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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 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[...]	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[...] 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 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	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[...] 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 Tickets 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[...]	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	14	15 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	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 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[...] Christianity and the Klu Klux Clan 6:30 pm Christianity and the Klu Klux Clan @ The Mitre (function room) May 19 @ 6:30 pm – 7:30 pm Tickets Dr Stephen Tuck is University Lecturer in American History and Director of the Oxford Research Centre in the Humanities (TORCH). He also co-leads an interdiscipilnary network “Race and Resistance across borders in the long twentieth[...]	20 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 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 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 Start-Up Chile 11:30 am Start-Up Chile @ Oxford Launchpad at Said Business School May 23 @ 11:30 am – 12:30 pm Tickets The Start-Up Chile programme is now ready to select, fund and host a new round of start-ups so they develop their global business ideas in Chile, the growing start-up ecosystem that has everyone talking. **NO[...] 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 Confession Yesterday and Today 4:00 pm Confession Yesterday and Today @ Oxford University Catholic Chaplaincy May 24 @ 4:00 pm – 5:00 pm Tickets The St. Thomas More lecture is our flagship speaker event each year, where we have an emininent speaker give a special talk on a subject of their choice. This year’s talk takes place on Saturday[...]
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[...] Canonising Constructive Theology 6:30 pm Canonising Constructive Theology @ The Mitre (function room) May 26 @ 6:30 pm – 7:30 pm Tickets Dr Ben Edsall earned his BA (music, with a minor in philosophy) at the University of Oregon, an MCS (New Testament Studies) at Regent College in Vancouver, BC, a MSt and DPhil (Theology: New Testament)[...]	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[...] Wine and Blind Tasting with Neel Burton 6:00 pm Wine and Blind Tasting with Neel Burton @ Blackwell's Bookshop May 27 @ 6:00 pm – 7:00 pm Tickets Join us for an evening with philosopher and wine-lover Neel Burton. He will be introducing us to the exciting new pleasures of blind tasting, using our sense of taste alone to distinguish which type of[...]	28 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 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 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 Nature versus Nurture 11:00 am Nature versus Nurture @ Henry Wellcome Building for Human Genetics - Seminar Room A May 30 @ 11:00 am – 12:00 pm Tickets Roles of Religion in Development Studies? 2:00 pm Roles of Religion in Development Studies? @ Queen Elizabeth House, Seminar Room 1 May 30 @ 2:00 pm – 3:00 pm Tickets http://www.qeh.ox.ac.uk/events-1/xevent?diary_id=5750	31

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