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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.

Forthcoming Lectures

Event date: 
Thursday, 13 February, 2025 - 19:00
Venue: 
Online

Clare Bayley, co-director of ICE’s Master’s in Writing for Performance, will be in conversation with screenwriter and playwright, Sumerah Srivastav in this free Zoom event on Tuesday, 13 February...

Event date: 
Thursday, 13 March, 2025 - 19:00
Venue: 
Virtual

Dr Midge Gillies will be in conversation with memoirist, nature writer and book coach Lulah Ellender in this free Zoom event on 13 March, 7-8pm, GMT.

"Lulah’s first book, Elisabeth’s...

Event date: 
Thursday, 8 May, 2025 - 19:00
Venue: 
Virtual

Fraser Grace, co-director of ICE’s Master’s in Writing for Performance, will be in conversation with non-fiction writer and creative writing tutor Midge Gillies in this free Zoom event on Thursday...

Event date: 
Thursday, 26 June, 2025 - 19:00
Venue: 
Virtual

Creative writing tutor Derek Niemann will be in conversation with fellow nature writer Nic Wilson about her debut book, Land Beneath the Waves: Nature, Place and Chronic Illness in this free Zoom...

Past Lectures

Event date: 
Thursday, 30 January, 2025 - 19:00
Venue: 
Virtual

Born in 1939 in Southeast Hungary, Peter Lantos was deported to Bergen-Belsen at the age of 5. He and his mother later escaped when British forces liberated the concentration camp, only to have...

Event date: 
Tuesday, 14 January, 2025 - 19:00
Venue: 
virtual

Join Dr Lucy Durneen and publisher and editor Tom Conaghan in conversation about the art of the short story and the recent publication of Duets  on Tuesday 14, January 2025, 7-8pm in this free,...

Event date: 
Tuesday, 10 December, 2024 - 19:00
Venue: 
Virtual

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...

Event date: 
Tuesday, 12 November, 2024 - 19:00
Venue: 
Virtual

Join Academic Director Dr
Yvonne Battle-Felton to discuss her new novel, Curdle Creek on
Tuesday 12, November, 7-8pm in this free, Zoom event.

Yvonne will be chatting...

Event date: 
Thursday, 3 October, 2024 - 19:00
Venue: 
Virtual

Dr Lucy Durneen spoke to three ICE students – past and
present – about their writing. Constantine Blintzios is a Greek/British writer
and author of, among other things, the novel ...

Event date: 
Thursday, 19 September, 2024 - 19:00
Venue: 
Virtual

Natasha Pulley, author of award-winning books including The Watchmaker of Filigree Street and The Bedlam Stacks, will be talking to Dr Jenny Bavidge about her first science fiction novel...

Event date: 
Thursday, 15 August, 2024 - 19:00
Venue: 
Virtual

Join nature writer and creative writing tutor Jessica Lee in conversation with Alycia Pirmohamed. Jessica will be discussing her new book, Dispersals, a poetic and intimate...

Event date: 
Thursday, 11 July, 2024 - 19:00
Venue: 
Virtual

Sarah Burton and Jem Poster, long-time tutors for ICE and founders of the Institute's MSt in Creative Writing, were in conversation with Yvonne Battle-Felton, discussing their co-written novel,...

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