Cambridge Festival of Ideas 2019 programme

Mon 14 Oct – Sun 27 Oct 2019

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Explore this year’s theme of change festivalofideas camideasfest I #CamIdeasFest

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If nothing is constant except change itself, then what does change really mean?

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Whether it is the changing political map, the changing climate, or broader changes in society, change challenges us to look at how we deal with the past and the future.

And sometimes it is not what changes but how we change – as individuals, nations and societies – that tells us most about ourselves.

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Join us to discuss, debate and discover the many ways we look at change.

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YOKO ONO: LOOKING FOR... ARISING AND MEND PIECE This exhibition at the Ruskin Gallery explores themes of violence and healing, and features an early and a recent participatory installation by Yoko Ono. Exhibition curated

by Gabriella Daris.

10AM – 4.30PM � ONGOING to FRI 1 NOV � WEEKDAYS ONLY Ruskin Gallery, Anglia Ruskin University, East Road, CB1 1PT SEE ALSO Related exhibition Related talk P.30 Related event P.45

YOKO ONO: LOOKING FOR... PIECES FROM GRAPEFRUIT AND OTHER WORKS A selection of 36 works from Yoko Ono’s Grapefruit (1964/1971) as well as other selected works. This exhibition is part of Yoko Ono: looking for… a multi site exhibition across the city of Cambridge in 2019. Exhibition hosted by ‘Art at the Alison Richard Building’ 10AM – 4.30PM � ONGOING to FRI 1 NOV � WEEKDAYS ONLY 10AM – 5PM � SAT 19 OCT All floors, Alison Richard Building, Sidgwick Site, 7 West Road, CB3 9DP SEE ALSO Related exhibition Related talk P.30 Related event P.45

Yoko Ono performing Cut Piece (1964) at Carnegie Recital Hall, New York City. March 25, 1965 © Minoru Niizuma C Yoko Ono

6 DIALA BRISLY ART EXHIBITION: WAR THROUGH CHILDREN’S EYES A joyously vibrant and unnervingly raw exhibition

by Paris-based artist Diala Brisly, who fled Syria in 2013.

Her work tells the stories of four Syrian children, and their hopes in contrast to how life has turned out. Join us for the launch and a view of this arresting and thought-provoking work at 6.30pm – 7.30pm on Monday 14 October.

8AM – 5PM � MON 14 OCT to SAT 26 OCT � CLOSED SUNDAYS Michaelhouse Café, St Michael’s Church, Trinity Street, CB2 1SU

THE RISING TIDE: WOMEN AT CAMBRIDGE Part of Rise: Women at Cambridge programme, this exhibition focuses on the lived experience of women at Cambridge, the fight for equal educational rights and the careers of women who shaped the institution and the world. This story is told through costumes, letters and audio-visual material.

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9AM – 6.30PM � MON 14 OCT to FRI 25 OCT 9AM – 4.30PM � SAT 19 OCT and SAT 26 OCT � CLOSED SUNDAYS Milstein Exhibition Centre, Cambridge University Library, West Road, CB3 9DR

ROCK CHYPPS An exhibition co-curated with the City Council’s Children and Young People’s Participatory Services.

It features a selection of rocks and fossils from the collections of local children brought along to the ChYpPs Big Wednesday events.

10AM – 4PM � MON 14 OCT to SAT 26 OCT Sedgwick Museum of Earth Sciences, Department of Earth Sciences, Downing Street, CB2 3EQ

HEAVENLY HARMONY AND DISCORD IN QUEENS’ OLD LIBRARY An exhibition of books and manuscripts that embody the role of music as an agent of change, in the groundbreaking advances that shook religion and learning, in early modern Cambridge. Join us for a 15-min curator’s talk at 1.30pm on Wednesday 16 and 23 October.

1.30PM – 4.30PM � MON 14 OCT to FRI 25 OCT � WEEKDAYS ONLY Old Library, Queens’ College, Silver Street, CB3 9ET SEE ALSO Related talk and tour P.33

BOOK PRODUCTION: TRADITIONS AND INNOVATIONS An exhibition that reveals fascinating changes in printing and bookbinding from the 15th century to the present day.

2PM – 4PM � MON 14 OCT to SAT 26 OCT Second Court, Pepys Library, Magdalene College, CB3 0AG

RISE: INSPIRATIONAL WOMEN As part of Cambridge University Library’s Rise: Women at Cambridge programme, we asked a variety of former and current Cambridge students and staff to nominate a woman associated with the University who has inspired them. See their choices at this special pop-up exhibition.

3PM – 6PM � MON 14 OCT to FRI 25 OCT � WEEKDAYS ONLY Main Hall, St John’s College Old Divinity School, All Saints Passage, CB2 1TP

7 TEA TIME TOURS OF THE SEDGWICK MUSEUM The Sedgwick Museum celebrates the Festival of Ideas and Earth Science Week with an exciting series of short informal teatime tours.

5PM – 6PM � TUE 15 OCT to FRI 18 OCT Sedgwick Museum of Earth Sciences, Department of Earth Sciences, Downing Street, CB2 3EQ

BUREAU OF CHANGE An art exhibition by Idit Elia Nathan and Sarah Wood. In a freed-up art space, we offer time to reflect on the times we live in, and to consider the role that art can play in transformation.

6PM – 9PM � FRI 18 OCT 2PM – 5PM � SAT 19 OCT to SUN 27 OCT � CLOSED MONDAYS � � & TUESDAYS Cambridge ArtWorks, 5 Green’s Road, CB4 3EF

POP-UP WORLD OF LANGUAGES Join us on a journey to uncover the hidden treasures of languages through our family-friendly, handson activities and games.

Languages are fun and all around us – come and be inspired! Presented by Multilingualism: Empowering Individuals, Transforming Societies project.

10AM – 5PM � SAT 19 OCT to SAT 26 OCT 11AM – 5PM � SUN 20 OCT and SUN 27 OCT

METAMORPHOSIS: EXHIBITION An exhibition of work by local artists Colin Whitworth and Simon Draper, who transform pieces of technology into art, poetry and music.

10AM – 5PM � WED 23 OCT to SUN 27 OCT Cambridge Museum of Technology, The Old Pumping Station, Cheddars Lane, CB5 8LD SEE ALSO Related workshop P.49 Normal museum admission

‘Escape the Grafton’ on Ground Floor, The Grafton Centre, CB1 1PS

LEONARDO DA VINCI 500 YEARS ON: VISIONS OF FUTURE IMAGINARIES An exhibition celebrating the technical imaginaries of Leonardo da Vinci on the 500th anniversary of his death. The exhibition features reproductions of da Vinci’s portfolios from the Ambrosiana Library in Milan and an interactive art installation exploring future imaginaries of sense and technique.

9AM – 7PM � MON 21 OCT to FRI 25 OCT Plinths and TV screen in the atrium, Alison Richard Building, Sidgwick Site, 7 West Road, CB3 9DP

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PreMon 14 Festival Oct MISS JEBB REVISITS MILL ROAD An evening of fact and fiction, drama and poetry as we walk down Mill Road with Eglantyne Jebb, one of the first people ever to describe it.

7.30PM – 9PM � THU 10 OCT Ross Street Community Centre, Ross Street, CB1 3UZ

HOW DOES WORK PLAY A ROLE IN MENTAL HEALTH? Where we work impacts our mental fitness and wellbeing, with repercussions for other areas of our lives. How can different types of work environments – including academic – affect our mental health, and what could be done to provide support for those with mental health problems in the workplace?

Followed by drinks and canapés.

Presented with RAND Europe.

6PM – 7.15PM � MON 14 OCT St John’s College Old Divinity School, All Saints Passage, CB2 1TP

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Tue 15 Oct GANDHI, KING & MANDELA: FROM ‘NATION’ TO GLOBE? Join Philip Powell as he discusses three ordinary men from India, the USA and South Africa who fought against colonialism and racism because they lived the ideals of universal values and changed the world for the better.

RETHINKING DEATH & DYING: MUSLIM PERSPECTIVES ON END OF LIFE CARE The Centre of Islamic Studies presents a thought-provoking discussion on end of life care within the National Health Service, and the need for researching views and perspectives from minority groups.

MEAT AND POTATOES: CHANGING DIETS FOR CHANGING TIMES? Good or bad, sustainable or not? It takes multiple perspectives to capture the scientific, cultural and political reasons why we eat the way we do, and what future diets might look like. Could different perspectives help to change our views and habits?

2PM – 5PM � TUE 15 OCT

5.30PM – 6.45PM � TUE 15 OCT

King’s College, King’s Parade, CB2 1ST

Auditorium, Sainsbury Laboratory, 47 Bateman Street, CB2 1LR

12.30PM – 1.30PM � TUE 15 OCT The Jubilee Lounge, The Jubilee Centre, St Andrew’s House, 59 St Andrew’s Street, CB2 3BZ

COMMUNICATING AND INTERPRETING CHANGE: THE ARCHAEOLOGY OF RADICAL RELIGIOUS REFORM IN THE ANCIENT EGYPTIAN AMARNA PERIOD Around 1350 BC the Pharaoh Akhenaten replaced the traditional Egyptian pantheon with an apparently monotheistic religion focused on the sun. This talk explores how and why he did this.

1PM – 2PM � TUE 15 OCT

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Seminar Room, McDonald Institute for Archaeological Research, Downing Street, CB2 3ER

IS RELIGION A FORCE FOR POSITIVE CHANGE? Muslim, Christian and Jewish thought leaders discuss to what extent religion can contribute to positive change, using examples of success, without ignoring its failings.

5PM – 7PM � TUE 15 OCT Woolf Institute, Madingley Road, CB3 0UB

THE IDEA OF EUROPE: THE HISTORY OF AN IDEA The nature and future of Europe has become one of the critical questions of our time. But what exactly do we mean when we refer to ‘Europe’? Prof. Shane Weller, University of Kent, believes the long history of the idea of Europe provides some fascinating answers to the question.

6PM – 7PM � TUE 15 OCT St John’s College Old Divinity School, All Saints Passage, CB2 1TP

11 HOUSEHOLDS OF THE FUTURE: WILL SHARING OUR HOME BE THE NEW NORM? Researchers from the Cambridge Centre for Housing and Planning Research have been looking at how the way we live is changing. Join CCHPR and special guests for a lively debate on multigenerational living, cohousing and life as a digital nomad. Followed by drinks and canapés.

SIR HERMANN BONDI MEMORIAL LECTURE: AUTISM, NEURODIVERSITY AND SOCIETAL CHANGE The concept of ‘neurodiversity’ is a framework for appreciating the way in which autistic people experience the world and adjust to change, and for eliminating stigma around autism. Prof. Simon BaronCohen discusses how we as a society can make the world more autism friendly.

6PM – 7.45PM � TUE 15 OCT

6.30PM – 8PM � TUE 15 OCT

The Old Kitchens, Queens’ College, Silver Street, CB3 9ET

St John’s College Fisher Building, St John’s Street, CB2 1TP

WHEN SCHOOLING KILLS: FACTORY SCHOOLS AND THE MISSION AGAINST DIVERSITY Survival International, the global movement for tribal peoples, uncovers the hidden costs of a universal compulsory, mainstream schooling. Two million tribal children are in Factory Schools where they are stripped of their indigenous identity and indoctrinated to conform to dominant society.

NATURE’S RECOVERY: CHANGING HOW WE THINK ABOUT CONSERVATION It’s a precarious time for people and nature, but a shift in how we think about biodiversity conservation is creating positive change.

Join experts from Cambridge Conservation Initiative and the National Trust’s Wicken Fen to explore how restoring nature at the landscape scale can benefit us all.

6.30PM – 7.30PM � TUE 15 OCT

7PM – 9PM � TUE 15 OCT

Faculty of Education, 184 Hills Road, CB2 8PQ

Seminar Room, David Attenborough Building, New Museums Site, CB2 3QZ

SCREAMING QUEENS: THE RIOT AT COMPTON’S CAFETERIA Film screening documenting the tumultuous birth of the gay liberation movement.

Screaming Queens tells a less well-known story of queer resistance in San Francisco’s Tenderloin district.

7PM – 10PM � TUE 15 OCT Bateman Auditorium, Gonville and Caius College, Trinity Street, CB2 1TA

BEHIND THE RINGPULL: UNDERSTANDING INDUSTRY INFLUENCE ON WHAT WE KNOW ABOUT HEALTH AND NUTRITION Prof. David Stuckler and Sarah Steele explore the levels of influence industry exercises over what we know about health and nutrition, revealing the network of influence that controls what the public comes to know about our food and drink.

7.30PM – 9PM � TUE 15 OCT Frankopan Hall, West Court, Jesus College, Jesus Lane, CB5 8BJ

12 DANCES, DIRGES AND DEVOTIONS: OLD AND NEW MUSIC FOR EARLY INSTRUMENTS Performing music from the 1600s to the contemporary, we show how composers continue, extend and challenge the musical legacy of the past. With Francis Knights (narrator), Janet Wheeler (harpsichord), the Maestral Ensemble (recorders), La Dolce Gamba (viols) and singers from Fitzwilliam College.

7.30PM – 9PM � TUE 15 OCT Auditorium, Fitzwilliam College, Storey’s Way, CB3 0DG

Wed 16 Oct ART ROCKS Multisensory storytelling for preschoolers exploring how rocks and stones in the Fitzwilliam Museum have been changed over time, by nature and by humans. Get creative with paints to transform a pebble yourself too! This event is a collaboration with the Sedgwick Museum.

Suitable for ages 2-5 and their carers.

10AM – 11.30AM � WED 16 OCT Meet at the Courtyard Entrance, Fitzwilliam Museum, Trumpington Street, CB2 1RB

CITY OF REFUGE: A WALKING TOUR OF WARTIME CAMBRIDGE Join Theodor Dunkelgrün and Aaron Kachuck for a walking tour of WWII Cambridge as a city of refuge. Our interactive tour tells stories of academics, Nobel Laureates, children and artists who fled Fascist Europe, and the Colleges and families that welcomed them in.

10AM – NOON 1PM – 3PM 2PM – 4PM � WED 16 OCT and THU 17 OCT 10AM – NOON � FRI 18 OCT WEEK ONE

Trinity College, Trinity Street, CB2 1TQ

FROM THE EXOTIC TO THE EVERYDAY: CHANGING ATTITUDES TO THE PINEAPPLE An illustrated discussion on the theme of change, in the context of our autumn exhibition, Feast and Fast: The Art of Food in Europe, 1500–1800, opening to the public on 26 November.

Entry by token, available from the courtyard entrance from 12.45pm. First come first served.

1.15PM – 2PM � WED 16 OCT Fitzwilliam Museum, Trumpington Street, CB2 1RB

CHANGE AND THE BRITISH ECONOMY For Y12 & Y13 students studying economics or related subjects. Take a series of decisions on government spending, taxation and monetary policy over ‘10 years’. Prof. Tony Cockerill guides this team game discussing the relevance of results to current economic analysis and policy formation.

1.30PM – 5.15PM � WED 16 OCT and THU 17 OCT Meade Room, Austin Robinson Building, Faculty of Economics, Sidgwick Avenue, CB3 9DD

13 MOTHER TONGUE OTHER TONGUE CELEBRATION With poems performed by the winning poets, and featuring a Slam Poetry session led by champion Slam Poet Joelle Taylor.

4PM – 8PM � WED 16 OCT Murray Edwards College, Huntingdon Road, CB3 0DF

FINDING SHELTER, DEFINING SHELTER What is shelter for you? One of the most vital concerns for refugees is where to find a safe and stable space in which to take sanctuary. Our panel explores the roles of architecture, engineering, anthropology and more to improve refugee shelter, and question the nature of shelter itself.

4.30PM – 6PM � WED 16 OCT Frankopan Hall, West Court, Jesus College, Jesus Lane, CB5 8BJ

CHANGING THE STORY? WOMEN AND LEADERSHIP Popular explanations for women’s absence from leadership stand on empirically contested ground. Heide Baumann challenges our common sense-making about the path to parity at the top.

Event co-organised by the Faculty of Modern and Medieval Languages and Linguistics, and Cambridge University Library. Supported by the Equality and Diversity Office.

5.30PM – 6.30PM � WED 16 OCT

AI: LIFE IN THE AGE OF INTELLIGENT MACHINES Researchers from the Leverhulme Centre for Future Intelligence and the Centre for the Study of Existential Risk discuss the far-reaching advances offered by artificial intelligence and consider the consequences of systems that think far beyond human abilities. Includes screening of a short film.

6PM – 7.30PM � WED 16 OCT St John’s College Old Divinity School, All Saints Passage, CB2 1TP

Milstein Seminar Rooms, Cambridge University Library, West Road, CB3 9DR

THE TRANSFORMATION OF THE MUSEUM Former museum director, Sir Charles Saumarez Smith, explores changes in how museums have been designed, managed and built in the post-war period, drawing on his experience at the V&A, National Portrait Gallery and National Gallery, and as Secretary and Chief Executive of the Royal Academy of Arts.

6PM – 7PM � WED 16 OCT Lee Hall, Wolfson College, Barton Road, CB3 9BB

FROM CLIMATE CHANGE SCIENCE TO RADICAL ACTION The consensus on climate change is clear so how do we get everyone on board for the kind of radical action required to save the planet? With writer Hugh Warwick, composer Lola Perrin, conservation expert Prof. Bhaskar Vira and Laura Diaz Anadon, Prof. of Climate Change Policy.

Chaired by Alison Greig.

6PM – 7.30PM � WED 16 OCT St John’s College Fisher Building, St John’s Street, CB2 1TP

14 JUST A MARMOT Visit the Museum of Zoology for quiz-show fun as scientists are pitted against each other to talk about animal topics without hesitation, repetition or deviation.

6PM – 7.30PM � WED 16 OCT Museum of Zoology, Downing Street, CB2 3EJ

LIFE AFTER BRAIN CANCER: LIVING OR SURVIVING We discuss some of the possible side effects of brain cancer treatment, and explore what risks patients are prepared to take to survive. We hear from experts including a neurosurgeon and a patient representative, and get their insights on the cost patients are willing to pay to survive the disease.

6PM – 8PM � WED 16 OCT Fitzpatrick Hall, Queens’ College, Silver Street, CB3 9ET

A PLAYFUL LIFE: EXPLORING PLAY AND GAMES IN ADULTHOOD As children, we all play.

But what about as adults?

Researcher and game designer Dave Neale argues that play is still part of adult life. He addresses questions like: Is play still important in adulthood? What forms does it take? And perhaps most importantly: How do I live more playfully?

MATHS ANXIETY – CAUSES, CONSEQUENCES AND CURES Of all school subjects, maths is perhaps most likely to provoke fear and anxiety. In this talk, Charlie Gilderdale and Alison Kiddle, from the NRICH Mathematics Project, explore maths anxiety and invite the audience to challenge the accepted narrative about what it means to be good at mathematics.

6.30PM – 7.30PM � WED 16 OCT

6.30PM – 7.30PM � WED 16 OCT

GS4, Donald McIntyre Building, Faculty of Education, 184 Hills Road, CB2 8PQ

Lecture Room 2, Mill Lane Lecture Rooms, 8 Mill Lane, CB2 1RX

A SILENT KILLER: THE UNDERRECOGNISED ROLE OF ENVIRONMENTAL FACTORS IN NONCOMMUNICABLE DISEASES It is well known that common preventable risk factors, such as unhealthy diets and physical inactivity, are associated with non-communicable diseases (NCDs). But what about environmental factors? Join the Department of Public Health and Primary Care to discuss how the environment can impact NCDs in a Bangladeshi context.

TIMEBANKING: THE SHARING ECONOMY WHICH CREATES HAPPINESS Time is our most precious resource. Find out how Cambridgeshire’s 10 Timebanks create positive social change through the exchange of time – from gardening and companionship, to learning a new language!

6.30PM – 7.30PM � WED 16 OCT

WEEK ONE

Lecture Room 1, Mill Lane Lecture Rooms, 8 Mill Lane, CB2 1RX

7PM – 8.15PM � WED 16 OCT Council Chamber, Shire Hall, Castle Hill, CB3 0AP

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UNIVERSITY LIBRARY Dr Lucy Delap, Reader in Modern British and Gender History, and Dr Ben Griffin, Lecturer in Modern British History In 1912, the Ladies Committee of the Cambridge University Music Society (CUMS) started a mini revolution. They had put forward a women’s suffrage resolution to the Society earlier in the year, which the minutes record ‘met with a somewhat chilly reception.’ By the end of the year, the Ladies Committee protested that ‘their functions were so ill-defined and were necessarily so restricted that there seemed no need for such a committee to exist.’ They voted to dissolve themselves, and thus force women onto the core CUMS executive. These tensions, and the women’s canny strategies of subversion, illustrate the determination of Cambridge University women to force change, and also the obstacles they faced.

Cambridge was the slowest university in Britain to incorporate women as students: they were unable to gain full degrees until 1948, and numbers were officially restricted until 1987. Cambridge women, however, had long contested their exclusion. 2019 sees a range of anniversaries of women’s campaigning – 150 years since the founding of Girton as Cambridge’s first women’s College; 100 years since the Sex Discrimination (Removal) Act made it possible to admit women to degrees (though it took Cambridge another 29 years

to act); 20 years since the Athena Project and Women in Science, Engineering and Technology Initiative set out to find out why so few women were thriving in STEM subjects.

In Michaelmas 2019, the University Library will host an exhibition, The Rising Tide: Women at Cambridge University, to mark the experiences of women. The exhibition spans women students, lecturers, bedmakers, secretaries, Heads of Colleges, gardeners, librarians and many other roles. The 2019 Festival of Ideas includes events that celebrate women’s contributions within the University, ask why change was so slow and showcase today’s campaigns.

RELATED EVENTS THE RISING TIDE: WOMEN AT CAMBRIDGE Cambridge University Library PAGE 6 RISE: INSPIRATIONAL WOMEN St John’s College, Old Divinity School PAGE 6 Varied times throughout the Festival

16 TEATRO DE GUERRA / THEATRE OF WAR Theatre of War follows six veterans from the Malvinas / Falklands War (1982). Almost 35 years after the conflict, three British and three Argentine veterans spent months together sharing their war memories and reenacting their experiences alongside one another. Film screening followed by Q&A. 7PM – 9.30PM � WED 16 OCT Room SG1, Alison Richard Building, Sidgwick Site, 7 West Road, CB3 9DT

CHANGING HEARTS AND MINDS: RELIGIOUS CONVERSIONS FROM ANTIQUITY TO THE REFORMATION Sophie Lunn-Rockliffe, Giles Waller and Daniel Weiss considers the many ways in which conversion has been experienced, narrated and ratified in different religious cultures, spanning early Christianity, rabbinic Judaism and the Protestant Reformation.

7.30PM – 9PM � WED 16 OCT

Thu 17 Oct CITY OF REFUGE: A WALKING TOUR OF WARTIME CAMBRIDGE For event details see P.12 10AM – NOON 1PM – 3PM 2PM – 4PM � THU 17 OCT 10AM – NOON � FRI 18 OCT

Faculty of Divinity, West Road, Sidgwick Site, CB3 9BS

THE IDEAS SPECTRUM AT THE FESTIVAL OF IDEAS Join us for an informal, entertaining and stimulating celebration of diversity within the arts, humanities and social sciences. This is your chance to hear from Cambridge’s LGBT+ researchers as they talk about their work and their experiences of being out in academia.

TALKING POLITICS: LIVE! Politics has never been more unpredictable, more alarming or more interesting. Talking Politics is the podcast that tries to make sense of the political moment we’re living in. Join us, just a couple of weeks before Brexit. We guarantee it’ll be a fascinating way to spend an evening...

7PM – 10PM � WED 16 OCT

8PM – 9.30PM � WED 16 OCT

CUC Wine Bar, Cambridge University Centre, Granta Place, CB2 1RU

Cambridge Junction, Clifton Way, CB1 7GX Pay what you feel, from £2.50

THE FATE OF THE NEANDERTHALS The Neanderthals, our evolutionary cousins, became extinct around 40,000 years ago, just as we arrived on the scene in Eurasia – coincidence? Was this one of the earliest human-led extinctions? With Emma Pomeroy and Prof. Graeme Parker.

1PM – 2PM � THU 17 OCT Henry Wellcome Building, Fitzwilliam Street, CB2 1QH

WEEK ONE

17 CHANGE AND THE BRITISH ECONOMY For event details see P.12 1.30PM – 5.15PM � THU 17 OCT

WHITHER THE GLOBALISTS? THE CHANGING IMAGINARIES OF ‘THE GLOBAL’ AND WHAT THIS MEANS FOR TRANSNATIONAL SOLIDARITY Referring to the recent critique of ‘globalists’, this talk traces the changing imaginaries of globality during the last decades and how they have been influencing the perceptions about ‘our’ responsibility towards ‘others’ in surprising ways.

5.30PM – 6.30PM � THU 17 OCT Room S1, Alison Richard Building, Sidgwick Site, 7 West Road, CB3 9DP

ENVIRONMENTAL JUSTICE: ED MILIBAND AND EMILY SHUCKBURGH IN CONVERSATION Environmental justice may be the defining issue of the next decade as we attempt to respond to the most pressing challenges facing society, tackling the dual problems of climate change and wider economic and social injustice.

There are no easy answers, but failing to respond is not an option.

6PM – 7PM � THU 17 OCT Babbage Lecture Theatre, New Museums Site, Downing Street, CB2 3RS

GOD IS DEAD? AN INTRODUCTION TO THE PHILOSOPHY OF RELIGION For many of us, religion is about blind faith. But for philosophers of religion, faith can be debated using actual arguments. JD Lyonhart surveys such ‘rational’ arguments for and against the existence of God, inquiring if God is really dead or not.

6PM – 7PM � THU 17 OCT St Edward King and Martyr Church, Peas Hill, CB2 3PP

MAROON NATION: THE HISTORY OF REVOLUTIONARY HAITI Johnhenry Gonzalez discusses his new book on the history of Haiti and how the country went from the most profitable slave colony to the site of the only successful slave revolt in modern times.

6PM – 7PM � THU 17 OCT St John’s College Old Divinity School, All Saints Passage, CB2 1TP

“MORE USUAL WAS IT THAT…”: DEPICTING CHANGE IN MEDIEVAL WELSH LITERATURE A talk exploring how change is depicted in medieval Welsh literature through two examples, one of rapid, catastrophic change, and one of slow, inevitable, infinitesimal change.

6PM – 7PM � THU 17 OCT G-R06/07, Faculty of English, 9 West Road, CB3 9DP

18 WHEN WAS REPRODUCTION INVENTED? From abortion to climate crisis, intimate experiences to planetary policy, reproduction presents urgent challenges today. Taking a long view, this debate asks when and how reproduction as we know it was made. Panel: Rebecca Flemming, Prof.

Susan Golombok, Prof. Nick Hopwood and Prof. Lauren Kassell. Chaired by Prof. Jim Secord.

IXCANUL Ixcanul is a film about an active volcano close to where teenage María lives with her parents in a small Kaqchikel village. They grow coffee, isolated from a globalised world. The film portrays indigenous Guatemalans and their relationship with the USA, immigration and globalisation. Film screening followed by Q&A.

6PM – 7.30PM � THU 17 OCT

Cynthia Beerbower Room, Dorothy Garrod Building, Newnham College, Sidgwick Avenue, CB3 9DF

St John’s College Fisher Building, St John’s Street, CB2 1TP

CREATIVE CONNECTIONS: PORTRAITS OF WOMEN SCIENTISTS AND ARTISTS

BY ANNE-KATRIN PURKISS Anne-Katrin Purkiss shares her experience of photographing artists and scientists for over 30 years.

She is joined by an artist and scientist to discuss the creative aspects that are essential to their practice. Join us for a panel discussion and drinks reception to launch the new exhibition.

6PM – 8PM � THU 17 OCT VSR, Murray Edwards College, Huntingdon Road, CB3 0DF

6PM – 8.30PM � THU 17 OCT

THE BIRD LIFE OF CAMBRIDGESHIRE: FOR BETTER OR WORSE? Birds represent a top tier in our biodiversity and are indicators of change. How has the bird life of our local environments in Cambridge and Cambridgeshire changed? There have been winners and losers; for better or for worse? You decide!

6.45PM – 8.30PM � THU 17 OCT Department of Geography, Downing Place, CB2 3EN

THE DAVID ATTENBOROUGH BUILDING: A SPACE TO COLLABORATE Home to Cambridge Conservation Initiative, the David Attenborough Building was redesigned by Nicholas Hare Architects as a sustainable, collaborative workspace. Architect Carol Lelliott, CCI Director Mike Rands and CCI partners explain how the building fosters collaboration.

7PM – 9PM � THU 17 OCT Seminar Room, David Attenborough Building, New Museums Site, CB2 3QZ

CHINA PLATE AND STAATSTHEATER MAINZ: STATUS We all have a nationality. Or almost all of us. Status is a show about someone who doesn’t want his anymore.

About running away from the national story you’re given.

About who is responsible for that story and what might happen to it if you give it up.

7.30PM – 9PM � THU 17 OCT J2, Cambridge Junction, Clifton Way, CB1 7GX Pay what you feel, from £2.50

WEEK ONE

19 COMMON SENSE WITH KNOBS ON? DISCOVERING PRINCIPLES OF THE COMMON LAW Julius Grower walks the audience through interesting case studies in order to demystify the content of our laws, and discusses what a just outcome really means.

7.30PM – 9PM � THU 17 OCT Frankopan Hall, West Court, Jesus College, Jesus Lane, CB5 8BJ

Fri 18 Oct LITTLE EXPLORERS: CHARLIE AND THE BLANKET TOSS Under 5s interactive storytelling with Marion Leeper following the Alaskan story Charlie and the Blanket Toss.

7.30PM – 9.30PM � THU 17 OCT West Road Concert Hall, 11 West Road, CB3 9DP £25/£20/£5/Free

5PM – 7PM � FRI 18 OCT Keynes Hall, King’s College, King’s Parade, CB2 1ST

10AM – 11AM 11.15AM – 12.15PM � FRI 18 OCT The Polar Museum, Scott Polar Research Institute, Lensfield Road, CB2 1ER

PIANO RECITAL WITH DAVID OWEN NORRIS – BESPOKE FOR BROADWOOD: MUSIC FOR THE DIVIDED SUSTAINING PEDAL For the first 30 years or so of the 19th century, Broadwoods sawed their wooden sustaining pedals in two, the right-hand half raising the dampers from middle C up, and the left-hand half raising the dampers from middle B down. Mendelssohn and Sterndale Bennett were just two of many composers who took advantage of this potent device.

TALES FROM NIZAMI AND KALILEH VA DIMNEH: PERSIAN STORYTELLING Enjoy the art of storytelling and experience change through hearing old Persian tales performed by storyteller Zahra Afsah.

CITY OF REFUGE: A WALKING TOUR OF WARTIME CAMBRIDGE For event details see P.12 10AM – NOON � FRI 18 OCT

FEELING (LIKE) BACH? What did JS Bach’s music do to the bodies, minds and souls of his listeners? Join Bettina Varwig, renowned Baroque violinist Margaret Faultless and a group of specialist musicians to find out if we can recapture some of the transformative effects that this music allegedly inspired in its time.

2PM – 3.30PM � FRI 18 OCT Chapel, Emmanuel College, St Andrew’s Street, CB2 3AP

CLIMATE CONVERSATIONS Meet someone new from your local community and work your way through a ‘menu’ of conversation topics relating to the climate emergency.

Intergenerational Justice in week one, and Fast Fashion in week two.

Presented by The Philosophy Faculty, in collaboration with Extinction Rebellion Cambridge.

5.30PM – 6.30PM � FRI 18 OCT and FRI 25 OCT B4, Institute of Criminology, Sidgwick Avenue, CB3 9DA

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MAROON NATION Johnhenry Gonzalez University Lecturer in Caribbean and Atlantic History

I decided to write my recently published book Maroon Nation: A History of Revolutionary Haiti in an effort to learn what happened in Haiti immediately after its Declaration of Independence in 1804. Even among scholarly experts on Haiti, the country’s early independent history was seldom studied and the subject of relatively little basic research.

Readers in this field have long been left with a sense that somehow history’s very lights went out in 1804 when the European powers were driven away.

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I may have never attempted to write a book on early Haiti had I not gained access to a most remarkable document: the Copie des Lettres of General Henri Christophe covering most of Jean-Jacques Dessalines’ two-year rule as Emperor of Haiti. The collection offers an especially rich, day-to-day account of the military statecraft and repressive policies of Haiti’s founding rulers and is a particularly precious historical source for anyone interested in piecing together Haiti’s early history. While the Haitian National Museum holds rare relics and documents from the country’s founders, arguably few or no other objects are as

fundamental to the historical patrimony of Haiti as this original, one-of-a-kind volume.

Over a decade of work with this volume has caused me to consider its current location in the special collections of the library at King’s College London in light of a contemporary political question: the repatriation of the national treasures of poor countries that are held in major public collections in rich countries. Should it be returned to Haiti and placed permanently in the ownership of one of the country’s public institutions? In principal, I think the answer is yes. My Festival of Ideas talk uses this case to discuss broader questions around the provenance and proper place of foreign historic treasures that are held in British and other national collections.

RELATED EVENT MAROON NATION: THE HISTORY OF REVOLUTIONARY HAITI 6PM – 7PM � THU 17 OCT PAGE 17

21 CHANGE THE RECORD! HOW TO TREAT AN EARWORM How does it feel to get a tune stuck in your head? Edward Allen offers some answers to that question based on the evidence of novels, songs and poems.

6PM – 7PM � FRI 18 OCT GR06/07, Faculty of English, 9 West Road, CB3 9DP

LEX EX MACHINA: WILL AI REPLACE LAWYERS, JUDGES AND THE RULE OF LAW? From robot surgeons to algorithms determining our jobs, AI is interwoven in our lives. But could (or should) AI replace legal decisionmakers? Christopher Markou asks: Even if this is possible, what would it mean for democracy and the rule of law?

6PM – 7PM � FRI 18 OCT St John’s College Old Divinity School, All Saints Passage, CB2 1TP

THEMES IN BRASS AND INK A poetic encounter by candlelight with the Archetypes exhibition, a set of sculptures on five themes: Revelation, Sacrifice, Transcendence, Belief, Destiny. Live poetry and guided reflection.

6PM – 7.15PM � FRI 18 OCT Gather at sculpture exhibit outside Great St Mary’s Church, The University Church, Senate House Hill, CB2 3PQ

WHAT DO OUR BRAINS TELL US ABOUT WHO WE ARE? How does the brain adapt to new experiences? How much does what we do change what we think and who we are? Panel with Leor Zmigrod, Prof. Gina Rippon, David Halpern and Grant Bartley.

Chaired by Nigel Warburton.

6PM – 7.30PM � FRI 18 OCT St John’s College Fisher Building, St John’s Street, CB2 1TP

SWEARS, BEARS AND MOTHER-IN-LAWS: FORBIDDEN WORDS Prof. James Clackson, Comparative Philology, shows how processes of linguistic taboo work across different societies, and how they change over time. He demonstrates how some of our current English vocabulary reflects our ancestors’ avoidances of unspeakable words.

7.30PM – 9PM � FRI 18 OCT Frankopan Hall, West Court, Jesus College, Jesus Lane, CB5 8BJ

SHÔN DALE-JONES PRESENTS HUGH HUGHES: THE LADDER Hugh Hughes’s father, Daniel Hughes, died in 2001. The Ladder uses Daniel’s life and death to challenge us to wake up to the pitfalls that surround our everyday lives. ‘It’s all about truth, not the raw kind but the shifting sands type…’

Exeunt Magazine.

7.30PM – 9.30PM � FRI 18 OCT Cambridge Junction, Clifton Way, CB1 7GX Pay what you feel, from £2.50

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Sat 19 Oct WORLDS OF WORDS: MAPPING STORIES Which came first, the setting or the story? This workshop looks at maps, from early world maps to fantasy maps, to explore how settings help shape stories.

10AM – 10.45AM � SAT 19 OCT GR06/07, Faculty of English, Sidgwick Site, 9 West Road, CB3 9DP

WOLFSON ARTS ROYAL ACADEMY SCHOOLS GRADUATE PRIZE: YOUNG ARTISTS WORKSHOP Children’s workshop inspired

by Wolfson Arts Royal Academy Schools Graduate Prize exhibition and Wolfson Explores |Transformation|.

Join us for a fun art-making session to create colourful masterpieces. Suitable for ages 5–10. Children must be accompanied.

10.30AM – 1PM � SAT 19 OCT Jack King Building, Wolfson College, Barton Road, CB3 9BB £10 per child

ABOVE AND BEYOND: AN AERIAL PERSPECTIVE IN A DIGITAL WORLD On a behind the scenes tour of the University Library’s Digitisation Studio, discover how the analogue becomes digital, and explore how this process opens the door to new and exciting uses for the Cambridge University Collection of Aerial Photography.

10AM – 11AM NOON – 1PM � SAT 19 OCT Cambridge University Library, West Road, CB3 9DR

ARCTIC FAMILY DAY Join us for a day to explore all things Arctic, including the animals and people that live there! Drop-in activities and crafts available throughout the day.

10.30AM – 3.30PM � SAT 19 OCT The Polar Museum, Scott Polar Research Institute, Lensfield Road, CB2 1ER

24 PREHISTORY AND ARCHAEOLOGY DAY Step back in time and get hands-on with rock art, spear throwing, archery and pottery making. Marvel at displays of metal smelting and flint knapping. Inspire your inner archaeologist with a mini dig!

A fun and educational day out for the whole family.

10.30AM – 4PM � SAT 19 OCT Cambridge Archaeological Unit, 34A & B Storey’s Way, CB3 0DT

1001 THINGS YOU DIDN’T KNOW ABOUT ALADDIN The tale of Aladdin is popular worldwide. But did you know how much the story, its characters, locations and even supposed authors have changed over the years? Join us to venture through the twists and turns of the tale’s remarkable history, from 18thcentury Syria to France, and now Hollywood.

11AM – NOON � SAT 19 OCT Room 8/9, Faculty of Asian and Middle Eastern Studies, Sidgwick Site, Sidgwick Avenue, CB3 9DA

3D VIRTUAL REALITY EXPERIENCE FutureKitchen is developing an exciting new way of exploring the world of food, with their new 3D virtual reality videos. We are calling for feedback from Millennials (aged 22–37) and the iGeneration (aged 12–21) in order to encourage changes in attitudes towards food and nutrition. Join us to see how your food is grown, and explore kitchen innovations that might change the way we eat in the future. With EIT Food. Suitable for ages 12–37.

CAMBRIDGE BEN AND THE POET Help Ben solve a tricky task set by his teacher, Miss Delaney. Solve clues in this reading activity to discover a famous poet who lived in Cambridge. After finishing, explore Cambridge to find the key places in the story. Suitable for ages 7–10. Children must be accompanied by an adult.

11AM – 11.45AM 12.30PM – 1.15PM � SAT 19 OCT

Room B16, Faculty of Law, Sidgwick Site, 10 West Road, CB3 9DZ

S2, Alison Richard Building, Sidgwick Site, 7 West Road, CB3 9DT

11AM – NOON � SAT 19 OCT

CHALLENGES OF SLUM REHABILITATION IN INDIA - A FAMILY DESIGN WORKSHOP 42% of the population in Mumbai live in slums. It is time to rethink the design of these housing projects. Help design a slum rehabilitation housing unit for a family in Mumbai. A workshop for the whole family, organised by the GENUS Research Network at CRASSH. 11AM – NOON 12.30PM – 1.30PM � SAT 19 OCT CRASSH Meeting Room, Alison Richard Building, Sidgwick Site, 7 West Road, CB3 9DP

(DIS)BELIEF AND (UN)CERTAINTY: NAVIGATING THE CHANGING WATERS OF BELIEF, FAITH AND DOUBT Is there room for doubt and uncertainty in the midst of strong religious/spiritual beliefs? What happens when worldviews are challenged or changed? How do we hold on to belief, faith, and doubt when navigating our own worldviews? Join us for an interactive discussion of these crucial questions.

11AM – NOON � SAT 19 OCT

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Runcie Room, Faculty of Divinity, Sidgwick Site, West Road, CB3 9BS

25 HAS SOCIAL MEDIA CHANGED HOW WE READ? Researcher Tyler Shores discusses how the move from books to screens is affecting our reading habits, whether digital distraction alters how we take in information, and what this means for the future of reading.

11AM – NOON � SAT 19 OCT LG18, Faculty of Law, Sidgwick Site, 10 West Road, CB3 9DZ

INVISIBLE WOMEN: DATA BIAS IN A WORLD DESIGNED FOR MEN Author Caroline Criado Perez in conversation with Prof.

Ann Copestake, Head of the Department of Computer Science and Technology, on whether women are in danger of being sidelined by the technology revolution.

Followed by book sales.

11AM – NOON � SAT 19 OCT Faculty of Law, Sidgwick Site, 10 West Road, CB3 9DZ

HANDS-ON SPACE 11AM – 5PM � SAT 19 OCT Foyer, Faculty of Law, The David Williams Building, Sidgewick Site, 10 West Road, CB3 9DZ EYES & BRAINS: VISION OVER TIME Do all animals see the world in the same way?

What enables humans to recognise written words? Take a look behind the scenes of the visual world and explore the evolution of eyes and brains, our ability to read and what happens when vision is impaired.

THE DIGITAL DARK AGE From parchment to petabytes, the transmission and storage of information has changed dramatically through the ages. Find out how, and what the implications are, as we explore the good, the bad, and the downright scary elements, of information in the digital age.

TRAVELLING: AT WHOSE EXPENSE? Not the obvious monetary expense but the impact on culture and health: superstitions, dietary habits, environmental changes, infectious diseases, etc. This interactive exhibition explores travel through anthropology, (bio)medical research and culture.

STITCHING SCIENCE: CROCHET YOUR CELL! Join us for crochet with scientists from the Gurdon Institute to discover the amazing inner world of cells and add your own cell to our community epithelial tissue.

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THE CATALAN LANGUAGE: 10 MILLION EUROPEAN VOICES – EXHIBITION This exhibition uncovers key facts about Catalan, whether or not it is a minority – and minoritised – language, and how the notion of it being a minority language can be changed at international level.

THE EMERGENCE OF THE NORTH IN BRITISH FILMS 1961–1963 Film historian Colin Shindler explores the rising visibility of the North of England in film, and asks why it was newly relevant to audiences in the 1960s.

11AM – NOON � SAT 19 OCT Room 5, Faculty of History, Sidgwick Site, West Road, CB3 9EF

11AM – 6PM � SAT 19 OCT Foyer, West Road Concert Hall, Sidgwick Site, 11 West Road, CB3 9DP

TALK Catalan is often perceived as a minority language or a residual variety. Can this image change? Afra Pujol i Campeny’s talk also explores what other languages are there in Europe waiting to be heard internationally.

11AM – NOON � SAT 19 OCT Recital Room, West Road Concert Hall, Sidgwick Site, 11 West Road, CB3 9DP

CHANGING PERCEPTIONS THROUGH ARTS: CREATIVITY IN POSTCONFLICT SOCIETIES Artists and academics discuss the potential of arts in creating awareness and in shifting perceptions within post-conflict societies.

Panellists draw from personal experiences and reflect critically on the value of arts as a tool of change in waraffected areas.

11AM – 12.30PM � SAT 19 OCT S1, Alison Richard Building, Sidgwick Site, 7 West Road, CB3 9DT

CHANGE AND THE WORK OF PSYCHOTHERAPY Most people come to psychotherapy seeking some kind of change in their life.

How might this occur through therapy and who is the subject of change? Members of the Cambridge Society for Psychotherapy explore the place of change within psychoanalytic psychotherapy today. Followed by discussion.

11AM – 1PM � SAT 19 OCT Institute of Criminology, Sidgwick Site, Sidgwick Avenue, CB3 9DA

THE 2020 PRESIDENTIAL ELECTION: IDEOLOGICAL AND INSTITUTIONAL CHANGE IN AMERICAN POLITICS Is President Trump the cause or a symptom? This panel examines how recent developments in the USA are contributing to a major upheaval in its systems of political-economic governance and considers the impact on the forthcoming presidential election.

11.30AM – 12.30PM � SAT 19 OCT SG1/2, Alison Richard Building, Sidgwick Site, 7 West Road, CB3 9DT

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27 BOOKS THAT CHANGED THE WORLD This interactive, eclectic panel discussion considers three books that changed the world in very different ways: The Holy Qur’an, the feminist classic Sisterhood is Powerful (1970) and Perfumes: The Guide (2008).

CHANGING CLOTHES: FASHION, POWER AND CONTROL IN TUDOR ENGLAND This talk presents what people wore in the Tudor period and how this was controlled. It shows clothing mattered equally for men and women.

Suitable for ages 7–11.

11.30AM – 12.45PM � SAT 19 OCT

NOON – 1PM � SAT 19 OCT

Room 3, Faculty of History, Sidgwick Site, West Road, CB3 9EF

Room 6, Faculty of History, Sidgwick Site, West Road, CB3 9EF

VICTORIAN BRITAIN’S FAVOURITE BOOK: THE MANY CHANGING FACES OF VICTORIAN BIBLES Leather-bound, paper-bound, dirt cheap, horribly expensive, plain, ornate, sold, bought, given, scribbled in, cut up, venerated, ignored, carried round the world, even eaten: what was a bible to Victorian readers?

THE ‘FRIENDS OF GOD’ IN MEDIEVAL MOROCCO Prof. Amira K Bennison gives a glimpse of the cult of holy celebrity in 12th-century Morocco, and shows how it marks a transformation in religion and society that enabled women and indigenous minorities to force their way into the religious elite.

NOON – 12.45PM � SAT 19 OCT

NOON – 1PM � SAT 19 OCT

GR05, Faculty of English, Sidgwick Site, 9 West Road, CB3 9DP

Room 8/9, Faculty of Asian and Middle Eastern Studies, Sidgwick Site, Sidgwick Avenue, CB3 9DA

WIVES, MOTHERS AND MARTYRS: EARLY CHRISTIAN WOMEN OUTSIDE THE BIBLE We consider two women from the 2nd century whose stories didn’t make it into the New Testament: Perpetua, a young mother martyred in North Africa, and Thecla, a girl from Turkey who rejects marriage for the gospel. What can they tell us about changes in attitudes to women in the early church?

NOON – 1PM � SAT 19 OCT Runcie Room, Faculty of Divinity, Sidgwick Site, West Road, CB3 9BS

WE ARE CAMBRIDGE: FAMILY DAY Join Kettle’s Yard for an interactive family day exploring what living in and around Cambridge means to you.

With artist-led workshops and a chance to see The Cambridge Show, our exhibition of work by local artists.

NOON – 4PM � SAT 19 OCT Kettle’s Yard House and Gallery, Castle Street, CB3 0AQ

28 SEEING THE TRANSHUMAN IN DANTE AND BOTTICELLI Heather Webb examines how Sandro Botticelli’s illustrations of Dante’s Paradise point towards a new engagement of our capacities to see beyond human limitations.

12.30PM – 1.30PM � SAT 19 OCT

KINGS AND JARLS, SAGAS AND CHRONICLES: THE CHALLENGE OF CRITICAL HISTORY IN VIKING-AGE NORWAY Norway’s Viking-Age history is normally written from the Sagas – but are these our best sources? A fresh look at the period with a critical angle on better- and lesser-known sources.

Little Hall, Sidgwick Site, CB3 9DA

1PM – 1.30PM � SAT 19 OCT

2050: A NEW WORLD Is your community futureproof? How will we adapt to climate change? What would you be willing to change for a resilient life? Own your future with our decision-making game and explore how your choices impact society in 2050.

12.45PM – 1.45PM 2.30PM – 3.30PM 4PM – 5PM � SAT 19 OCT B16, Faculty of Law, The David Williams Building, 10 West Road, CB3 9DZ

G-R06/07, Faculty of English, Sidgwick Site, 9 West Road, CB3 9DP

DECARBONISING CAMBRIDGE: INVESTMENTS, THE ESTATE AND LAND USE This talk examines the changes needed in the financial system to fund the rapid decarbonisation of the global economy; it begins with a crash course on how the financial system works, and critiques some of the most prevalent approaches to environmental, social and governance (ESG) investing.

1PM – 2PM � SAT 19 OCT Room SG1/2, Alison Richard Building, Sidgwick Site, 7 West Road, CB3 9DP

MANAGING CHANGE IN THE FOURTH INDUSTRIAL REVOLUTION Developments in technologies are described as the ‘Fourth Industrial Revolution.’ What are the main drivers of this revolution, its impacts on work, business and institutions, and how it affects developing countries?

1PM – 2PM � SAT 19 OCT S1, Alison Richard Building, Sidgwick Site, 7 West Road, CB3 9DT

RE-ORDERING THE BALKANS Political settlement imposed on the Balkans after the collapse of Yugoslavia is unravelling as the region revives its quest for nation statehood. How long can the region’s existing borders hold? Can the region make a transition without conflict?

And what should the response of outside powers be?

1PM – 2PM � SAT 19 OCT Faculty of Law, Sidgwick Site, 10 West Road, CB3 9DZ

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THE GENDERED BRAIN Professor Gina Rippon, Emeritus Professor of Cognitive Neuroimaging at the Aston Brain Centre, Birmingham How do brains get to be different? What changes a brain? Do we get the brain we are born with or can the world shape our brains? Do women have different brains from men?

These are questions that 21st-century neuroscience is trying to answer. New insights into how plastic and flexible our brains are, importantly throughout our lives, show that the experiences we have, the lives we lead, the attitudes we encounter will change our brains.

And if those experiences and attitudes are different – perhaps because the opportunities we have or the expectations the world has of us are different – then those brains will get to be different.

Human brains have evolved to make us social beings. The drive to belong is as powerful as the drive to survive – the pain of social rejection activates the same parts of our brain as real pain.

Our brains are constantly scanning our

world for the rules of social engagement, for social scripts and for in-group membership guidelines. And this starts from the moment we are born – baby brains act like tiny social sponges, soaking up the cultural information from the world around them.

We live in a gendered world, where we are bombarded with messages about the differences between girls and boys, women and men. And these messages will change the experiences we have, the attitudes we encounter, the image we have of ourselves – and will change our brains.

A gendered world will produce a gendered brain.

RELATED EVENT WHAT DO OUR BRAINS TELL US ABOUT WHO WE ARE? 6PM – 7.30PM � FRI 18 OCT PAGE 21

30 RISK AND UNCERTAINTY IN A POST-TRUTH WORLD Risk expert Prof. David Spiegelhalter and social psychologist Sander van der Linden explore how we can discuss risk sensibly without causing conspiracy theories and mass panic.

1PM – 2PM � SAT 19 OCT

LANDS CHANGING HANDS: UNRULY THEGNS AND PROPERTY DISPUTE IN LATE ANGLO-SAXON ENGLAND This event explores the crimes by which royal representatives lost their lands to the English crown. Cattle theft, insubordination and betrayal prompted bitter dispute, highlighting the flaws of the Anglo-Saxon ‘State’.

YOKO ONO: LOOKING FOR... CURATOR TALK In this illustrated talk, Gabriella Daris, the curator of Yoko Ono’s first exhibition in Cambridge investigates the ways in which Ono’s art resonates with the increasing complexity of today’s world.

G-R06/07, Faculty of English, Sidgwick Site, 9 West Road, CB3 9DP

SEE ALSO Related exhibitions P.3 Related event P.45

Faculty of Law, Sidgwick Site, 10 West Road, CB3 9DZ 1.30PM – 2PM � SAT 19 OCT

YOUTUBE GENERATION Journalist Chris Stokel-Walker, author of YouTubers: How YouTube shook up TV and created a new generation of stars, in conversation with Ella McPherson, Lecturer in the Sociology of New Media and Digital Technology, on the social impact of the YouTube phenomenon.

NEW LIFE! LATEVICTORIAN ‘CRANKS’ AND HOW TO CHANGE THE WORLD Self-sufficiency, holism, animal rights: they seem such ‘contemporary’ ideas. Not 1PM – 2PM quite: join Wanne Mendonck � SAT 19 OCT to hear about poet Edward Carpenter and reformer Henry Faculty of Law, Sidgwick Site, Salt, who dreamt big in the 10 West Road, CB3 9DZ 1880s.

1.30PM – 2.30PM � SAT 19 OCT Room SG1, Alison Richard Building, Sidgwick Site, 7 West Road, CB3 9DP

ARTS IN PRISONS: A SOAP OPERA Try your hand at soap carving in the company of artist Lee Cutter as he shares his soapcarving journey. Co-facilitated

by Rebecca L Greene, Artist and Founder, Drawing Connections... at the edges.

Donations welcome, proceeds to support the Arts in Prison project.

1.30PM – 2.15PM � SAT 19 OCT

1.30PM – 3PM � SAT 19 OCT

GR05, Faculty of English, Sidgwick Site, 9 West Road, CB3 9DP

Lower Ground Common Room, Institute of Criminology, Sidgwick Site, Sidgwick Avenue, CB3 9DA SEE ALSO Related performance P.38 Related talk P.37

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31 THE CHANGING BRITISH VOTER: TAKING BACK CONTROL? Can historians explain the way Britain now votes? A look at whether a populist wave could bring the Brexit Party to power, whether we face the end of the Conservatives, and where Labour might go from here.

1.45PM – 2.45PM � SAT 19 OCT Room 3, Faculty of History, Sidgwick Site, West Road, CB3 9EF

CAN WE FORGIVE OTHERS AS GOD FORGIVES US? The Dean of King’s College, Stephen Cherry, asks what it means for someone who has experienced significant harm to pray the Lord’s Prayer. Are they, for instance, committing to prompt and unconditional forgiveness? To answer this will involve comparing the way God forgives with the way humans forgive.

2PM – 3PM � SAT 19 OCT Runcie Room, Faculty of Divinity, Sidgwick Site, West Road, CB3 9BS

VIKINGS, POETS, TRUTH AND LIES Before the coming of writing, Viking kings depended on poetry to communicate their power and reputation – but did their poets always tell the truth?

2PM – 2.30PM � SAT 19 OCT G-R06/07, Faculty of English, Sidgwick Site, 9 West Road, CB3 9DP

THE CHANGING ART OF ALFRED HITCHCOCK Over the course of more than 50 films, from his early days in the British cinema to the high gloss of his best American years and the graphic violence of his last films, Hitchcock’s art was constantly changing.

He was not only the Master of Suspense but also a masterful auteur.

2PM – 3PM � SAT 19 OCT Room 5, Faculty of History, Sidgwick Site, West Road, CB3 9EF

THE HISTORY OF FRENCH Most people know that the French language is based on Latin – so why is it not more similar to other Romance languages?

L’Alliance Française presents Christopher Johnson, who speaks about why the French language is so different.

With the Alliance Française Cambridge.

2PM – 3PM � SAT 19 OCT Faculty of Modern and Medieval Languages and Linguistics, Lecturers’ Common room, Sidgwick Site, Sidgwick Avenue, CB3 9DA

TRANSFORMING ONESELF COMPLETELY? RELIGIOUS CONVERSION IN CHINA Adam Yuet Chau explains patterns of religious conversion in traditional and contemporary China, highlighting two contrastive kinds of religiosity.

2PM – 3PM � SAT 19 OCT Faculty of Asian and Middle Eastern Studies, Sidgwick Site, Sidgwick Avenue, CB3 9DA

32 VOICE OF THE BRIDGE The stones of the Pont Neuf in Paris sing their 17th-century past as the beating heart of the city and nation. Musician Jonathan Rees and Prof. Nick Hammond perform original street songs of gossip, protest and scandal, high baroque music, and words by contemporary writers.

THE WREN LIBRARY PRESENTS: CAMBRIDGE POETS Join Cambridge authors Todd Swift, Michael Brown and Rebecca Watts in the impressive Wren Library for a poetry performance event.

2PM – 3PM � SAT 19 OCT

Wren Library, Trinity College, Trinity Street, CB2 1TQ

2PM – 3.30PM � SAT 19 OCT

Recital Room, West Road Concert Hall, Sidgwick Site, 11 West Road, CB3 9DP

CURRENT AFFAIRS OR OLD NEWS? How can the past help us understand 21st-century problems? The Doing History in Public blog team uncover echoes of today’s headlines in unexpected places. Explore the historical roots of current issues as we ask how much has really changed.

2PM – 3.15PM � SAT 19 OCT Room 6, Faculty of History, Sidgwick Site, West Road, CB3 9EF

CHANGING STATES: TRANSFORMATION, MYSTIFICATION, MISINTERPRETATION Meet our conservators for a close-up look at museum objects that are not quite as, or what, they seem to be.

2PM – 4PM � SAT 19 OCT Courtyard, Fitzwilliam Museum, Trumpington Street, CB2 1RB

CHANGING THE NARRATIVE, FINDING A VOICE: SOCIAL MEDIA IMPACT AND AWARENESS WITH #TURNTOLOVE In today’s world it is a sad reality that those who shout loudest tend to get the most media and public attention.

Volunteer body #TurnToLove seeks to change this narrative using a combination of onand off-line social activism to support and strengthen messages of love and unity.

2PM – 5PM � SAT 19 OCT Room 8/9, Faculty of Asian and Middle Eastern Studies, Sidgwick Site, Sidgwick Avenue, CB3 9DA

O MISERABLE HAG! INSULTS AND INCITEMENT IN OLD IRISH DEATH-TALES Incitement appears in medieval Irish tales to motivate heroes in battle. But what were the effects of insult or praise on the warrior, and who dared to utter these?

2.30PM – 3PM � SAT 19 OCT G-R06/07, Faculty of English, Sidgwick Site, 9 West Road, CB3 9DP

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33 ARTIFICIAL INTELLIGENCE AND SOCIAL CHANGE Advances in machine learning and AI technologies are rapidly transforming our modern digital democracies.

While they can have a positive impact on society, they also offer opportunities for distortion and deception.

Organised by the Giving Voice to Digital Democracies project at CRASSH. 2.30PM – 3.30PM � SAT 19 OCT Room SG1/2, Alison Richard Building, Sidgwick Site, 7 West Road, CB3 9DP

HEAVENLY HARMONY AND DISCORD IN QUEENS’ OLD LIBRARY: INTRODUCTION Introductory talk by Tim Eggington, Queens’ Fellow Librarian, to accompany the library’s exhibition of books and manuscripts that embody the role of music as an agent of change in the groundbreaking advances that shook religion and learning in early modern Cambridge. Followed by a view of the exhibition.

2.30PM – 4PM � SAT 19 OCT Munro Room, Queens’ College, Silver Street, CB3 9ET SEE ALSO Related exhibition P.6

HOW DO POEMS CHANGE? Poems in print are fixed and finished. But what if they were unmoored? This interactive talk uses Emily Dickinson’s fascinating, puzzling manuscripts to think about how poems live and change.

2.45PM – 3.30PM � SAT 19 OCT GR05, Faculty of English, Sidgwick Site, 9 West Road, CB3 9DP

BECOMING CLASSICAL: ART AND THE REVOLUTION IN VALUES IN 5TH-CENTURY B.C. GREECE Young men dominate Classical art, from the Parthenon frieze to grave stelai – but we rarely ask why. Prof. Robin Osborne looks at the revolution that brought the Classical man into existence, and the complete transformation of values that these Classical figures carry with them.

3PM – 4PM � SAT 19 OCT

NO SHAMROCKS, NO SNAKES, NO MERCY: SAINT PATRICK IN THE EARLY MIDDLE AGES The image of Patrick, with a shamrock in hand and snakes fleeing in his wake, has held up remarkably well. This talk considers earlier, more maledictive, portrayals of the saint.

3PM – 3.30PM � SAT 19 OCT G-R06/07, Faculty of English, Sidgwick Site, 9 West Road, CB3 9DP

G19, Faculty of Classics, Sidgwick Site, Sidgwick Avenue, CB3 9DA

FINDING INDIA’S WATER: HOW ANCIENT HISTORY AND CUTTING-EDGE TECHNOLOGY COULD YIELD A SUSTAINABLE FUTURE India is changing. Population growth, urbanisation and dwindling water supplies threaten future food security.

Could combining ancient know-how with sophisticated technology provide the answer? Archaeology meets engineering in a 5000-year journey of changes in land and water use in Northern India.

3PM – 4PM � SAT 19 OCT McDonald Seminar Room, McDonald Institute for Archaeological Research, Downing Street, CB2 3ER

34 GRAFFITI: ANCIENT AND MODERN An introduction to the practices of graffiti-writing in ancient versus modern times and what it tells us about societies in ancient times and today.

3PM – 4PM � SAT 19 OCT S1, Alison Richard Building, Sidgwick Site, 7 West Road, CB3 9DP

HOW TO CHANGE HISTORY This lecture is not about time travel. It does, however, discuss how to go about changing the way we remember events in the past and how to champion hidden histories.

3PM – 4PM � SAT 19 OCT Institute of Continuing Education, Madingley Hall, Madingley, CB23 8AQ

SICKNESS AND SALT WATER IN JANE AUSTEN’S SANDITON Sanditon is Jane Austen’s final, and unfinished, novel, about to become a television series by Andrew Davies of Pride and Prejudice (1995) fame. Unlike the finished romances, Sanditon is a rollicking satire on greed, hypochondria and health fads in Regency England. With Prof. Janet Todd.

MULTIPLIED: EMBODYING THE RESONANCE OF THE SOUL Why is it essential to our human experience to find a connection beyond us?

Performance by a movement choir, followed by discussion, facilitated by Naz Yeni in collaboration with Laban Guild for Movement amd Dance, and with kind permission of the Robinson College Chaplain.

3PM – 4PM � SAT 19 OCT

3PM – 4.30PM � SAT 19 OCT

Old Labs, Newnham College, CB3 9DF

Robinson College Chapel, Grange Road, CB3 9AN

GIVE AND TAKE? HOW GIVING HAS CHANGED (THE WORLD) AND WHY IT MATTERS Gifts or favours are fundamental in society, but rules and expectations vary.

A short film by Alexander Massmann and DragonLight Films, followed by a panel discussion, explores altruistic and reciprocal modes of giving in animals and humans from various perspectives, including theology.

UPRISING! THE STONEWALL RIOTS AT 50 How did a street riot change LGBTQ+ history? Join three leading historians to explore Stonewall’s meaning, impact and legacy. Featuring Prof.

Simon Hall, University of Leeds, Prof. Jonathan Bell, University College London, and Prof. Nan Alamilla Boyd, San Francisco State University.

3PM – 4.15PM � SAT 19 OCT Runcie Room, Faculty of Divinity, Sidgwick Site, West Road, CB3 9BS

3PM – 5PM � SAT 19 OCT The Old Library, Pembroke College, Trumpington Street, CB2 1RF

WEEKEND ONE

35 WOMEN ENTREPRENEURS IN 18TH-CENTURY LONDON: CHANGE OR CONTINUITY? Thousands of businesswomen in 18th-century London employed hundreds of thousands more. What has and what has not changed, in terms of women’s employment, expertise and access to capital?

3.15PM – 4.15PM � SAT 19 OCT Room 3, Faculty of History, Sidgwick Site, West Road, CB3 9EF

WHAT CHANGE? SOLVING CRIMES IN MEDIEVAL IRELAND Medieval Irish law is the oldest vernacular legal institution in Europe. Learn how to think like a medieval lawyer, and discover how legends of the past were used in everyday laws.

3.30PM – 4PM � SAT 19 OCT G-R06/07, Faculty of English, Sidgwick Site, 9 West Road, CB3 9DP

DIGITAL LIFE IN CITIES OF REFUGE Smartphones are used by migrants to navigate and access services, jobs, housing and information.

Growing consensus between technology actors and states to share in mobility governance between and within borders transforms the lives of urban refugees.

Do they exclude, adversely include, or empower?

ZOUJ (A PAIR): DYNAMIC MUSLIM–JEWISH INTERACTIONS IN NORTH AFRICAN POPULAR CULTURE Sami Everett describes the world of early Algerian popular theatre through the story of an on- and off-stage love affair between the subversive duo ‘Israélite’ actress and songstress Marie Soussan and ‘Indigène’ actor and playwrite Rachid Ksentini.

3.30PM – 4.30PM � SAT 19 OCT

3.30PM – 4.30PM � SAT 19 OCT

S2, Alison Richard Building, Sidgwick Site, 7 West Road, CB3 9DT

Faculty of Asian and Middle Eastern Studies, Sidgwick Site, Sidgwick Avenue, CB3 9DA

SPIES AND ASSASSINS IN FICTION THROUGH THE AGES Secret agents, fake identities, double-crossings. From Joseph Conrad and John le Carré to James Bond and Killing Eve, Erica Wickerson explores the continued lure of spies and assassins through the ages.

3.30PM – 4.30PM � SAT 19 OCT Little Hall, Sidgwick Site, CB3 9DA

IDENTITY AND BELONGING IN POSTBREXIT BRITAIN What has Brexit revealed about how we view ourselves and how others see us?

Panel discussion with Prof.

Robert Eaglestone, Ali Meghji, Lecturer in Social Inequalities, anthropologist Prof. Katherine Tyler and international relations expert Ayse Zarakol.

Chaired by Prof. David Reynolds.

3.30PM – 5PM � SAT 19 OCT Faculty of Law, Sidgwick Site,10 West Road, CB3 9DZ

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HAS SOCIAL MEDIA CHANGED HOW WE READ? Tyler Shores, PhD candidate at the Faculty of Education We now have ready access to more words to read than at any other time in history. For many of us, looking at phone screens, tablet screens and computer screens accounts for a significant portion of our waking hours. While our access to reading content has changed, how might our reading habits also be in a state of transition?

WEEKEND ONE

Social media is frequently implicated as a cause for declines in reading rates, but the reality suggests a more complicated picture. This talk explores how social media and online platforms are influencing not only how books are produced, discovered and read – but also looks at several examples, such as the New York Public Library’s Insta Novels project, and how reading might evolve alongside our online reading behaviour.

And in spite of years of predictions of the obsolescence of print books, sales are on

the rise while e-book sales are showing signs of decline. Part of this trend may be explained by how books also function as social, and emotional, objects. If we sometimes judge a book by its cover, do we also judge a reader by their book? We take our books on vacation, give them as gifts and turn to them as a source of comfort. While e-books, tablets and online cloud syncing offer clear benefits, it appears that we as readers sometimes favour human factors such as memory and emotion over efficiency and portability.

But why is this, and what might the near future bring for reading?

RELATED EVENT HAS SOCIAL MEDIA CHANGED HOW WE READ? 11AM – NOON � SAT 19 OCT PAGE 25

37 WHAT MAKES US HUMAN IN AN AGE OF AI? Will automation make us redundant or will human qualities become more sought after? Robot expert Hatice Gunes, Allègre Hadida, Cambridge Creativity Lab, author Laura Dietz and Stephen Cave from the Leverhulme Centre for the Future of Intelligence discuss.

Chaired by Julian Clover, Cambridge 105.

3.30PM – 5PM � SAT 19 OCT Faculty of Law, Sidgwick Site, 10 West Road, CB3 9DZ

ARTS IN PRISONS: WHAT CHANGES CAN THEY BRING? Discover the impact creative engagement has for those who are alienated from mainstream society, from the perspective of researchers, creative practitioners, facilitators and participants: Loraine Gelsthorpe, Caroline Lanskey, John Bowtell, Susie Hulley, Lee Cutter, Ellie Brown and Rebecca L Greene.

3.30PM – 5.15PM � SAT 19 OCT Seminar Room B3/B4, Institute of Criminology, Sidgwick Site, Sidgwick Avenue, CB3 9DA SEE ALSO Related hands-on event P.30 Related performance P.38

SOUNDING (OUT) ITALY Musical, particularly operatic, sound is central to how Italy has spurred the global imagination. Yet what of the tolling of church bells or the echoes of Venetian canals?

Francesca Vella takes us on a tour of sonic objects and experiences beyond traditional aural markers of Italian-ness.

4PM – 4.40PM � SAT 19 OCT Lecture Room 2, Faculty of Music, Sidgwick Site, 11 West Road, CB3 9DP

DISEMPOWERING HATE SPEECH: HOW TO MAKE SOCIAL MEDIA LESS HARMFUL The psychological and societal harms that offensive language can cause are undeniable. This talk explores a more ethical and usercentred method for delimiting the spread of hate speech online on social media platforms.

4PM – 5PM � SAT 19 OCT Faculty of Law, Sidgwick Site, 10 West Road, CB3 9DZ

FROM ÆTHELTHRYTH TO AUDREY: THE METAMORPHOSIS OF AN EAST ANGLIAN PRINCESS AND HER SISTERS A fresh look at how and why the patron saints of Ely, St Æthelthryth and her sisters, made the transformation from marriageable princesses to holy nuns.

4PM – 5PM � SAT 19 OCT G-R06/07, Faculty of English, Sidgwick Site, 9 West Road, CB3 9DP

REVOLUTIONARY BODIES: DANCE, POLITICS AND PROTEST Bringing together dance scholars, journalists and the director of creative action for Extinction Rebellion, this panel debates and discusses the role dance has to play in democratic protests.

4PM – 5PM � SAT 19 OCT Judith E Wilson Drama Studio, Faculty of English, Sidgwick Site, 9 West Road, CB3 9DP

38 TAKING PLAY SERIOUSLY: CREATIVITY IN ACTION The answer to the question ‘Can you teach creativity?’ is most likely ‘No… But you can learn it.’ The question becomes, therefore, how can we learn to be more creative.

Join us to look at different ways of answering this question.

4.15PM – 5.45PM � SAT 19 OCT

MADNESS AND POWER IN RUSSIAN CULTURE Who decides what madness means? Rebecca Reich unearths the literary roots of psychiatric repression in the late Soviet period, when both dissidents and the state called each other insane.

5PM – 6PM � SAT 19 OCT Little Hall, Sidgwick Site, CB3 9DA

6PM – 7PM � SAT 19 OCT

Institute of Continuing Education, Madingley Hall, Madingley, CB23 8AQ

GOD AND THE MACHINE: RELIGIOUS PERSPECTIVES ON ARTIFICIAL INTELLIGENCE Can we hope to find the mind of God in the mind of a machine? Join a panel of experts to discuss how our hopes should be shaped by a plurality of both religious and non-religious perspectives surrounding the emergence of artificial intelligence.

4.30PM – 6PM � SAT 19 OCT Runcie Room, Faculty of Divinity, Sidgwick Site, West Road, CB3 9BS

EDUCATING FOR SUSTAINABLE PEACE IN A TURBULENT WORLD In a world increasingly destabilised by sociopolitical, economic and environmental conflict, what hope is there for peace? Sara Clarke-Habibi has worked on peacebuilding in conflictaffected countries. She draws on education research and a Bahá’í perspective to discuss sustainable peace.

ARTS IN PRISONS: SERENDIPITY SESSION – AN EVENING OF SPOKEN WORD AND SONG Performances of spoken word and song from people with direct personal experience of the benefits of creativity whilst alienated from mainstream society. Compered by Preti Taneja.

Donations welcome; proceeds to support the work in prison

by Sing Inside.

5.30PM – 7.30PM � SAT 19 OCT Lower Ground Common Room, Institute of Criminology, Sidgwick Site, Sidgwick Avenue, CB3 9DA SEE ALSO Related hands-on event P.30 Related talk P.37

University Centre, Granta Place, Mill Lane, CB2 1RU

LOCKS OPENED: THE CHESAPEAKE WATERWAYS AND THE UNDERGROUND RAILROAD What would you do for freedom? The extraordinary story of a conductor on the Underground Railroad and the adventures of the men and women escaping the clutches of slavery, told by Sheila Arnold, master storyteller from the USA. 7.30PM – 9.30PM � SAT 19 OCT Unitarian Church Hall, Emmanuel Road (entry from Earl Street), CB1 1JW £10/£8

WEEKEND ONE

39 CHANGE ON THE GLOBAL STAGE: WHAT MAKES AN INTERNATIONAL COMMUNITY? Global challenges call us to unprecedented levels of international cooperation.

Will we rise to the occasion?

Maja Groff is an international lawyer in The Hague and winner of the prestigious New Shape Prize for solutions to humanity’s problems.

Organised by the Cambridge University Bahá’í Society.

8PM – 9PM � SAT 19 OCT University Centre, Granta Place, Mill Lane, CB2 1RU

Sun 20 Oct RE-PLAY: SWAP & TALK ABOUT TOYS AND PLASTICS Join us for debate, conversation and activities for all as we discuss the environmental impact of plastics and other materials used for toys. Bring a toy for Toy Swap and participate in family activities. Run in conjunction with A Toy’s Life and Beyond.

10.30AM – 5PM � SUN 20 OCT Cambridge Junction, Clifton Way, CB1 7GX

ALL CHANGE PLEASE: THE ROYAL SOCIETY ELECTS TWO WOMEN SCIENTISTS FOR THE FIRST TIME Long overdue, the Royal Society elected its first women fellows in 1945: Marjory Stephenson and Dame Kathleen Lonsdale. Who were these two female scientists and what has their impact been?

1PM – 2PM � SUN 20 OCT Lucia Windsor Room, Newnham College, Sidgwick Avenue, CB3 9DF

VICTORIAN TALES: THE NATURAL WORLD OF THE 19TH CENTURY Wanne Mendonck, Faculty of English, gives a top-speed tour through the Museum’s animal world… as the Victorians experienced it!

2PM – 3PM � SUN 20 OCT Museum of Zoology, Downing Street, CB2 3EJ

THE DFG AND DAAD LEIBNIZ LECTURE: WRITING HISTORICAL BIOGRAPHY – MARIA THERESA OF AUSTRIA How can historians write about the lives of rulers? Prof.

Barbara Stollberg-Rilinger and Sir Christopher Clark reflect on power and time. Funded by the German Research Council (DFG) in cooperation with the DAAD-University of Cambridge Research Hub for German Studies.

4PM – 6PM � SUN 20 OCT St John’s College Old Divinity School, All Saints Passage, CB2 1TP

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Mon 21 Oct The Tower of Babel Pieter Bruegel the Elder

HALF-TERM BOOK WORMS Local author Michael Brown hosts a storytelling event and bookmark-making workshop. Retired members of the Chesterton community read to children. We have chosen Cambridge-themed books inspired by Cambridge University Library.

10AM – 11.30AM 1PM – 2.30PM � MON 21 OCT Library community rooms and children’s hub, Milton Road Library, Ascham Road, CB4 2BD

JOURNEYS IN FOUR DIMENSIONS: TASTER EVENT Join Symphonia Academica, ARU’s Associate Ensemble, and students from ARU in a series of live performances highlighting the changes at the University between its creation and the present day.

12.30PM – 2.30PM � MON 21 OCT Anglia Ruskin University, East Road, CB1 1PT SEE ALSO Related performance P.47

42 EDDINGTON, NEWALL AND THE ARCHAEOLOGY OF CAMBRIDGE’S EARLY MODERN SCIENCE As Director of Cambridge’s Observatory, Sir Arthur Eddington is commemorated in the University’s North West Cambridge development.

Discover more about his contributions to astronomy and other highlights of the ‘archaeology’ of Cambridge’s early science.

1PM – 2PM � MON 21 OCT Seminar Room, McDonald Institute for Archaeological Research, Downing Street, CB2 3ER

WHAT’S NEW IN THE ENGLISH LANGUAGE? The third edition of David Crystal’s Encyclopedia of the English Language was published this year.

There have been huge developments in English in the 15 years since the previous edition. David discusses some of the most important changes, in relation to global English, Shakespeare and the internet.

6PM – 7PM � MON 21 OCT St John’s College Old Divinity School, All Saints Passage, CB2 1TP

HOW SHOULD WE DELIVER BABIES? How should we give birth, who should be present and what role they should play continue to be highly politicised questions. Join experts to consider the ways in which individuals have defined medical intervention and the role of birth workers in the past and today.

6PM – 7.30PM � MON 21 OCT Old Library, Pembroke College, Trumpington Street, CB2 1RF

WHO WILL LOOK AFTER US IN OUR OLD AGE? Will it be robots, women, or will immigration need to rise to deal with the growth in the numbers of elderly people needing care? Panel discussion with affective computing expert Prof. Peter Robinson, sociologist Elif Cetin, economist Victoria Bateman and Dan Holden, International Longevity Centre. Chaired by BBC Cambridgeshire’s Chris Mann.

6PM – 7.30PM � MON 21 OCT St John’s College Fisher Building, St John’s Street, CB2 1TP

ODYSSEY 2030: THE FUTURE OF RESEARCH AND PUBLISHING The rise of Open Access, the Open Science movement and an increasingly interdisciplinary research landscape are likely to transform research culture and dissemination. We discuss these changes to paint a picture of how scholarly communication and publishing will look in 2030 and beyond.

6PM – 7.30PM � MON 21 OCT The Basement, Postdoc Centre, 16 Mill Lane, CB2 1SB

SHEILA GHELANI AND SUE PALMER: COMMON SALT Common Salt is a performance around a table – a ‘show and tell’. It explores the colonial, geographical history of England and India, taking an expansive and emotional time-travel, from the first Enclosure Act to 21stcentury narratives of trade, race and culture.

7.30PM – 8.40PM � MON 21 OCT Cambridge Junction, Clifton Way, CB1 7GX Pay what you feel, from £2.50

WEEK TWO

43 ISLAND STORIES: HOW DID WE GET INTO THIS MESS OVER BREXIT? Drawing on his new book Island Stories, Prof. David Reynolds reflects on the story so far – not just the tangle of events since 2016 but the deeper history of Britain and Europe that has frustrated the hopes of both Leavers and Remainers.

8PM – 9PM � MON 21 OCT St John’s College Old Divinity School, All Saints Passage, CB2 1TP

Tue 22 Oct ANCIENT BOATS Join curator Anastasia Christophilopoulou to learn about migration around the Mediterranean in ancient times and make your own boat using clay and fabric.

Suitable for under 8s.

10.30AM – NOON 1.30PM – 3PM � TUE 22 OCT Education Studio, Fitzwilliam Museum, Trumpington Street, CB2 1RB

KEEP YOUR COINS: I WANT CHANGE – TRANSFORMING POVERTY THROUGH RELATIONSHIPS Matt Williams explores the daily experience of living in poverty in Malawi and in North East England, and shows how local and global relationships, family, and extended family can be the game changer.

12.30PM – 1.30PM � TUE 22 OCT The Jubilee Lounge, The Jubilee Centre, St Andrew’s House, 59 St Andrew’s Street, CB2 3BZ

£8 per child

THE WRITE STUFF Discover how people from different times and places wrote messages or recorded numbers. Decipher ancient languages and make your own secret message to take home.

11AM – 4PM � TUE 22 OCT Museum of Archaeology and Anthropology, Downing Street, CB2 3DZ

BATTLEGROUNDS: THE ECONOMICS OF ANCIENT WARFARE How did war change people’s lives? Manuela Dal Borgo considers how war can move people away from their homes, work and family, and sometimes even across the sea. This lunchtime talk explores the economics of warfare in a few cases from the ancient world.

1.15PM – 2PM � TUE 22 OCT G19, Faculty of Classics, Sidgwick Site, Sidgwick Avenue, CB3 9DA

44 HOPE AND FEAR IN RESPONSE TO RELIGIOUS DIVERSIFICATION Politicians and activists from London discuss how to respond to the rapidly evolving challenges of economic deprivation, racism, Islamophobia, extremism and gender-based discrimination in the UK’s most ethnically and religiously diverse areas.

5PM – 7PM � TUE 22 OCT Keynes Hall, King’s College, King’s Parade, CB2 1ST

EARTH TALK: SAVING A SPECIES – BLACK-TAILED GODWITS IN THE UK Habitat change affects species. Join Jen Smart from the RSPB as she explores Project Godwit: an ambitious RSPB and Wildfowl and Wetlands Trust project that aims to prevent the blacktailed godwit from becoming extinct in the UK. 6PM – 6.45PM � TUE 22 OCT Museum of Zoology, Downing Street, CB2 3EJ

IS IT POSSIBLE TO FORGIVE AND FORGET AFTER MAJOR NATIONAL TRAUMAS? How to build lasting peace after devastating division, from civil war in Burundi and apartheid in South Africa to Cold War politics in Germany and the Sino-Japanese War. Alice Musabende, Hanno Balz and John Nilsson-Wright, Cambridge University, and Catherine Jenkins, SOAS University of London. Chaired

by Devon Curtis.

6PM – 7PM � TUE 22 OCT St John’s College Old Divinity School, All Saints Passage, CB2 1TP

RETHINKING EARLY ANTISLAVERY: NORTH AFRICA AND BEGINNINGS OF ATLANTIC ABOLITIONISM Justin Meggitt, Senior Lecturer in the Study of Religion, talks about the abolition of slavery and the need to change our thinking about one important aspect of its origins.

6PM – 7PM � TUE 22 OCT Gatsby Room, Chancellor’s Centre, Wolfson College, Barton Road, CB3 9BB

ARCTIC CULTURES Richard Powell discusses his latest research on Arctic cultures.

6PM – 7.30PM � TUE 22 OCT The Polar Museum, Scott Polar Research Institute, Lensfield Road, CB2 1ER

RETHINKING DRUG ADDICTION Our current stance on Class A drugs is not working. Is the lack of success in reducing the harm drug users do to themselves or others a matter of economics, politics, ethics or education? Rowan Williams chairs a discussion on safer drug use and the research on drug consumption rooms.

6PM – 7.30PM � TUE 22 OCT St John’s College Fisher Building, St John’s Street, CB2 1TP

WEEK TWO

45 YOKO ONO: LOOKING FOR... YOKO ONO AND JOHN LENNON – RAPE RAPE was made in London in 1969, and directed by Yoko Ono and John Lennon. The film generates some of the fear provoked by the press that surrounded Ono and Lennon during the height of their fame. Screening followed by a panel discussion and Q&A. 6PM – 8PM � TUE 22 OCT Anglia Ruskin University, East Road, CB1 1PT SEE ALSO Related exhibitions P.5 Related talk P.30

COURAGEOUS LEADERS: PROMOTING AND SUPPORTING DIVERSITY IN SCHOOL LEADERSHIP DEVELOPMENT Catherine Lee, ARU, examines the UK’s first lesbian, gay, bisexual and transgender (LGBT) School Leadership programme, the Courageous Leaders.

The programme provides mentoring, training and support for LGBT teachers aspiring to become school leaders.

6.30PM – 7.30PM � TUE 22 OCT Anglia Ruskin University, East Road, CB1 1PT

HATE CRIME: TIME TO STOP THE HATE We are more aware of hate crime than ever before. What is it? What are the causes?

How does it affect people?

What is being done to stop the hate? Presented by Stop Hate UK. 6.30PM – 7.30PM � TUE 22 OCT Anglia Ruskin University, East Road, CB1 1PT

THE MALDON UP! PROJECT: EXPLORING THE BENEFITS OF INTERGENERATIONAL WORK The Positive Ageing Research Institute at ARU, in collaboration with All Saints Primary School and Longfield Care Home, present The Maldon UP! Intergenerational project, a local project that is building connections between older adults in care homes and school children.

6.30PM – 7.30PM � TUE 22 OCT Anglia Ruskin University, East Road, CB1 1PT

MARSHA P JOHNSON ON FILM A screening of Tourmaline and Sasha Wortzel’s short film, Happy Birthday, Marsha!, celebrating trans activist and queer icon Marsha P Johnson. Followed by a critical screening of a documentary featuring archival footage of Marsha, Sylvia Rivera and other activists.

7PM – 9PM � TUE 22 OCT Bateman Auditorium, Gonville and Caius College, Trinity Street, CB2 1TA

THE END OF THE WORLD AS WE KNOW IT? From the flood of the Hebrew Bible to our current climate crisis, the end of the world has repeatedly been nigh.

Hjördis Becker-Lindenthal, Simone Kotva and Sophie Lunn-Rockliffe discuss how thinkers from antiquity to today have conceptualised the idea of a dying world in theological terms.

7.30PM – 9PM � TUE 22 OCT Faculty of Divinity, Sidgwick Site, West Road, CB3 9BS

46 THE PARTHENON MOSQUE Elizabeth Key Fowden examines the complex and varied history of the Athens Parthenon, looking particularly at nearly four centuries of Islamic use.

7.30PM – 9PM � TUE 22 OCT Webb Library, West Court, Jesus College, Jesus Lane, CB5 8BJ

Wed 23 Oct THE FAMILY SCIENCE SKETCH The best way to really see something is to draw it. This half term, help us to celebrate the Festival of Ideas with our family Science Sketch. This event is working in partnership with a local adoption group to celebrate families with adopted children.

10AM – 1PM � WED 23 OCT Sedgwick Museum of Earth Sciences, Department of Earth Sciences, Downing Street, CB2 3EQ

GLOBAL GARDENS WORKSHOP Join us to break down the barriers between science and the arts! Explore the wonderful world of plant chemicals and the products they produce through poetry and art.

10AM – 4PM � WED 23 OCT Classroom Entrance, via the bike park on Bateman Street, Botanic Garden, 1 Brookside, CB2 1JE £20

EXPLORE AND DRAW EVOLUTION Join us as we use drawing to explore evolution, where little tweaks + time = big changes in the way animals look and behave. Participate in art activities for all the family, and see the Museum of Zoology in a new light.

10AM – 4.30PM � WED 23 OCT Museum of Zoology, Downing Street, CB2 3EJ

COULD YOU MAKE IT AS AN ANGLO-SAXON? Challenges inspired by the Museum’s Anglo-Saxon collection. Discover the burial of a local teenager, make a brooch and play Anglo-Saxon games. On Wednesday 23 October join us for storytelling from the Department of Anglo-Saxon, Norse and Celtic.

Suitable for age 9+ 11AM – 4PM � WED 23 OCT and THU 24 OCT Museum of Archaeology and Anthropology, Downing Street, CB2 3DZ

WEEK TWO

47 JOURNEYS IN FOUR DIMENSIONS: LUNCHTIME CONCERT Join Symphonia Academica, ARU’s Associate Ensemble, and students from ARU in a performance highlighting the changes at the University between its creation and the present day.

1.10PM – 2PM � WED 23 OCT The Mumford Theatre, Anglia Ruskin University, East Road, CB1 1PT SEE ALSO Related performance P.41

WHY DO LANGUAGES KEEP EVOLVING? Esther-Miriam Wagner, Acting Director of the Woolf Institute, discusses why languages keep changing, the differences between the various types of languages, how people create new language forms and force languages apart, and what makes easy-to-learn languages.

2PM – 3PM � WED 23 OCT Woolf Institute, Madingley Road, CB3 0UB

TERRIFIC TRANSFORMATIONS The Ancient Romans loved to tell tales in which people turned into trees, animals and more. Join us to discover some extraordinary ancient stories and make some shape-shifting art of your own.

PAPER: THE MATERIAL OF CULTURAL TRANSFORMATION Orietta Da Rold explores the transformative technology of paper, which changed the way we communicated and thought about the written word in medieval Britain.

2PM – 4PM � WED 23 OCT

3PM – 4PM � WED 23 OCT

Museum of Classical Archaeology, Sidgwick Site.

Sidgwick Avenue, CB3 9DA

Lightfoot Room, St John’s College Old Divinity School, All Saints Passage, CB2 1TP SEE ALSO Related tour below

WOMEN IN CARTOGRAPHY The role of women in map production and publishing has often been overlooked or trivialised. See some fantastic examples of their output from the 17th century to today, and track how cartography and attitudes have changed.

MEDIEVAL PAPER SHOW AND TELL A chance to view some paper books and manuscripts from the 15th century in the Library at St John’s. Led by Orietta Da Rold.

2PM – 4.30PM � WED 23 OCT

4PM – 5PM � WED 23 OCT

Milstein Seminar Rooms, Cambridge University Library, West Road, CB3 9DR

The Library, St John’s College, St John’s Street, CB2 1TW SEE ALSO Related talk above

48 CITIZEN VOICE, SOCIAL CHANGE AND AFRICA’S DIGITAL REVOLUTION: POWER TO THE PEOPLE Can new technology strengthen democracy and allow a wider range of voices to be heard? This session explores how Africa’s Voices, a nonprofit that spun out of the Centre of Governance and Human Rights, leverages technology to turn citizen voices into evidence for social change.

DIGITAL VIOLENCE AGAINST WOMEN: FINDING A SOLUTION Lilia Giugni discusses the growing and disturbing issue of digital violence against women.

6PM – 7PM � WED 23 OCT Fadi Boustany Lecture Theatre, Cambridge Judge Business School, Trumpington Street, CB2 1AG

5PM – 7PM � WED 23 OCT Room S1, Alison Richard Building, Sidgwick Site, 7 West Road, CB3 9DT

ANIMALS IN THE CITY What would it be like to live in a metropolis where horses and livestock abound, and influence every aspect of life? Would this affect your attitudes and conduct towards man and beast?

Tom Almeroth-Williams answers these questions by exploring how human–animal interactions shaped Georgian London.

6PM – 7PM � WED 23 OCT St John’s College Old Divinity School, All Saints Passage, CB2 1TP

HOW DO DEMOCRACIES CHANGE? Brexit has shown how easy it is for contemporary democracies to get stuck, but how easy is it to reinvent the way they work? Prof.

David Runciman explores the challenge of turning around failing democratic institutions without undermining the idea of democracy itself.

6PM – 7PM � WED 23 OCT Lee Hall, Wolfson College, Barton Road, CB3 9BB

CHINA: POWER POLITICS IN THE ASIAN AGE What does the future hold for China in a world of global trade wars, rising concerns about human rights and regional expansion in the form of the Belt and Road Initiative? Prof. Hans van der Ven, Kun-Chin Lin and Prof. Eva Pils. Chaired by Rana Mitter.

6PM – 7.30PM � WED 23 OCT St John’s College Fisher Building, St John’s Street, CB2 1TP

BRIDGING THE EVIDENCE AND POLICY GAP: YOUR COUNTY COUNCIL AND CUSPE The gap between evidence and policy is being bridged

by Cambridgeshire County Council and CUSPE with sixmonth research programmes, the Policy Challenges. Learn more about the challenges participants have faced, what they have found out and the benefits the programme has realised.

6.30PM – 8PM � WED 23 OCT Council Chamber, Shire Hall, Castle Hill, CB3 0AP

WEEK TWO

49 JANE HILL: ADDICTED TO FUN Jane used to be fun. She means drunk. Sober for 16 years but misses the buzz of getting slaughtered. Is it possible for an uptight British woman to have fun without drink? Addicted to Fun is a frank and funny show about anxiety, sex and booze – and how doing without it can change your life.

Thu 24 Oct COULD YOU MAKE IT AS AN ANGLO-SAXON? For event details see P.46 11AM – 4PM � THU 24 OCT

7.45PM – 8.45PM � WED 23 OCT University Centre, CUC Wine Bar, Granta Place, CB2 1RU £7.70

SCOTT BENNETT: LEAP YEAR What is it like to follow your dreams when you have so much to lose? Chortle’s One To Watch, and Rob Brydon’s tour support, Scott Bennett, will tell you. Nominated for the Best Show at the Leicester Comedy Awards 2019. A funny and heartfelt show about sacrifice, change and self-discovery.

9PM – 10.15PM � WED 23 OCT University Centre, CUC Wine Bar, Granta Place, CB2 1RU £7.70

SCRIPT DEATH IN THE ANCIENT WORLD Writing systems, like languages, can be lost from the historical record. But why do they ‘die’ and what happens to them? Pippa Steele and Philip Boyes from the CREWS project discuss Linear B and Ugaritic, two dead scripts of the Late Bronze Age. 1.15PM – 2PM � THU 24 OCT G19, Faculty of Classics, Sidgwick Site, Sidgwick Avenue, CB3 9DA

METAMORPHOSIS: WORKSHOP Inspired by the Museum’s exhibition, Metamorphosis, this workshop allows participants to let their imaginations run riot and transform pieces of technology into art, poetry and music. Children must be accompanied by an adult.

2PM – 4PM � THU 24 OCT Cambridge Museum of Technology, The Old Pumping Station, Cheddars Lane, CB5 8LD SEE ALSO Related exhibition P.7 £2 to cover materials plus normal museum admission

MMLL ANNUAL FACULTY LECTURE: FRENCH STUDIES IN CAMBRIDGE – PAST, PRESENT AND FUTURE At a time when the study of modern languages is often perceived to be in crisis, Prof.

Michael Moriarty, Drapers Professor of French, reflects on the history of French studies in Cambridge, and on prospects for the future. This event marks the centenary of the Drapers Professorship.

5.30PM – 6.30PM � THU 24 OCT Peterhouse Lecture Theatre, Trumpington Street, CB2 1RD

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VIVA CUBA! Classico Latino, in association with the Centre for Latin America Studies, present a series of events marking the 60th anniversary of the Cuban Revolution, culminating in the launch of their critically acclaimed new album Havana Classic. Delicious food and cocktails will be available to purchase on the Sidgwick Site 4–9pm

� THU 24 OCT West Road Concert Hall, Sidgwick Site, 11 West Road, CB3 9DP

SING AND DANCE WITH CLASSICO LATINO CHILDREN’S WORKSHOP Take part in singing, dancing and body percussion.

The workshop ends with a taster concert where participants join Classico Latino to perform on stage.

Suitable for age 8+ 3PM – 4.30PM

SUITE HABANA (FERNANDO PÉREZ, 2003) Through the everyday life of 14 characters, this emblematic Cuban film, galloping between documentary and fiction, portrays a city – and a country – between hope and despair, still fighting for its dreams. Film screening is followed by a Q&A with Sandra del Valle.

5PM – 6.45PM

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CLASSICO LATINO: HAVANA CLASSIC ALBUM LAUNCH CONCERT Classico Latino’s newest album channels the spirit of old Cuba, blending toe-tapping rhythms with a bewitching classical sound. Featuring Cuban Jazz legend Omar Puente on violin and an interval discussion with Felipe Hernández, Director of the Centre for Latin American Studies.

7PM – 9.30PM £15/£12/£5/Free

BRING OUT YOUR DEAD! DESTINY AND HEALTH IN THE MIDDLE AGES How much did health shape your fate in the Middle Ages?

We put a human face on this question by studying skeletons, playing a computer game and testing different scenarios.

6PM – 7.30PM � THU 24 OCT St John’s College Old Divinity School, All Saints Passage, CB2 1TP

HATE SPEECH, XENOPHOBIA AND TROLLS ‘Hell is other people’ and, Sartre might have added, they’re even worse online.

Is there a better way? Andy Martin hosts a discussion with Prof. Mary Beard and Prof. Rae Langton, from Cambridge, and journalists Sean O’Grady and Kuba Shand-Baptiste, from The Independent.

6PM – 7.30PM � THU 24 OCT St John’s College Fisher Building, St John’s Street, CB2 1TP

51 THE CHANGING FACE OF MEDICINE: STEM CELLS FOR FUTURE MEDICINE – SCIENTIFIC ADVANCES AND A CHRISTIAN PERSPECTIVE Prof. Sue Kimber, University of Manchester, describes the changing face of medicine in stem cell research and discusses Christian responses to the ethical issues surrounding the use of human embryos.

6PM – 7.30PM � THU 24 OCT Emmanuel College, St Andrew’s Street, CB2 3AP

A LOST DOG? WOLVES IN THE HIGHLANDS OF ETHIOPIA AND ELSEWHERE Kevin Hand discusses the changing fortunes of wolves in Europe, and the Ethiopian Wolf, the rarest canid in the world.

6.45PM – 8.30PM � THU 24 OCT David Attenborough Building, New Museums Site, CB2 3QZ

Fri 25 Oct CALLING ALL CAMBRIDGE CHANGE AGENTS! What is education’s role in global change for a sustainable world? Learn about the United Nations Sustainable Development Goals, and find out how you can make a positive impact on the world. Join the discussion and hands-on activities, and share ideas on being part of a green and fair future.

10AM – 1PM � FRI 25 OCT

FROM LOCATION TO GENES: IS IT TIME WE CHANGED THE WAY WE TALK ABOUT CANCER? As our understanding of cancer grows, it is becoming clear that classifying cancer by location isn’t always the most important factor for treatment. We discuss this shift in the way cancer is being studied, and the obstacles to implementing that change in the clinic.

With Cancer Research UK. 6PM – 8PM � THU 24 OCT Mill Lane Lecture Rooms, 8 Mill Lane, CB2 1RX

Ground Floor, Donald McIntyre Building, Faculty of Education, 184 Hills Road, CB2 8PQ

DEAR PRIME MINISTER...

We believe in the importance of children and families playing together. Sometimes it can be hard to make this happen in our busy daily lives.

We’d like to hear from families about what government could do to help you to play more.

Add your message to our wonderful display.

10AM – 1PM � FRI 25 OCT Ground Floor, Donald McIntyre Building, Faculty of Education, 184 Hills Road, CB2 8PQ

52 DEVELOPMENTAL LANGUAGE DISORDER AWARENESS On average, 2–3 children in UK classrooms experience language and communication difficulties. The exhibition aims to raise awareness about Developmental Language Disorder (DLD), its impact on the daily experiences of children and how language development can be supported.

THESE FOUR WALLS: A SECRET HISTORY OF WOMEN HOME-WORKERS These Four Walls is an exhibition exploring the contested meanings of paid work performed by women in their own homes. Created by historian Helen McCarthy and artist Leonora Saunders, who explore themes of precarity and domesticity, bringing the past into dynamic conversation with the present.

10AM – 1PM � FRI 25 OCT

10AM – 4PM � FRI 25 OCT and SAT 26 OCT

Ground Floor, Donald McIntyre Building, Faculty of Education, 184 Hills Road, CB2 8PQ

Milstein Seminar Rooms, Cambridge University Library, West Road, CB3 9DR

CHANGES IN CHILDREN’S SOCIAL RELATIONSHIPS OVER THE FIRST FIVE YEARS: FROM BIRTH TO SCHOOL-AGE Informal talks for parents and interactive tasks for children which look at: changes in the way parents talk to children of different ages, how children come to understand emotions at different ages and how children interact with peers differently during their first five years of life.

11AM – 1PM � FRI 25 OCT GS3, Donald McIntyre Building, Faculty of Education, 184 Hills Road, CB2 8PQ

SEE ALSO Related talk P.54

PLAYFUL LEARNING ZONE AT THE FACULTY OF EDUCATION Our popular annual Playful Learning Zone for families and children is back! Come and visit the Faculty of Education to see play and education research in action.

10AM – 1PM � FRI 25 OCT Ground Floor, Donald McIntyre Building, Faculty of Education, 184 Hills Road, CB2 8PQ

A WOMAN’S COLLEGE FROM OUTSIDE: VIRGINIA WOOLF’S FORGOTTEN CAMBRIDGE STORY This tour of Newnham College returns to the 1920s, when Virginia Woolf wrote a short story about Cambridge life, and students wrote letters about skipping lectures.

Guided by Lisa Feklistova.

11AM – 11.30AM 1PM – 1.30PM � FRI 25 OCT Meet at Pfeiffer Arch, Newnham College, Sidgwick Avenue, CB3 9DF

BUILD A DAY OF THE DEAD ALTAR Take part in the Day of the Dead celebrations by helping the Museum and the Mexican Society build an altar.

11AM – 4PM � FRI 25 OCT and SAT 26 OCT NOON – 4PM � SUN 27 OCT Museum of Archaeology and Anthropology, Downing Street, CB2 3DZ

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WHO WILL LOOK AFTER US IN OUR OLD AGE? Victoria Bateman, Fellow and College Lecturer in Economics

International Labour Organisation (ILO), women provide three quarters of global unpaid care, amounting to the equivalent of two billion people working full time for nothing. Even when they are paid, care work offers low pay in return for emotionally and physically arduous labour, affecting both gender inequality and income inequality.

None of us are getting any younger. And, with fertility at an all-time low, and a recent backlash against immigration, as we age, there are fewer and fewer young people to take up the reins. The Office for National Statistics estimates that the proportion of the population aged 65 and over will reach 26% by 2067, compared with 12% a century before. The number of us aged 85 or over and in need of 24-hour care will double by 2035 according to research published in The Lancet. Whilst living longer is of course to be celebrated, an ageing population necessarily creates challenges for any society, and Britain is not alone.

Care has, however, been overlooked by mainstream economics, which means that our caring needs haven’t been well provided for. The implicit view has either been that women will continue to provide unpaid caring services, or that we will all save just the right amount to provide for our own caring needs on the market. The reality is that neither option is working well, with the result being a ‘crisis in care’. At present, and according to the

And the numbers involved are anything but tiny: more than one million people work in adult social care, 82% of whom are female, with projections of a two-million-strong workforce by 2035. The IPPR estimates that 43.4% of those working in the sector earn below the living wage, which is double the proportion for the economy as a whole. The irony is that despite the low pay, which is arguably a reflection of the way we as a society undervalue care, care is unaffordable for many, leaving too many of us either uncared for or falling back on family members. This comes at a time when the state has been reducing funding for social care – despite the growing need.

The ILO has called for urgent action to be taken worldwide, including a doubling of investment in the care economy. The question on all of our minds is do we need a ‘national care service’ to sit alongside our ‘national health service’? Whatever your view, it’s time to confront the crisis in care and decide how, as a society, we are going to deal with it.

RELATED EVENT WHO WILL LOOK AFTER US IN OUR OLD AGE? 6PM – 7.30PM � MON 21 OCT PAGE 42

54 IS THIS THE WAY WE COULD FIX OUR WORLD? What if we could change politics, the economy and the future of our world by focusing on the relationships that connect individuals, groups and organisations?

David John Lee and Michael Schluter explore a radical new political philosophy.

12.30PM – 1.30PM � FRI 25 OCT The Jubilee Centre, St Andrew’s House, 59 St Andrew’s Street, CB2 3BZ

DISTORTING TIME AND SPACE: INSPIRING CREATIVE ADVENTURING FOR CHILDREN’S WELLBEING This interactive artist-led workshop showcases the artistic practice of Cambridge Curiosity and Imagination, a charity whose work brings together artists, educators, parents and researchers with a shared passion for how the arts and nature can transform lives.

CURATING THESE FOUR WALLS How can we recover and represent the hidden histories of women’s waged labour in the home? The creators of These Four Walls, artist Leonora Saunders and historian Helen McCarthy, discuss the subject of women working at home. Followed by a view of the exhibition.

2PM – 4PM � FRI 25 OCT

Milstein Seminar Rooms, Cambridge University Library, West Road, CB3 9DR

Anglia Ruskin University, East Road, CB1 1PT CURATOR’S TOUR: CHANGE OVER TIME IN CLASSICAL SCULPTURE The Museum of Classical Archaeology’s atmospheric Cast Gallery brings together over 1,000 years of classical statues under one roof.

Curator Susanne Turner offers a guided tour exploring how the sculpted bodies on display change from the Archaic through to the Roman period.

2PM – 3PM � FRI 25 OCT Museum of Classical Archaeology, Sidgwick Site, Sidgwick Avenue, CB3 9DA

SOUND OF CHANGE: CONCERT Sound of Change promises to be an exhilarating concert by international performers and includes the musicdance premiere of Cusp of Life by composer-researcher Valerie Ross as she translates her observations of open heart surgery into sonic interpretations of transcendence.

4.30PM – 6PM � FRI 25 OCT Chapel, Churchill College, Storey’s Way, CB3 ODS £7 donation

5PM – 6.45PM � FRI 25 OCT

SEE ALSO Related exhibition P.52

CLIMATE CONVERSATIONS For event details see P.19 5.30PM – 6.30PM � FRI 25 OCT

WEEK TWO

55 ECONOMICS AND CLIMATE CHANGE: FROM GETTING IT WRONG TO MAKING IT RIGHT The 20th century created unprecedented gains in human welfare and 1.5 trillion tonnes of CO2.

Matthew Agarwala and Dimitri Zenghelis discuss globalisation and innovation, combining science, statistics and conditional optimism to show how economics must change.

5.30PM – 6.30PM � FRI 25 OCT Howard Theatre, Downing College, Regent Street, CB2 1DQ

ANATOMIES OF REVOLUTION: FROM THE FRENCH REVOLUTION TO ISLAMIC STATE Revolution is everywhere – people power uprisings in Sudan and Algeria, the rise of Islamic State, the emergence of populism – but how do we understand this new age of revolution?

What links movements to their predecessors in history? George Lawson, LSE, explores how revolutions begin, unfold and end.

6PM – 7PM � FRI 25 OCT St John’s College Old Divinity School, All Saints Passage, CB2 1TP

TIPU SULTAN: JUDGING THE MAN BY HIS BOOKS Tipu Sultan of Mysore is seen as either a fanatic Muslim and tyrant, or a martyr whose wars against the British foreshadowed the 1857 uprising. But can we also judge him by his books? Based on research into his library – an estimated 2,000 volumes – Ursula Sims-Williams gives a more nuanced view.

IS HEALTH MORE IMPORTANT THAN WEALTH? Leading economist Prof.

Diane Coyle and happiness expert Prof. Richard Layard explore whether New Zealand is right to prioritise wellbeing over GDP as a marker of national success and whether others should follow its example.

5.30PM – 6.30PM � FRI 25 OCT

6PM – 7PM � FRI 25 OCT

Ancient India and Iran Trust, 23 Brooklands Avenue, CB2 8BG

St John’s College Fisher Building, St John’s Street, CB2 1TP

SOUNDS OF SPACE Join space weather scientist Nigel Meredith, artist-engineer Diana Scarborough and professional dancer Becky Byers on a science-inspired journey of off-world sounds.

This free event includes an introduction to the Sounds of Space, an immersive new performance and a panel discussion with Q&A. 7PM – 8PM � FRI 25 OCT Storey’s Field Centre, Eddington Avenue, CB3 1AA

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Weekend two Lantern slide of an unidentified street in Hong Kong, circa 1908–1915 © Photographer unknown. Royal Commonwealth Society

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Sat 26 Oct A CHANGE OF VIEW: CHARTING CHANGE IN ASIAN LANDSCAPES View the spectacular changes of Mumbai and Hong Kong captured in maps, photographs and watercolours from the University Library’s Map and Royal Commonwealth Society collections.

10AM – 12.30PM � SAT 26 OCT Map Room, Cambridge University Library, West Road, CB3 9DR

THESE FOUR WALLS: A SECRET HISTORY OF WOMEN HOME-WORKERS For event details see P.52 10AM – 4PM � SAT 26 OCT SEE ALSO Related talk P.54

FROM CHAUCER TO CHAPBOOKS Explore the evolution of education in St John’s College historic Old Library. Medieval manuscripts, renaissance illustrations, 18th-century materia medica and early children’s books tell the story of learning through the ages.

11AM – 4PM � SAT 26 OCT

CHANGING ME TO US: DESIGN CHALLENGES LONELINESS Social media is fantastically useful to connect us all, but ironically it has a darker side that can alienate individuals and generate a feeling of isolation.

Interior Design students at ARU examine some research around loneliness and present proposals to help us all connect again.

10AM – 5PM � SAT 26 OCT and SUN 27 OCT Anglia Ruskin University, East Road, CB1 1PT

The Old Library, St John’s College, St John’s Street, CB2 1TP

PLACES IN TRANSITION The resonance or identity of a specific location in the process of change is examined through presentations by artists. After the talk you are welcome to take part in a Big Draw walking tour (1.30pm–4pm) around the Mill Road area.

12.30PM – 1.30PM � SAT 26 OCT Anglia Ruskin University, East Road, CB1 1PT

BUILD A DAY OF THE DEAD ALTAR For event details see P.52 11AM – 4PM � SAT 26 OCT NOON – 4PM � SUN 27 OCT

58 THE TREATY OF VERSAILLES 100 YEARS ON: HAS IT BEEN MISJUDGED? A reappraisal of the controversial peace treaty that ended the First World War and helped cause the Second, with Sean Lang, ARU, and Nicolas Kinloch, University of Cambridge.

12.30PM – 1.30PM � SAT 26 OCT Anglia Ruskin University, East Road, CB1 1PT

THE WIND OF CHANGE IN PSYCHOLOGY: A JOURNEY ACROSS TIMES, PLACES AND CONTEXTS Social psychologists from ARU discuss changes in psychology across times, places and contexts, focusing on phenomena such as gendered advertising, homoprejudice crossculturally, injustice and mental health.

AWAKENING OF CONSCIOUSNESS The history of philosophy can be seen as an attempt at awakening human consciousness to the reality of our situation. Philosopher Henrik Schoeneberg tracks this development from the birth of philosophy.

12.30PM – 2PM � SAT 26 OCT

Anglia Ruskin University, East Road, CB1 1PT

2PM – 3PM � SAT 26 OCT

Anglia Ruskin University, East Road, CB1 1PT TRANSFORMATIVE EXPERIENCES Mike Wilby, ARU, discusses the nature of transformative experiences and what they say about philosophical questions such as decisionmaking, free will and authenticity, personal identity, the understanding of other people, the limits of the imagination and the nature of ethics.

12.30PM – 1.30PM � SAT 26 OCT Anglia Ruskin University, East Road, CB1 1PT

GAMELAN MUSIC AND DANCE AS CHANGING TRADITION Join master musician Pak Bagus Baghaskoro Wisnu Murti in a hands-on gamelan workshop in two parts, one for music and one for dance, with a short final session to incorporate both. No previous experience necessary.

Participants are welcome to try both music and dance.

1PM – 1.45PM 1.45PM – 2.30PM 2.30PM – 3PM � SAT 26 OCT Cudworth Room and Lecture Room 3, Faculty of Music, Sidgwick Site, 11 West Road, CB3 9DP

BREAKING BARRIERS THROUGH OUR SHARED HISTORY: ISLAM’S ROLE IN THE ENGLISH ENLIGHTENMENT Imranali Panjwani, ARU, shares Islam’s underrecognised role in inspiring notable English writers who used the egalitarian teachings of the Qur’an and Prophet Muhammad to reform aspects of English society during the Enlightenment.

2PM – 3PM � SAT 26 OCT Anglia Ruskin University, East Road, CB1 1PT

WEEKEND TWO

59 DADS GET SAD TOO: A PSYCHOLOGIST OPENS UP ABOUT POSTNATAL DEPRESSION Drawing on his experience of becoming a new father and being diagnosed with postnatal depression, Prof. Viren Swami tries to understand why some dads get sad and what needs to change to better support them.

SUPERGRAINS: AS SUPER AS THEY COULD BE? Trying to eat more ‘supergrains’, like quinoa and millet? The shift towards healthier grains is global, with global repercussions. Join us for a panel discussion on the knotty issue of food sustainability – looking at how changes in what we eat affect our health, economies, and the natural world.

2PM – 3PM � SAT 26 OCT

2PM – 3.30PM � SAT 26 OCT

Anglia Ruskin University, East Road, CB1 1PT

Sainsbury Laboratory, 47 Bateman Street, CB2 1LR

FROM AUDITORS TO ZOMBIES: EXPLORING DIVERSITY AND INCLUSION IN SIR TERRY PRATCHETT’S DISCWORLD From Fourex to Klatch and Llamedos to Genua, there’s a swilling miscellany of gender, race, culture, species, dead and undead. Join Terri Simpkin for a Pratchett quote-packed discussion about diversity, inclusion and Discworld.

BECAUSE WE ARE WORTH IT! ON CHANGES IN ADVERTISING, GENDER AND SOCIETY What would aliens learn about gender from ads? Does it matter? Magdalena ZawiszaRiley, ARU, analyses the representation, effectiveness and effects of gendered ads based on her new book.

Followed by book sales and signing.

2PM – 3PM � SAT 26 OCT Anglia Ruskin University, East Road, CB1 1PT

2.30PM – 3.30PM � SAT 26 OCT Anglia Ruskin University, East Road, CB1 1PT

MILTON ROAD LIBRARY POETRY TOUR Join Cambridge poet Michael Brown on a literary tour of our brand-new community library on Milton Road. As Milton Road Library Author in Residence, Michael Brown celebrates the work of local authors whilst taking you on a tour of the state-of-the-art library facilities.

3PM – 4PM � SAT 26 OCT Milton Road Library, Ascham Road, CB4 2BD

THE LGBTQ+ MOVEMENT AFTER STONEWALL How has the memory of the Stonewall Uprising informed LGBTQ+ politics in the present day? Join queer activists to discuss queer history and social change since 1969.

3PM – 4.30PM � SAT 26 OCT Nihon Room, Pembroke College, Trumpington Street, CB2 1RF

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POETRY AND LITERARY TOURS AT CAMBRIDGE FESTIVAL OF IDEAS Michael Brown, Poet

Citizen Can we become citizens instead of consumers?

Independent thinkers and creative creators Together we can plant a tree for each new citizen Instead of "my citizenship" we will all hold one world passport Zombies no longer Environment must come first in this eco age New world I started the first Festival of Ideas poetry tours in 2014, when my debut poetry collection had just been published.

I think people wish to see behind the scenes at the ‘real’ Cambridge University. People are often interested in all the amazing happenings even outside of the undergraduate terms such as short courses, research, societies, special interest groups, arts and culture.

Local people know the postcard image and anyone can go on a history timeline tour but I think eccentric characters like myself can bring things alive with poetry, stories, art and literature. Cambridge isn’t just about stunning buildings but incredible people who are all doing interesting activities.

WEEKEND TWO

This is now my fifth year programming events at the Festival. My poetry tour takes place in the newly redeveloped Milton Road Library this year at the heart of Chesterton community, where I am Poet in Residence and an active member of Friends of Milton Road Library. The Wren Library hosts a number of superb local poets and a new exhibition in this stunning location and also marks the launch of my third collection of poetry.

This year, as we have just adopted our son, I am also programming a number of children/ family events. Half-term book worms will see

retired residents of Chesterton reading to children, a bookmark-making workshop and I have selected books inspired by Cambridge University Library and local authors with a focus on nature and the environment. It is positive to bring Cambridge University out into the community and celebrate places not in the historic city centre. My husband and I also volunteer at the Sedgwick Museum in education and outreach events, and the Family Science Sketch is being attended by a Cambridgeshire Adoptive Family group.

RELATED EVENTS THE WREN LIBRARY PRESENTS: CAMBRIDGE POETS 2PM – 3.30PM � SAT 19 OCT PAGE 32 HALF-TERM BOOK WORMS 10AM – 11.30AM 1PM – 2.20PM � MON 21 OCT PAGE 41 MILTON ROAD LIBRARY POETRY TOUR 3PM – 4PM � SAT 26 OCT PAGE 49

61 1989: WHY THE WALL FELL At the start of 1989, the Berlin Wall and the dictatorships that stood behind it seemed secure. By the end of the year, dictators had fallen, the Wall was open and the world began to change in extraordinary ways. Jonathan Davis, ARU, examines the end of communism in Eastern Europe.

3.30PM – 4.30PM � SAT 26 OCT Anglia Ruskin University, East Road, CB1 1PT

DO WE ALL HAVE A BIT OF OCD IN US? Obsessive-compulsive disorder (OCD) is considered a serious mental health disorder. However, many people say they are ‘a bit OCD’ at times. Sharon Morein, ARU, offers insight into the condition and differing perspectives on how these two views can be reconciled.

3.30PM – 4.30PM � SAT 26 OCT Anglia Ruskin University, East Road, CB1 1PT

JOHN RUSKIN AND CULTURAL CHANGE IN MUSEUMS IN WWII Find out how John Ruskin’s ideas influenced the development of museums during WWII, from the National Gallery to regional museums in East Anglia. With Catherine Pearson, ARU.

READING AND WRITING HISTORICAL FICTION Four writers talk about reading and writing historical fiction: Emma Flint, Antonia Senior, Syd Moore and Mick Finlay.

Followed by book signing.

3.30PM – 4.30PM � SAT 26 OCT

Anglia Ruskin University, East Road, CB1 1PT

3.30PM – 4.30PM � SAT 26 OCT

Anglia Ruskin University, East Road, CB1 1PT

NEUROMEDITATION WITH MUSIC Krisztián Hofstädter, ARU, introduces his research where he develops a Brain– Computer Music Interface that composes soundscapes that employ real-time brainwave measurements. The soundscapes are immersive and interactive audio neurogames that propose to help meditation.

3.30PM – 4.30PM � SAT 26 OCT Anglia Ruskin University, East Road, CB1 1PT

THE CHANGING TIMES OF THE HIGH STREET: A PSYCHOLOGICAL PERSPECTIVE Consumer psychologist Cathrine Jansson-Boyd, ARU, talks about why it is a difficult time for high street retailers and what can be done to try to encourage consumers to go shopping.

3.30PM – 4.30PM � SAT 26 OCT Anglia Ruskin University, East Road, CB1 1PT

62 WOMEN WITH IDEAS THAT CHANGED THE WORLD Do you know who invented the dishwasher, solar panels or the modern bra? Alison Ainley, ARU, explores examples of women whose ideas changed the world, why it has taken time to recognise them and how their achievements are being celebrated today.

3.30PM – 4.30PM � SAT 26 OCT Anglia Ruskin University, East Road, CB1 1PT

WOMEN AT CAMBRIDGE UNIVERSITY: WITNESSES AND AGENTS OF CHANGE This panel explores the memories of women at the University of Cambridge. They recall their lives of challenge and change as University undergraduates and staff since the 1970s. This event is held in memory of Dorothy Garrod, 80 years after her election as the first woman Professor.

3.30PM – 5PM � SAT 26 OCT McDonald Institute for Archaeological Research, Downing Street, CB2 3ER

ARE WE ALL THIN ENOUGH YET? HOW THE THIN IDEAL CONQUERED THE WORLD Prof. Viren Swami, ARU, presents a history of the thin ideal of beauty, showing how this ideal – far from being ‘natural’ – has been shaped by culture, politics and patriarchy.

DESKTOP DETECTION: TRUE CRIME IN THE AGE OF SOCIAL MEDIA Chaired by Tanya Horeck, author of Justice on Demand: True Crime in the Digital Streaming Era, this panel asks: has social media changed the ways in which audiences engage with true crime shows?

5PM – 6PM � SAT 26 OCT

5PM – 6PM � SAT 26 OCT

Anglia Ruskin University, East Road, CB1 1PT

Anglia Ruskin University, East Road, CB1 1PT

BREAKING: A YEAR OF GOOGLE NEWS HEADLINES Every day during 2018 artist Robert Good collected the headlines offered to him by the Google News feed and compiled them into Breaking – a mesmerising mix of sport, fashion, gossip and gloom.

Join Robert to explore the state of the news industry as it changes from print to digital.

DID SAINT JAMES OF COMPOSTELA HELP FRANCO’S NATIONALISTS WIN THE SPANISH CIVIL WAR? Franco declared his rising against the Spanish government a ‘crusade’. Tony Morgan, ARU, examines the persisting legend of Santiago de Compostela over the thousand years culminating in the Spanish Civil War.

5PM – 6PM � SAT 26 OCT

5PM – 6PM � SAT 26 OCT

Anglia Ruskin University, East Road, CB1 1PT

Anglia Ruskin University, East Road, CB1 1PT

WEEKEND TWO

63 THE MIFUNE TSUJI TRIO: MUSIC OF CHANGES The Mifune Tsuji Trio present a concert reflecting the theme of change, including trios by Nicola Resanovic, Russell Peterson and Astor Piazzolla, André Previn’s Tango Song and Dance, and Benjamin Britten’s Six Metamorphoses After Ovid.

5PM – 6PM � SAT 26 OCT Anglia Ruskin University, East Road, CB1 1PT

METAMORPHOSIS IN MUSIC A short chamber concert for solo voice, oboe, bassoon and piano, featuring music on the subject of change.

Includes music by Bach, Britten, Elgar, Poulenc and Wilson.

5.30PM – 6:50PM � SAT 26 OCT Yusuf Hamied Theatre, Christ’s College, St Andrew’s Street, CB2 3BU

BEETHOVEN’S EROICA: JONATHAN BLOXHAM AND THE CAMBRIDGE UNIVERSITY ORCHESTRA Jonathan Bloxham and the Cambridge University Orchestra perform Judith Weir’s Heroic Strokes of the Bow, Rossini’s Bassoon Concerto and Beethoven’s Symphony No. 3, Eroica.

8PM – 10PM � SAT 26 OCT West Road Concert Hall, 11 West Road, CB3 9DP

5PM – 6PM � SAT 26 OCT

NO ADMISSION: AN EXPLORATION OF IDENTITY, ARTISTRY AND HUMANITY Ellie Brown has spent time in a prison working with the residents to develop photography self-portraits and to explore themes of identity, artistry and humanity in prison. Through the medium of film and photography, she takes you behind the walls of this high-security prison.

FREE PRE-CONCERT TALK Prof. Nicholas Marston discusses how Beethoven’s Eroica symphony changed music forever. Nicholas is joined by Master of the Queen’s Music Judith Weir CBE, to discuss her piece Heroic Strokes of the Bow.

Anglia Ruskin University, East Road, CB1 1PT

7PM – 9PM � SAT 26 OCT

7PM – 7.30PM � SAT 26 OCT

Frankopan Hall, West Court Jesus College, Jesus Lane, CB5 8BJ

West Road Concert Hall, 11 West Road, CB3 9DP

WHY TONY BLAIR WAS RIGHT: THE NEW LABOUR REVOLUTION 25 YEARS ON Tony Blair was a serial election winner. Yet, today, his record is often reduced to Iraq and the 2008 economic crash.

Richard Carr, ARU, argues it is time to think again.

£5–£20

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Sun 27 Oct CHANGING ME TO US: DESIGN CHALLENGES LONELINESS For event details see P.57 10AM – 5PM � SUN 27 OCT

CHORAL EVENSONG At this beautiful service, the address is given by Daniel Zeichner, MP for Cambridge, and is entitled ‘Insecurity in times of change’. Everyone, of all faiths, and of no faith, is most warmly welcome.

5.30PM – 6.30PM � SUN 27 OCT Great St Mary’s, the University Church, Senate House Hill, CB2 3PQ Retiring collection

FINALS OF THE EAST ANGLIAN YOUNG COMPOSER COMPETITION Hear entries for the East Anglian Young Composer Competition performed by the Marsyas Trio with feedback and composing advice provided by composer Ewan Campbell.

11AM – 5PM � SUN 27 OCT

I SAY NOW: THE BIRTH OF A COMPOSITION How do compositions come to life? Where does a composer begin in the search to translate ideas into new sounds? Awardwinning composer Richard Causton offers an insight into the compositional process, and tells the story behind his latest, highly acclaimed orchestral work, I say: NOW.

Old Labs, Newnham College, Sidgwick Avenue, CB3 9DF

6PM – 6.30PM � SUN 27 OCT

SEE ALSO Related music events on this day

Recital Room, Faculty of Music, Sidgwick Site, 11 West Road, CB3 9DP SEE ALSO Related music events on this day

BUILD A DAY OF THE DEAD ALTAR For event details see P.52 NOON – 4PM � SUN 27 OCT

SIP ‘N’ SCRIBBLE: WITH FAUNA AND FLORA INTERNATIONAL Grab pens, a drink and a bite to eat, for an evening of conservation-inspired drawing – with artist Georgia Goddard and FFI expert Andy Cameron. Find out more about FFI projects and add to the artwork, over drinks and chatting. Materials provided.

Drawing and drinking continues afterwards too!

6PM – 7PM � SUN 27 OCT Thirsty, 46 Chesterton Road, CB4 1EN

EAST ANGLIAN YOUNG COMPOSERS CONCERT A short concert by the Marsyas Trio showcasing compositions by talented young composers, including winning entries in this year’s East Anglian Young Composer Competition.

7PM – 8PM � SUN 27 OCT West Road Concert Hall, Sidgwick Site, 11 West Road, CB3 9DP SEE ALSO Related music events on this day

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The Cambridge Union, 9A Bridge Street, CB2 1UB

NOON – 5.30PM � SUN 27 OCT

Imagine the perfect social Sunday: great food, newspapers and Bloody Marys, then add... a feast of ideas! Sunday Papers Live was established in London in 2013, and is a mini-Sunday festival that brings the broadsheets to life, section by section, performance by performance, with high-profile speakers, entertainers, fun/creative activities, and food and drink.

The special Festival of Ideas Edition returns to the beautiful Cambridge Union and aims to offer a thought-provoking and enjoyable Sunday, where people can relax (you are encouraged to wear slippers), but engage with current issues and intellectual topics, as well as giggle and laugh their way through comedy, games and activities.

Bloody Marys, Prosecco and Sunday-roast-themed food, this year, supplied by local business Bread & Meat. Order your roast rolls in advance – the wonderful rare roast beef sandwich, or the renowned roast mixed vegetable and fresh salsa verde sandwich. Join us for a full programme of talks, a guided walk, and activities for older kids and adults. £15 adults / £10 12–16 yrs

Price does not include food or drinks.

£8 for pre-ordered Sunday roast rolls.

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Coming up next

Mon 9 Mar – Sun 22 Mar 2020 www.sciencefestival.cam.ac.uk

For more information on other public events at the University of Cambridge, visit: www.cam.ac.uk/whatson Many Colleges and Museums across the City welcome visitors throughout the year.

For further information, visit: www.cam.ac.uk/visitors

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For enquiries or to pre-book, visit: www.festivalofideas.cam.ac.uk or call: 01223 766766 There is no need to pre-book events unless specifically indicated in the programme Bookings open: Mon 23 Sep 2019 Lines open: 11AM – 3PM Mon – Fri cambridgefestivalofideas camideasfest I #CamIdeasFest

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