WHAT'S ON

Fragile Planet - Watercolour Journeys into Wild Places

Samurai are a well-known image of Japan, but they are as much legend as history. Our Samurai: History and Legend exhibition explores the literary concept of the samurai and the changing nature of Japanese warrior culture from the 12th to the 19th centuries.

10:00AM - 12:00PM

Fragile Planet is a major exhibition of watercolours by Cornwall’s world-renowned wilderness artist, Tony Foster.

10:00AM - 4:00PM

Highlight Crazy Cone Caper Self-Led Trail

Have you got what it takes to solve the Crazy Cone Caper? Turn detective and join in with the fun family trail across our 40 acres of outdoor space.

2:00PM - 4:00PM

Fragile Planet - Watercolour Journeys into Wild Places

Fragile Planet is a major exhibition of watercolours by Cornwall’s world-renowned wilderness artist, Tony Foster.

5:00PM - 6:00PM

Highlight LGBT+ History Month Lecture: Education as Liberation

What role should education, and the education system, play in queer liberation?

6:15PM - 7:45PM

Iyengar Yoga Class

Small class with experienced teacher Robert Ashman.

6:30PM - 7:30PM

Highlight Imaging cancer metabolism - Out of the lab and into the clinic

A lecture by Professor Kevin Brindle FMedSci FRS, Professor of Biomedical Magnetic Resonance, Department of Biochemistry and Cancer Research UK, Cambridge Institute, Li Ka Shing Centre.

7:00PM - 8:00PM

Highlight The Really Popular Book Club: The Stranger's Child by Alan Hollinghurst

Cambridge University Libraries' February book club meeting will discuss Alan Hollinghurst's fifth novel which explores the gradual evolution of gay culture in Britain.

Tue 1 March 2022

9:00AM - 5:00PM

Alison Brooks Architects: Cultural Formations - Selected Works 2002-2022

One of the most exciting and innovative contemporary architectural practices, Alison Brooks Architects, is the subject of an upcoming exhibition at Clare Hall.

9:00AM - 6:30PM

Fragile Planet - Watercolour Journeys into Wild Places

Samurai are a well-known image of Japan, but they are as much legend as history. Our Samurai: History and Legend exhibition explores the literary concept of the samurai and the changing nature of Japanese warrior culture from the 12th to the 19th centuries.

10:00AM - 12:00PM

Fragile Planet is a major exhibition of watercolours by Cornwall’s world-renowned wilderness artist, Tony Foster.

11:00AM - 5:00PM

CBC Wellness Campaign: Fibre - What is it Good For?

Kettle’s Yard is pleased to announce a new solo exhibition by internationally renowned Chinese artist Ai Weiwei (b. 1957, Beijing) in which new and existing work will be shown alongside historic Chinese objects

12:30PM - 1:30PM

Part of the 'Science of Healthy Eating' series, join Molly Millar from the Quadram Institute to find out more about the fibre in our diets

2:00PM - 4:00PM

Fragile Planet - Watercolour Journeys into Wild Places

Fragile Planet is a major exhibition of watercolours by Cornwall’s world-renowned wilderness artist, Tony Foster.

5:00PM - 7:00PM

Global Pandemic Response, Public Health and Sustainability

The Vice-Chancellor’s Lecture Series brings together world-leading speakers to consider the pressing issues of our generation.

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 2 March 2022

9:00AM - 5:00PM

Alison Brooks Architects: Cultural Formations - Selected Works 2002-2022

One of the most exciting and innovative contemporary architectural practices, Alison Brooks Architects, is the subject of an upcoming exhibition at Clare Hall.

9:00AM - 6:30PM

Samurai are a well-known image of Japan, but they are as much legend as history. Our Samurai: History and Legend exhibition explores the literary concept of the samurai and the changing nature of Japanese warrior culture from the 12th to the 19th centuries.

10:00AM

Fragile Planet - Watercolour Journeys into Wild Places

In this exhibition, A Face in Time, Helena g Anderson presents a series of thought-provoking photographs showing her recovery journey. The contrast between the classical bodies on display in the Museum of Classical Archaeology's Cast Gallery and the portraits is a powerful one, and raises pressing questions about bodily normativity and able-bodiedness in the age of Instagram filters and Photoshop.

10:00AM - 12:00PM

Fragile Planet is a major exhibition of watercolours by Cornwall’s world-renowned wilderness artist, Tony Foster.

11:00AM - 5:00PM

Fragile Planet - Watercolour Journeys into Wild Places

Kettle’s Yard is pleased to announce a new solo exhibition by internationally renowned Chinese artist Ai Weiwei (b. 1957, Beijing) in which new and existing work will be shown alongside historic Chinese objects

2:00PM - 4:00PM

Fragile Planet is a major exhibition of watercolours by Cornwall’s world-renowned wilderness artist, Tony Foster.

Thu 3 March 2022

9:00AM - 5:00PM

Alison Brooks Architects: Cultural Formations - Selected Works 2002-2022

One of the most exciting and innovative contemporary architectural practices, Alison Brooks Architects, is the subject of an upcoming exhibition at Clare Hall.

9:00AM - 6:30PM

Samurai are a well-known image of Japan, but they are as much legend as history. Our Samurai: History and Legend exhibition explores the literary concept of the samurai and the changing nature of Japanese warrior culture from the 12th to the 19th centuries.

10:00AM

Fragile Planet - Watercolour Journeys into Wild Places

In this exhibition, A Face in Time, Helena g Anderson presents a series of thought-provoking photographs showing her recovery journey. The contrast between the classical bodies on display in the Museum of Classical Archaeology's Cast Gallery and the portraits is a powerful one, and raises pressing questions about bodily normativity and able-bodiedness in the age of Instagram filters and Photoshop.

10:00AM - 12:00PM

Fragile Planet is a major exhibition of watercolours by Cornwall’s world-renowned wilderness artist, Tony Foster.

10:00AM - 1:00PM

ONLINE COURSE A history of plant genetics

Take a journey through the major discoveries in genetics that have relied on the brilliant and fascinating world of plants

11:00AM - 5:00PM

Fragile Planet - Watercolour Journeys into Wild Places

Kettle’s Yard is pleased to announce a new solo exhibition by internationally renowned Chinese artist Ai Weiwei (b. 1957, Beijing) in which new and existing work will be shown alongside historic Chinese objects

2:00PM - 4:00PM

Fragile Planet is a major exhibition of watercolours by Cornwall’s world-renowned wilderness artist, Tony Foster.

5:00PM - 7:00PM

BOOK FORUM – TAXIS vs UBER

The Max Planck Cambridge Centre for Ethics, Economy and Social Change and the Philomathia Foundation invite you to join us in our book forum discussing Juan M. del Nido’s Taxis vs Uber: Courts, Markets, and Technology in Buenos Aires(Stanford U. Press, 2021), March 3, 2022, 5:00-7:00 pm, (GMT). Venue: Babbage Lecture Theatre, David Attenborough Building, Cambridge.

Fri 4 March 2022

9:00AM - 5:00PM

Alison Brooks Architects: Cultural Formations - Selected Works 2002-2022

One of the most exciting and innovative contemporary architectural practices, Alison Brooks Architects, is the subject of an upcoming exhibition at Clare Hall.

9:00AM - 6:30PM

Samurai are a well-known image of Japan, but they are as much legend as history. Our Samurai: History and Legend exhibition explores the literary concept of the samurai and the changing nature of Japanese warrior culture from the 12th to the 19th centuries.

10:00AM

In this exhibition, A Face in Time, Helena g Anderson presents a series of thought-provoking photographs showing her recovery journey. The contrast between the classical bodies on display in the Museum of Classical Archaeology's Cast Gallery and the portraits is a powerful one, and raises pressing questions about bodily normativity and able-bodiedness in the age of Instagram filters and Photoshop.

11:00AM - 12:00PM

Pepys Library Tours

A tour of the Pepys Library with Dr Jane Hughes, Pepys Librarian and Fellow of Magdalene College.

11:00AM - 5:00PM

Highlight China Goes Global Lecture - Why Ideology Is Back in China and Why It Matters for the World

Kettle’s Yard is pleased to announce a new solo exhibition by internationally renowned Chinese artist Ai Weiwei (b. 1957, Beijing) in which new and existing work will be shown alongside historic Chinese objects

2:00PM - 3:00PM

Coffee Break Seminar

Welcome to the Coffee Break Seminars. This is a relaxed online learning and discussion platform for our food security community. Talks take place every Friday during term time at 2 pm, GMT.

5:00PM - 6:30PM

Professor Rana Mitter OBE (University of Oxford) is a historian who specialises in the emergence of nationalism in modern China.

5:30PM - 7:00PM

Lies, Spies and Double-Dealing: A Cambridge Spy Tour

A walking tour which unmasks the long tradition of Cambridge spying, from the earliest days of the university to recent times; from Christopher Marlowe to James Blunt, via James Bond. The tour will be led by Green Badge Guides.

7:30PM - 9:15PM

An Evening of Chamber Music

Chamber groups from the Cambridge University Instrumental Award Scheme

Sat 5 March 2022

9:00AM - 5:00PM

Alison Brooks Architects: Cultural Formations - Selected Works 2002-2022

One of the most exciting and innovative contemporary architectural practices, Alison Brooks Architects, is the subject of an upcoming exhibition at Clare Hall.

9:00AM - 6:30PM

Samurai are a well-known image of Japan, but they are as much legend as history. Our Samurai: History and Legend exhibition explores the literary concept of the samurai and the changing nature of Japanese warrior culture from the 12th to the 19th centuries.

11:00AM - 5:00PM

Kettle’s Yard is pleased to announce a new solo exhibition by internationally renowned Chinese artist Ai Weiwei (b. 1957, Beijing) in which new and existing work will be shown alongside historic Chinese objects

2:00PM - 4:00PM

Family first Saturdays

Visit our Fitz Family Welcome Point and collect materials to use in the Museum.

2:00PM - 5:00PM

Alison Brooks Architects: Cultural Formations - Selected Works 2002-2022

In this exhibition, A Face in Time, Helena g Anderson presents a series of thought-provoking photographs showing her recovery journey. The contrast between the classical bodies on display in the Museum of Classical Archaeology's Cast Gallery and the portraits is a powerful one, and raises pressing questions about bodily normativity and able-bodiedness in the age of Instagram filters and Photoshop.

Sun 6 March 2022

9:00AM - 5:00PM

One of the most exciting and innovative contemporary architectural practices, Alison Brooks Architects, is the subject of an upcoming exhibition at Clare Hall.

10:30AM - 12:00PM

Hidden Cambridge walking tour

90 minute Walking tour with a Blue Badge Guide around the oldest part of Cambridge (foot of Castle Hill)

10:30AM - 12:00PM

Hidden Cambridge walking tour

90 minute Walking tour with a Blue Badge Guide around the oldest part of Cambridge (foot of Castle Hill)

11:00AM - 5:00PM