What's On: What's On

Tue 22 November 2022

10:00AM - 12:00PM

An exhibition of the works of Will Carter OBE: a master craftsman - printer, typographer, calligrapher, carver of wood and slate - for whom good design was “a matter of seeing the simplest way of doing something, which is usually the best”. He is regarded as amongst the finest lettering artists of his generation and the post-war era.

10:00AM - 1:00PM

CLASSROOM COURSE Winter interest for the garden

Join Head of Horticulture Sally Pettit on this half day course discovering which plants will bring valuable colour to your garden in winter

10:00AM - 5:00PM

Defaced! Money, Conflict, Protest

This new exhibition is the first of its kind to examine the interplay between money, power and dissent over the last 200 years – with a key strand of the show exploring the role of the individual in protesting for rights and representation.

10:00AM - 6:00PM

Highlight Life is Still Life

Life is Still Life presents an exciting selection of modern and contemporary works by women artists in the genre of still life.

11:00AM - 5:00PM

Pick of the month Paint Like the Swallow Sings Calypso

Kettle’s Yard is pleased to present Paint Like the Swallow Sings Calypso, a major new exhibition curated in dialogue with artists Paul Dash (b. 1946, Barbados), Errol Lloyd (b. 1943, Jamaica) and John Lyons (b. 1933, Trinidad).

1:00PM - 2:00PM

The Quranic Notion of the Soul and Its Place in Science and Psychology

by Dr Mehdi Nassaji Part of The Faraday Institute for Science and Religion Michaelmas Seminar Series in partnership with The Woolf Institute

1:30PM - 4:30PM

Highlight Enslavement and Salvation at Queens’ College: an Old Library exhibition

Following two years’ research, this exhibition investigates Queens’ College’s links to the Atlantic Slave Trade, exploring the complex lives and worlds of a variety of Queens’ members through books and other objects they left behind.

2:00PM - 4:00PM

Highlight Will Carter - Man of Letters

An exhibition of the works of Will Carter OBE: a master craftsman - printer, typographer, calligrapher, carver of wood and slate - for whom good design was “a matter of seeing the simplest way of doing something, which is usually the best”. He is regarded as amongst the finest lettering artists of his generation and the post-war era.

3:30PM - 5:00PM

Should the Church of England be Disestablished?

A roundtable on Beyond Establishment: Resetting Church-State Relations in England by Jonathan Chaplin

5:00PM - 6:00PM

Highlight Sandars Lectures 2022

The Sandars Readership in Bibliography is one of the most prestigious honorary posts to which book historians, librarians and researchers can be appointed. Those elected deliver a series of lectures on their chosen subject.

5:30PM - 6:45PM

The adventures and speculations of the ingenious Peter Perez Burdett

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

5:30PM - 7:00PM

Departures: Rethinking the History of Mediterranean Migrations?

What happens when we leave the past behind?

WHAT'S ON

Events open to the public from the University of Cambridge

Beyond Neoliberalism Conference 2025

Tue 22 November 2022	10:00AM - 12:00PM	Highlight Will Carter - Man of Letters An exhibition of the works of Will Carter OBE: a master craftsman - printer, typographer, calligrapher, carver of wood and slate - for whom good design was “a matter of seeing the simplest way of doing something, which is usually the best”. He is regarded as amongst the finest lettering artists of his generation and the post-war era.
	10:00AM - 1:00PM	CLASSROOM COURSE Winter interest for the garden Join Head of Horticulture Sally Pettit on this half day course discovering which plants will bring valuable colour to your garden in winter
	10:00AM - 5:00PM	Defaced! Money, Conflict, Protest This new exhibition is the first of its kind to examine the interplay between money, power and dissent over the last 200 years – with a key strand of the show exploring the role of the individual in protesting for rights and representation.
	10:00AM - 6:00PM	Highlight Life is Still Life Life is Still Life presents an exciting selection of modern and contemporary works by women artists in the genre of still life.
	11:00AM - 5:00PM	Pick of the month Paint Like the Swallow Sings Calypso Kettle’s Yard is pleased to present Paint Like the Swallow Sings Calypso, a major new exhibition curated in dialogue with artists Paul Dash (b. 1946, Barbados), Errol Lloyd (b. 1943, Jamaica) and John Lyons (b. 1933, Trinidad).
	1:00PM - 2:00PM	The Quranic Notion of the Soul and Its Place in Science and Psychology by Dr Mehdi Nassaji Part of The Faraday Institute for Science and Religion Michaelmas Seminar Series in partnership with The Woolf Institute
	1:30PM - 4:30PM	Highlight Enslavement and Salvation at Queens’ College: an Old Library exhibition Following two years’ research, this exhibition investigates Queens’ College’s links to the Atlantic Slave Trade, exploring the complex lives and worlds of a variety of Queens’ members through books and other objects they left behind.
	2:00PM - 4:00PM	Highlight Will Carter - Man of Letters An exhibition of the works of Will Carter OBE: a master craftsman - printer, typographer, calligrapher, carver of wood and slate - for whom good design was “a matter of seeing the simplest way of doing something, which is usually the best”. He is regarded as amongst the finest lettering artists of his generation and the post-war era.
	3:30PM - 5:00PM	Should the Church of England be Disestablished? A roundtable on Beyond Establishment: Resetting Church-State Relations in England by Jonathan Chaplin
	5:00PM - 6:00PM	Highlight Sandars Lectures 2022 The Sandars Readership in Bibliography is one of the most prestigious honorary posts to which book historians, librarians and researchers can be appointed. Those elected deliver a series of lectures on their chosen subject.
	5:30PM - 6:45PM	The adventures and speculations of the ingenious Peter Perez Burdett A talk by Stephen Leach (University of Keele) in the 'Cambridge Seminars in the History of Cartography' series.
	5:30PM - 7:00PM	Departures: Rethinking the History of Mediterranean Migrations? What happens when we leave the past behind?