Some face-to-face events are returning. Check carefully for any requirements.
Reuters Institute / Nuffield College Media & Politics seminars
The following seminars will be given at 5pm on Fridays, normally in the Butler Room, Nuffield College.
Convenors: Neil Fowler, James Painter, David Levy
Speaker: Sir Nicholas Macpherson, permanent secretary to the Treasury
Reuters Institute seminars “The business and practice of journalism”
The following seminars will be given at 2pm on Wednesdays, normally in the Barclay Room, Green Templeton College.
Convenors: James Painter, David Levy
Speaker: Bronwen Maddox, editor, Prospect magazine
Reuters Institute / Nuffield College Media & Politics seminars
The following seminars will be given at 5pm on Fridays, normally in the Butler Room, Nuffield College.
Convenors: Neil Fowler, James Painter, David Levy
Speaker: Michael Crick, political editor, Channel 4 News
In autumn last year Balliol College was pleased to acquire for its research collection the books and papers of a remarkable woman called Josephine Reid, relating to her employer, the writer Graham Greene (Balliol 1922). Josephine Reid was Greene’s secretary and literary typist from 1958 to 1992. Nicholas Dennys, bookseller and nephew of Graham Greene, will be in conversation with Naomi Tiley, Balliol’s Librarian, giving a personal insight into Graham Greene’s writing and Josephine Reid’s collection.
Reuters Institute seminars “The business and practice of journalism”
The following seminars will be given at 2pm on Wednesdays, normally in the Barclay Room, Green Templeton College.
Convenors: James Painter, David Levy
Speaker: Brigitte Alfter, journalist, lecturer and author of handbook on cross-border journalism
Reuters Institute seminars “The business and practice of journalism”
The following seminars will be given at 2pm on Wednesdays, normally in the Barclay Room, Green Templeton College.
Convenors: James Painter, David Levy
Speaker: Dr Halla Diyab, writer and director of Liberty Media Productions
Six members of the National Union of Journalists (NUJ), including comedian and journalist Mark Thomas are taking legal action against the Metropolitan Police’s monitoring and keeping of their information on a database that deals with extremists. An illustrated talk by four of those in the case discuss how journalists documenting protest are coming under surveillance. The panel includes photojournalist and campaign photographer Jess Hurd, Video Journalist Jason N Parkinson and Photographer David Hoffman, chaired by curator of OVADA’s current Resistance is Fertile exhibition, Adrian Arbib.
What the World is Losing, a talk with Dr Paul Collins, Dr Robert Bewley & Dr Emma Cunliffe
A special talk with Dr Paul Collins, Curator of the Ancient Near East Collections at the Ashmolean Museum, as well as Dr Robert Bewley and Dr Emma Cunliffe from the University of Oxford School of Archaeology
Saturday 25 July, 10.30am‒12pm
Ashmolean Museum Lecture Theatre
FREE entry. No booking required.
*** Spaces limited. Please arrive early to secure your seat. ***
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Middle Eastern cultural heritage is under threat as never before. These talks highlight what the world is losing in Iraq and Syria, as well as talking about Oxford University’s ‘Endangered Archaeology of the Middle East and North Africa’ project.
Dr Paul Collins spoke in April this year about the recent destruction of museums, libraries, archaeological sites, mosques, churches and shrines across northern Iraq to highlight the unique heritage that is being lost.
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This is a free Festival of Archaeology Talk. See the full programme of events at: http://www.ashmolean.org/events/Festival/
A lecture in aid of the British red Cross services in Oxfordshire and beyond kindly given by award winning journalist Peter Taylor and entitled ‘Terrorism from IRA to Al Quaeda and ISIL.’ In his lecture Peter will describe his 40 year journey from reporting the IRA to investigating Al Qaeda and, latterly, assessing the Islamic State. He will discuss how successful – or otherwise – governments and states have been in countering the threats and addressing their root causes.
Reuters Institute seminars “The business and practice of journalism”
The following seminars will be given at 2 pm on Wednesdays, normally in the Barclay Room, Green Templeton College.
Convenors: James Painter, David Levy
Nic Newman, digital media strategist and research associate, Reuters Institute for the Study of Journalism
14 October: ‘How journalism faces a second wave of disruption from technology and changing audience behaviour’
Robert Colls take us on a journey through the twists and turns of Orwell’s life and thought.
Reuters Institute / Nuffield College Media & Politics seminars
The following seminars will be given at 5 pm on Fridays, normally in the Butler Room, Nuffield College.
Convenors: Neil Fowler, David Levy, James Painter
Colin Byrne, CEO of Weber Shandwick, former Head of Press at the Labour Party
16 October: ‘Social media and the UK 2015 election’
Reuters Institute seminars “The business and practice of journalism”
The following seminars will be given at 2 pm on Wednesdays, normally in the Barclay Room, Green Templeton College.
Convenors: James Painter, David Levy
Jacqui Maher, interactive journalist, BBC News Labs
21 October: ‘How data can help journalists to do better storytelling and reporting’
Reuters Institute / Nuffield College Media & Politics seminars
The following seminars will be given at 5 pm on Fridays, normally in the Butler Room, Nuffield College.
Convenors: Neil Fowler, David Levy, James Painter
Charles Lewis, professor of communication, American University, Washington
23 October: ‘Investigative journalism and US politics’
Reuters Institute seminars “The business and practice of journalism”
The following seminars will be given at 2 pm on Wednesdays, normally in the Barclay Room, Green Templeton College.
Convenors: James Painter, David Levy
Klaus Miller, junior professor of quantitative marketing, Goethe University, Frankfurt
28 October: ‘Can data save journalism? How analytics change the newsroom and beyond’
Reuters Institute / Nuffield College Media & Politics seminars
The following seminars will be given at 5 pm on Fridays, normally in the Butler Room, Nuffield College.
Convenors: Neil Fowler, David Levy, James Painter
Ric Bailey, deputy director, BBC Editorial Policy
30 October: ‘The challenge of impartiality for the BBC during referendums’
Reuters Institute seminars “The business and practice of journalism”
The following seminars will be given at 2 pm on Wednesdays, normally in the Barclay Room, Green Templeton College.
Convenors: James Painter, David Levy
Daya Thussu, professor of international communication, and co-editor of Mapping BRICS Media, University of Westminster
4 November: ‘Are the BRICS building a New World Media Order?’
Reuters Institute / Nuffield College Media & Politics seminars
The following seminars will be given at 5 pm on Fridays, normally in the Butler Room, Nuffield College.
Convenors: Neil Fowler, David Levy, James Painter
Nicola Blackwood, MP for Oxford West and Abingdon
6 November: tbc
Reuters Institute seminars “The business and practice of journalism”
The following seminars will be given at 2 pm on Wednesdays, normally in the Barclay Room, Green Templeton College.
Convenors: James Painter, David Levy
Richard Tait, professor of journalism and former BBC governor, Cardiff University
11 November: ‘BBC Journalism: Future Uncertain?’
Reuters Institute / Nuffield College Media & Politics seminars
The following seminars will be given at 5 pm on Fridays, normally in the Butler Room, Nuffield College.
Convenors: Neil Fowler, David Levy, James Painter
Natalie Nougayrede, columnist, The Guardian and ex editor Le Monde
13 November: ‘The UK debate on the EU – a view from Europe’
Reuters Institute seminars “The business and practice of journalism”
The following seminars will be given at 2 pm on Wednesdays, normally in the Barclay Room, Green Templeton College.
Convenors: James Painter, David Levy
Bruno Patino, director of the Journalism School, Sciences Po, Paris, ex-director of digital, strategy and TV channels at France Télévisions
18 November: ‘The future of television news’
Mass Circulation: Writing about Art in a Daily Newspaper
With Richard Dorment, art critic, and Dr Alexander Sturgis, Director, Ashmolean Museum
A special Ashmolean evening In Conversation event
Wednesday 18 November
6‒7pm
Lecture Theatre
As The Daily Telegraph’s chief art critic from 1986‒2015, Richard Dorment CBE covered exhibition subjects ranging from the Ice Age to the Turner Prize. He talks to Ashmolean Director, Dr Alexander Sturgis, about art history, art criticism, and the popular press.
Tickets £12/£10 concessions. Booking is essential.
https://www.oxfordplayhouse.com/ticketsoxford/#event=20239
Reuters Institute / Nuffield College Media & Politics seminars
The following seminars will be given at 5 pm on Fridays, normally in the Butler Room, Nuffield College.
Convenors: Neil Fowler, David Levy, James Painter
Jodie Ginsberg, editor in chief, Index on Censorship
20 November: ‘Widening notions of offence and the impact on a free media’
Reuters Institute seminars “The business and practice of journalism”
The following seminars will be given at 2 pm on Wednesdays, normally in the Barclay Room, Green Templeton College.
Convenors: James Painter, David Levy
Bill Emmott, ex-editor of the Economist and international newspaper columnist
25 November: ‘The challenges of reporting Europe’
Reuters Institute seminars “The business and practice of journalism”
The following seminars will be given at 2 pm on Wednesdays, normally in the Barclay Room, Green Templeton College.
Convenors: James Painter, David Levy
Nazanine Moshiri, roving correspondent, Al Jazeera English
2 December: ‘The changing nature of reporting from a war zone’
Reuters Institute seminars “The business and practice of journalism”
The following seminars will be given at 2pm on Wednesdays, normally in the Barclay Room, Green Templeton College.
Convenors: James Painter, Richard Sambrook, David Levy
Esra Dogramaci, digital consultant, BBC World Service Digital and Technology group
20 January: ‘Social media and protests in Turkey’
Reuters Institute seminars “The business and practice of journalism”
The following seminars will be given at 2pm on Wednesdays, normally in the Barclay Room, Green Templeton College.
Convenors: James Painter, Richard Sambrook, David Levy
Lindsey Hilsum, international editor, Channel 4 News
27 January: ‘Covering Syria and the refugee crisis’
Reuters Institute seminars “The business and practice of journalism”
The following seminars will be given at 2pm on Wednesdays, normally in the Barclay Room, Green Templeton College.
Convenors: James Painter, Richard Sambrook, David Levy
Ismail Einashe, London-based freelance journalist covering Africa
3 February: ‘How new media are changing African journalism’
Reuters Institute seminars “The business and practice of journalism”
The following seminars will be given at 2pm on Wednesdays, normally in the Barclay Room, Green Templeton College.
Convenors: James Painter, Richard Sambrook, David Levy
Glenda Cooper, lecturer in journalism, City University
10 February: ’Humanitarianism, communications and change’
Charles Moore is a journalist and former editor of the Daily Telegraph and The Spectator. After ten years of research and 300 interviews, he embarked on a three volume life of Margaret Thatcher.
The first volume of his bestselling biography of Margaret Thatcher, published in 2013, won the Elizabeth Longford Prize for Historical Biography, the HW Fisher Best First Biography Prize and Political Book of the Year at the Paddy Power Political Book Awards. The second volume of his biography of Margaret Thatcher, published in the autumn of 2015, is a detailed account of Thatcher’s life, as she saw it, from the summer of 1982 in the aftermath of the Falklands through to the general elections of 1983 and 1987.
From 5.00pm, LMH will be selling copies of both volumes in the lobby of Pipe Partridge Building. The event will start at 5.45pm in the Simpkins Lee Theatre and will finish at 7.00pm.