Zangwill Club

"Animal Consciousness: Evidence, Models, and Clues”

Peter Godfrey Smith.

Ground Floor Lecture Theatre, Department of Psychology.

Friday 30 May 2025, 16:30-18:00

CBU Monday Methods Meeting

Brain Digital Twins for Neurological Disorders

Dr. Nitin Williams, Department of Neuroscience & Biomedical Engineering, Aalto University, Finland.

MRC-CBU, 15 Chaucer Road, Cambridge.

Monday 02 June 2025, 12:30-13:30

Cabinet of Natural History

Planting crops, gathering knowledge: scientific objects, plantation economies and knowledge production in nineteenth-century Guatemala

Christian Stenz (Heidelberg University).

Seminar Room 1, Department of History and Philosophy of Science.

Monday 02 June 2025, 13:00-14:00

Centre for Child, Adolescent & Family Research Seminar Series

Talk 1: The role of social support in socioemotional difficulties during adolescence; Talk 2: Being Alone — Social Disconnection in Adolescence

In-person: Ground Floor Seminar Room, Old Cavendish Building, Free School Lane / Teams Meeting ID: 323 445 622 595, Passcode: h3bdJY

Blanca Piera Pi-Sunyer and Emily Towner, Blakemore Lab, Centre for Child, Adolescent and Family Research, Cambridge. .

Hybrid: in-person in Cambridge & online via Teams.

Tuesday 03 June 2025, 16:00-17:00

Department of Psychiatry & CPFT Thursday Lunchtime Seminar Series

What we can learn from hunter-gatherers about child and maternal mental health?

Dr Nikhil Chaudhary, University of Cambridge.

Online via zoom.

Thursday 05 June 2025, 12:30-13:30

Chaucer Club

From anatomy to systems: Charting the language connectome

Stephanie Forkel (Donders Institute).

MRC Cognition and Brain Sciences Unit, 15 Chaucer Road, Cambridge - Lecture Theatre.

Thursday 05 June 2025, 14:00-15:00

CBU Monday Methods Meeting

Robust and replicable effects of ageing on resting state brain electrophysiology measured with MEG

Dr. Andrew Quinn, School of Psychology, University of Birmingham, UK.

MRC-CBU, 15 Chaucer Road, Cambridge.

Monday 09 June 2025, 12:30-13:30

Cabinet of Natural History

Richard Relhan: can a portrait be reconstructed from the biographical bones?

Chris Preston.

Seminar Room 1, Department of History and Philosophy of Science.

Monday 09 June 2025, 13:00-14:00

Social Psychology Seminar Series (SPSS)

Title to be confirmed

Matthew Hornsey (University of Queensland).

Ground Floor Lecture Theatre, Department of Psychology, Downing Site, Cambridge.

Monday 09 June 2025, 15:00-16:00

Department of Psychiatry & CPFT Thursday Lunchtime Seminar Series

Brain Boost: Healthy Habits for a Happier Life

Professor Barbara Sahakian & Dr Christelle Langley.

Online via zoom.

Thursday 12 June 2025, 12:30-13:30

Chaucer Club

Rethinking the sensory-deprived brain: How sensory deprivation improved our vision on brain function

Emiliano Ricciardi (U. of Pisa.

MRC Cognition and Brain Sciences Unit, 15 Chaucer Road, Cambridge - Lecture Theatre.

Thursday 12 June 2025, 14:00-15:00

Centre for Child, Adolescent & Family Research Seminar Series

On the promotion of Autistic flourishing.

In-person: Ground Floor Seminar Room, Old Cavendish Building, Free School Lane / Teams Meeting ID: 392 526 165 43, Passcode: vJzH5k

Professor Elizabeth Pellicano, UCL.

Hybrid: in-person in Cambridge & online via Teams.

Tuesday 17 June 2025, 16:00-17:00

Department of Psychiatry & CPFT Thursday Lunchtime Seminar Series

Beyond Resilience: How to Use Adversity as Fuel for Growth

Dr Brian Pennie, Trinity College Dublin.

Online via zoom.

Thursday 19 June 2025, 12:30-13:30

Chaucer Club

Insights into mental health disorders from genetics and immunology

Mary-Ellen Lynall (U. of Cambridge, Psychiatry Dept.) .

MRC Cognition and Brain Sciences Unit, 15 Chaucer Road, Cambridge - Lecture Theatre.

Thursday 19 June 2025, 14:00-15:00

CBU Monday Methods Meeting

How to reduce the carbon footprint of your research computing

Dr Nick Souter, School of Psychology, University of Sussex, UK.

MRC-CBU, 15 Chaucer Road, Cambridge.

Monday 23 June 2025, 12:30-13:30