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	1 ‘Fat or sugar: What does the evidence tell us about the priorities for weight control?’ 5:30 pm ‘Fat or sugar: What does the evidence tell us about the priorities for weight control?’ @ Rewley House Jun 1 @ 5:30 pm – 6:30 pm Tickets Susan Jebb is a nutrition scientist who has spent more than 25 years studying the links between what we eat and the effect on our weight and risk of cardiovascular disease. Her research includes a[...]	2 Amy Hollywood on Mysticism “The true, the real, and the mystical” 5:00 pm Amy Hollywood on Mysticism “The true, the real, and the mystical” @ Radcliffe Observatory Jun 2 @ 5:00 pm – 7:00 pm Tickets Amy Hollywood (Harvard) delivers a series of lectures on “The real, the true, and the mystical” in Oxford.	3 How to make serious magazine journalism pay 2:00 pm How to make serious magazine journalism pay @ Barclay Room, Green Templeton College Jun 3 @ 2:00 pm – 3:30 pm Tickets Reuters Institute seminars “The business and practice of journalism” The following seminars will be given at 2pm on Wednesdays, normally in the Barclay Room, Green Templeton College. Convenors: James Painter, David Levy Speaker: Bronwen Maddox,[...] “Will China pass the US by 2030?” by Prof Joseph Nye 7:30 pm “Will China pass the US by 2030?” by Prof Joseph Nye @ Oxford Martin School Jun 3 @ 7:30 pm – 8:30 pm Tickets This is a joint event between the Oxford Martin School and The Oxford International Relations Society (IRSoC) For more than a century, the United States has been the world′s most powerful state. Now some analysts[...]	4 Biosense Symposium 4:00 pm Biosense Symposium @ Museum of Natural History Jun 4 @ 4:00 pm – 7:00 pm Tickets Join us at the Museum of Natural History for an evening of talks and networking to celebrate the research behind our new exhibition,‘Biosense’. The exhibition features contemporary research, including how bacteria sense their micro-world, why[...] Amy Hollywood : The Unspeakability of Trauma, the Unspeakability of Joy 5:00 pm Amy Hollywood : The Unspeakability of Trauma, the Unspeakability of Joy @ Radcliffe Observatory Jun 4 @ 5:00 pm – 7:00 pm Tickets Amy Hollywood : The Unspeakability of Trauma, the Unspeakability of Joy: The Pursuit of the Real at the Turn of the Twenty-first Century Javier Cercas In Conversation: European Literature, Politics and Historical Memory 5:30 pm Javier Cercas In Conversation: European Literature, Politics and Historical Memory @ Mary Ogilvie Lecture Theatre Jun 4 @ 5:30 pm – 7:00 pm Tickets Javier Cercas will be at St Anne’s College as Weidenfeld Visiting Professor in Comparative European Literature, and is one of Europe’s most distinguished contemporary writers. His works, which have been translated into more than twenty[...] Algorithmic socialism 7:30 pm Algorithmic socialism @ The Mitre (upstairs function room) Jun 4 @ 7:30 pm – 9:00 pm Tickets Twenty minute talk, one hour discussion. You’re welcome to come along just to listen, or to take an active part in the discussion. Free entry, no need to book.	5 Amy Hollywood Roundtable on the “Soul as Virgin Wife” 5:00 pm Amy Hollywood Roundtable on the “Soul as Virgin Wife” @ Radcliffe Observatory Jun 5 @ 5:00 pm – 6:30 pm Tickets Roundtable: 25 years of The Soul as Virgin Wife: Eckhart and the Beguines Convenors: Ben Morgan and Johannes Depnering The changing face of elections and television 5:00 pm The changing face of elections and television @ Butler Room, Nuffield College Jun 5 @ 5:00 pm – 6:30 pm Tickets Reuters Institute / Nuffield College Media & Politics seminars The following seminars will be given at 5pm on Fridays, normally in the Butler Room, Nuffield College. Convenors: Neil Fowler, James Painter, David Levy Speaker: Michael[...] WILLIAM DALRYMPLE author of ‘The Last Mughal’ in performance with VIDYA SHAH musician 6:15 pm WILLIAM DALRYMPLE author of ‘The Last Mughal’ in performance with VIDYA SHAH musician @ Museum of Natural History, Lecture Theatre Jun 5 @ 6:15 pm – 9:00 pm Tickets Enter a lost world of music and poetry as more than 300 years of Mughal rule approached its end at the hands of the British in 1857. William Dalrymple, award-winning historian, in performance with the[...]	6
7	8 Given to me by Mr Greene: Graham Greene, a personal view 1:00 pm Given to me by Mr Greene: Graham Greene, a personal view @ St Cross Church - Balliol Historic Collections Centre Jun 8 @ 1:00 pm – 2:00 pm Tickets In autumn last year Balliol College was pleased to acquire for its research collection the books and papers of a remarkable woman called Josephine Reid, relating to her employer, the writer Graham Greene (Balliol 1922).[...]	9 Humanities and Business 4:00 pm Humanities and Business @ Saïd Business School Jun 9 @ 4:00 pm – Jun 10 @ 5:00 pm Tickets How do the humanities engage with business, and vice-versa? And what might this relationship lead to in the future? This panel will explore the reciprocity – existing and potential – of business and the humanities,[...] Creating a New Taxonomy of Disease 6:00 pm Creating a New Taxonomy of Disease @ John Henry Brookes Lecture Theatre Jun 9 @ 6:00 pm – 7:00 pm Tickets Professor Sir John Bell has been invited to Oxford Brookes to discuss the future of medicine and the role of the Oxford Academic Health Science Centre. His research interests are in the area of autoimmune[...]	10 Cross-border journalism – a new method of collaborative reporting 2:00 pm Cross-border journalism – a new method of collaborative reporting @ Barclay Room, Green Templeton College Jun 10 @ 2:00 pm – 3:30 pm Tickets Reuters Institute seminars “The business and practice of journalism” The following seminars will be given at 2pm on Wednesdays, normally in the Barclay Room, Green Templeton College. Convenors: James Painter, David Levy Speaker: Brigitte Alfter,[...] Commuters: From the Nineteenth Century to Now 5:30 pm Commuters: From the Nineteenth Century to Now @ Seminar Room 3, St Anne's College Jun 10 @ 5:30 pm – 7:00 pm Tickets Professor Rachel Bowlby from Princeton University will give a seminar on Commuters: From the Nineteenth Century to Now as part of the Science, Medicine and Culture in the Nineteenth Century seminar series. All are welcome,[...]	11 Psychology and Neuroscience Applications Society (PsyNAppS) Inaugural Symposium 4:00 pm Psychology and Neuroscience Applications Society (PsyNAppS) Inaugural Symposium @ TS Eliot Theatre Jun 11 @ 4:00 pm – 7:00 pm Tickets The Psychology and Neuroscience Applications Society (PsyNAppS) is excited to bring you the biggest event on the neuroscience calendar! Register here to attend our inaugural symposium for FREE: https://www.eventbrite.co.uk/e/psynapps-inaugural-symposium-tickets-16983645541 The event boasts an exciting line[...]	12 Burdette Lecture: ‘Clinical Governance to Improve Safety and Quality’ 8:00 am Burdette Lecture: ‘Clinical Governance to Improve Safety and Quality’ @ Academic Centre, Lecture Theatre 1 Jun 12 @ 8:00 am – 9:00 am Tickets The next Surgical Grand Rounds presentation at the Nuffield Department of Surgical Sciences is a Burdette Lecture and will be given by Professor Sir Sabaratnam Arulkumaran, President of the British Medical Association, President of the[...]	13
14	15	16 Life-Writing Lunch Seminar 1:00 pm Life-Writing Lunch Seminar @ Haldane Room, Wolfson College Jun 16 @ 1:00 pm – 2:30 pm Tickets Life-Writing Lunch Seminar: prize-winning British novelist and travel-writer Joanna Kavenna, author of The Ice Museum (2006), Inglorious (2007) and The Birth of Love (2010). Kavenna will talk about time, memory and the self. She’ll discuss[...] Safety Issues for Senior Management 5:00 pm Safety Issues for Senior Management @ John Radcliffe Hospital, Level6, NDS Seminar Room Jun 16 @ 5:00 pm – 7:30 pm Tickets The Patient Safety Academy at the Nuffield Department of Surgical Sciences are pleased to invite you to a seminar on current safety issues for senior management, led by Dr Ken Catchpole from Cedars Sinai Healthcare,[...] ### FULLY BOOKED ### St Cross College 50th Anniversary Lecture – Thomas Heatherwick 5:30 pm ### FULLY BOOKED ### St Cross College 50th Anniversary Lecture – Thomas Heatherwick @ Headley Lecture Theatre, Ashmolean Museum Jun 16 @ 5:30 pm – 7:00 pm Tickets #### This event is fully booked. #### The second of the College’s 50th Anniversary termly lectures will be given by Thomas Heatherwick, designer of the 2012 Olympic Cauldron and one of Britain’s foremost design[...]	17 Reporting Syria: the media representation of the conflict 2:00 pm Reporting Syria: the media representation of the conflict @ Barclay Room, Green Templeton College Jun 17 @ 2:00 pm – 3:30 pm Tickets Reuters Institute seminars “The business and practice of journalism” The following seminars will be given at 2pm on Wednesdays, normally in the Barclay Room, Green Templeton College. Convenors: James Painter, David Levy Speaker: Dr Halla[...]	18 Domestic Extremists: The Surveillance of Journalists 7:00 pm Domestic Extremists: The Surveillance of Journalists @ OVADA Jun 18 @ 7:00 pm – 9:00 pm Tickets Six members of the National Union of Journalists (NUJ), including comedian and journalist Mark Thomas are taking legal action against the Metropolitan Police’s monitoring and keeping of their information on a database that deals with[...] Myths and Monsters: discussion about writing poetry for children, plus poetry reading 7:00 pm Myths and Monsters: discussion about writing poetry for children, plus poetry reading @ The Story Museum Jun 18 @ 7:00 pm – 8:30 pm Tickets Three prizewinning poets read poems about myths and monsters and discuss their experiences of writing poetry for children. The readings will include poems about Sir Galahad, Medusa and St Francis, from the new Emma Press[...] The continuing contemporary irrelevance of Magna Carta 7:30 pm The continuing contemporary irrelevance of Magna Carta @ The Mitre (upstairs function room) Jun 18 @ 7:30 pm – 9:00 pm Tickets Guest speaker: Dr Mike Macnair, Associate Professor in Law, University of Oxford Talk, Q&As, and discussion. You’re welcome to come along just to listen, or to take part actively in the discussion. Free entry, no[...]	19 Surgical Grand Rounds: talks by Mr Nick Maynard and Dr Tom Macgregor 8:00 am Surgical Grand Rounds: talks by Mr Nick Maynard and Dr Tom Macgregor @ John Radcliffe Hospital, Academic Centre, Lecture Theatre 1 Jun 19 @ 8:00 am – 9:00 am Tickets The next Surgical Grand Rounds presentation at the Nuffield Department of Surgical Sciences will be given by Mr Nick Maynard and Dr Tom Macgregor, Consultant Upper GI Surgeon and Surgical SpR, Oxford University Hospitals NHS[...]	20
21	22	23	24	25 The Art of Documenting Protest with Zoe Broughton 7:00 pm The Art of Documenting Protest with Zoe Broughton @ OVADA Jun 25 @ 7:00 pm – 8:30 pm Tickets The award-winning video journalist and campaign filmmaker, Zoe Broughton, has spent more than 20 years putting herself on the frontline – going undercover at an animal-testing lab, being chased by police while filming on a[...]	26	27 Great Charters: Freedom and Responsibility in Poetry and Beyond 12:00 pm Great Charters: Freedom and Responsibility in Poetry and Beyond @ Oxford Castle Jun 27 @ 12:00 pm – 1:30 pm Tickets This creative workshop will explore ideas of citizenship in the Magna Carta, led by Penny Boxall of the University Church. The Preservation of Ancient Buildings 2:00 pm The Preservation of Ancient Buildings @ Oxford Castle Jun 27 @ 2:00 pm – 3:30 pm Tickets A talk in association with the Society for the Protection of Ancient Buildings. Medieval House to Energy Efficient Home 3:00 pm Medieval House to Energy Efficient Home @ Oxford Castle Jun 27 @ 3:00 pm – 4:30 pm Tickets A talk by Roger Hunt, the award winning writer specialising in sustainability, old houses, housebuilding and traditional and modern building materials.
28	29	30 In Conversation with: Alex Hourston 5:00 pm In Conversation with: Alex Hourston @ MCS Studio Jun 30 @ 5:00 pm – 6:00 pm Tickets Alex Hourston will be talking about her debut novel, In My House. CPD Talk: Understanding Trauma & PTSD within the Treatment Room 6:00 pm CPD Talk: Understanding Trauma & PTSD within the Treatment Room @ Eau de Vie Natural Health Centre Jun 30 @ 6:00 pm – 8:00 pm Tickets “Understanding Trauma & PTSD within the context of the Treatment Room” This is a CPD event for practitioners run by Morit Heitzler. This talk will explore: – The psycho-physiology of trauma (autonomic nervous system) –[...]

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