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| Facing the Peterhouse chapel. The formal hall is on the right. |
I just finished attending a symposium at Cambridge University. I had a great time meeting fellow postgraduates in the history of art, and my paper was well received by Tuesday's audience. Of course, one of the highlights of being in Cambridge is the architectural scenery. The conference organizers put me up in a room in Peterhouse Collge, the university's oldest college.
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| The other side of the courtyard. The underpass in the center is known as "Noah's Ark." |
The event included a formal hall dinner at Peterhouse, a day trip to nearby Ely Cathedral, and a good helping of many aspects of Cambridge life. One of my evenings included drinking sherry in the Pembroke College bar at £7.90 per bottle. It's an easy life here with stunning surroundings. More pictures of Peterhouse are after the jump; click on the link below left to see them. Soon I will be flying back to Singapore for more tropical adventures.
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| Bicycles are ubiquitous in Cambridge. |
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| An inner courtyard at Peterhouse College |
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| Pembroke College across the street from Peterhouse. |
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4 comments:
Awesome pics! Glad your paper went well (heard it was wonderful). Wish I could've been there to hear it and hang out!
Thanks, dear. One day we will all have important jobs at important universities. Then, we will invite one another to spend idyllic weeks at our respective campuses with our bracingly clever graduate students, and we will be all the smarter for it.
or you can just move to nyc. doesn't sound so hard now, does it? ;)
Great photos, Passenger J! It was great to see you and to hear your really, really excellent paper. P.S. I've got a photo of Peterhouse's own port bottle, so I'll have to send it your way soon.
- Ninja in Notts
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