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Mon 17 February 2020 9:00AM - 5:00PM

Wordsworth at 250 Cancelled

This event has been cancelled.

9:00AM - 7:00PM

Beating Time: A Conversation Between Painting and Poetry

An exhibition by Sandra Becarelli, Miranda Boulton, Alison Critchlow and Una d'Aragona

10:00AM - 6:00PM

Highlight Creative Connections: Portraits of Women Scientists and Artists

An exhibition of photographic portraits of female scientists and artists.

Tue 18 February 2020 9:00AM - 5:00PM

Wordsworth at 250 Cancelled

This event has been cancelled.

9:00AM - 7:00PM

Beating Time: A Conversation Between Painting and Poetry

An exhibition by Sandra Becarelli, Miranda Boulton, Alison Critchlow and Una d'Aragona

10:00AM - 4:00PM

Walking on Thin Ice Cancelled

This event has been cancelled.

10:00AM - 5:00PM

FEAST & FAST: The art of food in Europe, 1500 –1800 Cancelled

This event has been cancelled.

10:00AM - 5:00PM

Inspire Cancelled

This event has been cancelled.

10:00AM - 5:00PM

Lines of Site: The Parthenon Frieze Cancelled

This event has been cancelled.

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

Sharpening Perceptions Cancelled

This event has been cancelled.

10:00AM - 6:00PM

Highlight Creative Connections: Portraits of Women Scientists and Artists

An exhibition of photographic portraits of female scientists and artists.

12:30PM - 2:00PM

Consciousness, Intention, Final Causality and the Desire for God

Seminar talk given by Prof. Simon Oliver

1:10PM - 2:00PM

Lunchtime Concert Series: Cambridge University Instrumental Award Scheme

Performances by musicians from the Cambridge University Instrumental Award Scheme.

5:00PM - 6:00PM

Dr Nicholas Penny, Slade Lectures in Fine Art 2020

Avatars of Antiquity: Premise and Practice in European Painting and Sculpture 1500-2000

5:30PM - 7:00PM

Federal Indifference: Sexuality, the State, and Social Reform during the early HIV/AIDS Crisis

Lecture by Stephen Colbrook (University College London) as part of the Churchill History Lecture Series. This lecture examines the interaction between HIV/AIDS and state policymaking in the US between the early 1980s and mid-1990s.

5:30PM - 7:00PM

Fighting Federal Indifference: Sexuality, the State, and Social Reform during the early HIV/AIDS Crisis

Stephen Colbrook, PhD candidate at UCL, will give this talk as part of the Churchill History Lecture Series

6:00PM - 7:00PM

Oon Lecture, Structure-based drug design using Electron Cryomicroscopy, by Richard Henderson

Downing College hosts the 12th Oon Lecture, this year given by Dr Richard Henderson, CH FRS and Nobel Prize winner in Chemistry. Tuesday 18 February at 6 pm in the Howard Theatre, Downing College.

7:00PM - 8:30PM

Highlight Café Sci Cambridge: The Genetics of Depression

Join Dr David Howard, Kings College London, for a brief overview of the history of human genetics with a focus on the research conducted around depression.

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 19 February 2020 9:00AM - 5:00PM

Wordsworth at 250 Cancelled

This event has been cancelled.

9:00AM - 7:00PM

Beating Time: A Conversation Between Painting and Poetry

An exhibition by Sandra Becarelli, Miranda Boulton, Alison Critchlow and Una d'Aragona

10:00AM - 4:00PM

Walking on Thin Ice Cancelled

This event has been cancelled.

10:00AM - 5:00PM

FEAST & FAST: The art of food in Europe, 1500 –1800 Cancelled

This event has been cancelled.

10:00AM - 5:00PM

Inspire Cancelled

This event has been cancelled.

10:00AM - 5:00PM

Lines of Site: The Parthenon Frieze Cancelled

This event has been cancelled.

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

Sharpening Perceptions Cancelled

This event has been cancelled.

10:00AM - 6:00PM

Highlight Creative Connections: Portraits of Women Scientists and Artists

An exhibition of photographic portraits of female scientists and artists.

4:00PM - 5:00PM

Well-Being and Financial Indicators: Linking Individual and Macro Data in a Cross-Country Analysis

A Talk by Yaprak Tayman Lecturer in Economics at the New College of Humanities (NCH) Northeastern

4:00PM - 5:30PM

Rainbow Crossings: Safe Spaces for LGBT+ at Home and Abroad

An enduring search for safe spaces has defined the precarious movement of the LGBTQI+ communities and minorities.

4:30PM - 7:30PM

Freaky Flowers and other weird plants at Cambridge University Botanic Garden

Join us for Twilight at the Museums on a night-time adventure around the Glasshouses.

4:30PM - 7:30PM

Pick of the month Twilight at the Museums 2020

One night. 15 museums. An unmissable evening of family adventure

4:30PM - 7:30PM

Twilight at the Museums: The Secrets of the Statues

A torch-lit adventure for families. Explore the Museum of Classical Archaeology after dark and try out the extra special Twilight trail.

4:30PM - 7:30PM

Twilight at the Polar Museum

Join us in the Twilight as we bring alive historic pioneers of Antarctic discovery! Meet Frank Debenham, the founder of the Scott Polar Research Institute, or Lois Jones, who led the first all-woman science team to Antarctica. Not to mention Captain Robert Falcon Scott himself and even some modern polar explorers!

6:00PM - 7:10PM

Primary Care at the forefront of prevention

Professor Simon Griffin FRCGP, FMedSci, Department of Public Health and Primary Care, University of Cambridge, gives the sixth lecture in the series 'Transforming healthcare through prevention'.

6:00PM - 7:15PM

Prof Simon Griffin: Primary care at the forefront of prevention

Prof Griffin will share some thoughts on how we might square the circle and efficiently deliver effective prevention in primary care.

Thu 20 February 2020 9:00AM - 5:00PM

Wordsworth at 250 Cancelled

This event has been cancelled.

9:00AM - 7:00PM

Beating Time: A Conversation Between Painting and Poetry

An exhibition by Sandra Becarelli, Miranda Boulton, Alison Critchlow and Una d'Aragona

10:00AM - 4:00PM

Walking on Thin Ice Cancelled

This event has been cancelled.

10:00AM - 5:00PM

FEAST & FAST: The art of food in Europe, 1500 –1800 Cancelled

This event has been cancelled.

10:00AM - 5:00PM

Inspire Cancelled

This event has been cancelled.

10:00AM - 5:00PM

Lines of Site: The Parthenon Frieze Cancelled

This event has been cancelled.

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

Sharpening Perceptions Cancelled

This event has been cancelled.

10:00AM - 6:00PM

Highlight Creative Connections: Portraits of Women Scientists and Artists

An exhibition of photographic portraits of female scientists and artists.

1:00PM - 2:00PM

Lunchtime talk: Bill Janeway - "In God We Trust, All Others Pay Cash: The Financial System as the joint product of Trust and Technology"

20th February 2020: Dr Bill Janeway - "In God We Trust, All Others Pay Cash: The Financial System as the joint product of Trust and Technology"

6:45PM - 8:30PM

Cambridge Natural History Society talk - Three mammals: otters, bats and hedgehogs

Peter Pilbeam: Otters in Cambridgeshire; Carole Baber: Putting Hedgehogs on the map in Grafham; Jo Chesham: Bats at Sheep's Green and Coe Fen.

Fri 21 February 2020 9:00AM - 5:00PM

Wordsworth at 250 Cancelled

This event has been cancelled.

9:00AM - 7:00PM

Beating Time: A Conversation Between Painting and Poetry

An exhibition by Sandra Becarelli, Miranda Boulton, Alison Critchlow and Una d'Aragona

10:00AM - 4:00PM

Walking on Thin Ice Cancelled

This event has been cancelled.

10:00AM - 5:00PM

FEAST & FAST: The art of food in Europe, 1500 –1800 Cancelled

This event has been cancelled.

10:00AM - 5:00PM

Inspire Cancelled

This event has been cancelled.

10:00AM - 5:00PM

Lines of Site: The Parthenon Frieze Cancelled

This event has been cancelled.

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

Sharpening Perceptions Cancelled

This event has been cancelled.

10:00AM - 6:00PM

Highlight Creative Connections: Portraits of Women Scientists and Artists

An exhibition of photographic portraits of female scientists and artists.

Sat 22 February 2020 10:00AM - 1:00PM

Lines of Site: The Parthenon Frieze Cancelled

This event has been cancelled.

10:00AM - 4:00PM

Walking on Thin Ice Cancelled

This event has been cancelled.

10:00AM - 5:00PM

FEAST & FAST: The art of food in Europe, 1500 –1800 Cancelled

This event has been cancelled.

10:00AM - 5:00PM

Inspire Cancelled

This event has been cancelled.

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

Sharpening Perceptions Cancelled

This event has been cancelled.

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 - 12:30PM

Bridging Binaries LGBTQ+ Tour Cancelled

This event has been cancelled.

2:00PM - 4:00PM

Artist Talks - Beating Time: A Conversation Between Painting and Poetry

An exhibition by Sandra Becarelli, Miranda Boulton, Alison Critchlow and Una D'Aragona

3:00PM - 3:45PM

Bridging Binaries: LGBTQ+ Tours at Museum of Archaeology and Anthropology Cancelled

This event has been cancelled.

Sun 23 February 2020 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 - 4:00PM

Walking on Thin Ice Cancelled

This event has been cancelled.

12:00PM - 5:00PM

FEAST & FAST: The art of food in Europe, 1500 –1800 Cancelled

This event has been cancelled.

12:00PM - 5:00PM

Inspire Cancelled

This event has been cancelled.

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

Sharpening Perceptions Cancelled

This event has been cancelled.

3:00PM - 3:45PM

Bridging Binaries: LGBTQ+ Tours at Museum of Archaeology and Anthropology Cancelled

This event has been cancelled.