Intellectual Forum In-Person Undergraduate Programme, 2020
The Intellectual Forum hosted a fully in-person undergraduate programme in 2020, which included a range of interdisciplinary talks, exclusive tours around College, and visits to iconic Cambridge institutions such as the Fitzwilliam Museum and the Museum of Zoology.
Monday, 13 January
- 11:45 Library Induction
- 12:15 Hall Lunch
- 13:00 Time to Research the Vocabulary List
- 13:45 Welcome from the Master of Jesus College - Sonita Alleyne OBE FRSA
- 14:00 Introduction and Questions about the Programme - Dr Sarah Steele
- 14:15 Time to Research the Vocabulary List - Dr Sarah Steele
- 15:00 Refreshment Break
- 15:20 Walking Tour of College followed by Talk: Five Ways of Seeing Cambridge Architecture - Nick Ray
- 17:45 Hall Dinner
Tuesday, 14 January
- 7:30 Breakfast
- 9:00 Talk: Britain and Europe in the Eighteenth Century - Dr Renaud Morieux
- 10:30 Refreshment Break
- 10:45 Talk: Thinking like an English Lawyer - Julius Grower
- 12:15 Lunch
- 13:00 Walking Tour of Cambridge
- 14:45 Refreshment Break
- 15:00 Talk: 800 Years of Jesus Chapel - Rev’d James Crockford
- 17:40 Hall Dinner
- 18:30 Chapel Evensong
Wednesday, 15 January
- 7:30 Breakfast
- 9:15 Talk: Wealth and Labour through the Eyes of Chinese Philosophers - Professor Roel Sterckx
- 10:30 Refreshment Break
- 11:00 Talk: British Politics - Dr Julian Huppert
- 12:30 Hall Lunch
- 13:00 Talk: Public Health and the Future of Britain - Dr Sarah Steele
- 14:00 Refreshment Break
- 14:30 Group One: History and tour of the College lecture; Group Two: Organ Loft
- 15:30 Group Two: History and tour of the College lecture; Group One: Organ Loft
- 17:40 Hall Dinner
Thursday, 16 January
- 7:30 Breakfast
- 09:30 Anglesey Abbey House Tour
- 11:00 Anglesey Abbey Mill Demonstration; time in Gardens
- 13:00 Lunch
- 14:00 Institute of Manufacturing Talk on Digital Supply Chains - Dr Jag Srai
- 17:40 Hall Dinner
Friday, 17 January
- 7:30 Breakfast
- 09:30 Zoology Lecture and Tour - Dr Ed Turner
- 12:00 Lunch
- 13:00 Scott Polar Institute Lecture - Peter Clarkson
- 14:30 Free Time in Cambridge
- 18:00 Seven Day/Orchid Restaurant Dinner
Monday, 20 January
- 7:30 Breakfast
- 9:00 Talk: Business with China - Tim Clissold
- 10:30 Refreshment Break
- 11:00 Talk: Poetry - Tim Clissold
- 12.30 Cafeteria Lunch
- 13:00 Presentations
- 14:30 Refreshment Break
- 15:00 Presentations
- 19:00 Hall Dinner
Tuesday, 21 January
- 7:30 Breakfast
- 9.15 Quayside Punting
- 10.30 Fitzwilliam Museum Talk and Tour: ‘The army that unified China in 221 BC – how much do you know about the terracotta warriors?’ - Dr James Lin
- 12:30 Lunch
- 13:30 Talk: China and the West: Crossroads of Civilisation - Professor Peter Nolan CBE
- 15:00 Refreshment Break
- 15:30 Group Photograph
- 16:00 Closing Ceremony
- 18:30 Celebratory Dinner
