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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.
Join us as we discuss three new poetry collections. Kaddy Benyon’s Robbergirls, Lucy Hamilton’s Viewer | Viewed and Lucy Sheerman’s Pine Island are all published this Autumn.
Kaddy, Lucy...
In this brief introductory lecture we will explore the fundamental concepts of strategic analysis. We will discuss the importance of strategic analysis in making informed decisions and achieving...
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...
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...
This event is an opportunity to join a conversation with Dr Gill...
Yvonne (current Academic Director of Creative Writing at ICE) and Midge Gillies (previous Academic Director) will be talking about writing routines, teaching, publishing and generally shooting the...
Join us as we discuss Laura Shepperson's new book, The Heroines.
"Full of rage, mesmerising twists and pathos, Shepperson's enthralling debut mines the Greek myth of Phaedra and Hippolytus...
Nick Bradley, author of the best-selling The Cat and The City, will be talking to Joe Mungo Reed about his new novel Four Seasons in Japan – set in rural Japan, in a town called Onomichi...
Join us as we discuss writing fiction with award-winning, Manchester-based writer, Okechukwu Nzelu.
In 2015 he was the recipient of a Northern Writers' Award from New Writing North. His...
We are living in a digital age in which advances in technology are changing almost every aspect of our life, including education. Led by Elaine Schmidt, this lecture will discuss some innovative...
Join Graham Seed as he discusses which ‘ingredients’ we might put in an English language test as well as the tools we would need to ‘bake’ a test. In thinking about the ingredients, we’ll explore...
Freya Bromley and Erica Buist will be discussing their two books and how, in different ways, they have written about the death of a loved one. In Freya’s new book, The Tidal Year she charts her...
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