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Cambridge Festival celebrates pioneering women for International Women’s Day

For International Women’s Day (8 March), the Cambridge Festival is celebrating some of the remarkable contributions of women across diverse fields, from philosophy and music to AI and cosmology.

Cambridge Festival Speaker Spotlight: Professor Hiranya Peiris

Hiranya Peiris holds the Professorship of Astronomy (1909) at Cambridge, the first woman to do so in the 115-year history of this prestigious chair. As a cosmologist, she delves into cosmic mysteries at the edge of our understanding.

Cambridge Festival Speaker Spotlight: Charlotte Andrew

Charlotte Andrew is a PhD student in the Insect Biomechanics Group in the Department of Zoology. Her research explores the mechanical implications of weather conditions on insect trapping in carnivorous plants.

Cambridge Festival 2025: Reading List

Here at CamFest HQ, we love books! So to celebrate World Book Day (6 March), we've pulled together the ultimate festival reading list.

Cambridge Festival Speaker Spotlight: Dr Clive Boddy

Clive Boddy is a research methodologist and also a pioneer in the field of corporate psychopathy where he has been researching the effects of toxic, psychopathic managers on business, organisations and society since 2005.

Cambridge Festival Speaker Spotlight: Professor Sarah Hart

Professor Sarah Hart is a mathematician specialising in group theory and author. She is Professor Emerita of Mathematics and Fellow of Birkbeck College (University of London) and has recently been announced as the Mathematical Association President

Black Town & Gown: The historical legacy of Black presence in the city of Cambridge

We sat down with Dr Kenny Monrose FRSA, a Fellow at Wolfson College and Researcher in the Department of Sociology to discuss their project exploring the historical legacy of Black presence in Cambridge.

Cambridge Festival Speaker Spotlight: Dr James Sunderland

Dr James Sunderland is a Research Fellow at the Woolf Institute working on the 'How to continue talking' project. His work aims to explore how interfaith communities can continue meaningful and respectful dialogue.

Cambridge Festival Speaker Spotlight: Estherina Trachtenberg

Estherina Trachtenberg is a Blavatnik Postdoctoral Fellow in the Cognition and Brain Sciences Unit. She studies social connectedness and its impact on health, cognition, and the underlying brain networks.

Can ancient dead languages save today's endangered languages? A tale of identity and visibility

The world is facing a language crisis. Of its c.7,000 languages, Glottolog estimates that only 35% are safe - the rest are at varying stages of being threatened, moribund or nearly extinct. In some cases, it is already too late.