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Mon 18 November 2013 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 - 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.

5:00PM - 6:00PM

Transition and justice in Sierra Leone and Liberia

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

5:30PM - 6:30PM

Sex, gender and heteronormativity: seeing ‘Some Like it Hot’ as a heterosexual dystopia

Professor Terrell Carver, Professor of Political Theory, University of Bristol gives a Public Lecture for the University of Cambridge Centre for Gender Studies

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 19 November 2013 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 - 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.

10:00AM - 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.

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.

4:00PM - 5:30PM

After independence: India, Pakistan and Bangladesh

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.

7:00PM

And The Horse You Rode In On

Ten men. Two sides of the river. One night in the early 20th Century; in a world torn apart.

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

Confusions

From a mother unable to escape from baby talk to a farcical village fete: five interlinked short plays presented by Cambridge’s freshest dramatic talent.

8:00PM - 9:30PM

Pathogens in the pub

Pathogens at Sanger: Using cutting-edge genome science to tackle diseases of the developing world

9:30PM

An Earlier Heaven

Lying comatose in a hospital bed, Alice has a very busy day ahead of her. A new and relentlessly inventive pitch black comedy.

11:00PM

The Human Zoo

Talk Radio on 1053 and 1029 AM. The Nation's Interactive Station. There's a good argument for listening. The Human Zoo A piece of interactive/ verbatim/ improvised theater with 101 actors. 1053 and 1029 AM Talk Radio. Ideological purity in listener appropriate language.

Wed 20 November 2013 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.

9:30AM - 7:00PM

Highlight Frontiers in Astronomy: from the beginning of the Universe to the outer reaches of the Solar System

Professors George Efstathiou and Anthony Lasenby are co organisers of the symposium Frontiers in Astronomy: from the beginning of the Universe to the outer edges of the Solar System, and hosted by the Royal Society on 20 November 2013.

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.

10:00AM - 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.

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

How to spend it: luxury and display in Veronese’s Hermes, Herse and Aglauros

With Libbie Howie, independent art dealer and advisor.

2:15PM

Israeli film club - Michaelmas Term 2013

All films are in Hebrew with English sub-titles.

3:30PM - 5:00PM

The CEFR: over-utilised or under-utilised?

Seminar: Stuart Shaw and Helen Imam, experts from Cambridge International Examinations, discuss the use of the CEFR for the recognition of language proficiency - enough or too much?

6:00PM - 8:00PM

Cavafy in Cambridge: A celebration of the poetry of C. P. Cavafy (1863-1933)

An evening of poetry and music to celebrate the 150th anniversary of Cavafy's birth. Organised by the Modern Greek Section of the Cambridge Faculty of Modern and Medieval Languages and the Society for Modern Greek Studies.

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

And The Horse You Rode In On

Ten men. Two sides of the river. One night in the early 20th Century; in a world torn apart.

7:00PM - 9:00PM

Aftermath of the crisis: prospects for the world economy with Martin Wolf CBE, chief economics commentator at the Financial Times

Martin Wolf CBE is a British journalist, widely considered to be one of the world's most influential writers on economics. He is the associate editor and chief economics commentator at the Financial Times. He was awarded the CBE in 2000 "for services to financial journalism".

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.

7:45PM - 10:30PM

Confusions

From a mother unable to escape from baby talk to a farcical village fete: five interlinked short plays presented by Cambridge’s freshest dramatic talent.

9:30PM

An Earlier Heaven

Lying comatose in a hospital bed, Alice has a very busy day ahead of her. A new and relentlessly inventive pitch black comedy.

11:00PM - 11:59PM

The Penelopiad

Margaret Atwood’s retelling of the story of Odysseus from the point of view of his wife, Penelope. What’s a mother to do?

Thu 21 November 2013 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 - 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.

10:00AM - 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.

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.

6:00PM - 7:00PM

Jill Dawson: write what you don’t know

Join us for a talk by Jill Dawson, one of Britain's most talented contemporary writers, about why she writes fiction.

7:00PM

And The Horse You Rode In On

Ten men. Two sides of the river. One night in the early 20th Century; in a world torn apart.

7:00PM - 8:30PM

Highlight Man’s Station in the Universe: A Scientist’s Spiritual Journey

A talk about human consciousness, spiritual awareness, and other physical-spiritual phenomenon from a scientific and spiritual perspective.

7:30PM - 9:00PM

Eyespots and scents on butterflies wings

Paul Brakefield will explore how the wing patterns of butterflies and moths help them to evade their predators.

7:45PM - 10:30PM

Confusions

From a mother unable to escape from baby talk to a farcical village fete: five interlinked short plays presented by Cambridge’s freshest dramatic talent.

8:00PM - 10:00PM

James Gilchrist tenor and Anna Tilbrook piano

Fauré, Britten, Sally Beamish, Schubert - Part of the Cambridge Music Festival

9:30PM

An Earlier Heaven

Lying comatose in a hospital bed, Alice has a very busy day ahead of her. A new and relentlessly inventive pitch black comedy.

11:00PM - 11:59PM

The Penelopiad

Margaret Atwood’s retelling of the story of Odysseus from the point of view of his wife, Penelope. What’s a mother to do?

Fri 22 November 2013 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 - 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.

10:00AM - 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.

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

And The Horse You Rode In On

Ten men. Two sides of the river. One night in the early 20th Century; in a world torn apart.

7:45PM - 10:30PM

Confusions

From a mother unable to escape from baby talk to a farcical village fete: five interlinked short plays presented by Cambridge’s freshest dramatic talent.

9:30PM

An Earlier Heaven

Lying comatose in a hospital bed, Alice has a very busy day ahead of her. A new and relentlessly inventive pitch black comedy.

11:00PM - 11:59PM

The Penelopiad

Margaret Atwood’s retelling of the story of Odysseus from the point of view of his wife, Penelope. What’s a mother to do?

Sat 23 November 2013 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

The open gate by Maurice Cockrill, RA

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

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.

10:00AM - 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.

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.

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

7:00PM

And The Horse You Rode In On

Ten men. Two sides of the river. One night in the early 20th Century; in a world torn apart.

7:30PM - 9:45PM

Highlight City of Cambridge Symphony Orchestra concert

Concert of music by Walton, Holst, Bloch and Tchaikovsky. The soloist in the Bloch is the winner of the District Final of the Rotary Young Musician 2013.

7:45PM - 10:30PM

Confusions

From a mother unable to escape from baby talk to a farcical village fete: five interlinked short plays presented by Cambridge’s freshest dramatic talent.

8:00PM

CUMS Chorus - Mendelssohn Elijah

CUMS Chorus performs Mendelssohn Elijah in King's College Chapel, conducted by Stephen Cleobury.

9:30PM

An Earlier Heaven

Lying comatose in a hospital bed, Alice has a very busy day ahead of her. A new and relentlessly inventive pitch black comedy.

11:00PM - 11:59PM

The Penelopiad

Margaret Atwood’s retelling of the story of Odysseus from the point of view of his wife, Penelope. What’s a mother to do?

Sun 24 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

Baroque tapestries

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

6:00PM - 6:25PM

Organ recital

To be performed immediately prior to Evensong by Edward Picton-Turbervill (Organ Scholar, St John’s College)