03.01.25
Monday 14 March 2022
Four Fellows from St Catharine’s College are due to showcase their research and expertise during the Cambridge Festival, a series of free events run by the University of Cambridge between 31 March and 10 April:
- ‘From text to textile’: Dr Sura Qadiri (2018) is due to discuss the experience of designing and making a hand-crafted garment inspired by medieval and contemporary French literatures.
- ‘Transforming transplantation’: Transplant surgeon and research director Professor Mike Nicholson (2018) introduces talks from two young researchers working to address the mismatch between the number of people waiting for a transplant and the number of organs available.
- ‘Pandemic French poetry: Recovering in the 14th and 21st century’: Professor Stefan Marciniak (2011) is joined by former Fellow Dr Miranda Griffin (2007) for a discussion of the longer-term, more complex work to be done, in healthcare, in medicine, in art, and in society more generally, as we learn from lockdown and literature.
- ‘Before the West: Rise and fall of eastern world orders’: Professor Hans van der Ven (1988) will facilitate a conversation about the foundational concepts and debates of international relations, such as order and decline.
Following a hugely successful inaugural year in 2021 – which saw well over 100,000 online views from across the world during the Festival period – the Cambridge Festival is set to host over 350 in-person and online events. The aim is to present new ideas, cutting-edge research and historical insight into the issues that affect all of us.
This year’s programme is divided into four key themes (society, health, environment and discovery) and includes debates, talks, exhibitions, lab tours, workshops, films and performances. There are also hundreds of interactive events geared towards children, young people, and families.
