|
Monthly meetingsMonthly meetings are held in and around Cambridge, often at the Friends Meeting House, Jesus Lane, sometimes in members' homes, usually in the evening. Typically there's an invited speaker and always an opportunity for conversation and discussion. Visitors are welcome at meetings. Please enquire about time and location from the appropriate contact. Social eventsTwo or three social events are held each year, as well as monthly informal gatherings. The informal gatherings, which are not listed below, are currently at held at CB2 in Norfolk street at 8 pm, (on the first Tue in Jan, Feb Mar; on the first Mon in Apr, May, Jun, Jul, Oct, Nov, Dec) |
Here are the events that were organized for 2003
A
different page shows events for the current year)
Month |
Title, topic or activity |
Speaker or organizer |
More about the speaker or organizer |
|
January |
AGM & yuletide meal |
Meal organized by David Andrews |
Meal at Plough and Fleece at Horningsea, followed by AGM at same venue |
|
February |
Summerhill School |
Michael Newman |
Teaches at Summerhill |
|
March |
A philosopher's view of humanism |
Prof Simon Blackburn |
Professor of Philosophy at Cambridge University and a member of the Humanist Philosophers' Group |
|
April |
Energy and the environment |
Sir Hermann Bondi |
Vice-president (and former President) of the BHA and a CHG member |
|
May |
Jesus and the origins of anti-semitism |
Dr Ron Gray |
Dr Ron Gray is a Fellow of Emmanuel College, a retired lecturer in German in the Faculty of Modern & Medieval Languages and a member of the CHG |
|
June |
Why gods persist |
Dr Robert Hinde |
Professor in the Cambridge University Department of Zoology. His book "Why gods persist: a scientific approach to religion" came out in 1999 |
|
July |
Riverside
picnic at Cam Sailing Club |
Organized by Dr John Harris |
CHG & CSC member |
|
July |
Tackling absolute poverty |
Bill Humphrey |
Retired economist from the World Bank with a long career in developing countries, principally India. He lectures on this subject to the University of the Third Age |
|
August |
Garden Party |
Edith Schlossmann |
CHG member |
|
September |
Energy medicine for the 21st century |
Bob Blair |
|
|
October |
"Any questions?" |
Lorna Knox |
Lorna, a CHG member, will chair an informal gathering at CB2, Norfolk Street |
|
November |
Myths of history |
Brenda Driver |
CHG members |
|
December |
Film visit (Title TBA) |
|
|
|
Other pages on this site: |