Beyond Neoliberalism Conference 2025
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| Mon 25 April 2022 | 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. |
| 9:00AM - 7:00PM |
An exhibition of paintings and ceramics curated by Ben Risk |
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| 1:30PM - 5:15PM |
Children and artificial intelligence: risks, opportunities and the future The event aims to explore the future of online safety, and how to harness the opportunities of language-based AI for children while also ensuring that potential risks are minimised. |
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| 6:15PM - 7:45PM |
Small class with experienced teacher Robert Ashman. |
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| Tue 26 April 2022 | 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. |
| 9:00AM - 7:00PM |
An exhibition of paintings and ceramics curated by Ben Risk |
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| 10:00AM - 5:00PM |
Hockney's Eye: The Art and Technology of Depiction One of the most influential artists of our time, David Hockney (b.1937) takes over Cambridge this spring and summer with an exhibition across The Fitzwilliam Museum and The Heong Gallery, Downing College. |
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| 10:00AM - 5:00PM |
Highlight Hockney’s Eye: The Art and Technology of Depiction One of the most influential artists of our time, David Hockney (b.1937) takes over Cambridge this spring and summer with an exhibition across The Fitzwilliam Museum and The Heong Gallery, Downing College. |
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| 11:00AM - 5:00PM |
Ai Weiwei: The Liberty of Doubt 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 |
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| 5:00PM - 6:00PM |
Platform Socialism: How to Reclaim our Digital Future from Big Tech Join James Muldoon for an online event, as he charts a roadmap for an alternative vision for our digital future. |
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| 5:30PM - 6:30PM |
Highlight Playing with samurai Dr Laura Moretti’s talk explores how the adventures of two samurai, Minamoto no Yoshitsune and Benkei, were appropriated in early modern Japan to enable play. |
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| 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 |
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| Wed 27 April 2022 | 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. |
| 9:00AM - 7:00PM |
An exhibition of paintings and ceramics curated by Ben Risk |
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| 10:00AM - 4:00PM |
CLASSROOM COURSE Keeping a sketchbook: drawing the Garden Discover fun methods to develop your sketching in Cambridge Botanic Garden with illustrator Karin Eklund |
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| 10:00AM - 5:00PM |
Hockney's Eye: The Art and Technology of Depiction One of the most influential artists of our time, David Hockney (b.1937) takes over Cambridge this spring and summer with an exhibition across The Fitzwilliam Museum and The Heong Gallery, Downing College. |
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| 10:00AM - 5:00PM |
Highlight Hockney’s Eye: The Art and Technology of Depiction One of the most influential artists of our time, David Hockney (b.1937) takes over Cambridge this spring and summer with an exhibition across The Fitzwilliam Museum and The Heong Gallery, Downing College. |
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| 11:00AM - 5:00PM |
Ai Weiwei: The Liberty of Doubt 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 |
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| Thu 28 April 2022 | 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. |
| 9:00AM - 7:00PM |
An exhibition of paintings and ceramics curated by Ben Risk |
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| 10:00AM - 4:00PM |
CLASSROOM COURSE Introduction to botany This lively, informative, hands-on course offers complete beginners a relaxed introduction to the world of botany |
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| 10:00AM - 5:00PM |
Hockney's Eye: The Art and Technology of Depiction One of the most influential artists of our time, David Hockney (b.1937) takes over Cambridge this spring and summer with an exhibition across The Fitzwilliam Museum and The Heong Gallery, Downing College. |
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| 10:00AM - 5:00PM |
Highlight Hockney’s Eye: The Art and Technology of Depiction One of the most influential artists of our time, David Hockney (b.1937) takes over Cambridge this spring and summer with an exhibition across The Fitzwilliam Museum and The Heong Gallery, Downing College. |
|
| 11:00AM - 5:00PM |
Ai Weiwei: The Liberty of Doubt 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 |
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| 4:00PM - 8:00PM |
The Ashby Lecture - Professor Susan Neiman: 'Why the Left is not Woke' Clare Hall's Ashby Lecture will be given by philosopher and writer, Professor Susan Neiman. Director of the Einstein Forum in Potsdam, Susan has written extensively on the Enlightenment, moral philosophy, metaphysics, and politics. Her work shows that philosophy is a living force for contemporary thinking and action. |
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| 5:00PM - 6:30PM |
The Marshall Lectures – Professor Ariel Rubinstein: ‘Economics Without Prices and Without Games’ Prof Rubinstein will give two lectures presenting non-standard theoretical models where conflicts between insatiable wants and limited resources are resolved through social institutions like 'social status', 'power' and 'preference biases' rather than 'prices and money'. |
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| 5:30PM |
With roots in early modern Japan and yet very much alive and ever-changing, rakugo is a type of performance that defies any easy description. Sitting on his zabuton cushion, one performer creates through words a world populated by different characters; a world filled with humour, suspense, tragedy, horror, and much more. |
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| 6:30PM - 8:30PM |
ONLINE COURSE Humphry Repton & the Regency garden Trace Repton's career from its picturesque beginnings to the Gardenesque style which changed England’s relationship with nature forever |
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| 7:00PM - 11:00PM |
Welsh songwriter and producer Catherine Anne Davies aka The Anchoress, has found a room of her own beneath pop’s playground, in the basement of prog’s castle, creating her one-woman sonic vision. |
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| 8:00PM - 10:00PM |
Concert: Zubin Kanga, piano and keyboards Join us for the last New Music concert of the 2021/22 season. |
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| Fri 29 April 2022 | 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. |
| 9:00AM - 7:00PM |
An exhibition of paintings and ceramics curated by Ben Risk |
|
| 10:00AM - 4:00PM |
CLASSROOM COURSE Introduction to botany This lively, informative, hands-on course offers complete beginners a relaxed introduction to the world of botany |
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| 10:00AM - 5:00PM |
Hockney's Eye: The Art and Technology of Depiction One of the most influential artists of our time, David Hockney (b.1937) takes over Cambridge this spring and summer with an exhibition across The Fitzwilliam Museum and The Heong Gallery, Downing College. |
|
| 10:00AM - 5:00PM |
Highlight Hockney’s Eye: The Art and Technology of Depiction One of the most influential artists of our time, David Hockney (b.1937) takes over Cambridge this spring and summer with an exhibition across The Fitzwilliam Museum and The Heong Gallery, Downing College. |
|
| 11:00AM - 5:00PM |
Ai Weiwei: The Liberty of Doubt 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 |
|
| 5:00PM - 6:30PM |
The Marshall Lectures – Professor Ariel Rubinstein: ‘Economics Without Prices and Without Games’ Prof Rubinstein will give two lectures presenting non-standard theoretical models where conflicts between insatiable wants and limited resources are resolved through social institutions like 'social status', 'power' and 'preference biases' rather than 'prices and money'. |
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| 5:30PM |
With roots in early modern Japan and yet very much alive and ever-changing, rakugo is a type of performance that defies any easy description. Sitting on his zabuton cushion, one performer creates through words a world populated by different characters; a world filled with humour, suspense, tragedy, horror, and much more. |
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| 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. |
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| 6:00PM - 7:00PM |
LucyGives Giving Week 2022: 'Optimism for Beginners' with Sophie Hannah In celebration of LucyGives, Honorary Fellow Sophie Hannah will discuss how our understanding of what's achievable is often false and limiting. |
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| Sat 30 April 2022 | 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 - 5:00PM |
Hockney's Eye: The Art and Technology of Depiction One of the most influential artists of our time, David Hockney (b.1937) takes over Cambridge this spring and summer with an exhibition across The Fitzwilliam Museum and The Heong Gallery, Downing College. |
|
| 10:00AM - 5:00PM |
Highlight Hockney’s Eye: The Art and Technology of Depiction One of the most influential artists of our time, David Hockney (b.1937) takes over Cambridge this spring and summer with an exhibition across The Fitzwilliam Museum and The Heong Gallery, Downing College. |
|
| 11:00AM - 5:00PM |
Ai Weiwei: The Liberty of Doubt 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 |
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| Sun 1 May 2022 | 10:00AM - 5:00PM |
Hockney's Eye: The Art and Technology of Depiction One of the most influential artists of our time, David Hockney (b.1937) takes over Cambridge this spring and summer with an exhibition across The Fitzwilliam Museum and The Heong Gallery, Downing College. |
| 10:00AM - 5:00PM |
Highlight Hockney’s Eye: The Art and Technology of Depiction One of the most influential artists of our time, David Hockney (b.1937) takes over Cambridge this spring and summer with an exhibition across The Fitzwilliam Museum and The Heong Gallery, Downing College. |
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| 10:30AM - 12:00PM |
90 minute Walking tour with a Blue Badge Guide around the oldest part of Cambridge (foot of Castle Hill) |
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| 11:00AM - 5:00PM |
Ai Weiwei: The Liberty of Doubt 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 |
|
| 11:30AM - 1:00PM |
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. |