Cambridge launches innovative economic research project
26 October 2011An innovative research project at the University of Cambridge has been launched in response to the world financial crisis of 2008 and its continuing economic consequences.
Inspiring Ideas
26 October 2011Clare, Newnham and St. Catharine’s Colleges have welcomed eighty students from schools in London and the East Midlands for the first ever ‘Inspiring Ideas’ event.
Chiral metal surfaces may help to manufacture pharmaceuticals
26 October 2011Research provides insight into novel approach which could be used in pharmaceutical drug synthesis.
The politics of speechmaking
24 October 2011Modern politicians are too stuck in a 24/7 media bubble to make the kind of grand speeches associated with past leaders, a debate on political rhetoric at the Cambridge Festival of Ideas heard last week.
What now for the debate on race?
24 October 2011A series of talks at Clare College tonight consider the extent to which issues surrounding race in Britain have progressed.
Belief and beyond
23 October 2011In a Festival of Ideas talk for the public this Tuesday, Cambridge University academic Dr David Lehmann will discuss the enduring power of fundamentalist strands of religion within an increasingly secular society. His most recent research focuses on the phenomenal rise of the neo-Pentecostal Church in Brazil where a ‘Third Temple of Solomon’ is under construction in Sao Paolo.
Do Memorials Matter?
21 October 2011For the Festival of Ideas, Dr Dacia Viejo-Rose, a researcher on the CRIC research project, will discuss the unexpected impact and diverse use of memorials in societies recovering from war. Directed from the McDonald Institute for Archaeological Research, the CRIC project is investigating the reconstruction of cultural heritage after conflict in different areas of Europe.
Will the English language ever die?
21 October 2011Imagine a world in which there is no difference between blue and black or green and blue. A world where there are hundreds of different types of snow.
Global business leaders issue urgent call to action on climate change
20 October 2011Governments warned: window to limit global warming closing.
The remarkable story of Alexander Crummell
20 October 2011A talk at the University of Cambridge’s Festival of Ideas this evening will focus on the extraordinary life of Alexander Crummell – the son of a slave – who was one of the first black students to study at Cambridge.
