Cambridge Festival Speaker Spotlight: Dr Martin Ruehl

19 March 2025

Dr Martin Reuhl is a Senior Lecturer in German Intellectual History in the Faculty of History and a University Associate Professor in German History and Thought in the Faculty of Modern & Medieval Languages & Linguistics at the University of Cambridge.

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Cambridge Festival Speaker Spotlight: Dr Itab Shuayb

19 March 2025

Dr Itab Shuayb is a Visiting Research Fellow at the Engineering Design Centre at the University of Cambridge. She is also a professor of inclusive design at the department of architecture and design at the American University of Beirut. An inclusive design specialist, access consultant and activist. She has led a number of architecture projects and awareness campaigns in Lebanon focusing on improving accessibility and promoting inclusive environments for diverse users.

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Cambridge Festival Speaker Spotlight: Professor Paul Bays

11 March 2025

Paul Bays is a Professor of Computation and Cognition in the Department of Psychology at the University of Cambridge. He investigates the nature of the internal representations our brains construct and sustain to interact with the world and the computations performed on them to achieve behavioural goals.

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Cambridge Festival celebrates pioneering women for International Women’s Day

07 March 2025

For International Women’s Day (8 March), the Cambridge Festival (19 March – 4 April) is celebrating some of the remarkable contributions of women across diverse fields. From philosophy and music to AI and cosmology, the festival will highlight the pioneering work of women who have shaped our understanding of the world in profound ways.

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Cambridge Festival Speaker Spotlight: Professor Hiranya Peiris

06 March 2025

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, reaching back to the very first moments of the Universe after the Big Bang, often treading the path of high risk and high reward.

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