Virtual Cambridge Festival Events
The Cambridge Festival 2026 will take place between March 16 and April 2, 2026. It brings together researchers, authors, and experts from across the University of Cambridge and partner institutions to share ideas that are shaping our world. Through these virtual sessions, audiences everywhere can explore the festival’s wide-ranging themes, including advances in artificial intelligence, health and wellbeing, creativity and the arts, literature, education, and social justice. Whether you are interested in groundbreaking research, thoughtful discussions about society, or conversations with leading thinkers, these online events offer a chance to engage with the curiosity, discovery, and interdisciplinary spirit that define the Cambridge Festival. Join from anywhere and be part of the conversation.
Cambridge Festival
- A Day in the Life of Our Researchers
- Ness: Displaced
- Cambridge–Singapore: Who Cares?
- Did Women Do Philosophy in the Middle Ages?
- The Really Popular Book Club: The Bell Jar by Sylvia Plath
- Physical Activity and Cancer
PACE (formerly ICE) Sessions
- Shut Up & Write! Drop-In Session
- Feedback Empowers
- Drama in Divided Times
- Wuthering Heights Again
- Writing Literary Fiction in the Era of AI
- Beyond LLMs: The Advent of Gen-AI in Educational Paradigms
- Leadership in Healthcare Law and Ethics
- The Human Edge Over AI: Creativity and Decreation
- Education and Social Justice: Understanding and Tackling Inequalities in Educational Outcomes
University Press Bookshop Events
Anglia Ruskin University Sessions
- Nurtured by Nature: Why Being in Nature Is Good for Us
- Behind the Lens: Founding the Bakashimika International Photography Festival
- A Personal Journey Through Neurodiversity: Understanding and Supporting Unique Minds
- Rethinking Your Relationship with Food: Evidence, Insights and Practical Tips
- Treatment Options for OCD and Hoarding: What Evidence and Practice Say
- The Paradox of Speech: How Evolutionary Simplification Made Humans the Most Talkative Primate