Chaucer Club 2026

Chaucer Club talks are held on Thursdays at 2:00 PM, unless otherwise stated in the schedule below.

 

Attendance and Venue
In-person attendance is open to visitors and talks take place in the Lecture Theatre at:
MRC Cognition and Brain Sciences Unit, University of Cambridge, 15 Chaucer Road, Cambridge CB2 7EF. 

Please note:

• Seating is allocated on a first-come, first-served basis.

• Due to health and safety regulations, attendance is capped at 90 people—this limit cannot be exceeded. 

 

Accessibility

• Venue Access: The Unit/ Lecture Theatre is fully accessible via a ramp entrance to the right of the main reception entrance, and by elevator to the first floor.

• Live Captioning: Automatic live captioning is provided during seminars and displayed on a screen above the podium.

• Restroom Access: An accessible, single-occupancy, all-gender restroom is located directly below the Lecture Theatre.

• Disabled Parking: If you require a disabled parking space, please contact the Unit in advance.

 

Videos

Any recordings of Chaucer club talks can be found on the official external MRCCBU YouTube channel found here. Recordings are based on consent and copyright, so not all videos are recorded or uploaded. 

 

Travel and Parking
No on-site parking is available for general visitors. Please do not park on the verges, block footpaths, or park illegally on Chaucer Road. Cycle racks are available on-site. For more information on environmentally friendly travel options, please see: Directions to the Unit

Where possible, talks will be recorded and made openly available on the MRC CBU website at the end of term.

For any enquiries please email: Lucy.gray@mrc-cbu.cam.ac.uk

 

Schedule

30 April	Rogier Kievit (Radboud U., Netherlands) Cognitive performance in the wild: Understanding cognitive fluctuations  Hosted by: Rik Henson
07 May	Francesco Poli (CBU)  Curiosity-driven exploration across minds and machines  Hosted by: Duncan Astle
14 May	No talk scheduled
21 May	Konrad Wagstyl (KCL)  Imaging, machine learning and genetics in neurodevelopmental disorders  Hosted by: Kate Baker
28 May	Half Term break– No talk
04 June	Benedikt Zoefel (U. of Toulouse)  The Neural Dynamics of Auditory Attention and Temporal Prediction Hosted by: Matt Davis
11 June	TBC  TBC  Hosted by: TBC
18 June	No talk scheduled
25 June	Marta Garrido (U. of Melbourne)  The insight of blindsight  Hosted by: Camilla Nord
16 July	Craig Stark (UC Irvine, California)  Creating novel, low-burden cognitive and imaging biomarkers for Alzheimer’s Disease  Hosted by: Helena Gellersen and Rik Henson