Lord Chris Smith: Public Policy and Arts and Culture

Lord Chris Smith .

N7, Pembroke College.

Thursday 03 March 2016, 18:30-19:15

Women Talk Sex: Intimate Interviews and Unexpected Answers

Wendy Jones .

N7, Pembroke College.

Saturday 27 February 2016, 18:30-19:15

What Makes a Thing Famous?

Dr. Robert Anderson.

N7, Pembroke College.

Tuesday 24 February 2015, 17:30-18:30

Iraq after ISIS

Renad Mansour.

N7, Pembroke College.

Monday 16 February 2015, 17:30-18:30

Fitzbillies is Dead! Long Live Fitzbillies!

Alison Wright and Tim Hayward, proprietors of Fitzbillies.

N7, Pembroke College.

Monday 19 January 2015, 17:30-18:30

'Nasty Forward Minxes' Storm the Ivory Tower: Tales from the Fight for Women's Rights to Higher Education

Stephen Halliday.

N7, Pembroke College.

Tuesday 18 November 2014, 17:30-18:30

Peter Pedalled: a Pembroke postgrad cycles around the world!

Peter Dudfield.

N7, Pembroke College.

Tuesday 11 November 2014, 17:30-18:30

The Religious Education of the Foundress of Pembroke College, Marie de St. Pol

Prof. Sylvia Huot.

N7, Pembroke College.

Tuesday 04 November 2014, 17:30-18:30

Lethal Safety? Fukushima, Fear and the Nuclear Puzzle

Malcolm Grimston, Hon. Senior Research Fellow at Imperial Centre for Energy Policy and Technology.

N7, Pembroke College.

Tuesday 21 October 2014, 17:30-18:30

Math, Money, Politics, Corruption: A Conversation with Karel Janeček

Karel Janeček, Czech entrepreneur and philanthropist.

Nihon Room, Foundress Court, Pembroke College.

Tuesday 04 March 2014, 17:30-18:30

The Manuscript Selection Process at SCIENCE

Dr Peter Stern, Senior Editor at Science Magazine.

N7, Pembroke College.

Wednesday 22 January 2014, 17:30-18:30

Planning a Peaceful Global Revolution

Tom Blees.

N7, Pembroke College.

Monday 14 October 2013, 17:15-18:15

'HUNTING FOR TED HUGHES'

DR MARK WORMALD, Director of Studies in English, Pembroke College.

Nihon Room, Pembroke College.

Monday 11 March 2013, 17:30-19:00

'Graphene and its implications for the Cambridge knowledge cluster'

Dr Quentin Tannock, the founder of Cambridge IP (a well known Cambridge based intellectual property and technology strategy company).

Nihon Room, Pembroke College.

Tuesday 05 March 2013, 17:30-19:00

From carpets and ethnography to asylum in the Caucasus

Robert Chenciner.

N7, Pembroke College.

Tuesday 22 May 2012, 19:00-20:00

From Alexander to Alfred - the Greats

Professor Sir John Boardman FBA, Beazley Archive, Classics Centre, Oxford University.

N7, Pembroke College.

Tuesday 15 May 2012, 19:30-20:30

Wittgenstein on the Psychology and Anthropology of Colour

Prof. Martin Kusch, Department of Philosophy, University of Vienna.

N7, Pembroke College.

Thursday 10 May 2012, 18:30-20:00

Event cancelled

Dr. Emma Mawdsley.

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Tuesday 08 May 2012, 19:30-20:30

Will China Rule the World (and should we be worried)?

Sir Christopher Hum, Master of Gonville and Caius College, Cambridge University.

Nihon Room, Foundress Court, Pembroke College.

Tuesday 01 May 2012, 18:00-19:00

Robert Mugabe... what happened?

Simon Bright.

Nihon Room, Pembroke College.

Monday 12 March 2012, 18:00-20:00

The sustainability of past and present agricultural landscapes

Dr. Charles French, Director of the McBurney Laboratory for Geoarchaeology, Cambridge University.

N7, Pembroke College.

Tuesday 06 March 2012, 19:30-20:30

Title to be confirmed

Professor Sylvia Huot, Department of French, Modern & Medieval Languages, Cambridge University.

N7, Pembroke College.

Tuesday 28 February 2012, 19:30-20:30

Charles Darwin: a life in letters

Dr. Alison Pearn, Darwin Correspondence Project, Cambridge University Library.

Nihon Room, Foundress Court, Pembroke College.

Tuesday 21 February 2012, 19:30-20:30

Title to be confirmed

Prof. Brendan Simms, History of International Relations, Cambridge University.

N7, Pembroke College.

Tuesday 14 February 2012, 19:30-20:30

Is Nietzsche's On Truth and Lies In A Non-Moral Sense a Work of Fiction or a Work of Philosophy

Sam Cane, Department of Philosophy, Durham University.

N7, Pembroke College.

Tuesday 07 February 2012, 19:30-20:30

History in the schools: Past, present and Future

Prof. Peter Mandler, Modern Cultural History, Cambridge University.

N7, Pembroke College.

Tuesday 31 January 2012, 19:30-20:30

Unification in theoretical physics

Dr. David Berman, Isaac Newton Institute, Cambridge University.

N7, Pembroke College.

Tuesday 24 January 2012, 19:30-20:30

Radical Dons and Student Revolutionaries: Cambridge and the Global Student Revolts, 1968-1974

Port will be served to toast the end of term...Note room change and unusual time

Dr. David Fowler, Department of Sociology.

Graduate Parlour (GP), Pembroke College.

Tuesday 29 November 2011, 20:30-21:30

Capitalism, the Anthropocene, and climate process?

Room changed

Dr Barbara Bodenhorn, Newton Trust Lecturer, Social Anthropology, Cambridge University.

Graduate Parlour (GP), Pembroke College.

Tuesday 22 November 2011, 19:30-20:30

The History and impact of the Haber process

Dr. Andrew N Holding, MRC Laboratory of Molecular Biology, Cambridge University.

N7, Pembroke College.

Tuesday 15 November 2011, 19:30-20:30

Arithmetic throughout history

Prof. John Coates, Sadleirian Professor of Pure Mathematics, Cambridge University.

Nihon Room, Foundress Court, Pembroke College.

Tuesday 08 November 2011, 18:00-19:00

Cuckoos and cheating

Prof. Nick Davies FRS, Zoology, Cambridge University.

N7, Pembroke College.

Tuesday 01 November 2011, 19:30-20:30

Where is the Problem of Evil going in contemporary thought?

Rev'd Dr James Gardom, Dean and Chaplain of Pembroke College.

N7, Pembroke College.

Tuesday 25 October 2011, 19:30-20:30

Bread, beer and bugs: How biologists unravel the molecular machinery of life

Dr. David Gordon, University of Cambridge.

N7, Pembroke College.

Tuesday 11 October 2011, 19:30-20:30

Morality and Efficacy of Criminal Law (in America) – An Advocate’s View

Rid Dasgupta.

Nihon Room, Foundess Court, Pembroke College.

Tuesday 15 February 2011, 19:00-20:00

'Teaching and Traditions in Meerkat Societies' by Dr Alex Thornton

Dr. Alex Thornton, University of Cambridge.

Nihon Room, Foundess Court, Pembroke College.

Tuesday 08 February 2011, 19:00-20:00

'Our Troubles with Food, Fears, Fads and Fallacies'

Dr. Stephen Halliday.

New Cellars, Foundess Court, Pembroke College.

Saturday 29 January 2011, 19:00-20:00

Lao Tzu vs Aristotle: time to loose the black or white glasses! by Dr Iman Karimi

Dr Iman Karimi (University of Cambridge).

Nihon Room, Foundess Court, Pembroke College.

Tuesday 25 January 2011, 19:30-20:30

Iced: Europe's Frigid Reception of the Tea Party

Jonathan Bronitsky.

Nihon Room, Foundess Court, Pembroke College.

Tuesday 30 November 2010, 19:00-20:00

"High Learning Potential in the Criminal Justice System" by Laura McKoy

Laura McKoy, graduate of Pembroke College.

Nihon Room, Foundess Court, Pembroke College.

Tuesday 23 November 2010, 19:00-20:00

The jet engine: can air travel be sustainable? -

The upcoming Ivory Tower Society meeting will take place on Monday

John Aveson - Rolls-Royce University Technology Centre in the Department of Materials Science & Metallurgy.

Nihon Room, Foundess Court, Pembroke College.

Monday 01 November 2010, 20:00-21:00

'An Introduction to the Chinese Frontier' by Ross Anthony

Ross Anthony, University of Cambridge.

Nihon Room, Pembroke College.

Tuesday 26 October 2010, 19:00-20:00

Infinity

Dr Ed Brambley (University of Cambridge).

New Cellars, Pembroke College.

Monday 18 October 2010, 19:00-20:00

What is life? A question Physics should ask?

Michelle Rigozzi is a Physics PhD student at the University of Cambridge.

Nihon Room, Pembroke College.

Tuesday 12 October 2010, 19:00-20:00

CONVERSAZIONE: An Historian and his Intellectual History

Prof. Paul Kennedy (Yale) - FBA, CBE.

Old Library, Pembroke College.

Monday 31 May 2010, 17:00-18:30

Islam vs. Islamism: Is there a difference?

Maajid Nawaz.

Nihon Room, Pembroke College.

Monday 24 May 2010, 18:00-19:30

THE PRICE OF LIFE: How the development of new medicines is changing healthcare

Prof. Ashok Venkitaraman, Pembroke College Cambridge.

Nihon Room, Pembroke College.

Monday 17 May 2010, 19:00-20:00

COUNTERFACTUALS IN SOCIAL SCIENCE AND THE HUMANITIES

Prof. Ned Lebow (Dartmouth, LSE, Pembroke Cambridge).

Old Library, Pembroke College.

Wednesday 12 May 2010, 17:00-18:00

SOVEREIGN WEALTH FUNDS: Demons or saviours?

Dr. Vee Barbary, Monitor Group.

Room N7, Pembroke College.

Monday 10 May 2010, 18:00-19:00

THE EVIL EMPIRE STRIKES BACK: The 2008 financial crisis from a hedge fund manager's perspective

Dr Ewan Kirk: CEO and Founder of Cantab Capital Partners.

Room N7, Pembroke College.

Monday 26 April 2010, 18:00-19:00

Counterfactuals in Social Science and the Humanities

Prof. Ned Lebow, Dartmouth, LSE, Cambridge.

Nihon Room, Pembroke College.

Wednesday 21 April 2010, 20:00-21:00

Darwinism and Religion

John Hawkins, St Catherine's College, Oxford.

Outer Parlour, Pembroke College.

Monday 15 February 2010, 20:00-21:00

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Misconduct in academic publication: how big is the problem and how can researchers avoid it?

Liz Wager, Chair of the Committee on Publication Ethics (COPE), and author of Getting Research Published (Radcliffe Publishing).

Nihon Room, Pembroke College.

Wednesday 10 February 2010, 20:00-21:00

The Master's Talk

Sir Richard Dearlove, KCMG OBE, Master of Pembroke College.

Old Library, Pembroke College.

Monday 01 February 2010, 20:00-21:00

The Global Food Crisis of 2008 - Causes, Consequences, and What We're Doing to Make Sure it Happens Again, Soon

Dan Kim, Pembroke College.

Outer Parlour, Pembroke College.

Monday 23 November 2009, 20:00-21:00

On the global financial crises, macroeconomic slowdown and "exit strategies"

Dr. Demosthenes Tambakis, Pembroke College.

Nihon Room, Pembroke College.

Monday 16 November 2009, 20:00-21:00

Malory: The Life and Times of King Arthur's Chronicler

Christina Hardyment.

Nihon Room, Pembroke College.

Monday 09 November 2009, 20:00-21:00

Sir Joseph Bazalgette and the Great Stink

Dr. Stephen Halliday (Pembroke College).

Nihon Room, Pembroke College.

Monday 02 November 2009, 20:00-21:00

Peter Brennan of Perdika Press

Peter Brennan.

Old Library, Pembroke College.

Monday 19 October 2009, 18:00-19:00

Stem Cells and Why You Shoudn't Care: A discussion of the biology, history and potential of embryonic stem cells

Kate Blair, Pembroke College Cambridge.

Nihon Room, Foundress Court, Pembroke College.

Sunday 11 October 2009, 20:00-21:00

The Atheist Bus Campaign -- Why it worked, and what we've learned

Jon Worth.

Nihon Room, Pembroke College.

Monday 08 June 2009, 20:00-21:00

Tricks of the Mind: Visual Illusions

Tom Murphy and Jaspinder Sagoo.

New Cellars, Pembroke College.

Monday 25 May 2009, 19:45-21:00

Studying the Beat Generation

James Riley.

Nihon Room, Pembroke College.

Monday 18 May 2009, 19:45-21:00

Stem Cells and Repairing the Brain

Professor Robin Franklin.

Nihon Room, Pembroke College.

Monday 11 May 2009, 19:45-21:00

Conversations on the Holy Land

Johannes Zang.

Old Library, Pembroke College.

Monday 04 May 2009, 19:45-21:00

Disease and Identity: AIDS, Mourning and Performance in Paul Monette's Love Alone

Gerardo con Diaz.

Nihon Room, Pembroke College.

Monday 27 April 2009, 19:45-21:00

Defeating Cancer from Within - Waging War Against Our Own Cells

Fiona Watt.

Nihon Room, Pembroke College.

Monday 09 March 2009, 19:45-21:00

The Physics of Airplane Noise

Ed Brambley.

Nihon Room, Pembroke College.

Monday 02 March 2009, 19:45-21:00

The legacy of antiterrorist legislation and policies in the light of human rights standards (1965 onwards)

Francesca Galli.

Nihon Room, Pembroke College.

Monday 23 February 2009, 19:45-21:00

The problems and prospects of Darwinising homosexuality

Pieter Adriaens.

Nihon Room, Pembroke College.

Monday 16 February 2009, 19:45-21:00

A conversation on the Georgian political crisis

Mark Mullen.

Nihon Room, Pembroke College.

Monday 09 February 2009, 19:45-21:00

Green knights, green men and green children: colour symbolism and the supernatural in the Middle Ages

Elizabeth Dearnley.

Nihon Room, Pembroke College.

Monday 02 February 2009, 19:45-21:00

The Lady in the Tower: The Fall of Anne Boleyn

Alison Weir.

Old Library, Pembroke College.

Monday 26 January 2009, 17:45-19:00

Influential Pictures and Images in the Development of Science

Professor John Barrow FRS.

Nihon Room, Pembroke College.

Monday 19 January 2009, 19:45-21:00

CANCELLED Green knights, green men and green children: colour symbolism and the supernatural in the Middle Ages

Elizabeth Dearnley.

Nihon Room, Pembroke College.

Monday 01 December 2008, 19:45-21:00

Painting in 3D: Structural Colour in Nature

Michelle Rigozzi.

Nihon Room, Pembroke College.

Monday 17 November 2008, 19:45-21:00

Introduction to Catastrophe Theory with Applications to Biology and the Social Sciences

If you would like to attend this talk, please email David Gordon (dg336@cam.ac.uk) to reserve a place.

Sir Christopher Zeeman, Oxford University.

Old Library, Pembroke College.

Monday 10 November 2008, 17:45-19:00

The Science of Personality Matching (Meet your Mr./Mrs. Right!)

Dr. Liz Miller.

Nihon Room, Pembroke College.

Monday 03 November 2008, 19:45-21:00

How 'Special' is the Anglo-American Special Relationship?

Srdjan Vucetic.

Nihon Room, Pembroke College.

Monday 27 October 2008, 19:45-21:00

The Real Puppet Masters: The Gruesome Parasites Controlling Our Behaviour

Simon Spiro.

Nihon Room, Pembroke College.

Monday 20 October 2008, 19:45-21:00

What Makes North Korea Tick?

Joshua Karton.

Nihon Room, Pembroke College.

Sunday 12 October 2008, 19:45-21:00