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

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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
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
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[...]
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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
Popular Representations of Development: Insights from Novels, Films, Television and Social Media @ Haldane Room, Wolfson College | Oxford | United Kingdom
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 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[...]
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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
Dear Mr Darwin’: what can we learn from 19th century citizen science? @ Oxford Martin School | Oxford | United Kingdom
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
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
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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
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
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[...]
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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[...]
How Should We Read the Signs of the Times? 6:30 pm
How Should We Read the Signs of the Times? @ The Mitre (function room)
May 12 @ 6:30 pm – 7:30 pm
How Should We Read the ‘Signs of the Times’?: Secular vs. Sacred; Spiritual vs. Religious; Fundamentalism vs Pluralism, etc. Martyn Percy is Principal of Ripon College Cuddesdon and the Oxford Ministry Course. He is also[...]
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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[...]
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
Speaker: Professor James Sweeney, Professor of International Law, University of Lancaster
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Tour: Joseph Beuys & Jörg Immendorff 2:00 pm
Tour: Joseph Beuys & Jörg Immendorff @ Ashmolean Museum
May 14 @ 2:00 pm – 3:00 pm
Tour: Joseph Beuys & Jörg Immendorff @ Ashmolean Museum | Oxford | United Kingdom
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.[...]
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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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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
Climate Change - Is it real? What are the consequences? @ Wig and Pen | Oxford | United Kingdom
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
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[...]
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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
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[...]
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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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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
The Lye Valley and the “twinkling stars in the shadowy grass...” - Judy Webb @ Daubeny Lecture Theatre, Oxford Botanic Garden | Oxford | United Kingdom
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[...]
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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
speaker: Radidja Nemar, PhD Candidate in Law, Université Paul Cézanne / Junior Research Fellow at French Strategic Institute, Military Academy
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
The World We Made - Sir Jonathon Porritt @ Cerberus @ Lecture Room 23, Balliol College | Oxford | United Kingdom
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[...]
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