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Friday, 2 October 2026

China Centre events - Michaelmas Term 2026
Friday, 2 October 2026 at 11:48
Dickson Poon Building, Oxford China Centre - Kin-ku Cheng Lecture Theatre (lower ground floor), Canterbury Road, Oxford, Oxfordshire OX2 6LU, United KingdomVisual Culture in Modern and Contemporary China
Art History Geography

Saturday, 3 October 2026

Thursday, 8 October 2026

Aphrodite: The Making of a Goddess
Thursday, 8 October 2026 at 10:00
History Art Religion

Monday, 12 October 2026

'The dual role of the financial system in AI risk: part of the problem, part of the solution' with Andrew Sutton
Monday, 12 October 2026 at 17:00
Speaker: Andrew Sutton
Oxford Martin School - Lecture Theatre (and Online), 34 Broad Street, Oxford, Oxfordshire OX1 3BD, United KingdomOxford Martin School
Computing & AI Economics Business

Tuesday, 13 October 2026

The timeless and the temporal nature of painting
Tuesday, 13 October 2026 at 17:00
Speaker: Lucy Stopford, Claire Shepherd
Kellogg College - The Hub, 62 Banbury Road, Oxford, Oxfordshire OX2 6PN, United KingdomKellogg College
Art Philosophy

Wednesday, 14 October 2026

Refugee Governance in the Arab World: The International Refugee Regime and Global Politics – book talk
Wednesday, 14 October 2026 at 17:00
Speaker: Tamirace Fakhoury, Dawn Chatty, Dallal Stevens, Ann Christin Zuntz
Queen Elizabeth House - Seminar Room 1, 4 Mansfield Road, Oxford, Oxfordshire OX1 3TB, United KingdomRefugee Studies Centre Events
Law & Justice Politics Anthropology

Thursday, 15 October 2026

Fantasy as Therapy
Thursday, 15 October 2026 at 13:00
Speaker: Dr Juliana Dresvina
Fitzhugh Lecture Theatre, Cohen Quad, Walton Street, Oxford (Exeter College's annex)Fantasy Literature Seminar Series: The Weird and the Wonderful
Literature Psychology

Saturday, 17 October 2026

Children’s Music-Making in the Institution: Historical Perspectives on Music Education in the Long Nineteenth Century
Saturday, 17 October 2026 at 09:00
Music History Education

Tuesday, 20 October 2026

Understanding Allyship through the history of Civil Liberties Activism in India
Tuesday, 20 October 2026 at 14:00
Speaker: Ankita Pandey
Pavilion Room, St Antony's College, 62 Woodstock Road, Oxford, Oxfordshire OX2 6JF, United KingdomMSAS
Activism History Human Rights

Wednesday, 21 October 2026

Book talk - 'The Wage Standard: What's Wrong in the Labour Market and How to Fix It' with Prof Arin Dube
Wednesday, 21 October 2026 at 17:00
Speaker: Arin Dube
Oxford Martin School - Lecture Theatre (and Online), 34 Broad Street, Oxford, OX1 3BD, United KingdomOxford Martin School
Economics Work & Employment Politics

Thursday, 22 October 2026

Monday, 26 October 2026

The Harrell-Bond Lecture 2026 with Barham Salih, United Nations High Commissioner for Refugees
Monday, 26 October 2026 at 17:00
Speaker: Barham Salih
Grove Auditorium, Magdalen College, High Street, Oxford, Oxfordshire OX1 4AU, United KingdomRefugee Studies Centre Events
Human Rights Politics Law & Justice

Wednesday, 28 October 2026

The Idea of the Good Society
Wednesday, 28 October 2026 at 16:30
Speaker: Matt Beech, Kevin Hickson
Collier Room, Regent's Park College, OxfordAlan Kerry
Philosophy Politics Religion

Monday, 2 November 2026

The People's Emergency Climate Briefing: Community Screening at Rewley House
Free
Monday, 2 November 2026 at 19:00
Speaker: Chris Packham, Jennifer Saunders, Deborah Meaden
Rewley House - Lecture Theatre, 1-7 Wellington Square, Oxford, Oxfordshire OX1 2JA, United Kingdom
Environmental & Climate Activism Media

Wednesday, 4 November 2026

Visa walls but porous borders: Venezuelan displacement, policy-induced irregularity and migrant integration in Peru
Free
Wednesday, 4 November 2026 at 17:00
Speaker: Omar Hammoud-Gallego
Queen Elizabeth House - Seminar Room 1, 4 Mansfield Road, Oxford, Oxfordshire OX1 3TB, United KingdomRefugee Studies Centre Events
Human Rights Politics Economics

Thursday, 5 November 2026

Friday, 6 November 2026

What is violence? How should it be measured? What are the implications for policy to halve violence against women and girls in ten years?
Friday, 6 November 2026 at 17:00
Speaker: Professor Sylvia Walby
St John's College, Garden Quad Auditorium, Oxford, Oxfordshire OX1 3JP, United KingdomProfessor Kenneth Nelson
Human Rights Law & Justice Politics

Tuesday, 10 November 2026

Between epistemology and manuscript studies: the mathematical notes of Thomas Harriot
Free
Tuesday, 10 November 2026 at 17:00
Speaker: Stefano Farinella
Champneys Room, Oriel College, Oxford OX1 4EWProfessor Robert Fox and Mrs Rebecca Bricklebank
History Mathematics Philosophy

Thursday, 12 November 2026

Writing Fantasy vs Writing Historical Fiction
Thursday, 12 November 2026 at 13:00
Speaker: Julia Golding
Fitzhugh Lecture Theatre, Cohen Quad, Walton Street, Oxford (Exeter College's annex)Fantasy Literature Seminar Series: The Weird and the Wonderful
Literature History

Friday, 13 November 2026

Oxford Saïd Entrepreneurship Forum 2026
Friday, 13 November 2026 at 08:15
Saïd Business School
Business Technology

Tuesday, 17 November 2026

Psychedelic Therapy - mechanisms, promises and challenges
Tuesday, 17 November 2026 at 09:30
Speaker: Dr David Erritzoe
Seminar Room, Department of Psychiatry, Headington, Oxford, Oxfordshire OX3 7JX, United KingdomProfessor Andrea Cipriani
Medicine & Health Psychology Science

Thursday, 19 November 2026

From Psychopomp to Pop Cultural Fantasy
Free
Thursday, 19 November 2026 at 13:00
Speaker: Dr Clare Mulley
Fitzhugh Lecture Theatre, Cohen Quad, Walton Street, Oxford (Exeter College's annex)Fantasy Literature Seminar Series: The Weird and the Wonderful
Literature Art

Wednesday, 25 November 2026

Apartheid as a crime against humanity
Free
Wednesday, 25 November 2026 at 17:00
Speaker: Dr. Victor Kattan
Queen Elizabeth House - Seminar Room 1, 4 Mansfield Road, Oxford, Oxfordshire OX1 3TB, United KingdomRefugee Studies Centre Events
Law & Justice Human Rights History

Thursday, 26 November 2026

Dramatising Terry Pratchett
Free
Thursday, 26 November 2026 at 13:00
Speaker: Stephen Briggs
Fitzhugh Lecture Theatre, Cohen Quad, Walton Street, Oxford (Exeter College's annex)Fantasy Literature Seminar Series: The Weird and the Wonderful
Literature Performing Arts

Tuesday, 1 December 2026

Wednesday, 2 December 2026

Thursday, 3 December 2026

Science Fiction and Fantasy Audio Drama
Free
Thursday, 3 December 2026 at 13:00
Speaker: Dr Jen Sugden
Fitzhugh Lecture Theatre, Cohen Quad, Walton Street, Oxford (Exeter College)Fantasy Literature Seminar Series: The Weird and the Wonderful
Literature Film & TV

Monday, 8 March 2027

Social Justice: Quaker and Baptist Perspectives
Free
Monday, 8 March 2027 at 10:00
Speaker: Rhiannon Grant, Elizabeth Allison-Glenny, Richard Weaver, Mark Russ
Regent's Park College, OxfordAlan Kerry
Religion Philosophy Human Rights

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