Institute of Continuing Education (ICE)
Come along to one of our many public lectures and Topical Talks throughout the year. These talks are given by leading experts from the University of Cambridge and beyond, and are an important part of our commitment to public engagement. Learn more about a new subject and join the discussion.
Creative writing tutor Derek Niemann will be in conversation with fellow nature writer Nic Wilson about her debut book, Land Beneath the Waves: Nature, Place and Chronic Illness in this free Zoom...
Dr Joe Reed will be in conversation with fellow ICE creative writing tutor Dr Alycia Pirmohamed about his new novel, Terrestrial History in this free Zoom event on Tuesday, 12 August 2025, 7pm,...
Dr Yvonne Battle-Felton will be in conversation with Dr Midge Gillies about her new book, Atlantic Furies in this free Zoom event on Thursday 23 October, 7-8pm, GMT.
Midge will talk about...
Creative writing tutor Dr Lucy Durneen will be in conversation with Julian Hoffman in this free Zoom event on Tuesday, 16 December, 7-8pm, GMT.
Julian was born in the northeast of England...
Dr Midge Gillies was in conversation with memoirist, nature writer and book coach Lulah Ellender in this Zoom event on 13 March, 7-8pm, GMT.
"Lulah’s first book, Elisabeth’s Lists...
Celebrate International Mother Language Day with an afternoon of stories at this free storytelling event
Stories come in all shapes and sizes. Forms and languages.
At In Your Own...
Clare Bayley, co-director of ICE’s Master’s in Writing for Performance, will be in conversation with screenwriter and playwright, Sumerah Srivastav in this free Zoom event on Thursday, 13 February...
Born in 1939 in Southeast Hungary, Peter Lantos was deported to Bergen-Belsen at the age of 5. He and his mother later escaped when British forces liberated the concentration camp, only to have...
Join Dr Lucy Durneen and publisher and editor Tom Conaghan in conversation about the art of the short story and the recent publication of Duets on Tuesday 14, January 2025, 7-8pm in this free,...
Ellen Atlanta joins Lucy
Durneen to discuss her new book Pixel Flesh, which looks at important
themes surrounding what it means to be a woman in a new age of beauty. Their...
Join Academic Director Dr
Yvonne Battle-Felton to discuss her new novel, Curdle Creek on
Tuesday 12, November, 7-8pm in this free, Zoom event.
Yvonne will be chatting...
Dr Lucy Durneen spoke to three ICE students – past and
present – about their writing. Constantine Blintzios is a Greek/British writer
and author of, among other things, the novel ...
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