Wolfson College Cambridge

Wolfson College Calendar

2012
ThFeb23Tutors' Weekly Meeting, Council Room, 12:45 – 14:00
Aerobics Society - Zumba Class, Lee Hall, 18:00 – 19:00
Thesis Writing Group: 'It doesn't have to be earth shattering, but it ought to be ground-breaking: My PhD experience', Dr Derek Adams, Old Combination Room, 18:00 – 19:30
Wolfson College Cricket Club practice session, contact ths27 @cam.ac.uk, Fenners Indoor Cricket School, 18:00 – 19:00
Table Tennis Society, Seminar Room, 19:30 – 21:00
Salsa, with a lesson for the first hour, Club Room, 21:00 – 00:00
FFeb24Wolfson Noodle Club for English Conversation, Plommer A, 13:00 – 16:00
Science Society: Professor Daan Frenkel, of the Department of Chemistry, 18:00 for 18:15
Formal Hall (of particular interest to Politics, Psychology, Sociology and International Studies students and Fellows), 19:15 for 19:30
WCSA Party with a Greek theme, Club Room, 21:00
SaFeb25Tango Lesson, Lee Hall, 21:00 – 00:00
SuFeb26Bike Maintenance Society Workshop open, contact sw591 at cam.ac.uk, Chadwick House garage, 10:00 – 11:30
Tai Chi, Lee Hall, 14:00 – 16:00
Academic English Class, Plommer A, 14:30 – 15:30
Capoeira Society, Seminar Room, 17:00 – 18:30
Academic English Class, Plommer A, 17:30 – 18:30
Ultimate Workout Society, Lee Hall, 18:00 – 19:30
Wolfson Film Society, Club Room, 19:00 – 21:00
The Symphanova Project: An evening of opera and operetta featuring Wolfson College Chamber Singers, Fitzwilliam Chapel Choir and Herstmonceaux Castle Choir, conducted by Dr Shelley Katz, soloists: Diana Gilchrist (soprano) and Lynette Alcantara (mezzo soprano), Fitzwilliam College Auditorium, 19:30
MFeb27Catering Committee and lunch, Council Room, 12:45
College Council, Combination Room, 18:00
Aerobics, Lee Hall, 18:30 – 19:30
Ki-Aikido, Seminar Room, 19:00 – 21:00
TuFeb28Humanities Society, Professor Francisco Bethencourt (King's College London) - The History of Racism, Gatsby, 17:45 for 18:00
Yoga, Lee Hall, 17:45 – 20:00
Formal Hall (of particular interest to Senior Members & College Research Associates), 19:15 for 19:30
Capoeira Society, Seminar Room, 19:30 – 21:00
Wolfson Ballroom Dancing Society, Lee Hall, 20:00 – 22:00
WFeb29Lunchtime Seminar - Speaker to be advised. Attendees may bring their lunch tray and can enjoy complimentary tea and coffee, Combination Room, 13:00 – 14:00
Senior Members' & College Research Associates Informal Lunch, far table in the Dining Hall, 13:00
Ultimate Workout Society, Lee Hall, 18:00 – 19:30
Ki-Aikido - Kiatsu & Ki Breathing, Seminar Room, 19:30 – 21:30
Tai-chi Chuan, Seminar Room, 20:00 – 22:00
ThMar1Tutors' Weekly Meeting, Council Room, 12:45 – 14:00
Thesis Writing Group: 'Study Planning' led by Richard Berengarten, Supervisor in Writing and Study Skills, Lee Hall, 18:00 – 19:30
Wolfson College Cricket Club practice session, contact ths27 @cam.ac.uk, Fenners Indoor Cricket School, 18:00 – 19:00
3rd Matriculation Dinner, 19:15 for 19:30
Table Tennis Society, Seminar Room, 19:30 – 21:30
WCSA Committee, Plommer A, 20:00 – 22:00
Salsa, with a lesson for the first hour, Club Room, 21:00 – 00:00
FMar2Wolfson Noodle Club for English Conversation, Plommer A, 13:00 – 16:00
Aerobics Society - Zumba Class, Seminar Room, 17:00 – 18:00
St David's Day Formal Hall, with harpist Elizabeth Bass, 19:15 for 19:30
WCSA: Wolfson-Corpus Christi Formal Hall Swap (Wolfson guests)
My Father's War: staged reading of a new play by award-winning playwright Robert Ford, admission free, Lee Hall, 19:30
SaMar3Tai Chi Chuan, Old Combination Room, 09:30 – 12:00
Lunchtime Concert: Jane Bevan (flute), Philippa Jones (cello), Maurice Hodges (piano), admission free, retiring collection, Lee Hall, 13:30
Cambridge Dancers Club Tea Dance, Lee Hall, 15:00 – 18:00
Boat Club Lent Bumps Dinner (by invitation), 19:15 for 19:30
Tango Lesson, LeeHall, 19:30 – 00:00
Boat Club Party with Churchill Jazz, Club Room, 21:00 – 00:00
SuMar4Bike Maintenance Society Workshop open, contact sw591 at cam.ac.uk, Chadwick House garage, 10:00 – 11:30
Tai Chi, Lee Hall, 14:00 – 16:00
Academic English Class, Plommer A, 14:30 – 15:30
Capoeira Society, Seminar Room, 17:00 – 18:30
Academic English Class, Plommer A, 17:30 – 18:30
Ultimate Workout Society, Lee Hall, 18:00 – 19:30
Wolfson Film Society, Club Room, 19:00 – 21:00
MMar5House Committee and lunch, Council Room, 12:45
TuMar6Wolfson Chamber Singers perform at the Newcomers and Visiting Scholars' Coffee Morning, University Centre, 11:00
Humanities Society: Prof Lucien van der Walt, Adding Red to the Black Atlantic: the Industrial Workers of Africa's and International Socialist League's black revolutionary syndicalists and the South Africa Native National Congress's 1917-1920 radicalisation, Gatsby, 17:45 for 18:00
Wolfson Law Society: Mr Daniel Saxon, Visiting Fellow and former prosecutor at the International Criminal Tribunal for the Former Yugoslavia will speak about the complexities of investigating and prosecuting persons suspected of responsibility for the gravest international crimes, Roger Needham Room, 18:00
Formal Hall (of particular interest to Maths and Management Studies students & Fellows), 19:15 for 19:30
WMar7Emeritus Fellows Society outing to the Angel Inn Breckland and English Whisky in Norfolk, £16, all welcome. Contact elm1 @ cam.ac.uk by 25 January to book a place., 12:00 – 18:00
Wolfson Relaxation Sessions with Karen White, physiotherapist, free to Wolfson students, Old Combination Room, 19:00 – 20:00
ThMar8Thesis Writing Group: Topic and Speaker to be advised, Old Combination Room, 18:00 – 19:30
Wolfson College Cricket Club practice session, contact ths27 @cam.ac.uk, Fenners Indoor Cricket School, 18:00 – 19:00
Fellows' Night (by invitation), 19:00 for 19:30
Salsa, with a lesson for the first hour, Club Room, 21:00 – 00:00
FMar9Science Society: Dr Ivor Day, of the Whittle Laboratory in the Department of Engineering, 18:00 for 18:15
Formal Hall, 19:15 for 19:30
WCSA: Wolfson-Corpus Christi Formal Hall Swap (Wolfson hosts)
SuMar11Bike Maintenance Society Workshop open, contact sw591 at cam.ac.uk, Chadwick House garage, 10:00 – 11:30
TuMar13Fellowship & Membership Committee (including second selection meeting, Annual Research Fellowship Competition), Bredon House Dining Room, 18:15
Formal Hall, 19:15 for 19:30
ThMar15Counterculture Research Group: James Purdon (University of Cambridge) will talk on 'A Nation-wide Intelligence Service: mass-observation, hermeneutic paranoia and the invasion of Cambridge', open to all, Gatsby Room, 17:00
Wolfson College Cricket Club practice session, contact ths27 @cam.ac.uk, Fenners Indoor Cricket School, 18:00 – 19:00
Salsa, with a lesson for the first hour, Club Room, 21:00 – 00:00
FMar16Full Term ends
St Patrick's Day (last Friday) Formal Hall, 19:15 for 19:30
WCSA: Wolfson-Clare Formal Hall Swap (Wolfson guests)
SuMar18Bike Maintenance Society Workshop open, contact sw591 at cam.ac.uk, Chadwick House garage, 10:00 – 11:30
Lent Term Concert: Bach's St John Passion performed by the choirs of Wolfson College and St Mark's Church, conducted by Graham Walker. Soloists include Lynette Alcantara (mezzo soprano), St Mark's Church, 19:30
MMar19Personnel Committee, Council Room, 17:30
TuMar20'Green' Formal Hall, 19:15 for 19:30
WMar21Buffet Lunch for Senior Members & College Research Associates (by invitation), 12:45 for 13:00
ThMar22Wolfson College Cricket Club - no practice tonight, 18:00 – 19:00
FMar23Health & Safety Committee, Plommer A, 10:00
Guest Night, 19:00 for 19:30
SaMar24Congregation (Graduation) in absence only
Lent Term ends
SuMar25Bike Maintenance Society Workshop open, contact sw591 at cam.ac.uk, Chadwick House garage, 10:00 – 11:30
MMar26College Council, Combination Room, 18:00
TuMar27Formal Hall, 19:15 for 19:30
ThMar29Wolfson College Cricket Club practice session, contact ths27 @cam.ac.uk, Fenners Indoor Cricket School, 18:00 – 19:00
FMar30Senior Members' & College Research Associates' Informal Lunch, far table in the Dining Hall, 13:00
Senior Members' & College Research Associates' Meeting, Dr Brian Cox will talk on '15 Years as Praelector for Wolfson', Old Combination Room, 14:00
SuApr1Bike Maintenance Society Workshop open, contact sw591 at cam.ac.uk, Chadwick House garage, 10:00 – 11:30
TuApr3Formal Hall, 19:15 for 19:30
ThApr5Kitchen closes after lunch
Wolfson College Cricket Club practice session, contact ths27 @cam.ac.uk, Fenners Indoor Cricket School, 18:00 – 19:00
FApr6Good Friday
SuApr8Easter Sunday
MApr9Easter Monday
TuApr10Offices open 08:30; Kitchen opens for breakfast
Annual Research Fellowship Competition interviews
No Formal Hall
ThApr12Wolfson College Cricket Club practice session, contact ths27 @cam.ac.uk, Fenners Indoor Cricket School, 18:00 – 19:00
TuApr17Easter Term begins
Formal Hall, 19:15 for 19:30
TuApr24Full Term begins
Humanities Society, Professor Nick Jardine, Gatsby, 17:45 for 18:00
College Reception for Visitors, Lee Hall, 18:15
St George's Day Formal Hall, 19:15 for 19:30
WApr25Finance Committee, Council Room, 17:00
FApr271st Friday Formal Hall, 19:15 for 19:30
SaApr28Congregation (Graduation)
MApr30College Council, Combination Room, 18:00
TuMay1Educational Policy Committee, Plommer A, 17:00
Formal Hall, 19:15 for 19:30
WMay2Lee Seng Tee Distinguished Lecture: Michael Slater, Emeritus Professor of Victorian Literature at Birkbeck College, University of London will speak on Dickens and Shakespeare. The lecture is open to all and admission is free, Lee Hall
ThMay3Carbon Reduction Committee, Council Room, 17:00
FMay4Wolfson Lecture on Local History, Dr Adam Longcroft, University of East Anglia, Lecture title TBC, Seminar Room, 17:45 for 18:00
Science Society, 18:00 for 18:15
Formal Hall (of particular interest to Engineering students & Fellows), 19:15 for 19:30
SaMay5Lunchtime Concert: James Westbrook - Guitar Extravaganza, admission free, retiring collection, Lee Hall, 13:30
MMay7Bank Holiday
TuMay8Development Committee, Council Room, 13:00
Humanities Society: Dr Mark Hailwood, Good Companions and Fellow-boozers - Alehouses and Good Fellowship in Early Modern England, Gatsby, 17:45 for 18:00
Formal Hall, 19:15 for 19:30
WMay9Governing Body, Lee Hall, 18:30
ThMay10Wolfson Research Day, Lee Hall, 12:30 – 19:00
FMay11Formal Hall (of particular interest to Physical Natural Sciences and Computer Science students & Fellows), 19:15 for 19:30
MMay14Fine Arts Committee, Council Room, 17:00
TuMay15Humanities Society, Professor Nicholas Postgate, Gatsby, 17:45 for 18:00
Fellowship & Membership Committee, Bredon House Dining Room, 18:00
College Service, Lee Hall, 18:15
Formal Hall, 19:15 for 19:30
WMay16First Guest Night, 19:00 for 19:30
FMay18Science Society, 18:00 for 18:15
Formal Hall (of particular interest to Biological Natural Sciences students & Fellows), 19:15 for 19:30
SaMay19Congregation (Graduation)
Lunchtime Concert: Patrick Hemmerle (piano), admission free, retiring collection, Lee Hall, 13:30
MMay21Division of Term
TuMay22Humanities Society, Professor Andrew Gamble, Gatsby, 17:45 for 18:00
Music & Madeira Formal Hall, 19:15 for 19:30
WMay23Supervisors' Lunch (by invitation), Combination Room, 12:45 for 13:00
Personnel Committee, Council Room, 17:30
FMay25Science Society, 18:00 for 18:15
Formal Hall (of particular interest to ASNaC, MML, Arch & Anth and Linguistics students & Fellows), 19:15 for 19:30
MMay28Catering Committee, Council Room, 12:45
TuMay29Humanities Society, Dr Brodie Waddell - The 1690s: England's First Modern Economic Crisis?, Gatsby, 17:45 for 18:00
Formal Hall (of particular interest to History students & Fellows), 19:15 for 19:30
FJun1Formal Hall, 19:15 for 19:30
SaJun2Lunchtime Concert: Kyoko Murai and Taro Takeuchi (programme TBC), admission free, retiring collection, Lee Hall, 13:30
MJun4Spring Bank Holiday
TuJun5Queen's Diamond Jubilee
Humanities Society, Professor David Thompson, Gatsby, 17:45 for 18:00
No Formal Hall
FJun8Science Society, 18:00 for 18:15
Formal Hall (of particular interest to Senior Members), 19:15 for 19:30
MJun11House Committee, Council Room, 12:45
TuJun12Humanities Society: Dr Phil Withington, Christ's College, Gatsby, 17:45 for 18:00
Fellowship & Membership Committee, Bredon House Dining room, 18:00
'Green' Formal Hall, 19:15 for 19:30
FJun15Full Term ends
Last Friday Formal Hall, 19:15 for 19:30
SaJun16Boat Club May Bumps Dinner (by invitation), 19:15 for 19:30
SuJun17Benefactors' Reception, Combination Room, 14:00 – 15:30
College Garden Party, East Court, 15:00 – 17:00
The Mary Bevan Recital, given by prize winners of the CUMS Concerto Competition, Lee Hall, 19:30
TuJun19Formal Hall, 19:15 for 19:30
WJun20Finance Committee, Council Room, 17:00
FJun22June Event - Elementa - for more information visit www.wolfsonjuneevent.co.uk
MJun25Easter Term ends
TuJun26Educational Policy Committee, Plommer A, 17:00
Formal Hall, 19:15 for 19:30
WJun27Commemoration Dinner (by invitation), 19:00 for 19:30
SaJun30General Admission (Graduation)
SuJul1The President's Cup Cricket Match, Downing College Sportsground, Grantchester Road, 14:00
MJul2College Council, Combination Room, 18:00
TuJul3Annual Staff Meeting, Lee Hall, 10:00 – 11:00
Formal Hall (of particular interest to Senior Members), 19:15 for 19:30
FJul6Health & Safety Committee, Plommer A, 10:00
Reception for Junior Research Fellows, President's Lodge, 18:45
Second Guest Night, 19:00 for 19:30
MJul9Long Vacation Term begins
TuJul17Last Formal Hall, 19:15 for 19:30
SaJul21Congregation (graduation)
ThAug9Kitchen closes after lunch
FAug10Staff Outing (TBC)
SaAug11Long Vacation Term ends
College Gardens open (National Gardens Scheme)
MAug27Summer Bank Holiday
TuAug28Kitchen opens for lunch
TuSep41st Formal Hall, 19:15 for 19:30
SaSep22Wolfson Alumni Reunion & Dinner, 19:15 for 19:30
MSep24College Council, Plommer A, 18:00
WOct10Governing Body, Lee Hall, 18:30
WNov14Governing Body (Audit Meeting), Lee Hall, 18:30
SuDec9Children's Christmas Party, Club Room, 15:00 – 17:00
2013
WFeb13Governing Body, Lee Hall, 18:30
WMay8Governing Body, Lee Hall, 18:30

†No Formal Hall is exclusive, but the ones marked with a “dagger” are occasions when certain groups are able to sit together.

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