A Butler Day at St John’s College tomorrow (12 January) celebrates the many trips to Italy undertaken by the polymath Samuel Butler, author of Erewhon. ̽»¨Ö±²¥event comprises an exhibition and talks which are open to the public and free of charge.
After years of being overlooked as a film genre, amateur cinema is finally being recognised by academics as a form that merits serious study in its own right, offering a surprisingly candid eye on people and the past. Now a new research network will, for the first time, bring their work together in one place.
A display of material from the Sedgwick Museum records archive, on view to the public from tomorrow, offers a rare glimpse into the daily lives of the scientists who changed the way we think about the world around us.
Thousands of papers relating to perhaps the toughest year of Margaret Thatcher’s premiership are to be opened to the public at Cambridge ̽»¨Ö±²¥â€™s Churchill Archives Centre from Monday.
Personal inventories spanning three centuries are helping researchers unlock the mysteries of how economies edge towards growth and prosperity.
An archive of philosopher Ludwig Wittgenstein’s original work throws fresh light on the workings of a brilliant mind.
Published 400 years ago, the first comprehensive atlas of Great Britain is being celebrated by Cambridge ̽»¨Ö±²¥ Library, home to one of only five surviving proof sets, all of which differ in their composition.
Cambridge ̽»¨Ö±²¥ Library has taken delivery of the personal archive of musician, broadcaster and writer Deryck Cooke (1919-1976).
Research into more than 30,000 unpublished drafts and letters casts new light on the inspirational Austrian novelist and playwright.
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