King Henry VI Circle Event 2023

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4 Mar 2023 - 11:00 am

We look forward to welcoming King's Legators (those who have pledged a gift in their Will) to King's College on Saturday, 4 March, for the annual King Henry VI Circle Event.

Legacy giving plays a vital role in the continued success of the College; individual gifts greatly benefit King’s, and they are one of the most powerful and thoughtful ways in which alumni, friends and supporters can be part of the College’s future. King's is incredibly grateful for all Legacy gifts and is so pleased that it can recognise its Legators at this daytime event.

Programme

A little more about the programme

THIS YEAR'S SPEAKERS

Dr Gabriela Montejo-Kovacevich

Gabriela is an evolutionary biologist originally from Spain, with a passion for natural history. She came to the UK to read Biology with Conservation and Biodiversity at The University of Sheffield, where she immersed herself in research. This led to four publications in a range of topics, from testing eco-evolutionary dynamics of stick insects in California to modelling sustainable timber harvesting by collecting butterflies in the Brazilian Amazon, which was the basis for a Master of Research with Professor David Edwards. For her PhD, she joined Professor Chris Jiggins at the Department of Zoology in Cambridge to study adaptation to altitude in tropical butterflies. By combining extensive fieldwork along the Andes, experiments, and whole-genome sequencing of over 600 butterflies, she has shed light into the phenotypes and evolutionary processes that allow organisms to inhabit a wide range of elevations in the tropics.

Gabriela’s current and future work focuses on rapid evolutionary adaptation, through study systems such as invasive Helicoverpa moth pests in Brazil and insect biocontrol releases in the Cook Islands, New Zealand. She believes that understanding how organisms adapt rapidly to the environment will elucidate key conditions for the survival of species in the face of global change.

Dr Sophie Pickford

Dr Pickford is an Art Historian working on Bloomsbury Art and the Ballet. She graduated with Starred First Class Honours in History of Art from King’s College, Cambridge, where she was a Scholar and recipient of the Rylands Prize, and where she is now a Bye Fellow and Tutor. Dr. Pickford was awarded both AHRC funding and a St. John’s College Benefactors’ Scholarship for her PhD research into Renaissance French Château Interiors, supervised by Professor Jean Michel Massing. Following this, Dr. Pickford became a Junior Research Fellow at St. Edmund’s College, Cambridge, and was a Research Associate for an AHRC-funded project led by Professor Deborah Howard. She then moved into law, working as a lawyer for several years before returning to Academia. Dr. Pickford now lives and works in Cambridge, teaching and lecturing in the History of Art Department at the University of Cambridge, as well as working on the pedagogy of research supervision.

Professor Michael Proctor

Provost of King’s College since 2013, after 39 years as a Fellow of Trinity College, where he was successively Tutor, Dean and Vice-Master. After two years on the faculty of MIT in the mid-seventies, he returned to Cambridge in 1977 as a university lecturer. Until his retirement in 2017, he was the Professor of Astrophysical Fluid Dynamics in the Department of Applied Mathematics and Theoretical Physics. He has been a Fellow of the Royal Society since 2006.  His research is concerned with the generation and dynamics of magnetic fields in the sun and other astrophysical bodies.

THE EXHIBITION

Women at King's

Women have been a part of King's right from the start. For hundreds of years we had laundresses, and (especially during and after the World Wars) bedder and catering posts were open to women. This exhibition will draw on the College Archives to document our long history of engagement with female staff, students and colleagues, including the remarkable changes that took place in the 100 years between the founding of Girton and Newnham, through women becoming members of the University, and the 1972 admission of female undergraduates at King's as one of the three all-male Colleges who were the first to admit women.

If you can’t make it on the day, many of the documents can be seen on the Archives webpage - but there will be so much more at the ‘live’ exhibition.

Registration

Registration has now closed but if you would like to visit King's at another time during the course of the year, we would be delighted to see you. Please call us if this is the case: +44 (0)1223 331481 (Tuesday - Friday 7:30 until 2pm)

Logistics

The logistical information below is also available to view and print in PDF.

Arrival to King’s

Entrance to the College will be possible through the front gate on King’s Parade and back gate on Queen’s Road. 

On 4 March, there will be Visitor Guides on the gates between 9am and c4.30pm. Their task is to reduce unnecessary disturbance, maintain a secure and safe environment and manage and control the flow of tourists to the College and Chapel. When asked, please let them know that you are a guest attending the King Henry VI Circle Event.

You are welcome to arrive a little early to stroll the College grounds and catch up with Cambridge. From 11.30am, registration and drinks will be served in the Chetwynd Room. Please ask a Porter if you require further directions or assistance.

Parking

A limited amount of parking is available in the Garden Hostel car park and the field next to it. If you requested parking, your permit will have been sent to you at the time your place at the King Henry VI Circle Event was confirmed. A map is available should you be unclear about the location of the car park. Please print your permit and display it on your dashboard.

The Porters will have a full list of all those given permission to park. If the gate isn’t already open when you arrive, please ring the intercom and give your name – the gate will then be opened for you. If the Garden Hostel car park is full, please try the field to the left of the entrance to Garden Hostel (see map). After parking your car, please walk down West Road to King's College. The Fellows' Garden is gated at the Queen's Road side and not passable, so please ensure you walk around and not through the Garden. 

All parking in College is offered subject to availability on the day and is never a certainty. In the event that you are unable to park in College, there a number of car parks in and around Cambridge, including the Grand Arcade car park on Corn Exchange Street and Park Street car park. More information about parking in Cambridge can be found online at www.cambridge.gov.uk/parking.

If you would like to request a parking permit and have not already done so, please contact events@kings.cam.ac.uk

Cloakroom

There will be coat rails inside of the Chetwynd Room from 11.30am. For the duration of the lunch the coat rails will be securely locked away. If you would like to access your coat during this time, please contact a member of either the Development Office or Catering staff. The coat rails will be available until 5.00pm. Please ensure you collect your coat by this time. Guests are advised to keep any valuables with them at all times.

Dress code

The King Henry VI Circle Event is an informal event. Smart casual is appropriate.

Registration and light refreshments

Tea and coffee will be held in the Chetwynd Room on your arrival. There are a few steps up to the Chetwynd Room from the Front Court but a small lift is available. Should you need to use it, please use the call point situated to the right of the lift and a Porter will come to help. Level-access WC facilities are available in the corridor outside the Chetwynd Room.

Wi-Fi access

Guests are welcome to use the College Wi-Fi. Details for signing to the King’s network will be available at the registration desk.

Evensong

If you have conveyed an intent to attend Evensong, seating has been reserved for you with the King Henry VI Circle Event group. Please join the College queue in front of the Gibbs Building for priority access through the south door at approximately 5.15pm.

Photographs

As at all King's events, we sometimes choose to take photographs of the event and of the guests at it. King's may decide to reproduce the photographs following the event for inclusion on the website or on Facebook. The College may also include images in the King's Parade magazine or e-news. Please let us know in advance of the event if you (or your guest) would prefer not to be photographed.

Departing College

The back gate is locked as standard, although there will be a Visitor Guide there until c4.30pm on the 4 March. Guests wishing to exit King’s College via the back gate should press the button found to the left of the right-hand pedestrian gate. When the button’s red light turns green, the gate will unlock ready for you to open and pass through. It is quite heavy so please take care. For security reasons, please do not let anyone in through the gate as you are going out.

Cancellations

If your plans change and you can no longer attend, please do let us know so that we may adjust the seating plan and prevent on catering wastage.

Cambridge Half Marathon

Sunday 5th March is the date of the next Cambridge half marathon and, as every year, King’s is part of the route. Please be aware that the organisers will be setting up on the 4th March. However, this should not impede your movement in and around college while you are at the King Henry VI Circle event.

Contact Details

If you need to contact the College in advance of or on the day of the event, please email, call or leave a message. Voicemails will be checked on the day.

Tel: 01223 331481 or 01223331443                           Email: events@kings.cam.ac.uk

Accommodation

A limited number of College guestrooms are available to Members who wish to stay in College overnight. For availability and prices please contact the Porters’ Lodge directly by emailing guestrooms@kings.cam.ac.uk 

Guestrooms can also be booked at other colleges via the University Rooms website. If you wish to stay overnight in Cambridge but would like a few creature comforts (a television, room service etc), a number of city centre hotels offer a University Members’ rate. Please visit: www.alumni.cam.ac.uk/benefits/camcard for further details.

Legacy Giving

Whether you are an existing College Legator or someone who is thinking about leaving a gift in their Will to King's College Cambridge, we would be delighted to hear from you. Your intentions matter and we encourage you to talk to us about them. By confirming your plans, it lets the College know what's important to you and where you would like your gift allocated when the time (eventually) comes.

Tel: +44 (0)1223 331481
Email: legacies@kings.cam.ac.uk

Of course, King's would like to recognise you appropriately for your most meaningful gift. However, this is your choice and if you prefer to stay anonymous, we respect that.

King's College Cambridge recommends that all individuals seek independent, qualified advice before making a charitable bequest.

See also

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Legacy giving represents an easy and tax-efficient means of making a future gift to King’s - find out more here.
We are honoured to recognise all gifts to the College and would be pleased to accept you into one of our donor circles.