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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 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	6 The History of Champagne in the UK: 1860 – 1914 11:30 am The History of Champagne in the UK: 1860 – 1914 @ Senior Common Room, Faculty of Law May 6 @ 11:30 am – 1:00 pm Tickets 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 Tickets 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[...]	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[...] Human rights and the rule of law: Eight centuries after Runnymede 4:00 pm Human rights and the rule of law: Eight centuries after Runnymede @ Examination Schools, May 7 @ 4:00 pm – 5:30 pm Tickets Chairman of Boies, Schiller and Flexner LLP. David Boies has conducted many of the leading commercial, constitutional and civil liberties cases in the US. He represented Vice President Al Gore in “Bush v Gore” 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[...] The Avatar as Terrorist 7:30 pm The Avatar as Terrorist @ Pegasus May 7 @ 7:30 pm – 9:00 pm Tickets 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[...]	8 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[...]	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	10
11	12	13 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 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 Tickets Talk on the impact of Law on our Education and the consequences for schools, children and the system.	14 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	16 System Constellations Workshop System Constellations Workshop @ Rotunda, Iffley, Oxford May 16 – May 17 all-day Tickets Are you interested in developing your personal or organisational self? Would you like to experience a new way to develop this insight, within a broader social and ecological framework?a one day experiential workshop, introducing mapping[...] Constitutional and Appellate Challenges to the Death Penalty in the Commonwealth and Worldwide 4:00 pm Constitutional and Appellate Challenges to the Death Penalty in the Commonwealth and Worldwide @ Mansfield College May 16 @ 4:00 pm – 5:30 pm Tickets Speaker: Edward Fitzgerald, QC Renowned human rights lawyer and leading advocate in death row cases worldwide. Part of the Mansfield Lecture Series, convener Baroness Helena Kennedy QC. 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	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 Attack on the Academic Boycott of Israel Attack on the Academic Boycott of Israel @ Saskatchewan Room, Exeter College May 20 – May 21 all-day Tickets https://www.facebook.com/events/575525219212880/ Associate Professor Jake Lynch is fighting a case in Australia’s Federal Court to uphold his right not to take part in institutional collaborations between the University of Sydney, where he directs the Centre for[...] The Intersection of Antitrust (Competition Law) and Trade Marks 11:30 am The Intersection of Antitrust (Competition Law) and Trade Marks @ Senior Common Room, Faculty of Law May 20 @ 11:30 am – 1:00 pm Tickets Intellectual Property Discussion Group (IPDG) 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	22	23 Filmmaker Kelly Reichardt In Conversation 4:00 pm Filmmaker Kelly Reichardt In Conversation @ Mary Ogilvie Lecture Theatre, St Anne's College May 23 @ 4:00 pm – 5:30 pm Tickets The indie director Kelly Reichardt (Meek’s Cutoff, Wendy and Lucy) will be in conversation with Dr Andrew Klevan (University of Oxford). Kelly Reichardt is the Humanitas Visiting Professor in Historiography.	24
25	26	27	28 Arbitrary detention of asylum-seekers 4:00 pm Arbitrary detention of asylum-seekers @ Seminar Room 1, Oxford Department of International Development May 28 @ 4:00 pm – 5:30 pm Tickets A comparison of some recent practice from Italy and the UK Speakers: Dr Daniel Wilsher (City University London) and Francesca Cancellaro (Alma Mater Studiorum, University of Bologna) The detention of asylum seekers is always particularly[...] 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 The Changing Role of the Judge 4:30 pm The Changing Role of the Judge @ Leonard Wolfson Auditorium May 28 @ 4:30 pm Tickets In the 2014 Annual Lecture in Law and Society, Professor Carlo Guarnieri from the Department of Political and Social Sciences at the University of Bologna will outline the changing nature of the civil law judge,[...] 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	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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