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Cambridge Festival of Ideas 2011
Check out everything you might have missed on the main day of the Festival:
Do memorials matter?
This short film examines people’s feelings towards memorials with the help of the EU’s Cultural Heritage and the Re-construction of Identities after Conflict (CRIC) team.
CRIC Historian Matthias Neutzner explains why Dresden of all German cities has been the focus of intense propaganda over its wartime suffering with tens of thousands of demonstrators still taking to the streets each year to protest over claims being made about the city’s past: http://vimeo.com/33733958
Professor Marcus du Sautoy
Professor du Sautoy explored the hidden mathematical ideas that underpin artists’ creative output in this packed talk at the Festival.
Violent nature
Catch up on everything you missed at this fantastic discussion on how governments, scientists and aid agencies can manage the risks of living in potentially lethal locations. In partnership with the RCUK Global Uncertainties Programme.
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Marcus Sedgwick
In this clip acclaimed author Marcus Sedgwick explains where the inspiration for his latest book came from. Click here to view Carl Larsson’s ‘Midvinterblot’.
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Charlie Higson
Charlie explains his love for all things horror!
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Musical mayhem
Check out some of the activities that were part of ‘Musical Mayhem’. Video courtesy of CU-TV.
Access all archives
Find out more about the eagerly awaited Cambridge Festival of Ideas event ‘Access all archives: sights and sounds’ which took place on Monday 24 October 2011. The University’s museums were brought alive with live music and cutting-edge sound installations which accompanied an exploration of the archives. Film and photography projections, improvisation, gamelan gongs, DJ sets and more combined to awaken the senses as you embark on a trail of discovery throughout this late night opening.
Who cares about the arts and humanities?
Professor Sir Leszek Borysiewicz, Vice-Chancellor of the University of Cambridge clearly does. Check out his talk on the Affinity Radio website.
Why do languages die?
In 2010, Dr Stephen Leonard embarked on a year-long trip to live with the Inughuit of north-west Greenland, the northernmost settled people on Earth. His aim was to record the language, stories and songs of these communities. Dr Leonard will be taking part in the debate on ‘Why do Languages die?’ on Saturday 22 October. Find out more information here.
Seven billion: the crowded planet
This short film was produced in the run-up to the 2011 Festival of Ideas about the event on Tuesday 25 October, ‘Seven billion: the crowded planet‘. Professor John Guillebaud, Population Matters; Sara Parkin, Forum for the Future; Fred Pearce, author of ‘Peoplequake’; and Sir Tony Wrigley, Cambridge Group for the History of Population and Social Structure debate the topic.
Missed one of the talks in 2010? Listen again!