Bring your research questions!

Overview

'Bring your research questions!' is a drop-in session to help students think about research questions, methodologies, and find a community in College.

Come by to talk to us about anything - science, humanities, social sciences! Come talk dissertations (undergraduate, MPhil, PhD). Find a reason to remain excited when you are deep down in a rabit hole!

Facilitators

Judith Bunbury is a geologist working with archaeologists to explore evidence for ancient landscape and climate change in Egypt and elsewhere. In addition to her research articles, she is author of two books on the Nile. Dr Judith Bunbury is the Senior Tutor at Wolfson College. Based in the Department of Earth Sciences she has taught undergraduate and postgraduate students as well as taking a turn as Senior Tutor of St Edmund’s College. Now at Wolfson, she is combining her research interests with the role of Tutor for non-doctoral postgraduate students.

Prajakti Kalra is a researcher and academic whose work explores the history and political economy of Eurasia, with a particular focus on the Mongol Empire and Central Asia. She has been affiliated with the University of Cambridge in multiple roles, including Research Officer at the Cambridge Central Asia Forum, Lecturer at the Centre of Development Studies, and Coordinator at the Centre of South Asian Studies. She is currently the Research Networks Manager at Wolfson College. Her scholarship highlights how historical perspectives can inform contemporary debates on development, diplomacy, and regional integration.

Lily Tekseng specialises in Postcolonial and Related literatures, focusing her research specifically on the cultural productions about the Second World War in the Northeastern region of India, or the erstwhile China-Burma-India theatre. Her research lies at the intersection of the study of the empire, production of borderlands, questions of indigeneity and Postcoloniality. She has previously taught at the University of Delhi, India, and has a degree in History and English from the University of Delhi, India, and the Jawaharlal Nehru University, India. She is currently Wolfson College Research Networks Administrator.

Details

This event is open to all and free to attend - please book your place.

Access

This event will take place in the Lee Hall which has step-free access and an accessible toilet.

Contact

If you have any questions, please contact our events team - events@wolfson.cam.ac.uk

Wolfson College Research Networks

The Wolfson College Research Networks are the College’s central hub for research activity, fostering excellence in learning, critical thinking, and interdisciplinary collaboration. Organising and curating a diverse programme of academic events, the Research Networks support the College’s research hubs and initiatives, and facilitates knowledge exchange by connecting scholars across disciplines within Wolfson, the wider University, and industry.

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