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					1 The Pre-Raphaelites: Angry Young Men 2:00 pm The Pre-Raphaelites: Angry Young Men @ Ashmolean Museum May 1 @ 2:00 pm – 3:00 pm Tickets Millais Rosetti and Holman Hunt, why did this brotherhood reject contemporary teaching and instead looked at to the past before the Renaissance 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 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 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 Light in Germany: Scenes of an Unknown Enlightenment 12:45 pm Light in Germany: Scenes of an Unknown Enlightenment @ Seminar Room May 6 @ 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,[...] ‘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,[...] Larry Hirst CBE, Former Chairman of IBM, talks to the Oxford Guild 6:30 pm Larry Hirst CBE, Former Chairman of IBM, talks to the Oxford Guild @ Habakkuk Room, Jesus College May 7 @ 6:30 pm – 7:30 pm Tickets https://www.facebook.com/events/495653777253176/ The Oxford Guild is very excited to welcome Larry Hirst CBE, former Chairman of IBM EMEA, to speak on Thursday 7th May. This will be an incredibly insightful talk and is not one to[...]	8 Copyright, Culture, and Community in Virtual Worlds 5:00 pm Copyright, Culture, and Community in Virtual Worlds @ University of Oxford- Ioannou Centre for Classical and Byzantine Studies May 8 @ 5:00 pm – 6:30 pm Tickets Oxford Internet Institute Bellwether Lecture presented by Professor Dan Burk on Copyright, Culture, and Community in Virtual Worlds We have accumulated an increasingly rich body of data concerning online communities, particularly those that share virtual[...]	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 ‘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[...]	13 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 Nikolaus Wachsmann ‘The Camps’ 6:00 pm Nikolaus Wachsmann ‘The Camps’ @ Blackwell's Bookshop May 13 @ 6:00 pm – 7:00 pm Tickets In March of 1933, a disused factory surrounded by barbed wire held 223 prisoners in the town of Dachau. By the end of 1945, the SS concentration camp system had become an overwhelming landscape of[...]	14 Gene-based differential susceptibility to parenting? An examination based on a randomised trial of Incredible Years 4:00 pm Gene-based differential susceptibility to parenting? An examination based on a randomised trial of Incredible Years @ Department of Social Policy and Intervention May 14 @ 4:00 pm – 5:00 pm Tickets ‘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 &[...] The Pre-Raphaelites: Romantic Dreamers 2:00 pm The Pre-Raphaelites: Romantic Dreamers @ Ashmolean Museum May 15 @ 2:00 pm – 3:00 pm Tickets From Italian Pre-Renaissance paintings to English Literature and contemporary poetry, discover how the medieval world inspired the young artists of the Pre- Raphaelite Brotherhood Marcus Tanner: The Raven King 8:00 pm Marcus Tanner: The Raven King @ Harris Seminar Room, Oriel College May 15 @ 8:00 pm – 9:30 pm Tickets Marcus’ books include Croatia, a Nation Born in War and The Last of the Celts (Yale University Press). The most recent is on Victorian Balkan explorer Edith Durham. In the 1990s he was Balkan correspondent[...]	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.[...] Internet Use, Perceptions of Online Space, and Internet Sexual Offending Management and Intervention 5:00 pm Internet Use, Perceptions of Online Space, and Internet Sexual Offending Management and Intervention @ Department of Social Policy and Intervention May 18 @ 5:00 pm – 6:30 pm Tickets	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 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[...] ‘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[...] St Ebbes – a forgotten history 5:30 pm St Ebbes – a forgotten history @ Key Learning Centre, Oxford Castle May 21 @ 5:30 pm – 7:00 pm Tickets St Ebbe’s- A Forgotten History Talk by Malcolm Graham Archaeology and the Westgate Lecture Series 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[...] OUMSSA Perspectives: Singapore after Lee Kuan Yew – What’s Next? 6:00 pm OUMSSA Perspectives: Singapore after Lee Kuan Yew – What’s Next? @ Danson Room, Trinity College May 26 @ 6:00 pm – 7:30 pm Tickets Lee Kuan Yew, Singapore’s founding father and first Prime Minister, passed away on 23 March 2015 at the age of 91. A Cambridge-educated lawyer, Lee dominated the political stage in Singapore for more than 5[...] 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	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[...] Cleopatra: The Wickedest Woman in History? 11:00 am Cleopatra: The Wickedest Woman in History? @ Ashmolean Museum May 30 @ 11:00 am – 12:00 pm Tickets Cleopatra was a shrewd politician and brilliant linguist, yet she was described by Florence Nightingale as ‘disgustung’ and film director Cecil B DeMille as ‘the wickedest woman in history’. This talk attempts to uncover the[...]
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