What's on in the University

Transdisciplinarity is about tackling the big challenges of our times that don’t sit neatly within disciplines, professions, organisations or countries. Join other students and academics from across Cambridge for a fun, think tank experience that’s all about creative, collaborative problem-solving for a better world.

On 6th May at 1pm Prof. Simeon Zahl will give a seminar entitled ‘Are Doctrines Empirically Verifiable? Theology, Theory, and the Human Sciences’. A light sandwich lunch will be provided from 12:30 in the Healey Room, Westminster College, Madingley Road Cambridge. Please be seated by 12:50 so that the seminar can start promptly.

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

A talk by Onur Engin (University of Cambridge) in the 'Cambridge Seminars in the History of Cartography' series.

An afterhours film screening of Derek Jarman's queer classic, Sebastiane

Join us for a craft workshop all about pollinators!

Date: 12 May 2025 Time: 18:00 -19:30 Speaker: Ugo Gentilini Talk Title: '“What Are We Learning from 2,500 Years of Cash Transfers?” Location: Ramsden Room, St Catharine's College

With a dash of sunny weather, a sprinkle of great vibes, and a wedge of excellent company, we welcome the return of the Eddington Beer Garden.

A workshop about making and living with mistakes, with surgeon, educator and writer David Alderson and visual artist Kirsten Lavers

Through her work, Kirsten Lavers creates possibilities for conversations around our desire for perfection and discomfort with fallibility.

Mill Road History Society presents a talk by Nigel Kerry, Director of Music at OLEM, on how a former ballerina from the slums of Paris financed the creation of what is commonly known as the Catholic Church

Join one of our knowledgeable Visitor Assistants for an introductory guided tour of the Kettle’s Yard house.

A morning workshop for people interested in games (table top, role play) and also in thinking about how we can improve conversations around death and dying.

An evening of poetry inspired by Greek and Roman sculpture

Join the Jesus College Intellectual Forum to hear from Thomas Harding as he recounts the until-now untold story of a historic true crime.

Anna Taylor will lead an inspiring evening on the development of the David Parr House Visitor Centre garden planting and habitat creation to increase biodiversity in the garden for both house visitors and the city wildlife to feed and find shelter with. Anna will be speaking about creating climate-resilient planting that enhances a public multi-use space.

Join the Jesus College Intellectual Forum and Gates Cambridge to hear from Boat Race winner and elite rower Jenna Armstrong in conversation with Olympian Cath Bishop. They will discuss rowing, leadership, and the challenges of competing in elite sport.

Based in City Road Cambridge, Frederick R.Leach ran an important decorative arts company during the heyday of the Arts and Crafts Movement. This talk explores the life and impact of Leach, who was David Parr's employer and looks at the creative legacy of the Leach family, looking at some of the marks they made in Cambridge and beyond over four generations.

Join us on 23rd April, 6.30pm - 8.30pm for a talk with textile artist Lynn Setterington who will share her work featured in her book Connecting Threads, a collection of twelve textile projects created between 1981 and 2024. Each project acts as a social history document, telling untold stories and highlighting overlooked people, histories, and places through stitch.

Illuminated by medieval manuscripts, Cambridge University Library's exhibition explores a complex and intriguing world of medieval medicine.