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2010-05-08 11:00: Natural History in Traditional China, a tale of text and illustration　(传统中国的博物学：文本和图像的历史) (Prof. Roel Sterckx,Head, Department of East Asian Studies,　University of Cambridge)

2010-05-10 17:00: Goethe's later works: art, memory, identity (Charlotte Lee, Gonville & Caius, Cambridge)

2010-05-26 13:15: Housing the poor in Latin America: changing attitudes towards urban informality (Dr. Felipe Hernández, Lecturer, Department of Architecture, University of Cambridge)

2010-06-15 12:30: Sustainability Student Research May-Week Lunch: Cambridge as a Living Laboratory (Cambridge sustainability initiative)

2011-02-18 13:00: Living fast and dying young: Variation in life history across English neighbourhoods (Dr. Daniel Nettle (Newcastle University))

2011-03-04 13:00: Emotional awareness, rational action, and self-knowledge (Dr. John Lambie (Anglia Ruskin University))

2011-03-15 16:00: Self-presentational processes in childhood: An interplay of social experience, cognition, motivation and emotion. (Dr Robin Banerjee (Department of Psychology, University of Sussex))

2011-03-18 13:00: Strong versus the weak: A meta-analysis of tie strength and individual effectiveness (Dr. Martin Kilduff (Cambridge Judge Business School))

2011-04-27 19:30: Why We Resist The Truth (Clive Hamilton, Centre for Applied Philosophy and Public Ethics, Canberra)

2011-05-04 18:00:  Urban water security - a possibility or pipedream? (Dr Kalanithy Vairavamoorthy,          Director, School of Global Sustainability, University of South Florida)

2011-05-04 18:30: Director-General of the BBC (Mark Thompson, Director-General of the BBC)

2011-10-12 18:00: Evolution of Darwin’s Finches: the role of genetics, ecology and behaviour (Professor Rosemary Grant FRS, Princeton University)

2011-11-03 15:00: Climate Science Symposium (Dr Andrew Friend, University of Cambridge, Prof. Eric Wolff, British Antarctic Survey and Prof. Julia Slingo, Met. Office.)

2011-11-04 13:00: Influencing Science Policy: Headlines Alone Are Not Enough (Diana Garnham, Chief Executive of the Science Council)

2011-11-11 10:00: Negotiating long-term targets to reduce CO2 emissions associated with consumer products (Nancy Bocken (Centre for Innovative Manufacturing in Industrial Sustainability))

2011-11-11 13:00: How a Broader Appreciation of ‘Value’ Can Contribute to Better Policy Making (Helen Kersley, Programme Head, Valuing what Matters, New Economics Foundation (nef))

2011-11-11 17:30: The Challenges of Cyber Warfare (Prof Sir Mark Welland, FRS, Prof Paul Cornish, and David Smart)

2011-11-18 15:00: Python (Tim Love (University of Cambridge))

2011-11-22 19:30: Capitalism, the Anthropocene, and climate process? (Dr Barbara Bodenhorn, Newton Trust Lecturer, Social Anthropology, Cambridge University)

2011-11-24 12:00: Energy Consumption in the UK Non-Domestic Building Stock (Speaker to be confirmed)

2011-11-24 19:30: Mammals and milk (Hayley Frend, Department of Pathology)

2011-12-02 17:30: The Future of Energy: Views and Approaches by Government and Industry (Prof David MacKay, FRS and Christof Rühl)

2012-01-20 17:30: From Genomes to the Diversity of Life (Professor Michael Akam, University of Cambridge)

2012-01-23 17:00: Screenwriting from a practical perspective: some myths debunked (Clare Foster, University of Cambridge)

2012-01-25 16:30: The science of career success: personality and psychometrics in education and beyond (Dr Tomas Chamorro-Premuzic (Goldsmiths, University of London))

2012-01-27 17:30: Life in Ruins (Dr Robert Macfarlane, University of Cambridge)

2012-02-03 17:30: The Spark of Life (Professor Frances Ashcroft, University of Oxford)

2012-02-06 19:30: Boosting your Brain:Cognitive Enhancement and Neuroethics (Professor Barbara Sahakian, Department of Psychiatry, School of Clinical Medicine, University of Cambridge)

2012-02-10 17:30: Life in the Ancient World (Dr Michael Scott, University of Cambridge)

2012-02-14 20:00: Evolution applied to extraterrestrials (Prof Simon Conway Morris , University of Cambridge)

2012-02-15 17:30: "How to Invest in Ideas and Create Companies" (Alan Aubrey (IP GRoup Plc. CEO) and Alison Fielding (IP Group Plc COO))

2012-02-15 18:00: Making Progress Toward Sustainable Societies in the Context  of Global Climate Change (Dr Don Huisingh (Senior Scientist in Sustainable Development,  University of Tennessee ))

2012-02-19 02:30: The Economics of Happiness (Speaker to be confirmed)

2012-02-20 13:00: Science and Technology in Parliament (Dr Stephen Allen, Parliamentary Office of Science and Technology)

2012-02-20 19:30: The Science of Well-Being and its Application to Policy (Professor Felicia Huppert, Director of the Well-being Institute University of Cambridge)

2012-02-23 19:00: The LHC Project - The Higgs Boson and Beyond (Professor Andy Parker (University of Cambridge))

2012-03-02 17:30: Artificial Life (Professor Chris Bishop, University of Cambridge)

2012-03-05 13:00: The Politics of Energy Policy (Robert Jones, former advisor to UK Government)

2012-03-09 17:30: The After Life (Professor Clive Gamble, University of Southampton)

2012-03-12 17:30: Nine evolutionary myths: The closing of the Darwinian mind? (Professor Simon Conway-Morris FRS, Department of Earth Sciences)

2012-04-16 13:00: Strategic decisions, climate change and resources (Julie Winnard, Ford)

2012-04-30 19:30: Rethinking Research Objectives for the 21st Century (Professor Sir David King, Director, the Smith School of Enterprise and the Environment, University of Oxford)