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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.

Forthcoming Lectures

Event date: 
Thursday, 23 May, 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: 
Thursday, 6 June, 2024 - 19:00
Venue: 
Virtual

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...

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, will be in conversation with Midge Gillies, discussing their co-written novel, ...

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

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...

Past Lectures

Event date: 
Thursday, 7 September, 2023 - 19:00
Venue: 
Zoom/Virtual

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...

Event date: 
Thursday, 13 July, 2023 - 19:00
Venue: 
Virtual

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...

Event date: 
Friday, 30 June, 2023 - 19:00
Venue: 
Virtual

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...

Event date: 
Monday, 12 June, 2023 - 11:00
Venue: 
Virtual

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...

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

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...

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, 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: 
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...

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