods (18th and 19th centuries) depicting lovers from literature and life.

1:15PM - 2:00PM

Promenade concert

Enjoy a classical concert in the beautiful surroundings of Gallery 3 at the Fitzwilliam Museum

2:00PM - 5:00PM

The open gate by Maurice Cockrill, RA

An exhibition of paintings at Trinity Hall by Royal Academy artist, Maurice Cockrill

2:00PM - 5:00PM

Trinity Hall observed: doors and windows of an ancient college

Drawings by Colin Hayes (Trinity Hall 1962)

6:00PM - 6:25PM

Organ recital

To be performed immediately prior to Evensong by Ben Morris (Organ Scholar, Jesus College)