Cambridge to develop new Conservation Research Institute
20 September 2013The development of a new Conservation Research Institute will be the latest addition to a flourishing conservation community in Cambridge.
The first book of fashion
01 May 2013Fashion conveys complex messages. The recreation of an outfit taken from one of an extraordinary series of Renaissance portraits reveals how one man made his mark on society.
‘Herbivore boys’ and other fault lines in Japan’s gender crisis
21 February 2013A new book of student research into key areas of gender in modern Japan highlights emerging trends of redefinition between sexes, and the impact on its society.
Cities and how we live in them
19 February 2013More and more of us live in cities where disparate communities jostle for space. Eminent sociologist Richard Sennett will give a public lecture on The Open City in Cambridge on Thursday 21 February.
The life of borders: where China and Russia meet
06 November 2012A new project based in Cambridge’s Division of Social Anthropology is looking at interactions between China, Mongolia and Russia at the point where these nations meet – on the immense border that separates them.
