Festival of Ideas 2013
| Created: | 2013-10-24 13:50 |
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| Institution: | Office of External Affairs and Communications |
| Description: | 2013 marks the six-year anniversary of the Festival of Ideas, a University of Cambridge public engagement initiative that celebrates the arts, humanities and social sciences by showcasing a diverse mix of inspirational talks, performances, films, exhibitions and other creative displays.
The Festival of Ideas focuses on fuelling the public’s interest in and involvement with the arts, humanities and social sciences in a unique and inspiring way. It aims to gauge the similarities and differences in the approaches to public engagement required for science, technology, engineering and maths, and for the arts, humanities and social sciences. |
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An alternative to austerity: a talk by Owen Jones
Writer and influential political commentator Owen Jones talks about his strong opposition to Government cuts and proposes a fight-back alternative to austerity.
Owen Jones is a...
Collection: Festival of Ideas 2013
Institution: Office of External Affairs and Communications
Created: Mon 28 Oct 2013
Becksistentialism
Football meets French philosophy. Albert Camus was a goalkeeper. Sartre preferred boxing. After his stint at Paris Saint-Germain, is it possible that David Beckham has become an...
Collection: Festival of Ideas 2013
Institution: Office of External Affairs and Communications
Created: Tue 29 Oct 2013
Border crossings: in the light of history
Nationalism has been one of the most dynamic yet dangerous ideologies in modern history. Politicians encourage us to think that national frontiers are firm and unchanging, central...
Collection: Festival of Ideas 2013
Institution: Office of External Affairs and Communications
Created: Wed 6 Nov 2013
Corporate boards, female quotas and political theory
How should we allocate positions of power in today’s corporate sector? Aristotle argued that ‘the best flutes should be given to the best flute players’. Such thinking might lead...
Collection: Festival of Ideas 2013
Institution: Office of External Affairs and Communications
Created: Wed 30 Oct 2013
Do the limits of my language mean the borders of my world ?
Join Georg FK Höhn who will talk about interactions between attitudes to language and the creation and maintenance of identities in the current age of the nation-state.
Collection: Festival of Ideas 2013
Institution: Office of External Affairs and Communications
Created: Mon 28 Oct 2013
How far have we come? Ending violence against women and girls
The problem of violence against women and girls has been prominent in media coverage with many distressing cases coming to light over the last year and more. What steps are being...
Collection: Festival of Ideas 2013
Institution: Office of External Affairs and Communications
Created: Fri 25 Oct 2013
How to be a single woman in 2013, whether you're 25 or 60
Times have never been better for single women. Then why is it still so hard? Four women, experts on relationships and sex, share their insight and suggestions.
The s word-...
Collection: Festival of Ideas 2013
Institution: Office of External Affairs and Communications
Created: Fri 1 Nov 2013
Ideas and languages: 10 languages that changed the world
Professor Ian Roberts will explore how languages shape human culture and human thought. Some languages have shaped our world more than others and some of them are not as obvious...
Collection: Festival of Ideas 2013
Institution: Office of External Affairs and Communications
Created: Tue 29 Oct 2013
Is Britain's welfare system ready for the 21st century?
The Government's welfare reforms are starting to bite, but are they radical enough, given projected demographic changes, or do we need a complete rethink of our social values?...
Collection: Festival of Ideas 2013
Institution: Office of External Affairs and Communications
Created: Wed 6 Nov 2013
Is social equality necessary for development?
Is creating a more inclusive society vital for a country's economic development or does economic development need to come first? Speakers include journalist Richard Dowden, Dr...
Collection: Festival of Ideas 2013
Institution: Office of External Affairs and Communications
Created: Wed 30 Oct 2013
Opening up literature: pushing the boundaries between genres
Today's bookshops are helpfully categorised - crime, biography and memoir, fiction - and we rarely venture into unknown territory. Some writers are breaking down the barriers, but...
Collection: Festival of Ideas 2013
Institution: Office of External Affairs and Communications
Created: Fri 1 Nov 2013
Sir Hermann Bondi lecture: Asian Challenges
Hermann Bondi was a promoter of the open mind, free debate and solutions based on facts. He welcomed a challenge. So should we. In this stimulating talk, Sir John Boyd examines...
Collection: Festival of Ideas 2013
Institution: Office of External Affairs and Communications
Created: Wed 6 Nov 2013
The cycle of confidence
What can patterns of history and business teach us? Join a discussion with: Dr Victoria Bateman, Lecturer and Fellow in Economics; Alan Turner, Managing Director, Global Head of...
Collection: Festival of Ideas 2013
Institution: Office of External Affairs and Communications
Created: Mon 28 Oct 2013
The Internet of Things and the boundaries of humanity
Humans are social creatures using communications that are ‘regulated’ by trust, ethics, social systems and law. Our world of interactions and networks is increasingly complex and...
Collection: Festival of Ideas 2013
Institution: Office of External Affairs and Communications
Created: Wed 30 Oct 2013
The poetry of things
Join us for an afternoon of poetry readings and discussion as Gillian Clarke, Imtiaz Dharker, Sean Borodale and Jo Shapcott talk about their recent experience as poets in...
Collection: Festival of Ideas 2013
Institution: Office of External Affairs and Communications
Created: Tue 29 Oct 2013
Werewolves and snakewomen
Join Dr Miranda Griffin, College Lecturer in medieval French literature, in her fascinating investigation of medieval tales of transformation, exploring the way in which the...
Collection: Festival of Ideas 2013
Institution: Office of External Affairs and Communications
Created: Mon 28 Oct 2013
What Byron really did for Greece and why it still matters
ord Byron’s death on 19 April, 1824, ‘in Greece, and for Greece’, created a legend that is still with us. Professor Roderick Beaton traces the real story behind Byron’s mission to...
Collection: Festival of Ideas 2013
Institution: Office of External Affairs and Communications
Created: Mon 28 Oct 2013
What makes a brilliant piece of academic writing?
Using specialist techniques, the Language Research Team at Cambridge University Press unpick the patterns of scholarly English as they explore the journey of academic writing:...
Collection: Festival of Ideas 2013
Institution: Office of External Affairs and Communications
Created: Thu 31 Oct 2013