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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.
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...
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...
The Institute of Continuing Education (ICE) is taking part in the Cambridge Science Festival in 2015 with a programme of free events at Madingley Hall on Sunday 15 March.
Professor Geoff Ward, Principal of Homerton College Cambridge, tries to get to the source of the discomfort that many readers experience in their encounters with modern poetry.
Professor Andrew Wallace-Hadrill discusses the difficulties of preserving historical sites based on his experience of Herculaneum, where for over a decade he has been involved in a project to conserve this Roman city, in many ways more vivid and more at risk than Pompeii.
The Institute of...
Today gay men and women in the Western world enjoy greater acceptance and legal protections than ever before. Yet an alarming number of businessmen and women choose to remain closeted at work. Lord Browne, the former chief executive of BP, draws on his experiences as a closeted gay man in the oil industry to explore what holds them back.
Professor Ian Cross, Director of the Centre for Music and Science, discusses some recent research that demonstrates that music has significant effects on how we interact with others, and suggests that speech and music are underpinned by many of the same social and cognitive processes.
Stephen Emmott, Head of Computational Science at Microsoft, explores the current knowledge gaps in some of the most important areas of science, and asks what we might need to do differently in future to address them.
The Institute of Continuing Education (ICE) is taking part in the Cambridge Science Festival in 2014 with a programme of events at Madingley Hall on Sunday 16 March.
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