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Mon 14 June 2021 12:30PM - 3:00PM

Artificial Intelligence and Multimodality: From Semiotics to Intelligent Systems

An event organised by the 'Giving Voice to Digital Democracies' project at the Centre for Research in the Arts, Social Sciences and Humanities (CRASSH) and the UCL Centre for Multimodal Research/Visual and Multimodal Research Forum.

4:30PM - 7:00PM

Artificial Intelligence and Multimodality: From Semiotics to Intelligent Systems

An event organised by the 'Giving Voice to Digital Democracies' project at the Centre for Research in the Arts, Social Sciences and Humanities (CRASSH) and the UCL Centre for Multimodal Research/Visual and Multimodal Research Forum.

Tue 15 June 2021 12:30PM - 1:00PM

CBC Wellness Campaign: Boundaries - saying 'no' with more confidence

Saying 'no' can be hard – join renowned local life coach and trainer David Brown as he shares how to make saying 'no' easier, without feeling guilty

5:00PM - 6:00PM

Catastrophe & systemic change: Learning from the Grenfell Tower fire and other disasters

Four years on from the Grenfell Tower fire, Gill Kernick, Jill Rutter and Professor Diane Coyle discuss why it's so hard to implement policy lessons from past catastrophes, and what it would take to enable real systemic change.

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 16 June 2021 9:00AM

Wellness Wanders

Short (approx. 10 min) films taking viewers on a virtual wander around the Garden.

2:00PM

As You Like It

A tale of escape, love and disguise. Follow Rosalind into the forest as she performs different roles to find love and ensure peace. And find some modern-day respite of your own … in the green world of the Forest of Arden. As You Like It is co-produced by the ADC Theatre and the Fitzwilliam Museum, performed in the garden of Grove Lodge.

3:30PM - 4:30PM

Highlight Jo Cox Memorial Lecture

Jo Cox MP was a former student of Social and Political Sciences at Cambridge. This memorial lecture will be delivered by the former Home Secretary and Chair of The Jo Cox Foundation, the Rt Hon Jacqui Smith.

6:00PM - 7:00PM

#LivefromLucy: 'It’s Not All Zoom and Gloom' with Richard Watson

Join us for this fascinating virtual talk with Futurist Richard Watson as he discusses why the future is not beyond our control.

Thu 17 June 2021 1:30PM - 2:30PM

Refugees in Museums

As part of the Refugee Week, The Fitzwilliam Museum will be hosting an online panel talk centered around the theme of migration and the refugee crisis in the Mediterranean. The panel aims to highlight the resonance this crisis has to contemporary art and poetry, and more generally the role of Museums in responding to social phenomena such as this.

2:00PM

As You Like It

A tale of escape, love and disguise. Follow Rosalind into the forest as she performs different roles to find love and ensure peace. And find some modern-day respite of your own … in the green world of the Forest of Arden. As You Like It is co-produced by the ADC Theatre and the Fitzwilliam Museum, performed in the garden of Grove Lodge.

6:00PM - 7:30PM

Sex and the City: Cambridge Women, Town and Gown

A guided tour through the lovely centre of Cambridge which explores the inspiring, shocking and delightful stories of its women. From poets to bedders, from scientists to social reformers - get to know some of these amazing hidden figures.

Fri 18 June 2021 10:00AM - 1:00PM

ONLINE COURSE Death in the garden: poison, plots and painters

Taking inspiration from horticulture, history and literature we will explore how gardens and plants can be a "fatal attraction"

11:00AM - 2:00PM

A twist of the hand

An exhibition of contemporary art by James Epps informed by the use of pattern and colour in ancient Greece and Rome

2:00PM

As You Like It

A tale of escape, love and disguise. Follow Rosalind into the forest as she performs different roles to find love and ensure peace. And find some modern-day respite of your own … in the green world of the Forest of Arden. As You Like It is co-produced by the ADC Theatre and the Fitzwilliam Museum, performed in the garden of Grove Lodge.

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.

6:30PM - 7:30PM

Highlight Haunted Cambridge walking ghost tour 2021

A spooky evening walk with The Institute of Tourist Guiding ghost guides.

Sat 19 June 2021 10:00AM - 1:00PM

ONLINE COURSE Hand sewing techniques: Dresden plate chrysanthemum

Take your hand sewing skills further with this traditional Dresden plate ‘chrysanthemum’ block

2:00PM

As You Like It

A tale of escape, love and disguise. Follow Rosalind into the forest as she performs different roles to find love and ensure peace. And find some modern-day respite of your own … in the green world of the Forest of Arden. As You Like It is co-produced by the ADC Theatre and the Fitzwilliam Museum, performed in the garden of Grove Lodge.

6:30PM - 7:30PM

Highlight Haunted Cambridge walking ghost tour 2021

A spooky evening walk with The Institute of Tourist Guiding ghost guides.

Sun 20 June 2021 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.

2:00PM

As You Like It

A tale of escape, love and disguise. Follow Rosalind into the forest as she performs different roles to find love and ensure peace. And find some modern-day respite of your own … in the green world of the Forest of Arden. As You Like It is co-produced by the ADC Theatre and the Fitzwilliam Museum, performed in the garden of Grove Lodge.

2:30PM - 4:00PM

Sex and the City: Cambridge Women, Town and Gown

A guided tour through the lovely centre of Cambridge which explores the inspiring, shocking and delightful stories of its women. From poets to bedders, from scientists to social reformers - get to know some of these amazing hidden figures.