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9 Feb 2024: Xavier Le Clerc, who recently published his book Un Homme Sans Titre, has (re)discovered Algeria through Albert Camus’ eyes, in his text Misère de la Kabylie. This journey led him to revive his father’s life in the exact same kind of village.

9 Feb 2024: From the breathtaking scale and beauty of stars and galaxies, to the amazing diversity of life on Earth in all its weirdness and wonder, our universe is incredible!

9 Feb 2024: On Saturday 16 March 2024, CHaOS will take over the University of Cambridge Zoology labs for Crash, Bang, Squelch! Come and see lots of exciting hands-on experiments from all areas of science!

9 Feb 2024: See behind the scenes of the Energy Centre at Eddington, and learn how it supports the district heating network and sustainability ambition for the neighbourhood.

9 Feb 2024: Join CHaOS for robotics workshops packed full of hands-on design and programming. Zero experience is required, as we’ll teach you all the basics so that you can start making your own robots do amazing things in no time at all!

9 Feb 2024: Following a sold-out Open Cambridge talk, Chris Wakefield from the Cambridge Archaeological Unit returns to tell the fascinating story of Must Farm, the best-preserved Bronze Age settlement ever discovered in the UK.

9 Feb 2024: Ever wondered how your phone changes brightness in the sunshine? Or how streetlamps turn on at night? Well, they are both controlled by sensors. In this activity, you will design and innovate to solve real-world challenges using environment

9 Feb 2024: The periodic table brings order to the 118 known elements.

9 Feb 2024: The Faraday Institute for Science and Religion invites you to a fascinating talk on the entanglements of bioethics. The talk will be followed by a Q&A session. A free drinks reception will also be held after the event in the Old Library, Emmanuel

9 Feb 2024: Imagine a future that’s teeming with life and guided by nature! Join the Imaginarium Takeover for a weekend of stories, ideas, creativity and hands-on activities as we ask “What Would Nature Do?” to build a greener, fairer and more connected

9 Feb 2024: Prophecy writing was used as political propaganda by both revolt movements and monarchies in medieval Britain. This presentation will present audience members with prophecies by Merlin and the lesser-known prophet Thomas Erceldoune, which were

9 Feb 2024: Experience a live performance incorporating visual art, music, theatre and dance as Diploma and Foundation students from Cambridge School of Visual & Performing Arts (CSVPA) present a live interpretation of one of their mixed media outcomes created

9 Feb 2024: Cancer immunotherapy harnesses the power of our immune system in the fight against cancer. But what exactly is cancer immunotherapy? How does it work? How is it helping patients? How can this new treatment be improved?

9 Feb 2024: England is struggling with a severe crisis in teacher retention and supply that some have called “catastrophic”. Alongside an exodus of experienced educators from the profession, government targets for teacher recruitment are now routinely being

9 Feb 2024: Join us at the Museum of Technology for a drop-in print workshop that will look at art relating to death ceremonies around the world. Attendees will be able to look through different examples of such art and design, and then print their own memento

9 Feb 2024: Join us for an interactive and educational experience that explores the science of how we form habits and its implications for both humans and animals.

4 Mar 2024: Two events, organised by the Møller Institute at the University of Cambridge, will see speakers discussing how the idea of leadership is moving away from a hierarchical set-up towards a focus on dialogue between leaders and followers.

9 Feb 2024: Come along to see how technology allows us, by generating energy, to overcome ‘gravity’ – children will be able to make their own LED torches to take away! Also, find out how energy is stored to allow a model train or cars to move for a given

9 Feb 2024: Using evidence from his own and other studies of corporate psychopaths, Dr Clive Boddy will discuss the incidence rates of female psychopathy in the adult population, and argue that there are more female psychopaths than anyone has previously

9 Feb 2024: Come and see us during the family weekend and take part in our exciting hands-on activities, to spark your imagination.

9 Feb 2024: In this presentation, Dr Yvonne Joko Walburga Fru MD, MSc, DPhil will take the audience through the epidemiology of cancer in French-speaking Africa.

9 Feb 2024: For centuries, the archive has intrigued and fascinated us. Often imagined as a dusty room in a crumbling old library, it is where we go to locate our collective memory, to understand who we are, and where we have come from.

9 Feb 2024: Join Thomas Matthews Boehmer as he shines a light on the urban history of York (Eboracum), the most northerly provincial capital of the Roman Empire.

9 Feb 2024: In war healthcare and the media are protected entities under international humanitarian law. But the emblems they wear, be it the Red Cross or Crescent or the word PRESS, are increasingly making them a target, with the current situation in the

9 Feb 2024: Plants do not have muscles, but they are great architects that can engineer a variety of structures for fast movement and growth. These abilities are fascinating and an inspiration for modern engineering and materials development.

9 Feb 2024: Visit the Department of Chemistry to try some hands-on chemistry experiments and enter a world of science. Once kitted out in a lab coat and safety goggles, you will be ready to go!

9 Feb 2024: "Seeing is Believing? The Secrets of Visual Illusions Unveiled" is a journey into the mesmerizing world of optical illusions, specially designed for young, inquisitive minds.

9 Feb 2024: In this event, we will share the latest information on AI, blockchain and the metaverse with the audience to show their power, and also to encourage future generations to develop an interest in this area of engineering.

9 Feb 2024: This Event will also be accesible as a hybrid event via the Zoom link below: https://wolfson-cam-ac-uk.zoom.us/meeting/register/tJUpdeqtpzoiGNf1a9UVJ6EuOTlb6See7pby Please only proceed with the Eventbrite ticket booking if you plan to attend in

9 Feb 2024: Ultra-processed foods (UPF) are a hot topic, with growing calls for tighter regulation. But what do we really know about them? Are they all bad for us, and if so what can we do about it?

9 Feb 2024: Have you ever wondered about where we get our medicines from? Then come join us at the Exam rooms for a fascinating journey into the world of Pharmacology!

9 Feb 2024: Do respectable women have to look a certain way? This talk explores the medieval roots of stereotypes about makeup and dress that still affect women today.

9 Feb 2024: In a virtual roundtable discussion Professor Charles Kennel will engage with current converging ecological challenges affecting both humans and non-humans.

9 Feb 2024: In today’s dynamic and rapidly evolving world, leadership is not just about guiding and managing others; it’s also about resilience, adaptability and empowerment.

9 Feb 2024: Women in religious communities have typically been seen as victims of patriarchy. This panel brings together scholars who have carried out research with women in religious movements and communities connected to Islam, Judaism and Christianity, to

9 Feb 2024: Professor Helen Weinstein, historian and Director of Historyworks, has been working with the local community and organisations during the past 5 years to research, capture and share the story of the Petersfield area between Mill Road and the railway,

9 Feb 2024: In 2023, several stories about stem-cell-based embryo models hit the news, resulting in headlines such as: “Synthetic human embryo made without sperm or an egg”, “Most advanced synthetic human embryo models yet spark controversy”,

9 Feb 2024: This event has been cancelled.

9 Feb 2024: Enjoy a tour of the University’s Park Farm to learn about the dairy herd and sustainable farming, and then take a walk to the Madingley Estates parkland to hear about biodiversity, heritage, land management and landscape.

9 Feb 2024: How are stories of justice told and visualised? In what ways do stereotypes of victims entrench biases of race, class and gender? What presumptions do we have about violence and forms of justice?

9 Feb 2024: The Beyond the Trigger research initiative has drawn together perspectives from inside and outside a variety of academic disciplines, using the key aspects of performance – physicality, space, the relationship of individual to group – to explore

9 Feb 2024: This talk explores the myriad ways in which authors and audiences from Classical writers such as Caesar and Tacitus, to medieval literature set in the pre-Christian past, to the modern opera stage have interpreted and reinterpreted Celtic druids.

9 Feb 2024: This talk will centre on retellings of classical myth and epics from across the ages. Are you a fan of contemporary female-centric revisions, or do you stand by the Bard?

9 Feb 2024: in this talk, Tom Zille from the Faculty of English will be exploring the influence of Jane Austen’s novels on modern literary writers, who treated her as a model for their own styles, and also explaining why this influence is largely forgotten.

9 Feb 2024: If you have ever wondered why you feel the way you feel, we can tell you that molecules have a lot to do with it! Come and hear about how adrenalin makes you high on energy, or oxytocin gives you that loving feeling... and every other

9 Feb 2024: The Ugly Animal Preservation Society is dedicated to raising the profile of mother natures more aesthetically challenged children. We can't all be pandas!

9 Feb 2024: This panel event will explore the latest science and knowledge on marathon running and training. The panel will focus on the principles of marathon training and how to maximise your training results.

9 Feb 2024: To mark the centenary of the Department of Biochemistry in Cambridge, we present a series of short talks charting the past, present and future of applications of biochemistry to problems in human health.

9 Feb 2024: The COVID-19 pandemic has laid bare health inequalities between different social groups in society. This session will explore the meaning, measurement and causes of health inequalities, including those associated with the pandemic.

9 Feb 2024: The world that we live in today is acutely recognisable as affected by infectious diseases. Despite decades of work on predicting and preventing the next pandemic, the third major betacoronavirus outbreak within 20 years was still able to lead to