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					1	2 Pre-Raphaelite Drawings 11:00 am Pre-Raphaelite Drawings @ Ashmoelan Museum May 2 @ 11:00 am – 12:00 pm Tickets Join exhibition curator Colin Harrison and explore the development of Pre-Raphaelite drawings from the technical supremacy of Millais on the 1840’s to the bold portraits of Rossetti in the 1870’s
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 “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 Robert Irwin – Memoirs of a Dervish 7:30 pm Robert Irwin – Memoirs of a Dervish @ Wadham College, Gillese-Badun Room, McCall McBain Graduate Centre May 6 @ 7:30 pm – 8:30 pm Tickets The newly launched Oxford Society for Sufi Studies launches on Wednesday of 2nd Week (6th May), with a talk from renowned author Robert Irwin on his book Memoirs of a Dervish, which chronicles his experiences[...]	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[...] “Top-down or bottom-up: getting traction on climate change” by Prof Steve Rayner 5:00 pm “Top-down or bottom-up: getting traction on climate change” by Prof Steve Rayner @ Oxford Martin School May 7 @ 5:00 pm – 6:30 pm Tickets Conventional approaches to climate policy are failing to produce real results and need to be renovated. Professor Steve Rayner, Director of the Institute for Science, Innovation and Society, and editor of The Hartwell Approach to[...] 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[...] 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 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 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. ‘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[...]	12 Which crowdfunding platform should we choose to present our project? 7:00 pm Which crowdfunding platform should we choose to present our project? @ Oxford Launchpad May 12 @ 7:00 pm – 8:00 pm Tickets The presenter will introduce different crowdfunding platforms which serve different purposes, for instance education-related initiatives, charitable works, new products and start-ups. Presenter: Shan Huang, D.Phil student at Department of Education, Founder of OxFund “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 Tickets 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[...] Performing Colour/Staging Sound 8:00 pm Performing Colour/Staging Sound @ Jacqueline du Pre Music Building May 12 @ 8:00 pm – 8:00 pm Tickets Franz Schreker: Kammersymphonie (1916) Lewis Coenen-Rowe: A Cosmic Joke (2014) Wassily Kandinsky/Thomas de Hartmann, orch. Gunther Schuller: Der Gelbe Klang (1909) 8.00pm, Tuesday 12th and Wednesday 13th May 2015 In this multimedia collaboration, four graduate[...]	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	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 “Engineering a cooler planet: Could we? Should we?” by Prof Richard Darton & Prof Steve Rayner 5:00 pm “Engineering a cooler planet: Could we? Should we?” by Prof Richard Darton & Prof Steve Rayner @ Oxford Martin School May 14 @ 5:00 pm – 6:30 pm Tickets Mankind’s strategies of mitigation and adaptation may well turn out to be too weak and too late to avoid dangerous climate change later this century. So might we need to try a different route –[...] 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 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 “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[...]	16
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.[...] “Inside climate negotiations: a personal perspective” by Connie Hedegaard 5:00 pm “Inside climate negotiations: a personal perspective” by Connie Hedegaard @ Oxford Martin School May 18 @ 5:00 pm – 6:30 pm Tickets As former European Commissioner for Climate Action and as host Minister of the 2009 UN Climate Change Conference in Copenhagen, Connie Hedegaard has been at the sharp end of global agreements. While the Copenhagen talks[...] 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 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 Tickets 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[...]	19	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 “Sustainable transport: electric dreams vs carbon reality” by Prof David Banister & Dr Malcolm McCulloch 5:00 pm “Sustainable transport: electric dreams vs carbon reality” by Prof David Banister & Dr Malcolm McCulloch @ Oxford Martin School May 21 @ 5:00 pm – 6:30 pm Tickets Can we develop transport technologies that are less harmful to the planet? Professor David Banister, Director of the Transport Studies Unit, and Professor Malcom McCulloch, head of the Electrical Power Group will present research into[...] 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[...] It Takes A Village: Meeting the complex needs of poverty-impacted youth and their families, locally and globally 5:00 pm It Takes A Village: Meeting the complex needs of poverty-impacted youth and their families, locally and globally @ Department of Social Policy and Intervention May 21 @ 5:00 pm – 6:30 pm Tickets Delivered by Astor Visiting Lecturer Dr Mary McKay, NYU 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 “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 Tickets 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[...]	28 “A wealthy, healthy planet: creating green economic growth” by Prof Cameron Hepburn 5:00 pm “A wealthy, healthy planet: creating green economic growth” by Prof Cameron Hepburn @ Oxford Martin School May 28 @ 5:00 pm – 6:30 pm Tickets How can the human economy become more sustainable in the face of a rapidly changing climate? Professor Cameron Hepburn, Director of the Economics of Sustainability programme at The Institute for New Economic Thinking at the[...]	29 The DNA of Early Cancers 12:00 pm The DNA of Early Cancers @ Wellcome Trust Centre for Human Genetics Old Road Campus May 29 @ 12:00 pm – 1:15 pm Tickets Genomic variation, through its effect on gene structure and expression, plays an important role in disease predisposition, biology and clinical response to therapy. In my presentation, I will provide examples of ongoing projects that emerged[...] The Pre-raphaelites: Visions of the Past 2:00 pm The Pre-raphaelites: Visions of the Past @ Ashmoelan Museum May 29 @ 2:00 pm – 3:00 pm Tickets William Morris and Edward Burne- Jones developed the Pre Raphaelite’s ideals into both mystical and moral associations. Find out how these associations contributed to the Art Nouveau movement Weidenfeld Debate 2015: “Economic inequality is a necessary evil” 5:00 pm Weidenfeld Debate 2015: “Economic inequality is a necessary evil” @ Danson Room, Trinity College May 29 @ 5:00 pm – 6:30 pm Tickets Join the Weidenfeld Scholars for an engaging debate on economic inequality moderated by Jon Snow. We will be engaging with what drives inequality, what economic, social and political impact inequality has and what policymakers ought[...]	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[...]
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