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2 The Knowledge Project – Introduction to Moral Philosophy 10:00 am The Knowledge Project – Introduction to Moral Philosophy @ Peace House Nov 2 @ 10:00 am – 5:00 pm Tickets This intensive Sunday course is for anyone interested in exploring the question of ‘What should I do?’ Every one of us will have experienced situations in our lives in which the right course of action[...]	3 Working with Martha Graham 2:15 pm Working with Martha Graham @ Ioannou Centre for Classical and Byzantine Studies Nov 3 @ 2:15 pm – 3:45 pm Tickets Professor Marni Thomas Wood, of Berkley University and the Martha Graham School of Contemporary Dance, in association with DANSOX (Dance Scholarship Oxford) discuss Working with Martha Graham. Free, all welcome, no booking required. Germany: Memories of a Nation – Neil MacGregor 6:00 pm Germany: Memories of a Nation – Neil MacGregor @ St Peter's College Chapel Nov 3 @ 6:00 pm – 7:00 pm Tickets Neil MacGregor, Director of British Museum, will talk about his BBC Radio 4 Series and British Museum exhibition: Germany: Memories of a Nation. To book your place for this event, please visit www.bookwhen.com/stpeters. The event[...]	4 The Pity of War: The Longer View of England and Germany 5:30 pm The Pity of War: The Longer View of England and Germany @ Wolfson College Nov 4 @ 5:30 pm – 7:00 pm Tickets Miranda Seymour, ‘The Pity of War: The Longer View of England and Germany’. Literary critic, novelist and biographer Miranda Seymour will be talking about her recent book Noble Endeavours: The Life of Two Countries, England[...]	5 Joseph Beuys & Jörg Immendorff – with Sir Norman Rosenthal and Dr Georgina Paul 11:30 am Joseph Beuys & Jörg Immendorff – with Sir Norman Rosenthal and Dr Georgina Paul @ Ashmolean Museum Nov 5 @ 11:30 am – 12:30 pm Tickets In Conversation: Sir Norman Rosenthal and Dr Georgina Paul ‘Joseph Beuys & Jörg Immendorff’ Exhibition Event Wednesday 5 November, 11.30am–12.30pm At the Ashmolean Museum Join the curator of the exhibition, Sir Norman Rosenthal, as he[...]	6	7 Unlocking Archives: the Balliol Boys’ Club and WW1 1:00 pm Unlocking Archives: the Balliol Boys’ Club and WW1 @ Balliol College Special Collections Centre at St Cross Church, Holywell Nov 7 @ 1:00 pm – 2:00 pm Tickets Unlocking Archives is a series of lunchtime talks about current research in Balliol College’s special collections. Anna Sander: ‘The Balliol Boys’ Club and WW1.’ Friday of 4th week (7 November) at 1pm All welcome! Feel[...] Yongle to Zhengtong: Fifty Years that Changed Chinese Art? 5:00 pm Yongle to Zhengtong: Fifty Years that Changed Chinese Art? @ Ashmolean Museum Nov 7 @ 5:00 pm – 6:00 pm Tickets The 35th Annual Barlow Lecture Yongle to Zhengtong: Fifty Years that Changed Chinese Art? With Professor Craig Clunas, University of Oxford Friday 7 November , 5-6 pm, Ashmolean Lecture Theatre Sir Alan Barlow (1881-1968) was[...] Trevor Haydu-Jones: Lost property: One coronet 8:00 pm Trevor Haydu-Jones: Lost property: One coronet @ Harris Seminar Room, Oriel College Nov 7 @ 8:00 pm – 9:00 pm Tickets Trevor, who is married to a Hungarian, has had a life-long interest in medieval history. He tells us the story of the Margit Crown: found on Margaret Island in Budapest and currently in the Nemzeti[...]	8 Childhood in a New Age: Russian Art, with Prof Catriona Kelly 11:00 am Childhood in a New Age: Russian Art, with Prof Catriona Kelly @ Ashmolean Museum Nov 8 @ 11:00 am – 12:00 pm Tickets Childhood in a New Age: Adults Look at Children, Children Look at Themselves in Russia, 1890‒1920 With Professor Catriona Kelly, University of Oxford Saturday 8 November, 11am–12pm At the Ashmolean Museum – Lecture Theatre During[...]
9 Sir David Warren on China and Japan in 2014 4:30 pm Sir David Warren on China and Japan in 2014 @ Exeter College, Rector's Lodgings Drawing Room Nov 9 @ 4:30 pm – 5:30 pm Tickets Sir David Warren KCMG, Old Member at Honorary Fellow of Exeter College, Chairman of the Japan Society and former Ambassador to Japan, will speak on the subject of ‘China and Japan in 2014: Are there[...]	10 First World War talk with Dr Adrian Gregory 6:30 pm First World War talk with Dr Adrian Gregory @ Regent's Park College Nov 10 @ 6:30 pm Tickets A free talk with Dr Adrian Gregory to coincide with our First World War Centenary Exhibition: For Liberty Against Tyranny. Book essential, please check our website for further details.	11 War, Peace and the Nonconformist Conscience, Professor Keith Robbins 6:30 pm War, Peace and the Nonconformist Conscience, Professor Keith Robbins @ Regent's Park College Nov 11 @ 6:30 pm Tickets A free talk with Professor Keith Robbins to coincide with our First World War centenary exhibition titled ‘For Liberty Against Tyranny’. Booking essential, please check our website for further details.	12 Presenting the Past at Hampton Court Palace – Dr David Souden 5:30 pm Presenting the Past at Hampton Court Palace – Dr David Souden @ Exeter College, Rector's Lodgings Drawing Room Nov 12 @ 5:30 pm – 6:30 pm Tickets Dr David Souden, director of the heritage and impact consultancy, Past Present, and former Head of Access & Learning and Sponsor for Special Projects at Historic Royal Palaces, will give the fifth seminar in Rector’s[...]	13 The Russian Orthodox Church: 60 Years of Personal Encounter – Michael Bourdeaux 6:00 pm The Russian Orthodox Church: 60 Years of Personal Encounter – Michael Bourdeaux @ St Theosevia House Nov 13 @ 6:00 pm – 7:00 pm Tickets Speaker: The Revd Canon Michael Bourdeaux (Keston Institute, Oxford) The seminar will focus on religious persecution in the Soviet Union over the last 50 years of the 20th century. The speaker is the founder of[...] The political economy of the Gulf states 7:30 pm The political economy of the Gulf states @ The Mitre Nov 13 @ 7:30 pm – 9:00 pm Tickets A public meeting with a short introductory talk followed by questions and discussion. The political economy of the Gulf states Thursday 13 November, 7:30pm to 9:00pm The Mitre, corner of High St and Turl St[...]	14 The Charles Simonyi Annual Lecture 5:00 pm The Charles Simonyi Annual Lecture @ Oxford Playhouse Nov 14 @ 5:00 pm Tickets For this year’s Charles Simonyi Lecture we welcome David MacKay, acclaimed author of Sustainable Energy – Without The Hot Air. David will discuss how the laws of physics constrain our energy options, and will describe[...] Katarina Stulrajterova: Magna Carta and the Golden Bulls: European Synchronicities 8:00 pm Katarina Stulrajterova: Magna Carta and the Golden Bulls: European Synchronicities @ Harris SR, Oriel College Nov 14 @ 8:00 pm – 9:00 pm Tickets Katarina is a historian and lecturer at Oxford with a special interest in Central European history, the history of medieval and modern universities and the medieval papacy. In her lecture she will discuss these crucial[...]	15 Celebrating the Diversity of Archaeology – OUAS Undergraduate Conference 2014 10:00 am Celebrating the Diversity of Archaeology – OUAS Undergraduate Conference 2014 @ Merton College Nov 15 @ 10:00 am – 4:00 pm Tickets Oxford University Archaeological Society invites you to our annual undergraduate conference, the theme of which is: CELEBRATING THE DIVERSITY OF ARCHAEOLOGY Papers will be presented by undergraduate students from across the country on the following[...] Learning from the Masters – Recarving the Great Box 2:30 pm Learning from the Masters – Recarving the Great Box @ Pitt Rivers Museum Nov 15 @ 2:30 pm Tickets Saturday Spotlight: In September 2014 two Haida carvers, Gwaai and Jaalen Edenshaw, came to the Pitt Rivers Museum to learn by doing: to reclaim the mastery of the nineteenth century artist of the ‘Great Box’,[...]
16 The Knowledge Project – Introduction to Psychology 10:00 am The Knowledge Project – Introduction to Psychology @ Peace House Nov 16 @ 10:00 am – 5:00 pm Tickets Psychology is the study of the mind. In this intensive Sunday course you will explore what makes humans human and what makes you an individual. You will develop an understanding of key topics in contemporary[...]	17	18	19 Irish Nationalist Women, 1900-1918 12:45 pm Irish Nationalist Women, 1900-1918 @ SR, Radcliffe Humanities Building Nov 19 @ 12:45 pm – 1:45 pm Tickets Senia Paseta (Associate Professor of Modern History, University of Oxford) will discuss her new book with: Roy Foster (Carroll Professor of Irish History, University of Oxford) Desmond King (Andrew Mellon Professor of American Government, University[...]	20 Thinking About the Brain 4:30 pm Thinking About the Brain @ Ashmolean Museum Nov 20 @ 4:30 pm – 7:00 pm Tickets Public Seminar: Thinking About the Brain With speakers: Professor Chris Kennard; Professor Glyn Humphreys; Professor David Lomas; Dr Joshua Hordern; Dr Ayoush Lazikani; Dr Matthew Broome; Dr Chrystalina Antoniades Thursday 20 November, 5.30-8.30pm Ashmolean Education[...]	21	22 A History of Ancient Greece in Fifty Lives, with David Studdard 2:00 pm A History of Ancient Greece in Fifty Lives, with David Studdard @ Ashmolean Museum Nov 22 @ 2:00 pm – 3:00 pm Tickets A History of Ancient Greece in Fifty Lives With David Studdard, historian Saturday 22 November, 2–3pm Ashmolean Museum Lecture Theatre David Studdard creates a vivid picture of life in all arenas of the Ancient Greek[...]
23	24 Why Nano? 1:00 pm Why Nano? @ Dept. of Engineering, Thom Building, Lecture Room 2 Nov 24 @ 1:00 pm Tickets Interested in nano research combining physics, chemistry, engineering and materials science? The following talk may be of interest: Nanoscience is the science of the very small. But why is that interesting? Alexandra Grigore and Tarun[...] Magdalen and the Great War 5:30 pm Magdalen and the Great War @ Magdalen College Summer Common Room Nov 24 @ 5:30 pm Tickets Dr Robin Darwall-Smith, Magdalen College Archivist, will discuss the impact of the First World War on Magdalen College, and among the themes he will consider are: the College in the summer of 1914; how Magdalen[...]	25 The Anglo-Scottish Border: a Photographic Tour 2:00 pm The Anglo-Scottish Border: a Photographic Tour @ Ashmolean Museum Nov 25 @ 2:00 pm – 4:00 pm Tickets The Anglo-Scottish Border: a Photographic Tour With Tim Porter, lecturer Medieval Scotland Afternoon Tea Lecture Series Tuesday 25 November, 2–4pm At the Ashmolean Museum (Lecture Theatre) With the 2014 referendum for Scottish independence, the historic[...]	26 Magic Textiles, with Dr Susan Conway 4:00 pm Magic Textiles, with Dr Susan Conway @ Ashmolean Museum Nov 26 @ 4:00 pm – 6:30 pm Tickets Magic Textiles (In association with the Oxford Asian Textiles Group) With Dr Susan Conway, Research Associate, School of Oriental and Asian Studies Wednesday 26 November, 6–8.30pm Ashmolean Museum Education Centre Dr Conway studies the culture,[...]	27	28 Unlocking Archives: Buried Treasure? Hidden Early Printed Books at Balliol 1:00 pm Unlocking Archives: Buried Treasure? Hidden Early Printed Books at Balliol @ Balliol College Special Collections Centre, St Cross Church (next door to Holywell Manor) Nov 28 @ 1:00 pm – 2:00 pm Tickets Unlocking Archives is a series of lunchtime talks about current research in Balliol College’s special collections. Today, Naomi Tiley and Fiona Godber of Balliol Library will speak about ‘Buried Treasure? Hidden Early Printed Books at[...] C.R.W. Nevinson in the 21st Century 2:00 pm C.R.W. Nevinson in the 21st Century @ Ashmolean Museum Nov 28 @ 2:00 pm – 3:00 pm Tickets C.R.W. Nevinson in the 21st Century With Jan Cox, art historian Friday 28 November, 2–3pm At the Ashmolean Museum Christopher Richard Wynne Nevinson (1889‒1946) was one of the most famous British war artists working during[...]	29
30 The Knowledge Project: Introduction to Anthropology 10:00 am The Knowledge Project: Introduction to Anthropology @ Peace House Nov 30 @ 10:00 am – 5:00 pm Tickets Introduction to Anthropology. Sunday 30th November. 10 – 5pm The Knowledge Project is exciting and innovative workshops this November. For one day, you will be introduced to a subject by an Oxford postgraduate with bags[...]

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