Welcome to the Cambridge Festival of Ideas 2009! Join us to explore the centuries of ideas as we celebrate the University’s 800th Anniversary year.
With over 150 events, visitors of all ages will be given the opportunity to explore the big ideas behind history, literature, politics, art and much more. Find out about how the study of arts, humanities and social sciences helps us understand vital issues past, present and future. We’ve got performances, taster sessions, film screenings, exhibitions and debates taking place throughout the Festival and a Saturday full of hands on workshops and engaging talks on 24 October.
Look out for programme updates on www.festivalofideas.org
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đ¤ Dr Susan Oosthuizen
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Friday 30 October 2009, 10:00-11:30
đ Institute of Continuing Education, Madingley Hall
đ¤ Award-winning vocal ensemble The Clerks and singers from Syria
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Wednesday 28 October 2009, 20:00-21:30
đ Trinity College Chapel, Trinity Street
đ¤ Cambridge School of Art Contemporary Music Ensemble
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Wednesday 28 October 2009, 19:30-22:00
đ St Pauls Church, Hills Road
đ¤ Dr Susan Oosthuizen
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Wednesday 28 October 2009, 19:00-20:00
đ Institute of Continuing Education, Madingley Hall
đ¤ Anastasia de Waal, Director of Fmily and Education at Civitas, Professor Diane Reay, Joe Baden, Manager of the Open Book programme at Goldsmiths, University of London, and Brenda King, Chief Executive of ACDiversity
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Wednesday 28 October 2009, 17:30-18:30
đ Mill Lane Lecture Room 3, Mill Lane
đ¤ Sculptor Bonnie Kenske, dancer Adele Thompson and the Queens' College Contemporary Dance Society
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Wednesday 28 October 2009, 17:30-19:00
đ Museum of Archaeology and Anthropology, Downing Street
đ¤ Speaker to be confirmed
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Tuesday 27 October 2009, 19:30-20:30
đ Cambridge & County Folk Museum, Castle Street
đ¤ Daniel Gunn and George Craig, editors of The Letters of Samuel Beckett, Volume I 1929 - 1940
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Tuesday 27 October 2009, 19:30-21:00
đ Drama Centre, Faculty of English, West Road
đ¤ Adrian Barlow
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Tuesday 27 October 2009, 19:00-20:00
đ Institute of Continuing Education, Madingley Hall
đ¤ David Starkey, historian and broadcaster
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Tuesday 27 October 2009, 17:30-18:30
đ Mill Lane Lecture Room 3, Mill Lane
đ¤ Adrian Barlow
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Monday 26 October 2009, 19:00-20:00
đ Institute of Continuing Education, Madingley Hall
đ¤ Dr Glen Rangwala, lecturer in international policies. Professor Anoush Ehteshami, Head of the School of Government and International Affiars at Durham University
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Monday 26 October 2009, 17:30-18:30
đ Mill Lane Lecture Room 3, Mill Lane
đ¤ Roberta Baci
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Monday 26 October 2009, 17:30-20:30
đ Centre of Latin American Studies, 17 Mill Lane
đ¤ Anne L Ryan
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Saturday 24 October 2009, 20:00-22:00
đ Cambridge Drama Centre, Covent Garden
đ¤ Dr Rebecca Munford, Professor Ruth Holliday, Dr Helena Cronin and Ben Barry, founder of the Ben Barry modelling agency
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Saturday 24 October 2009, 19:00-20:00
đ The Michaelhouse Centre, Trinity Street
đ¤ Speaker to be confirmed
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Friday 23 October 2009, 19:15-22:00
đ West Road Concert Hall, West Road
đ¤ Professor Barry Smith
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Friday 23 October 2009, 18:00-19:00
đ University Centre, Mill Lane
đ¤ Robert Chote, Head of the Institute for Fiscal Studies, Professor Jacqueline Scott, Bob Rowthorne, Emeritus Professor of Economics, and Dr Alistair Milne of Cass Business School will lead the discussion, chaired by Professor Willy Brown
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Friday 23 October 2009, 17:30-18:30
đ Mill Lane Lecture Room 3, Mill Lane
đ¤ Christopher Hogwood, conductor
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Thursday 22 October 2009, 19:00-22:00
đ West Road Concert Hall, West Road
đ¤ Paul Robertson, Visiting Professor in Music and founder leader of the Medici String Quartet
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Thursday 22 October 2009, 18:30-19:30
đ The Fitzwilliam Museum
đ¤ Members of the English Faculty
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Thursday 22 October 2009, 18:00-19:00
đ Faculty of English, West Road
đ¤ Peter Florence, Hay Festival Director, Sue Hoyle, Director of the Clore Leadership Programme, Julie Smith, Deputy Director of the Centre of International Studies and Professor Shearer West, Director of Research at the Arts and Humanities Research Coucil,
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Thursday 22 October 2009, 17:30-18:30
đ Mill Lane Lecture Room 3, Mill Lane
đ¤ Urban (Col)laboratory; architect/theorist Helen Stratford and media/performance artist Diana Wesser
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Wednesday 21 October 2009, 20:00-21:00
đ New Hall Art Exhibition, Murray Edwards College, Huntingdon Road
đ¤ Professor Peter Landshoff of the Cambridge Preservation Society
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Wednesday 21 October 2009, 19:00-20:00
đ University Centre
đ¤ Ruth Padel
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Wednesday 21 October 2009, 19:00-20:00
đ Sedgwick Museum of Earth Sciences
đ¤ Dame Gillian Beer, Professor Rosamond McKitterick, author Lisa Appignanesi, President of English PEN, and author Andrew Robinson will lead the discussion, chaired by Professor Adrian Poole
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Wednesday 21 October 2009, 17:30-18:30
đ Mill Lane Lecture Room 3, Mill Lane
đ¤ Luke Jerram
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Wednesday 21 October 2009, 17:30-20:00
đ Botanic Garden, Brookside
đ¤ Professor Kathryn Ecclestone, Dr Hilary Cremin, Dr Colleen McLaughlin, Prof Felicia Huppert
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Wednesday 21 October 2009, 17:00-18:30
đ Donald McIntyre Building, Main faculty building, 184 Hills Road
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Dr Susan Oosthuizen.
Friday 30 October 2009, 10:00-11:30