Some face-to-face events are returning. Check carefully for any requirements.
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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
![]() 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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Outburst Fesitval
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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‘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
![]() 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 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
![]() 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
![]() 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
![]() 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
![]() 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
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
![]() 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
![]() 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
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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 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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