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Cambridge Events
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24 events on Saturday 25th October 2014.
Saturday 25th October 2014
10 seconds of film; colonial identity exhibited in archival footage
Archives of colonial documents often challenge conventional historical narratives. This joint presentation considers some remarkable examples of written, visual and aural archival records held by the ...
Venue: Alison Richard Building, Sidgwick Site
Animal communication and the evolution of the human language
Did human language develop from an animal communication system, or something else? And if language did evolve from an animal communication system, how and why did this happen? We approach this questio...
Venue: Faculty of Law
Art Language Location
50 artists 19 days
Art Language Location (ALL) is an art festival taking place over two and a half weeks in October 2014 in locations throughout Cambridge, featuring 50 innovative and experimental contemporary artist...
Venue: Waterstones
Ben Okri in conversation
Booker prize-winning author Ben Okri will looking back at his writing career with Tim Cribb, an English Fellow at the University of Cambridge who was a visiting lecturer at the universities of Ife and...
Venue: Faculty of Law
Borderlands and boundaries: forms of identity at the frontier
Three post-doctoral researchers present work investigating the effects of borders, frontiers and geographical boundaries on the societies that live in and around them. With Dr Sunil Purushottam, Dr B...
Venue: Alison Richard Building, Sidgwick Site
Cambridge Festival of Ideas
With hundreds of free events held over two weeks, the Cambridge Festival of Ideas is one of the most exciting and dynamic occasions in the Cambridge cultural calendar. The Festival includes debates, w...
Venue: Various venues - Cambridge city centre
Cambridge Teslathon
Cambridge Teslathon
Come along and see tesla coiling in action. Watch what the High Voltage equipment can do (with the usual display of sparks), and take the opportunity to chat to the “coilersâ€. Admission...
Venue: Cambridge Museum of Technology
Challenges to sexual identities: global perspectives
What has caused the rise in extremism against gay people in some parts of the world? What drives tolerance and diversity? Speakers in this discussion include gay rights campaigner Peter Tatchell, who ...
Venue: Faculty of Law
Festival of Ideas workshop for children
Join l'Alliance Française for a free workshop to discover who you are in French language! This fun workshop mixing words, photos and drawings will teach you how to present yourself in French. You w...
Venue: Alliance Française Cambridge
FRENCH COURSES WITH L'ALLIANCE FRANÇAISE
French courses
The Alliance Française Cambridge proposes french classes with tip top professional teachers who hold a "French as foreign language" MA. Courses for “Grands et Petits†of all ages, for a...
Venue: Alliance Française Cambridge
Gwen Raverat Wood Engravings
In Helen Ede’s bedroom, in the house at Kettle’s Yard, a series of wood engravings by Gwen Raverat (1885-1957) are on display. Gwen Raverat is already represented in the house in the for...
Venue: Kettle's Yard
How language shapes our identity
The way we speak and write is a major part of our identity. In this talk sociolinguist Dr Esther-Miriam Wagner explores what dialects tell us about our social networks, whether alphabets really mean a...
Venue: Faculty of Law
Hustle, misfits, and jugaad: alternative economic models from around the world
Over 4 billion people live outside the formal economy. Join Jaideep Prabhu, Tatiana Thieme, Alexa Clay and Kyra Maya Phillips in a discussion about alternative, informal economic models which include ...
Venue: Faculty of Law
I Come from a Place
Katherine Green and North Cambridge Girls Group Social documentary photographer Katherine Green and the ‘Club United’ group of teenage girls from North Cambridge have been photographing ...
Venue: Kettle's Yard
Indian Classical Music Concert
Sanskruti School of Dance invites you, your family and friends to an evening of classical Carnatic music on Saturday, 25th Ocotber, 2014 from 5:00-6:30 pm. The concert will be held at Magdalene Colleg...
Venue: Magdalene College, Cripps Court Auditorium
Issam Kourbaj New Installation
Born in Syria, Kourbaj has lived in Cambridge since 1989 and has been artist in residence at Christ’s College for many years. This recent work is informed by current events in his native Syria....
Venue: Kettle's Yard
Jedi and witches and indigo children! Oh my!
Beth Singler, a digital anthropologist, discusses the new online religious identities and how they echo wider changes in society and religion. This event is taking place as part of the Cambridge Fe...
Venue: Faculty of Law
Let's talk about revolution
The recent revolutions in Ukraine, Egypt and Tunisia have arrived suddenly and unexpectedly. Benjamin Abrams, Department of Sociology, explains how these revolutions occurred, why they're different, a...
Venue: Faculty of Law
Mixed race: the future of identity politics in Britain
What will the rise in mixed race families mean for the UK - from patterns of racism to diversity in the workplace? The discussion panel includes Sarfraz Manzoor, author, journalist, documentary maker ...
Venue: Faculty of Law
New directions for area studies: a panel discussion
In a changing academic environment, the interdisciplinary nature of area studies offers new opportunities for study and co-operation. This open discussion investigates future role of area studies and ...
Venue: Alison Richard Building, Sidgwick Site
Past, Present, Somewhere
Films and projects by Karen Guthrie & Nina Pope A rare opportunity to enjoy the collected films and projects by artist duo Karen Guthrie & Nina Pope, in this their first gallery exhibition since th...
Venue: Kettle's Yard
Scaresville 2014
Halloween fun.
SCARESVILLE: The Site for a Fright! Do you dare? Scaresville is a haunted village that mysteriously appears in the grounds of Kentwell Hall in Suffolk every autumn. It is one of Britain's Top Scar...
Venue: Kentwell Hall
The Big Draw: Free Family Workshop
Be part of the BIG DRAW, the biggest drawing festival in the world! Come and work with artist Jack Cornell who will help us have fun with drawing and think about homes and rooms as spaces to desig...
Venue: Wysing Arts Centre
The Influence of Furniture on Love
The Influence of Fur
The Influence of Furniture on Love with An Endless Supply, Ruth Beale, Juliette Blightman, Ben Brierley, Céline Condorelli, Luca Frei, Seb Patane, Florian Roithmayr, Phil Root, Laure Prouvost, Call...
Venue: Wysing Arts Centre
24 events on Saturday 25th October 2014.
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