Some face-to-face events are returning. Check carefully for any requirements.

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Better late than never? The evolution and implementation of UNHCR’s urban refugee policy 5:00 pm
Better late than never? The evolution and implementation of UNHCR’s urban refugee policy @ Seminar Room 1, Department of International Development
May 6 @ 5:00 pm – 6:30 pm
Speakers: Dr Jeff Crisp (independent consultant) and MaryBeth Morand (Senior Policy and Evaluation Officer, UNHCR) For almost a decade (1999 – 2009) UNHCR struggled to formulate a new policy on refugee protection and solutions in[...]
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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[...]
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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[...]
St Catz Charity Concert 5:30 pm
St Catz Charity Concert @ Holywell Music Room
May 11 @ 5:30 pm – 6:30 pm
St Catherine’s College student Daniel Shao (2013, Music) has organised a music concert in aid of the Oxford branch of Crisis (the national charity for single homeless people). The concert will showcase a wealth of[...]
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“The executive deficit at the heart of Whitehall: the systemic failings of UK Government” by Major General (Rtd) Jonathan Shaw CB CBE 7:30 pm
“The executive deficit at the heart of Whitehall: the systemic failings of UK Government” by Major General (Rtd) Jonathan Shaw CB CBE @ Oxford Martin School
May 12 @ 7:30 pm – 8:30 pm
This is a joint event between the Oxford Martin School and The Oxford International Relations Society (IRSoC) The lecture is free and open to all and will be followed by a drinks reception for members[...]
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Ethnographic understandings of global refugee policy: looking at policy in practice 5:00 pm
Ethnographic understandings of global refugee policy: looking at policy in practice @ Seminar Room 1,Department of International Development
May 13 @ 5:00 pm – 6:30 pm
Speaker: Dr Marion Fresia (Professeure assistante, Institut d’ethnologie, Université de Neuchâtel) Ethnographic approaches of policy processes are usually interested in issues of power and control, translation and mediation, contestation and resistance, and the formal and[...]
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 Oxford Forum’s Political Strategy Panel Debate 5:30 pm
The Oxford Forum’s Political Strategy Panel Debate @ Saskatchewan Lecture Theatre, Exeter College
May 18 @ 5:30 pm – 7:00 pm
The Oxford Forum's Political Strategy Panel Debate @ Saskatchewan Lecture Theatre, Exeter College | Oxford | United Kingdom
Having seen the election results unfold, the topic of political strategy and communication is as relevant as ever in highlighting the ways in which politicians and organisations seek to influence public opinion and shape political[...]
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UNHCR’s protection guidelines: what role for external voices? 5:00 pm
UNHCR’s protection guidelines: what role for external voices? @ Seminar Room 1, Department of International Development
May 20 @ 5:00 pm – 6:30 pm
Speaker: Professor Guy Goodwin-Gill (Emeritus Fellow, All Souls College, University of Oxford) In 1977, as national refugee status determination procedures were gaining new life, States members of UNHCR’s Executive Committee asked the Office to provide[...]
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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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Bikes, Buses, and Pedestrians 8:00 pm
Bikes, Buses, and Pedestrians @ Oxford Town Hall
May 26 @ 8:00 pm – 9:30 pm
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.[...]
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“Sudden justice: America’s secret drone wars” by Chris Woods 5:00 pm
“Sudden justice: America’s secret drone wars” by Chris Woods @ Oxford Martin School
May 27 @ 5:00 pm – 6:30 pm
This book talk is a joint event between the Oxford Martin School and the Oxford Institute for Ethics, Law and Armed Conflict This book talk will see author Chris Woods discuss his new book Sudden[...]
Global policy for IDPs: a parallel process? 5:00 pm
Global policy for IDPs: a parallel process? @ Seminar Room 1, Department of International Development
May 27 @ 5:00 pm – 6:30 pm
Speaker: Dr Phil Orchard (Senior Lecturer, Peace and Conflict Studies and International Relations, University of Queensland) In the past two decades, global policy on internal displacement has become a discernible area of activity for the[...]
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