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Come along to one of our many public lectures and Topical Talks throughout the year. These talks are given by leading experts from the University of Cambridge and beyond, and are an important part of our commitment to public engagement. Learn more about a new subject and join the discussion.

Forthcoming Lectures

Event date: 
Thursday, 23 October, 2025 - 19:00

Dr Yvonne Battle-Felton will be in conversation with Dr Midge Gillies about her new book, Atlantic Furies in this free Zoom event on Thursday 23 October, 7-8pm, GMT.

Midge will talk about...

Event date: 
Tuesday, 16 December, 2025 - 19:00

Creative writing tutor Dr Lucy Durneen will be in conversation with Julian Hoffman in this free Zoom event on Tuesday, 16 December, 7-8pm, GMT.

Julian was born in the northeast of England...

Past Lectures

Event date: 
Friday, 28 March, 2025 - 14:00
Venue: 
Online, Zoom

Explore the transformative role of Generation AI in reshaping educational paradigms, highlighting new methodologies, personalized learning enhancements, and the profound impact on traditional...

Event date: 
Friday, 21 March, 2025 - 20:00
Venue: 
Online

This free-to-attend, one-hour session with renowned author Tananarive Due includes readings, an engaging interview about Tananarive's published works and writing life, followed by an audience Q...

Event date: 
Thursday, 13 March, 2025 - 19:00
Venue: 
Virtual

Dr Midge Gillies was in conversation with memoirist, nature writer and book coach Lulah Ellender in this  Zoom event on 13 March, 7-8pm, GMT.

"Lulah’s first book, Elisabeth’s Lists...

Event date: 
Tuesday, 18 February, 2025 - 16:30
Venue: 
Cambridge Central Library

Celebrate International Mother Language Day with an afternoon of stories at this free storytelling event

Stories come in all shapes and sizes. Forms and languages.

At In Your Own...

Event date: 
Thursday, 13 February, 2025 - 19:00
Venue: 
Online

Clare Bayley, co-director of ICE’s Master’s in Writing for Performance, will be in conversation with screenwriter and playwright, Sumerah Srivastav in this free Zoom event on Thursday, 13 February...

Event date: 
Thursday, 30 January, 2025 - 19:00
Venue: 
Virtual

Born in 1939 in Southeast Hungary, Peter Lantos was deported to Bergen-Belsen at the age of 5. He and his mother later escaped when British forces liberated the concentration camp, only to have...

Event date: 
Tuesday, 14 January, 2025 - 19:00
Venue: 
virtual

Join Dr Lucy Durneen and publisher and editor Tom Conaghan in conversation about the art of the short story and the recent publication of Duets  on Tuesday 14, January 2025, 7-8pm in this free,...

Event date: 
Tuesday, 10 December, 2024 - 19:00
Venue: 
Virtual

Ellen Atlanta joins Lucy
Durneen to discuss her new book Pixel Flesh, which looks at important
themes surrounding what it means to be a woman in a new age of beauty. Their...

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