A new book about the University, Reflections on Cambridge, which is being launched today, explores the culture, the customs, the colleges and the politics of Cambridge from an anthropological as well as historical standpoint.
Five Cambridge academics were named in the Queen’s Birthday Honours list announced last weekend.
Sir Roger Norrington, one of the most distinguished British conductors of his generation, has been appointed as Principal Guest Conductor and Artistic Advisor of the Cambridge University Musial Society (CUMS) from the end of the 2008-09 academic year.
The Chancellor of the University of Cambridge, His Royal Highness The Duke of Edinburgh, was in Cambridge this week to preside over a ceremony to admit recent major donors to the University into the Cambridge Guild of Benefactors.
A come and sing event with one of the world’s best-known composers, a commemoration of Franz Joseph Haydn and a rare opportunity to hear a concert in the Senate House are among the offerings of Cambridge Cantat 800, a week-long celebration of Cambridge choirs, which kicks off this weekend (11 April).
King's College Fellow and Persian scholar Peter Avery OBE, who died on 6 October, was one of the world's foremost experts on the history and literature of Iran.
The strong cultural links between Cambridge and Iran were celebrated in a private visit to the University by the Iranian Ambassador, His Excellency Mr Rasoul Movahedian.
An Act of Remembrance for the Tsunami disaster takes place at the University of Cambridge this weekend.
