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The Nature of War: How is War directed? The Problem of Strategy 3 Feb 2011 5:00pm - 6:30pm, Room 1, Mill Lane Lecture Rooms, 8 Mill Lane, Cambridge |
The Nature of War: Why fight? The Problem of Combat Motivation 10 Feb 2011 5:00pm - 6:30pm, Room 1, Mill Lane Lecture Rooms, 8 Mill Lane, Cambridge |
The Nature of War: How does War end? The Problem of Victory (and Defeat) 17 Feb 2011 5:00pm - 6:30pm, Room 1, Mill Lane Lecture Rooms, 8 Mill Lane, Cambridge |
The Nature of War: a Humanitas Visiting Professorships Symposium 18 Feb 2011 All day, The Møller Centre, Churchill College, University of Cambridge |
On Character in Music 13 May 2011 5:00pm - 6:15pm, West Road Concert Hall, Faculty of Music |
Light and Shade of Interpretation 16 May 2011 5:00pm - 6:15pm, West Road Concert Hall, Faculty of Music |
Open Rehearsal with Alfred Brendel and Szymanowski Quartet 17 May 2011 2:00pm - 5:00pm, West Road Concert Hall, Faculty of Music Szymanowski Quartet and Alfred Brendel discuss Beethoven’s Quartet in A minor, op. 132. |
Concert by Szymanowski Quartet 18 May 2011 7:30pm - 9:45pm, West Road Concert Hall, Faculty of Music |
Writing War 29 Feb 2012 5:00pm - 6:30pm, Room 3, Mill Lane Lecture Rooms, 8 Mill Lane, Cambridge |
Figuring War 7 Mar 2012 5:00pm - 6:30pm, Room 3, Mill Lane Lecture Rooms, 8 Mill Lane, Cambridge |
Jay Winter on Jean Renoir’s ‘La Grande Illusion’ 13 Mar 2012 4:30pm - 6:30pm, CRASSH Discussion and film screening of Jean Renoir's 'La Grande Illusion' with Jay Winter, Humanitas Visiting Professor in War Studies 2012 |
Filming War 14 Mar 2012 5:00pm - 6:30pm, Room 3, Mill Lane Lecture Rooms, 8 Mill Lane, Cambridge |
Improvising Mozart 29 Oct 2012 8:00pm - 9:30pm, West Road Concert Hall, Faculty of Music Humanitas Visiting Professor in Chamber Music 2012: Robert Levin |
Composing Mozart 30 Oct 2012 8:00pm - 9:30pm, West Road Concert Hall, Faculty of Music Humanitas Visiting Professor in Chamber Music 2012: Robert Levin |
Open Rehearsal with Robert Levin and AAM 31 Oct 2012 5:00pm - 6:00pm, West Road Concert Hall, Faculty of Music Humanitas Visiting Professor in Chamber Music 2012 Robert Levin rehearses works by Mozart and Beethoven with the Academy of Ancient Music. |
Robert Levin and the AAM perform works by Mozart and Beethoven 31 Oct 2012 8:00pm - 9:30pm, West Road Concert Hall, Faculty of Music Humanitas Visiting Professor in Chamber Music 2012 Robert Levin performs works by Mozart and Beethoven with the Academy of Ancient Music. |
The Many Faces of Context 15 Nov 2012 5:00pm - 6:30pm, Mill Lane Lecture Room 9 |
Destruction, Alteration, Renewal 20 Nov 2012 5:00pm - 6:30pm, Mill Lane Lecture Room 9 |
Change as Constant 21 Nov 2012 5:00pm - 6:30pm, Mill Lane Lecture Room 9 |
The Multiple Lives of the Work of Art 22 Nov 2012 2:00pm - 6:00pm, Alison Richard Building, ground floor, SG1 Humanitas Visiting Professor in the History of Art 2012-13, Professor Philippe de Montebello will give a series of three public lectures and a concluding symposium on The Multiple Lives of the Work of Art. |
‘Women’s Rights are Human Rights’. The Beijing Platform for Action: An Unfinished Agenda 4 Mar 2013 5:00pm - 6:30pm, Mill Lane (Lecture Room 9) Humanitas Visiting Professor in Women's Rights 2012-13, Melanne Verveer, will give a series of three public lectures and a concluding symposium on Gender Equality: A Moral and Foreign Policy Imperative |
Women as Entrepreneurs and Employees: Critical Drivers of Economic Growth in Both Developed and Emerging Economies 6 Mar 2013 5:00pm - 6:30pm, Mill Lane (Lecture Room 9) Humanitas Visiting Professor in Women's Rights 2012-13, Melanne Verveer, will give a series of three public lectures and a concluding symposium on Gender Equality: A Moral and Foregin Policy Imperative |
Perspectives on Women’s Political Participation and Role in Peacemaking and Peacebuilding 7 Mar 2013 5:00pm - 6:30pm, Mill Lane (Lecture Room 9) Humanitas Visiting Professor in Women's Rights 2012-13, Melanne Verveer, will give a series of three public lectures and a concluding symposium on Gender Equality: A Moral and Foreign Policy Imperative |
Gender Equality: A Moral and Foreign Policy Imperative 11 Mar 2013 2:00pm - 6:00pm, King's College (Keynes Room) The concluding symposium following the series of lectures by Ambassador Melanne Verveer, Humanitas Visiting Professor in Women's Rights |
Ending Deadly Conflict: A Naïve Dream? 8 May 2013 5:00pm - 6:30pm, Mill Lane Lecture Room 9 Humanitas Visiting Professor in Statecraft and Diplomacy 2013: Gareth Evans |
Ending Mass Atrocity Crimes: A Hopeless Dream? 10 May 2013 5:00pm - 6:30pm, Mill Lane (Lecture Room 9) Humanitas Visiting Professor in Statecraft and Diplomacy 2013: Gareth Evans |
Eliminating Nuclear Weapons: An Impossible Dream? 13 May 2013 5:00pm - 5:30pm, Mill Lane Lecture Room 2 Humanitas Visiting Professor in Statecraft and Diplomacy 2013: Gareth Evans |
The Future of Deadly Conflict: Is Optimism Defensible? 14 May 2013 2:00pm - 6:00pm, The Pitt Building (Darwin Room) Humanitas Visiting Professor in Statecraft and Diplomacy 2013: Gareth Evans |
Maoist Rectification during Wartime 21 May 2013 5:00pm - 6:30pm, SG1, Alison Richard Building Humanitas Visiting Professor in Chinese Studies 2013 Chen Yung-fa will give a series of three public lectures and a concluding symposium on The Meaning of the Chinese Communist Revolution. |
Chiang Kaishek’s Experience with Britain and his Private Thoughts, 1917-1949 23 May 2013 5:00pm - 7:00pm, SG1, Alison Richard Building Humanitas Visiting Professor in Chinese Studies 2013 Chen Yung-fa will give a series of three public lectures and a concluding symposium on The Meaning of the Chinese Communist Revolution. |
Chiang Kaishek and the Japanese Ichigo Offensive of 1944 29 May 2013 5:00pm - 7:00pm, SG1, Alison Richard Building Humanitas Visiting Professor in Chinese Studies 2013 Chen Yung-fa will give a series of three public lectures and a concluding symposium on The Meaning of the Chinese Communist Revolution. |
The Meaning of the Chinese Communist Revolution 30 May 2013 2:00pm - 6:00pm, SG1/2 Alison Richard Building The concluding symposium with Humanitas Visiting Professor in Chinese Studies 2013 Chen Yung-fa |
Eliezer and Rebecca 24 Oct 2013 5:00pm - 6:30pm, Mill Lane Lecture Room 9 The first lecture by CRASSH Humanitas Professor in the History of Art 2013-14, Pierre Rosenberg |
Les Sacrements 28 Oct 2013 5:00pm - 6:30pm, Mill Lane Lecture Room 9 The second lecture by CRASSH Humanitas Professor in History of Art 2013-14, Pierre Rosenberg |
Poussin and England 30 Oct 2013 5:00pm - 6:30pm, Mill Lane Lecture Room 9 The third lecture by CRASSH Humanitas Professor in the History of Art 2013-14, Pierre Rosenberg |
Mainstreaming Natural Capital into Decision-Making: Frontiers in Research and Policy 31 Oct 2013 5:00pm - 6:30pm, Department of Geography (Large Lecture Theatre) The first lecture by CRASSH Humanitas Professor in Sustainability Studies 2013-14, Gretchen Daily |
Poussin in England 31 Oct 2013 2:00pm - 6:00pm, CRASSH (SG1), Alison Richard Building, 7 West Road, CB3 9DT The concluding symposium with CRASSH Humanitas Professor in the History of Art 2013-14, Pierre Rosenberg |
Nature’s Competing Values 1 Nov 2013 5:00pm - 6:30pm, Law Faculty (LG19) The second lecture by CRASSH Humanitas Visiting Professor in Sustainability Studies 2013-14, Gretchen Daily |
Feeding the World and Security Biodiversity 4 Nov 2013 5:00pm - 6:30pm, Law Faculty, LG19 The third lecture by CRASSH Humanitas Visiting Professor in Sustainability Studies 2013-14, Gretchen Daily |
Humanitas Symposium in Sustainability Studies 5 Nov 2013 2:00pm - 6:00pm, The Pitt Building (Darwin Room) |
Why Journalism, and Why it Matters in a World in Flux 13 Nov 2013 5:00pm - 6:30pm, Faculty of Law (LG19) The first lecture by CRASSH Humanitas Visiting Professor in Media 2013-14, Alastair Campbell |
Journalism and Democracy: Grounds for Optimism in the Face of the Future? 14 Nov 2013 5:00pm - 6:30pm, Lady Mitchell Hall, Sidgwick Site (NOTE CHANGE OF VENUE) The second lecture by CRASSH Humanitas Visiting Professor in Media 2013-14, Alastair Campbell |
Media and Politics in a Changing World 20 Nov 2013 2:00pm - 5:00pm, The Pitt Building (Darwin Room) A symposium with CRASSH Humanitas Visiting Professor in Media 2013-14, Alastair Campbell |
European Society and War 3 Feb 2014 5:00pm - 6:30pm, Law Faculty (LG19) First Lecture by Humanitas Visiting Professor in War Studies, Margaret MacMillan. |
Thinking about war before 1914 4 Feb 2014 5:00pm - 6:30pm, Law Faculty (LG19) Second lecture by Humanitas Visiting Professor in War Studies, Margaret MacMillan. |
Planning War before 1914 6 Feb 2014 5:00pm - 6:30pm, Law Faculty (LG19) Third Lecture by Humanitas Visiting Professor in War Studies, Margaret MacMillan. |
The Changing Nature of European War Between 1815 and 1914 7 Feb 2014 2:00pm - 6:00pm, CRASSH, Alison Richard Building, 7 West Road (SG1&2) Concluding Symposium |
Can you Text a Divorce? Negotiating Women’s Rights in Law and Society 10 Mar 2014 5:00pm - 6:30pm, Mill Lane Lecture Room 3 |
Mary in Christian-Muslim Relations 11 Mar 2014 5:00pm - 6:30pm, Mill Lane Lecture Room 9 Humanitas Visiting Professor in Women's Rights |
From the Feminine to Feminism: Women in Islamic Thought and Literature 12 Mar 2014 5:00pm - 6:30pm, Mill Lane Lecture Room 3 |
Feminism, Religion, and Women’s Rights 13 Mar 2014 2:00pm - 5:30pm, Keynes Room, King's College Humanitas Visiting Professor in Women's Rights |
Interpreting Bach on the Piano 24 Apr 2014 5:00pm - 6:30pm, West Road Concert Hall Illustrated lecture on how to interpret Bach on the piano. |
Masterclass with Angela Hewitt 25 Apr 2014 2:00pm - 5:30pm, West Road Concert Hall Performances by the University Instrumental Award Holders. |
Symposium on The Art of Fugue 28 Apr 2014 5:00pm - 6:30pm, West Road Concert Hall Angela Hewitt in conversation with Professor John Butt (University of Glasgow). |
The Art of Fugue 29 Apr 2014 8:00pm - 9:30pm, West Road Concert Hall Final concert of the Humanitas Series in Chamber Music 2014. Angela Hewitt will perform the complete Art of Fugue by J.S. Bach. |
From Mara Poet to Nobel Laureate: On Modern Chinese Literary Culture 13 May 2014 5:00pm - 6:30pm, Mill Lane (Lecture Room 1) The first lecture by CRASSH Humanitas Visiting Professor in Chinese Studies 2013-14 |
The Lyrical in Epic Time: On Modern Chinese Literary Thought 15 May 2014 5:00pm - 6:30pm, Mill Lane (Lecture Room 1) The second lecture by CRASSH Humanitas Visiting Professor in Chinese Studies 2013-14. |
Sailing to the Sinophone World: On Modern Chinese Literary Cartography 20 May 2014 5:00pm - 6:30pm, Mill Lane (Lecture Room 1) The third lecture by CRASSH Visiting Professor in Chinese Studies 2013-14. |
The Chineseness of Chinese Literature 21 May 2014 1:30pm - 5:00pm, Ramsden Room, St Catharine's College The concluding symposium with the CRASSH Humanitas Visiting Professor in Chinese Studies 2013-14. |
Human Prosperity within Planetary Boundaries (HUMANITAS) 28 Oct 2014 5:00pm - 6:30pm, Lady Mitchell Hall, Sidgwick Site Public lecture. |
Planetary Boundaries 2.0: Defining a safe Operating Space for Humanity on Earth (HUMANITAS) 29 Oct 2014 5:00pm - 6:30pm, Department of Geography, Downing Site Cambridge Conservation Initiative Seminar. |
Competition of Life Game (HUMANITAS) 30 Oct 2014 11:00am - 1:00pm, University Centre (Mead Room) Interactive event for teenagers along with Professor Johan Rockström. Participants are divided into teams of 4-5 and using simple tools to represent renewable resources, this activity will hopefully inspire understanding and discussion on the different strategies people use to manage resources in the real world. |
From Sustainable Development to Global Sustainability (HUMANITAS) 31 Oct 2014 2:00pm - 6:00pm, SG1&2, Alison Richard Building, 7 West Road Concluding symposium with respondents Bill Adams (Cambridge), Gretchen Daily (Stanford Woods) and Bill Sutherland (Cambridge). |
On Performing the Classics 14 Jan 2015 5:00pm - 6:30pm, West Road Concert Hall |
Murray Perahia in Conversation with John Rink on Chopin 15 Jan 2015 5:00pm - 6:30pm, West Road Concert Hall |
Open Rehearsal with the Doric String Quartet 19 Jan 2015 2:30pm - 5:30pm, West Road Concert Hall |
Doric String Quartet 20 Jan 2015 7:30pm - 9:30pm, West Road Concert Hall |
Michelangelo in Song 23 Feb 2015 7:30pm - 9:30pm, West Road Concert Hall Featuring Britten's song cycle “Seven Sonnets of Michelangelo”. |
The Construction of the Role of Wotan 25 Feb 2015 5:00pm - 6:30pm, West Road Concert Hall Illustrated lecture by Sir John Tomlinson in conversation with Patrick Carnegy. |
The Construction of the Role of the Minotaur 27 Feb 2015 5:00pm - 6:30pm, West Road Concert Hall Sir John Tomlinson in conversation with composer Sir Harrison Birtwistle. |
From Sexism to Solidarity 3 Mar 2015 5:00pm - 6:30pm, Mill Lane Lecture Room 9 HVP Women's Rights Natasha Walter |
From Reform to Revolution 5 Mar 2015 5:00pm - 6:30pm, Mill Lane Lecture Room 9 HVP Women's Rights Natasha Walter |
Making Waves 8 Mar 2015 4:00pm - 6:00pm, The Cambridge Junction Humanitas Women's Rights |
World Order: Definition and Description 21 Apr 2015 5:00pm - 6:30pm, Law Faculty (LG18) Lecture by Richard Haass (American Diplomat), 2015 Humanitas Visiting Professor in Statecraft and Diplomacy. |
The Decline of World Order: Causes and Explanations 22 Apr 2015 5:00pm - 6:30pm, Law Faculty (LG18) Lecture by Richard Haass (American Diplomat), 2015 Humanitas Visiting Professor in Statecraft and Diplomacy. |
World Order: What Can be Done? 23 Apr 2015 5:00pm - 6:30pm, Law Faculty (LG18) Lecture by Richard Haass (American Diplomat), 2015 Humanitas Visiting Professor in Statecraft and Diplomacy. |
World Order: Its Past, Present & Prospects 24 Apr 2015 10:00am - 12:30pm, CRASSH (SG1&2), Alison Richard Building, 7 West Road, CB3 9DT Concluding symposium with Richard Haass (American Diplomat), 2015 Humanitas Visiting Professor in Statecraft and Diplomacy. |
The Reactivation of Tradition 27 Apr 2015 5:00pm - 6:30pm, Mill Lane Lecture Room 9 |
Xu Bing at the Fitzwilliam Museum 28 Apr 2015 6:00pm - 8:00pm, The Fitzwilliam Museum Courtyard |
The Energy of Reality and the Creativity of Art 29 Apr 2015 5:00pm - 6:30pm, Mill Lane Lecture Room 3 Humanitas Chinese Studies Lecture |
Chinese Tradition: Chinese Reality 30 Apr 2015 1:45pm - 5:30pm, Darwin Room, The Pitt Building HVP in Chinese Studies Xu Bing |
Preventing Conflicts and Building Fair Societies: What can we learn from the Nordic countries? 19 Oct 2015 5:00pm - 6:30pm, LG18 Law Faculty, Sidgwick Site Humanitas Visiting Professor Martti Ahtisaari gives his first lecture. |
In Order to Succeed in Peace Mediation you have to be an Honest Broker 21 Oct 2015 5:00pm - 6:30pm, LG18,Law Faculty, Sidgwick Site The second lecture by Humanitas Visiting Professor Martti Ahtisaari. |
In Conversation with Humanitas Visiting Professor Martti Ahtisaari 22 Oct 2015 5:00pm - 6:30pm, Alison Richard Building SG1/2 Please note change of venue Humanitas Visiting Professor Martti Ahtisaari in conversation with invited speakers. |
How can Peace be Made? Humanitas concluding symposium with Martti Ahtisaari 23 Oct 2015 2:00pm - 6:00pm, SG1, Alison Richard Building Humanitas concluding symposium with Humanitas Visiting Professor Martti Ahtisaari. |
“On Keys and Music”, Beethoven’s Diabelli Variations 27 Nov 2015 7:30pm - 9:30pm, West Road Concert Hall Mitsuko Uchida performs Beethoven's Thirty-three Variations on a Waltz by Diabelli, followed by a lecture. |
The End of the News as We Know It: How Facebook Swallowed Journalism 2 Mar 2016 5:00pm - 6:30pm, LG19 Faculty of Law An open lecture by Humanitas Visiting Professor in Media Emily Bell. |
Humanitas Visiting Professor in Media Emily Bell in Conversation with Mary Beard 3 Mar 2016 5:30pm - 7:00pm, LG18 Law Faculty, Sidgwick Site In Conversation with Emily Bell, Humanitas Visiting Professor in Media. |
Facebook Eating the World: Symposium with Humanitas Visiting Professor in Media Emily Bell 4 Mar 2016 2:00pm - 5:00pm, Alison Richard Building SG1/2 A symposium with Humanitas Visiting Professor in Media Emily Bell. |
Environmental Problems are Human Problems: insights from the behavioural sciences 8 Mar 2016 5:00pm - 6:30pm, Babbage Lecture Theatre, New Museums Site Open Lecture by Humanitas Visiting Professor in Sustainability Studies, Paul Ferraro |
Impact Evaluation of Protected Areas: what do we know about impacts, moderators and mechanisms? 9 Mar 2016 5:00pm - 6:30pm, Babbage Lecture Theatre, New Museums Site A seminar on conservation with HVP in Sustainability Studies, Paul Ferraro |
Effective Environmentalism: Symposium with Humanitas Visiting Professor in Sustainability Studies 11 Mar 2016 2:00pm - 5:00pm, Room1.25A/B, David Attenborough Building, Mew Museums Site A symposium with Humanitas Visiting Professor in Sustainability Studies, Paul Ferraro. |
POSTPONED: “On Keys and Music”, Illustrated Lecture 4 May 2016 7:30pm - 10:00pm, West Road Concert Hall Mitsuko Uchida will give an illustrated lecture exploring the continuing relevance of diatonic tonality and offering a new perspective on the oft-made comparison of Mozart and Beethoven's Piano Concerti. |
Refurbishing the Rijksmuseum: Open Lecture by Wim Pijbes 6 May 2016 5:00pm - 6:30pm, LG18, Faculty of Law, Sidgwick Site HVP in the History of Art, Wim Pijbes gives an open lecture |
When is Art National? Conversation with Wim Pijbes and Nick Cullinan 9 May 2016 5:00pm - 6:30pm, Gallery 3, Fitzwilliam Museum/Doors open 4.45pm at the main entrance Humanitas Visiting Professor in Art History, Wim Pijbes, will be in conversation with Nicolas Cullinanan. |
Old Masters Fit for the Future: Conversation with Wim Pijbes and Emilie Gordenker 10 May 2016 5:00pm - 6:30pm, LG19 Faculty of Law Conversation with Wim Pijbes, Humanitas Visiting Professor in Art History |