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Cambridge Festival of Ideas launches with over 200 events

22 Oct 2013

Debates about the welfare cuts, David Beckham's philosophical awakening, the future of literature and quotas for women business leaders head the...

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Life on the divide: the Buriad people and the world’s longest border

07 Apr 2013

A major project – Where Rising Powers Meet – looks at life along the border that separates Russia, China and Mongolia. Among the researchers involved...

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Varosha, Cyprus, where an abandoned resort has become a tourist attraction

The centre will not hold: what happens when empires collide and collapse

04 Dec 2012

Scholars from more than ten institutions will be gather in Cambridge later this week to share research that shines a light on what happens when...

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