The 2012 Ramsden Sermon this Sunday
25 May 2012The Most Reverend Archbishop Michael Fitzgerald, MAfr, will preach the Ramsden Sermon in Great St Mary's, the University Church, on Whitsunday, 27 May, at 11.15 am.
The changing face of British intelligence
23 May 2012Dame Stella Rimington, former Director-General of MI5, will deliver Newnham College’s Jane Harrison Memorial Lecture on Friday, 25 May.
The art of survival
22 May 2012A collection of artefacts made by prisoners from the Channel Islands in World War II has gone on display in Jersey to mark the 70th anniversary of the Channel Island deportations, with the help of a Cambridge researcher.
Can Hollande live up to expectations?
18 May 2012As Francois Hollande takes up his seat as President of France, will he be able to live up to the huge expectations of those who voted for him or will his reputation for indecision be his undoing, asks Robert Tombs.
Opening of Alison Richard Building
18 May 2012The newest building on the University of Cambridge’s Sidgwick Site has been named in honour of the former Vice-Chancellor.
Intoxicating history
18 May 2012In tracing the modern history of Germany’s policy on intoxicant and drug use, which favours therapy rather than punishment, Cambridge historian Dr Victoria Harris highlights that criminalisation may not be the only route.
The End Of Honecker
17 May 2012A film about the downfall of the East German head of state, Erich Honecker, which includes an astonishing interview with his apparently unrepentant widow, will receive its UK premiere next week.
Encounters in medieval matrimony
17 May 2012Scholars from five different institutions, and both Christian and Muslim backgrounds, will gather in Cambridge tomorrow to look at medieval Islamic marriage and how it was viewed by contemporary Christian travellers and polemicists.
Cambridge Language Sciences launched
15 May 2012The University launched its new Strategic Initiative in Language Sciences at a special one-day conference at Newnham College on 12 May, attended by over 90 delegates.
Ethical dilemmas and global health
15 May 2012Sociologists David Stuckler and Sridhar Venkatapuram discuss how tensions within society are slowing down the process of combating disease worldwide.
