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Read more at: From black lives matter to grassroots climate actions, Cambridge Festival asks the big questions

From black lives matter to grassroots climate actions, Cambridge Festival asks the big questions

Have we made any real progress since Black Lives Matter? Should we be using climate change to animate new grassroots, bottom-up actions, rather than only seeking breakthrough solutions? Who can fix the teacher recruitment and retention crisis?


Read more at: CamFest Speaker Spotlight: Tristan Dot

CamFest Speaker Spotlight: Tristan Dot

Am I Normal? and Dreamy Cops are two art installations that investigate notions of AI, including computer vision, surveillance, the human body and normativity. The artist, Tristan Dot, is a Gates Cambridge scholar studying for a PhD in digital art history


Read more at: CamFest Speaker Spotlight: Alexandra Zhirnova

CamFest Speaker Spotlight: Alexandra Zhirnova

Alexandra Zhirnova is a PHD student in the Faculty of English at Cambridge University. Her work focuses on the religious and social history of Anglo-Saxon England, with a special interest in gender and patristic reception.


Read more at: CamFest Speaker Spotlight: Professor Erwin Reisner

CamFest Speaker Spotlight: Professor Erwin Reisner

Professor Erwin Reisner is the Professor of Energy and Sustainability in the Department of Chemistry and a Fellow of St. John’s College. He is an expert in renewable energy and sustainable chemistry.


Read more at: CamFest Speaker Spotlight: Dr Claire Hynes

CamFest Speaker Spotlight: Dr Claire Hynes

Dr Claire Hynes is a Lecturer in Literature & Creative Writing, School of Literature, Drama and Creative Writing at the University of East Anglia. She is in conversation with the sociologist Professor Jason Arday about Race and society.


Read more at: CamFest Speaker Spotlight: Dr Mark Cortnage

CamFest Speaker Spotlight: Dr Mark Cortnage

In their event, Longevity and nutrition: can we all really live to 100 and beyond? (16 March), Professor Justin Roberts and Dr Mark Cortnage from Anglia Ruskin University, delve deeper into the secrets of the Blue Zones diet.


Read more at: Marking International Women’s Day at the Cambridge Festival

Marking International Women’s Day at the Cambridge Festival

From pre-eclampsia and its lasting impact on women’s health to inequitable distribution of domestic and caring labour in different-sex couples to an in-conversation with the Vice Chancellor: Cambridge Festival counts a host of prominent female speakers


Read more at: CamFest Speaker Spotlight: Professor Clive Boddy

CamFest Speaker Spotlight: Professor Clive Boddy

Leading corporate psychopath expert, Dr Clive Boddy from Anglia Ruskin University, discusses the incidence rates of female psychopathy in the adult population and how there are far more female psychopaths than anyone has previously imagined.


Read more at: CamFest Speaker Spotlight: Professor Clare Brookes

CamFest Speaker Spotlight: Professor Clare Brookes

Clare Brooks is Professor of Education at the University of Cambridge. She will be speaking in a Question Time-style panel discussion on the teacher recruitment crisis on Who can fix the teacher recruitment and retention crisis?


Read more at: AI and elections, deepfakes, the metaverse and more...

AI and elections, deepfakes, the metaverse and more...

The rise of AI and its impact on our society will be explored during a series of fascinating events at the Cambridge Festival.