| Mon 8 March 2021 | 10:00AM - 11:30AM |
Speaking to Pacific Materiality: Communicating Insights to Diverse Audiences An event organised by the 'Risk and Renewal in the Pacific' research network at CRASSH. |
| 5:00PM - 6:00PM |
Inspiring conservation on International Women's Day 2021 Join us for a series of inspirational films and a live Q&A session with our panel of amazing women, as we discuss conservation and hope for the future. |
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| 6:00PM - 7:00PM |
Ask the Scribe: Everything you wanted to know about scribes but never met one to ask As part of Cambridge University Library's exhibition 'Ghost Words', on palimpsest manuscripts, find out about the work of an expert who continues the Jewish tradition of handcopying sacred texts. |
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| 6:00PM - 7:00PM |
Feeding our children: Food poverty and food banks in a time of plenty The panel will discuss how COVID-19 has impacted on child food security, discuss if food banks are the answer, and what policies, both in the UK and globally, we need to prevent such poverty and feed our children. |
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| 6:00PM - 9:00PM |
Highlight Wolfson College International Women's Day Conference The theme of IWD2021 is #ChooseToChallenge, and we implore our panellists and guests to reflect on how we can work to challenge inequalities in our daily lives at both micro and macro levels. |
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| Tue 9 March 2021 | 10:00AM - 1:00PM |
ONLINE COURSE Lancelot Brown: Reassessing the ‘Capabilities’ Garden History course with Dr Laura Mayer |
| 1:00PM - 2:00PM |
Faraday Institute Seminar Series |
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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 10 March 2021 | 9:00AM |
Short (approx. 10 min) films taking viewers on a virtual wander around the Garden. |
| 2:30PM - 3:45PM |
Highlight Pembroke Speaker Series: Economic & political consequences of COVID 19 Alistair Darling (Baron Darling of Roulanish), former Labour MP and Chancellor of the Exchequer (2007-2010), will deliver the second Pembroke Speaker Series @ Cambridge Judge in International Finance lecture: The economic and political consequences of COVID-19. |
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| 4:00PM - 5:00PM |
Cambridge Centre for AI in Medicine's Free Seminar Series A free series of live, Zoom-based seminars run by the Cambridge Centre for AI in Medicine (www.ccaim.cam.ac.uk). Each seminar will feature an internationally recognised pioneer in machine learning for medicine, and will be followed by a live audience Q&A. |
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| 6:00PM - 7:00PM |
Join us for this informative virtual talk with Dr Emma Wilson in which she discusses ER-mitochondria contact sites. |
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| 6:00PM - 7:00PM |
From Mississippi to Cambridge: Marie Battle Singer, Britain's first Black psychoanalyst Professor Jane Rhodes (Department of Black Studies, University of Illinois-Chicago) and Professor Lynn Hudson (Department of History, University of Illinois-Chicago) recount the remarkable life and achievements of Marie Battle Singer. |
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| 6:00PM - 7:00PM |
Online Talk – Ernest Gimson: Arts and Crafts Architect and Designer Join us for an online talk looking at the life and work of arts and crafts designer and architect Ernest Gimson |
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| Thu 11 March 2021 | 1:00PM |
As part of the Fitzwilliam Museum's exhibition 'The Human Touch', join the contributors and curators Suzanne Reynolds, Elenor Ling, Jane Munro and Richard Rawlins for an online discussion of the exhibition catalogue. |
| 5:00PM - 6:30PM |
CGHR Practitioner Series: Mária Patakyová [Public Defender of Rights] Prof. Judr. Mária Patakyová has been the Defender of Rights of the Slovak Republic since 2017. |
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| 5:00PM - 7:00PM |
Lethal Necessities: Precarity, Citizenship, and the Paradigm of Racial Violence An event organised by the 'Subaltern and Decolonial Citizenships' research network at CRASSH. |
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| Fri 12 March 2021 | 10:00AM - 1:00PM |
Cambridge University Botanic Garden Online winter 2021 adult courses We are delighted to be able to bring you interactive online courses from the Garden. |
| 10:00AM - 1:00PM |
ONLINE COURSE A history of the daffodil in art and culture Garden History course with Dr Twigs Way |
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| 6:00PM - 7:00PM |
Before Google Earth: Prof J.K.S. St Joseph and the development of aerial photography Join us for this richly illustrated presentation about St Joseph’s work and legacy, the creation of the Cambridge University Collection of Aerial Photography – CUCAP. This remarkable archive of almost half a million images records coastal change, discoveries of archaeological sites and the pre-and post-industrial landscapes of Britain. |
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| 6:30PM - 7:30PM |
Highlight Haunted Cambridge walking ghost tour A spooky evening walk with The Institute of Tourist Guiding ghost guides. |
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| 6:30PM - 7:30PM |
Highlight Haunted Cambridge walking ghost tour A spooky evening walk with The Institute of Tourist Guiding ghost guides. |
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| Sat 13 March 2021 | 10:00AM - 1:00PM |
Cambridge University Botanic Garden Online winter 2021 adult courses We are delighted to be able to bring you interactive online courses from the Garden. |
| 10:00AM - 1:00PM |
ONLINE COURSE Introduction to propagation: Seed sowing, cuttings, division and layering This is part of a series of courses with Sandie Cain, designed to give a comprehensive introduction to horticulture across the gardening year |
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| 6:30PM - 7:30PM |
Highlight Haunted Cambridge walking ghost tour A spooky evening walk with The Institute of Tourist Guiding ghost guides. |
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| 6:30PM - 7:30PM |
Highlight Haunted Cambridge walking ghost tour A spooky evening walk with The Institute of Tourist Guiding ghost guides. |
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| Sun 14 March 2021 | 2:30PM - 3:00PM |
Science on Sunday-Cambridge Botanic Garden A programme of free, informal, monthly science talks bringing the latest discoveries in plant science, as well as research linked to the plant collection at CUBG to our visitors in a 30 minute nutshell. |
| 2:30PM - 3:00PM |
Science on Sundays – Planting trees to save the planet: greenwashing or golden opportunity Prof David Coomes, Department of Plant Sciences, University of Cambridge. Science on Sundays is a programme of free, informal, monthly science talks, bringing the latest discoveries in plant science, as well as research linked to the plant collection at CUBG, to our visitors in a 30 minute nutshell. |
