“Endometriosis in the Workplace: Awareness and Sharing – an Open Panel”, is taking place on Tuesday 17 March, from 11.00am to 12.35pm, in the Ryle Meeting Room at the Institute of Astronomy. Register now: tinyurl.com/6b5vhynx
Cambridge University Libraries & Archives recently became an #Endometriosis Friendly Employer. In December we hosted a tour of our Curious Cures exhibition on medieval medicine & a display of books & manuscripts illustrating menstrual health. specialcollections-blog.lib.cam.ac.uk?p=31469
Five skeletons dancing from their graves - a scene depicting the Danse Macabre from the Nuremberg Chronicle.
An illumination from a medieval bestiary manuscript showing a tiger on the left and a man on horseback carrying a sword and a little dog on the right.
Will you be doing the Danse Macabre tonight or jumping on your steed to run and hide under the duvet? #Halloween
1) The Dance of Death, Nuremberg Chronicle (cudl.lib.cam.ac.uk/view/PR-INC-...)
2) The Cambridge Bestiary (cudl.lib.cam.ac.uk/view/MS-II-0...)
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Moving Music: The transmission of music and sound in the medieval and early modern world, 24&24 June, Emmanuel College
🎼 Open for registration
Moving Music: The transmission of music and sound in the medieval and early modern world
This event on 24 & 25 June at Emmanuel College will explore how, when, where, and by whom music and sound was transmitted during medieval and early modern periods
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✏️ Our Research Practice Seminars are back for Easter Term!
Join us Thursdays from 12-2pm at CRASSH for lunch, talks and discussion, where we explore some of the creative, critical, ethical, political or methodological aspects of research as a practice
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We see handwritten notes displayed on a visitor suggestion board at the Curious Cures exhibition.
Cucumbers for Constipation and Vinegar for Verrucas? These are #CuriousCures for the 21st Century...
We asked our exhibition visitors for medical tips, and some are just as curious as the cures found in medieval manuscripts!
Find out more in this blog: loom.ly/Z2XyHfU
NEW EPISODE OUT NOW!
David talks to historian Gary Gerstle about the last time the Republican party got caught up in a tariffs disaster and how it changed American politics. The Smoot-Hawley Act of 1930 brought tariffs back and helped bring down the global economy.
Find us at...🎧 ppfideas.com
The Seeley space in the West Room @theul.bsky.social is open until 9.30pm on weekdays this term. Extra time to enjoy our lovely new space @camhistory.bsky.social @camsociology.bsky.social @campolis.bsky.social @clascam.bsky.social
Book trolleys with the names Gabriel Cartcía Márquez, Bookrecia Martel and Cartemisia Gentileschi printed on the sides are displayed in the MMLL Library foyer.
The cinema books reshelving shelf in the MMLL Library foyer, with a label reading 'Icíar Book-llaín'.
A bookshelf in the MMLL Library foyer, with a label reading 'Shelfriede Jelinek'
A book trolley with a label reading 'Samuel Bookett' is shown, with books piled on top.
Cambridge is getting busy with students settling back in for Easter term!
We’re taking this opportunity to also welcome some new punny trolleys to the library trolley team: meet Gabriel Cartcía Márquez, Bookrecia Martel, Cartemisia Gentileschi and Samuel Bookett!
Pink origami dragon on a bookshelf
Blue origami dragon on a bookshelf
Dragons have arrived @theseeleylib.bsky.social
Bookcases in the Latin American section of the MMLL Library.
📣The University of Cambridge now has online access to over 50 Latin American newspapers from the nineteenth and early twentieth century!
You can find the full collection via the University's A-Z of databases or by searching for the newspapers on iDiscover.
libguides.cam.ac.uk/az/databases...
Special delivery in the North Courtyard! 🦆
#Cambridge #CambridgeUniversity #Ducklings #CambridgeUniversityLibrary
Poster for the Library Late on 19 June
Library Late is back at the UL!
Join us for an evening dedicated to our latest exhibition, Curious Cures.
⏰THURS 19 JUNE 2025, 7.30PM TO 10PM
🎟️Book your ticket: loom.ly/aXzD1H4
£8 for adults / Free for those 17 and under. Under 18s must be accompanied by an adult.
Image: A History of Political Conflict Elections and Social Inequalities in France, 1789-2022
Booking essential for this year’s Ellen McArthur Lectures, 3 free lectures over 3 days:
🏢Prof Thomas Piketty (EHESS & the Paris School of Economics) will explore ‘global inequality in historical + comparative perspective’
📅21, 22 & 23 May
🏣Cambridge locations
Booking link in reply⬇️
Welcome to #CamFest week 2️⃣! Here's a few highlights taking place this week 👇
TODAY//
🤰Reproductive Justice in a Changing Climate: screening of The Climate Baby Dilemma with @cam-repro.bsky.social (6pm Old Divinity School)
📱Voice Notes from Palestine + Panel Q&A (3pm, @camedfac.bsky.social
As we enter the season of final papers and exams, remember that today we also welcome the season of sunshine (with occasional showers). Take a walk, smell the flowers, and enjoy the longer days. Happy first day of Spring from all of us at POLIS.
Poster advertising the group writing sessions at Cambridge University Library.
This Easter vacation, join us at Cambridge University Library's in-person group writing sessions!
⏰ 31 March, 14 April & 28 April, 9.30am - 12pm
📍Cambridge University Library
👋Open to all students and researchers
🔗Find out more and book your spot: loom.ly/31UWWy0
A fine medieval illumination of St. Patrick preaching to a small crowd of people. We also see medieval script and decorative borders.
☘️ A St. Patrick's Day special for #MedievalMonday! ☘️
This fine illustration of St. Patrick preaching is part of Cambridge University Library MS Ff.1.27 (Part II), a collection of 14th and 15th-century manuscripts from Bury St. Edmunds. @theulspeccoll.bsky.social
