CPS members enjoyed a guided tour of the Polar Museum and Library in Cambridge today.
The Polar Museum, part of the Scott Polar Research Institute displays a range of objects, artworks, documents and photographs from the institute's extensive polar collections. @scottpolar.bsky.social
CPS President Professor John Carr with Cambridge Natural History Society President Jim Woodhouse at the opeing of the The 107th Conversazione and NatHistFest.
Open today only!
Details here: www.cnhs.org.uk/107th-conver...
Don't forget to visit the 107th Conversazione and NatHistFest this Friday 10 and Saturday 11 April in the David Attenborough Building, New Museums Site, off Pembroke Street, Cambridge. All welcome.
Details: www.cnhs.org.uk/107th-conver...
The 107th Conversazione and NatHistFest starts on 10th April in the David Attenborough Building, New Museums Site, off Pembroke Street, Cambridge and runs until the 11th April. @birdlifeglobal.bsky.social @camzoology.bsky.social
Details can be found below: www.cnhs.org.uk/107th-conver...
If anyone is having issues with the video link, please try: www.youtube.com/live/unuuHyd...
Job Vacancy - Deputy Executive Secretary
We are seeking a Deputy Executive Secretary to support various activities run by the Society.
Details and to apply:
www.cambridgephilosophicalsociety.org/news/article...
A big thank you to everyone who attended in-person and online our One-day meeting: David MacKay: Energy and Information on Friday. @cambridgephysics.bsky.social @eng.cam.ac.uk
An unedited live-stream is available to watch on YouTube: youtube.com/live/unuuHyd...
The Cambridge Philosophical Society is seeking a freelance copyeditor for its journal Biological Reviews.
Details and to apply: www.cambridgephilosophicalsociety.org/news/article...
James Costa and Elizabeth Yale will be giving a talk about their new book: Annotated Edition of The Descent of Man.
13 May at 5.30-6.30pm. Department of Zoology. A drinks reception will be held afterward until 8.30pm
BOOK NOW: www.cambridgephilosophicalsociety.org/events/event...
Join us on the 27 March for our One-day meeting: David MacKay: Energy and Information. @cambridgephysics.bsky.social @eng.cam.ac.uk
27 March 2026, 09:00 – 17:45
Details and booking:
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Congratulations to CPS President Professor John Carr for winning the Pilkington Prize for outstanding teaching. @corpuscambridge.bsky.social @cam.ac.uk
Our last lecture: What is Digital Identity all about? from Professor Jon Crowcroft FRS is now available to watch on YouTube: www.youtube.com/watch?v=c_yG...
Professor Aileen Fyfe FRSE, FRHistS, FHEA from @uniofstandrews.bsky.social) will give our next talk on 'Peer review, past, present… and future'@jesuscollegecam.bsky.social
16 March 2026, 18:00– 19:00
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John Carr, Head of the Virology and Molecular Plant Pathology group. Photo credit: Graham CopeKoga / Cambridge Philosophical Society.
Congratulations to John Carr, Head of the Virology & Molecular Plant Pathology group at @camplantsci.bsky.social, who has been elected this year’s new Honorary Member of the British Society of Plant Pathology.
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@bspp.bsky.social @cambridgebiosci.bsky.social #PlantSci 🧪
Watch Dr William Foster talk about his research on animal behaviour:
'What insect-watching can tell us about the evolution of animal behaviour' @zoologymuseum.bsky.social @camzoology.bsky.social
Watch on YouTube: youtu.be/AoPuKWlGixU
Watch Dr Alex Kendall give our Honorary Fellows Lecture and talk about his research and Wayve’s journey in autonomous driving. @trincollcam.bsky.social @eng.cam.ac.uk
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Join Professor Aileen, @uniofstandrews.bsky.social for her talk on 'Peer review, past, present… and future'
16 March 2026, 18:00 – 19:00. Bristol-Myers Squibb Lecture Theatre, Cambridge
DETAILS and BOOKING: www.cambridgephilosophicalsociety.org/events/event...
Our next lecture is from Professor Jon Crowcroft FRS on What is Digital Identity all about? @cst.cam.ac.uk
2 March 2026, 18:00 – 19:00
Bristol-Myers Squibb Lecture Theatre, Cambridge
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Join us this coming Monday 16 February for Dr William Foster's talk on 'What insect-watching can tell us about the evolution of animal behaviour' @zoologymuseum.bsky.social @camzoology.bsky.social
Details and Booking: www.cambridgephilosophicalsociety.org/events/event...
A big thank you to Dr Alex Kendall @alexgkendall co-founder/CEO of Wayve for giving our Honorary Fellows Lecture on 'Building Embodied Intelligence: Insights from Wayve’s Journey in Autonomous Driving' and discussing the challenges, problems and solutions to autonomous driving. @eng.cam.ac.uk
We look forward to welcoming Dr Alex Kendall, who will give our Honorary Fellows Lecture tomorrow, Wednesday 11 Feb from 18:00 @eng.cam.ac.uk
'Building Embodied Intelligence: Insights from Wayve’s Journey in Autonomous Driving'
BOOKING: www.cambridgephilosophicalsociety.org/events/event...
Join us next week 11 Feb (18:00– 19:00) for our Honorary Fellows Lecture, given by Dr Alex Kendall, CEO and co-founder of Wayve who will talk about: Building Embodied Intelligence: Insights from Wayve’s Journey in Autonomous Driving.
BOOK NOW: www.cambridgephilosophicalsociety.org/events/event...
Professor Robin Langley FREng will give our G.I. Taylor Lecture next Monday 2 February 2026 and will talk about Cars, aeroplanes, and quantum physics: Why complexity makes life simpler for the vibration engineer. @eng.cam.ac.uk
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A CPS Travel Grant helped John Hancock, a PhD candidate at @christscollegecam.bsky.social present his work at the World Federation of Neuro-Oncology Societies meeting in Honolulu, Hawaii.
Read more about John's story and CPS membership here: www.cambridgephilosophicalsociety.org/news/article...
Our first lecture of 2026 will be from Professor Robin Langley FREng, who will talk on 'Cars, aeroplanes, and quantum physics: Why complexity makes life simpler for the vibration engineer' @eng.cam.ac.uk
2 February 2026, 18:00– 19:00
BOOK NOW: www.cambridgephilosophicalsociety.org/events/event...
Our first lecture of 2026 will be from Professor Robin Langley FREng, who will talk on 'Cars, aeroplanes, and quantum physics: Why complexity makes life simpler for the vibration engineer' @eng.cam.ac.uk
2 February 2026, 18:00– 19:00
BOOK NOW: www.cambridgephilosophicalsociety.org/events/event...
The Spirit of Inquiry by Susannah Gibson, which explores the history of the Cambridge Philosophical Society has now been published in Chinese by Tsinghua University Press. tup.com.cn
Alex Kendall @alexgkendall.bsky.social co-founder/CEO of Wayve will give our Honorary Fellows Lecture on 11 February 2026 and talk on 'Building Embodied Intelligence: Insights from Wayve’s Journey in Autonomous Driving'.
BOOK NOW: www.cambridgephilosophicalsociety.org/events/event...
Join speakers from Microsoft, Amazon, Sage, Aleph Group, Sana Capital, HGS, The Judge Business School, and Cambridge's Institute for Manufacturing.
Inside AI Partnerships: How Big Tech, Startups & Universities Shape the Future.
27 November 2025, 2:30pm to 4:30pm
Register: luma.com/vxz2iqf0
Professor Marie Edmonds FRS will give our next lecture on volcanic degassing and its impact on our environment. @queens.cam.ac.uk @cambridge-earthsci.bsky.social
24 November 2025, 18:00-19:00, Bristol-Myers Squibb Lecture Theatre
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