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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 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[...] 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[...] Modernist Avant-Gardes and Technology 5:30 pm Modernist Avant-Gardes and Technology @ Pegasus May 6 @ 5:30 pm – 6:30 pm Tickets 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[...] ANUSHKA ASTHANA -POLITICAL CORRESPONDENT 7:00 pm ANUSHKA ASTHANA -POLITICAL CORRESPONDENT @ Lecture Room B, Queens College May 6 @ 7:00 pm – 8:00 pm Tickets We are delighted to welcome Anushka Asthana to Oxford on the 6th of May! She is the Political Correspondent for Sky News, the Policy Editor at The Observer and was formerly the Chief Political Correspondent[...]	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[...] 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. 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[...]	8 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 Tickets 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[...] 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.	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 Owen Sheers@St. Anne’s Arts Week 6:00 pm Owen Sheers@St. Anne’s Arts Week @ Blackwell's Bookshop (1st Floor) May 9 @ 6:00 pm – 7:00 pm Tickets St. Anne’s hosts an evening with Welsh poet, author and scriptwriter Owen Sheers, in the beautiful setting of Oxford’s finest bookseller. The Cheerful Companion 7:00 pm The Cheerful Companion @ Pegasus May 9 @ 7:00 pm – 9:00 pm Tickets Step inside the parlour and drawing room of an eighteenth-century home, and together with Dr Nicole Pohl (Oxford Brookes University) and musicians, enjoy readings, music, and the authentic sewing session of a ‘huswif’! Part of[...]	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 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 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.[...] From Russia to Philomena: A Talk by Martin Sixsmith 5:00 pm From Russia to Philomena: A Talk by Martin Sixsmith @ St Peter's College Chapel May 14 @ 5:00 pm – 6:30 pm Tickets Martin Sixsmith will speak at St Peter’s College on Russia and the acclaimed film ‘Philomena’, based on his book ‘The Lost Child of Philomena Lee’ on Wednesday 14 May at 6pm. All are welcome –[...]	15 Open journalism: bringing people together to tell richer stories 2:30 pm Open journalism: bringing people together to tell richer stories @ Oxford Martin School May 15 @ 2:30 pm – 4:00 pm Tickets Dr Philippa Law, Community Coordinator at GuardianWitness, will demonstrate how harnessing the wisdom and, more importantly, the personal experiences of the crowd can improve journalism and create a richer picture of the world. The Guardian[...] Mongrel Literature: A conversation between Michael Ondaatje and Hermione Lee 4:30 pm Mongrel Literature: A conversation between Michael Ondaatje and Hermione Lee @ Leonard Wolfson Auditorium May 15 @ 4:30 pm – 6:00 pm Tickets All are welcome to listen to Michael Ondaatje, the Sri Lankan/Canadian novelist, winner of the Booker prize for his novel ‘The English Patient’, and Wolfson College President, and esteemed literary biographer, Professor Dame Hermione Lee,[...] 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 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	19 Barbara Taylor In Conversation 12:00 pm Barbara Taylor In Conversation @ Radcliffe Humanities May 19 @ 12:00 pm – 1:30 pm Tickets Internationally renowned historian Barbara Taylor will speak about her new book “The Last Asylum” with Ruth Harris (New College, Oxford) and Daniel Pick (Birkbeck College). The book charts her years of psychoanalysis and her experiences[...] 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.[...] Seminar: Writing Family Memoir 4:30 pm Seminar: Writing Family Memoir @ Haldane Room, Wolfson College May 19 @ 4:30 pm – 6:00 pm Tickets This year’s Wolfson Public Lecture Series, themed around South Asian writing, articulates a clear interest in family memoir. This OCLW seminar, featuring the biographer Lyndall Gordon (biographer of Emily Dickinson, Mary Wollstonecraft, Henry James, T.S.[...] Fiction writer Tim Winton discussing his book Eyrie 6:00 pm Fiction writer Tim Winton discussing his book Eyrie @ Blackwell's Bookshop May 19 @ 6:00 pm – 7:00 pm Tickets Australian novelist and short story writer Tim Winton will be discussing his new book “Eyrie” at Blackwell’s. Tim is the author of 25 novels for children and adults, has won the prestigious Miles Franklin award[...]	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 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) –[...]	22 Barry Munane: E.T.A Hoffmann 6:00 pm Barry Munane: E.T.A Hoffmann @ Blackwell's Bookshop May 22 @ 6:00 pm – 7:00 pm Tickets For Sir Walter Scott he was the demonic quintessence of the Gothic, but thanks to Poe, Freud, and others E. T. A. Hoffmann is firmly established as a literary father figure of all things ghostly,[...]	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[...]	24
25	26	27 A Serious Job for Women? with Dame Walter 7:00 pm A Serious Job for Women? with Dame Walter @ Blue Boar Lecture Theatre, Christ Church College May 27 @ 7:00 pm – 8:00 pm Tickets We are hugely privileged to host Olivier award-winning actress, Dame Harriet Walter in Oxford on Tuesday 27th May. Best known for her portrayal of all the greatest Shakepearean female roles from Viola to Cleopatra and[...]	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 Why Oxford is a complacent establishment 4:45 pm Why Oxford is a complacent establishment @ Exeter College May 28 @ 4:45 pm – 5:45 pm Tickets Luke Johnson, entrepreneur and Financial Times columnist, on why Oxford is “a complacent establishment that is refusing to re-invent itself”. All welcome. Please report to the Porters’ Lodge on arrival. Robert Seidman discussing his book ‘Moments Captured’ 6:00 pm Robert Seidman discussing his book ‘Moments Captured’ @ Blackwell's Bookshop May 28 @ 6:00 pm – 7:00 pm Tickets “Moments Captured” is the epic new novel about pioneering photographer Eadweard Muybridge. Robert J. Seidman is a novelist and screenwriter. He’s written three novels, “One Smart Indian” “Bucks County Idyll” and this, his latest, “Moments[...]	29	30 Workshop: As You Like It / Othello 12:45 pm Workshop: As You Like It / Othello @ T. S. Eliot Theatre, Merton College May 30 @ 12:45 pm – 1:45 pm Tickets It is an honour for us to welcome the man who must surely have the most extensive knowledge of modern British theatre: Michael Billington, The Guardian’s lead theatre critic, will be attending the Oxford University[...] Thinking with Stories: Listening in to Women’s Voices 4:00 pm Thinking with Stories: Listening in to Women’s Voices @ Mansfield College May 30 @ 4:00 pm – 5:30 pm Tickets Speaker: Professor Marina Warner, CBE Fellow of All Souls College, Oxford, and writer of fiction, criticism and cultural history. Her most recent book is Stranger Magic: Charmed States &the Arabian Nights. Once Upon a Time:[...]	31

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