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					1 Leviathan and the Air Pump: Thirty Years On 5:30 pm Leviathan and the Air Pump: Thirty Years On @ Oxford University Museum of Natural History May 1 @ 5:30 pm – 7:00 pm Tickets Robert Boyle’s air-pump experiments in 1659 provoked a lively debate over the possibility of a vacuum. The air-pump, a complicated and expensive device, became an emblem of the new experimental science that was promoted by[...]	2
3	4	5 “Nanotechnology for energy: an entrepreneurial perspective” by Prof Javier Garcia Martinez 5:00 pm “Nanotechnology for energy: an entrepreneurial perspective” by Prof Javier Garcia Martinez @ Oxford Martin School May 5 @ 5:00 pm – 6:30 pm Tickets This is a joint event with the Oxford Martin Programme on Nanotechnology With the daunting energy challenges faced by mankind in the 21st century, revolutionary new technologies will be the key to a clean, secure[...] 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 Dr. Sylvia McLain: Science! What does is really mean to be scientific? @ Oxford Skeptics in the Pub Dr. Sylvia McLain: Science! What does is really mean to be scientific? @ Oxford Skeptics in the Pub @ St Aldates Tavern May 6 all-day Tickets 7.30PM start at St. Aldates Tavern, and entry is free, although we do suggest a donation of around £3 to cover speaker expenses. Come along and say hello! All welcome. http://oxford.skepticsinthepub.org/Event.aspx/2561/-Science-What-does-is-really-mean-to-be-scientific From developing theories and[...] ‘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[...] Autopsy of an incident: the new slides from Roswell, New Mexico 7:30 pm Autopsy of an incident: the new slides from Roswell, New Mexico @ Town Hall, St Aldates May 7 @ 7:30 pm – 9:00 pm Tickets Twenty minute talk, one hour discussion. Free entry, no need to book.	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. 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[...] Charity science comedy night 7:00 pm Charity science comedy night @ St. Aldate's Tavern May 11 @ 7:00 pm Tickets A night of science comedy from Oxford’s funniest scientists. Highlights include the science of beer, the rise of the worm people and the end of the world. All profits go to TASTE, a small charity[...]	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 Can babies feel pain? 7:00 pm Can babies feel pain? @ St Aldates Tavern May 13 @ 7:00 pm – 8:30 pm Tickets As adults can tell us when they are feeling pain we can often simply ask them whether pain medication is working. As babies cannot talk, we need to rely on other measures to find out[...]	14 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[...] Science In Wonderland – Melanie Keene 6:00 pm Science In Wonderland – Melanie Keene @ The Story Museum May 14 @ 6:00 pm – 7:00 pm Tickets To the Victorians, the newly understood sciences were the most exciting subjects of the century, and they wanted their children to learn about this wonderful new world, too. Writers from Hans Christian Andersen to Edith[...] 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 “Science as Revolution” – Professor Sir Paul Nurse 5:00 pm “Science as Revolution” – Professor Sir Paul Nurse @ Mathematical Institute May 15 @ 5:00 pm Tickets The inaugural Lorna Casselton Memorial Lecture, entitled “Science as Revolution”, will be at 5pm on Friday 15th May, in the main Lecture Theatre, L1, at the Mathematical Institute in the Radcliffe Observatory Quarter. It will[...] 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.[...]	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 Calculating Emotions – Crowdsourced Neuromarketing 5:00 pm Calculating Emotions – Crowdsourced Neuromarketing @ Weiskrantz Room, Department of Experimental Psychology May 21 @ 5:00 pm – 6:30 pm Tickets Adam Divák and Tamás Nagy from Synetiq Ltd. Ádám Divák (CTO) and Tamás Nagy (lead researcher) will talk about Synetiq, a Hungarian start-up providing neuromarketing research and emotional insights for media companies. They will show[...] 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[...]	27	28	29 CT screening: the best way to cure cancer? by Professor Fergus Gleeson 8:00 am CT screening: the best way to cure cancer? by Professor Fergus Gleeson @ Lecture Theatre One, Academic Centre May 29 @ 8:00 am – 9:00 am Tickets The next ‘Surgical Grand Rounds’ presentation at the Nuffield Department of Surgical Sciences will be given by Professor Fergus Gleeson, Professor of Radiology and Consultant Radiologist at Oxford University Hospitals NHS Trust.	30
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