A new Festival of Ideas in arts, humanities and social sciences will take place in Cambridge, from 22 October to 2 November 2008, organised by the University of Cambridge, involving numerous museums and departments, and collaborating with several educational and community partners.
There will be the chance for visitors of all ages to understand more about the world we live in, on a global and local scale – from politics to the study of different cultures to the stories behind paintings, hidden trails around the city of Cambridge and beyond. There will be talks, performances and discussions to get you thinking.
Join us for events in history, literature, languages, drama, art and much more. Find out how to take your interests further, watch fascinating performances and discover how the study of arts, humanities and social sciences helps us understand vital issues past, present and future.
For more details visit www.cambridgefestivalofideas.org
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đ¤ Prof Alison Sinclair, Dept of Spanish and Portuguese
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Friday 31 October 2008, 18:00-18:45
đ Little Hall, Sidgwick Site
đ¤ Bert Vaux, Dept of Linguistics
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Friday 31 October 2008, 17:15-18:45
đ Room 9, Mill Lane Lecture Rooms
đ¤ Martin Ruehl, Dept of German and Dutch
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Friday 31 October 2008, 17:00-17:45
đ Little Hall, Sidgwick Site
đ¤ Prof Robert Foley, Dept of Biological Anthropology
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Thursday 30 October 2008, 19:00-20:00
đ Leverhulme Centre for Human Evolutionary Studies, The Henry Wellcome Building, Fitzwilliam Street, Cambridge
đ¤ Prof Richard Evans, Faculty of History
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Thursday 30 October 2008, 18:15-19:00
đ Room 9, Mill Lane Lecture Rooms
đ¤ Prof Richard Moran, Harvard University
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Thursday 30 October 2008, 17:15-18:30
đ Little Hall, Sidgwick Site
đ¤ Prof Stephen Senn, author of "Dicing with Death: Chance, Risk and Health"
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Thursday 30 October 2008, 17:00-18:00
đ Room 9, Mill Lane Lecture Rooms
đ¤ Dr Spike Bucklow, Hamilton Kerr Institute
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Wednesday 29 October 2008, 18:00-18:45
đ Lady Mitchell Hall, Sidgwick Site
đ¤ Adrian Barlow, Institute of Continuing Education
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Wednesday 29 October 2008, 17:00-17:45
đ Lady Mitchell Hall, Sidgwick Site
đ¤ Adrian Barlow, Institute of Continuing Education
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Tuesday 28 October 2008, 19:00-20:00
đ Michaelhouse Centre, Trinity Street, Cambridge, CB2 1SU
đ¤ Brendan Simms, Centre of International Studies
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Tuesday 28 October 2008, 17:30-18:30
đ Lady Mitchell Hall, Sidgwick Site
đ¤ Prof David Reynolds, Faculty of History
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Tuesday 28 October 2008, 17:30-18:30
đ Michaelhouse Centre, Trinity Street, Cambridge, CB2 1SU
đ¤ Dr. Barak Kushner (Department of East Asian Studies)
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Tuesday 28 October 2008, 17:00-18:00
đ Faculty of Asian and MIddle Eastern Studies
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đ¤ Evan Davis, BBC Today presenter
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Monday 27 October 2008, 17:30-18:30
đ Room 9, Mill Lane Lecture Rooms
đ¤ Prof Martin Millett, Faculty of Classics
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Monday 27 October 2008, 17:30-18:30
đ Little Hall, Sidgwick Site
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đ¤ Dr Julie Smith, Deputy Director of the Centre of International Studies
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Monday 27 October 2008, 17:30-18:30
đ University Centre, Mill Lane, cambridge
đ¤ Vikky and Chris Furse
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Saturday 25 October 2008, 20:00-21:00
đ Scott Polar Research Institute, Lensfield Road
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đ¤ Dr Kathleen Richardson, Dept of Social Anthropology
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Saturday 25 October 2008, 18:30-20:00
đ Michaelhouse Centre, Trinity Street, Cambridge, CB2 1SU
đ¤ Speaker to be confirmed
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Saturday 25 October 2008, 16:00-16:30
đ Lady Mitchell Hall, Sidgwick Avenue, Cambridge
đ¤ Jeanne Masoero
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Saturday 25 October 2008, 15:30-16:30
đ Murray Edwards College (formerly New Hall), Huntingdon Road
đ¤ Dr David Runciman
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Saturday 25 October 2008, 15:00-16:00
đ Little Hall, Sidgwick Site
đ¤ Professor David Crystal
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Saturday 25 October 2008, 14:30-15:30
đ Lady Mitchell Hall, Sidgwick Avenue, Cambridge
đ¤ Dr Melville
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Saturday 25 October 2008, 14:00-15:00
đ Faculty of Asian & Middle Eastern Studies, Sidgwick Avenue
đ¤ Speaker to be confirmed
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Saturday 25 October 2008, 13:30-14:00
đ Lady Mitchell Hall, Sidgwick Avenue, Cambridge
đ¤ Speaker to be confirmed
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Saturday 25 October 2008, 13:30-14:30
đ Little Hall, Sidgwick Site
đ¤ Mark Bowden and Chris Mayo
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Saturday 25 October 2008, 13:10-13:40
đ Kettle's Yard, Castle Street, Cambridge
đ¤ Louise Rennison, popular author of books for teenagers
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Saturday 25 October 2008, 12:30-13:15
đ Little Hall, Sidgwick Site
đ¤ Caroline Lawrence, author of 'The Roman Mysteries'
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Saturday 25 October 2008, 12:00-13:00
đ Lady Mitchell Hall, Sidgwick Avenue, Cambridge
đ¤ Dr Mark Berry
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Saturday 25 October 2008, 12:00-13:00
đ Faculty of History, Sidgwick Site
đ¤ Jenny Rampling, Dept of History and Philosophy of Science
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Saturday 25 October 2008, 11:30-12:30
đ Little Hall, Sidgwick Site
đ¤ Philip Ford, Professor of French and Neo-Latin Literature
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Saturday 25 October 2008, 11:30-12:30
đ University Library, West Road, Cambridge
đ¤ Professor Hans van de Ven
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Saturday 25 October 2008, 11:00-12:00
đ Faculty of Asian & Middle Eastern Studies, Sidgwick Avenue
đ¤ Speaker to be confirmed
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Saturday 25 October 2008, 11:00-12:30
đ Faculty of English, Sidgwick Site
đ¤ Christopher de Hamel
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Saturday 25 October 2008, 10:30-11:30
đ Lady Mitchell Hall, Sidgwick Avenue, Cambridge
đ¤ Hilary Larkin, Faculty of History
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Saturday 25 October 2008, 10:30-11:00
đ Little Hall, Sidgwick Site
đ¤ Professor Roel Sterckx
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Saturday 25 October 2008, 10:00-11:00
đ Faculty of Asian & Middle Eastern Studies, Sidgwick Avenue
đ¤ Dr Leigh Shaw Taylor and Dr Simon Szreter
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Saturday 25 October 2008, 10:00-12:00
đ Faculty of History, Sidgwick Site
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đ¤ Prof Evelyn Welch, chair of the AHRS Beyond Text programme
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Friday 24 October 2008, 18:00-19:15
đ LT1, Judge Business School
đ¤ Prof Alan Macfarlane, Dept of Social Anthropology
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Friday 24 October 2008, 17:00-17:30
đ LT1, Judge Business School
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đ¤ Prof John Carey, author of 'What good are the arts?'
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Thursday 23 October 2008, 19:00-20:30
đ McCrum Lecture Theatre, Bene't Street (behind the Eagle Pub)
đ¤ Dr Edward Kessler, The Centre for the Study of Jewish-Christian Relations
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Thursday 23 October 2008, 17:30-18:30
đ Room 9, Mill Lane Lecture Rooms
đ¤ Prof Janet Todd, Lucy Cavendish College
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Thursday 23 October 2008, 17:30-18:30
đ University Centre, Mill Lane, cambridge
đ¤ Prof David McMullen, Faculty of Asian and Middle Eastern Studies
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Thursday 23 October 2008, 17:00-18:00
đ Room 8-9, Faculty of Asian & Middle Eastern Studies
đ¤ Professor John Naughton (Wolfson College)
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Wednesday 22 October 2008, 19:00-19:45
đ Babbage Lecture Theatre, New Museums Site, Cambridge
đ¤ Prof Onora O'Neill, Newnham College
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Wednesday 22 October 2008, 18:00-18:45
đ Babbage Lecture Theatre, New Museums Site, Cambridge
đ¤ Prof James Montgomery, Faculty of Asian and Middle Eastern Studies
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Wednesday 22 October 2008, 17:00-18:00
đ Room 8-9, Faculty of Asian & Middle Eastern Studies
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