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Events open to the public from the University of Cambridge

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Mon 18 November 2019 9:00AM - 5:00PM

Good Government Bad Government

An exhibition of paintings by Frank Creber and Michael Johnson

9:00AM - 5:00PM

Modern Primitives

An exhibition of figurative sculptures by Cambridge based artist John Clark.

9:30AM - 2:30PM

Sir Lionel Whitby: War hero, medical pioneer, Master

An archive exhibition featuring highlights from a recent donation of personal papers of the eminent bacteriologist, haematologist and Regius Professor of Physic at the University (1945-56)

10:00AM - 4:00PM

24 Portraits: Recovering and Reimagining Women's Labour

An exhibition by Emma Copley exploring the the representation of women who work in Pathology. Part of The Rising Tide programme.

10:00AM - 6:00PM

Highlight Creative Connections: Portraits of Women Scientists and Artists

An exhibition of photographic portraits of female scientists and artists.

Tue 19 November 2019 9:00AM - 5:00PM

Good Government Bad Government

An exhibition of paintings by Frank Creber and Michael Johnson

9:00AM - 5:00PM

Modern Primitives

An exhibition of figurative sculptures by Cambridge based artist John Clark.

10:00AM - 4:00PM

24 Portraits: Recovering and Reimagining Women's Labour

An exhibition by Emma Copley exploring the the representation of women who work in Pathology. Part of The Rising Tide programme.

10:00AM - 5:00PM

Fans Unfolded: Conserving the Lennox-Boyd collection

Showcasing rare and exquisitely decorated fans from the collection of the Hon. Christopher Lennox Boyd, allocated to the Museum by H.M. Government in lieu of inheritance tax in 2015, this display reveals the techniques behind the making, investigation and conservation of fans.

10:00AM - 5:00PM

Goddesses, by Marian Maguire

Greek goddesses are re-imagined through a feminist lens in this contemporary art exhibition by New Zealand Artist Marian Maguire.

10:00AM - 5:00PM

Highlight Rembrandt and the Nude

Rembrandt made etchings of female nudes during two distinct periods of his career: in the 1630s, and another two decades later. This exhibition draws attention to the beauty and power of Rembrandt’s treatment of the female form, despite attacks received from critics of the time.

10:00AM - 5:00PM

Highlight Seeing Sound: Music, imagery and inspiration

This exhibition brings together a remarkable range of works from the Museum’s collections to explore the ways in which artists and composers have engaged in a dialogue between sight and sound.

10:00AM - 6:00PM

Highlight Creative Connections: Portraits of Women Scientists and Artists

An exhibition of photographic portraits of female scientists and artists.

12:00PM - 1:00PM

End-Of-Life-Care and Limits of Patient Agency

In a context of bodily decline at the end of life, formalising patient wishes provides a way to continue to enact and preserve patient agency. But is facilitating choice so easy? In this roundtable we explore the limits of patient agency in end-of-life care.

1:10PM - 1:55PM

Lunchtime Concert Series: Max McCleish & Friends

Some of Cambridge's top jazz musicians, including members of Cambridge University Jazz Orchestra, present an hour of jazz at lunchtime

5:00PM - 6:00PM

Highlight Marshall Lecture by Prof Paul Migrom - Market Design When Resource Allocation is NP-Hard

The Marshall Lectures were founded in memory of Alfred Marshall, arguably the founder of modern economic science and undisputedly one of its pioneers.

5:00PM - 7:00PM

Digital Verification Workshop

Verifying Social Media Content Using Open Source Investigation

5:30PM - 6:30PM

Geologist William Smith (1769-1839) and his struggles to both earn a living, and finance his scientific and cartographic projects to 1820

A talk by Hugh Torrens (University of Keele) in the 'Cambridge Seminars in the History of Cartography' series.

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

Wed 20 November 2019 9:00AM - 5:00PM

Good Government Bad Government

An exhibition of paintings by Frank Creber and Michael Johnson

9:00AM - 5:00PM

Modern Primitives

An exhibition of figurative sculptures by Cambridge based artist John Clark.

9:30AM - 2:30PM

Sir Lionel Whitby: War hero, medical pioneer, Master

An archive exhibition featuring highlights from a recent donation of personal papers of the eminent bacteriologist, haematologist and Regius Professor of Physic at the University (1945-56)

10:00AM - 4:00PM

24 Portraits: Recovering and Reimagining Women's Labour

An exhibition by Emma Copley exploring the the representation of women who work in Pathology. Part of The Rising Tide programme.

10:00AM - 5:00PM

Fans Unfolded: Conserving the Lennox-Boyd collection

Showcasing rare and exquisitely decorated fans from the collection of the Hon. Christopher Lennox Boyd, allocated to the Museum by H.M. Government in lieu of inheritance tax in 2015, this display reveals the techniques behind the making, investigation and conservation of fans.

10:00AM - 5:00PM

Goddesses, by Marian Maguire

Greek goddesses are re-imagined through a feminist lens in this contemporary art exhibition by New Zealand Artist Marian Maguire.

10:00AM - 5:00PM

Highlight Rembrandt and the Nude

Rembrandt made etchings of female nudes during two distinct periods of his career: in the 1630s, and another two decades later. This exhibition draws attention to the beauty and power of Rembrandt’s treatment of the female form, despite attacks received from critics of the time.

10:00AM - 5:00PM

Highlight Seeing Sound: Music, imagery and inspiration

This exhibition brings together a remarkable range of works from the Museum’s collections to explore the ways in which artists and composers have engaged in a dialogue between sight and sound.

10:00AM - 6:00PM

Highlight Creative Connections: Portraits of Women Scientists and Artists

An exhibition of photographic portraits of female scientists and artists.

12:00PM - 5:00PM

Highlight BARBARA HEPWORTH: DIVIDED CIRCLE

BARBARA HEPWORTH: DIVIDED CIRCLE brings together rarely Seen works from major private collections and works housed at public galleries such as Abbot Hall Art Gallery (Kendal), The Courtauld Gallery (London), The Hepworth Wakefield, The Lightbox (Woking), and Walker Art Gallery (Liverpool).

5:00PM - 6:30PM

Highlight Marshall Lecture by Prof Paul Migrom - Market Design When Resource Allocation is NP-Hard

The Marshall Lectures were founded in memory of Alfred Marshall, arguably the founder of modern economic science and undisputedly one of its pioneers.

6:00PM - 8:00PM

Growing the Cambridge Biomedical campus: New hospitals and organisations accelerating specialist research

Join us for an evening of updates and insights into how the new developments will support cutting-edge clinical research at the Cambridge Biomedical Research Centre

Thu 21 November 2019 9:00AM - 5:00PM

Good Government Bad Government

An exhibition of paintings by Frank Creber and Michael Johnson

9:00AM - 5:00PM

Modern Primitives

An exhibition of figurative sculptures by Cambridge based artist John Clark.

10:00AM - 4:00PM

24 Portraits: Recovering and Reimagining Women's Labour

An exhibition by Emma Copley exploring the the representation of women who work in Pathology. Part of The Rising Tide programme.

10:00AM - 5:00PM

Fans Unfolded: Conserving the Lennox-Boyd collection

Showcasing rare and exquisitely decorated fans from the collection of the Hon. Christopher Lennox Boyd, allocated to the Museum by H.M. Government in lieu of inheritance tax in 2015, this display reveals the techniques behind the making, investigation and conservation of fans.

10:00AM - 5:00PM

Goddesses, by Marian Maguire

Greek goddesses are re-imagined through a feminist lens in this contemporary art exhibition by New Zealand Artist Marian Maguire.

10:00AM - 5:00PM

Highlight Rembrandt and the Nude

Rembrandt made etchings of female nudes during two distinct periods of his career: in the 1630s, and another two decades later. This exhibition draws attention to the beauty and power of Rembrandt’s treatment of the female form, despite attacks received from critics of the time.

10:00AM - 5:00PM

Highlight Seeing Sound: Music, imagery and inspiration

This exhibition brings together a remarkable range of works from the Museum’s collections to explore the ways in which artists and composers have engaged in a dialogue between sight and sound.

10:00AM - 6:00PM

Highlight Creative Connections: Portraits of Women Scientists and Artists

An exhibition of photographic portraits of female scientists and artists.

12:00PM - 5:00PM

Highlight BARBARA HEPWORTH: DIVIDED CIRCLE

BARBARA HEPWORTH: DIVIDED CIRCLE brings together rarely Seen works from major private collections and works housed at public galleries such as Abbot Hall Art Gallery (Kendal), The Courtauld Gallery (London), The Hepworth Wakefield, The Lightbox (Woking), and Walker Art Gallery (Liverpool).

5:00PM - 6:00PM

Normandy '44 with James Holland

James Holland delivers this year's Liberation Literature Lecture, marking the 75th anniversary of D-Day and the Battle for Normandy.

6:00PM - 8:00PM

Disease Detectives: The case of the almost indestructible superbug

Try your hand at tackling a simulated outbreak of a drug-resistant disease at a special event at the Cambridge Science Centre.

6:45PM - 8:30PM

Cambridge Natural History Society talk - The short Arctic summer: life in a cold climate

Robert Burton will describe Arctic conditions and how the animals and plants of the High Arctic have to condense their annual cycle of growth and breeding into a short summer.

Fri 22 November 2019 9:00AM - 5:00PM

Good Government Bad Government

An exhibition of paintings by Frank Creber and Michael Johnson

9:00AM - 5:00PM

Modern Primitives

An exhibition of figurative sculptures by Cambridge based artist John Clark.

9:30AM - 2:30PM

Sir Lionel Whitby: War hero, medical pioneer, Master

An archive exhibition featuring highlights from a recent donation of personal papers of the eminent bacteriologist, haematologist and Regius Professor of Physic at the University (1945-56)

10:00AM - 4:00PM

24 Portraits: Recovering and Reimagining Women's Labour

An exhibition by Emma Copley exploring the the representation of women who work in Pathology. Part of The Rising Tide programme.

10:00AM - 5:00PM

Fans Unfolded: Conserving the Lennox-Boyd collection

Showcasing rare and exquisitely decorated fans from the collection of the Hon. Christopher Lennox Boyd, allocated to the Museum by H.M. Government in lieu of inheritance tax in 2015, this display reveals the techniques behind the making, investigation and conservation of fans.

10:00AM - 5:00PM

Goddesses, by Marian Maguire

Greek goddesses are re-imagined through a feminist lens in this contemporary art exhibition by New Zealand Artist Marian Maguire.

10:00AM - 5:00PM

Highlight Rembrandt and the Nude

Rembrandt made etchings of female nudes during two distinct periods of his career: in the 1630s, and another two decades later. This exhibition draws attention to the beauty and power of Rembrandt’s treatment of the female form, despite attacks received from critics of the time.

10:00AM - 5:00PM

Highlight Seeing Sound: Music, imagery and inspiration

This exhibition brings together a remarkable range of works from the Museum’s collections to explore the ways in which artists and composers have engaged in a dialogue between sight and sound.

10:00AM - 6:00PM

Highlight Creative Connections: Portraits of Women Scientists and Artists

An exhibition of photographic portraits of female scientists and artists.

12:00PM - 5:00PM

Highlight BARBARA HEPWORTH: DIVIDED CIRCLE

BARBARA HEPWORTH: DIVIDED CIRCLE brings together rarely Seen works from major private collections and works housed at public galleries such as Abbot Hall Art Gallery (Kendal), The Courtauld Gallery (London), The Hepworth Wakefield, The Lightbox (Woking), and Walker Art Gallery (Liverpool).

Sat 23 November 2019 10:00AM - 1:00PM

Goddesses, by Marian Maguire

Greek goddesses are re-imagined through a feminist lens in this contemporary art exhibition by New Zealand Artist Marian Maguire.

10:00AM - 5:00PM

Fans Unfolded: Conserving the Lennox-Boyd collection

Showcasing rare and exquisitely decorated fans from the collection of the Hon. Christopher Lennox Boyd, allocated to the Museum by H.M. Government in lieu of inheritance tax in 2015, this display reveals the techniques behind the making, investigation and conservation of fans.

10:00AM - 5:00PM

Highlight Rembrandt and the Nude

Rembrandt made etchings of female nudes during two distinct periods of his career: in the 1630s, and another two decades later. This exhibition draws attention to the beauty and power of Rembrandt’s treatment of the female form, despite attacks received from critics of the time.

10:00AM - 5:00PM

Highlight Seeing Sound: Music, imagery and inspiration

This exhibition brings together a remarkable range of works from the Museum’s collections to explore the ways in which artists and composers have engaged in a dialogue between sight and sound.

10:00AM - 6:00PM

Highlight Creative Connections: Portraits of Women Scientists and Artists

An exhibition of photographic portraits of female scientists and artists.

11:30AM - 11:00PM

Cambridge Jazz Festival 2019

A series of events and concerts as part of Cambridge Jazz Festival 2019.

12:00PM - 5:00PM

Highlight BARBARA HEPWORTH: DIVIDED CIRCLE

BARBARA HEPWORTH: DIVIDED CIRCLE brings together rarely Seen works from major private collections and works housed at public galleries such as Abbot Hall Art Gallery (Kendal), The Courtauld Gallery (London), The Hepworth Wakefield, The Lightbox (Woking), and Walker Art Gallery (Liverpool).

Sun 24 November 2019 10:00AM - 6:00PM

Highlight Creative Connections: Portraits of Women Scientists and Artists

An exhibition of photographic portraits of female scientists and artists.

10:30AM - 11:00PM

Cambridge Jazz Festival 2019

A series of events and concerts as part of Cambridge Jazz Festival 2019.

12:00PM - 5:00PM

Highlight BARBARA HEPWORTH: DIVIDED CIRCLE

BARBARA HEPWORTH: DIVIDED CIRCLE brings together rarely Seen works from major private collections and works housed at public galleries such as Abbot Hall Art Gallery (Kendal), The Courtauld Gallery (London), The Hepworth Wakefield, The Lightbox (Woking), and Walker Art Gallery (Liverpool).

12:00PM - 5:00PM

Fans Unfolded: Conserving the Lennox-Boyd collection

Showcasing rare and exquisitely decorated fans from the collection of the Hon. Christopher Lennox Boyd, allocated to the Museum by H.M. Government in lieu of inheritance tax in 2015, this display reveals the techniques behind the making, investigation and conservation of fans.

12:00PM - 5:00PM

Highlight Rembrandt and the Nude

Rembrandt made etchings of female nudes during two distinct periods of his career: in the 1630s, and another two decades later. This exhibition draws attention to the beauty and power of Rembrandt’s treatment of the female form, despite attacks received from critics of the time.

12:00PM - 5:00PM

Highlight Seeing Sound: Music, imagery and inspiration

This exhibition brings together a remarkable range of works from the Museum’s collections to explore the ways in which artists and composers have engaged in a dialogue between sight and sound.

6:00PM - 6:25PM

Organ Recital

To be performed by George Herbert (Organ Scholar, St John’s College)

6:15PM - 7:30PM

Highlight SHINJINI- the songs of the ankle bells

Sakhya invites you to an evening of art with Shinjini Kulkarni - celebrated dancer and granddaughter of the renowned Kathak Maestro Pandit Birju Maharaj