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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
4	5	6 In Search of Lost Colour: the Treu Head, a case study in ancient Roman sculptural polychromy 4:30 pm In Search of Lost Colour: the Treu Head, a case study in ancient Roman sculptural polychromy @ JCR Lecture Theatre, St. Catherine’s College May 6 @ 4:30 pm – 6:00 pm Tickets The surviving polychromy of a second century Roman marble sculpture at the British Museum (BM SC 1597), also known as the Treu Head, was investigated scientifically and rigorously compared to other Greek and Roman works[...] 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 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 Tickets 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.	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[...] 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 Tickets 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. 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[...]	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[...]	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[...] 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 Tickets 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.
11	12	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[...]	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.[...]	15	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 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 Special Ceramics Demonstration and Talk 9:30 am Special Ceramics Demonstration and Talk @ Ashmolean Museum May 18 @ 9:30 am – 2:30 pm Tickets Clay Live – Special Ceramics Demonstration With Clive Bowen and Dylan Bowen Sunday 18 May, 10.30am-3.30pm Ashmolean Museum Education Centre Slipware specialists, father and son, Clive and Dylan Bowen demonstrate their work and talk about[...]	19	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,[...]	21 Book at Lunchtime: Byzantine Matters by Professor Averil Cameron 11:45 am Book at Lunchtime: Byzantine Matters by Professor Averil Cameron @ Seminar Room, Radcliffe Humanities May 21 @ 11:45 am – 1:15 pm Tickets Join us for lunch from 12:45, with discussion from 13:00 to 13:45. Professor Averil Cameron will be in discussion with: – Dr Jas Elsner (Humfrey Payne Senior Research Fellow in Classical Archaeology and Art) –[...] 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	23 Gauguin’s Paradise Lost 10:00 am Gauguin’s Paradise Lost @ Ashmolean Museum May 23 @ 10:00 am – 11:00 am Tickets Cézanne and the Modern Exhibition Lecture Gauguin’s Paradise Lost With Alastair Wright, Fellow of St John’s College Friday 23 May, 11am-12pm, Headley Lecture Theatre Like many Western visitors to Tahiti in the later 19th century,[...] Of Dogs and Men:Gilbert Cannan and his Mill 1:00 pm Of Dogs and Men:Gilbert Cannan and his Mill @ Ashmolean Museum May 23 @ 1:00 pm – 2:00 pm Tickets Of Dogs and Men: Gilbert Cannan and his Mill (1916) by Mark Gertler With Jan Cox, art historian Friday 23 May, 2-3pm, Headley Lecture Theatre This lecture explores and analyses Mark Gertler’s apparently innocent painting[...]	24 Cézanne: a Modern Field of Vision 10:00 am Cézanne: a Modern Field of Vision @ Ashmolean Museum May 24 @ 10:00 am – 11:00 am Tickets Cézanne and the Modern Exhibition Lecture Cézanne: a Modern Field of Vision With Miranda Creswell, Project Artist, Institute of Archaeology Saturday 24 May, 11am–12pm, Headley Lecture Theatre Cézanne’s unique and ground-breaking observations of landscape continue[...]
25	26	27	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,[...]	29 Who Needs a Hero:Heroism Ancient vs Modern 1:00 pm Who Needs a Hero:Heroism Ancient vs Modern @ Ashmolean Museum May 29 @ 1:00 pm – 2:30 pm Tickets Who Needs a Hero: Heroism Ancient & Modern With Prof Chris Pelling, Regius Professor of Greek; Dr Peter Claus, Fellow of Pembroke; Dr Liz Sawyer, Trinity College, University of Oxford Thursday 29 May, 2–3.30pm, Headley[...] Supernatural Images 4:30 pm Supernatural Images @ JCR Lecture Theatre, St Catherine's College May 29 @ 4:30 pm – 6:00 pm Tickets This talk will confront an enduring Western belief in the supernatural power of images: the conviction that a statue or painting of the Madonna can fly through the air, speak, weep or produce miraculous cures.[...]	30 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

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