What's On in and around the University of Cambridge, published by the Public Engagement Team.
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2025-10-30 12:30 - Hidden Cambridge: The Unusual, The Quirky and The Downright Bizarre!
Hidden Cambridge’s latest and surely most entertaining city centre walking tour led by a Cambridge Green Badge Guide
2025-11-21 14:00 - God and Science: A Seminar of Contemporary Viewpoints
A half-day conference in Cambridge, which?will also feature a special preview of the upcoming documentary?’God and Science’. Through thought-provoking talks and discussions, leading scientists will examine the philosophical implications of cutting-edge research in fields such as the origin of the universe, the nature of matter, and the emergence of life.
2025-11-18 13:00 - Robotics in Education and Healthcare
On 18th November at 1pm Dr Esyin Chew will give a seminar entitled ‘Robotics in Education and Healthcare’.
2025-11-15 19:30 - Visions of paradise: New Cambridge Singers
In this concert of beautiful, celestial choral music, New Cambridge Singers conjure up the sounds of heaven itself. Music of profound consolation and depth from composers spanning six centuries and a complete performance of the masterly Requiem by Eleanor Daley, one of the most beloved and widely-performed Canadian composers of our time.
2025-11-13 18:00 - Is Artificial General Intelligence compatible with a Christian worldview?
This term's Faraday Institute Public Lecture will take place on Thursday 13th November at 6pm. Our speaker will be Prof. Lord Lionel Tarassenko and his talk is entitled ‘Is Artificial General Intelligence compatible with a Christian worldview?’. This event is held in partnership with Christians in Science.
2025-11-11 19:30 - Nine tales from the pubs of Mill Road
Mill Road History Society presents a virtual journey down Mill Road pausing at each of its 9 pubs (past and present) for brief and refreshing tales of scandal, intrigue, danger and derring-do.
2025-11-08 19:30 - Visions of paradise: New Cambridge Singers
In this concert of beautiful, celestial choral music, New Cambridge Singers conjure up the sounds of heaven itself. Music of profound consolation and depth from composers spanning six centuries and a complete performance of the masterly Requiem by Eleanor Daley, one of the most beloved and widely-performed Canadian composers of our time.
2025-11-04 19:00 - The Carnival of the Planets
Experience a cosmic journey where music, art, and science collide. The Clio Project present Mendelssohn’s Midsummer Night’s Dream, Prokofiev’s Piano Concerto No. 3, and the spectacular new work The Carnival of the Planets by Prêcheur Llarena & Eyer. Featuring pianist Alexander Doronin, conducted by Alvin Arumugam.
2025-11-04 13:00 - Digital Accessibility and Faith
On 4th November at 1pm Prof. Jennifer George will give a seminar entitled ‘Digital Accessibility and Faith’.
2025-10-21 13:00 - Nature-Based Solutions for Climate Change: Good Stewardship in the 21st Century
On 21st October at 1pm Prof. Mike Morecroft will give a seminar entitled ‘Nature-Based Solutions for Climate Change: Good stewardship in the 20th century’.
2025-10-28 18:00 - AI Companions: Ethical Challenges, Interaction Design Standards, and Regulatory Horizons
The Lucy Skills Programme’s first public event is a lecture given by Dr Tomasz Hollanek of Jesus College on the ethics, regulatory framework and standards of AI Companions.
2025-11-12 17:00 - Sandars Lecture 2: A jigsaw with no edge pieces
This year's Sandars Lectures will shed light on the evolution of the buying and selling of archives.
2025-11-11 17:00 - Sandars Lecture 1: Collecting and preserving contemporary and historic archives
This year's Sandars Lectures will shed light on the evolution of the buying and selling of archives.
2025-10-19 15:00 - Music for Brass Quintet
A varied programme of music, ranging from Gabrieli to Freddie Mercury, played by the Lantern Brass Quintet
2025-10-22 18:00 - Could AI become conscious?
Join Dr Shamil Chandaria discuss one of the most important questions of our age - could AI become conscious, and what would this mean?
2025-11-15 10:30 - Veronica Forrest-Thomson at Girton
A symposium and archive exhibition celebrating the life and work of the poet Veronica Forrest-Thomson, a writer with strong links to Girton College.
2025-10-19 14:00 - GLOBAL CULTURES: DOC DAY SUN 19 OCT 2025
An afternoon of documentary film screenings, Q&As, and discussion. World porridge championships, book bans, and notable war photographers from Australia to Scotland to the US. First Cambridge screenings for 'Love + War' (as part of BFI London Film Festival) and 'The Librarians', with 'The Golden Spurtle' completing the line-up.
2025-11-22 20:00 - Rachmaninov Piano Concerto No.1
Join the Cambridge University Orchestra for an unforgettable evening of music under the baton of brilliant young conductor and Rotterdam Conducting Competition-winner Bertie Baigent, a Cambridge graduate and rising star on the international stage.
2025-11-07 19:30 - Celebrating Alexander Goehr in Cambridge
Organised by Cambridge University’s Faculty of Music and Centre for Music Performance, this concert celebrates the life and work of distinguished composer and former Professor of Music at the University of Cambridge Alexander Goehr (1932-2024).
2025-10-25 19:30 - Mendelssohn's A Midsummer Night's Dream
The University Orchestra’s Michaelmas term opens with a major orchestral performance of Felix Mendelssohn’s incidental music for A Midsummer Night’s Dream.