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Life extinguished, life rekindled
This year's Darwin Lectures address the theme of life. Tonight's speaker, Cambridge academic Dr Robert Macfarlane, will discuss “Life in Ruins” in art and literature. He will begin with a thought experiment, described below, and go on to explore the roles that ruins play in our hopes and fears.
Academics to join British Academy Fellowship
The British Academy has today announced the scholars elected for this year’s Fellowships in recognition of their contribution to the humanities and social sciences.
History's bitter pill
The British Empire presided over innumerable atrocities and acts of appalling cruelty, but what use is acknowledging those injustices when they are so distant from our own time? Priyamvada Gopal's research illustrates both the strength of our ties to the past and the implications they have for our present.
A Class Apart
Despite our best efforts, social mobility in the UK does not seem to be improving. Diane Reay, Professor of Education at the University of Cambridge, will be speaking at Hay about the hereditary curse of the English education system and her developing vision for a “socially just” replacement.
Cultural heritage after conflict
A collaborative study led by Cambridge is examining the impact on society of the destruction and reconstruction of cultural heritage.
The 1972 Munich Olympics and the Making of Modern Germany
A new analysis of the Munich Games of 1972 places the event at the very centre of modern German history, as Dr Chris Young explains.
Biology, training, and profit sharing make best traders
Cambridge researchers have identified a group of traders consistently able to outperform the market, even during the credit crisis.
Energy Efficient Cities initiative
A multidisciplinary initiative is focusing on the complex energy requirements of cities and how they can be reshaped.