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3	4	5 The Stories of Successful Crowdfundraisers 7:00 pm The Stories of Successful Crowdfundraisers @ Oxford Launchpad May 5 @ 7:00 pm – 8:00 pm Tickets The panel will share their fundraising experience with the audiences. The main topic of the discussion will be on how they managed to raise substantial amount of money in their campaigns. Answers will touch topics[...]	6	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[...] “Top-down or bottom-up: getting traction on climate change” by Prof Steve Rayner 5:00 pm “Top-down or bottom-up: getting traction on climate change” by Prof Steve Rayner @ Oxford Martin School May 7 @ 5:00 pm – 6:30 pm Tickets Conventional approaches to climate policy are failing to produce real results and need to be renovated. Professor Steve Rayner, Director of the Institute for Science, Innovation and Society, and editor of The Hartwell Approach to[...]	8	9
10	11 Shakespeare and Evil 2:00 pm Shakespeare and Evil @ Blue Boar Lecture Theatre May 11 @ 2:00 pm – 3:30 pm Tickets 2015 lies between the 450th anniversary of Shakespeare’s birth last year, and the 400th anniversary of his death next year. As celebrations of Shakespeare’s profundity and morality abound, James Sheldrake will be offering a timely[...] Helen McCrory in conversation with Edith Hall on Medea 2:15 pm Helen McCrory in conversation with Edith Hall on Medea @ Lecture Theatre - APGRD, Classics Faculty May 11 @ 2:15 pm Tickets Helen McCrory, in conversation with Edith Hall (KCL), about her performance in the National Theatre’s recent production of Medea (2014). Free, all welcome, no booking required. ‘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 The Knowledge Project: What is Feminism? 6:30 pm The Knowledge Project: What is Feminism? @ Oxford International College May 12 @ 6:30 pm – 8:00 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[...] The Knowledge Project: Creativity 7:00 pm The Knowledge Project: Creativity @ Oxford International College May 12 @ 7:00 pm – 8:30 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[...]	13	14 “Engineering a cooler planet: Could we? Should we?” by Prof Richard Darton & Prof Steve Rayner 5:00 pm “Engineering a cooler planet: Could we? Should we?” by Prof Richard Darton & Prof Steve Rayner @ Oxford Martin School May 14 @ 5:00 pm – 6:30 pm Tickets Mankind’s strategies of mitigation and adaptation may well turn out to be too weak and too late to avoid dangerous climate change later this century. So might we need to try a different route –[...] 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[...] The Knowledge Project: Introduction to Contemporary Art 6:00 pm The Knowledge Project: Introduction to Contemporary Art @ Oxford International College May 14 @ 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[...]	15 The Knowledge Project: Shakespeare 7:00 pm The Knowledge Project: Shakespeare @ Oxford International College May 15 @ 7:00 pm – 8:30 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[...]	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[...] The Knowledge Project: Positive Psychology 10:00 am The Knowledge Project: Positive Psychology @ Oxford International College May 16 @ 10:00 am – 11:30 am 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[...]
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	20 Theatre and Evolution from Ibsen to Beckett 12:45 pm Theatre and Evolution from Ibsen to Beckett @ Seminar Room, Radcliffe Humanities May 20 @ 12:45 pm – 2:00 pm Tickets Part of Book at Lunchtime, a fortnightly series of bite size book discussions, with commentators from a range of disciplines. Free, all welcome – no booking required. Join us for a sandwich lunch from 12:45,[...] Paradise Lost: A staged reading – The Parliament in Hell 8:00 pm Paradise Lost: A staged reading – The Parliament in Hell @ New College Chapel May 20 @ 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[...]	21 “Sustainable transport: electric dreams vs carbon reality” by Prof David Banister & Dr Malcolm McCulloch 5:00 pm “Sustainable transport: electric dreams vs carbon reality” by Prof David Banister & Dr Malcolm McCulloch @ Oxford Martin School May 21 @ 5:00 pm – 6:30 pm Tickets Can we develop transport technologies that are less harmful to the planet? Professor David Banister, Director of the Transport Studies Unit, and Professor Malcom McCulloch, head of the Electrical Power Group will present research into[...] 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 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[...] Bikes, Buses, and Pedestrians 8:00 pm Bikes, Buses, and Pedestrians @ Oxford Town Hall May 26 @ 8:00 pm – 9:30 pm Tickets Cyclox and the Oxford Pedestrians Association (OxPA) will be welcoming representatives of the bus companies that serve Oxford to a meeting to discuss the relationship between bikes, buses and pedestrians on the city’s busy streets.[...]	27	28 “A wealthy, healthy planet: creating green economic growth” by Prof Cameron Hepburn 5:00 pm “A wealthy, healthy planet: creating green economic growth” by Prof Cameron Hepburn @ Oxford Martin School May 28 @ 5:00 pm – 6:30 pm Tickets How can the human economy become more sustainable in the face of a rapidly changing climate? Professor Cameron Hepburn, Director of the Economics of Sustainability programme at The Institute for New Economic Thinking at the[...]	29	30
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