Artist Cornelia Parker will be speaking at Fitzwilliam this Friday, from 5.15pm. Hosted by the Fitzwilliam College Literary Society, a talk by Cornelia will be followed by a conversation, a short film, a Q&A, and an opportunity to mingle after with a drink in the Auditorium Foyer. The event is free to attend, but please complete this form to let us know if you plan to come: https://buff.ly/3UFfnAp Photo: Richard Boll

Recycling takes a new turn at Fitz - time for our hard-working Henries to take up gardening in their retirement… 🪴

The 2nd Robert Gerhard Annual Lecture, 8 May 2024, 6PM Collapse and Promise, Marina Garcés Fitzwilliam College Auditorium In a historical time dominated by no-future scenarios, what force can a promise have? When uncertainty is the only certainty and time is dominated by the imminence of catastrophe, what sense can there be in creating a bond and a commitment that is sustained over time through the word given? This question takes us back to the common time of the West and its foundation: the word of God is the promise of salvation, the pact with the state is based on the promise of security, and the legitimation of capitalism is sold as an unlimited promise of prosperity. Can we read the current crisis of civilisation as a crisis, too, of this triple dimension of the promise of the West? And what are the consequences for the political imagination and for the relationship of our present to the future? Marina Garcés (Barcelona, 1973) is philosopher, activist and professor at Universitat Oberta de Catalunya, where she is the director of the Master of Philosophy for contemporary challenges and the IP of the research group Mussol. Her main contribution to the generation of philosophical knowledge focuses on the elaboration of the problems of contemporary philosophy in the light of the idea of "common world". She has written many books and articles, most of them translated into many different languages. Among others, some of her titles are: Un mundo común (2012), Escola d'aprenents (2020), El temps de la promesa (2023) or Filosofía inacabada (2015) and Nova il·lustració radical (2018, City of Barcelona Essay Award). This two last are being published by Verso books, 2024. Organised by the Institut Ramon Llull @irllull and Fitzwilliam College Generously supported by MMLL, University of Cambridge, Verso, and Familia Torres. For more information about Familia Torres, https://buff.ly/3UkgBQb or @familiatorres1870

TODAY! FITZ+ tackles exams - come to the Gordon Cameron at 5pm for tips, tricks and information about the support available in College this exam season.