What makes memories vivid? What do vivid memories do for us? What changes about them over time? Whan can artists and writers tell us about them? Come and find out!
This event will introduce ideas and findings from an interdisciplinary project entitled When Memories Come Alive (https://www.english.cam.ac.uk/research/memory/).
The project is a collaboration between memory scientists, literature scholars and historians. It brings together ideas about vividness and what it does for art and life.
In this exhibition, we'll give illustrations of our work, including the questions we're asking, the answers we're finding, the examples from literature, art and history we're inspired by, and the ideas in psychology we find fascinating. As well as an introductory talk, there will be opportunities for participation and discussion with project team members.
The Cambridge Festival will take place between 16 March and 2 April 2026. Link to the festival programme: https://www.festival.cam.ac.uk/events
Link to book for this event: https://www.festival.cam.ac.uk/events/vivid-memories-how-and-why
