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The Hay Festival brings together writers from around the world to debate and share stories in the staggering beauty of the Welsh Borders. A host of Cambridge academics and alumni will speak about subjects ranging from obesity and smart drugs to US politics and domestic service at this year
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Building the future from 2013-06-10T17:09:23
Dr Tim Minshall (Christ's 1993), University Senior Lecturer in Technology Management Engineers are fantastic–they are the people who change the world. Engineers put a man on the moon, develop the i...
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What is Britishness today? from 2013-06-10T17:07:42
Dame Fiona Reynolds (Newnham 1976), Master of Emmanuel College and former Director-General of the National Trust. In a world of rapid change and global, multicultural influences we explore the plac...
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“Only a pen can ease my pain”: voices from renaissance convents from 2013-06-10T17:04:42
Dr Abigail Brundin (Magdalene 1991), University Senior Lecturer in the Department of Italian, Pilkington Prize winner 2013 In C17th Italy, the number of girls and young women entering convents rose...
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The lessons of the New Deal from 2013-06-04T09:14:55
Tony Badger, Paul Mellon Professor of American history and Master of Clare College In 2009, as in 1933, a charismatic president succeeded a discredited president at a time of economic crisis and wi...
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The future is nano from 2013-06-04T09:12:52
Sir Mark Welland, Professor of Nanotechnology There's been a lot of hype about nanotechnology, but what is it and what is a realistic expectation of what it can do? Professor Welland will look at h...
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Near and Distant Neighbours 1917–1989 from 2013-06-04T09:08:44
Jonathan Haslam, Professor of the History of International Relations The history of Russia’s Secret Services from the Revolution to the Fall of the Wall: the Military Intelligence, the codes and ci...
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Living with earthquakes: know your faults from 2013-06-04T09:00:34
James Jackson, Professor of Earth Sciences Earthquakes in the last decade have revealed that rich nations have become very resilient in terms of loss-of-life, while much smaller earthquakes have ki...
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What makes us fat? from 2013-06-04T08:54:45
Sadaf Farooqi, Professor of Metabolism and Medicine In an ageof obesity where sugary, fatty food is available 24/7, will it ever be possible to control our appetites? Professor Farooqi will describ...
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Do nice guys finish last–or first? from 2013-06-04T08:46:33
Simon Blackburn, Professor of Philosophy, and Chris Blackhurst, editor of The Independent Trust in British public life has now reached catastrophically low levels for parliament, the press, the ban...
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Bad moves: how decision-making goes wrong from 2013-06-04T08:41:32
Professor Sahakian discusses the process of normal decision-making–our strategies, biases that affect us and influential factors. She will describe the abnormal patterns found in patients with cond...
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