THURSDAY 30 JANUARY 2025
5.30PM TO 7PM
LOCATION: Hosted in-person in the Milstein Exhibition Centre & Seminar Rooms at Cambridge University Library. Directions
TICKETS: Free, booking essential. Suitable for adults, under 18s welcome when accompanied by an adult.
ACCESSIBILITY: Accessible parking, step-free access, accessible toilets and a hearing loop are available for this event.
How the World Made the West: A 4000 Year History challenges the traditional and still widely-held belief that the West was a self-made miracle, building on the heritage of Greece and Rome.
Professor Josephine Quinn, historian, archaeologist and the book’s author, will be in conversation with University Librarian Dr Jessica Gardner, to make the case that instead, millennia of global encounters, exchange and sharing created what we now call the West.
A talk will be followed by the opportunity to visit the Library's Endless Stories exhibition after hours.