What's on in the University

Hidden Cambridge’s unique (and not app-based) treasure hunt will have you discovering quirky Cambridge – including hidden away work by Quentin Blake and something from the sculptor of “The Angel of the North”, but not quite on that scale!

?eyda Kurt, international bestselling author from Germany, will kick off the public reading series "Germany in Text and Context." Her book Hate explores the radical power of hatred: who is allowed to hate, how it shapes society, and how it can fuel resistance in a capitalist, racist, and patriarchal world?

In this exhibition, abstraction is expressed in a female form – not from a biological or essentialist perspective, but as a plurality of voices that take the abstract to new depths.

Hidden Cambridge’s latest and surely most entertaining city centre walking tour led by a Cambridge Green Badge Guide

Join cambridge University Library for their monthly, online reading group.

Join us for an exhibition tour and enjoy a behind-the-scenes insight into Handpicked: Painting Flowers from 1900 to Today.

One hundred years ago, Edwin Hubble confirmed the presence of galaxies of various morphological forms beyond our own Milky Way. Progress has accelerated with the more powerful James Webb Space Telescope sufficiently that we may soon witness the earliest galaxies emerging from darkness.

Together with the Cambridge Archaeological Unit, we are returning to Wandlebury Country Park to carry out our student training excavation and discover more of its fascinating history.

Continuum returns to Robinson College Chapel for a special anniversary concert featuring a spring programme of British choral music.

Mill Road History Society presents a personal account of ordinary life on Mill Road in the early 1960s in a now-demolished terrace.

Uniting perspectives from academia as well as policy, this panel will examine whether the new push for energy security is helping to accelerate investment in – and deployment of – renewable and other low-carbon technologies.

This event will bring together translators, interpreters, scholars, refugees, and NGO representatives to develop a deeper understanding of the complex demands and realities involved in translating conflict and refuge.

Join us to explore how humans, animals, and machines think through things. You will see how birds plan for the future, how children build mental models of their surroundings, and how eye movements shape what we perceive.

This Easter Saturday, join a walking tour retracing David Parr’s walk home from work, beginning at All Saints' Church and ending at his home at David Parr House, 186 Gwydir Street. Along the way, discover the remarkable decorative legacy of F. R. Leach & Sons in Cambridge.

Clare Hall is pleased to welcome Professor David Nirenberg and Professor Y.M. Dennis Lo as speakers for the special 60th Anniversary Tanner and Ashby Lectures, on Thursday 16 April 2026, from 17.00 in the Robinson Auditorium.

Clare Hall is delighted to present its 60th Anniversary exhibition of artworks collected over the years.

Join us for a fun, creative, experience for children aged 0–4.

This display will exhibit never-before-seen drawings by Kenji Umeda (1948-2019), alongside sculpture, prints and letters between the artist and Jim Ede.

Inspired by the presence of freshly cut flower displays and paintings in the Kettle’s Yard house, this exhibition will present works featuring flowers by artists spanning across the 20th and 21st centuries.

Join us at Homerton College on Thursdays, 18:00-20:00 pm for 'New York' style salsa!