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				1 The Egyptian Myths:A Guide to Ancient Gods and Legends 1:00 pm The Egyptian Myths:A Guide to Ancient Gods and Legends @ Ashmolean Museum May 1 @ 1:00 pm – 2:00 pm Tickets The Egyptian Myths: A Guide to Ancient Gods and Legends With Garry J. Shaw, historian Thursday 1 May, 2-3pm, Headley Lecture Theatre In this introduction to the mysteries of Egyptian mythology, learn about gods, goddesses,[...]	2	3 Kendal Mountain Film Festival 6:00 pm Kendal Mountain Film Festival @ Blue boar lecture theatre, Christ Church College May 3 @ 6:00 pm Tickets An event showcasing an unmissable two and a half hours of the best action and adventure films from around the world. Excess proceeds generated by ticket sales will be donated to the England and Wales[...]
4	5 Deconstruction and Biblicism 6:30 pm Deconstruction and Biblicism @ The Mitre (function room) May 5 @ 6:30 pm – 7:30 pm Tickets Deconstruction as Old Testament midrash, with New Testament implications. Valentine Cunningham is a University Lecturer (CUF) in English, Professor of English Language and Literature and Vice-President of Corpus Christi College, University of Oxford. He has[...]	6 China’s Water Future 4:00 pm China’s Water Future @ Blue Boar Lecture Theatre, Christ Church May 6 @ 4:00 pm – 6:00 pm Tickets China is facing severe water challenges. Many parts of the country suffer from chronic water scarcity. Pollution is affecting the health of hundreds of waterways and public concern is increasing. Floods and droughts are a[...] 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 Tickets 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[...] ANUSHKA ASTHANA -POLITICAL CORRESPONDENT 7:00 pm ANUSHKA ASTHANA -POLITICAL CORRESPONDENT @ Lecture Room B, Queens College May 6 @ 7:00 pm – 8:00 pm Tickets We are delighted to welcome Anushka Asthana to Oxford on the 6th of May! She is the Political Correspondent for Sky News, the Policy Editor at The Observer and was formerly the Chief Political Correspondent[...]	7	8 William Kelly: Artist of Conscience 5:30 pm William Kelly: Artist of Conscience @ Ashmolean Museum May 8 @ 5:30 pm – 6:30 pm Tickets William Kelly: Artist of Conscience Thursday 8 May 2014, 6.30-7.30pm (drinks from 6.15pm) Ashmolean Museum Education Centre (Evening entrance via St Giles) Internationally acclaimed US artist William Kelly talks about his life and work. Kelly’s[...] 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 Tickets 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[...]	9 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 Tickets 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[...]	10 India: A Short History 1:00 pm India: A Short History @ Ashmolean Museum May 10 @ 1:00 pm – 2:00 pm Tickets India: A Short History With Andrew Robinson, author Saturday 10 May, 2-3pm, Headley Lecture Theatre India is the world’s largest democracy and a fast-growing economy. It is also a civilization with roots more than four[...] Philosophy in the Dungeon 5:00 pm Philosophy in the Dungeon @ Pegasus May 10 @ 5:00 pm – 8:00 pm Tickets 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[...]
11	12 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 Tickets 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[...]	13	14	15 Open journalism: bringing people together to tell richer stories 2:30 pm Open journalism: bringing people together to tell richer stories @ Oxford Martin School May 15 @ 2:30 pm – 4:00 pm Tickets Dr Philippa Law, Community Coordinator at GuardianWitness, will demonstrate how harnessing the wisdom and, more importantly, the personal experiences of the crowd can improve journalism and create a richer picture of the world. The Guardian[...]	16	17 Magnificence, Love and Scaffolds: Politics at the Court of Henry VIII 10:00 am Magnificence, Love and Scaffolds: Politics at the Court of Henry VIII @ Ashmolean Museum May 17 @ 10:00 am – 11:00 am Tickets Magnificence, Love and Scaffolds: Politics at the Court of Henry VIII, With Dr Suzannah Lipscomb Saturday 17 May, 11am–12pm, Ioannou Centre Historian, author, and broadcaster Dr Suzannah Lipscomb will speak on the politics of spectacle,[...]
18	19 Climate Change – Is it real? What are the consequences? 6:00 pm Climate Change – Is it real? What are the consequences? @ Wig and Pen May 19 @ 6:00 pm – 7:30 pm Tickets You ever wanted to understand more about climate change? Is it real? what are the consequences? Come join us for an expert panel from Oxford University who will shed some light on this highly debated[...] Unlocking Volcanic Eruptions 6:00 pm Unlocking Volcanic Eruptions @ Wig and Pen May 19 @ 6:00 pm – 7:30 pm Tickets When is a volcano going to erupt and how do you measure that? What is Magma and how can we start studying it? These questions and more will be explained by top academics from Oxford[...]	20 Roger Scruton discussing “The Soul of the World” 6:00 pm Roger Scruton discussing “The Soul of the World” @ Blackwell's Bookshop May 20 @ 6:00 pm – 7:00 pm Tickets In “The Soul of the World”, renowned philosopher Roger Scruton defends the experience of the sacred against today’s fashionable forms of atheism. He argues that our personal relationships, moral intuitions, and aesthetic judgments hint at[...]	21 Rewilding and Lethal Bugs 6:00 pm Rewilding and Lethal Bugs @ Wig and Pen May 21 @ 6:00 pm – 7:30 pm Tickets 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	22 Julian Savulescu on Genetic Enhancement 6:00 pm Julian Savulescu on Genetic Enhancement @ LR 23, Balliol College May 22 @ 6:00 pm – 7:00 pm Tickets event is free Julian Savulescu on Genetic Enhancement 6:00 pm Julian Savulescu on Genetic Enhancement @ LR 23, Balliol College May 22 @ 6:00 pm – 7:00 pm Tickets The Lye Valley and the “twinkling stars in the shadowy grass…” – Judy Webb 6:30 pm The Lye Valley and the “twinkling stars in the shadowy grass…” – Judy Webb @ Daubeny Lecture Theatre, Oxford Botanic Garden May 22 @ 6:30 pm – 8:00 pm Tickets Speaker: Judy Webb The Lye Valley, formally known as Hogley Bog, is a surprising and little known hot spot of wildlife biodiversity, a habitat for stunning wildflowers and spectacular insects in the centre of the[...]	23 Film Showing – An Amazing Experiment in Conscious Living 7:00 pm Film Showing – An Amazing Experiment in Conscious Living @ Tara Yoga Centre May 23 @ 7:00 pm – 9:30 pm Tickets You are warmly welcome to attend a film showing and after-talk about a spiritual community in Germany, living life with a focus on meditation, and the true nature of our reality as human beings. You[...]	24
25	26 Peace of the Heart – The Way to Happiness Peace of the Heart – The Way to Happiness @ Saskatchewan Room, Exeter College May 26 – May 27 all-day Tickets The questions that will be addressed are those that are dearest to us all: How can we lead a life in serenity and peace? How can we maintain a state of contentment even in the[...]	27 Peace of the Heart – The Way to Happiness 4:30 pm Peace of the Heart – The Way to Happiness @ Saskatchewan Room May 27 @ 4:30 pm – 6:30 pm Tickets The questions that will be addressed are those that are dearest to us all: How can we lead a life in serenity and peace? How can we maintain a state of contentment even in the[...]	28 Why Oxford is a complacent establishment 4:45 pm Why Oxford is a complacent establishment @ Exeter College May 28 @ 4:45 pm – 5:45 pm Tickets Luke Johnson, entrepreneur and Financial Times columnist, on why Oxford is “a complacent establishment that is refusing to re-invent itself”. All welcome. Please report to the Porters’ Lodge on arrival. The World We Made – Sir Jonathon Porritt @ Cerberus 6:00 pm The World We Made – Sir Jonathon Porritt @ Cerberus @ Lecture Room 23, Balliol College May 28 @ 6:00 pm – 7:30 pm Tickets onathon Porritt, Co-Founder of Forum for the Future, is an eminent writer, broadcaster, environmentalist and commentator on sustainable development. He will be talking at Cerberus about his new book, ‘The World We Made’, in which[...]	29	30 Workshop: As You Like It / Othello 12:45 pm Workshop: As You Like It / Othello @ T. S. Eliot Theatre, Merton College May 30 @ 12:45 pm – 1:45 pm Tickets It is an honour for us to welcome the man who must surely have the most extensive knowledge of modern British theatre: Michael Billington, The Guardian’s lead theatre critic, will be attending the Oxford University[...] Ancient Egyptian Biographies: From Living a Life to Creating a Memorial 4:30 pm Ancient Egyptian Biographies: From Living a Life to Creating a Memorial @ Wolfson College May 30 @ 4:30 pm – 5:30 pm Tickets The 2014 Roger Moorey Memorial Lecture Ancient Egyptian Biographies: From Living a Life to Creating a Memorial With Professor John Baines, University of Oxford Friday 30 May, 5.30–6.30pm, Wolfson College More than in most civilizations,[...]	31 Jeremy Paxman in conversation with The Rev’d Mpho Tutu 5:00 pm Jeremy Paxman in conversation with The Rev’d Mpho Tutu @ Harris Manchester College May 31 @ 5:00 pm – 6:00 pm Tickets Join Revd Mpho Tutu, daughter of Archbishop Desmond Tutu, as she discusses The Book of Forgiving, written jointly with her father. In the book, Desmond and Mpho Tutu offer guidance from their own lives and[...]

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