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Research Talks

Thursday, January 30, 2020 - 13:10

Bringing the science back into scientific realism

Miguel Ohnesorge, History and Philosophy of Science Department, University of Cambridge

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

Decoding the Heavens: The Antikythera Mechanism

Dr Jo Marchant, Journalist, Author

Jo Marchant is an award-winning science journalist and author of several popular science books including Decoding the Heavens: Solving the mystery of the world’s first computer and the New York Times more
Monday, February 3, 2020 - 17:00

The anatomy of Britain’s inter-war super-rich: reconstructing the 1928 'millionaire' population

Professor Peter Scott, Henley Business School, University of Reading

W.D. Rubinstein’s path-breaking study of wealthy elites in Britain during the nineteenth and early twentieth century found that a larger proportion of their fortunes were based on commerce and more
Tuesday, February 4, 2020 - 13:10

"Whatever they (weigh) will be given to him in plenty”: Commemorative Objects as Expression of Mercantile Religious Identities in the Ancient Near East

Dr Nancy Highcock

Throughout the history of Mesopotamian commemorative practice, individuals often included their professional title such as scribe, temple administrator, merchant, etc. within their inscription and more
Thursday, February 6, 2020 - 13:10

Investigating Individual Differences in political networks on Twitter

Elizaveta Karmannaya, Department of Psychology. University of Cambridge

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
Tuesday, February 11, 2020 - 13:10

Frequent job changes can signal poor work attitude and reduce employability

Dr Frédéric-Guillaume Schneider

We study whether employment history provides information about a worker’s “work attitude,” i.e., the tendency to act cooperatively and reliably in the workplace. We conjecture that, holding all else more
Thursday, February 13, 2020 - 13:10

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Speaker to be confirmed

Abstract not available
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

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