Some face-to-face events are returning. Check carefully for any requirements.
Professor Cameron will be talking about how language creates and maintains inequality in sexuality and gender.
On Friday 13th June, the Oxford Left Review will be launching OLR Issue 13. Come along to get your copy and chat with the writers and editors. This issue was partially themed on ‘Science, Technology and the Left’, and contains articles, interviews, reviews and fiction on topics including fracking, devolution, Wikileaks, the pharmaceuticals industry and Pakistan, as well as many more. Drinks will be provided.
Al Jazeera host Mehdi Hasan will challenge Bernard Kouchner, co-founder of Medecins sans Frontieres and former French Foreign Minister, on France’s military interventionism. Are the country’s motives altruistic or do they respond to a neo-colonialist agenda? And is there a tipping point when intervening becomes essential? Syria, Mali, Libya, Kosovo and more.
This debate will be filmed and aired on Al Jazeera English at a later date. Audience members will be invited to participate in a Q&A section during the second half of the conversation.
Order free tickets here: http://bernardkouchner.eventbrite.co.uk
Why is so much writing so bad, and how can we make it better? Is the English language being corrupted by texting and social media? Do the kids today even care about good writing? Why should any of us care? In ‘The Sense of Style’, the bestselling linguist and cognitive scientist Steven Pinker answers these questions and more. Rethinking the usage guide for the twenty-first century, Pinker doesn’t carp about the decline of language or recycle pet peeves from the rulebooks of a century ago. Instead, he applies insights from the sciences of language and mind to the challenge of crafting clear, coherent, and stylish prose. Join us in the magnificent Sheldonian Theatre to hear from one of the most important public intellectuals.
Sian Williams, BBC Journalist, will discuss the challenges of the job, reflect on her work and also reveal the latest research from her MSc Psychology degree.
We are delighted to welcome Michael S. Malone to Saïd Business School on Monday 24th November.
Mike has covered Silicon Valley and high-tech for more than thirty years, and was twice nominated by the San Jose Mercury-News for the Pulitzer Prize for investigative reporting. He is the author or co-author of more than a dozen award-winning books, notably the bestselling ‘The Virtual Corporation’, ‘The Future Arrived Yesterday’ and most recently ‘The Intel Corporation’. A regular editorial writer for the Wall Street Journal, Mike has hosted three nationally syndicated public television interview series and co-produced the Emmy-nominated primetime PBS miniseries The New Heroes. As an entrepreneur, Mike was a founding shareholder of eBay, Siebel Systems (sold to Oracle) and Qik (sold to Skype), and is currently vice-chairman of a new start-up, PatientKey Inc. Mike holds an MBA from Santa Clara University, where he is currently an adjunct professor. He is also an associate fellow of the Said Business School at Oxford University, and is a Distinguished Friend of Oxford.
Mike will also be signing copies of his new book ‘The Intel Trinity: How Robert Noyce, Gordon Moore, and Andy Grove Built the World’s Most Important Company’ during the drinks reception following his talk.
“Few people capture the rhythms and values that fuel Silicon Valley as well as longtime journalist Michael S. Malone. In his latest book, he takes on the history of Intel, a company he started covering when most reporters were still using typewriters. He reveals his deep knowledge on every page.”
—Reid Hoffman, cofounder & chairman of LinkedIn and co-author of The Alliance
Copies of the book will be available to buy for £20 (cash only).
Talk: 6pm – 7pm
Drinks reception and book signing: 7pm
Why Poetry Matters
Part of the Why Philosophy Matters Series
With Professor Max de Gaynesford, University of Reading
Wednesday 3 December, 6‒7.30pm, Education Centre
Join esteemed scholars to talk about the hot topics in contemporary culture and philosophical thought. In partnership with Oxford Brookes University and sponsored by the Royal Institute of Philosophy.
Free, no booking required, seats allocated on a first-come first-served basis. Entry via St Giles’ Street, drinks from 5.45pm.
This seminar is part of The Business and Practice of Journalism Series.
Reporting the unreported
Belinda Goldsmith, editor in chief, and Timothy Large, director of journalism and media training, Thomson Reuters Foundation
This is part of The Media and Politics Seminar Series.
The following seminars will be given at 5 pm on Fridays, normally in the Butler Room, Nuffield College.
The General Election – how is voting going to change?
Professor Jane Green, British Election Survey and University of Manchester
The seminar is part of The Business and Practice of Journalism seminar series.
The seventh medium – how mobile has forever changed journalism
Juan Señor, partner at Innovations Media
This is part of The Media and Politics Seminar Series.
The following seminars will be given at 5 pm on Fridays, normally in the Butler Room, Nuffield College.
The challenges of reporting the Russia/Ukraine Conflict
Bridget Kendall, BBC diplomatic editor
This seminar is part of The Business and Practice of Journalism seminar series.
The following seminars will be given at 2.00 pm on Wednesdays in the Barclay Room, Green Templeton College.
The top five dilemmas of news aggregation
Andrew Jack, Editor at FirstFT, head of aggregation/chief curator
This is part of The Media and Politics Seminar Series.
The following seminars will be given at 5 pm on Fridays, normally in the Butler Room, Nuffield College.
Time present and time past: how everyone wants journalists to see history their way
Lindsey Hilsum, international editor, Channel 4 News
This seminar is part of The Business and Practice of Journalism seminar series.
The following seminars will be given at 2.00 pm on Wednesdays in the Barclay Room, Green Templeton College.
A little piracy can be a good thing: what the press can learn from Hollywood
Tom Thomson, Managing Editor, Grant Gibson, Digital Innovation Manager, Herald and Times Group, Glasgow
This is part of The Media and Politics Seminar Series.
The following seminars will be given at 5 pm on Fridays, normally in the Butler Room, Nuffield College.
Media freedom in 2015 – the aftermath of Leveson and beyond
Lord Guy Black, Telegraph director and board member of Ipso, the new press standards body
This seminar is part of The Business and Practice of Journalism seminar series.
The following seminars will be given at 2.00 pm on Wednesdays in the Barclay Room, Green Templeton College.
The future of television news
Richard Sambrook, Professor of Journalism and Director of the Centre for Journalism at Cardiff School of Journalism
This is part of The Media and Politics Seminar Series.
The following seminars will be given at 5 pm on Fridays, normally in the Butler Room, Nuffield College.
Nothing is true: the Kremlin’s global information war and the Russian media
Luke Harding, foreign correspondent, the Guardian
This seminar is part of The Business and Practice of Journalism seminar series.
The following seminars will be given at 2.00 pm on Wednesdays in the Barclay Room, Green Templeton College.
Environmental journalism and sustainable development in China
Dr Sam Geall, University of Sussex and author of China and the Environment: The Green Revolution
This seminar is part of The Business and Practice of Journalism seminar series.
The following seminars will be given at 2.00 pm on Wednesdays in the Barclay Room, Green Templeton College.
Beyond Borders: which news stories resonate for an international audience?
Gill Penlington, Director of Programming, London and Europe, Middle East and Africa, CNN
In the wake of the Charlie Hebdo murders and the ensuing debate on freedom of religion vs freedom of expression, Honorary Fellow of Wolfson College Professor Sir Richard Sorabji CBE will deliver this timely lecture on the history and philosophical principles underlying the concept of free speech.
This is part of The Media and Politics Seminar Series.
The following seminars will be given at 5 pm on Fridays, normally in the Butler Room, Nuffield College.
What impact will UKIP have at the 2015 general election?
Dr Matthew Goodwin, Nottingham University, co-author of ‘Revolt on the Right: Explaining Public Support for the Radical Right in Britain’
Speaker Andrea Macrae, Oxford Brookes University
In response to the Ashmolean Museum’s Love Bites exhibition, Dr Naomi Wolf, author of among other books The Beauty Myth and Give Me Liberty: A Handbook for American Revolutionaries, and a graduate of Yale University and New College, Oxford, will be discussing how censorship and homophobia in early Victorian society had a tremendous impact on literature and art, including the development of subversive cartoonists such as James Gillray.
Ten years ago, New York Times columnist Thomas L. Friedman shone a light on how the world was ‘flattening’; how the convergence of world events and new technologies had opened up the global supply chain to previously excluded economies. His book The World is Flat captured a pivotal moment in the 21st Century, examining the trends, opportunities and challenges this ‘next new world’ presented to countries, companies and individuals.
Ten years on, the writer will offer new insights into the effects of technological change, globalisation, economic crisis and political turmoil, in a lecture that promises to be thought-provoking and challenging.
Registration required – http://www.oxfordmartin.ox.ac.uk/event/2122
This talk explores the representation of the suffrage movement in letters to the editor of The Times in the years leading up to World War I.
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
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: Laurie Benson, chief executive of Upnexxt
OutBurst is the Oxford Brookes University festival at the Pegasus Theatre on Magdalen Road. Brookes will be bursting out of the university campus into the community, bringing great ideas, activities, and entertainment right to the doorstep of the Oxford public.
The festival, now in its fourth year, runs from 7-9 May and showcases cutting-edge research and expertise from across the university in a variety of stimulating and fun events for students, staff, and the local community, including installations, lectures, workshops, exhibitions, and discussions for all ages.
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
Speakers: Professor Ivor Gaber, University of Sussex, Dr Maya Even, visiting fellow, Reuters Institute
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: Kevin Sutcliffe, head of news programmes for Europe, Vice News