What evolutionary purpose does beauty serve? And why does the idea of 'female mate choice' not hold true when it comes to primates and humans? From peacocks' tails to the kinds of...

Collection: The Fitzwilliam Museum Podcasts

Institution: Fitzwilliam Museum

Created: Thu 2 Jul 2009

Research Seminar given by Dr Brandon Vaidyanathan, 26th April 2022

Collection: Faraday Institute Lectures

Institution: Faraday Institute

Created: Thu 5 May 2022

A talk given by Vid Simoniti (Cambridge) at the Moral Sciences Club on 3rd May 2016.

Collection: Moral Sciences Club

Institution: Faculty of Philosophy

Created: Fri 6 May 2016

What can beauty tell us about war? The paper scrutinises beauty’s role as casus belli, beauty’s status as a target or lure, and beauty’s capacity to offer a means of defence and...

Collection: Cambridge Review of International Affairs

Institution: Department of Politics and International Studies

Created: Sat 6 Mar 2010

What can beauty tell us about war? The paper scrutinises beauty’s role as casus belli, beauty’s status as a target or lure, and beauty’s capacity to offer a means of defence and...

Collection: Cambridge Review of International Affairs

Institution: Department of Politics and International Studies

Created: Thu 25 Mar 2010

Darwin College Lecture Series 2011
"Beauty & Truth"
by Professor Lord Robert May of Oxford (Oxford)

Collection: Beauty – Darwin College Lecture Series 2011

Institution: Darwin College

Created: Tue 25 Jan 2011

Denman Lecture was held on Nov 27th, 2014. Having spoken in 1997 at a previous Denman Lecture on "Environment and Economy in the New Millenium", Dame Fiona Reynolds 2014 lecture...

Collection: Dept of Land Economy Events

Institution: Department of Land Economy

Created: Mon 15 Dec 2014

Professor Elaine Scarry (English, Harvard), 'Beauty and Social Justice'. Professor Scarry was delivering the first of two keynote addresses to the conference 'Pain in Performance...

Collection: CRASSH

Institution: Centre for Research in the Arts, Social Sciences and Humanities

Created: Tue 8 Jun 2010

In March 2013 the Fitzwilliam Museum hosted a panel discussion asking the question "Is beauty irrelevant in public art?". The discussion featured talks given by Helaine...

Collection: The Fitzwilliam Museum Podcasts

Institution: Fitzwilliam Museum

Created: Tue 15 Jul 2014

In March 2013 the Fitzwilliam Museum hosted a panel discussion asking the question "Is beauty irrelevant in public art?". The discussion featured talks given by Helaine...

Collection: The Fitzwilliam Museum Podcasts

Institution: Fitzwilliam Museum

Created: Tue 15 Jul 2014

Research Seminar given by Prof. David Watts, 24 October 2017

Collection: Faraday Institute Lectures

Institution: Faraday Institute

Created: Thu 9 Nov 2017

Public lecture given by Prof. Tom McLeish FRS

Collection: Faraday Institute Lectures

Institution: Faraday Institute

Created: Thu 26 May 2022

Talk given by Prof. Semir Zeki FRS, 10 October 2017

Collection: Faraday Institute Lectures

Institution: Faraday Institute

Created: Thu 9 Nov 2017

"What is the point of mathematics?"

Collection: Quite Easily Done

Institution: Department of Applied Maths and Theoretical Physics

Created: Tue 16 Aug 2011

Workshop on Beauty, Towards Political Anthropology - 2012

Convened by International Political Anthropology [IPA] at the Department of Politics and International Studies (POLIS)...

Collection: CRASSH

Institution: Centre for Research in the Arts, Social Sciences and Humanities

Created: Fri 6 Jul 2012