Back ache: it’s been a pain for millions of years
21 March 2011Research by a Cambridge archaeologist shows that back pain caused untold misery long before we started staring into screens and slumping on sofas.
How advanced genetic techniques can unravel complex human stories
21 March 2011Scholars from all over the world are gathering at the University of Cambridge today for a workshop entitled Studia Stemmatologica. They will be looking at novel ways of applying advanced genetic-mapping techniques to the study of cultural traditions as diverse as music and dance, languages and folk lore, tribal rugs and even tattoos.
Fostering UK-China entrepreneurship
18 March 2011An initiative to encourage entrepreneurial cooperation and collaboration between Britain and China will be launched in Cambridge this week.
Young Cambridge citizens to be Commonwealth leaders today
18 March 2011Young Cambridge citizens will become Commonwealth leaders for the day today.
The Cambridge Commonwealth Youth Summit started yesterday, Thursday, 17th March and ends today, Friday 18th March.
CRASSH: convener and gateway to the humanities
17 March 2011At CRASSH, researchers in the arts, humanities and social sciences have the opportunity to intersect, generating fresh thinking and innovation, as Director Professor Mary Jacobus explains.
Conversations across continents
17 March 2011Each year, academic dialogue is enriched at the Centre of African Studies by the arrival of a group of African scholars who spend up to six months researching and working together.
New perspectives on Latin America
17 March 2011At the Centre of Latin American Studies, interdisciplinary research is offering a new perspective on the creativity, challenges and lessons that can be learned from Latin America.
What do drugs do to the brain?
17 March 2011Drug abuse is probably linked to an in-built tendency to act without thinking, as shown by studies of siblings of chronic stimulant users, a leading neuroscientist will claim this week.
Where empires meet
17 March 2011How two ‘rising powers’ – China and Russia – interact across the border they share with resource-rich Mongolia is the focus of a network led by the Mongolia and Inner Asia Studies Unit, as the researchers involved explain.
Celebrating St Patrick's Day
17 March 2011To celebrate St Patrick’s Day the Department of Anglo-Saxon, Norse, and Celtic and St John’s College are offering an opportunity to see the ‘Southampton Psalter’.
