Darwin College Humanities and Social Sciences Group

Decolonising African politics: Where is there evidence of change?

Stephanie Diepeveen, Centre of Governance and Human Rights, University of Cambridge.

The Richard King Room, Darwin College.

Tuesday 23 April 2019, 13:10-14:00

Darwin College Sciences Group

Paving an enlightened path to anyons and quantum computation

Dr Shovan Dutta (Physics Department, Cambridge).

The Richard King Room, Darwin College.

Thursday 25 April 2019, 13:10-14:00

Cabinet of Natural History

The politics of the potato in the 19th century

Rebecca Earle (University of Warwick).

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

Monday 29 April 2019, 13:00-14:00

Cambridge Society for the Application of Research (CSAR)

“The Robot will see you now.” Has the time for surgical robots arrived?

Mr. Mark Slack, CMR Surgical and University of Cambridge.

The Wolfson Hall, Churchill College, Storey's Way, Cambridge, CB3 0DS.

Monday 29 April 2019, 19:30-21:00

Darwin College Humanities and Social Sciences Group

The making of the ‘climate migrant’: how a label emerges and circulates

David Durand-Delacre, Department of Geography.

The Richard King Room, Darwin College.

Tuesday 30 April 2019, 13:10-14:00

Darwin College Sciences Group

From molecules to materials: new catalysts for artificial photosynthesis

Dr Souvik Roy (Chemistry Department, Cambridge).

The Richard King Room, Darwin College.

Thursday 02 May 2019, 13:10-14:00

Wolfson College Science Society talks

There be monsters: adaptations in Antarctic marine animals

Professor Lloyd Peck, British Antarctic Survey.

Wolfson College, Gatsby Room.

Friday 03 May 2019, 17:45-19:10

Cabinet of Natural History

When is a cow not a cow?

Harriet Ritvo (MIT).

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

Monday 06 May 2019, 13:00-14:00

Darwin College Humanities and Social Sciences Group

The Future of Coal in the Global Energy Transition: Geopolitical, Economic, and Technological Perspectives

Stephanie Metzger, Department of Politics and International Studies (POLIS).

The Richard King Room, Darwin College.

Tuesday 07 May 2019, 13:10-14:00

Darwin College Sciences Group

Trustworthy AI

Dr Adrian Weller (Machine Learning Group, Cambridge).

The Richard King Room, Darwin College.

Thursday 09 May 2019, 13:10-14:00

Wolfson College Science Society talks

How computerized assessment may transform measurement in mental health

Dr Jan Stochl, Department of Psychiatry.

Wolfson College, Gatsby Room.

Friday 10 May 2019, 17:45-19:10

Cabinet of Natural History

Mexican science at the crossroads of French imperialism and Maximilian's empire (1864–1867)

Luz Fernanda Azuela (Universidad Nacional Autónoma de México).

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

Monday 13 May 2019, 13:00-14:00

Cambridge Society for the Application of Research (CSAR)

Gene eating

Dr. Giles Yeo, Principal Research Associate, Metabolic Research Laboratories and MRC Metabolic Diseases Unit, Addenbrooke's Hospital, University of Cambridge.

The Wolfson Hall, Churchill College, Storey's Way, Cambridge, CB3 0DS.

Monday 13 May 2019, 19:30-21:00

Darwin College Humanities and Social Sciences Group

Rare Diseases, equity and social justice in contemporary UK healthcare

Alev Sen, Department of Sociology, University of Cambridge.

The Richard King Room, Darwin College.

Tuesday 14 May 2019, 13:10-14:00

Darwin College Sciences Group

Persistent pneumococcal colonisation: Dynamics, genomic diversity and evolution

Dr Chrispin Chaguza (Wellcome Sanger Institute, Cambridge).

The Richard King Room, Darwin College.

Thursday 16 May 2019, 13:10-14:00

Rausing Lecture

Whose history of technology? Path dependencies, contested modernities, and pockets of persistence

Twenty-Fourth Annual Hans Rausing Lecture

Ruth Oldenziel (Eindhoven University of Technology).

McCrum Lecture Theatre, Bene't Street.

Thursday 16 May 2019, 16:30-18:00

Wolfson College Science Society talks

Transformation in plants

Dr Chiara Airoldi, Department of Plant Sciences.

Wolfson College, Gatsby Room.

Friday 17 May 2019, 17:45-19:10

Cabinet of Natural History

Men of eminence: science, photography and biography in the self-fashioning of Robert Hunt in 19th-century England

James Ryan (Victoria & Albert Museum/University of Exeter).

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

Monday 20 May 2019, 13:00-14:00

Wolfson College Science Society talks

TBC

Dr Elizabeth Harper, Department of Earth Sciences.

Wolfson College, Gatsby Room.

Friday 24 May 2019, 17:45-19:10

Wolfson College Science Society talks

Personality targeting and message framing of arguments for Brexit. Can a little psychology make a political campaign more persuasive?

Dr Lee De-Wit, UCL.

Wolfson College, Gatsby Room.

Friday 31 May 2019, 17:45-19:10

Cambridge Society for the Application of Research (CSAR)

Volcano watching: weapons of ash eruption.

Prof. Tamsin Mather, University of Oxford.

The Wolfson Hall, Churchill College, Storey's Way, Cambridge, CB3 0DS.

Monday 10 June 2019, 19:30-21:00

Cambridge Society for the Application of Research (CSAR)

Innovative engineering: From the Antikythera Mechanism to the Square Kilometer Array

Prof. Danielle George, University of Manchester.

Institute of Astronomy, Madingley Road, Cambridge, CB3 0HA.

Monday 24 June 2019, 19:30-21:00

Wolfson College Science Society talks

Transformation of perception

Dr Hannah Jongsma, UCL.

Wolfson College, Gatsby Room.

Friday 11 October 2019, 17:45-19:10

Cambridge Philosophical Society

LARMOR LECTURE - Professor Serena Best - title to be confirmed

Professor Serena Best, Department of Materials Science & Metallurgy.

Bristol-Myers Squibb Lecture Theatre, Department of Chemistry.

Monday 28 October 2019, 18:00-19:00

Wolfson College Science Society talks

Aging, Intelligence, and Slowing of Thought

Professor Patrick Rabbitt.

Wolfson College, Gatsby Room.

Friday 08 November 2019, 17:45-19:10

Cambridge Philosophical Society

Dr Susannah Gibson - title to be confirmed

Dr Susannah Gibson, Affiliated Scholar, Department of History and Philosophy of Science .

Bristol-Myers Squibb Lecture Theatre, Department of Chemistry.

Monday 25 November 2019, 18:00-19:00

Darwin College Lecture Series

Human Origins

Dr Adam Rutherford, Author, Broadcaster.

LMH, Lady Mitchell Hall.

Friday 17 January 2020, 17:30-18:30

Darwin College Lecture Series

Mysteries of Modern Physics

Professor Sean Carroll, Caltech.

LMH, Lady Mitchell Hall.

Friday 24 January 2020, 17:30-18:30

Cambridge Philosophical Society

G I TAYLOR LECTURE - Professor Nigel Peake - title to be confirmed

Professor Nigel Peake, Department of Applied Mathematics and Theoretical Physics .

Bristol-Myers Squibb Lecture Theatre, Department of Chemistry.

Monday 27 January 2020, 18:00-19:00

Darwin College Lecture Series

Decoding the Heavens: The Antikythera Mechanism

Dr Jo Marchant, Journalist, Author.

LMH, Lady Mitchell Hall.

Friday 31 January 2020, 17:30-18:30

Darwin College Lecture Series

Alan Turing and the Enigma Machine

Dr James Grime, Mathematician, Lecturer.

LMH, Lady Mitchell Hall.

Friday 07 February 2020, 17:30-18:30

Darwin College Lecture Series

The Enigma of Emotion

Dr Tiffany Watt Smith, Queen Mary, University of London.

LMH, Lady Mitchell Hall.

Friday 14 February 2020, 17:30-18:30

Darwin College Lecture Series

The Enigmatic Premodern Book

Dr Erik Kwakkel, University of British Columbia.

LMH, Lady Mitchell Hall.

Friday 21 February 2020, 17:30-18:30

Cambridge Philosophical Society

HONORARY FELLOWS LECTURE - Professor David Baulcombe FRS- title to be confirmed

A COMPLIMENTARY DRINKS RECEPTION TO FOLLOW ON AFTER THE LECTURE WILL TAKE PLACE IN THE FOYER TO THE LECTURE THEATRE FOR ALL ATTENDEES

Professor Sir David Baulcombe, Department of Plant Sciences.

Bristol-Myers Squibb Lecture Theatre, Department of Chemistry.

Wednesday 26 February 2020, 18:00-19:00

Darwin College Lecture Series

Volcanic Behaviour

Dr Tamsin Mather, University of Oxford.

LMH, Lady Mitchell Hall.

Friday 28 February 2020, 17:30-18:30

Darwin College Lecture Series

Archaeological Mysteries

Dr Albert Yu-Min Lin, Explorer.

LMH, Lady Mitchell Hall.

Friday 06 March 2020, 17:30-18:30