Lecture Series
Join us for the Darwin College Lecture Series 2025, which will explore the idea of Codes from eight very different angles.
The lectures are open to all and free to attend, on a first come first served basis. We do not take bookings or issue tickets.
Lectures are held on Fridays at 5.30pm throughout Lent Term, in the Lady Mitchell Hall, Sidgwick site.
On escaping or not escaping solitude: Persian tales of turtles and pearls
Christine Van Ruymbeke
University of Cambridge
5:30pm, Friday 20th January 2023
Isolation and trapping using optical tweezers
Philip Jones
University College London
5:30pm, Friday 17th February 2023
Are we alone in the universe?
Arik Kershenbaum
University of Cambridge
5:30pm, Friday 24th February 2023
The Self-Imposed isolation of North Korea
Heonik Kwon
University of Cambridge
5.30pm, Friday 3rd March 2023
Isolation of atomic mechanisms – the choreographer at play
Harry Bhadeshia
University of Cambridge
5.30pm Friday 10th March 2023
The Political Economy of Conservation and Food Security
Bhaskar Vira
University of Cambridge
5.30pm Friday 11 March 2022
Archaeology and Discovering the Food of the Past
Martin Jones
University of Cambridge
5.30pm Friday 4th March 2022
Explore our collection of past lectures
Since 1986, the Darwin College Lecture Series has provided an important annual contribution to Cambridge's intellectual conversation. Watch previous lectures on our YouTube channel.
