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				1 Cinematic Perspectives on 1989 in Central and Eastern Europe 4:00 pm Cinematic Perspectives on 1989 in Central and Eastern Europe @ European Studies Centre May 1 @ 4:00 pm – 6:00 pm Tickets Polish Spring Mixer and POMP Film Series 1 Film showing: “Escape from the Liberty Cinema” by Wojciech Marczewski (Poland, 1990) Convenor: Mikołaj Kunicki (St Antony’s College, Oxford) Food and drinks provided Please register with Kaja[...]	2	3
4	5	6 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[...]	7 Migration, Faith, and Action Migration, Faith, and Action @ Mathematical Institute (Room L3) May 7 – May 9 all-day Tickets An Interdisciplinary Conference sponsored by Las Casas Institute at Blackfriars Hall and The Oxford Research Centre in the Humanities (TORCH). The conference. In a time when globalization emphasizes the free flow of ideas, goods, and[...] Weapons of mass migration 4:00 pm Weapons of mass migration @ SR 1, Department of International Development May 7 @ 4:00 pm – 5:30 pm Tickets Subtitle: Forced displacement, coercion and foreign policy Seminar by Professor Kelly M. Greenhill (Tufts University) Part of the Refugee Studies Centre Trinity term Public Seminar Series Popular Representations of Development: Insights from Novels, Films, Television and Social Media 4:30 pm Popular Representations of Development: Insights from Novels, Films, Television and Social Media @ Haldane Room, Wolfson College May 7 @ 4:30 pm – 6:00 pm Tickets Popular Representations of Development takes a novel approach to the broad discipline of development studies that goes beyond narrow policy or social science frameworks. Instead, the authors reassess the breadth and popularity of development studies[...]	8 Dear Mr Darwin’: what can we learn from 19th century citizen science? 2:30 pm Dear Mr Darwin’: what can we learn from 19th century citizen science? @ Oxford Martin School May 8 @ 2:30 pm – 4:00 pm Tickets Professor Sally Shuttleworth, Professor of English Literature at the University of Oxford and Dr Sally Frampton, Postdoctoral Research Assistant at the University of Oxford, will both talk about the role of Citizen Science in their[...] Making a Difference: Policy, Practice and Human Rights 4:00 pm Making a Difference: Policy, Practice and Human Rights @ Jesus College, Ship Street Lecture Theatre May 8 @ 4:00 pm – 5:30 pm Tickets Alumni Lecture 2014. In the Department of Social Policy and Intervention’s Centenary year, Jacqueline Bhabha, Harvard, will deliver the Alumni Lecture, followed by a drinks reception. Make a booking by sending an email to events@spi.ox.ac.uk Radical Publishing with PEN 4:00 pm Radical Publishing with PEN @ Pegasus May 8 @ 4:00 pm – 5:30 pm Tickets 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[...] Ongoing adventures in the world of pseudoscience 6:30 pm Ongoing adventures in the world of pseudoscience @ St. Aldates Tavern May 8 @ 6:30 pm – 7:30 pm Tickets It’s easy to think of pseudoscience existing in a glass case at a museum – something to be examined and critiqued from a safe distance, but not something to touch and to play with. Using[...] The United Kingdom Independence Party: a study in petit-bourgeois ideology 6:30 pm The United Kingdom Independence Party: a study in petit-bourgeois ideology @ The Mitre May 8 @ 6:30 pm – 8:00 pm Tickets A short talk followed by questions and discussion. All welcome. 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 Art as a Vehicle for Transformative Justice 11:00 am Art as a Vehicle for Transformative Justice @ Seminar Room C, Manor Road Building May 9 @ 11:00 am – 12:30 pm Tickets speakers: William Kelly, Artist and Humanist Dr. Rama Mani, Senior Research Associate at the Centre for International Studies at the University of Oxford and Councillor of the World Future Council 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[...] The Cheerful Companion 7:00 pm The Cheerful Companion @ Pegasus May 9 @ 7:00 pm – 9:00 pm Tickets Step inside the parlour and drawing room of an eighteenth-century home, and together with Dr Nicole Pohl (Oxford Brookes University) and musicians, enjoy readings, music, and the authentic sewing session of a ‘huswif’! Part of[...]	10
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 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 Tickets 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[...] Transitional Justice and Transitional Relativism 4:00 pm Transitional Justice and Transitional Relativism @ Seminar Room B, Manor Road Building May 13 @ 4:00 pm – 5:30 pm Tickets Speaker: Professor James Sweeney, Professor of International Law, University of Lancaster	14 Tour: Joseph Beuys & Jörg Immendorff 2:00 pm Tour: Joseph Beuys & Jörg Immendorff @ Ashmolean Museum May 14 @ 2:00 pm – 3:00 pm Tickets Tour: Joseph Beuys & Jörg Immendorff With Colin Harrison, Senior Curator of European Art 3–3.45pm on Wednesday 14 May and Wednesday 11 June Tours are free, no booking is required. Please meet in Gallery 2.[...] Solidarity & responsibility-sharing for refugee protection 4:00 pm Solidarity & responsibility-sharing for refugee protection @ Seminar Room 1, Oxford Department of International Development May 14 @ 4:00 pm – 5:30 pm Tickets Solidarity & responsibility-sharing for refugee protection in the EU’s Common European Asylum System Speaker: Madeline Garlick (Radboud University) Part of the Refugee Studies Centre Trinity term Public Seminar Series An Evening of Astronomy with Jacqueline & Simon Mitton 6:00 pm An Evening of Astronomy with Jacqueline & Simon Mitton @ Blackwell's Bookshop May 14 @ 6:00 pm – 7:00 pm Tickets Join Jaqueline and Simon Mitton for an evening of discussion about astronomy and the solar system. Both authors are prolific writers in the field and will be here to not only give a talk but[...]	15 Ms Shami Chakrabarti – Human Rights as Human Values 4:30 pm Ms Shami Chakrabarti – Human Rights as Human Values @ University Museum of Natural History May 15 @ 4:30 pm – 6:00 pm Tickets Places must be booked with ros.connell@linacre.ox.ac.uk. Ms Chakrabarti is Director of Liberty and Chancellor of Brookes University 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 Tickets 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!). King Arthur: a study in feudal legend 6:30 pm King Arthur: a study in feudal legend @ The Mitre May 15 @ 6:30 pm – 8:00 pm Tickets Short talk followed by questions and discussion. All welcome.	16 Magic Museums At Night 6:00 pm Magic Museums At Night @ Ashmolean Museum May 16 @ 6:00 pm – 9:00 pm Tickets 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[...]	17
18 How does the brain work? 6:00 pm How does the brain work? @ Oxford Retreat May 18 @ 6:00 pm – 7:30 pm Tickets 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.	19 Barbara Taylor In Conversation 12:00 pm Barbara Taylor In Conversation @ Radcliffe Humanities May 19 @ 12:00 pm – 1:30 pm Tickets 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 Tickets 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.[...] 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[...] Peter Tatchell: What next after gay marriage? Is the battle won? 6:30 pm Peter Tatchell: What next after gay marriage? Is the battle won? @ MBI Al Jaber Auditorium, Corpus Christi College May 19 @ 6:30 pm – 8:00 pm Tickets OULC and LGBTQ Society are delighted to jointly welcome Peter Tatchell for an event at the Corpus Auditorium. A prolific human rights campaigner, Peter is particularly known for his work with LGBTQ movements. Famously, he[...]	20 The Silent University Award Ceremony 2:00 pm The Silent University Award Ceremony @ Oxford Department of International Development May 20 @ 2:00 pm – 6:30 pm Tickets On 14 December 2013, the second edition of the Visible Award was awarded to The Silent University, a knowledge exchange platform initiated by the artist Ahmet Öğüt and led by a group of asylum seekers,[...] Legal, Narrative and Artistic Approaches to Transitional Justice 4:00 pm Legal, Narrative and Artistic Approaches to Transitional Justice @ Seminar Room D, Manor Road Building May 20 @ 4:00 pm – 5:30 pm Tickets ESRC Transitional Justice Research Manual Re-Launch Speakers: Dr Nicola Palmer, Lecturer in Criminal Law, King’s College London Dr Briony Jones, Senior Researcher, Dealing with the Past, swisspeace Dr Zoe Norridge, Lecturer in English and Comparative[...]	21 Refuge from deprivation 4:00 pm Refuge from deprivation @ SR 1, Department of International Development May 21 @ 4:00 pm – 5:30 pm Tickets Socio-economic harm and non-refoulement in international law Speaker: Dr Michelle Foster (Melbourne Law School) Part of the Refugee Studies Centre Trinity term Public Seminar Series 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 Tickets 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[...] Sir Stamford Raffles & his Collections – Beatrice Blackwood Lecture 2014 6:00 pm Sir Stamford Raffles & his Collections – Beatrice Blackwood Lecture 2014 @ Museum of Natural History, Lecture Theatre May 21 @ 6:00 pm – 7:30 pm Tickets Friends of the Pitt Rivers Museum – Beatrice Blackwood Lecture 2014 With doors opening at 18.00 for a drinks reception in the Pitt Rivers Museum, join the Friends of the Pitt Rivers Museum for author[...]	22 Blue Stockings – Women’s Education 5:00 pm Blue Stockings – Women’s Education @ Simpkins Lee Theatre, Lady Margaret Hall May 22 @ 5:00 pm – 5:45 pm Tickets On Thursday 22nd at 6pm the Simpkins Lee will host a panel discussion exploring the battle for women’s education. Featuring a heavyweight line-up of Jane Robinson (author of the bestselling ‘Bluestockings’), Sarah Pine (OUSU VP[...] ‘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 Tickets 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[...]	23	24
25	26	27 A Serious Job for Women? with Dame Walter 7:00 pm A Serious Job for Women? with Dame Walter @ Blue Boar Lecture Theatre, Christ Church College May 27 @ 7:00 pm – 8:00 pm Tickets We are hugely privileged to host Olivier award-winning actress, Dame Harriet Walter in Oxford on Tuesday 27th May. Best known for her portrayal of all the greatest Shakepearean female roles from Viola to Cleopatra and[...]	28 Stephen Brimson Lewis on Stage Design 1:00 pm Stephen Brimson Lewis on Stage Design @ T. S. Eliot Theatre, Merton College May 28 @ 1:00 pm – 2:00 pm Tickets Olivier-award winning RSC designer, Stephen Brimson Lewis will be coming to Oxford on Wednesday 28th May. Known especially for his work with RSC artistic director, Gregory Doran, Stephen will be ready to answer your questions,[...] Challenges of Stability and Reconstruction Military Operations 4:00 pm Challenges of Stability and Reconstruction Military Operations @ Seminar Room D, Manor Road Building May 28 @ 4:00 pm – 5:30 pm Tickets speaker: Radidja Nemar, PhD Candidate in Law, Université Paul Cézanne / Junior Research Fellow at French Strategic Institute, Military Academy	29 Beyond the screen: the power and beauty of ‘bottom-up’ citizen science projects 2:30 pm Beyond the screen: the power and beauty of ‘bottom-up’ citizen science projects @ Oxford Martin School May 29 @ 2:30 pm – 4:00 pm Tickets Professor Muki Haklay, Co-Director of the Extreme Citizen Science (ExCiteS) research group at UCL, asks what happens when instead of asking the crowd for help, the question of what is explored is handed over to[...] STOP THE TRAFFIK – Ruth Dearnley, CEO 4:00 pm STOP THE TRAFFIK – Ruth Dearnley, CEO @ Turl St Kitchen May 29 @ 4:00 pm – 5:00 pm Tickets There are 29.8 million victims of human trafficking worldwide. Come and hear Ruth Dearnley, CEO of STOP THE TRAFFIK, share her vision to inspire transformation in communities and lead a strategic, systemic response to trafficking[...]	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[...]	31

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