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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, 20 April, 2023 - 19:00
Venue: 
Online

Creative writing tutor and journalist, Claire McGlasson will be discussing her enticing new novel, The Misadventures of Margaret Finch (Faber) on Thursday 20 April 2023 at 7pm. Claire is Course...

Event date: 
Thursday, 18 May, 2023 - 19:00
Venue: 
Virtual

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...

Event date: 
Thursday, 25 May, 2023 - 12:00
Venue: 
Virtual

In this webinar, we’ll look at 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...

Past Lectures

Event date: 
Saturday, 25 March, 2023 - 15:00
Venue: 
Madingley Hall and Gardens

Get your fill of nature and inspirational thoughts on a stroll through Madingley Hall's gardens and woodland with ICE tutor and Guardian country diarist Derek Niemann. Learn how to mine your...

Event date: 
Saturday, 25 March, 2023 - 14:00
Venue: 
Madingley Hall

Using Ed Roberson's poem 'I must be careful' as a starting point, this talk will discuss the ways in which poets have used their work to speak about / for / with the more-than-human world.

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Event date: 
Thursday, 9 March, 2023 - 19:00
Venue: 
Virtual

Gail will be discussing her recent publication 'Between The Chalk & The Sea.' Described by Stephen Moss as "a brilliantly modern take on one of the oldest of literary genres - the pilgrimage...

Event date: 
Thursday, 23 February, 2023 - 19:00
Venue: 
Virtual

Dr Midge Gillies, creative writing tutor and author, will be talking to Dr Sarah Burton and Professor Jem Poster about their new publication, The Book You Need to Read to...

Event date: 
Wednesday, 25 January, 2023 - 19:00
Venue: 
Online

Maurice Blik is a sculptor who, at the age of 4, was taken from his birthplace in Amsterdam, and with his family was sent to the Nazi concentration camp Bergen-Belsen.

Finally liberated,...

Maurice Blik
Event date: 
Tuesday, 10 January, 2023 - 12:00
Venue: 
Online

In this short course, MSt Crime and Thriller Writing course director Sophie Hannah will share with participants her golden rules for getting your crime novel off to a good start, in a way that...

Nuts and bolts of writing
Event date: 
Thursday, 24 November, 2022 - 19:00
Venue: 
Online

MSt in Crime and Thriller Writing course director Sophie Hannah interviews Sunday Times and Amazon bestselling author Harriet Tyce about her career as a crime writer, how she created such...

Harriet Tyce Literary Event
Event date: 
Thursday, 27 October, 2022 - 19:00
Venue: 
Online

Derek Niemann, creative writing tutor and author, will be talking to Dr Midge Gillies, Academic Director of Creative Writing, about how she wrote and researched her new book, Piccadilly, The...

In conversation with Dr Midge Gillies

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