Pembroke Record

Listed below are transcripts/podcasts/videos from College events:

6th William Pitt Seminar - The Future of the World in Four Objects
The College's Sixth William Pitt Seminar.

5th William Pitt Seminar - Geopolitics: crisis and change, October 2010
The College's Fifth William Pitt Seminar and dinner took place on 15th October 2010. Audio and video is available from the link above.

Adam Smith Lecture, 22 November 2010
On Monday 22 November 2010 Lord Lawson of Blaby delivered the Inaugural Adam Smith Lecture at Pembroke College Cambridge. The College is inaugurating this lecture series to mark the establishment of the Adam Smith Fellowship in Political Economy. An edited version of the lecture has been published by the magazine Standpoint and can be accessed here.

5th Annual K G Sykes Lecture in Italian Studies, 12 November 2010
Professor John Foot of UCL delivered the 2010 Italian Studies Lecture, entitled 'Italy and Divided Memories: Stories from World War II.'

TED HUGHES: a conversation
In September 2010 Pembroke hosted an international conference, TED HUGHES: FROM CAMBRIDGE TO COLLECTED, which attracted some sixty scholars from around the world. As well as thirty-three papers on aspects of Hughes' work the conference included a reading by Simon Armitage, a lecture by Jonathan Bate -- and this conversation, held on the conference's final evening on 17 September, between two of Ted's friends from his years in Cambridge and London, Daniel Huws and Richard Hollis. Carol Hughes read a memory of Ted contributed by Terence McCaughey. The conversation is chaired by Colin Wilcockson, and features questions from conference delegates, as well as a song....

COMING SOON: Interview with Jonathan Lynn (1961), April 2010
The co-creator of Yes Prime Minister reflects on returning to Cambridge and to Sir Humphrey Appleby. A link will shortly be available here.

Interview with Henry Kissinger, November 2009
Henry Kissinger reflects on Germany's past, present and future - podcast available here

Stephen Greenblatt Lecture, November 2009
Pembroke Alumnus Stephen Greenblatt delivers talk on "Shakespearean Autonomy" - podcast available here

Quentin Skinner lecture on Machiavelli, November 2009 - podcast available part 1 and part 2

4th William Pitt Seminar - Blueprint for Survival, October 2009
The College's Fourth William Pitt Seminar and dinner took place on Friday 16 October. Audio and video is available from the link above.

Unleashing the Power of Creativity by Jeff Patmore
The Pembroke College BT Annual Lecture, given by Jeff Patmore, Head of Strategic Research, BT. - podcast available here

Complexity Masterclass given by Mike Payne
A podcast is available of the talk entitled Complexity which Professor Mike Payne gave at BT Centre in London in September 2008.

BT Annual lecture by Matt Bross of BT, April 2009
The Pembroke College BT Annual Lecture was given by Matt Bross, CEO BT Innovate and BT Group Chief Technology Officer in April 2009. Matt Bross is a man regarded by many as a visionary in both innovation and telecommunications. There is a video available from the above link.

3rd William Pitt Seminar - Narratives of Risk, October 2008
This third annual William Pitt seminar entitled "Narratives of Risk" was held in October 2008 and consisted of 4 short presentations from four speakers followed by an extensive open panel discussion, with an audience including senior academics, representatives from the College's major corporate partners, alumni and students.

Carlo De Benedetti Lecture 5 November 2007