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Intellectual Forum "Discovering Connections: A Cultural Diversity and Interdisciplinary Programme", 2023

The Intellectual Forum is hosting a fully in-person undergraduate programme in 2023, which included a range of interdisciplinary talks, exclusive tours around College, and visits to iconic Cambridge institutions such as the Fitzwilliam Museum, Kettle's Yard, and the Museum of Zoology.

Students will receive teaching from world leading experts as well as industry professionals, all linked to Jesus College, Cambridge. Drawing from across the multidisciplinary strengths of the College, attendees will receive lectures and workshops from a range of subject-specialists. 

Monday

  • 7.30-8.45 Breakfast in Hall
  • 9.00-10.00 Welcomes and introduction lecture - The Master, Dr Julian Huppert, Dr Sarah Steele
  • 10.00-10.30 Refreshment Break
  • 10.30-11.15 Programme and Assessment Overview - Dr Sarah Steele
  • 11.15-11.45 Walk to Kettle’s Yard Gallery
  • 11.45-13.15 Modern art at Kettle's Yard Gallery: the house museum as a work of art - Dr Claudia Tobin
  • 13.15-14:00 Lunch in Hall
  • 14.00-15.30 Lecture: Ethics of the Metaverse - Ms Maria Axente
  • 15.30-17.30 Restful reflection time and opportunity to explore Cambridge
  • 17.40-18.40 Dinner in Hall

Tuesday

  • 7.30-8.30 Breakfast in Hall
  • 9.15-12.15 Lecture and Interactive Tour: “Venetian Renaissance: tradition and innovation” at Jesus College. Walk to the Fitzwilliam Museum for 11:00 for tours with Dr Victoria Avery (Keeper, European Sculpture & Decorative Arts) and Henrietta Ward (Curator of Northern European Paintings and Drawings) - Dr Georgios Markou
  • 12.15-14.00 Free time in the city to eat lunch and then meet at the Scott Polar Museum          
  • 14.00-17.00 Interactive Lecture and Guided Tour: the Arts meets Sciences, the Scott Polar Museum - Dr Po-hsi Chen
  • 17.40-18.40 Dinner in Hall

Wednesday

  • 7.30-9.00 Breakfast in Hall
  • 9.00-10.30 Lecture: Architectural Postmodernism – trivial or profound? - Mr Nick Ray
  • 10.30-10.45 Break
  • 10.45-12.15 Lecture
  • 12.15-13.30 Lunch in Hall
  • 13.30-15.00 Lecture: Green energy systems: Advantages and disadvantages of a variety of energy sources - Dr Ellen Quigley
  • 15.30-18.00 Walking guided tours of Cambridge
  • 18.00-20.00 Dinner at restaurant 

Thursday

  • 7.30-9.00 Breakfast in Hall
  • 9.00-12.00 Zoology Museum Interactive Tours - Jack Ashby
  • 12.15-14.00 Lunch in Hall
  • 14.00-16.00 What do we learn from manuscripts: Interactive Lecture in the Old Library, Jesus College - Dr Katherine Hindley
  • 16.00-19.30 Restful reflection time and opportunity to explore the city by foot 
  • 19.30-21.00 Formal College dinner

Friday

  • 7.30-9.00 Breakfast in Hall
  • 9.00-10.30 Lecture: Understanding Westminster: Structure, Power and People - Ms Jenny Vass
  • 10.30-10.45 Break
  • 10.45-12.15 Workshop: Preparing for your end of visit assessment: a workshop on making presentations in English - Ms Jenny Vass
  • 12.15-13.15 Lunch in Hall
  • 13.15-14.00 Travel to the Institute of Manufacturing
  • 14.00-17.00 Lecture: Digital Supply Chain Transformation - Professor Jag Srai
  • 17.40-18.40 Dinner in Hall 
  • 19.30-21.00 Lecture: Textual Magic Book Launch - Dr Katherine Hindley

Monday

  • 7.30-9.00 Breakfast in Hall
  • 9.00-17.40 Day trip to Isle of Ely (Cathedral, boat tour, local Cambridgeshire history at Oliver Cromwell’s house). Lunch at restaurant. Train return to Cambridge.
  • 17.40-18.40 Dinner in Hall 

Tuesday

  • 7.30-9.00 Breakfast in Hall
  • 9.00-10.30 Lecture: No language left behind? Predictive text and dilemmas of digital inclusion - Dr Stephanie Diepeveen
  • 10.30-10.45 Break
  • 10.45-12.15 Lecture: Educational Psychology, Reading, and Our Lives Online - Mr Tyler Shores
  • 12.15-13.15 Lunch in Hall
  • 13.15-15.30 Group presentation preparation time
  • 15.30-17.00 Lecture: Shakespeare and performance - Dr Harry R. McCarthy
  • 17.30-18.00 Dinner
  • 18.00-21.00 Cambridge Shakespeare Festival performance of “Much Ado About Nothing” at St John’s College

Wednesday

  • 7.30-9.00 Breakfast in Hall
  • 9.00-12.00 Group punting tours and free time
  • 12.15-13.45 Lunch in Hall
  • 13.45-15.00 Group presentations
  • 15.00-15.30 Break
  • 15.30-17.00 Group presentations and End of Course Wrap-up
  • 17.40-18.40 Dinner in Hall 

Thursday

  • 7.30-9.00 Breakfast in Hall and checkout of rooms

If your institution would like to discuss a bespoke academic programme, summer or winter school, or online lecture series, please contact our Deputy Director, Dr Eleanor O'Gorman.