2013 marks the six-year anniversary of the Festival of Ideas, a University of Cambridge public engagement initiative that celebrates the arts, humanities and social sciences by showcasing a diverse mix of inspirational talks, performances, films, exhibitions and other creative displays. The Festival of Ideas focuses on fuelling the public’s interest in and involvement with the arts, humanities and social sciences in a unique and inspiring way. It aims to gauge the similarities and differences in the approaches to public engagement required for science, technology, engineering and maths, and for the arts, humanities and social sciences.
Hermann Bondi was a promoter of the open mind, free debate and solutions based on facts. He welcomed a challenge. So should we. In this stimulating ta...
Nationalism has been one of the most dynamic yet dangerous ideologies in modern history. Politicians encourage us to think that national frontiers are...
The Government's welfare reforms are starting to bite, but are they radical enough, given projected demographic changes, or do we need a complete reth...
Times have never been better for single women. Then why is it still so hard? Four women, experts on relationships and sex, share their insight and sug...
Today's bookshops are helpfully categorised - crime, biography and memoir, fiction - and we rarely venture into unknown territory. Some writers are br...
Using specialist techniques, the Language Research Team at Cambridge University Press unpick the patterns of scholarly English as they explore the jou...
Humans are social creatures using communications that are ‘regulated’ by trust, ethics, social systems and law. Our world of interactions and networks...
How should we allocate positions of power in today’s corporate sector? Aristotle argued that ‘the best flutes should be given to the best flute player...
Is creating a more inclusive society vital for a country's economic development or does economic development need to come first? Speakers include jour...
Join us for an afternoon of poetry readings and discussion as Gillian Clarke, Imtiaz Dharker, Sean Borodale and Jo Shapcott talk about their recent ex...