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Events & Services

Lecture
Anarchical Antiquity – lecture by Professor Josephine Crawley Quinn
Main Lecture Theatre, Old Divinity School, St John’s College
October 8, 2026 5:00 PM
Music in College
Lunchtime concert
New Music Room, First Court, St John's College
October 13, 2026 1:10 PM
Lecture
Andrew Chamblin Memorial Lecture 2026
Centre for Mathematical Sciences CB3 0WA, and livestreamed
October 16, 2026 5:00 PM
Graduation
Congregation
Senate House
October 23, 2026 10:00 AM
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Latest news

Photograph of the Burghley Room
Design accolades for room transformed using reclaimed historic furniture

A meeting room reimagined using recycled oak and sustainable materials to ‘honour the history of St John’s’ has been named one of the top design projects across Europe, the Middle East and Africa

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How we can tackle humanity’s greatest challenge

Professor Sir David King, former Chief Scientific Adviser to the UK government, will set out a four-step plan to deal with the ‘impending disaster’ of global heating when he presents St John’s College Climate Crisis Lecture

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Research
A portrait photo of Professor Duncan McFarlane
St John’s academic behind major Covid response receives top honour

Professor Duncan McFarlane joins 75 leading figures elected to the Royal Academy of Engineering in its 50th anniversary year

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A portrait photo of Professor Josephine Crawley Quinn in the New Court Cloisters of St John's College
What anarchism can tell us about life in the ancient world

Ancient history is full of powerful states and empires – but what happened when people resisted them? Professor Josephine Crawley Quinn’s inaugural free lecture explores a different side of the classical world

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