Institute of Continuing Education (ICE)
Come along to one of our many public lectures and Topical Talks throughout the year. These talks are given by leading experts from the University of Cambridge and beyond, and are an important part of our commitment to public engagement. Learn more about a new subject and join the discussion.
Many people feel strongly that nature has intrinsic value, beyond any value attributed to it by humans. Yet, attempts to articulate this intrinsic value often lapse into instrumentalism, e.g. into...
Ellen Atlanta joins Lucy Durneen to discuss her new book Pixel Flesh, which looks at important themes surrounding what it means to be a woman in a new age of beauty. Their...
Join author Vanessa Chan to discuss her stunning debut
novel, The Storm We Made, on Thursday 6 June, 7-8pm in this
free, Zoom event.
Vanessa will be talking to...
Former ICE Creative Writing Director, Sarah Burton will be in conversation with fellow ICE creative writing founder Jem Poster, to discuss their co-written novel, Eliza Mace.
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Join nature writer and author of 'Dispersals', Jessica Lee in Conversation with tutor Alycia Pirmohamed, discussing the topics of plants and their entwinement with human culture, migration, and...
In Conversation with author of novels, podcasts, screenplays and audio dramas Helen Cross and ICE Writing for Performance tutor Clare Bayley.
Helen Cross is the author of four novels...
The Covid-19 pandemic has laid bare health inequalities between different social groups in society. In this informative session, Dr Nigel Kettley, Academic Director in Education and Social Science...
Where did the concept of 'normality' come from'? And why is it so central to our socio- economic order? Author Robert Chapman explores these question in conversation with Joanne Limburg.
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Led by writer Yvonne Battle-Felton (Academic Director for Creative Writing at ICE), with newspaper headlines, articles, and pictures we’ll write poetry and/or prose that reimagines the past,...
Despite the widespread belief that the Nazis left detailed written records of everything, they are also well-known among scholars for covering up their crimes by destroying evidence. This has led...
Creative Writing tutor Dr Midge Gillies will be in conversation with Imogen Morrell of Greene & Heaton Literary Agency on Tuesday 19 March 2024, 7-8pm. Midge and Imogen...
This talk will examine poor, unmarried mothers in Georgian England. The poor law provided the legal framework for provision and a parallel system by which unmarried fathers were pursued for the...
Join author Dr Julianne Pachico as she discusses her latest book Jungle House and her writing career, with ICE tutor Dr Nick Bradley. About a young woman brought up in the jungle by an...