This event also includes a screening of the new PBS documentary, ‘JFK’.

Godfrey Hodgson is a Distinguished Fellow of the RAI and former Washington correspondent of The Sunday Times and The Observer.

Randall Woods is the John G. Winant Visiting Professor of American Government, 2013-14.

Ashmolean Exhibition Event

In Conversation
With Richard Calvocoressi, exhibition curator
Dr Francis Warner, Emeritus Professor, St Peter’s College
Mary Moore, daughter of Henry Moore

Saturday 23 November, 11am–12pm, Headley Lecture Theatre

Exhibition curator, Richard Calvocoressi, will discuss the relationship between Bacon and Moore with Mary Moore, Henry Moore’s daughter, and Dr Francis Warner who knew both artists.

Booking essential – £8/£6

Call:
01865 305 305
Or book online:
http://www.oxfordplayhouse.com/ticketsoxford/#search=Calvocoressi

Why Art Matters Talk Series
with Richard Deacon, and an introduced by Matthew Moser-Clark

Saturday 23 November, 2–3pm, Headley Lecture Theatre

In this special event, Richard Deacon will be introduced by Matthew Moser-Clark, sculptor and recent graduate from the Royal College of Art, and co-founder of artisjustaword. Deacon has been a leading figure in British sculpture since the 1980s when he attended St Martins School of Art, the Royal College of Art and Chelsea School of Art. He won the Turner Prize in 1987 and represented Wales at the Venice Biennale in 2007. Deacon has consistently described himself as a ‘fabricator’ rather than a sculptor, a maker of things who places emphasis on the construction and manipulation of materials. In 2014 he will have a major retrospective exhibition at Tate Britain.

Booking essential – £4/£3

Call:
01865 305 305
Or book online:
http://www.oxfordplayhouse.com/ticketsoxford/#search=deacon

SEESOX/COMPAS Workshop
Convenors: Aysem Biriz Karacay (COMPAS-MiReKoc) and Franck Duvell (COMPAS-TurkMiS)

PEFM Seminar

Kevin O’Rourke (All Souls College, Oxford)
Discussant: Othon Anastasakis (St. Antony’s College, Oxford)
Chair: Paul Betts (St. Antony’s College, Oxford)

Two members of the core team, Rasmus Heltberg and Kyla Wethli, responsible for the World Banks’ World Development Report 2014 will talk about the findings in the report.

Summary: The world has suffered a multitude of crises in recent years. Financial and economic turmoil have disrupted the world economy through loss of income, jobs, and social stability. Intense natural disasters have devastated communities from Haiti to Japan. Concerns about global warming have grown, as have fears about the spread of deadly contagious diseases. How can people, communities, and countries become more resilient to such risks?

No less important are the missed development opportunities that arise when necessary risks are not taken. Many people, and especially the poor, are often reluctant to take the risks necessary to pursue opportunity because they fear the negative consequences. Failure to act can trap people in poverty, leaving them vulnerable to negative shocks and even less able to pursue opportunities that could improve their well-being.

The WDR 2014 argues that the inability to manage risk properly poses significant obstacles to ending poverty and boosting shared prosperity. It shows that effective risk management can be a powerful instrument for development by saving lives, averting economic losses, unleashing opportunities, and helping people build better, more secure futures.

The WDR 2014 calls for individuals and institutions to move from being “crisis fighters” to becoming “proactive and systematic risk managers.” It provides abundant evidence that recognising and preparing for risk pays off. Recognising that people face obstacles in managing risk, however, it argues that risk management requires shared action and responsibility at di?erent levels of society, from the household to the international community.

Chair: Professor Ian Goldin, Director, Oxford Martin School and Professor of Globalisation and Development, University of Oxford

For more information and to download the Report, please visit: http://www.worldbank.org/wdr2014

Turner and the Sea
With Christine Riding, Senior Curator of Paintings, National Maritime Museum

Tuesday 26 November, 2–3pm, Headley Lecture Theatre

Christine Riding talks about William Turner’s lifelong fascination with the sea and discusses his work in the context of 19th-century maritime painting.

Tickets £4/£3
Tickets may be available on the door, but can be booked in advance.

Call:
01865 305 305
Or book online:
http://www.oxfordplayhouse.com/ticketsoxford/#search=riding

Seeing the Human Heart
A free Public Seminar
Tuesday 26 November 2013, 5–7.45pm
Ashmolean Museum Headley Lecture Theatre

Full PDF programme:
http://www.ashmolean.org/assets/docs/AshmoleanUEPHeartInArtProgramme.pdf

Organised by Professor Robin Choudhury and Dr Jim Harris

Professor Robin Choudhury is a Wellcome Trust Senior Fellow, Professor of Cardiovascular Medicine, Fellow in Biomedical Sciences at Balliol and Director of the Acute Vascular Imaging Centre. Dr Jim Harris is an Andrew W Mellon Foundation Teaching Curator within the Ashmolean Museum’s University Engagement Programme.

Also speaking at this event are: Jack Hartnell (Visiting Lecturer, Courtauld Institute of Art); Joshua Horden (Lecturer in Christian Ethics, Oxford University); Paul Riley (Professor of Regenerative Medicine, British Heart Foundation); Jevon Thistlewood (Conservator at the Ashmolean Museum); Heather Webb (Lecturer in Medieval Literature, Cambridge University); Francis C Wells (Consultant Cardiothoracic Surgeon, Papworth Hospital)

Open to all and free of charge.
Please register by sending an e-mail to: eunice.berry@cardiov.ox.ac.uk

Ancient Greek Theatre and Modern Reconstruction
With Russell Shone, Chloe Productions

Wednesday 27 November 27 Nov, 2–3.30pm, Headley Lecture Theatre

Examine the elements of ancient Greek theatre – from the plans of the buildings and stage machinery, to the chorus, actors and costumes. Look at how artefacts and iconography have been used to make modern reconstructions and learn about the different genres of Greek drama.

Tickets £4/£3
Tickets may be available on the door, but can be booked in advance.

Call:
01865 305 305
Or book online:
http://www.oxfordplayhouse.com/ticketsoxford/#search=shone

Asta Skaisgiryte-Liauskiene (Ambassador of Lithuania)
Chair: Ainius Lasas (St. Antony’s College, Oxford)

OUUNA is pleased to host Ahmed Safar at our third and last speaker event this Michaelmas.

Mr Safar was Deputy Minister for Labour and Capacity Building in the first post-Arab Spring interim government in Libya. His responsibilities covered policy and strategy development and implementation. Before he was part of the Libyan cabinet, he was the British Embassy’s Projects Officer in Tripoli and managed a bilateral reform project aimed at introducing a human rights approach to prison management in Libya. His experiences place him in a unique position to reflect on Post-Arab Spring Libya and the Role of the United Nations.

Mr Safar will speak on Thursday, 28 November (Week 7) at 8PM. This will be followed by an informal Q&A session. Non-members are welcome.

OUUNA members interested in attending formal hall with Mr Safar at Keble College prior to the talk are requested to email president@ouuna.co.uk. Dinner is sponsored by the society.

Professor Byron Shafer is a Distinguished Fellow of the RAI and Hawkins Chair of Political Science at the University of Wisconsin-Madison.

The regulation of international migration and migrant rights are among the most contested public policy issues around the world. In 2013-14 a series of high-level policy meetings (including the High-Level Dialogue on Migration and Development in New York, and the Global Forum on Migration and Development in Stockholm) will debate the global governance of migration, migrant rights and development.

Do we need more global governance of international migration? If so, why and what should it aim to achieve? How, if at all, should international migration be integrated in the post-2015 development agenda?

Join us for a panel discussion on Friday 29th November at the Oxford University Museum of Natural History, and take part in the debate.

Chair: Robin Cohen (Kellogg College and International Migration Institute, Oxford)

Panellists:

Paul Collier (Blavatnik School of Government, Oxford), author ofExodus: How Migration is Changing the World, Oxford University Press 2013
Ian Goldin (Oxford Martin School), author of Exceptional People: How Migration Shaped Our World and Will Define Our Future, Princeton University Press 2012
Cathryn Costello (Refugee Studies Centre, Oxford), author of The Human Rights of Migrants in European Law, Oxford University Press 2014
Martin Ruhs (Kellogg College, OUDCE and COMPAS, Oxford), author of The Price of Rights: Regulating International Labor Migration,Princeton University Press 2013

Timetable:
17.00-18.30 Panel Discussion in the lecture hall at the University of Oxford Museum of Natural History
18.30-19.30 Drinks Reception at Kellogg College
19.30-21.30 Dinner at Kellogg College

Both the panel discussion and drinks reception are FREE of charge. The dinner at Kellogg College is £15.00 per person.

To book please email: bookings@kellogg.ox.ac.uk
Please specify whether your booking pertains to the discussion, drinks and/or dinner. Include names of all guests and any dietary requirements.

As Artist in Residence, choreographer Rosie Kay has been mining the Pitt Rivers for inspiration for several professional works and in April choreographed the first dance work ever performed at the Pitt Rivers Museum as part of the Twilight Takeover. Rosie will discuss her various approaches to working with the museum objects, and how she translates objects or spaces into dance works.

Renowned for her in-depth research processes, including an embedment with the British Military, Kay will discuss the importance of understanding your inspiration, as well allowing the reverse to occur. In not knowing the full history of an object, an intuitive conversation can occur. Focusing on ideas of transformation, Kay asks how the inanimate can be animated, and if performance in unusual spaces transforms the space, the performer, or the audience.

FREE, no pre-booking required. All welcome

Francis Bacon / Henry Moore
With Colin Harrison, Senior Curator of European Art, Ashmolean Museum
An Exhibition Talk

Thursday 5 December, 2–3pm, Headley Lecture Theatre

Booking essential – £4/£3

Call:
01865 305 305
Or book online:
http://bit.ly/19tzVhX

Led by Susan Moore Johnson, Jerome T. Murphy Professor of Education, Harvard Graduate School of Education

Princeton University Press Europe requests the pleasure of your company at the first Princeton in Europe Christmas Lecture.

Princeton author and BBC producer David Edmonds will be discussing the ideas within his new book “Would you Kill the Fat Man? The Trolley Problem and What Your Answer Tells Us about Right and Wrong” with Nigel Warburton, followed by a reception of drinks and canapés.

This is a great opportunity to attend a festive book talk held in the grandest of venues!

http://press.princeton.edu/titles/10074.html

FREE EVENT
Thursday 12th December, 6.15pm for a 6.30pm start
The Randolph Sculpture Gallery
The Ashmolean Museum
Beaumont Street
Oxford, OX1 2NP

Please RSVP to Katie Lewis on 01993 814 506 or princeton_publicity@pupress.co.uk

Medieval Christmas Happenings
With lecturer Tim Porter

Tuesday 17 December, 2–4pm, Headley Lecture Theatre

Afternoon Tea Lecture

This seasonal lecture will give you an insight into the events of medieval Christmasses – from murders to coronations, and the ultimate festive celebrations.

Tickets £8/£7 (includes tea & cake)
Tickets may be available on the door, but can be booked in advance.

Call:
01865 305 305
Or book online:
http://bit.ly/GAP7zK

The Gardens of Mary
With Anna Steven, gallery lecturer

Wednesday 18 December, 2–4pm, Headley Lecture Theatre

Afternoon Tea Lecture

Anna Steven talks about representations of the Virgin Mary and the symbolism of the gardens and flowers associated with her.

Tickets £8/£7 (includes tea & cake)
Tickets may be available on the door, but can be booked in advance.

Call:
01865 305 305
Or book online:
http://bit.ly/1aO8xKB

http://www.facebook.com/events/178365432357400/

Sir David Piper Lecture 2014:
Lawrence of Arabia at the Ashmolean
Presented by Jon Whiteley, Ashmolean Museum
Saturday 11 January 2014, 11am – 12pm

Free, no need to book, but numbers are limited. Please arrive early to secure a seat.

This lecture will set out T. E. Lawrence’s contribution to the Ashmolean which began when he was a schoolboy and continued through his student days. He was at first interested in medieval pots from local sites but was encouraged by his Oxford colleagues to turn his attention to Near-Eastern archaeology and then, on account of his knowledge of the Near East, to become involved in the Arab Revolt. In many ways, it was the Ashmolean that transformed this promising academic into the glamorous figure universally known as Lawrence of Arabia.

This lecture will be given in the main hall of the Taylorian Institution, next door to the Ashmolean and accessible from the Museum’s forecourt.

Ashmolean Lunchtime Gallery Talk: Tools from the past

1.15–2pm every open weekday, Tuesday – Friday, Gallery 21
Places (maximum 15) allocated by tokens from the Information Desk 15 mins before the talk

January
Thu 16 Tools from the past
Fri 17 Mesopotamia: the cradle of civilisation
Tue 21 Japanese arts and crafts
Wed 22 Landscape paintings
Thu 23 The Textile Gallery
Fri 24 Venetian paintings
Tue 28 Turner and Leighton
Wed 29 Early Italian art
Thu 30 The Acanthus – a floral delight
Fri 31 Victorian painting and sculpture

http://www.ashmolean.org/events/Talks/?id=105

For January we are back to our usual third Thursday date and we are inviting you to bring along your portfolio or a piece of recent work that you are proud of and would like to show the group. This can be a website you have built or been a part of building, a video you have made or contributed to. Print designers bring along your latest document or other product. Photographers bring a set of prints or show us your website. We are happy if you want to show any commercial work like corporate videos or some work that is artistic and non-commercial. We are looking to give 5-10 minute slots for creatives to show their portfolios. This is not a night of critique it is a night to celebrate your creativity and start the new year on a high! If youy’d like to show some work please email Richard at office@filmoxford.org – 7.30pm – FREE

Details www.filmoxford.org/adobeusergroups/

https://www.facebook.com/groups/premiereandpostoxford/ and Twitter @FILMOXFORD

Film Oxford, 54 Catherine Street, Oxford, OX4 3A

Ashmolean Lunchtime Gallery Talk: Mesopotamia: the cradle of civilisation

1.15–2pm every open weekday, Tuesday – Friday, Gallery 21
Places (maximum 15) allocated by tokens from the Information Desk 15 mins before the talk

January
Thu 16 Tools from the past
Fri 17 Mesopotamia: the cradle of civilisation
Tue 21 Japanese arts and crafts
Wed 22 Landscape paintings
Thu 23 The Textile Gallery
Fri 24 Venetian paintings
Tue 28 Turner and Leighton
Wed 29 Early Italian art
Thu 30 The Acanthus – a floral delight
Fri 31 Victorian painting and sculpture

http://www.ashmolean.org/events/Talks/?id=105

Ashmolean Director’s Guest Lecture Series

Late Raphael
With Professor Paul Joannides

Saturday 18 January 2014
11am–12pm
Headley Lecture Theatre

Emeritus Professor of Art History at Cambridge University, Professor Paul Joannides speaks on the crucial but hitherto neglected part of Raphael’s oeuvre: the work he and his pupils executed in Rome during the seven years from 1513 to the artist’s death in 1520. Works such as Saint Cecile and Portrait of Baldassere Castiglione, as well as many significant drawings illustrate the ways in which Raphael employed an astonishing range of technical devices, many of which were highly novel and enjoyed considerable subsequent influence: Raphael’s workshop methods eventually became a model for the great artistic enterprises of the seventeenth century.

The Ashmolean Director’s Lectures brings you a line-up of speakers who are leading experts in art, history and cultural studies.

Booking essential – £8/£7 – Click here to book online now

Dr Clare Harris, Curator for Asian Collections at the Pitt Rivers Museum and an internationally recognised expert on art and material culture from Tibet and the Himalayas, will speak about her new book ‘The Museum on the Roof of the World: Art, Politics and the Representation of Tibet’ (University of Chicago Press). This will be an illustrated talk and Clare will link her discussion with objects currently on display in the Pitt Rivers Museum.

Ashmolean Exhibition Event:

Bacon and Moore: Themes and Trajectories
With Rina Arya, Reader at University of Wolverhampton

Sunday 19 January
2-3pm
Headley Lecture Theatre

An examination of the historical and thematic parallels between Bacon and Moore, including their shared influences, themes, approaches toward figuration and sculptural forms. In spite of being contemporaries relatively little has been written about their shared concerns.

Booking essential – £4/£3
http://www.oxfordplayhouse.com/ticketsoxford/#search=Trajectories

Will the opening of the EU accession talks be a game changer in Serbian politics and what should we expect next?
Milica Delevic (EBRD), Peter Sanfey (EBRD)
Chair: Othon Anastasakis (St Antony’s College, Oxford)

Ashmolean Lunchtime Gallery Talk: Japanese arts and crafts

1.15–2pm every open weekday, Tuesday – Friday, Gallery 21
Places (maximum 15) allocated by tokens from the Information Desk 15 mins before the talk

January
Thu 16 Tools from the past
Fri 17 Mesopotamia: the cradle of civilisation
Tue 21 Japanese arts and crafts
Wed 22 Landscape paintings
Thu 23 The Textile Gallery
Fri 24 Venetian paintings
Tue 28 Turner and Leighton
Wed 29 Early Italian art
Thu 30 The Acanthus – a floral delight
Fri 31 Victorian painting and sculpture

http://www.ashmolean.org/events/Talks/?id=105

Visiting Fellows Lunchtime Seminar Series:
Opposing Europe inside the European Parliament: Which strategies for Eurosceptic MEPs?

Nathalie Brack (Department of International Politics, Oxford)
Chair: Othon Anastasakis (St Antony’s College, Oxford)

Ashmolean Lunchtime Gallery Talk: Landscape paintings

1.15–2pm every open weekday, Tuesday – Friday, Gallery 21
Places (maximum 15) allocated by tokens from the Information Desk 15 mins before the talk

January
Thu 16 Tools from the past
Fri 17 Mesopotamia: the cradle of civilisation
Tue 21 Japanese arts and crafts
Wed 22 Landscape paintings
Thu 23 The Textile Gallery
Fri 24 Venetian paintings
Tue 28 Turner and Leighton
Wed 29 Early Italian art
Thu 30 The Acanthus – a floral delight
Fri 31 Victorian painting and sculpture

http://www.ashmolean.org/events/Talks/?id=105