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Research Talks

Friday, January 17, 2020 - 17:30

Human Origins

Dr Adam Rutherford, Author, Broadcaster

Abstract not available
Friday, January 24, 2020 - 17:30

Mysteries of Modern Physics

Professor Sean Carroll, Caltech

One of the great intellectual achievements of the twentieth century was the theory of quantum mechanics, according to which observational results can only be predicted probabilistically rather than more
Monday, January 27, 2020 - 17:00

Fiscal reform in Britain and Germany since 1945

Professor Martin Daunton (Cambridge) and Dr Marc Buggeln (Humboldt-Universität zu Berlin)

Abstract not available
Friday, January 31, 2020 - 17:30

Decoding the Heavens: The Antikythera Mechanism

Dr Jo Marchant, Journalist, Author

Abstract not available
Friday, February 7, 2020 - 17:30

Alan Turing and the Enigma Machine

Dr James Grime, Mathematician, Lecturer

Alan Turing was one of our great 20th century mathematicians, and a pioneer of computer science. However, he may best be remembered as one of the leading code breakers of Bletchley Park during World more
Monday, February 10, 2020 - 17:00

City financiers as patrons in the later seventeenth century

Dr Anthony Hotson (Centre for Financial History, University of Cambridge)

City financiers of the late seventeenth century were enthusiastic creators of foundations supporting hospitals, schools and almshouses in London and further afield. Funds were desperately needed more
Friday, February 14, 2020 - 17:30

The Enigma of Emotion

Dr Tiffany Watt Smith, Queen Mary, University of London

How did people once die of nostalgia? Why did Victorians invent boredom? And why did a self-help author in the 16th century encourage his readers to practice feeling sad? The stories we tell more
Friday, February 21, 2020 - 17:30

The Enigmatic Premodern Book

Professor Erik Kwakkel, University of British Columbia

The defining feature of the medieval manuscript—the premodern book at the heart of this lecture—is that its contents have been written rather than printed. A compelling feature of written text from more
Tuesday, February 25, 2020 - 17:00

Title to be confirmed

Sir Anthony Seldon (University of Buckingham)

Abstract not available
Friday, February 28, 2020 - 17:30

Eruptions, emissions and enigmas: from fuming volcanic vents to mass extinction events

Professor Tamsin Mather, University of Oxford

Volcanoes are spectacular natural phenomena. Earth has experienced volcanism since its beginnings and observing a volcanic eruption is a truly primeval experience. Volcanoes have shaped our planet more

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Harding Distinguished Postgraduate Scholar

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Dr Kiyoshi Nagai FRS

The College is deeply saddened to announce the death of Emeritus Fellow Dr Kiyoshi Nagai, who died on 27 September 2019 after a short illness.

Dr Nagai was a structural biologist at the MRC Laboratory of Molecular Biology in Cambridge, who was known for his work on the mechanism of RNA splicing and structures of the spliceosome.