Broadcaster and PhD student Dr Saleyha Ahsan, co-convenor of the CRASSH ‘Healthcare in Conflict’ research network, will chair a panel discussion about healthcare workers and journalists in conflict zones following a film screening of her 2003 feature-length documentary, Article 17- Doctors in Palestine, in ̽»¨Ö±²¥challenges of delivering healthcare and telling the story in a war zone takes place on 21st March.
Dr Saleyha Ahsan explores why journalists and medics are now increasingly seen as targets in warzones and what can potentially be done to support them.
Adrian Liston, Professor of Pathology at the ̽»¨Ö±²¥ of Cambridge, talks about our extraordinary immune system ahead of his event, Diversity in the immune system on 20th March.
A new augmented reality trail, launched as part of the Cambridge Festival, is showcasing the world leading research of the ̽»¨Ö±²¥ of Cambridge in a new light.
Matteo Zallio is an award-winning designer and researcher, dedicated to promoting accessibility and inclusivity in emergent technologies.
Am I Normal? and Dreamy Cops are two art installations that investigate notions of AI, including computer vision, surveillance, the human body and normativity. ̽»¨Ö±²¥artist, Tristan Dot, is a Gates Cambridge scholar studying for a PhD in digital art history at Cambridge Digital Humanities. 11:00am-5:45pm on 15th March, Faculty of English, West Road.
Professor Erwin Reisner is the Professor of Energy and Sustainability. He is an expert in renewable energy and sustainable chemistry, in particular the sunlight-powered production of sustainable fuels and platform chemicals.Â
From pre-eclampsia and its lasting impact on women’s health to inequitable distribution of domestic and caring labour in different-sex couples to an in-conversation with the Vice Chancellor: the Cambridge Festival counts a host of prominent female speakers in its programme.
Alexandra Zhirnova is a PHD student in the Faculty of English at Cambridge ̽»¨Ö±²¥. Her work focuses on the religious and social history of Anglo-Saxon England, with a special interest in gender and patristic reception. Alexandra’s PHD thesis investigates the development of ‘cosmetic theology’ - a set of ideas that allowed the early Christian authors to ally ethics, theology, and nature with various modes of (female) self-presentation.
Clare Brooks is Professor of Education at the ̽»¨Ö±²¥ of Cambridge. She will be speaking in a Question Time-style panel discussion on the teacher recruitment crisis on Who can fix the teacher recruitment and retention crisis? takes place on 20th March, 5-30-7pm in the Faculty of Education.
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