Alumni Weekend 2012 by University of Cambridge Development and Alumni Relations

Alumni Weekend 2012 21 â&#x20AC;&#x201C; 23 September Alumni Relations Office

What you need to do

Where you’ll find us

Browse through this brochure and decide which of more than 50 events you want to attend

The CARO Help Desk will be available throughout Alumni Weekend at the following times and locations:

Book online at www.alumni.cam.ac.uk/weekend; alternatively download the booking form from our website and post it to us; or call us on +44 (0)1223 332288 to be sent a copy of the form. During Alumni Weekend you can also book in person at the Help Desk. Advance bookings must be received before Monday 10 September, and we recommend booking early as many events sell out very quickly. Look forward to coming back to Cambridge!

Booking opens 10.00am Monday 23 July

Booking closes 10.00am Monday 10 September Cambridge Alumni Relations Office, 1 Quayside, Bridge Street, Cambridge CB5 8AB +44 (0)1223 332288 events@alumni.cam.ac.uk www.alumni.cam.ac.uk/weekend #CamWeekend

Friday 21 September 9.00am – 5.00pm

What is Alumni Weekend all about?

Alumni Relations Office at 1 Quayside*

Saturday 22 September 8.45am – 5.00pm

In possession of a curious mind? Want to know more about… virtually anything? Alumni Weekend – the annual festival for the mind – is an exclusive opportunity to delve into your University’s current, future and past research, exploring topics you just didn’t have time to cover as a student (maths and nudity anyone?) and ones that are so cutting edge the results have only just been published.

Contents

Over three days, Cambridge graduates reconvene to be challenged, to cross the arts-science divide and to get the inside track on how the University itself is changing. A once-a-year chance to get back under Cambridge’s skin (but this time without your awkward student self spoiling the fun), many attendees also make the most of a few days in the Fens to catch up with old friends at College reunions or to meet new ones. It’s also the perfect time to introduce friends and family of all ages to the University’s charms and challenges.

Planning your trip

Please visit the Help Desk on Friday or Saturday morning to collect your name badge for the weekend. If you have pre-booked lunch, you can collect your lunch voucher from the Help Desk on Friday or Saturday morning.

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How to book

* For regular attendees of Alumni Weekend, please note the change of location for the Friday and Sunday Help Desk

So step into the intellectual playground that is Alumni Weekend and let your mind go. Will a lecture on astrophysics change your worldview forever? Or will running into a long-lost pal rejuvenate a friendship? Cambridge changed you once. Let its magic take hold once more this year.

Law Faculty, Sidgwick Site

Sunday 23 September 9.00am – 1.00pm Alumni Relations Office at 1 Quayside*

*Access is restricted at weekends so please ring the intercom marked CUDO: Alumni Relations for entry.

Friday 21 September

Saturday 22 September

Sunday 23 September

College information

Time to spare?

Where to eat

What happens on Friday?

Friday Morning

The events, talks and tours on Friday take place in locations across Cambridge and enable you to see parts of the city and the University you may never have visited as a student. This year we are including a number of tours with Blue Badge Guides, who bring an unrivalled level of local and historical knowledge. The day culminates in Come and Sing in King’s College Chapel – the highlight of the year for many attendees – and our evening Opening Reception at the Fitzwilliam Museum, which this year offers more than drinks and canapés; many of the galleries are staying open after the reception for private exploration, and alumni will also have the opportunity to be shown round some of the Museum’s treasures by expert guides.

Treasures of the University Library

An Introduction to the Cambridge University Press

Chemical Engineering in Cambridge: Past, Present and Future

University Library

Cambridge University Press

Department of Chemical Engineering and Biotechnology

9.45am – 10.45am 11.00am – 12.00pm 1.30pm – 2.30pm 2.45pm – 3.45pm

10.00am – 1.30pm

24 per session The Morison Room of the University Library. Guests must be aged 16 or over.

Visit one of the world’s greatest research libraries. Learn about its 600 year history, find out about its role as a Legal Deposit (Copyright) Library and discover its diverse special collections. Location Time Capacity Meeting point & information

10.00am – 11.00am 3.00pm – 4.00pm

The reception of the Printing House on Shaftesbury Road. Alumni are responsible for making their own way to this event. Very limited parking is available.

70 per session

The Press is the oldest publishing house in the world and a successful modern publisher with a wideranging list of academic books, journals, and education and English Language Teaching materials. The visit will include presentations, a tour of the recently opened Press Museum, and lunch.

Professor Nigel Slater (Head of Department) and Dr Patrick Barrie (Director of Teaching) will be talking about the history of Chemical Engineering education in Cambridge, the recent merger with Biotechnology and the future move to a new building in West Cambridge.

The reception of the Shell Building on New Museums Site. The lecture will be held in Lecture Theatre 1.

Friday Morning Blue Badge Tour: College Gardens 10.00am – 11.00am 11.30am – 12.30pm

Garden Tour

Tour of the University Church

Blue Badge Tour: Royalty

Sidney Sussex College

Great St Mary’s Church

11.30am – 12.30pm 3.00pm – 4.00pm

10.30am – 11.30am

11.00am – 12.00pm 2.00pm – 3.00pm

25 each tour

30 The front of the Round Church, Bridge Street

The tour will include visits to the gardens of Jesus College and Emmanuel College to see, amongst other things, their wonderful Oriental Plane trees, historic mulberry trees and the country’s oldest outdoor swimming pool.

Blue Badge Tour: 800 Years of Death and Disease 10.00am – 11.00am 1.30pm – 2.30pm

25 each tour The Porter’s Lodge. Please note that wheelchair users may find the gravel paths difficult to negotiate.

Sidney Sussex is a well-kept secret. Located in the very centre of the city, behind a high self-effacing wall, lie the College’s beautiful ancient gardens with their calm and tranquil atmosphere. The mature trees which canopy free-flowing naturalised areas and sweeping borders. The tour will be led by Trevor Rees, Head Gardener.

More than a Veterinary Hospital: Past, Present and Future

25 each tour

Veterinary Medicine

The front of the Guildhall, Market Square

10.30am – 11.45am 40

Join specialist science guides on this unusual but fascinating walk. Discover why a dried pig’s bladder could keep out winter cold, or why people carried around moles’ paws! Along the way plenty of lurid details will be provided, revealing just how pestilential this beautiful city once was.

The main Departmental Reception (not the Hospital Reception). The lecture will be preceded by coffee. The Veterinary School is situated at Madingley Road, Cambridge, CB3 0ES, and parking is available.

Professor Michael Herrtage, Dean of the Queen’s Veterinary School Hospital will provide an overview of the Hospital’s history, its fight against closure, the breadth of work undertaken by the Hospital and its future plans.

The front of the Guildhall, Market Square

The Church’s Gift Shop. There is disabled access to the Church itself but not the tower.

A tour of the Church, including a visit to the tower, focussing on its relationship with the University as well as its position as a place of ideological development and extensive ministry today.

The ‘New’ Museum

This Royal Cambridge Tour will concentrate on Cambridge’s rich royal heritage from William the Conqueror to the recent announcement that Prince William and Kate Middleton have taken the title of Duke and Duchess of Cambridge.

ADC Tour ADC Theatre

Museum of Archaeology and Anthropology 11.00am – 12.00pm 2.00pm – 3.00pm

11.30am – 12.30pm 1.00pm – 2.00pm 2.30pm – 3.30pm 4.00pm – 5.00pm

20 15 per session The Museum Front Desk (Downing Street) The Theatre foyer The Museum reopened in May 2012 following a £1.8 million refurbishment. Come and hear about the project and see the world-class collections of Oceanic, Asian, African and native American art, alongside major archaeological displays.

Involves a brief history of the ADC and Theatre and a tour of the backstage areas as well as learning about how the Theatre works.

Friday Afternoon

Blue Badge Tour: Contemporary and Historic Architecture

Blue Badge Tour: Christian Heritage

Blue Badge Tour: Literary

People’s Portraits Exhibition

Talk about the Faculty of Divinity and Tour

1.30pm – 2.30pm 4.30pm – 5.30pm

1.30pm – 2.30pm 3.00pm – 4.00pm

Girton College

Faculty of Divinity, Sidgwick Site

25 each tour

2.00pm 3.00pm 4.00pm

2.15pm – 3.15pm

25 each tour The front of the Guildhall Market Square

The front of the Round Church, Bridge Street

The front of the Guildhall, Market Square

30 per session

In the Faculty Foyer

See some of the finest examples of Saxon, Norman, Gothic, Tudor, classical and modern architecture, not just in this country but, in some cases, the world. King’s College Chapel alone is one of the finest Late Gothic buildings and houses treasures worth a tour on their own. So why not follow in the footsteps of Wren, Gibbs, Wilkins, Essex, Hopkins and Foster and learn more.

Cambridge is rich in religious heritage with churches dating back 1000 years. Discover why Cambridge was described as ‘The cradle of the English Reformation’ and how three of its most prominent reformers met their end under the reign of Mary Tudor.

A tour to revisit the old haunts of famous writers, old and new. Many of English Literature’s greatest names are associated with the life of Town and Gown: this tour explores the environs which shaped their thinking and writing. Twentieth century and contemporary modern writers and media figures will also be indicated, as well as characters featuring in children’s literature.

The Porter’s Lodge. A member of the Alumni Office will introduce alumni to the exhibition, and you are then free to explore it at your own pace. Around one third of the portraits are on the ground floor; the remainder are upstairs and cannot easily be viewed by those unable to climb stairs. There is no seating available nearby. There is limited parking available at the Mare’s Run Car Park.

In 2000, the Royal Society of Portrait Painters mounted a millennial exhibition entitled People’s Portraits. The idea was to represent ordinary people from all walks of life. This exciting and original collection has been housed at Girton since 2002. There are now around 50 paintings in the exhibition.

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Professor Judith Lieu, Chairman of the Faculty Board of Divinity, will talk about the work of the Faculty and give a tour.

Friday Afternoon

The Helium Problem: A Lecture by Dr William Nuttall

Anthony Nicolson: A Retrospective Exhibition

Hughes Hall

Clare Hall

5.30pm – 6.45pm

6.00pm – 7.30pm

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The Pavilion Room, Hughes Hall

Clare Hall Gallery

Helium is used in many high tech applications such as medical scanners. Historically we have not paid much attention to how we use it and have happily filled party balloons with the gas. However, despite its being one of the most abundant elements in the universe, we are in danger of enjoying our parties at the potential expense of not being able to do medical scans in the future.

Anthony Nicholson was very much inspired by nature, colours, scent, movement and silence. This exhibition, featuring oils and watercolours is an homage to this talented English painter who sadly died in 2011.

Making History Matter in Policy Making

All the Sculptures of the Greek and Roman Worlds (almost)

4.30pm – 5.30pm

Sidgwick Site

Museum of Classical Archaeology

4.15pm – 5.15pm

10:00am – 5:00pm

Fellows’ Drawing Room, Murray Edwards College Limited parking is available. Please notify CARO if wheelchair access is required.

500

100

Lady Mitchell Hall

The Museum is on the first floor. Please notify CARO if wheelchair access is required.

Dr Rachel Polonsky, Fellow in Slavonic Studies at Murray Edwards, talks about her award-winning book ‘Molotov’s Magic Lantern’. Dr Polonsky spent a decade in Moscow, living in an apartment block on Romanov Street that was once home to the Soviet elite; one of those ghostly neighbours was Vyacheslav Molotov. In his former apartment she discovered what remained of his library, leading her on an extraordinary journey throughout Russia.

Can history contribute to better policy making today? This discussion looks at the practice of history and policy from the perspective of an academic, a civil servant and a journalist. The speakers include David Reynolds, Professor of International History and a Fellow at Christ’s; Rachel Fentem (Clare 1998), HM Treasury; and Chris Bowlby (Christ’s 1980), BBC journalist.

Buildings and Art Tour

Blue Badge Tour: Sport

Homerton College

3.00pm – 4.00pm 4.30pm – 5.30pm

2.30pm – 3.30pm 25 40 In front of the Guildhall, Market Square The Porter’s Lodge. Parking is available.

Although Homerton is Cambridge’s newest College, it has a history reaching back to early 18th century London. A chance to discover the older buildings which were once Cavendish College and the beautiful works which make up the College’s art collection. The tour will be led by Dr. Peter Warner.

Demonstration of a Phillips Machine

Learn how Cambridge has influenced the development of a wide range of sports, hear all about Cambridge’s medal winning scientists, titanic struggles with the Americans, the sprinting lords who took on Great Court and the 100 year old mathematician who ran from Cambridge to Ely (and back) regularly.

Molotov’s Magic Lantern: A Journey in Russian History Murray Edwards College

All day event

Faculty of Economics, Sidgwick Site 3.00pm – 5.00pm 45 Meade Room, Austin Robinson Building

First unveiled by its creator, Bill Phillips, in 1949, the Phillips Machine is a hydraulic model of income flow in the national economy. Although economic theory has since moved on, this event is a rare opportunity to experience a practical demonstration of the economy without the aid of PowerPoint! Members of the Faculty will be on-hand to greet guests as they arrive. The demonstration will be preceded by a brief welcome and introduction. Dr Allan McRobie will demonstrate the Phillips Machine and the event will conclude with a drinks and light snacks reception in the Marshall Library.

As well as being able to see (almost) all the sculptures of the Greek and Roman worlds, alumni will be able to catch up with a special exhibition, The Olympic Games in context: festivals and competitions in Greek sanctuaries.

Come & Sing King’s College Chapel

Every year, Come and Sing – Alumni Weekend’s very own scratch choir – challenges alumni singers of all ages to come together under the expert tutelage of Stephen Cleobury, Director of Music at King’s, to learn, rehearse and perform a piece in just one day. This year, you could be one of the singers attacking the opening chords of Mozart’s Vesperae Solennes de Confessore alongside a professional orchestra, leading soloist Paula Downes and student soloists Feargal Mostyn Williams, Ruairi Bowen and Daniel D’Souza. A rare opportunity to sing under the fan vaults of King’s Chapel, one of the world’s most renowned choral venues, Come and Sing is your chance to rediscover the joy of singing in a choir or a chance to attend a concert and see the Chapel at night with its screens closed. A highlight of the singing year. You can book for Come and Sing as a standalone event.

Rehearsals

Cost

Mozart Vesperae Solennes de Confessore

Singers £12 With score hire an additional £3

King’s College Chapel

Please let us know in advance if you wish to hire a score. Scores should be picked up and paid for at the first rehearsal.

Rehearsal 1 4.30pm – 6.00pm Rehearsal 2 7.45pm – 9.15pm

Performance

Please specify voice type when booking (ie soprano, alto, tenor, bass) Audience £6

King’s College Chapel Performance 9.30pm – 10.30pm (Please do not arrive before 9.15pm) 180 performers, 300 audience

The audience have settled in their seats. The shouts and laughter that filled rehearsal earlier in the day have faded away. The conductor raises his baton. And the Alumni Weekend Choir stand, waiting to break the stillness of the King’s Chapel with sound.

The Fitzwilliam Museum: After Hours

Join five hundred fellow thinkers at the exclusive opening party at the Fitzwilliam Museum to network, visit the galleries and to help get the 2012 Alumni Weekend off to a flying start. This year, when the wine has finished flowing the Museum will remain open, giving you the chance to view the Museum’s extraordinary collections – including the stunning Han China exhibition – without the crowds. In addition, guests will have the option of guided tours of the galleries, giving exclusive insight into the Museum’s rare and exquisite treasures. Taking place in the imposing Founder’s Building under an array of Impressionist paintings, this event brings together the best of what Alumni Weekend has to offer: academic expertise, a collegiate sociability and a peerless opportunity to meet new contacts.

Get the Vice-Chancellor’s inside track on his vision for the future of the University and share your views on how alumni should take part in that future. Chat to fellow alumni and academics – and enjoy the buzz of being back in Cambridge.

6.00pm – 8.30pm 6.00pm – 7.00pm Drinks reception with canapés and access to six of the Museum’s Galleries 7.00pm – 8.30pm All first floor Galleries open for independent viewing Entrance to the Fitzwilliam Museum is via the main entrance in Founder’s building (street level access via Courtyard entrance on request).

Pottery Musician, © The Fitzwilliam Museum

The 2012 Alumni Weekend Opening Reception

As well as the permanent collection, the first floor Galleries incorporate the following exhibitions: The Search for Immortality: Tomb Treasures of Han China – the most remarkable collection of ancient royal treasures ever to travel outside China Designed to Impress: Highlights from the print collection, including prints by Rembrandt, Durer, Degas and Picasso Edgelands: Prints by George Shaw and Michael Landy, examining the overlooked areas that exist between city and countryside

Guided tours Blue Badge tours Enjoy the benefit of a guided tour of a selection of the Museum’s art collections which date from the 13th century to the present day. Highlights include works by Italian Renaissance artists, a distinguished group of portraits and portrait miniatures by British artists and a remarkable range of works by French Impressionist painters.

7.00pm – 7.45pm 7.45pm – 8.30pm Groups of 25

Antiquities Collection Lucilla Burn, Keeper of Antiquities will lead an exclusive tour of the Collection which will offer vivid glimpses into many aspects of ancient life and death in Cyprus, Greece, Rome and Egypt. Highlights will include the recently purchased Roman marble ‘Lansdowne Relief’, and an exhibition of Medieval Cypriot ceramics, currently on loan from the Leventis Municipal Museum in Nicosia.

7.00pm – 7.45pm 7.45pm – 8.30pm Groups of 15

Additional Information: This is an exclusive tour as the Antiquities Collection will not otherwise be open during the Reception

Alumni are welcome to attend: • Reception and tour(s) • Reception only (no tours) • Tour(s) only You will need to book for each element that you wish to attend

What happens on Saturday?

Saturday

At the heart of Alumni Weekend is the Saturday lecture programme; a day full of lectures offering insight into some of the University’s most up to date thinking and research from leading academic experts representing all six Schools, from Arts and Humanities to Clinical Medicine and Technology.

Lectures 09.30am – 10.30am

In the late afternoon the Chancellor will be in conversation with BBC journalist Stephen Sackur, joined by the Vice-Chancellor. Following his election as Chancellor in October 2011, the event will offer a unique chance to hear Lord Sainsbury and the Vice-Chancellor Professor Sir Leszek Borysiewicz discussing together at length their thoughts on the future of the University and on the major issues facing global education. All lectures will take place on the Sidgwick Site. Details of exact locations of each lecture will be available online in September and at the Help Desk.

Making a Material Difference: Getting the Message Across About Sustainable Materials, in Song and on the Catwalk We make materials very efficiently, but doing so uses a quarter of the world’s energy so is a major source of carbon emissions. The only way we can reduce the impact is by using less material – and how should we communicate that? With pop-music, great graphics and super-models! Dr Julian Allwood (Caius) leads a 15 person inter-disciplinary research group looking at materials and the environment, and is a lead author of the upcoming 5th Intergovernmental Panel on Climate Change assessment report.

Benefitting from History: Poverty, Gender and Life-Cycle under the English Poor Law There was considerable state welfare before the Welfare State. This lecture reflects on recent research on just who was deemed ‘deserving’ of such help in the eighteenth and nineteenth centuries. It will show that single mothers and the elderly were treated far more generously than families and the unemployed. Dr. Samantha Williams (Girton) is University Lecturer in Local and Regional History. She specialises in the history of poverty and is author of Poverty, Gender and Life-Cycle under the English Poor Law, 1760-1834 (Boydell and Brewer). She is currently writing a book on unmarried mothers in London 1700-1867.

Saturday Lectures 09.30am – 10.30am

How to Dress in the Renaissance

Bridging our Future: Lessons from Hammersmith

The links between fashion and body image are not a recent social construction. Extreme, uncomfortable and excessive clothing signalled just as much in the Renaissance as now and could challenge convention as well as accommodate it. This lecture examines the multiple ways in which appearances could be central to views of the self and others, then as much as now.

We take our bridges for granted, and only take notice when they go wrong. But the sudden closure of Hammersmith Flyover in London shortly before Christmas shows how much we depend on them. Issues that that arise in existing bridges, and options for the future, will be discussed. Dr. Chris Burgoyne (Emmanuel) is Head of the Structures Group at Cambridge. He formerly taught at Imperial College, and is an expert on pre-stressed concrete and the use of new materials, such as aramid and carbon fibres, in structural engineering.

Dr. Ulinka Rublack (St. John’s) is a leading cultural historian of early modern Europe who has published widely on religion, gender, crime, state and society. She is, most recently, author of the prize-winning study Dressing Up: Cultural Identity in Renaissance Europe (OUP) and editor of A Concise Companion to History (OUP).

Domestic Service in Twentieth Century Britain Downton Abbey invited viewers to think of domestic service as a relic of the past, governed by clear social hierarchies and ‘Victorian’ morality. In this social history lecture, Lucy Delap outlines the ways in which domestic service continued to be feature in British homes in the twentieth century. The ‘servant problem’ offers a window onto the conflicts, changes and continuities in class, gender, and migration in modern Britain. Dr Lucy Delap is a fellow of St Catharine’s and a member of the History Faculty. She has published widely on British gender and feminist history, and is currently writing a book about late twentieth century masculinities. Knowing Their Place: Domestic Service in Twentieth Century Britain, was published in 2011.

Nature’s Glass: Half-full or Half-empty? Wild nature is continuing to decline but is the situation hopeless? By visiting places where things are getting better rather than worse Professor Balmford explores how motivations, approaches and people involved in conservation are changing, and ask what these stories tell us about the prospects for nature in the 21st century. Professor Andrew Balmford (Clare) is a conservation scientist working on quantifying the changing state of nature, the costs and benefits of effective conservation and how best to reconcile with farming. Following the lecture, Professor Balmford will be available for further questions and discussion and will hold a book-signing for his new book Wild Hope.

Lectures 11.15am – 12.15pm

All Shapes and Sizes: Does Family Structure Matter for Children’s Psychological Wellbeing? What really matters for children’s psychological wellbeing? This lecture will consider whether it is necessary to have two parents, a father present, genetically related parents, or parents who are heterosexual. The psychological processes that underlie children’s optimal development will also be explored. Professor Susan Golombok is Professor of Family Research and Director of the Centre for Family Research and a Professorial Fellow at Newnham. Her research examines the impact of new family forms on parenting and child development.

What do Animals Think? How to describe the mental lives of non-human animals is a philosophical as well as a scientific question. On the one hand, we know that animals do have a mental life; on the other hand, we know that their mental lives are very unlike ours. So how should we describe their minds? Professor Tim Crane has been Knightbridge Professor and a Professorial Fellow of Peterhouse since 2009. He taught for 20 years at University College London and founded the Institute of Philosophy in the University of London in 2005.

Saturday Lectures 11.15am – 12.15pm

Our Nearest Neighbour, the Moon Our only natural satellite has fascinated humankind since prehistory. It is the only other place in the Solar System we have visited in person, yet scientists are still making startling discoveries about the Moon – and what it reveals about our own planet. Dr. Carolin Crawford (Newnham) works at the Institute of Astronomy, and is also is the Professor of Astronomy at Gresham College, London. She gives many talks and lectures on all aspects of astronomy, and regularly contributes to national radio programmes.

Lectures 1.30pm – 2.30pm

Duels, Gangs and Terrorists: the Unacceptable Reach of Joint Enterprise Liability in the Criminal Law If two people agree to commit one crime and, whilst doing so, one of them commits murder, the other party could be guilty of murder as well. This has proved to be especially relevant in respect of gang crime. But can this use of the criminal law be justified? Professor Graham Virgo is Professor of English Private Law, Deputy Chair of the Law Faculty and Senior Tutor of Downing College. He is a Bencher of Lincoln’s Inn. He writes about various topics on criminal law, particularly the law of homicide.

Dambusters, the Great Escape and Colditz Bringing engineering to life through some of the most famous stories from the Second World War, this lecture will flesh out the background to three recent Channel Four documentaries, looking in particular at how live reconstruction can tell us so much more than a reading of eye-witness accounts. Dr. Hugh Hunt was asked to act as Lead Engineer in the Channel 4 documentaries. A Fellow of Trinity College, his principal interests are in dynamics and vibration, gyroscopes and boomerang and his research is in the fields of renewable energy and geo-engineering.

London 2012: Legacy at a Time of Austerity Two short weeks after the London 2012 Olympic and Paralympic Games end, Matt Rogan investigates the challenges Britain faces in delivering on its bid promises for sporting participation, social regeneration and economic wealth. He also considers the role Britain has played in reinvigorating the Olympic Movement through the delivery of London 2012. Matt Rogan (Fitzwilliam) is co-author of ‘Britain and the Olympic Games, Past Present Legacy’. As Managing Director of the business Two Circles he is now working with Olympic sports on maximising the London 2012 sporting legacy. Matt is also a Board Director of European Sponsorship Association, a county level tennis player and an Ironman triathlete.

Lunch 12.15pm – 1.30pm

See p42 for food options

Consuming Wrongdoing Why are we fascinated by the wrongdoings of others? What goes on in our search for thrills in sensational art and literature? This lecture draws on some particularly striking examples in Spanish street-literature of the 19th century, which are held in Cambridge University Library, to explore these questions. Professor Alison Sinclair (Clare) is Professor of Modern Spanish Literature and Intellectual History. Her current AHRC-funded research project is on Wrongdoing in Spain 1800-1936: Realities, Representations, Reactions, focusing on the gap between the historical profile of wrongdoing and its profile in culture, with particular reference to popular culture.

Colonial Improvement: Rethinking the Great Irish Famine The Great Irish Famine has been mired in debate over the level of culpability of the British government. Most scholars reject the extreme nationalist charge of genocide, but beyond that there is little consensus. Drawing lessons from famine experiences across the British Empire, and from the voices of those who vehemently protested against state policy, Dr Nally argues for a more nuanced understanding of “famineogenic behaviour” — conduct that aids and abets famine – and suggests that while the ‘faults of omission’ weighed heavily on British government policy, the ‘crimes of commission’ also left their deadly impress. Dr. David Nally is a University Lecturer in Geography and Fellow and Director of Studies at Fitzwilliam. His research focuses on the political, economic and cultural dimensions of colonisation.

Saturday Lectures 1.30pm – 2.30pm

Are your Genes to Blame when your Jeans don’t Fit? Recent dramatic changes in our environment have led to the current obesity epidemic. However, we have all responded differently to these changes. Dr Yeo will argue that bodyweight is a highly heritable trait, providing us with the opportunity to use genetics as a tool to understand the molecular mechanisms controlling food intake. Dr. Giles Yeo (Wolfson) came to Cambridge in 1994 for his PhD with Sydney Brenner and in 1998 began post-doctoral training with Stephen O’Rahilly on obesity genetics. He is now a group leader at the Metabolic Research Labs, studying brain control of food intake.

Birth, Brains, Immunity and Human Evolution An exploration of ‘the obstetric dilemma’ faced by humans. A pelvis adapted to bipedalism and a large brain is associated with pregnancies where very large and very small babies have high mortality rates. The maternal immune response to the placenta is the key to setting the conditions for successful pregnancy. Professor Ashley Moffett (King’s) is researching the maternal immune response to the foetus, seeking to understand how two genetically different individuals, mother and baby, coexist during pregnancy. Disruption of this delicate immunological balance may explain common disorders of human pregnancy.

Lectures 3.00pm – 4.00pm

The Healing Presence of Art This lecture focuses on the extraordinary richness of art produced for hospitals, from the Renaissance to the modern period. Masterpieces by Piero della Francesca, Grunewald, El Greco, Hogarth, Tiepolo, Van Gogh, Munch, Frida Kahlo and Naum Gabo are among the great works which humanise hospitals and leave a profound, lasting impression on patients, staff and visitors. Richard Cork (Trinity Hall) is an award-winning art critic, historian, broadcaster and curator. Formerly Art Critic of the Evening Standard and Chief Art Critic of The Times, he was Slade Professor of Fine Art at Cambridge and broadcasts regularly on BBC radio and television. He has curated major exhibitions at Tate, the Hayward Gallery, the Barbican Art Gallery and the Royal Academy.

Cambridge and Global Health Addressing healthcare is a complex problem – the sort of problem that Cambridge is good at tackling. In this lecture Sir Leszek will discuss the changing nature of global disease, and of healthcare. He will explain how health, education, social development, and agricultural development are mutually dependent: and how health has become a measure of societal development and national wealth, as well as an important goal in its own right. Finally, he will illustrate the part Cambridge can play as a major research university in helping address these sorts of multidisciplinary global challenges.

Have we been Tricked by the Trickster? Don Juan Today

Professor Sir Leszek Borysiewicz is Vice-Chancellor of the University of Cambridge. He is Chairman of the Research Advisory Group of the UK Department for International Development, and former CEO of the Medical Research Council.

What does Don Juan stand for today? It seems striking that, at the start of the twenty-first century, we still feel fascinated by Don Juan. We condemn his appalling acts, and yet we enjoy the many versions that have been written of this myth. Have we been tricked by the trickster?

Engineering, Maths, Art and Nudity

Dr. Samuel Llano (Clare) is a Research Associate at Cambridge. He specialises in the study of Spanish theatre, music and culture of the early twentieth century. His forthcoming book Whose Spain? Negotiating “Spanish Music” in Paris, 1908-1929 will be published by OUP.

A gentle look at how the mathematics of singularity that is used to study the stability of engineering systems can rather unexpectedly also give new insights into art, and particularly the portrayal of the nude. Warning: this talk contains mathematics and nudity. Dr. Allan McRobie (St. Edmund’s) is a University Reader in Engineering with an interest in the dynamics and stability of structures.

Saturday Lectures 3.00pm – 4.00pm

Will Chinese Banks Change the World? Chinese banks are now among the world’s largest by assets, profits and employment. So far they have largely remained in China but they are starting to expand abroad. Their motives are opaque and they are the product of deep-seated rivalries in the Chinese government system – but will they change the world banking system? Dr. Simon Taylor (Sidney Sussex), a former investment banker, is a Lecturer in Finance and Director of the Master of Finance degree (MFin) at the Cambridge Judge Business School. He has researched into the financing of nuclear power and the behaviour of stock market analysts and is currently researching into the development of the Chinese banking system.

Lectures 4.30pm – 5.30pm

The Changing Contours of Work Intensity in Europe Since 1990 This lecture explores the changing pattern of hard work around Europe over the last 20 years, and tries to unravel the puzzle of why, whilst work in the rest of Europe has been intensifying, workers in the UK have been slowing down. Dr Brendan Burchell is a Senior Lecturer in the Sociology Department and a Fellow at Magdalene. He researches on topics concerning employment and wellbeing, including job insecurity, unemployment and work intensity.

Charles Dickens: A Celebration of his Fiction Charles Dickens engaged passionately with the political debates of his time. This lecture traces the contours of his jurisprudential and theological interests, and illuminates the distinctive contributions that fiction can make to the formation of public opinion. In this bicentenary year, we celebrate the transformative powers of Dickens’s narrative art. Dr. Jan-Melissa Schramm (Trinity Hall) is a Fellow in English. She is the author of Testimony and Advocacy in Victorian Law, Literature, and Theology (CUP), and Atonement and SelfSacrifice in Nineteenth-Century Narrative (CUP).

Leading a World-Class University

Lectures 4.30pm – 5.30pm

The Chancellor, Lord Sainsbury of Turville, in conversation with Stephen Sackur, joined by the Vice-Chancellor Professor Sir Leszek Borysiewicz. They are the men leading Cambridge into the second decade of the twenty-first century. But what do the newly elected Chancellor Lord Sainsbury of Turville and the Vice-Chancellor Sir Leszek Borysiewicz really think about the challenges and opportunities facing the University? This year, alumni will have the chance to get a rare insight into how they think, what they hold dear and how they work, as the Chancellor and the Vice-Chancellor take to the stand together to talk about Cambridge’s role in the wider world. In a conversation led by Stephen Sackur, top BBC interviewer and presenter of HARDtalk, the Chancellor will discuss his Cambridge background, his interest in this University and in universities in general , and his philanthropy - in neuroscience, economic development in Africa, food security, and the arts.

Lectures 4.30pm – 5.30pm

Together they will give the inside track on what it is like sitting at the helm of this leading university and take questions from the floor on the big issues from how Cambridge has a key role to play in food security to the future of research funding. Lord Sainsbury of Turville (King’s 1959) was elected Chancellor in October 2011. After reading History and Psychology at Cambridge, he joined J Sainsbury plc in 1963, going on to become Finance Director, Deputy Chairman and then Chairman from 1992-1998. Made Lord Sainsbury of Turville in 1997, he was appointed Minister of Science and Innovation from July 1998 to November 2006. He is the founder of the Gatsby Charitable Foundation and in 2003 received on behalf of the Sainsbury family

the Andrew Carnegie Medal for Philanthropy. He is an Honorary Fellow of King’s College. Professor Sir Leszek Borysiewicz was installed as the University’s 345th Vice-Chancellor in October 2010. Born in Wales, he came to Cambridge in 1998 as a Lecturer in Medicine. He was Chief Executive of the UK’s Medical Research Council from 2007 to 2010, and was knighted in 2001 for his contribution to medical education and research into developing vaccines. He is an Honorary Fellow of Wolfson College. Stephen Sackur (Emmanuel 1982) presents the current affairs interview programme HARDtalk on BBC World News and BBC News 24.

He joined the BBC in 1986 and for fifteen years was a BBC foreign correspondent, reporting from around the world including postings in Washington, the Middle East and Brussels as Europe Correspondent. He is also an alumus of Harvard’s John F Kennedy School of Government.

4.30pm – 5.30pm Latecomers will not be admitted after 4.30pm Lady Mitchell Hall, Sidgwick Site. There will also be a live relay to Little Hall.

Saturday: A Change of Scenery?

If you don’t want to Self-guided spend all Saturday in Garden Tour lectures at the Sidgwick Site, there are a Trinity Hall, Wychfield site number of other events 10.00am – 3.00pm available throughout 30 the day on Saturday The Porter’s Lodge (on Storey’s Way) and pick up a leaflet.

Self-guided Garden Tour

Tripos to Transplant: the Cutting Edge

Ango-Saxon Norse and Celtic Event

Fitzwilliam College

The English Faculty

11.15am – 12.00pm

5.00pm – 7.00pm

The Auditorium, Fitzwilliam College, Storey’s Way

English Faculty, West Road

Transplant surgeon, Fellow and Director of Studies in Clinical Medicine Kourosh Saeb-Parsy talks about the issues involved in adult liver, kidney, pancreas and small bowel transplantation, as well as his research into transplant immunology and the mechanism of organ rejection.

An opportunity to chat over drinks and look at recent photographs featuring alumni - you are welcome to bring your own photographs! ‘Memories of Old Awake’ a video featuring ASNC alumna Dr Emily Lethbridge and her recent work in Iceland,will be shown at 5.30pm. Alumni should feel free to call in at any time between 5pm and 7pm. The video will be shown between 5.30pm and 5.50pm.

In Search of our Cosmic Origins

Gulsin Onay Concert

Trinity Hall, Trinity Lane (main College)

Churchill College

10.00am – 3.00pm

2.30pm – 3.30pm

Lucy Cavendish College

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5.15pm – 6.45pm

The Porter’s Lodge and pick up a leaflet.

Wolson Hall, Churchill College, Storey’s Way

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Behind the recently built Wychfield site are extensive lawns with a network of winding gravel pathways taking you past a selection of mixed planting areas and majestic trees. Visit the Round Garden featuring tree peonies, shrub roses, rudbeckias and palms.

From peaceful courtyards and formal lawns to herbaceous borders and magnificent trees, Trinity Hall has a wide variety of delights for the horticultural enthusiast.

Dr John Richer will describe the ALMA observatory in the Atacama desert and present the very first images and scientific results from the telescope. ALMA is a radio telescope whose lineage can be traced back to those of Churchill’s Tony Hewish in the 1970s: an array of linked radio antennas together to create a telescope many miles in diameter. Located on the 17,000-ft high Chajnantor plateau, ALMA will allow us to observe for the first time the formation of new planetary systems, and very distant galaxies and will shed new ‘light’ on how the Universe evolved, and in particular how planetary systems including the Earth came into being.

A special performance by international concert pianist Gulsin Onay whose career has spanned 68 countries across all continents. The programme will include work by Turkish composer Ahmed Adnan Saygun written specifically for Gulsin.

What happens on Sunday?

Sunday College Gardens Tour Murray Edwards College

Sunday offers a chance to wind down and explore the beauties of outdoor Cambridge, at the Botanic Garden and elsewhere; to learn more about some of the extraordinary art collections held here; and to drop in to museums and Departments, as well as more brain food in the form of panel discussions and lectures. Following feedback from previous years, we have kept all our Sunday events this year to the morning, leaving you the afternoon free to catch up with friends, visit more of the city or simply to beat the evening traffic and get home.

Blue Badge Tour: Cambridge Inscriptions 09.30am – 10.30am 11.00am – 12.00pm

09.30am – 10.30am 10.45am – 11.45am

25 per tour

15 per tour

In front of the Guildhall, Market Square

The Porter’s Lodge. Parking is limited. Please advise the Alumni Office if you require access for the disabled.

Head Gardener, Jo Cobb, will give a guided tour of the College’s beautiful gardens including the Fellows’ Garden, herb garden and the Rosemary Murray Memorial Garden.

A tantalising glimpse into the wealth of beautiful inscriptions around Cambridge, both Town and Gown. A chance to test your Latin? (Although translations will be available). There are many inscriptions with a link to Eric Gill and a world famous local workshop.

Blue Badge Tour: Famous Alumni

New Hall Art Collection Tour Murray Edwards College 09.30am – 10.30am 10.45am – 11.45am

09.30am – 10.30am 11.00am – 12.00pm 25 per tour In front of the Guildhall, Market Square

15 per tour Meet at the Porter’s Lodge

The CARO Help Desk will be available from 9am – 1pm on Sunday at 1 Quayside. Access is restricted at weekends so please ring the intercom at the front door (labelled CUDO: Alumni Relations) for access.

Art Administrator Sarah Greaves will give a guided tour of the impressive New Hall Art Collection, the second largest collection of women’s art in the world. The collection contains over 250 contemporary works by female artists including Maggi Hambling, Barbara Hepworth and Paula Rego.

The alumni of Cambridge have influenced, informed and entertained the world. In this tour, follow in the footsteps of Milton, Byron, Wordsworth, Newton, Darwin, John Cleese, Peter Cook, Ted Hughes, AA Milne and many more.

Sunday The Botanic Garden Highlights Tour

Global Food Security & Disease: Modelling the Risk

High Days and Scarlet Days: The Ceremonial Life of the University in the Early 21st Century

Blue Badge Tour: Historic Architecture

University Botanic Garden

09.30am – 10.30am

Sidgwick Site

10.30am – 11.30am

9.30am – 11am

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Little Hall, Sidgwick Site

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The front of the Guildhall, Market Square

The Botanic Garden is largely accessible, with the exception of some features. Two electric and two manual wheelchairs are available to borrow from the Brookside Gate if booked in advance on + 44 (0)1223 336265.

Enjoy a gentle stroll after a busy weekend around the beautiful University Botanic Garden. Be guided around the historic Garden, its collections and seasonal highlights, by one of their experienced and extremely knowledgeable Garden Guides.

The Discovery of Greek Sculpture

Lady Mitchell Hall Currently about 2 billion people worldwide either live in hunger or are undernourished. Dr Matt Castle, a research associate in the Epidemiology and Modelling Group in the Department of Plant Sciences and a mathematician by training, will illustrate examples of the risks posed to global food crops by modern pests and pathogens and illustrate how mathematical models of disease spread are informing current policy.

Open House The Cambridge Judge Business School

Learn more about the traditional life of Cambridge. Timothy Milner is the University’s part-time Ceremonial Officer and an additional Pro-Proctor for Ceremonial Occasions. He has had a lifelong interest in costume, ceremonial traditions and heraldry and is an Honorary Fellow of the Burgon Society, which promotes the study of academical dress.

Blue Badge Tour: Contemporary Architecture

We can show you some of the finest examples of Saxon, Norman, Gothic, Tudor and Classical architecture, not just in this country but in some cases the world. King’s College Chapel alone is widely regarded as the world’s finest Late Gothic building and houses treasures worth a tour on their own.

Coffee Concert: Music by Women Composers of the Baroque Clare Hall 10.30am – 12.00pm

Museum of Classical Archaeology 09.30am – 10.15am 11.00am – 11.45am 25 per tour The Reception on the first floor. Access is suitable for wheelchair users but please advise the Alumni Relations Office in advance.

Visit one of the most comprehensive collections of Greek and Roman plaster casts in the world, which tells the story of Greek and Roman sculpture and its discovery. Alumni will also be able to visit the special exhibition, The Olympic Games in context: festivals and competitions in Greek sanctuaries.

10.00am – 12.00pm

10.30am – 11.30am

Reception

100 Cost of £10 payable on the door On the bridge, Silver Street Take a self-guided tour inside one of Cambridge’s most colourful buildings. Learn more about the history of the building, the School and its programmes and research centres. Refreshments will be on offer.

For those interested in modern and contemporary architecture, there are many fine examples associated with the colleges and the University – designs by Norman Foster and Partners, Edward Cullinan and Michael Hopkins to name but a few.

Enjoy coffee followed by a concert featuring music by Francesca Caccini, Isabella Leonarda, Barbara Strozzi and Elisabeth Jacquet de la Guerre performed by Marie Lemaire (soprano), Ryan Mark (violin) and Dan Tidhar (harpsichord).

Sunday Gardens Tour

Newnham Conversation

Alumni Coffee Morning

Robinson College

Newnham College

Cambridge University Press Bookshop

10.45am – 11.45am

11.00am – 12.00pm

11.00am – 1.00pm

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Front Court, outside the Porter’s Lodge

Guests will be directed to the Lucia Windsor Room from the Porter’s Lodge

A tour of the special garden at the centre of Robinson College, designed by J.S. Bodfan Gruffydd to be a ‘wild woodland water garden’ at its heart, whilst keeping the more formal gardens beyond.

Gardens Tour

In the year of the Olympics Newnham is particularly proud to present two of its most eminent sporting alumnae in The Newnham Conversation. Clare Balding (Newnham 1990) TV and radio broadcaster and author, and Anna Watkins (Newnham 2001) rowing Olympic bronze medallist in Beijing, will talk about their times at Newnham and how the Cambridge experience influenced their careers.

Newnham College 11.00am – 12.00pm 25

Sidgwick Site 11.30am – 12.30pm 150

Coffee, cake and sandwiches will be served in the Cambridge University Press bookshop whilst you browse the latest literary sensations on offer. Don’t forget your CAMCard for a 20% discount on all purchases.

Risk and Resilience in an Age of Extreme Events Sidgwick Site

Lecture on the Selwyn Sundial

How and Why Should we put a Value on Nature?

11.30am – 12.30pm 150

Lady Mitchell Hall

One of the great challenges of the 21st century is to understand and manage human impacts on our planet’s rich, but rapidly diminishing biodiversity. The Cambridge Conservation Initiative, a unique collaboration between the University and the large cluster of Cambridge-based conservation organisations, seeks to transform the global understanding and conservation of biodiversity and the natural capital it represents and, through this, help secure a sustainable future for all life on Earth. A panel of eminent leaders in this field will share and debate their innovative ideas for valuing such natural capital.

Selwyn College The Porter’s Lodge

Little Hall 11.00am – 12.00pm

Head Gardener Tony Arnold will give a guided tour of some of the most attractive gardens in Cambridge (where walking on the grass is most definitely allowed!).

The College Buttery will be open following the tour and guests are warmly invited to stay and buy lunch.

Selwyn College has a fine example of a sundial that shows Babylonian hours and Italian hours. These are very rare in Britain. This talk by Dr Frank King, world expert on sundials and designer of Selwyn’s unusual dial explains how it works.

The Porter’s Lodge

Major threats and extreme events such as severe weather or terrorism present managers of contemporary organisations with an acute and urgent picture of uncertainty which renders strategic decision making problematic. A recent study has looked at a range of organisations at risk, from those in high risk environments such as transport hubs to ‘soft’ postcard targets (e.g. the Tower of London) and iconic targets such as the Olympics. Bridgette Sullivan-Taylor, visiting Fellow at the Judge Business School will present her research findings on identifying ways in which these capabilities might be embedded and enhanced within organisations and along key supply chains.

Promenade Concert Fitzwilliam Museum 1.15am – 2.00pm 80 Gallery Three

Featuring Helen Roche (Caius 2004) on the violin. Booking guarantees you a space, but please arrive early as the concert is also open to the general public.

What’s on in your College?

Please find information regarding events being in held within the Colleges, for members and their guests. Please contact the college directly for further information or if you have any specific questions. Further information including College accommodation, parking and contact details can be found online at www.alumni.cam.ac.uk/weekend

Christ’s College Saturday 22 September 12.30 – 1.30pm Buffet Lunch for Christ’s members attending the Alumni Weekend in the OCR. 6.45pm Reunion Dinner for members who matriculated in 1987, 1988 and 1989 in the Hall. Friends of the Old Library event and Sporting exhibition (further details available on website). www.christs.cam.ac.uk/alumni Churchill College Saturday 22 September 2.30 – 3.30pm In search of our cosmic origins with the Atacama Large Millimetre Array: As part of the College’s Association Weekend programme (inc. Annual Dinner & AGM), Dr John Richer will talk about the new telescope, the Atacama Large Millimetre Array, currently under construction in Chile. The lecture is open to all alumni but Churchill members should book for this via www.churchillians.net Clare College Friday 21 September 1998 – 1999 Reunion Dinner 7pm Drinks Reception in the SCR 7.45pm Dinner in the Great hall www.clarealumni.com

Clare Hall Saturday 22 September 11.30am – 12.30pm Lecture by Malcolm Longair: ‘Recreating Lost Soundscapes: Music, Architecture and Acoustics in Renaissance Venice’ 1pm Life Members Lunch 3 – 4.30pm Guided Tour of the Botanical Gardens with Professor John Parker www.clarehall.cam.ac.uk Corpus Christi College Saturday 22 September MacCurdy Dinner: Reunion dinner for those matriculated between 1986 and 1989 www.corpus.cam.ac.uk Darwin College Saturday 22nd September 12.30pm for 12.45pm Darwin College Alumni Family Buffet Lunch All Darwin College alumni and their families are welcome. www.darwin.cam.ac.uk Downing College Saturday 22 September 12.30pm Cafeteria lunch 1.30 – 3:30pm Exhibition, ‘Wine, tobacco and snuff’ 1.30 – 3.30pm Wine tasting 3.30 – 4.30pm Afternoon Tea

3.45pm – 4.10pm Chapel Service 4.30 – 5.30pm Lecture: Professor Nick Coleman: “Cancer cells and how to find them” 5.30 – 6pm Association AGM 7 – 7.30pm Pre-dinner Drinks 7.30pm Association Dinner www.downingcambridge.com/ development Emmanuel College Thursday 20 September High Table Dinner for members and guests * Saturday 22 / Sunday 23 September Gathering of Members for those who matriculated in 1955. 1956, 1957, 1958, 1959, 1960. Invitations were sent out in June. Saturday 22 September 3.30 – 5pm Tea in the Old Library for Members and Guests Sunday 23 September 12.30 – 1.15pm Lunch in Hall for Members and Guests * * Booking closes 24 August. Contact Adam Wilkinson directly www.emma.cam.ac.uk

38 Fitzwilliam College Friday 21 September 7.30pm Informal Dinner Saturday 22 September 11.15am Lecture by Dr. Kourosh Saeb-Parsy (1993)* 1pm Buffet Lunch Afternoon: Past v. Present sports matches 7.30pm Formal Dinner Sunday 23 September 11.30am Music performance * Open to all alumni www.fitz.cam.ac.uk Girton College Saturday 22 September 2pm Lawrence Room Talk (ticketed event) 4pm People’s Portraits Reception (ticketed event) 4 - 5pm Afternoon Tea 6pm Musical Event 7 – 7.30pm Roll Dinner to include reunions for 1972, 1962 and 1952 matriculants. Guest Speaker: Professor Helen Atkinson FREng (1978). The title of her talk is ‘One WISE woman’. Sunday 23 September 11:00am Friends of the Garden Talk www.girton.cam.ac.uk

39 Gonville & Caius College Saturday 22 September An Annual Gathering for all those who matriculated in 1998, 1999 and 2000 5pm Tea 6.30pm Commemoration Service in Chapel 7.15pm Pre-prandial Drinks 8pm Dinner www.gonvilleandcaius.org Homerton College Friday 21 September 7.30pm Homerton Roll Annual Reunion Dinner Saturday 22 September 9.30am Homerton College Roll Reunion 12.15 – 2.00pm Reunion Lunch 7.30pm Homerton Roll Saturday Dinner www.homerton.cam.ac.uk Hughes Hall Friday 21 September Hughes Hall Alumni Reunion Dinner 7pm Drinks Reception 7.30pm Black Tie Dinner www.hughes.cam.ac.uk/alumni

Jesus College No event will be held this year. For details of accommodation see www.alumni.cam.ac.uk/benefits/ camcard/accommodation King’s College Friday 21 September 50th Anniversary Event Saturday 22 September Members’ Lunch for all King’s Members. Afternoon Tea for all King’s Members. 25th, 30th and 35th Anniversary Event www.kingsmembers.org Lucy Cavendish College Friday 21 September 7pm Reunion Dinner for matriculation years 1972, 1982, 1992 and 2002 Saturday 22 September 7.00pm Turkish Buffet Supper www.lucy-cav.cam.ac.uk Magdalene College Friday 21 September 8pm Reunion Dinner for matriculation years 1991-1993. Sunday 23 September 2 – 4.30pm Annual Donors Day. Lectures and afternoon tea for those who made a donation to the College (by invitation only). www.magdalene.cambridge.com

Murray Edwards College Saturday 22 September 6.15pm New Hall Society AGM followed by pre-dinner drinks 7.30pm Alumnae Dinner Sunday 23 September 12.15pm Sunday Lunch www.murrayedwards.cam.ac.uk Newnham College Saturday 22 September Reunion Dinner for matriculation years 1957, 1972, 1982, 1992 6.30pm Drinks in the Principal’s Lodge 7.30pm Dinner in College Hall www.newn.cam.ac.uk/roll Pembroke College Friday 21 September 7pm Foundress’ Feast for members who matriculated between 1977 and 1979. By invitation of the Master and Fellows Saturday 22 September 7pm Alumni Weekend Dinner (all College members and their families who purchase a place)

Sunday 23 September 11:45am Alumni Weekend Drinks Party (all College members and families) www.pem.ac.uk/ alumdev/alumni/events Peterhouse Saturday 22 September Self Service cold buffet for Petreans and spouses attending the weekend. 6.45pm Pre-buffet drinks in the Master’s Lodge 7.30pm Buffet service www.pet.ac.uk/petreans Queens’ College Friday 21st to Sunday 23rd September 10am to 4.30pm College and College Shop open to all alumni. Enter via the Visitor Gate in Queens’ Lane and present your CAMCard. Entry fees may be charged for more than one guest (please see www.queens.cam. ac.uk/general-information/touristinformation). A tour of the College may be arranged with Cambridge Tourist Office. www.queens.cam.ac.uk

Robinson College Saturday 22 September 4 – 5pm Welcome Tea 7 – 7:30pm Drinks Receptions 7:30pm Reunion Dinner Sunday 23 September 9 – 10:30am Pegasus Brunch 9:45am Garden Tour www.robinson.cam.ac.uk/ alumni2/viewnews.php Selwyn College Saturday 22 September Selwyn Alumni Association AGM and Dinner. All Selwyn alumni and guests are welcome. Those who matriculated in 2002 are particularly encouraged to attend to celebrate 10 years since matriculation. 5:30pm Choral Evensong, 6:30pm Selwyn Alumni Association Annual General Meeting 7pm Drinks Reception 7:30pm Dinner www.sel.cam.ac.uk/alumni

40 Sidney Sussex College Saturday 22 September Alumni Reunion for those who matriculated in 1974, 1975 and 1976. 4:30 – 5:30pm Afternoon Tea plus tour of the College with the Porters. 7pm Pre-dinner drinks in the Master’s Lodge. 7:30pm Dinner in Hall Sunday 23 September 12 - 4pm Alumni Decade Reunion Lunch for those who matriculated in 1990-1999. www.sid.cam.ac.uk St Catharine’s College Saturday 22 September Society Annual Reunion for all alumni, partners and associate members. 2:30pm Recital, Chapel 3:30pm Afternoon tea 4:15pm Annual General Meeting 6:15pm Evensong, Chapel 7pm Drinks, SCR 7:30pm Society Reunion Dinner, Hall Sunday 23 September 8 – 9:45am Breakfast, Hall 9am Holy Communion, Chapel 12:30 – 1:30pm Buffet lunch www.caths.cam.ac.uk/events

41 St Edmund’s College Saturday 22 September 5pm Alumni Society AGM 6pm Concert 7pm Reception 7:30pm Dinner

Trinity Hall Saturday 22 September 6.30pm Trinity Hall Association Annual General Meeting 7pm Trinity Hall Association Annual Cambridge Dinner www.trinhall.cam.ac.uk/ alumni/events

Sunday 23 September 10.30am Commemoration of Benefactors www.st-edmunds.cam.ac.uk

Wolfson College Saturday 22 September Reunion day and dinner for matriculation years 1967, 1972, 1977, 1982, 1987, 1992, 1997, 2002. 2pm Lecture: “Notes on the Synthesis of Music” by Dr. Sam Aaron 3pm Afternoon Tea 4pm President’s Tour of the College 7pm for 7.30pm Dinner (black tie; full details have been sent with the invitation) www.wolfson.cam.ac.uk/alumni

St John’s College Saturday 22 September Johnian Society Day 3:30pm Tea and Coffee, 4:00pm Lecture by Heather Hancock (1984), Lead Partner for London 2012 at Deloitte, 7:15 – 7:45pm The AGM and Annual Dinner www.john.cam.ac.uk/johnians Trinity College Sunday 23 September 11.30am - 5pm Eighth Annual Members Luncheon, including a recital by the choir, afternoon activities and tea. www.trin.cam.ac.uk

Time to spare? Whether you’re in town often or haven’t been back for years, you’ll know that Cambridge never loses its charm. If you find yourself with free time between events, there are plenty of ways to while it away, using your CAMCard to open doors and explore the city.

Relax • Enjoy 20% off punting with Scudamore’s • Use your CAMCard to stroll through the Colleges • Visit Heffers bookshop in Trinity Street, using your CAMCard to receive a 10% discount. Heffers will also be at the Law Faculty on Saturday with a range of publications relating to the lectures and events. If you’re free in the evenings, the Cambridge Arts Theatre will be showing Tom Kempinski’s Duet for One www.cambridgeartstheatre.com. Alternatively enjoy performances by Robert Lloyd Parry of the MR James Trilogy at the atmospheric Leper Chapel in Newmarket Road on Friday, Saturday and Sunday at 8pm. Full details can be found at www.nunkie.co.uk

Explore Throughout 2012 a series of Olympic-themed walking tours will showcase Cambridge sporting heritage. www.walkcam2012.co.uk

Visit The Fitzwilliam Museum.You’ll get the opportunity to experience some of the collections at the Opening Reception, but there will be plenty else to see over the weekend www.fitzmuseum.cam.ac.uk There are also numerous other museums you might like to explore; see www.visitcambridge.org for further information.

Eat in town The following city centre restaurants offer discounts to CAMCard holders over Alumni Weekend. Please book in advance if possible. The Cambridge Chop Houses (King’s Parade and St John’s Chophouse) + 44 (0)1223 359506 www.chophouses.co.uk Riverside Brasserie & Twist Bar at Doubletree Hilton +44 (0)1223 259937 www.doubletreecambridge.com

Eat at the University Centre Grads Café, offering a range of sandwiches, baguettes and cakes. Open 9am – 9pm The Main Dining Hall, self-service cafeteria and deli bar. Open 12.15pm – 2pm The Riverside Restaurant, a-la-carte restaurant with a beautiful view over the river and Mill Pond. Open 12.30pm – 2pm and 6.30pm – 11pm (last orders 9pm) To book: +44 (0)1223 337759 The Granta Lounge, for coffee, cakes or an evening meal. Open 9am – 10pm; dinner between 5pm – 7pm. www.unicen.cam.ac.uk

Where to eat on Saturday

Planning your trip

Complimentary tea and coffee will be provided in the marquee on the Sidgwick Site throughout Saturday. For those who wish to remain on the Sidgwick Site for the whole day, the best option is to pre-book a packed lunch which will be available to pick up from the marquee.

Enjoy a choice of • • • •

Egg mayonnaise and cress sandwich Honey roasted ham and wholegrain mustard mayonnaise salad sandwich Coronation chicken sandwich Ploughman’s salad including a wedge of Cheddar, Brie and Stilton, mixed leaf salad, homemade coleslaw and bread roll.

Each lunch also includes: a bottled drink; a piece of homemade cake; and a homemade lemon posset dessert. If you have pre-booked lunch, you can collect your lunch voucher from the Help Desk on Friday or Saturday morning.

Cost £7.95 The Sidgwick Buttery will be open for light refreshments on Saturday from 8.30am – 5.30pm

Accommodation

Parking

Public Transport

Get up to 15% off accommodation at local hotels with your CAMCard. Visit www.alumni.cam.ac.uk/ benefits/camcard/accommodation/ for more details. Further information on where to stay can be found at www.visit.cambridge. org or obtained by ringing Tourist Information: (UK residents) 08712268006 or (from overseas) + 44 (0)1223464732. A number of colleges are also offering accommodation: see www.alumni.cam.ac.uk/weekend.

Parking facilities in Cambridge are very restricted and visitors are advised to use public transport.

Buses

September is a very busy time in Cambridge, so it is advisable to book early. Colleges in particular need to be contacted as far in advance as possible, as they will be accommodating reunion dinners.

Access Many tours are wheelchair accessible but some may involve a lot of walking, standing or climbing of stairs. If you are a wheelchair user or have serious mobility issues please contact the Cambridge Alumni Relations Office for further access information or visit the website.

Venues with parking are mentioned under the individual entries in this programme. If there is no mention of parking in the ‘other information’ paragraph, there is no parking available. You can reserve a parking space in advance at the University Park & Cycle facility which is located at the West Cambridge Site, off Clerk Maxwell Road (approx 30 minutes walk from the city centre) at a cost of £15.00 for three days. Please select this option at the time of booking and note it is not compulsory to cycle. The barriers will operate from 8pm to 8am during which time cars can depart but cannot enter the site. Cars can be left overnight. Please visit www.cambridge.gov. uk/ccm/navigation/transport-andstreets/car-parks for full details of parking in Cambridge including maps and tariffs.

For information about Park and Ride, see www.parkandride.net/cambridge Further information about city centre buses can be found on the Stagecoach website: www.stagecoachbus.com Trains There is a regular express service between London Kings Cross and Cambridge (or see www.nationalrail.co.uk for detailed information about all services. The railway station is approximately 1.5miles from the City Centre.

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The following locations do not appear on these maps. To find them, please check the University Official Map at www.cam.ac.uk/map, or pick up a map from the CARO Help Desk.

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Faculty of Divinity Faculty of Economics, Austin Robinson Building Lady Mitchell Hall Faculty of Law Little Hall

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ADC Theatre 2 Botanic Garden 3 Bridge on Silver Street 4 Cambridge University Press Bookshop HERS CHEL 5 Churchill College ROAD West Court 6 Clare Hall College (Clare Hall) 7 Department of Chemical Engineering and Biotechnology – New Museums Site 8 Emmanuel College 9 Faculty of English, West Road 10 Fitzwilliam Museum 11 Great St Mary’s Church 12 CRANM Guildhall, Market Square ER R O A D 13 Hughes Hall College RI V E 14 Jesus College 15 Judge Business School 16 King’s College Chapel, King’s College PINEHURST 17 Lucy Cavendish College Corpus Christi 18 Sports Murray Edwards College College Ground 19 Museum of Archaeology and Anthropology 20 Museum of Classical Archaeology 21 Newnham College SPENS S E LW Y N A GA R DE NS 22 NewV EMuseums Site – Shell Building 23 Round Church, Bridge Street STUK E L E Y 24 C L P Selwyn College EARC E 25 Sidney Sussex College 26 Trinity Hall College & Trinity Lane 27 University Library N R O 28 A D Robinson College

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How to book Booking

Costs

Cancellations

Booking will open at 10.00am on Monday 23 July and will close at 10am on Monday 10 September.

Weekend registration (covering all lectures and tours*) for the whole Alumni Weekend: £70

Online Booking Visit our website www.alumni.cam.ac.uk/weekend

Weekend registration for those who matriculated in or after 1999: £55

Refunds will only be given if cancellation is received by 5.00pm on Monday 10 September. Please let us know if you will be unable to attend, no matter how late, as there are always people waiting for places. Certain events have very strict capacities and are incredibly popular.

Single day registration: £50 Postal Bookings Please download the booking form from our website or contact the Alumni Office to receive a copy by post. Postal bookings will be accepted prior to, but not processed until 13 August. One third of all tickets for each event are reserved for postal bookings until this date. Telephone Bookings Unfortunately we are unable to accept telephone bookings. On the day Visit the Alumni Relations Office at 1 Quayside, Bridge Street on Friday and Sunday; and at the Law Faculty Building on Saturday - but places will be limited. Places are limited so book early to avoid disappointment. All events are subject to availability. There are no booking fees and your options will be confirmed as soon as your booking is complete.

12 – 18 year olds accompanying an adult are free. If you wish to bring more than 2 children please contact the Alumni Relations Office Single lectures and tours (max 3) £15. Bookable on the day or online, only between 3 – 10 September. * Events which incur an additional fee are detailed in the programme.

Whilst every effort is made to carry out the programme as advertised, all events are subject to change or cancellation.

Cambridge Alumni Relations Office (CARO) University of Cambridge 1 Quayside Bridge Street Cambridge CB5 8AB +44 (0)1223 332288 events@alumni.cam.ac.uk www.alumni.cam.ac.uk/weekend #CamWeekend

See you next year Alumni Weekend 2013 will be held between 27 â&#x20AC;&#x201C; 29 September