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

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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[...]
Modernist Avant-Gardes and Technology 5:30 pm
Modernist Avant-Gardes and Technology @ Pegasus
May 6 @ 5:30 pm – 6:30 pm
In the late-nineteenth and early-twentieth centuries, a persistent interest in technology emerged in both avant-garde and mainstream literature, and this multimedia presentation by Dr Eric White (Oxford Brookes University) and collaborators examines how radical reading[...]
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Migration, Faith, and Action
Migration, Faith, and Action @ Mathematical Institute (Room L3)
May 7 – May 9 all-day
Migration, Faith, and Action @ Mathematical Institute (Room L3) | Oxford | United Kingdom
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
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[...]
The Avatar as Terrorist 7:30 pm
The Avatar as Terrorist @ Pegasus
May 7 @ 7:30 pm – 9:00 pm
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[...]
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Radical Publishing with PEN 4:00 pm
Radical Publishing with PEN @ Pegasus
May 8 @ 4:00 pm – 5:30 pm
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[...]
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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[...]
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
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.
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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
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
Talk on the impact of Law on our Education and the consequences for schools, children and the system.
Is reference looking up? – the past, present and future of major reference works 6:00 pm
Is reference looking up? – the past, present and future of major reference works @ Main Lecture Theatre, Brookes University
May 13 @ 6:00 pm – 8:00 pm
In an age of information overload and issues with trust, is there an increasing need for persistent, edited, authoritative content, or is it simpler just to take pot luck on the web? We have invited[...]
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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
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
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System Constellations Workshop
System Constellations Workshop @ Rotunda, Iffley, Oxford
May 16 – May 17 all-day
System Constellations Workshop @ Rotunda, Iffley, Oxford | Oxford | United Kingdom
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[...]
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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How does the brain work? 6:00 pm
How does the brain work? @ Oxford Retreat
May 18 @ 6:00 pm – 7:30 pm
How does the brain work? @ Oxford Retreat  | Oxford | United Kingdom
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.
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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
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.[...]
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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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Start-Up Chile 11:30 am
Start-Up Chile @ Oxford Launchpad at Said Business School
May 23 @ 11:30 am – 12:30 pm
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[...]
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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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