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Beyond domestication in Amazonia: Plant agency and decolonial relationships of resistance - CRASSH Centre for Research in the Arts, Social Sciences and Humanities

At Decolonising Plant Knowledge's upcoming event on Wednesday 11 March, discover how paying attention to the intertwining agency of Amazonian plants allows us to refocus their relationships with humans.

Find out more: https://bit.ly/4b7Wn4S

Toxicity, plant animacy and blurred categories. The case of Tobacco and curare - CRASSH Centre for Research in the Arts, Social Sciences and Humanities

At 2pm tomorrow, join the Decolonising Plant Knowledge research network to discover how a greater consideration of the ambivalent healing and harming capacities of plants could contribute towards decolonising plant knowledge.

Find out more: https://bit.ly/4se6vje

Humanitarian heartbreak, hubris and horrors – living in Gaza - CRASSH Centre for Research in the Arts, Social Sciences and Humanities

Tomorrow, join the Healthcare in Conflict research network, from 1 to 2pm, to hear retired Senior Foreign Service Officer, Allan J. “Alonzo” Wind reflect on the the public health challenges that he observed in Gaza before and after the war.

Find out more about the talk: https://bit.ly/46zRZKo

Jamigraphy: Writing as rhythm, movement, and embodiment - CRASSH Centre for Research in the Arts, Social Sciences and Humanities

🎵✏️ Jamigraphy: Writing as rhythm, movement, and embodiment

21 March
10am-1pm, Alison Richard Building, CB3 9DP
https://bit.ly/4ccYeHD

Explore rhythms of writing to music in this participatory workshop led by artist Alice Mazzilli in collaboration with Pippa Steele of @viewsproject.bsky.social

Independent publishing across borders – Huwawa Press - CRASSH Centre for Research in the Arts, Social Sciences and Humanities

Join the Studies in Arts, Migration and Aurality research network and Roï Saade, founder of Huwawa Books, at 2pm on Wednesday for a discussion on the vital role of independent publishing across borders.

Find out more: https://bit.ly/4u4XcnA

Film screening ‘Ben jij bij mij/Are you with me’ - CRASSH Centre for Research in the Arts, Social Sciences and Humanities

🎞️ Film: Are you with me

Join the Precarious Aging Network for the online screening of this touching film in which 92 year old Joke van den Broek navigates her experience of Alzheimers' disease over the course of three years

5 March 2-4pm, online
Register to join https://bit.ly/46iYiSy

Academic freedoms, backlash and offence - CRASSH Centre for Research in the Arts, Social Sciences and Humanities

Find out more about the concepts of ‘backlash’ and ‘offence’ by taking part in a seminar and role-play session led by the Academic Freedoms research network tomorrow, from 5 to 7pm. 📚

Find out more about the event: https://bit.ly/4ciAZvO

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Registration open - Check out our Cambridge Festival events! 💥

We have a record number of events for all ages and interests this year; from photography, art, film, performances, to an immersive ecological sci-arts experience

16 March-2 April 2026
Registration recommended 👇
https://bit.ly/46a7Fnp

Letter in the Times – Consequences for West Bank building - Peace with justice, security and equal rights for Israelis and Palestinians 18 February 2026 Sir, Israel should listen to its friends. Not only does its government restrict aid access to Gaza and ban 37 reputable NGOs (including Médecins Sans Frontières) from working in Pales...

Former UK Ambassador to Iran, Nicholas Hopton, is among 25 ex-ambassadors who have written to @thetimes.com, warning that Israel’s West Bank settlement expansion is illegal and threatens the two-state solution.

Read the full letter here:
bit.ly/40wmFIV

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Our researchers are delivering not one, not two, but three events at the @cambridgefestival.bsky.social this March ⭐️

Find out more and book tickets via our website: www.cdh.cam.ac.uk/about/news/c...

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A graphic for an International Women's Day 2026 panel discussion, hosted by the University of Cambridge. The event is titled "Rights. Justice. Action. For ALL Women and Girls." Featured participants include Henrietta Mbeah-Bankas from NHS England, Ritika Wadhwa from Prabhaav Global, Tariq Shah OBE from Vigo Group, and Dr Jennifer Waller-Martin from Cambridge Judge Business School. The event is scheduled for Wednesday 4 March, 12pm to 1:30 pm, in-person and online via Zoom.

Join us for this year’s #InternationalWomensDay event 👭

Our panellists will explore what rights, justice and action mean in practice – and how to turn intention into meaningful change across our community.

Open to all Cambridge staff and students.

In-person: bit.ly/3P3w2gD
Online: bit.ly/3ZTurMO

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Would you like to run your own Research Network at CRASSH?

Applications are now open for Networks in 2026-27

You will receive funding of up to £2,000 per academic year, plus logistical assistance and a platform for events

➡️ The deadline for applications is 5 May 2026
https://bit.ly/3BknsiZ

What will your event be?

Apply for CRASSH events funding! 💫

Have you got an idea that may:
- Foster the exchange of ideas across disciplines and cultures?
- Forge new collaborations ?
- Bring academic research to wider publics?
- Explore research and artistic practice?

Apply by 17 May 2026
https://bit.ly/3CaV97M

Love, creativity and abolition in and beyond academia - CRASSH Centre for Research in the Arts, Social Sciences and Humanities

📣 Registration open
Love, creativity and abolition in and beyond academia

13 & 14 March 2026
CRASSH, CB3 9DP
https://bit.ly/4c6aBoP

Join artists, academics and activists to explore portals to collective liberation through love politics, visionary storytelling, and cultural worldbuilding

Film screening ‘Ben jij bij mij/Are you with me’ - CRASSH Centre for Research in the Arts, Social Sciences and Humanities

🎞️ Film: Are you with me

Join the Precarious Aging Network for the online screening of this touching film in which 92 year old Joke van den Broek navigates her experience of Alzheimers' disease over the course of three years

5 March 2-4pm, online
Register to join https://bit.ly/46iYiSy

@cambridgefestival.bsky.social @campolis.bsky.social @camglamresearch.bsky.social @camdighum.bsky.social @developingresearch.bsky.social

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Registration open - Check out our Cambridge Festival events! 💥

We have a record number of events for all ages and interests this year; from photography, art, film, performances, to an immersive ecological sci-arts experience

16 March-2 April 2026
Registration recommended 👇
https://bit.ly/46a7Fnp

NEW EVENT
Milei’s economics: Signpost or warning for Latin America and beyond?

Dr Irene Mia explores Javier Milei's dramatic economic experiment and its wider implications for Argentina, Latin America and beyond

🗓️ 4 Mar, 5.30-7.00 PM
🗺️ Trinity Hall
✒️ Registration & info: bit.ly/4kKQyPd

Don’t miss it — Only a few tickets left!
Tomas Venclova on being a dissident in the Soviet Union

A conversation with the Lithuanian scholar on his dissident years in the 1970s Soviet Baltic, Brezhnev-era repression and the Helsinki Accords

🗓️ 27 Feb, 5.30-7 PM
📍Cambridge
🔗https://bit.ly/3Zq6fBo

A group of people seated in an auditorium, facing two speakers on a stage engaging in a discussion with a presentation behind them. The room features framed portraits and a wood-panelled backdrop. A text overlay at the bottom reads: "Bookings now open for the Cambridge Festival 2026".

The @cambridgefestival.bsky.social is back – and it's bigger and better than ever! 🎉

With over 350 events across science, the arts, society and more, discover the ideas – and the people – shaping our future.

Dive into this year's programme: https://bit.ly/4670tIO

#CamFest #Cambridge

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Work with us 💼

Join our friendly admin team as a Research Project Administrator, and have the opportunity to develop your project management and finance skills by working alongside cutting-edge research groups

Deadline for applications is 28 February 2026

Find out more at https://bit.ly/4hCYbFy

TODAY!
@mmll-library.bsky.social @mmll-cambridge.bsky.social @cambridgegender.bsky.social

Information slide: Science, Technology and the Politics of Knowledge: Critical insights from the Global South, 20 February 2026.

Information slide, speakers: Chidi Ugwu, University of Nigeria Mercedes Ejarque, National Institute of Agricultural Technology, Argentina Khetrimayum Monish, Monash University, Malaysia

Science, Technology and the Politics of Knowledge: Critical insights from the Global South

20 Feb, 1-6pm
CRASSH, 7 West Road, CB3 9DP
https://bit.ly/3OkFoEt

Scholars and community voices will discuss scientific and community-based knowledge production and circulation in the Global South

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🎞️ FREE screening!
Treat Me Like Your Mother: Trans* Histories from Beirut’s forgotten past

18 Feb 2-4pm
Faculty of Music, CB3 9DP
https://bit.ly/4qvaMxB

This film unfolds against a rich photographic archive of the transfeminine experience in Lebanon
Followed by a Q&A with filmmaker Mohamad Abdouni

Living the Aftermath: COVID-19’s long-term impact on older survivors, families, and healthcare providers in Peru - CRASSH Centre for Research in the Arts, Social Sciences and Humanities

On 19 February, join the Precarious Aging Research Network to hear a talk about the long-term impact of COVID-19 on older survivors, families, and healthcare providers in Peru.

Find out more about the event: https://bit.ly/4tolxEj

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Speaker portrait Juan Pablo Astolfo.

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Speaker portait Prof Ying Jin.

Join us for the launch of the #ClimaTraces Design for Planet Seminar Series 👏

Voices from design, academia, technology and policy will explore how climate ambition becomes real-world impact

19 Feb, 3 - 5pm
CRASSH, 7 West Road, CB3 9DP
https://bit.ly/3O3XwTb

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Global South Fellows pose for a group photo.

🌎 Join our Global South fellows Chidi Ugwu, Mercedes Ejarque and Khetrimayum Monish at their symposium 'Science, Technology and the Politics of Knowledge: Critical insights from the Global South'

20 February from 1-6pm
CRASSH, CB3 9DP
https://bit.ly/3OkFoEt

Film Screening: Treat me like your mother: Trans* Histories from Beirut’s forgotten past - CRASSH Centre for Research in the Arts, Social Sciences and Humanities

Join the Studies in Arts, Migration and Aurality research network on 18 February for a screening of 'Treat me like your mother: Trans* Histories from Beirut’s forgotten past', followed by a Q&A with the film's director Mohamad Abdouni.

Find out more about the screening: https://bit.ly/4qvaMxB

CRASSH admin team group photo.

Work with us 💼

Join our friendly admin team as a Research Project Administrator, and have the opportunity to develop your project management and finance skills by working alongside cutting-edge research groups

Deadline for applications is 28 February 2026

Find out more at https://bit.ly/4hCYbFy

Info slide: Who will your network be?

Would you like to run your own Research Network at CRASSH?

Applications are now open for Networks in 2026-27

You will receive funding of up to £2,000 per academic year, plus logistical assistance and a platform for events

➡️ The deadline for applications is 5 May 2026
https://bit.ly/3BknsiZ