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Sidgwick Avenue Click here for a map for the venue If you have a question about this list, please contact: . If you have a question about a specific talk, click on that talk to find its organiser. 0 upcoming talks and 126 talks in the archive. Archaeological MysteriesDr Albert Yu-Min Lin, Explorer, Scientist. Friday 06 March 2020, 17:30-18:30 Eruptions, Emissions and Enigmas: from fuming volcanic vents to mass extinction eventsProfessor Tamsin Mather, University of Oxford. Friday 28 February 2020, 17:30-18:30 The Enigmatic Premodern BookProfessor Erik Kwakkel, University of British Columbia. Friday 21 February 2020, 17:30-18:30 The Enigma of EmotionDr Tiffany Watt Smith, Queen Mary, University of London. Friday 14 February 2020, 17:30-18:30 Alan Turing and the Enigma MachineDr James Grime, Mathematician, Lecturer. Friday 07 February 2020, 17:30-18:30 Decoding the Heavens: The Antikythera MechanismDr Jo Marchant, Journalist, Author. Friday 31 January 2020, 17:30-18:30 Perception of Visual SpaceProfessor Sir Colin Blakemore, School of Advanced Study. Friday 08 March 2019, 17:30-18:30 Computer VisionProfessor Andrew Blake, Samsung AI Research Centre. Friday 01 March 2019, 17:30-18:30 Viewing the UniverseDr Carolin Crawford, University of Cambridge. Friday 22 February 2019, 17:30-18:30 Appearance and Physical RealityProfessor Carlo Rovelli, International Centre for Theoretical Physics. Friday 15 February 2019, 17:30-18:30 Vision of Future TechnologyMs Sophie Hackford, Futurist, co-founder 1715Labs. Friday 08 February 2019, 17:30-18:30 Evolution of the EyeProfessor Dan-Eric Nilsson, Lund University. Friday 01 February 2019, 17:30-18:30 Colour and VisionProfessor Anya Hurlbert, Newcastle University. Friday 25 January 2019, 17:30-18:30 Animal MigrationProfessor Iain Couzin, Max Planck Institute for Ornithology. Friday 09 March 2018, 17:30-18:30 Disease MigrationProfessor Eva Harris, University of California, Berkeley. Friday 16 February 2018, 17:30-18:30 Refugees and MigrationMr Filippo Grandi, UN High Commissioner for Refugees. Friday 09 February 2018, 17:30-18:30 Art and MigrationProfessor Khadija von Zinnenburg Carroll, University of Birmingham. Friday 02 February 2018, 17:30-18:30 Black and British MigrationMr David Olusoga, Historian & Broadcaster. Friday 19 January 2018, 17:30-18:30 Extreme PoliticsProfessor Matthew Goodwin, University of Kent. Friday 24 February 2017, 17:30-18:30 Extremes of the UniverseProfessor Andy Fabian, University of Cambridge. Friday 17 February 2017, 17:30-18:30 Dealing with ExtremismProfessor David Runciman, University of Cambridge. Friday 03 February 2017, 17:30-18:30 All POLIS Department Seminars and Events Dealing with ExtremismProfessor David Runciman, University of Cambridge. Friday 03 February 2017, 17:30-18:30 Extreme Events and How to Live with ThemProfessor Nassim Nicholas Taleb, New York. Friday 27 January 2017, 17:30-18:30 The Game Theory of ConflictDr Thomas C Schelling, University of Maryland. Friday 04 March 2016, 17:30-18:30 Games Animals PlayProfessor Nick Davies, University of Cambridge. Friday 26 February 2016, 17:30-18:30 Games for the BrainProfessor Barbara Sahakian, University of Cambridge. Friday 19 February 2016, 17:30-18:30 "Losing the New Great Game"Dr Frank Ledwidge, Barrister, Writer and Lecturer. Friday 12 February 2016, 17:30-18:30 Wittgenstein's GamesProfessor A C Grayling, New College of the Humanities. Friday 29 January 2016, 17:30-18:30 The Game of Crime and PunishmentMrs Nicky Padfield, University of Cambridge. Friday 22 January 2016, 17:30-18:30 Personal Principles and the Political GameBaroness Sayeeda Warsi, House of Lords. Friday 15 January 2016, 17:30-18:30 Technology DevelopmentDr Hermann Hauser, Amadeus Capital Partners. Friday 06 March 2015, 17:30-18:30 Biomimicry - Development of Sustainable DesignMichael Pawlyn, Exploration Architecture. Friday 20 February 2015, 17:30-18:30 Development of Climate ScienceProfessor Dame Julia Slingo, Met Office. Friday 13 February 2015, 17:30-18:30 Development of an AthleteDr Katherine Grainger, Olympic Gold Medallist. Friday 23 January 2015, 17:30-18:30 Reprogramming Animal DevelopmentProfessor Sir John Gurdon, Cambridge. Friday 16 January 2015, 17:30-18:30 Plagues & Economic CollapseProfessor Ian Morris, Stanford University. Friday 28 February 2014, 17:30-18:30 Plagues, Populations & SurvivalProfessor Stephen J O'Brien, St Petersburg State University. Friday 14 February 2014, 17:30-18:30 The Nature of PlaguesProfessor Angela McLean, University of Oxford. Friday 07 February 2014, 17:30-18:30 Plagues & HistoryProfessor Chris Dobson, Dr Mary Dobson, University of Cambridge. Friday 24 January 2014, 17:30-18:30 Plagues & MedicineProfessor Sir Leszek Borysiewicz, Vice-Chancellor, University of Cambridge. Friday 17 January 2014, 17:30-18:30 Foresight in Ancient MesopotamiaProfessor Francesca Rochberg, University of California, Berkeley. Friday 08 March 2013, 17:30-18:30 Foresight and Self-ControlProfessor Terrie Moffitt, Duke University. Friday 01 March 2013, 17:30-18:30 Foresight in MusicProfessor Nicholas Cook, University of Cambridge. Friday 15 February 2013, 17:30-18:30 Foresight in Scientific MethodProfessor Hasok Chang, University of Cambridge. Friday 08 February 2013, 17:30-18:30 Foresight in Ancient CivilisationsProfessor Sir Geoffrey Lloyd, University of Cambridge. Friday 18 January 2013, 17:30-18:30 Life and Death of a CellProfessor Ron Laskey, University of Cambridge. Friday 24 February 2012, 17:30-18:30 Life in the Ancient WorldDr Michael Scott, University of Cambridge. Friday 10 February 2012, 17:30-18:30 The Spark of LifeProfessor Frances Ashcroft, University of Oxford. Friday 03 February 2012, 17:30-18:30 From Genomes to the Diversity of LifeProfessor Michael Akam, University of Cambridge. Friday 20 January 2012, 17:30-18:30 The Science and Beauty of NebulaeDr Carolin Crawford, Institute of Astronomy, Cambridge. Friday 11 March 2011, 17:30-18:30 Terror by Beauty: Russo-Soviet perspectivesProfessor Evgeny A Dobrenko, University of Sheffield. Friday 04 March 2011, 17:30-18:30 Beauty & Happiness: Chinese perspectivesProfessor Jason Kuo, University of Maryland. Friday 25 February 2011, 17:30-18:30 Beauty & Attraction: in the eyes of the beholderProfessor Jeanne Altmann, Princeton University. Friday 18 February 2011, 17:30-18:30 The Sound of BeautyDr Elizabeth Eva Leach, University of Oxford. Friday 11 February 2011, 17:30-18:30 Quantum BeautyProfessor Frank Wilczek, Massachusetts Institute of Technology. Friday 04 February 2011, 17:30-18:30 Beauty & The GrotesqueJose Hernandez, Real Academia de Bellas Artes de San Fernando (Madrid). Friday 28 January 2011, 17:30-18:30 Beauty & TruthProfessor Lord Robert May of Oxford, University of Oxford. Friday 21 January 2011, 17:30-18:30 Risk and (Human-induced) Climate ChangeProfessor Bob Watson, University of East Anglia. Friday 05 March 2010, 17:30-18:30 Risk and Natural CatastrophesProfessor Mark Bailey, Armagh Observatory. Friday 26 February 2010, 17:30-18:30 Risk, Security and TerrorismProfessor Lucia Zedner, University of Oxford. Friday 19 February 2010, 17:30-18:30 Risk and HumanitiesProfessor Mary Beard, University of Cambridge. Friday 12 February 2010, 17:30-18:30 Risk and Government: The architectonics of blame-avoidanceProfessor Christopher Hood, University of Oxford. Friday 05 February 2010, 17:30-18:30 Risk and the Brain: The neural basis of decision making under uncertaintyProfessor John O'Doherty, Trinity College Dublin. Friday 29 January 2010, 17:30-18:30 Risk: Trying to quantify our uncertaintyProfessor David Spiegelhalter, University of Cambridge. Friday 15 January 2010, 17:30-18:30 The Boundaries of DarwinismProfessor John Dupre, University of Exeter. Friday 06 March 2009, 17:30-18:30 Is Human Evolution Over?Professor Steve Jones, University College London. Friday 27 February 2009, 17:30-18:30 Evolution and Conservation of BiodiversityProfessor Craig Moritz, University of California. Friday 20 February 2009, 17:30-18:30 Darwin and Human SocietyProfessor Paul Seabright, University of Toulouse. Friday 13 February 2009, 17:30-18:30 Darwin in the Literary WorldProfessor Rebecca Stott, University of East Anglia. Friday 06 February 2009, 17:30-18:30 Darwin's Intellectual DevelopmentProfessor Janet Browne, Harvard University. Friday 23 January 2009, 17:30-18:30 The Making of the FittestProfessor Sean Carroll, University of Wisconsin. Friday 16 January 2009, 17:30-18:30 Cambridge Philosophical Society HONORARY FELLOWS PRIZE LECTURE - Who owns science?Professor Sir John Sulston FRS. Wednesday 05 November 2008, 17:30-18:30 Understanding Humans - Serendipity and AnthropologyProfessor Richard Leakey, Stony Brook University. Friday 07 March 2008, 17:30-18:30 Cosmological SerendipitySimon Singh, Author, Journalist, TV producer. Friday 29 February 2008, 17:30-18:30 Serendipity as a Force in PhysicsProfessor Sir Richard Friend, University of Cambridge. Friday 22 February 2008, 17:30-18:30 Serendipity in Political LifeOliver Letwin, Member of Parliament. Friday 15 February 2008, 17:30-18:30 The Unanticipated Pleasures of the Writing LifeSimon Winchester, Author of 'The Map that Changed the World'. Friday 08 February 2008, 17:30-18:30 HIV and the Naked ApeProfessor Robin Weiss, University College London. Friday 01 February 2008, 17:30-18:30 The Stratigraphy of SerendipityProfessor Susan Alcock, Brown University. Friday 25 January 2008, 17:30-18:30 Serendipity's Guide to the GalaxyProfessor Andy Fabian, University of Cambridge. Friday 18 January 2008, 17:30-18:30 Cambridge Philosophical Society The physics of the Earth's interiorHONORARY FELLOWS PRIZE LECTURE Professor Dan McKenzie CH FRS, Department of Earth Sciences. Wednesday 07 November 2007, 17:30-18:30 SPECIES IDENTITY: WHEN IT MATTERSPeter Crane, University of Chicago. Friday 09 March 2007, 17:30-18:30 IMMUNOLOGICAL SELFPhilippa Marrack, Howard Hughes Medical Institute, Denver, Colorado. Friday 02 March 2007, 17:30-18:30 Cambridge Philosophical Society HONORARY FELLOWS PRIZE LECTURE - Controlling the Cell CycleSir Tim Hunt FRS, Cancer Research UK. Wednesday 01 November 2006, 17:30-18:30 Major Public Lectures in Cambridge Human Evolution: what can be known?Public Lecture - All Welcome Richard Leakey. Tuesday 02 May 2006, 17:00-18:00 SURVIVING LONGERCynthia Kenyon, University of California, San Francisco. Friday 03 March 2006, 17:30-18:30 SURVIVING POVERTY AND FAMINEAndrew Prentice, London School of Hygiene & Tropical Medicine. Friday 24 February 2006, 17:30-18:30 SURVIVING NATURAL DISASTERSJames Jackson, Cambridge University. Friday 17 February 2006, 17:30-18:30 SURVIVAL OF LANGUAGESPeter Austin, School of Oriental & African Studies London. Friday 03 February 2006, 17:30-18:30 Cambridge Philosophical Society The Free Will TheoremProfessor John Horton Conway FRS, Princeton University. Wednesday 09 November 2005, 17:15-18:15 Please see above for contact details for this list. |
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