On Thursday, April 28-Saturday April 30, 2022, Revolutionary Papers (RP) will launch Revolutionary Papers: Counter-Institutions, Countercultures, and Counter-Politics in Periodicals of the Global South, an international conference and exhibition in Cape Town, South Africa. RP is a collaboration between the University of Cambridge English Faculty, the London School of Economics Sociology Department, and University of […]
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Professor Sarah Dillon speaking at Bennett Institute for Public Policy Annual Conference
Amidst global plans for economic recovery, resilience, and prosperity, academics and policymakers will meet for the Bennett Institute for Public Policy Annual Conference on Friday 22 April 2022 at the University of Cambridge. The day’s discussions will centre around the Institute’s four key research themes – Place, Progress, Productivity, and Decision-Making in Government. It will […]
Continue ReadingTwo radio appearances for the Cambridge Saffron project, April 2022
The Cambridge Saffron project has had two radio appearances this week: Bonnie Lander Johnson shared stories about the historic role of Cambridge University in the global saffron trade, its medical recipes and it role in political and religious controversy – on BBC Radio Cambridgeshire and TalkRADIO. Kasia Boddy and Bonnie Lander Johnson have received a […]
Continue ReadingNew essay by Juliette Bretan – ‘Documenting Drugs: The Artful Intoxications of Stanisław Ignacy Witkiewicz’
Juliette Bretan writes for The Public Domain Review on Polish artist Witkacy’s chemical forays, including his 1932 book Narcotics, a genre-bending treatise that warns of the hazards of drugs while seductively recollecting their delirious effects. Link to essay: https://publicdomainreview.org/essay/document Juliette Bretan is a PhD candidate in the Faculty of English and Newnham College.
Continue ReadingPoetry Spring at St John’s College: an afternoon of poetry workshops, discussions and readings with British and international poets on Saturday 30 April
Join us to welcome in Poetry Spring on Saturday 30 April at St John’s College, an afternoon of poetry workshops, discussions and readings with British and international poets. All the events are free but places must be booked. Poetry Spring is organised by Mina Gorji (Pembroke College) and Sasha Dugdale (St John’s College) and is funded by St John’s College and […]
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