Sign up for an online panel discussion around the themes explored in the exhibition Earth, a Cosmic Spectacle. Louise, Miranda Lowe CBE and Dr Anik Holder will support you to reflect on and learn more about astronomy, your place in the universe, and how we interact with the world around us.
This event is part of the Earth, a Cosmic Spectacle exhibition at Everybody Arts (6 December 2025-7 March 2026).
Miranda Lowe CBE is a principal curator, natural historian and marine invertebrate specialist at the Natural History Museum, London. She has a deep interest in the politics of natural history display of both fauna and flora, the role that art, science and museums play in our understanding of the natural world. Miranda was awarded a place on Radio Four BBC Women’s Hour Power List 2020: Our Planet as a woman whose work is making a significant positive contribution to the environment and the sustainability of our planet and also received the Society for the History of Natural History President’s Award 2021. She is the chair of the arts organisation called Culture& and co-founder of Museum Detox, a network for people of colour who work in museums, galleries, libraries, archives and the heritage sector.
For more information about Miranda and her work, visit www.nhm.ac.uk/our-science/people/miranda-lowe.html
Dr Anik Halder was born and raised in Durgapur (West Bengal), India. After graduating from high school, he moved to Germany to study Physics in Bremen, and later completed his MSc and PhD in Astrophysics in Munich. At various stages of his studies, Anik worked as a tutor, research assistant, and software developer. After receiving his PhD, he joined the Institute of Astronomy and Jesus College in Cambridge as a postdoctoral research associate in 2024.
Anik’s research focuses on understanding the large-scale structure of the cosmos using surveys that map the distribution of millions of galaxies. He works at the interface of theory and observation and his research spans galaxy formation and evolution, gravitational lensing cosmology, and the inference of physical properties of galaxies from large imaging datasets.
For more information about Anik and his work, visit ww.jesus.cam.ac.uk/people/anik-halder