The Centre for Research in the Arts, Social Sciences and Humanities (CRASSH) is an interdisciplinary research centre at the University of Cambridge.

Cambridge, UK
CRASSH summer reading 📚 An interdisciplinary reading list courtesy of CRASSH’s research community - happy reading! bit.ly/4aBBVK9
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Hear from researchers directly about their exciting projects. If you are interested in cross-sector collaboration or looking for fresh approaches to impact and engagement, this event is for you! 13 Nov 5-7pm Alison Richard Building, CB3 9DP crassh.cam.ac.uk/events/5282…
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Cambridge Inequality Lab on Caste returns next week with another fantastic in-person session on Mapping the Elites with @MikeSav47032563, @_ADeshpande & @lucas_chancel! Join us on Nov 5, 2-4 pm with @CRASSHlive, @CamSociology. Register here: luma.com/x4r8wig3?locale=en-…
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'The Battle of Algiers' at 60 Film & conference 5-7 Nov @stjohnscam & @CamPicturehouse crassh.cam.ac.uk/events/5193… Our event will look at this important film from different disciplines and points of view, analysing how it can be seen, interpreted, and discussed in the 21st century
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NEW! Join the Cambridge Inclusive Design Futures Lab for their launch event An opportunity to meet the Lab's members for a panel, followed by informal networking and conversations around future collaborations 6 Nov 2-4pm Alison Richard Building, CB3 9DP bit.ly/4BdnYO1
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Join the new Centre for the USA at Cambridge for a discussion panel on the results of the 2026 US midterm elections 4 Nov, 5-7pm, Jesus College, CB5 8BQ bit.ly/47KFOdN Gillian Tett (King's College, Columnist) James Tierney (Harvard Law School) Max Yoeli (Chatham House)
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The 6th Nine Dots Prize question is here, it asks: Who gains from saving nature? They are looking for bold, original responses from across disciplines and the globe. The winner receives $100,000 and a book deal. Find out more: ninedotsprize.org
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Join Affective Encounters to investigate how dramaturgies of classrooms, clinical settings and performance spaces can point towards more sensitive and supportive practices in the understanding of disturbance Info at bit.ly/4t0XHgQ & Substack bit.ly/4BsUXxR
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Hear from researchers directly about their exciting projects. If you are interested in cross-sector collaboration or looking for fresh approaches to impact and engagement, this event is for you! 13 Nov 5-7pm Alison Richard Building, CB3 9DP crassh.cam.ac.uk/events/5282…
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Join the new Centre for the USA at Cambridge for a discussion panel on the results of the 2026 US midterm elections 4 Nov, 5-7pm, Jesus College, CB5 8BQ bit.ly/47KFOdN Gillian Tett (King's College, Columnist) James Tierney (Harvard Law School) Max Yoeli (Chatham House)
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CRASSH, Cambridge retweeted
Cambridge Inequality Lab on Caste returns next week with another fantastic in-person session on Mapping the Elites with @MikeSav47032563, @_ADeshpande & @lucas_chancel! Join us on Nov 5, 2-4 pm with @CRASSHlive, @CamSociology. Register here: luma.com/x4r8wig3?locale=en-…
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NEW! Join the Cambridge Inclusive Design Futures Lab for their launch event An opportunity to meet the Lab's members for a panel, followed by informal networking and conversations around future collaborations 6 Nov 2-4pm Alison Richard Building, CB3 9DP bit.ly/4BdnYO1
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Join Affective Encounters to investigate how dramaturgies of classrooms, clinical settings and performance spaces can point towards more sensitive and supportive practices in the understanding of disturbance Info at bit.ly/4t0XHgQ & Substack bit.ly/4BsUXxR
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Join the @CRASSHlive presentation of the Ukraine War Archive this Thursday, 29 October, at 5.15 pm. The Ukraine War Archive preserves and organises digital records related to Russia’s full-scale invasion of Ukraine. crassh.cam.ac.uk/events/5242…
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CRASSH, Cambridge retweeted
PROOF in the flesh (and now slightly mutilated). Great visiting @CRASSHlive last week — thank you to everyone who came out for the event and the brilliant organizers, especially Judith Weik for putting the exhibition together!
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The Decolonising Plant Knowledge: Voices from Subverted Plant Worlds Network are back this academic year with a programme of fascinating events that aim to expand awareness of multiple perspectives on plant-human relationships worldwide Find out more at crassh.cam.ac.uk/research/ne…
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Join us for an networking session on practices of commentary, from ancient scholia & biblical glosses to early modern annotation & digital reading Commentary in Motion: Interpretation, transmission, & transformation 27 Oct, 5.30pm Newnham College, CB3 9DF crassh.cam.ac.uk/events/5298…
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'The Battle of Algiers' at 60 Film & conference 5-7 Nov @stjohnscam & @CamPicturehouse crassh.cam.ac.uk/events/5193… Our event will look at this important film from different disciplines and points of view, analysing how it can be seen, interpreted, and discussed in the 21st century
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CRASSH, Cambridge retweeted
The first 20 editions of my experimental literary magazine @ReadProofArt are on view at @CRASSHlive. Their 25th-anniversary exhibition, Knowledge in a Fractured World, runs until December 11. If you want to meet me there, come to the exhibition reception on October 19, 17:30.
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Join us on October 26 for a fascinating book talk, with author @UjithraP and @ShannonKPhilip, on ‘Becoming Agarwal: The Manufacture of a Close-Knit Mercantile Caste’. In-person session, in the Sociology Boardroom, Cambridge, with @CRASSHlive, @CamSociology @JusmeetS
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