Tom McClelland is a lecturer in the Department of History and Philosophy of Science at the University of Cambridge. He will be speaking aboutrecent research findings on the much contested ground of who does the housework and what impact gender has.
How do we protect doctors, media and NGOs in war? - a time to discuss
Dr Saleyha Ahsan explores why journalists and medics are now increasingly seen as targets in warzones and what can potentially be done to support them.
CamFest Speaker Spotlight: Professor Adrian Liston
Adrian Liston, Professor of Pathology at the University of Cambridge, talks about our extraordinary immune system ahead of his event, Diversity in the immune system on 20th March.
Radical cultural historian and activist Diarmuid Hester will be in conversation with the poet and Booker Prize judge Mary Jean Chan in an online event based on his new book, Nothing ever just disappears: Seven hidden histories.
80 years of Cambridge’s changing railway landscapes
From remnants of Victorian industry and transport to a Second World War defence system to recent transport additions such as Chisholm Trail Bridge, follow a five-kilometre route of industrial heritage in Cambridge.
From black lives matter to grassroots climate actions, Cambridge Festival asks the big questions
Have we made any real progress since Black Lives Matter? Should we be using climate change to animate new grassroots, bottom-up actions, rather than only seeking breakthrough solutions? Who can fix the teacher recruitment and retention crisis?
Am I Normal? and Dreamy Cops are two art installations that investigate notions of AI, including computer vision, surveillance, the human body and normativity. The artist, Tristan Dot, is a Gates Cambridge scholar studying for a PhD in digital art history
Alexandra Zhirnova is a PHD student in the Faculty of English at Cambridge University. Her work focuses on the religious and social history of Anglo-Saxon England, with a special interest in gender and patristic reception.
CamFest Speaker Spotlight: Professor Erwin Reisner
Professor Erwin Reisner is the Professor of Energy and Sustainability in the Department of Chemistry and a Fellow of St. John’s College. He is an expert in renewable energy and sustainable chemistry.
