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	1	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 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,[...]	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[...] SpeakEasy at Freud’s 8:00 pm SpeakEasy at Freud’s @ Freud's Cafe Jun 11 @ 8:00 pm – 9:30 pm Tickets The charity Oxford Student Minds and the Mind Your Head Campaign are excited to bring you the biggest event on the mental health awareness calendar – a night of celebration as the culmination of Testimonials[...]	12	13
14	15	16 Watch Prof. Elaine Fox and Dr. Kevin Dutton lecture in Oxford Watch Prof. Elaine Fox and Dr. Kevin Dutton lecture in Oxford @ Grove Auditorium, Magdalen College Jun 16 – Jun 18 all-day Tickets Professor Elaine Fox and Doctor Kevin Dutton — Oxford Centre for Emotions and Affective Neuroscience, Department of Experimental Psychology, University of Oxford — will be delivering a series of public lectures on the 16th, 17th[...] 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[...]	17 Psychology and Neuroscience Lecture Series Psychology and Neuroscience Lecture Series @ Grove Auditorium, Magdalen College Jun 17 all-day Tickets Professor Elaine Fox and Doctor Kevin Dutton — Oxford Centre for Emotions and Affective Neuroscience, Department of Experimental Psychology, University of Oxford — will be delivering a series of public lectures on the 16th, 17th[...] 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 Psychology and Neuroscience Lecture Series Psychology and Neuroscience Lecture Series @ Magdalen College Oxford University Jun 18 all-day Tickets Professor Elaine Fox and Doctor Kevin Dutton — Oxford Centre for Emotions and Affective Neuroscience, Department of Experimental Psychology, University of Oxford — will be delivering a series of public lectures on the 16th, 17th[...] 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	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 The Mask You Live In – Film screening and panel discussion 5:30 pm The Mask You Live In – Film screening and panel discussion @ T.S. Eliot Theatre Jun 26 @ 5:30 pm – 7:01 pm Tickets The Mask You Live In follows boys and young men as they struggle to stay true to themselves while negotiating America’s narrow definition of masculinity. The documentary presents the personal narratives of young boys and[...]	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.
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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