Institute of Continuing Education (ICE)
The Institute of Continuing Education (ICE) is taking part in the Cambridge Festival of Ideas in 2014 with a varied programme of free events, including an afternoon at Madingley Hall on Sunday 2 November.
24 October 2014, 10.00am, Kingston village, Dr Susan Oosthuizen
Status in medieval England was often expressed in conspicuous display, just as it is today. This short guided walk with Dr Susan Oosthuizen explores clues in the landscape to the ways in which aspirant gentry and peasants competed for social glory. (Tour, ages 15+)
2 November 2014, 3.00pm, 4.00pm and 5.00pm, Madingley Hall, Dr Sarah Burton
When is a poem not a poem? These creative writing workshops with Dr Sarah Burton are open to all ages and explore what happens when you write a piece of poetry as prose – and vice versa. (Workshop, all ages)
2 November 2014, 3.00pm, Madingley Hall, Dr Alexandra Winkels
Dr Alexandra Winkels explores what we understand by ‘diaspora’, the meaning of time, space and belonging for migrants and the various ways migrants stay connected with their home communities through remittances, return and political influence. (Talk, ages 15+)
2 November 2014, 3.00pm, Madingley Hall, Dr Jenny Bavidge
Hilary Mantel's novels contain a multitude of voices, all jostling, sometimes uncomfortably, to be heard. Dr Jenny Bavidge explores Mantel's stylistic and narrative innovations across the range of her work, from the pitch-dark comedy of Beyond Black to the expansive and enigmatic presence of her Thomas Cromwell in the Wolf Hall series. (Talk, ages 15+)
2 November 2014, 4.15pm, Madingley Hall, Dr Samantha Williams
England has had a 'child support agency' since at least 1576. Illegitimacy was very high in the Georgian period and fathers were pursued for the costs of their children. Dr Sam Williams discusses the extent to which illegitimate parenting was gendered: did men merely pay for their children while mothers were expected to nurture them? (Talk, ages 15+)
2 November 2014, 5.30pm, Madingley Hall, Dr Justin Meggitt
In 1659 two people were tried in Cambridge for turning a woman into a horse and riding her to Madingley Hall for dinner with the Devil. What can this affair tell us about identities past and the present? With Dr Justin Meggitt. (Talk, ages 12+)
The University of Cambridge Festival of Ideas celebrates the arts, humanities and social sciences and has been running for six years. It is the only free festival of its kind in the UK, and attracted 18,000 visitors in 2013.
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