The next undergraduate Open Days at AMES, which will be held in conjunction with the University's Open Days, are scheduled for Thursday 4 July and Friday 5 July 2024.
Schedule
Full Schedule including plan of Sidgwick site for Download
You can also find the Schedule below.
Registration
You can register online by filling out the form linked here.
Please do so if you are planning to attend with a larger group, i.e. a group of students, as this will make it easier for us to plan.
On arrival at the Sidgwick Site, please register at the Faculty of Asian and Middle Eastern Studies. Registration opens at 9.45 am.
You will also be able to drop by on the day, but for some events we will have limited space.
Photography
Please note that we're photographing the event for publicity purposes. If you don't wish to be in any photographs, please notify a member of staff or the faculty reception desk.
What's on
Further information will be posted on www.undergraduate.study.cam.ac.uk/events/cambridge-open-days when time draws nearer.
In the meantime, you may see our Online content below and the digital resources available on our website and via CAO (Central Admissions Office).
Getting here
General information on visiting Cambridge is available by downloading the Visit Cambridge app www.visitcambridge.org/visitor-information/visit-cambridge-official-app
Parking is severely limited and controlled on the Sidgwick Site. You will not be able you to park here unless you qualify for a disabled parking permit, in which case you should contact the Faculty well in advance to request one.
The Universal bus service links the Sidgwick Site to Cambridge railway station and close to the Madingley Road Park & Ride site.
The stops nearest to the Faculty are on West Road and Silver Street. The stop nearest to the Madingley Road Park & Ride site is called Eddington Avenue, near Park & Ride. For more information see https://www.whippetbus.co.uk/universal/. Information on the Cambridge Park & Ride Service is available at https://www.cambridgeparkandride.info/.
Further information on getting around Cambridge may be found at https://www.visitcambridge.org/plan-your-trip/
Thursday 4th July
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09.30 - 10.00 |
Registration FAMES Rooms 8 & 9 |
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10.00 – 10.50 |
Welcome and Course Information Presentation Dr Elizabeth Monier FAMES Room 10 |
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11.00 - 11.50 |
Language Taster Japanese Dr Miki Kawabata and Ms Erina Kirisawa FAMES Room 10 |
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11.00 - 13.00 |
Information Drop-In Session Chinese Studies Focus Academics available to answer your questions Clare College AMES Stand |
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12.00 – 14.00 |
FAMES Faculty Library open to visitors Exhibition on preliminary reading Library staff available to answer your questions |
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13.00 – 15.00 |
Information Drop-In Session Middle Eastern Studies Focus Academics available to answer your questions Pembroke College AMES Stand |
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Information Drop-In Session Chinese Studies Focus Academics available to answer your questions Gonville & Caius AMES Stand |
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14.00 – 14.50 |
Sample Lecture Japanese and Korean Politics and International Relations Dr John Nilsson-Wright (Japanese) FAMES Room 10 |
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15.30 – 16.20 |
Sample Lecture Chinese Art and Cultural History Dr Hajni Elias (Chinese) FAMES Room 10 |
Friday 5th July
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10.00 - 10.50 |
Welcome and Course Information Presentation Dr Elizabeth Monier |
FAMES Room 10 |
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11.00 – 11.50 |
Sample Lecture
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Anthropology of the Middle East Professor Paul Anderson |
FAMES Room 10 |
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11.00 - 11.50 |
Sample Lecture & Language Taster |
Chinese Popular Culture & Chinese Language Dr Heather Inwood |
FAMES Room 8/9 |
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11.00 - 13.00 |
Information Drop-In Session |
Chinese Studies Focus Academics available to answer your questions |
Clare College AMES Stand |
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Middle Eastern Studies Focus Academics available to answer your questions |
Pembroke College AMES Stand |
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11.00 - 12.00 |
Information Drop-In Session |
Asian and Middle Eastern Studies (AMES) - Any language Academics available to answer your questions |
Queens College AMES Stand |
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12.00 – 14.00 |
Faculty Library open to visitors |
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FAMES LIbrary |
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13.30 – 14.20 |
Sample Lecture |
Middle Eastern History Professor Andrew Marsham |
FAMES Room 10 |
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14.00 – 14.50 |
Language Taster |
Korean language Dr Mihye Harker |
FAMES Room 8/9 |
There are digital resources available on our webiste and via CAO (Central Admissions Office).
You can also find further information on www.undergraduate.study.cam.ac.uk/events/cambridge-open-days/programme
We welcome your feedback on the Open Day if you have attended. Please fill in our Feedback/Evaluation Form here.
Further Information and Enquiries
The videos below, featuring teaching staff from across the Faculty of Asian and Middle Eastern Studies, will give you an introduction to a range of topics.
We are engaged in various outreach activities throughout the year. For further information or advice, please contact us.
For general enquires: enquiries@ames.cam.ac.uk
Faculty of Asian and Middle Eastern Studies
University of Cambridge
Sidgwick Avenue
Cambridge
CB3 9DA
Phone: +44 (0) 1223 335106
Twitter: cambridgefames
YouTube: Asian & Middle Eastern Studies
Several of our subject areas have dedicated social media presences
Course structure
Farida el Keiy gives an overview of the Arabic Studies Year Abroad
Prof. Amira Bennison introduces the History component of our Undergraduate programme
Short online lectures
Prof. Hans van de Ven gives a mini lecture on "China's Second World War"
Japanese Studies sample lecture "Mapping Visual Culture" with Dr Joshua Batts
Professor Christine van Ruymbeke briefly introduces the contents of the second-year paper MES.15 - Intermediate Literary Persian
Prof. Roel Sterckx gives a mini-lecture about "Food Culture in China"
Prof. Roel Sterckx addresses the question "Who is Confucius?"
Student perspectives
A student's-eye view of studying Hebrew at Cambridge.
Hebrew with a Modern Language: two students' perspective of our course and Faculty.
Course Introductions
Dr Haijni Elias introduces paper C.15 - The Chinese Tradition
Language Tasters
Hebrew Language Taster by Prof. Geoffrey Khan