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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
A Medieval Coursebook? Diagrammatic annotations in Balliol College MS 272 @ Balliol College Historic Collections Centre, St Cross Church, Manor Road | Oxford | United Kingdom
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[...]
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The Stories of Successful Crowdfundraisers 7:00 pm
The Stories of Successful Crowdfundraisers @ Oxford Launchpad
May 5 @ 7:00 pm – 8:00 pm
The Stories of Successful Crowdfundraisers @ Oxford Launchpad | Oxford | United Kingdom
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[...]
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Outburst Fesitval
Outburst Fesitval @ Pegasus Theater
May 7 – May 9 all-day
Outburst Fesitval @ Pegasus Theater | Oxford | United Kingdom
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
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,[...]
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‘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
‘We’ve never had it so good’ – how does the world today compare to 1957? - Panel discussion @ Oxford Martin School | Oxford | England | United Kingdom
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
The Knowledge Project: Novel Writing @ Oxford International College | Oxford | United Kingdom
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[...]
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‘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
'The Third Truth: Part 1': Javier Cercas, Weidenfeld Visiting Professor in Comparative European Literature @ Mary Ogilvie Lecture Theatre | Oxford | United Kingdom
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[...]
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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
The ANC and Social Security: The Good, the Bad and the Unacknowledged @ Department of Social Policy and Intervention | Oxford | United Kingdom
The Annual Zola Skweyiya Lecture
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‘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
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
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[...]
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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
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 &[...]
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Disputed Lives 10:00 am
Disputed Lives @ Wolfson College Oxford
May 16 @ 10:00 am – 5:00 pm
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[...]
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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
Tragedy in the Trenches: Classics, the First World War and the Rise of Flemish Culture @ Lecture Theatre, Ioannou Centre | Oxford | United Kingdom
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.[...]
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‘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
'Vargas Llosa's Question': Javier Cercas, Weidenfeld Visiting Professor in Comparative European Literature @ Mary Ogilvie Lecture Theatre | Oxford | United Kingdom
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[...]
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‘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
'The Blind Spot' - Javier Cercas, Weidenfeld Visiting Professor in Comparative European Literature @ Mary Ogilvie Lecture Theatre | Oxford | United Kingdom
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[...]
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
Paradise Lost: A staged reading - The War in Heaven @ New College Chapel | Oxford | United Kingdom
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[...]
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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
IATEFL Literature, Media & Cultural Studies Special Interest Group & The Creativity Group joint event @ Rooms 204 & 205, John Henry Brookes Building, Oxford Brookes University, Oxford | Oxford | England | United Kingdom
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
Paradise Lost: A staged reading - The Fall @ New College Chapel | Oxford | United Kingdom
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[...]
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‘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
'The Man Who Says No' - Javier Cercas, Weidenfeld Visiting Professor in Comparative European Literature @ Mary Ogilvie Lecture Theatre | Oxford | United Kingdom
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
Speak Out Your Financial Needs and Let Your College, the University and the Crowdfunding Platform Know @ Oxford Launchpad, Saïd Business School | Oxford | United Kingdom
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[...]
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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
C.S Lewis: creative imagination, orthodox faith @ St Theosevia Centre | Oxford | United Kingdom
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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