Some face-to-face events are returning. Check carefully for any requirements.

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Global Health 2035: A World Converging within a Generation 4:15 pm
Global Health 2035: A World Converging within a Generation @ Edmund Safra Lecture Theatre, Said Business School
May 6 @ 4:15 pm – 5:30 pm
Join us in the Edmund Safra Lecture Theatre, Saïd Business School, for a talk by Dr Gavin Yamey MD MPH, a physician and medical journal editor with training in public health who leads the Evidence[...]
Joan Anim-Addo@St Anne’s Arts Week 4:30 pm
Joan Anim-Addo@St Anne’s Arts Week @ Tsuzuki Lecture Theatre, St. Anne's College
May 6 @ 4:30 pm – 5:30 pm
Joan Anim-Addo@St Anne's Arts Week @ Tsuzuki Lecture Theatre, St. Anne's College | Oxford | United Kingdom
Professor of Caribbean Literature and Culture at Goldsmiths University, Joan Anim-Addo brings us her voice on Black Women’s Writing and the place of the Black figure in the Humanities. This event will be hosted in[...]
Modernist Avant-Gardes and Technology 5:30 pm
Modernist Avant-Gardes and Technology @ Pegasus
May 6 @ 5:30 pm – 6:30 pm
In the late-nineteenth and early-twentieth centuries, a persistent interest in technology emerged in both avant-garde and mainstream literature, and this multimedia presentation by Dr Eric White (Oxford Brookes University) and collaborators examines how radical reading[...]
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Blake Morrison@St. Anne’s Arts Week 4:30 pm
Blake Morrison@St. Anne’s Arts Week @ Mary Ogilvie Foyer, St. Anne's College
May 7 @ 4:30 pm
Blake Morrison@St. Anne's Arts Week @ Mary Ogilvie Foyer, St. Anne's College | Oxford | United Kingdom
Writer of autobiography, poetry, fiction and journalism and Professor of Creative and Life Writing at Goldsmiths University Blake Morrison brings some of his latest work and interesting discussion to St. Anne’s.
The Evolution of Human Intelligence 4:30 pm
The Evolution of Human Intelligence @ Pegasus
May 7 @ 4:30 pm – 5:30 pm
Dr Simon Underdown (Oxford Brookes University) will explore how we made the journey from small-brained African apes to the dominant animal on the planet, answering questions such as ‘why are humans so smart?’, ‘why is[...]
The Avatar as Terrorist 7:30 pm
The Avatar as Terrorist @ Pegasus
May 7 @ 7:30 pm – 9:00 pm
Professor Roger Griffin (Oxford Brookes University), author of ‘Terrorist’s Creed’, will draw upon actual examples of terrorist attacks and a number of films in this talk to help explain why ‘ordinary’ individuals carry out violent[...]
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Radical Publishing with PEN 4:00 pm
Radical Publishing with PEN @ Pegasus
May 8 @ 4:00 pm – 5:30 pm
Join English PEN (the literary network which works to defend and promote free expression) for an evening of poetry and debate, with discussion about how publishing and human rights campaigns can join forces to help[...]
Ali Smith@St. Anne’s Arts Week 4:30 pm
Ali Smith@St. Anne’s Arts Week @ Mary Ogilvie Lecture Theatre, St. Anne's College
May 8 @ 4:30 pm – 5:30 pm
Ali Smith@St. Anne's Arts Week @ Mary Ogilvie Lecture Theatre, St. Anne's College | Oxford | United Kingdom
Novelist Ali Smith, author of Artful, Hotel World, and The Accidental, returns to St. Anne’s after holding the Weidenfeld Visiting Professorship in European Comparative Literature in 2012.
Divided Brain and Spiritual Sense of Scripture 7:15 pm
Divided Brain and Spiritual Sense of Scripture @ The Sutro Room, Trinity College
May 8 @ 7:15 pm – 8:15 pm
Divided Brain and Spiritual Sense of Scripture @ The Sutro Room, Trinity College | Oxford | United Kingdom
The spiritual and second-order sense of scripture, according to which, for example, the crossing of the Red Sea denotes Baptism, and Jacob’s ladder denotes the cross, presents at least two epistemological challenges. First, the history[...]
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Between the artist and the museum 3:45 pm
Between the artist and the museum @ Ashmolean Museum
May 9 @ 3:45 pm – 5:30 pm
Between the artist and the museum Friday 9 May 2014, 5-6.30pm (doors will open at 4.45pm) Ashmolean Museum Headley Lecture Theatre A symposium with Michael Govan (Humanitas Visiting Professor in Museums, Galleries & Libraries at[...]
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Educational Inequality- Education Conference 8:30 am
Educational Inequality- Education Conference @ Pembroke College, Oxford
May 10 @ 8:30 am – 4:30 pm
Educational Inequality- Education Conference  @ Pembroke College, Oxford  | Oxford | United Kingdom
The inaugural Oxford Education Conference is taking place in Pembroke College, Oxford on the 10th May 2014. Specialists from all over the UK will be gathering to discuss educational inequality – one of the most[...]
Philosophy in the Dungeon 5:00 pm
Philosophy in the Dungeon @ Pegasus
May 10 @ 5:00 pm – 8:00 pm
Led by David Aldridge, an academic philosopher, educationalist and experienced role-playing enthusiast, this evening is intended for curious or experienced gamers alike to sample Dungeons and Dragons, celebrating collaborative storytelling and raising serious questions about[...]
Time to Change: Creative Writing and Mental Health 6:30 pm
Time to Change: Creative Writing and Mental Health @ Pegasus
May 10 @ 6:30 pm – 7:30 pm
A collaboration between the Oxford Brookes Poetry Centre and the Archway Foundation (an Oxford-based mental health charity), this event will feature writing produced by the Archway Foundation’s services during workshops with Brookes’ creative writing students.
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Places of Religion in Contemporary Society 5:00 pm
Places of Religion in Contemporary Society @ Roy Griffiths Room, ARCO Building
May 12 @ 5:00 pm – 6:00 pm
Places of Religion in Contemporary Society @ Roy Griffiths Room, ARCO Building | Oxford | United Kingdom
In this lecture series, Naomi Richman explores the evolution of the ideas central to major global belief-systems such as Christianity, Islam, Buddhism, Judaism and Marxism, and their status in the modern world from a social-scientific[...]
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A view from the Pacific:re-envisioning the art museum 3:45 pm
A view from the Pacific:re-envisioning the art museum @ Ashmolean Museum
May 13 @ 3:45 pm – 5:30 pm
A view from the Pacific: re-envisioning the art museum Tuesday 13 May 2014, 5-6.30pm (doors will open at 4.45pm) Ashmolean Museum Headley Lecture Theatre A lecture by Michael Govan (Humanitas Visiting Professor in Museums, Galleries[...]
Fiona Millar on “Education and the Law” 6:00 pm
Fiona Millar on “Education and the Law” @ Ruskin College, Ruskin Hall, Headington
May 13 @ 6:00 pm – 7:30 pm
Talk on the impact of Law on our Education and the consequences for schools, children and the system.
Is reference looking up? – the past, present and future of major reference works 6:00 pm
Is reference looking up? – the past, present and future of major reference works @ Main Lecture Theatre, Brookes University
May 13 @ 6:00 pm – 8:00 pm
In an age of information overload and issues with trust, is there an increasing need for persistent, edited, authoritative content, or is it simpler just to take pot luck on the web? We have invited[...]
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Oxford Scibar: The neuroscience of laughter 5:30 pm
Oxford Scibar: The neuroscience of laughter @ The Port Mahon
May 15 @ 5:30 pm – 7:00 pm
Oxford Scibar: The neuroscience of laughter @ The Port Mahon | Oxford | United Kingdom
Why is laughter such an important human social tool? Neuroscientist and stand-up comedian Prof Sophie Scott will discuss her research on laughter (and apparently rats laugh too!).
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Magic Museums At Night 6:00 pm
Magic Museums At Night @ Ashmolean Museum
May 16 @ 6:00 pm – 9:00 pm
Magic Museums At Night @ Ashmolean Museum | Oxford | United Kingdom
Magic Museums at Night Special Ashmolean Late Night Opening Friday 16 May 7–10pm FREE ENTRY For 2014’s Museums At Night event, the Ashmolean is putting on an evening of magic. Curators will be presenting the[...]
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How does the brain work? 6:00 pm
How does the brain work? @ Oxford Retreat
May 18 @ 6:00 pm – 7:30 pm
How does the brain work? @ Oxford Retreat  | Oxford | United Kingdom
How does the brain work? And how can we switch on and off specific neurons? Join us for a Pint of Science with top academics from Oxford University.
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Barbara Taylor In Conversation 12:00 pm
Barbara Taylor In Conversation @ Radcliffe Humanities
May 19 @ 12:00 pm – 1:30 pm
Barbara Taylor In Conversation @ Radcliffe Humanities | United Kingdom
Internationally renowned historian Barbara Taylor will speak about her new book “The Last Asylum” with Ruth Harris (New College, Oxford) and Daniel Pick (Birkbeck College). The book charts her years of psychoanalysis and her experiences[...]
A lost generation? Education opportunities for Syrian refugee children in Lebanon 4:00 pm
A lost generation? Education opportunities for Syrian refugee children in Lebanon @ Department of International Development
May 19 @ 4:00 pm – 5:30 pm
Speaker: Dr Maha Shuayb (Centre for Lebanese Studies) Description: Since the beginning of the Syrian crisis in 2011, more than 3 million refugees have fled to the neighboring countries Lebanon, Jordan, Turkey, Iraq and Egypt.[...]
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Challenged by Writing: Stumbling over words 5:00 pm
Challenged by Writing: Stumbling over words @ Headington Campus, Oxford Brookes University
May 21 @ 5:00 pm – 6:00 pm
Challenged by Writing: Stumbling over words @ Headington Campus, Oxford Brookes University | Oxford | United Kingdom
Efficiently composing a piece of writing is an important marker of success in our education system. However, many individuals struggle to write well, particularly if they have any specific learning difficulties. In this lecture Professor[...]
Rewilding and Lethal Bugs 6:00 pm
Rewilding and Lethal Bugs @ Wig and Pen
May 21 @ 6:00 pm – 7:30 pm
Rewilding and Lethal Bugs @ Wig and Pen | Oxford | United Kingdom
How can we rewild animals to today’s environment? How does the future of lethal viruses is going to be? Are they going to stick around with us as long as humanity exists
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‘A Waste of Time: Against Productivity’ 6:30 pm
‘A Waste of Time: Against Productivity’ @ The Old Library, University Church (entry via Radcliffe Square)
May 22 @ 6:30 pm – 7:30 pm
Steven Poole, author, journalist, cultural critic and broadcaster, explains why the cult of “productivity” is not just inhumane but self-defeating. Followed by Q&A and discussion. 7:30-9pm in the Old Library (the oldest purpose-built university library[...]
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