Manuscripts under the microscope: Cambridge launches Manuscripts Lab
17 December 2015
Students and academics from the Faculty of English, University of Cambridge, have launched a new “Manuscripts Lab”: an interactive website to explore the significance of hand-written texts.
The Future of Intelligence: Cambridge secures £10 million Leverhulme grant for new research centre
3 December 2015
The University of Cambridge is launching a new research centre, thanks to a £10 million grant from the Leverhulme Trust, to explore the opportunities and challenges to humanity from the development of artificial intelligence.
Football legend Eusebio and Portuguese colonialism explored in new podcast
2 December 2015
The life of Portuguese sporting legend Eusebio, renowned as the top scorer in the 1966 World Cup, is discussed in a new podcast, which explores his early struggles with colonialism in his home country of Mozambique.
The Netherbow Gate and the creation of urban borders in early modern Edinburgh
1 December 2015
As part of the 46th annual Martin Centre Lectures at the Department of Architecture, Dr Giovanna Guidicini will discuss how city gates can act as a border between urban communities.
The banality of colonization: suburbia in the West Bank
24 November 2015
As part of the 46th annual Martin Centre Lectures at the Department of Architecture, Professor David Newman of Ben-Gurion University will discuss the establishment of settlements in the West Bank.
Accommodating Injustice: Rae Langton to give Hägerström Lectures
23 November 2015
Professor Rae Langton, of the Faculty of Philosophy, will present the prestigious Hägerström lectures at the University of Uppsala, Sweden, next month.
Professor Chris Young of MML, with colleagues from UC San Diego and the Woodrow Wilson Center, explores performance-enhancing drugs in Cold War era sport.
