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3	4 A Medieval Coursebook? Diagrammatic annotations in Balliol College MS 272 1:00 pm A Medieval Coursebook? Diagrammatic annotations in Balliol College MS 272 @ Balliol College Historic Collections Centre, St Cross Church, Manor Road May 4 @ 1:00 pm – 2:00 pm Tickets Unlocking Archives, a series of lunchtime talks about current research in Balliol College’s special collections ‘A Medieval Coursebook? Diagrammatic annotations in Balliol College MS 272’ Balliol’s manuscript no. 272, a copy of the pseudo-Ciceronian Rhetorica[...]	5	6 Better late than never? The evolution and implementation of UNHCR’s urban refugee policy 5:00 pm Better late than never? The evolution and implementation of UNHCR’s urban refugee policy @ Seminar Room 1, Department of International Development May 6 @ 5:00 pm – 6:30 pm Tickets Speakers: Dr Jeff Crisp (independent consultant) and MaryBeth Morand (Senior Policy and Evaluation Officer, UNHCR) For almost a decade (1999 – 2009) UNHCR struggled to formulate a new policy on refugee protection and solutions in[...] ‘The science of ageing and new genomic approaches for an “old” problem’ Dr Joao Pedro Magalhaes 8:15 pm ‘The science of ageing and new genomic approaches for an “old” problem’ Dr Joao Pedro Magalhaes @ Inorganic Chemistry Laboratory May 6 @ 8:15 pm – 9:45 pm Tickets On Wednesday of Week 2, we will be hosting Dr Joao Pedro Magalhaes who leads the Integrative Genomics of Aging Group at the Institute of Integrative Biology, University of Liverpool. As usual, our talks cost[...]	7 Outburst Fesitval Outburst Fesitval @ Pegasus Theater May 7 – May 9 all-day Tickets OutBurst is the Oxford Brookes University festival at the Pegasus Theatre on Magdalen Road. Brookes will be bursting out of the university campus into the community, bringing great ideas, activities, and entertainment right to the[...] Life-Writing Operations 5:30 pm Life-Writing Operations @ Florey Room, Wolfson College May 7 @ 5:30 pm – 7:00 pm Tickets The speakers (OCLW visiting scholars) will present their current life-writing projects, and discuss the use of archives and memoirs in life-writing, and alternative methods of writing biographies. John Bak: ‘Editing Tennessee Williams’ Ur-Memoirs’ Lorraine Paterson,[...]	8	9
10	11 ‘We’ve never had it so good’ – how does the world today compare to 1957? – Panel discussion 5:00 pm ‘We’ve never had it so good’ – how does the world today compare to 1957? – Panel discussion @ Oxford Martin School May 11 @ 5:00 pm – 6:30 pm Tickets During a speech in 1957, Prime Minister Harold MacMillan declared “our people have never had it so good”. Now, more than half a century later, are we fundamentally any better off? Through discussion of technological[...] The Knowledge Project: Novel Writing 6:00 pm The Knowledge Project: Novel Writing @ Oxford International College May 11 @ 6:00 pm – 7:30 pm Tickets Do you want to learn something new? The Knowledge Project offers affordable evening courses in exciting subjects. Our classes are taught by specialists in small, friendly groups and open to all. The coming term is[...]	12 2nd Lady of Ghana – Education & Mentorship 3:30 pm 2nd Lady of Ghana – Education & Mentorship @ Old Dining Room, Harris Manchester College May 12 @ 3:30 pm – 4:30 pm Tickets The 2nd Lady of Ghana, Mrs. Amissah-Arthur, has been at the forefront of promoting education for children in Ghana and she will be coming to Oxford to discuss the role of education and mentoring as[...] ‘The Third Truth: Part 1’: Javier Cercas, Weidenfeld Visiting Professor in Comparative European Literature 5:30 pm ‘The Third Truth: Part 1’: Javier Cercas, Weidenfeld Visiting Professor in Comparative European Literature @ Mary Ogilvie Lecture Theatre May 12 @ 5:30 pm – 7:00 pm Tickets Javier Cercas, novelist and essayist, is one of Europe’s most distinguished contemporary writers. His works, which have been translated into more than twenty languages, include the acclaimed, Soldados de Salamina (Soldiers of Salamis, 2001), which[...] “The executive deficit at the heart of Whitehall: the systemic failings of UK Government” by Major General (Rtd) Jonathan Shaw CB CBE 7:30 pm “The executive deficit at the heart of Whitehall: the systemic failings of UK Government” by Major General (Rtd) Jonathan Shaw CB CBE @ Oxford Martin School May 12 @ 7:30 pm – 8:30 pm Tickets This is a joint event between the Oxford Martin School and The Oxford International Relations Society (IRSoC) The lecture is free and open to all and will be followed by a drinks reception for members[...]	13 Ethnographic understandings of global refugee policy: looking at policy in practice 5:00 pm Ethnographic understandings of global refugee policy: looking at policy in practice @ Seminar Room 1,Department of International Development May 13 @ 5:00 pm – 6:30 pm Tickets Speaker: Dr Marion Fresia (Professeure assistante, Institut d’ethnologie, Université de Neuchâtel) Ethnographic approaches of policy processes are usually interested in issues of power and control, translation and mediation, contestation and resistance, and the formal and[...] The ANC and Social Security: The Good, the Bad and the Unacknowledged 5:00 pm The ANC and Social Security: The Good, the Bad and the Unacknowledged @ Department of Social Policy and Intervention May 13 @ 5:00 pm – 6:30 pm Tickets The Annual Zola Skweyiya Lecture	14 ‘The Third Truth: Part 2’ – Javier Cercas, Weidenfeld Visiting Professor in Comparative European Literature 5:30 pm ‘The Third Truth: Part 2’ – Javier Cercas, Weidenfeld Visiting Professor in Comparative European Literature @ Mary Ogilvie Lecture Theatre May 14 @ 5:30 pm – 6:30 pm Tickets Javier Cercas, novelist and essayist, is one of Europe’s most distinguished contemporary writers. His works, which have been translated into more than twenty languages, include the acclaimed, Soldados de Salamina (Soldiers of Salamis, 2001), which[...] Memory as Imagination in a Globalised World’ 5:30 pm Memory as Imagination in a Globalised World’ @ Leonard Wolfson Auditorium, Wolfson College May 14 @ 5:30 pm – 7:00 pm Tickets Siddhartha will be reading from his books of poetry, Kalagora and Digital Monsoon, showing clips from his theatre work and film, as a way into exploring the relationship between memory, imagination and globalised environments. He[...]	15 A Tale of Two Cities and the History of Modern Revenge – Catherine Gallagher 11:00 am A Tale of Two Cities and the History of Modern Revenge – Catherine Gallagher @ Seminar Room K, Faculty of English May 15 @ 11:00 am – 12:00 pm Tickets Catherine Gallagher from Berkeley will give a talk on A Tale of Two Cities and the History of Modern Revenge as part of the Victorian Research Seminar series at the Faculty of English Language &[...]	16 Disputed Lives 10:00 am Disputed Lives @ Wolfson College Oxford May 16 @ 10:00 am – 5:00 pm Tickets Led by Hermione Lee, Elleke Boehmer, Rebecca Abrams, Kate McLoughlin and Jacob Dahl, this full-day workshop will focus on the challenges contradictory accounts about their subjects’ lives pose to life-writers. £70 (£55 unwaged). For more[...]
17	18 Tragedy in the Trenches: Classics, the First World War and the Rise of Flemish Culture 2:15 pm Tragedy in the Trenches: Classics, the First World War and the Rise of Flemish Culture @ Lecture Theatre, Ioannou Centre May 18 @ 2:15 pm – 3:45 pm Tickets Maarten De Pourcq (Radboud University Nijmegen) will present a paper on the links between Classics, the First World War, and the Rise of Flemish Culture. Followed by Q & A and refreshments. Free, all welcome.[...] “Inside climate negotiations: a personal perspective” by Connie Hedegaard 5:00 pm “Inside climate negotiations: a personal perspective” by Connie Hedegaard @ Oxford Martin School May 18 @ 5:00 pm – 6:30 pm Tickets As former European Commissioner for Climate Action and as host Minister of the 2009 UN Climate Change Conference in Copenhagen, Connie Hedegaard has been at the sharp end of global agreements. While the Copenhagen talks[...]	19 ‘Vargas Llosa’s Question’: Javier Cercas, Weidenfeld Visiting Professor in Comparative European Literature 5:30 pm ‘Vargas Llosa’s Question’: Javier Cercas, Weidenfeld Visiting Professor in Comparative European Literature @ Mary Ogilvie Lecture Theatre May 19 @ 5:30 pm – 6:30 pm Tickets Javier Cercas, novelist and essayist, is one of Europe’s most distinguished contemporary writers. His works, which have been translated into more than twenty languages, include the acclaimed, Soldados de Salamina (Soldiers of Salamis, 2001), which[...]	20 UNHCR’s protection guidelines: what role for external voices? 5:00 pm UNHCR’s protection guidelines: what role for external voices? @ Seminar Room 1, Department of International Development May 20 @ 5:00 pm – 6:30 pm Tickets Speaker: Professor Guy Goodwin-Gill (Emeritus Fellow, All Souls College, University of Oxford) In 1977, as national refugee status determination procedures were gaining new life, States members of UNHCR’s Executive Committee asked the Office to provide[...]	21 ‘The Blind Spot’ – Javier Cercas, Weidenfeld Visiting Professor in Comparative European Literature 5:30 pm ‘The Blind Spot’ – Javier Cercas, Weidenfeld Visiting Professor in Comparative European Literature @ Mary Ogilvie Lecture Theatre May 21 @ 5:30 pm – 6:30 pm Tickets Javier Cercas, novelist and essayist, is one of Europe’s most distinguished contemporary writers. His works, which have been translated into more than twenty languages, include the acclaimed, Soldados de Salamina (Soldiers of Salamis, 2001), which[...] Tamiflu: An update on 6 years of evidence gathering 6:00 pm Tamiflu: An update on 6 years of evidence gathering @ Rewley House May 21 @ 6:00 pm – 7:00 pm Tickets This talk is being held as part of the Practice of Evidence-Based Health Care module which is part of the MSc in Evidence-Based Health Care. Members of the public are welcome to attend. Carl Heneghan[...] Paradise Lost: A staged reading – The War in Heaven 8:00 pm Paradise Lost: A staged reading – The War in Heaven @ New College Chapel May 21 @ 8:00 pm – 9:30 pm Tickets New College Chapel presents Paradise Lost: a staged reading of Milton’s epic poem in 3 parts, directed by Professor Elisabeth Dutton (Fribourg), featuring new settings of Milton’s hymns by the Organist, Robert Quinney, and anthems[...]	22 IATEFL Literature, Media & Cultural Studies Special Interest Group & The Creativity Group joint event 5:00 pm IATEFL Literature, Media & Cultural Studies Special Interest Group & The Creativity Group joint event @ Rooms 204 & 205, John Henry Brookes Building, Oxford Brookes University, Oxford May 22 @ 5:00 pm – May 23 @ 4:30 pm Tickets This symposium offers an innovative and exciting ‘coming together’ of language teachers and teachers of the creative arts, asking the questions: What does creativity mean to me? What do I do about it as a[...] Paradise Lost: A staged reading – The Fall 8:00 pm Paradise Lost: A staged reading – The Fall @ New College Chapel May 22 @ 8:00 pm – 9:30 pm Tickets New College Chapel presents Paradise Lost: a staged reading of Milton’s epic poem in 3 parts, directed by Professor Elisabeth Dutton (Fribourg), featuring new settings of Milton’s hymns by the Organist, Robert Quinney, and anthems[...]	23
24	25	26 ‘The Man Who Says No’ – Javier Cercas, Weidenfeld Visiting Professor in Comparative European Literature 5:30 pm ‘The Man Who Says No’ – Javier Cercas, Weidenfeld Visiting Professor in Comparative European Literature @ Mary Ogilvie Lecture Theatre May 26 @ 5:30 pm – 6:30 pm Tickets Javier Cercas, novelist and essayist, is one of Europe’s most distinguished contemporary writers. His works, which have been translated into more than twenty languages, include the acclaimed, Soldados de Salamina (Soldiers of Salamis, 2001), which[...] Speak Out Your Financial Needs and Let Your College, the University and the Crowdfunding Platform Know 7:00 pm Speak Out Your Financial Needs and Let Your College, the University and the Crowdfunding Platform Know @ Oxford Launchpad, Saïd Business School May 26 @ 7:00 pm – 8:00 pm Tickets Have you thought about using crowdfunding to fund your next degree, innovation, entrepreneurial project, charitable work, creative arts or sports club? What support you need from your college, the university and the crowdfunding platform? Speak[...]	27 “Sudden justice: America’s secret drone wars” by Chris Woods 5:00 pm “Sudden justice: America’s secret drone wars” by Chris Woods @ Oxford Martin School May 27 @ 5:00 pm – 6:30 pm Tickets This book talk is a joint event between the Oxford Martin School and the Oxford Institute for Ethics, Law and Armed Conflict This book talk will see author Chris Woods discuss his new book Sudden[...] Global policy for IDPs: a parallel process? 5:00 pm Global policy for IDPs: a parallel process? @ Seminar Room 1, Department of International Development May 27 @ 5:00 pm – 6:30 pm Tickets Speaker: Dr Phil Orchard (Senior Lecturer, Peace and Conflict Studies and International Relations, University of Queensland) In the past two decades, global policy on internal displacement has become a discernible area of activity for the[...]	28	29	30 C.S Lewis: creative imagination, orthodox faith 10:30 am C.S Lewis: creative imagination, orthodox faith @ St Theosevia Centre May 30 @ 10:30 am – 4:00 pm Tickets C.S. Lewis is best-known for his Narnia Chronicles and works of Christian apologetics such as Mere Christianity and The Problem of Pain, but he was professionally a literary critic and literary historian with carefully thought[...]
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