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The Oresteia: director Adele Thomas and playwright Rory Mullarkey, on the Globe’s production of the Oresteia 2:15 pm
The Oresteia: director Adele Thomas and playwright Rory Mullarkey, on the Globe’s production of the Oresteia @ Lecture Theatre
Nov 2 @ 2:15 pm – 3:45 pm
The Oresteia: director Adele Thomas and playwright Rory Mullarkey, on the Globe's production of the Oresteia @ Lecture Theatre | Oxford | United Kingdom
An APGRD Public Lecture: Director Adele Thomas and playwright Rory Mullarkey, on their current production of the Oresteia at the Globe Theatre. Free, all welcome, no booking required. Talk followed by audience Q & A,[...]
“Politics of Injury: Assembling Nonknowledge in Global Surveillance” with Dr Claudia Aradau (King’s College London) 4:15 pm
“Politics of Injury: Assembling Nonknowledge in Global Surveillance” with Dr Claudia Aradau (King’s College London) @ Oxford Brookes University, John Henry Brookes Building Room 207
Nov 2 @ 4:15 pm – 5:45 pm
Oxford Brookes Centre for Global Politics, Economics and Society seminar series
‘Faith and Public Policy’ by Sir Andrew Dilnot 7:00 pm
‘Faith and Public Policy’ by Sir Andrew Dilnot @ The Mitre
Nov 2 @ 7:00 pm – 8:30 pm
Come along to the Mitre next Monday to hear Sir Andrew Dilnot speak on ‘Faith and Public Policy’. Andrew has held a wide and varied range of roles within academia, public policy and radio, and[...]
Roads to recovery 7:45 pm
Roads to recovery @ Exeter Hall, Kidlington
Nov 2 @ 7:45 pm – 9:15 pm
Over the last few decades there have been many initiatives to bring about the recovery of populations of scarce or declining bird species in the UK. This has resulted in some notable successes, with species[...]
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When Is an Offender Not a Criminal? – Talk by Professor David Canter 4:30 pm
When Is an Offender Not a Criminal? – Talk by Professor David Canter @ Lecture Theatre B, Department of Experimental Psychology
Nov 3 @ 4:30 pm – 5:30 pm
When Is an Offender Not a Criminal? - Talk by Professor David Canter @ Lecture Theatre B, Department of Experimental Psychology | Oxford | England | United Kingdom
Wine reception, snacks, and £5 year membership to PsyNAppS available. Alternatively, pay £2 for a single event! Venue: Lecture Theatre B, Department of Experimental Psychology ******************** Professor Canter began his career as an architectural psychologist[...]
Becoming a 19th Century Writer: The Life and Career of Louisa Stuart Costello – Clare Broome Saunders, 5:30 pm
Becoming a 19th Century Writer: The Life and Career of Louisa Stuart Costello – Clare Broome Saunders, @ Leonard Wolfson Auditorium, Wolfson College
Nov 3 @ 5:30 pm – 7:00 pm
Becoming a 19th Century Writer: The Life and Career of Louisa Stuart Costello - Clare Broome Saunders, @ Leonard Wolfson Auditorium, Wolfson College | Oxford | United Kingdom
Louisa Stuart Costello (1799-1870) was a popular and critically acclaimed poet, novelist, travel writer, historian, biographer, artist, and medieval scholar. Clare Broome Saunders will explore how Costello’s long career offers a rich source of information[...]
Neurobiological materialism collides with the experience of being human – Professor Steven E Hyman 6:00 pm
Neurobiological materialism collides with the experience of being human – Professor Steven E Hyman @ Grove Auditorium, Magdalen College (Longwall Street entrance)
Nov 3 @ 6:00 pm – 8:00 pm
Loebel Lectures in Psychiatry and Philosophy (1/3) This series of three public lectures has the overarching title ‘The theoretical challenge of modern psychiatry: no easy cure’. The first lecture is entitled ‘Neurobiological materialism collides with[...]
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Are the BRICS building a New World Media Order? – Daya Thussu 2:00 pm
Are the BRICS building a New World Media Order? – Daya Thussu @ Barclay Room - Green Templeton College
Nov 4 @ 2:00 pm – 3:30 pm
Reuters Institute seminars “The business and practice of journalism” The following seminars will be given at 2 pm on Wednesdays, normally in the Barclay Room, Green Templeton College. Convenors: James Painter, David Levy Daya Thussu,[...]
Annual Harrell-Bond Lecture: ‘We do not want to become refugees’: human mobility in the age of climate change 5:00 pm
Annual Harrell-Bond Lecture: ‘We do not want to become refugees’: human mobility in the age of climate change @ Museum of Natural History
Nov 4 @ 5:00 pm – 6:30 pm
Speaker: Professor Walter Kälin (Envoy of the Chairmanship of the Nansen Initiative, and Professor of Constitutional and International Law, University of Bern) Disaster displacement is one of the big humanitarian challenges of our times and[...]
Dublin, London, Washington and the Troubles in Northern Ireland 1969-97: how three Governments moved to implement a similar approach 6:00 pm
Dublin, London, Washington and the Troubles in Northern Ireland 1969-97: how three Governments moved to implement a similar approach @ John Henry Brookes Lecture Theatre
Nov 4 @ 6:00 pm – 7:00 pm
Dublin, London, Washington and the Troubles in Northern Ireland 1969-97: how three Governments moved to implement a similar approach @ John Henry Brookes Lecture Theatre | Oxford | United Kingdom
A talk by Seán Donlon, the former Irish ambassador to the United States.
Science is quietly, inexorably eroding many core assumptions underlying psychiatry – Professor Steven E Hyman 6:00 pm
Science is quietly, inexorably eroding many core assumptions underlying psychiatry – Professor Steven E Hyman @ Grove Auditorium, Magdalen College (Longwall Street entrance)
Nov 4 @ 6:00 pm – 8:00 pm
Loebel Lectures in Psychiatry and Philosophy (2/3) This series of three public lectures has the overarching title ‘The theoretical challenge of modern psychiatry: no easy cure’. The second lecture is entitled ‘Science is quietly, inexorably[...]
Iszi Lawrence & The Z List Dead List @ Oxford Skeptics in the Pub 7:30 pm
Iszi Lawrence & The Z List Dead List @ Oxford Skeptics in the Pub @ St Aldates Tavern
Nov 4 @ 7:30 pm – 9:00 pm
Iszi Lawrence & The Z List Dead List @ Oxford Skeptics in the Pub @ St Aldates Tavern | Oxford | United Kingdom
Skeptic, comedian and voice of the Skeptics Guide To The Universe, Iszi Lawrence is out to delight and inform with her new show The Z List Dead List. The Z List Dead List is a[...]
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“Mind the gap: inequality and its impacts” with Prof John Muellbauer and Prof Brian Nolan 5:00 pm
“Mind the gap: inequality and its impacts” with Prof John Muellbauer and Prof Brian Nolan @ Oxford Martin School
Nov 5 @ 5:00 pm – 6:30 pm
Rising inequality is a key focus in today’s policy discussions and media discourse. Building on research from The Institute for New Economic Thinking at the Oxford Martin School (INET Oxford), Professor Brian Nolan, Director of[...]
Counterfeiting in Colonial British Africa 5:00 pm
Counterfeiting in Colonial British Africa @ Ioannou Centre for Classical and Byzantine Studies
Nov 5 @ 5:00 pm – 6:00 pm
Come listen to a curator with the Smithsonian Institute, Dr. Ellen Feingold, talk about the ongoing fascinating ‘Money in Arica’ project at the British Museum, which aims to piece together African monetary history and its[...]
Poetic Battlefields: The First World War in Poetry 5:30 pm
Poetic Battlefields: The First World War in Poetry @ Jacqueline du Pre Music Building
Nov 5 @ 5:30 pm – 7:30 pm
Poetic Battlefields: The First World War in Poetry @ Jacqueline du Pre Music Building | Oxford | United Kingdom
St Hilda’s College is hosting a multimedia performance on the poetry of the First World War given by a group of German performers and directed by German author Johann Reißer. The two-part programme will, in[...]
What is the upshot? – Professor Steven E Hyman 6:00 pm
What is the upshot? – Professor Steven E Hyman @ Grove Auditorium, Magdalen College (Longwall Street entrance)
Nov 5 @ 6:00 pm – 8:00 pm
Loebel Lectures in Psychiatry and Philosophy (3/3) This series of three public lectures has the overarching title ‘The theoretical challenge of modern psychiatry: no easy cure’. The third lecture is entitled ‘What is the upshot?’.[...]
OBU Documentary Club: Town of Runners 7:00 pm
OBU Documentary Club: Town of Runners @ John Henry Brookes Lecture Theatre, John Henry Brookes Building
Nov 5 @ 7:00 pm – 9:30 pm
Oxford Brookes Documentary Club is dedicated to bringing you interesting and inspiring documentaries that give voice to a wide variety of topics.The Oxford Brookes Documentary Club is run by a volunteer committee of students, staff[...]
The Renaissance: the cultural logic of early capitalism 7:30 pm
The Renaissance: the cultural logic of early capitalism @ Town Hall (Court Room)
Nov 5 @ 7:30 pm – 9:00 pm
The Renaissance: the cultural logic of early capitalism @ Town Hall (Court Room) | Oxford | United Kingdom
Talk, Q&As, and discussion. You’re welcome to come along just to listen, or to take part actively in the discussion. There’s no need to book: just come along on the day.
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Surgical Grand Rounds – Dr David Garry 8:00 am
Surgical Grand Rounds – Dr David Garry @ John Radcliffe Hospital, Academic Centre, Lecture Theatre 1
Nov 6 @ 8:00 am – 9:00 am
Surgical Grand Rounds - Dr David Garry @ John Radcliffe Hospital, Academic Centre, Lecture Theatre 1 | Oxford | United Kingdom
Dr David Garry is a Consultant in Intensive Care Medicine & Anaesthetics (Oxford University Hospitals NHS Trust) and a FICM Trainee Representative. His talk entitled “Haemodynamic monitoring in the critically ill patient: current and evolving[...]
Pulling Together/Pulling Apart: Forces in Creative Collaboration 4:00 pm
Pulling Together/Pulling Apart: Forces in Creative Collaboration @ OVADA
Nov 6 @ 4:00 pm – 6:00 pm
Pulling Together/Pulling Apart: Forces in Creative Collaboration @ OVADA | Oxford | United Kingdom
This mini-symposium will take place at OVADA, before the Exhibition Preview of ‘Arkitektoniske Kramper’ at 6pm. Guest speakers, Steven Fowler and Tamarin Norwood, will join the exhibiting artists brook&black (UK) and Christina Bredahl Duelund/Natascha Thiara[...]
Seminar by Nicola Blackwood, MP for Oxford West and Abingdon – Title TBC 5:00 pm
Seminar by Nicola Blackwood, MP for Oxford West and Abingdon – Title TBC @ Butler Room - Nuffield College
Nov 6 @ 5:00 pm – 6:30 pm
Reuters Institute / Nuffield College Media & Politics seminars The following seminars will be given at 5 pm on Fridays, normally in the Butler Room, Nuffield College. Convenors: Neil Fowler, David Levy, James Painter Nicola[...]
Tim Owen, QC Controlling the Spooks – Investigatory Powers in the Post Snowden Era 5:00 pm
Tim Owen, QC Controlling the Spooks – Investigatory Powers in the Post Snowden Era @ Mansfield College
Nov 6 @ 5:00 pm – 6:30 pm
Mansfield Lecture Series, Convener Baroness Helena Kennedy QC. Tim Owen QC is a founder member of Matrix chambers and practices in the field of criminal, public and human rights law. Over the past 30 years[...]
William Browder on the State of Law in Putin’s Russia 5:30 pm
William Browder on the State of Law in Putin’s Russia @ Auditorium, Wolfson College
Nov 6 @ 5:30 pm – 7:00 pm
William Browder on the State of Law in Putin's Russia @ Auditorium, Wolfson College | Oxford | United Kingdom
In this lecture, William Browder, author of New York Times bestseller Red Notice: A True Story of High Finance, Murder, and One Man’s Fight for Justice, will give a firsthand account of corruption, dirty politics,[...]
RAMAYANA – Indian epic 7:00 pm
RAMAYANA – Indian epic @ Story Museum
Nov 6 @ 7:00 pm – 9:30 pm
RAMAYANA - Indian epic @ Story Museum | Oxford | United Kingdom
Translators of the Penguin ‘Ramayana’ edition, Prof. John and Mary Brockington will be giving an informative introduction to the Indian Epic; Ramayana. A storytelling performance of the story will then follow. The RAMAYANA is an[...]
“CETA: stop the transatlantic trade deals” – Speaker tour about undemocratic trade deals 7:30 pm
“CETA: stop the transatlantic trade deals” – Speaker tour about undemocratic trade deals @ Wesley Memorial Hall
Nov 6 @ 7:30 pm – 9:00 pm
"CETA: stop the transatlantic trade deals" - Speaker tour about undemocratic trade deals @ Wesley Memorial Hall | Oxford | United Kingdom
“This is a good day for businesses…” says Dan Kelly, President, CEO and Chair, Canadian Federation of Independent Business. Maybe so, but CETA, like other trade-deals, is bad news for equality, democracy and the environment.[...]
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Conference: Silence in the Archives: Censorship and Suppression in Women’s Life-Writing in the Long Nineteenth Century 9:00 am
Conference: Silence in the Archives: Censorship and Suppression in Women’s Life-Writing in the Long Nineteenth Century @ Wolfson College
Nov 7 @ 9:00 am – 7:00 pm
Conference: Silence in the Archives: Censorship and Suppression in Women’s Life-Writing in the Long Nineteenth Century @ Wolfson College | Oxford | United Kingdom
convenors Alexis Wolf and Lyndsey Jenkins While diaries, journals, letters, and memoirs offer a window into the past, paradoxically it is often the absences in the archives, which provide the most insight into women’s lives[...]
British Ceramics Biennial 2015 Topographies of the Obsolete 10:30 am
British Ceramics Biennial 2015 Topographies of the Obsolete @ Ashmolean Museum
Nov 7 @ 10:30 am – 4:00 pm
British Ceramics Biennial 2015 Topographies of the Obsolete @ Ashmolean Museum | Oxford | United Kingdom
Experts from the fielsda of art archaeology, urban sociology, critical theory and cultural geography discuss the effects of de-industrialisation on communities and landscapes. In the book ‘The Natural History of Staffordshire’ Dr Robert Plot Keeper[...]
Dignity and the Novel Since 1948 10:30 am
Dignity and the Novel Since 1948 @ St Cross Building
Nov 7 @ 10:30 am – 5:30 pm
Dignity and the Novel Since 1948 @ St Cross Building | Oxford | United Kingdom
A one-day interdisciplinary symposium to launch the Fiction and Human Rights Network at TORCH. The symposium brings together an eclectic range of thinkers to analyze the ways in which the genre of fiction might or[...]
Male memory, female subject: the case of Jane Austen and Mary Wollstonecraft – Janet Todd 6:00 pm
Male memory, female subject: the case of Jane Austen and Mary Wollstonecraft – Janet Todd @ Wolfson College
Nov 7 @ 6:00 pm – 7:00 pm
Male memory, female subject: the case of Jane Austen and Mary Wollstonecraft - Janet Todd @ Wolfson College | Oxford | United Kingdom
The keynote lecture for the Silence in the Archives conference is open to the public separately and can be booked through the University Stores for £5 (delegates to Silence in the Archives do not need[...]
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Symposium in Applying Psychology & Neuroscience to Business 9:30 am
Symposium in Applying Psychology & Neuroscience to Business @ John Henry Brookes Lecture Theatre, Oxford Brookes University, Headington Campus, Gipsy Lane OX3 0BP
Nov 8 @ 9:30 am – 5:30 pm
Symposium in Applying Psychology & Neuroscience to Business @ John Henry Brookes Lecture Theatre, Oxford Brookes University, Headington Campus, Gipsy Lane OX3 0BP | Oxford | United Kingdom
Venue: John Henry Brookes Lecture Theatre, Oxford Brookes University, Headington Campus, Gipsy Lane OX3 0BP Time: Sunday 8 November (Week 5), 9:30 am – 5:30pm *********************************** The ‘Symposium in Applying Psychology & Neuroscience to Business’[...]
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‘Rhinthon and the Roman Audience’ by Peter Wiseman (University of Exeter) 2:15 pm
‘Rhinthon and the Roman Audience’ by Peter Wiseman (University of Exeter) @ Lecture Theatre
Nov 9 @ 2:15 pm – 3:45 pm
'Rhinthon and the Roman Audience' by Peter Wiseman (University of Exeter) @ Lecture Theatre | Oxford | United Kingdom
An APGRD Public Lecture: Peter Wiseman (University of Exeter) talks on: ‘Rhinthon and the Roman Audience’. Free, all welcome, no booking required. Talk followed by audience Q & A, and refreshments. The Lecture Theatre Ioannou[...]
Metaphysics, Existentialism and Political Categories in Beauvoir’s The Second Sex – Prof Stella Sandford 4:15 pm
Metaphysics, Existentialism and Political Categories in Beauvoir’s The Second Sex – Prof Stella Sandford @ John Henry Brookes Building, Room JHB207
Nov 9 @ 4:15 pm – 5:30 pm
Oxford Brookes Centre for Global Politics, Economy and Society seminar series
How can young people be helped to become good BS detectives? 5:00 pm
How can young people be helped to become good BS detectives? @ Lecture Theatre, Rewley House
Nov 9 @ 5:00 pm – 6:00 pm
How can young people be helped to become good BS detectives? @ Lecture Theatre, Rewley House | Oxford | United Kingdom
Sir Iain practised as a clinician for seven years in the UK and the Gaza Strip, before becoming a full time health services researcher. He was founding director of both the National Perinatal Epidemiology Unit[...]
Our Kids: The American Dream in Crisis 5:30 pm
Our Kids: The American Dream in Crisis @ Maplethorpe Building, St Hugh's College
Nov 9 @ 5:30 pm – 7:30 pm
Our Kids: The American Dream in Crisis @ Maplethorpe Building, St Hugh's College | Oxford | England | United Kingdom
“It’s the American dream: get a good education, work hard, buy a house, and achieve prosperity and success. This is the America we believe in-a nation of opportunity, constrained only by ability and effort. But[...]
‘Augustine and the Politics of Hope’ by Michael Lamb 7:00 pm
‘Augustine and the Politics of Hope’ by Michael Lamb @ The Mitre
Nov 9 @ 7:00 pm – 8:30 pm
Michael Lamb will be speaking on ‘Augustine and the Politics of Hope’. Michael is currently a post-doctoral fellow at the McDonald Centre for Theology, Ethics and Public Life and a Research Fellow at Oxford’s Harris[...]
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Architectural Psychology in Theory and Practice – Talk by Prof Byron Mikellides 4:30 pm
Architectural Psychology in Theory and Practice – Talk by Prof Byron Mikellides @ Lecture Theatre B, Department of Experimental Psychology
Nov 10 @ 4:30 pm – 5:30 pm
Architectural Psychology in Theory and Practice - Talk by Prof Byron Mikellides @ Lecture Theatre B, Department of Experimental Psychology | Oxford | England | United Kingdom
Wine reception, snacks, and £5 year membership to PsyNAppS available. Alternatively, pay £2 for a single event! Venue: Lecture Theatre B, Department of Experimental Psychology ******************** How do individuals and groups react to different environmental[...]
Fame and Fortune: On Writing a New Life of Tchaikovsky – Philip Bullock 5:30 pm
Fame and Fortune: On Writing a New Life of Tchaikovsky – Philip Bullock @ Leonard Wolfson Auditorium, Wolfson College
Nov 10 @ 5:30 pm – 7:00 pm
Fame and Fortune: On Writing a New Life of Tchaikovsky - Philip Bullock @ Leonard Wolfson Auditorium, Wolfson College | Oxford | United Kingdom
Philip Ross Bullock is Professor of Russian Literature and Music at the University of Oxford and a Fellow of Wadham College. He is the author of a number of books and articles on various aspects[...]
Madariaga Series: Spain’s Ambassador to the United Kingdom 5:30 pm
Madariaga Series: Spain’s Ambassador to the United Kingdom @ The Shulman Auditorium, The Queen's College, University of Oxford
Nov 10 @ 5:30 pm – 7:00 pm
Federico Trillo-Figueroa is a prominent politician and Spain’s Ambassador to the United Kingdom. He was formerly the President of the Spanish Congress of Deputies and the Minister of Defense during Spain’s missions in Afghanistan and[...]
The Character of Success: What’s the Make-up of the Ones who Make It? 7:30 pm
The Character of Success: What’s the Make-up of the Ones who Make It? @ St Ebbe's Church
Nov 10 @ 7:30 pm – 9:30 pm
Join us for this term’s ‘Oxford’s Questions’ – an event for postgraduate students, with guest speaker Jonathan Brant. The title of the talk is ‘The Character of Success: What’s the Make-up of the Ones who[...]
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BBC Journalism: Future Uncertain? – Richard Tait 2:00 pm
BBC Journalism: Future Uncertain? – Richard Tait @ Barclay Room - Green Templeton College
Nov 11 @ 2:00 pm – 3:30 pm
Reuters Institute seminars “The business and practice of journalism” The following seminars will be given at 2 pm on Wednesdays, normally in the Barclay Room, Green Templeton College. Convenors: James Painter, David Levy Richard Tait,[...]
Responding to the West African Ebola Outbreak: the Médecins Sans Frontières Experience 4:30 pm
Responding to the West African Ebola Outbreak: the Médecins Sans Frontières Experience @ Oxford University Museum of Natural History
Nov 11 @ 4:30 pm – 5:30 pm
The 10th Baruch Blumberg Lecture sponsored by United Therapeutics will be given by Dr Armand Sprecher MS MPH Public Health Specialist, Médecins Sans Frontiers Champagne Reception amongst the dinosaurs to follow
Navigating Nakivale: the borderland economy of a refugee camp 5:00 pm
Navigating Nakivale: the borderland economy of a refugee camp @ Seminar Room 1, Department of International Development
Nov 11 @ 5:00 pm – 6:30 pm
Speaker: Professor Morten Bøås (The Norwegian Institute of International Affairs) RSC Public Seminar Series, Michaelmas Term: Refugee Economies Conveners: Alexander Betts and Naohiko Omata In recent academic and policy arenas in forced migration, the issue[...]
St Hilda’s College Philosophy Symposium 5:30 pm
St Hilda’s College Philosophy Symposium @ St Hilda's College Oxford, Lady Brodie Room
Nov 11 @ 5:30 pm – 7:00 pm
Professor Joseph Shear (Christ Church) will give a paper entitled ‘Heidegger on Understanding’. Following the talk there will be drinks and a discussion. All are welcome.
Free Film Screening: Timbuktu 7:00 pm
Free Film Screening: Timbuktu @ Auditorium, Wolfson College
Nov 11 @ 7:00 pm – 8:30 pm
Free Film Screening: Timbuktu @ Auditorium, Wolfson College | Oxford | United Kingdom
Timbuktu is the Palme D’Or-nominated film from the Mauritanian master director Abderrahmane Sissako, which depicts with heartfelt lyricism the crippling effects of extremist ideology on the lives of those visited by instability and war. The[...]
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“Understanding emerging infections” with Prof Angela McLean 5:00 pm
“Understanding emerging infections” with Prof Angela McLean @ Oxford Martin School
Nov 12 @ 5:00 pm – 6:30 pm
New emerging infections can pose huge global risks to health, with potentially devastating societal and economic impacts. In this seminar, Professor Angela McLean, Director of the Institute for Emerging Infections, will look at how new[...]
“In the Light of Raphael” 5:30 pm
“In the Light of Raphael” @ Blue Boar Lecture Theatre
Nov 12 @ 5:30 pm – 7:00 pm
This autumn Christ Church Picture Gallery will welcome Prof Dr Arnold Nesselrath, from the Vatican Museums to give the Picture Gallery’s 250th anniversary talk. When General John Guise (1682-1765) left his collection to Christ Church,[...]
Oxford Technology Showcase Evening 6:00 pm
Oxford Technology Showcase Evening @ Magdalen Centre
Nov 12 @ 6:00 pm – 8:00 pm
A showcase of four exciting start-ups from the Oxford Technology Portfolio, The companies presenting are: Molecular Warehouse Molecular Warehouse is developing sensors which will allow simple measurement of biological molecules. The company relies on leading[...]
Felicity Hayward: Stylist, Model and Artist at Oxford Fashion Society 7:00 pm
Felicity Hayward: Stylist, Model and Artist at Oxford Fashion Society @ Memorial Room, Worcester College
Nov 12 @ 7:00 pm – 8:30 pm
Felicity Hayward: Stylist, Model and Artist at Oxford Fashion Society @ Memorial Room, Worcester College | Oxford | United Kingdom
Oxford Fashion Society is delighted to bring you our first speaker of the year, FELICITY HAYWARD! Join us on the 12th November for a very special event with the international model, ASOS stylist and artist.[...]
Movie: The Scent of Green Papaya (1993) @ St Catz by the Vietnamese Society in Oxford 7:00 pm
Movie: The Scent of Green Papaya (1993) @ St Catz by the Vietnamese Society in Oxford @ JCR Lecture Theatre, St. Catherine's College
Nov 12 @ 7:00 pm – 9:00 pm
Facebook event: https://www.facebook.com/events/182508958754760/ Vietnamese Society in Oxford warmly invites you to our Michaelmas movie screening event. Movie: The Scent of Green Papaya (Vietnamese: Mùi đu đủ xanh) Language: Vietnamese with English Subtitles Location: JCR Lecture[...]
OBU Documentary Club: Citizenfour 7:00 pm
OBU Documentary Club: Citizenfour @ John Henry Brookes Lecture Theatre, John Henry Brookes Building
Nov 12 @ 7:00 pm – 9:30 pm
The Oxford Brookes Documentary Club is dedicated to bringing you interesting and inspiring documentaries that give voice to a wide variety of topics.The Oxford Brookes Documentary Club is run by a volunteer committee of students,[...]
Roland Barthes (1915-1980) and ornamental cookery 7:30 pm
Roland Barthes (1915-1980) and ornamental cookery @ The Mitre (upstairs function room)
Nov 12 @ 7:30 pm – 9:00 pm
Roland Barthes (1915-1980) and ornamental cookery @ The Mitre (upstairs function room) | Oxford | United Kingdom
Talk, Q&As, and discussion. You’re welcome to come along just to listen, or to take part actively in the discussion. There’s no need to book: just come along on the day.
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Surgical Grand Rounds: Surgery for advanced rectal cancer 8:00 am
Surgical Grand Rounds: Surgery for advanced rectal cancer @ John Radcliffe Hospital, Academic Centre, Lecture Theatre 1
Nov 13 @ 8:00 am – 9:00 am
Mr Richard Guy, Mr Roel Hompes and Mr Bobby Bloemendaal from the Colorectal Department at Oxford University Hospitals NHS Foundation Trust will be presenting: “Surgery for advanced rectal cancer – crossing the boundaries”.
Art and Criticism: Short Course 10:00 am
Art and Criticism: Short Course @ OVADA
Nov 13 @ 10:00 am
Art and Criticism: Short Course @ OVADA | Oxford | United Kingdom
Many questions arise when an artist considers their work in terms of criticality. This 5 days programme aims to provide reflection on art that is both spoken and written with the aim of deepening the[...]
Dr Gavin Francis Medicine and the Human Body: An Adventure in Human Being 5:00 pm
Dr Gavin Francis Medicine and the Human Body: An Adventure in Human Being @ Mansfield College
Nov 13 @ 5:00 pm – 6:30 pm
Mansfield Lecture Series, Convener Baroness Helena Kennedy QC. Gavin Francis is a doctor and award-winning writer. He contributes regularly to the Guardian, London Review of Books, and New York Review of Books. His most recent[...]
The UK debate on the EU – a view from Europe – Natalie Nougayrede 5:00 pm
The UK debate on the EU – a view from Europe – Natalie Nougayrede @ Butler Room - Nuffield College
Nov 13 @ 5:00 pm – 6:30 pm
Reuters Institute / Nuffield College Media & Politics seminars The following seminars will be given at 5 pm on Fridays, normally in the Butler Room, Nuffield College. Convenors: Neil Fowler, David Levy, James Painter Natalie[...]
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Saturday Spotlight: Kintsugi – Mending, A Broken Art 2:30 pm
Saturday Spotlight: Kintsugi – Mending, A Broken Art @ Pitt Rivers Museum,
Nov 14 @ 2:30 pm – 4:00 pm
Saturday Spotlight: Kintsugi - Mending, A Broken Art @ Pitt Rivers Museum, | Oxford | United Kingdom
Artists-in-residence Muneaki Shimode and Takahiko Sato from Kyoto, along with Tim Toomey from the UK Kintsugi Project, will talk about the ethos behind Kintsugi, the Japanese art of repairing broken ceramics with urushi (Japanese lacquer)[...]
Exhibition & Study Afternoon: Stravinsky’s Oedipus Rex (Sadler’s Wells 1960) 3:00 pm
Exhibition & Study Afternoon: Stravinsky’s Oedipus Rex (Sadler’s Wells 1960) @ Outreach Room and Lecture Theatre, Ioannou Centre
Nov 14 @ 3:00 pm – 7:30 pm
Exhibition & Study Afternoon: Stravinsky's Oedipus Rex (Sadler’s Wells 1960) @ Outreach Room and Lecture Theatre, Ioannou Centre | Oxford | United Kingdom
Exhibition opens at 3pm – Talks 5pm – Drinks 6.45pm The first English full-stage, masked production of Stravinsky’s Oedipus Rex caused a sensation when it opened at Sadler’s Wells in January 1960. Directed by Michel[...]
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Bernard Leach: His Life and Work 2:00 pm
Bernard Leach: His Life and Work @ Ashmolean Museum
Nov 15 @ 2:00 pm – 3:30 pm
Bernard Leach: His Life and Work @ Ashmolean Museum | Oxford | United Kingdom
Bernard Leach established the Leach Pottery in 1920 and went on to be regarded as one of the founding fathers of Studio Pottery. Matthew Tyas of the Leach pottery explores his work and legacy.
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The United Nations’ Women, Peace and Security Agenda: Assessing Gains, Obstacles and Remaining Challenges at the 15th anniversary of UNSCR1325 – Dr Claire Duncanson 4:15 pm
The United Nations’ Women, Peace and Security Agenda: Assessing Gains, Obstacles and Remaining Challenges at the 15th anniversary of UNSCR1325 – Dr Claire Duncanson @ John Henry Brookes Building, room JHB207
Nov 16 @ 4:15 pm – 5:30 pm
Oxford Brookes Centre for Global Politics, Economy and Society seminar series
‘Interrogating C.S. Lewis: What is the difference between worship, veneration and idolatry?’ by Jason Lepojarvi 7:00 pm
‘Interrogating C.S. Lewis: What is the difference between worship, veneration and idolatry?’ by Jason Lepojarvi @ The Mitre
Nov 16 @ 7:00 pm – 8:30 pm
This Monday at GCF, Jason Lepojarvi will be speaking on ‘Interrogating C.S. Lewis: What is the difference between worship, veneration and idolatry?’. Jason is a Research Fellow in Theology at St Benet’s Hall, with research[...]
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Hittites and Neo Hittites 10:30 am
Hittites and Neo Hittites @ Ashmolean Museum
Nov 17 @ 10:30 am – 4:30 pm
The mighty Hittites were unknown until fairly recently but were once on a par with Egypt and Assyria. This study day will explore the two phases of their culture, the discovery of their cities, art[...]
What Does the Internet Tell Us about Human Behaviour? – Talk by Dr Taha Yasseri 4:30 pm
What Does the Internet Tell Us about Human Behaviour? – Talk by Dr Taha Yasseri @ Lecture Theatre B, Department of Experimental Psychology
Nov 17 @ 4:30 pm – 5:30 pm
What Does the Internet Tell Us about Human Behaviour? - Talk by Dr Taha Yasseri @ Lecture Theatre B, Department of Experimental Psychology | Oxford | England | United Kingdom
Wine reception, snacks, and £5 year membership to PsyNAppS available. Alternatively, pay £2 for a single event! Venue: Lecture Theatre B, Department of Experimental Psychology ******************** Taha Yasseri is a Research Fellow in Computational Social[...]
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The future of television news – Bruno Patino 2:00 pm
The future of television news – Bruno Patino @ Barclay Room - Green Templeton College
Nov 18 @ 2:00 pm – 3:30 pm
Reuters Institute seminars “The business and practice of journalism” The following seminars will be given at 2 pm on Wednesdays, normally in the Barclay Room, Green Templeton College. Convenors: James Painter, David Levy Bruno Patino,[...]
The labour market impacts of forced migration 5:00 pm
The labour market impacts of forced migration @ Seminar Room 1, Department of International Development
Nov 18 @ 5:00 pm – 6:30 pm
Speaker: Professor Carlos Vargas-Silva (COMPAS, University of Oxford) RSC Public Seminar Series, Michaelmas Term: Refugee Economies Conveners: Alexander Betts and Naohiko Omata In recent academic and policy arenas in forced migration, the issue of how[...]
Gaza: an education the Palestinian people contribute to the world 6:00 pm
Gaza: an education the Palestinian people contribute to the world @ John Henry Brookes Lecture Thretre
Nov 18 @ 6:00 pm – 7:00 pm
Gaza: an education the Palestinian people contribute to the world @ John Henry Brookes Lecture Thretre | Oxford | United Kingdom
In this Inaugural Gaza Lecture, Professor Karma Nabulsi, Assiociate Professor in Politics and International Relations from University of Oxford, will explore the politics, history and current predicaments faced by Palestinians in Gaza – particularly in[...]
Kuwait National Museum and the invasion of Kuwait: a conservator’s view from the ground by Kirsty Norman 6:00 pm
Kuwait National Museum and the invasion of Kuwait: a conservator’s view from the ground by Kirsty Norman @ Pitt Rivers Museum, New Extension, Robinson Close, South Parks Road, Oxford
Nov 18 @ 6:00 pm – 7:45 pm
Talk by Kirsty Norman, UCL, Institute of Archaeology on the view from the ground of the invasion and the effects on the Kuwait’s National Museum.
Mass Circulation: Writing about Art in a Daily Newspaper – with art critic Richard Dorment & Ashmolean Director Dr Alexander Sturgis 6:00 pm
Mass Circulation: Writing about Art in a Daily Newspaper – with art critic Richard Dorment & Ashmolean Director Dr Alexander Sturgis @ Ashmolean Museum
Nov 18 @ 6:00 pm – 7:00 pm
Mass Circulation: Writing about Art in a Daily Newspaper - with art critic Richard Dorment & Ashmolean Director Dr Alexander Sturgis @ Ashmolean Museum | Oxford | United Kingdom
Mass Circulation: Writing about Art in a Daily Newspaper With Richard Dorment, art critic, and Dr Alexander Sturgis, Director, Ashmolean Museum A special Ashmolean evening In Conversation event Wednesday 18 November 6‒7pm Lecture Theatre As[...]
Psychologist in the Pub: Why training doesn’t work with Astrid Coxon 6:30 pm
Psychologist in the Pub: Why training doesn’t work with Astrid Coxon @ Wig and Pen
Nov 18 @ 6:30 pm – 8:00 pm
Psychologist in the Pub events are completely free and open to everyone (British Psychological Society members and non-menbers), so pleae join us on: Wednesday 18th November 6:30 for 7pm start, with: Astrid Coxon, University of[...]
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Neoliberalism and Employment Law 9:00 am
Neoliberalism and Employment Law @ Wolfson College
Nov 19 @ 9:00 am – 10:30 am
Neoliberalism and Employment Law @ Wolfson College | Oxford | United Kingdom
This workshop will inquire how neoliberalism, as ideology and policy, has transformed employment law and employment relations. Towards this end, participants will question what neoliberalism truly stands for, and what can be derived from it.[...]
Neoliberalism, Employment and the Law 9:30 am
Neoliberalism, Employment and the Law @ The Buttery, Wolfson College
Nov 19 @ 9:30 am – 4:00 pm
This workshop will inquire how neoliberalism, as ideology and policy, has transformed employment law and employment relations. Towards this end, participants will question what neoliberalism truly stands for, and what can be derived from it.[...]
“Creating the perfect human? The ethics of enhancement” with Prof Julian Savulescu 5:00 pm
“Creating the perfect human? The ethics of enhancement” with Prof Julian Savulescu @ Oxford Martin School
Nov 19 @ 5:00 pm – 6:30 pm
Do we have the means necessary to create the perfect human? Do we have a moral responsibility to do so? Professor Julian Savulescu, Director of the Institute for Science and Ethics, will consider current and[...]
Knighted for Services in Numismatics: Sir E S G Robinson 5:00 pm
Knighted for Services in Numismatics: Sir E S G Robinson @ Ioannou Centre for Classical and Byzantine Studies
Nov 19 @ 5:00 pm – 6:00 pm
For our final speaker event of the term, the Oxford University Numismatic Society will be hosting Peter Preston-Morley, coin specialist with Dix Noonan Webb. Peter will be gracing us with his presence in Sixth Week[...]
The Great European Disaster Movie Screening 5:00 pm
The Great European Disaster Movie Screening @ T.S. Eliot Lecture Theatre, Merton College
Nov 19 @ 5:00 pm – 6:30 pm
Speaker(s): Dr Rasmus Kleis Nielsen, Director of Research Speaker(s): Bill Emmott (Executive Producer), Annalisa Piras (Director, Producer, Writer), Dr Jody LaPorte (Departmental Lecturer in Politics and Public Policy, Blavatnik School of Government) 5pm Screening, 6.30pm[...]
What Animals Can Tell us About Sleep 5:45 pm
What Animals Can Tell us About Sleep @ Mathematical Institute
Nov 19 @ 5:45 pm – 7:15 pm
 
Where is G-d in the modern university? 6:00 pm
Where is G-d in the modern university? @ Helena Kennedy Student Centre
Nov 19 @ 6:00 pm – 7:00 pm
Where is G-d in the modern university? @ Helena Kennedy Student Centre | Oxford | United Kingdom
o mark Inter Faith Week 2015 (15 – 21 November) and the 150th anniversary of Oxford Brookes University, the University Chaplaincy will host a panel discussion on the role of faith, belief, and non-belief in[...]
OBU Documentary Club: Going Clear: Scientology and the Prison of Belief 7:00 pm
OBU Documentary Club: Going Clear: Scientology and the Prison of Belief @ John Henry Brookes Lecture Theatre, John Henry Brookes Building
Nov 19 @ 7:00 pm – 9:30 pm
Oxford Brookes Documentary Club is dedicated to bringing you interesting and inspiring documentaries that give voice to a wide variety of topics. The Oxford Brookes Documentary Club is run by a volunteer committee of students,[...]
Spirals in time – Exploring the scientific wonders of seashells 7:00 pm
Spirals in time – Exploring the scientific wonders of seashells @ St Aldates Tavern, The Blue Room
Nov 19 @ 7:00 pm – 8:30 pm
Spirals in time - Exploring the scientific wonders of seashells @ St Aldates Tavern, The Blue Room | Oxford | United Kingdom
Delve into the secret lives of animals that make seashells – the molluscs and the fascinating science behind how shells are made. Author of ‘Spirals in Time’, featured on BBC Radio 4’s Book of the[...]
Creative Cloud Event – Free Talk – For Photographers, Designers and Film Makers 7:30 pm
Creative Cloud Event – Free Talk – For Photographers, Designers and Film Makers @ Film Oxford
Nov 19 @ 7:30 pm – 9:00 pm
Creative Cloud Event - Free Talk - For Photographers, Designers and Film Makers @ Film Oxford | Oxford | United Kingdom
Adobe specialists Richard Curtis and Niels Stevens are coming to Film Oxford for a special presentation on the new features of Creative Cloud for photographers, designers and film makers. Don’t miss this opportunity to see[...]
No need to compare apples and oranges: the case against Economic Calculation 7:30 pm
No need to compare apples and oranges: the case against Economic Calculation @ The Mitre (upstairs function room)
Nov 19 @ 7:30 pm – 9:00 pm
No need to compare apples and oranges: the case against Economic Calculation @ The Mitre (upstairs function room) | Oxford | United Kingdom
Talk, Q&As, and discussion. You’re welcome to come along just to listen, or to take part actively in the discussion. There’s no need to book: just come along on the day.
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Surgical Grand Rounds – Mr Nadeem Saeed 9:00 am
Surgical Grand Rounds – Mr Nadeem Saeed @ Lecture Theatre 1, Academic Centre, John Radcliffe Hospital
Nov 20 @ 9:00 am – 10:00 am
Surgical Grand Rounds - Mr Nadeem Saeed @ Lecture Theatre 1, Academic Centre, John Radcliffe Hospital | Oxford | United Kingdom
Mr Saeed is a Consultant Oral and Maxillofacial Surgeon at the John Radcliffe Hospital in Oxford. His talk is entitled: ‘Helping with breathing and eating – reconstruction of the temporomandibular joint’. The lecture will be[...]
Launch of Oxford Centre of Restorative Practice: The Mint House 2:00 pm
Launch of Oxford Centre of Restorative Practice: The Mint House @ The Mint House
Nov 20 @ 2:00 pm – 9:00 pm
All are warmly invited to the Launch Events for ‘The Mint House’ Throughout the afternoon and evening conversation and refreshments are available in ‘The Mint House’ – entrance off Bonn Square. Where? The Mint House,[...]
Professor Laurie Taylor The Lowering of Higher Education 5:00 pm
Professor Laurie Taylor The Lowering of Higher Education @ Mansfield College
Nov 20 @ 5:00 pm – 6:30 pm
Mansfield Lecture Series, Convener Baroness Helena Kennedy QC.Laurie Taylor is Emeritus Professor of Sociology at the University of York and Visiting Professor in Politics and Sociology at Birkbeck. He is the author of 14 books[...]
Widening notions of offence and the impact on a free media – Jodie Ginsberg 5:00 pm
Widening notions of offence and the impact on a free media – Jodie Ginsberg @ Butler Room - Nuffield College
Nov 20 @ 5:00 pm – 6:30 pm
Reuters Institute / Nuffield College Media & Politics seminars The following seminars will be given at 5 pm on Fridays, normally in the Butler Room, Nuffield College. Convenors: Neil Fowler, David Levy, James Painter Jodie[...]
The GRACE Project Seminar: Observations on Grace and their Implications for Contemporary Dance 5:30 pm
The GRACE Project Seminar: Observations on Grace and their Implications for Contemporary Dance @ St Hilda's College, Lady Brodie Room
Nov 20 @ 5:30 pm – 7:00 pm
‘Slavoj Žižek, Grace, and Contemporary Dance’ Speaker: Renate Braeuninger (Northampton) In his extensive reflections on German philosophy and German Idealism, particularly in ‘Less than Nothing’ (2012), Žižek alludes to ideas of ‘grace’ on a number[...]
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The Future of Global Child Health 10:00 am
The Future of Global Child Health @ Lecture Theatre 1, Academic Centre, John Radcliffe Hospital
Nov 21 @ 10:00 am – 4:30 pm
The Future of Global Child Health @ Lecture Theatre 1, Academic Centre, John Radcliffe Hospital | Oxford | United Kingdom
We are proud to present a collaboration conference between the Oxford Global Health Group and the Oxford Society of Paediatrics. The high profile speakers of the day include Prof Andrew Pollard of the Oxford Vaccine[...]
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Adaptation to Natural Input Statistics: a Key to Dendritic Computation and Plasticity 12:00 pm
Adaptation to Natural Input Statistics: a Key to Dendritic Computation and Plasticity @ Oxford Martin School, Old Indian Institute, 34 Broad Street
Nov 24 @ 12:00 pm – 1:00 pm
 
Biographising Poets: An Apology for Impertinence? – Robert Fraser 1:00 pm
Biographising Poets: An Apology for Impertinence? – Robert Fraser @ Haldane Room, Wolfson College
Nov 24 @ 1:00 pm – 2:00 pm
Biographising Poets: An Apology for Impertinence? - Robert Fraser @ Haldane Room, Wolfson College | Oxford | United Kingdom
Life-Writing Lunch Many poets attract biographies. Arguably, though, the exercise savors of superfluity or irrelevance, or of both. Where the work interprets the life, what more or else can a biographer add? An acknowledged malefactor[...]
An Ultra-Fast Camera for Molecular Imaging 3:30 pm
An Ultra-Fast Camera for Molecular Imaging @ Centre for Digital Scholarship, Weston Library
Nov 24 @ 3:30 pm – 5:00 pm
An Ultra-Fast Camera for Molecular Imaging @ Centre for Digital Scholarship, Weston Library | Oxford | United Kingdom
Much of our research focuses on understanding the behaviour of individual molecules when they become energised following absorption of light or collision with an electron, both very common processes. Advancing our knowledge of such molecular[...]
Do Babies Feel Pain? – Talk by Dr Caroline Hartley 4:30 pm
Do Babies Feel Pain? – Talk by Dr Caroline Hartley @ Lecture Theatre B, Department of Experimental Psychology
Nov 24 @ 4:30 pm – 5:30 pm
Do Babies Feel Pain? - Talk by Dr Caroline Hartley @ Lecture Theatre B, Department of Experimental Psychology | Oxford | England | United Kingdom
Wine reception, snacks, and £5 year membership to PsyNAppS available. Alternatively, pay £2 for a single event! Venue: Lecture Theatre B, Department of Experimental Psychology ******************** Caroline’s research investigates how sensory information is processed in[...]
Book Launch – Lord Adair Turner ‘Between Debt and the Devil’ 5:00 pm
Book Launch – Lord Adair Turner ‘Between Debt and the Devil’ @ Oxford Martin School Lecture Theatre
Nov 24 @ 5:00 pm – 7:00 pm
Between Debt and the Devil challenges the belief that we need credit growth to fuel economic growth, and that rising debt is okay as long as inflation remains low. In fact, most credit is not[...]
Producing Mobile Games by the Creators of Candy Crush! – King 7:00 pm
Producing Mobile Games by the Creators of Candy Crush! – King @ Doctorow Hall, St Edmund Hall
Nov 24 @ 7:00 pm – 8:30 pm
An interesting talk by Carolin Krenzer, a Senior Member (Studio General Manager) at King about Producing Mobile Games! Everyone is welcome and there will be free drinks and snacks! Please email yuxi.yao@univ.ox.ac.uk if you are[...]
God, Science and the University: Is Belief in God a barrier to Scientific Enquiry? 7:30 pm
God, Science and the University: Is Belief in God a barrier to Scientific Enquiry? @ Sheldonian Theatre
Nov 24 @ 7:30 pm – 9:00 pm
GOD SCIENCE AND THE UNIVERSITY: IS BELIEF IN GOD A BARRIER TO SCIENTIFIC ENQUIRY? The Veritas Forum at the Sheldonian Theatre followed by a drinks reception at Blackwell Hall, Weston Library. With Professor John Lennox,[...]
The 2015 Ken Hom Lecture: China in transition 8:00 pm
The 2015 Ken Hom Lecture: China in transition @ John Henry Brookes Lecture Thretre
Nov 24 @ 8:00 pm – 9:00 pm
The 2015 Ken Hom Lecture: China in transition @ John Henry Brookes Lecture Thretre | Oxford | United Kingdom
Sir David Tang will reflect on recent developments in Chinese society and on the UK’s changing relationship with the Asian super-power. As a pre-eminent figure in fashion, hospitality, media and the arts, in both the[...]
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Graça Machel on the topic of Leadership in Modern Africa: a feminist perspective 11:00 am
Graça Machel on the topic of Leadership in Modern Africa: a feminist perspective @ Mary Ogilvie Lecture Theatre
Nov 25 @ 11:00 am – 12:30 pm
Graça Machel on the topic of Leadership in Modern Africa: a feminist perspective @ Mary Ogilvie Lecture Theatre | Oxford | United Kingdom
Devaki Jain Inaugural Lecture: Graça Machel DBE is a Mozambican politician and humanitarian. She is an international advocate for women’s and children’s rights and in 1997 was made a British dame for her humanitarian work.[...]
The challenges of reporting Europe – Bill Emmott 2:00 pm
The challenges of reporting Europe – Bill Emmott @ Barclay Room - Green Templeton College
Nov 25 @ 2:00 pm – 3:30 pm
Reuters Institute seminars “The business and practice of journalism” The following seminars will be given at 2 pm on Wednesdays, normally in the Barclay Room, Green Templeton College. Convenors: James Painter, David Levy Bill Emmott,[...]
‘Neurocognitive and Motivational Underpinnings of In-Group Bounded Cooperation’ – Carsten K.W. De Dreu 5:00 pm
‘Neurocognitive and Motivational Underpinnings of In-Group Bounded Cooperation’ – Carsten K.W. De Dreu @ Oxford Martin School Lecture Theatre
Nov 25 @ 5:00 pm – 6:30 pm
Human self-sacrifical decisions to cooperate with others are more frequent, and they emerge more automatically, when beneficiaries belong to one’s in-group, rather than to a more or less rivaling out-group. Using quantitative techniques that covered[...]
Being Oromo in Nairobi’s ‘Little Mogadishu’: Eastleigh’s Ethiopian refugees and their livelihoods 5:00 pm
Being Oromo in Nairobi’s ‘Little Mogadishu’: Eastleigh’s Ethiopian refugees and their livelihoods @ Seminar Room 1, Department of International Development
Nov 25 @ 5:00 pm – 6:30 pm
Speaker: Dr Neil Carrier (African Studies Centre, University of Oxford) RSC Public Seminar Series, Michaelmas Term: Refugee Economies Conveners: Alexander Betts and Naohiko Omata In recent academic and policy arenas in forced migration, the issue[...]
Adam Deen – From Al-Muhajiroun to Quilliam: Why I Left Extremism 6:00 pm
Adam Deen – From Al-Muhajiroun to Quilliam: Why I Left Extremism @ Main Lecture Theatre, Clerici Building, Oxford Brookes University
Nov 25 @ 6:00 pm – 7:30 pm
Oxford Brookes Quilliam Society hosts Adam Deen to discuss his journey from Al-Muhajiroun to Quilliam; from Islamist-extremist to countering extremism. The talk will be chaired by the society leader Harvir Dhillion that will ask questions[...]
Professor Gina Rippon & Blame The Brain: How Neurononsense Joined Psychobabble To Keep Women In Their Place @ Oxford Skeptics in the Pub 7:30 pm
Professor Gina Rippon & Blame The Brain: How Neurononsense Joined Psychobabble To Keep Women In Their Place @ Oxford Skeptics in the Pub @ St Aldates Tavern
Nov 25 @ 7:30 pm – 9:00 pm
Professor Gina Rippon & Blame The Brain: How Neurononsense Joined Psychobabble To Keep Women In Their Place @ Oxford Skeptics in the Pub @ St Aldates Tavern | Oxford | United Kingdom
7.30PM start at St. Aldates Tavern, and entry is free, although we do suggest a donation of around £3 to cover speaker expenses. Come along and say hello! All welcome. http://oxford.skepticsinthepub.org/Event.aspx/5746/Blame-The-Brain-How-Neurononsense-Joined-Psychobabble-To-Keep-Women-In-Their-Place — There is a[...]
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“Prevent and protect: vaccines and immune responses” with Prof Adrian Hill 5:00 pm
“Prevent and protect: vaccines and immune responses” with Prof Adrian Hill @ Oxford Martin School
Nov 26 @ 5:00 pm – 6:30 pm
How do vaccines stimulate the immune system, and how can we use this knowledge to develop more effective vaccines for future pandemics? Professor Adrian Hill, Co-Director of the Oxford Martin Programme on Vaccines, will discuss[...]
Crafty Networking: Mr X Stitch Talks New Media 6:00 pm
Crafty Networking: Mr X Stitch Talks New Media @ Pitt Rivers Museum (back entrance - access from South Parks Road)
Nov 26 @ 6:00 pm – 8:00 pm
Crafty Networking: Mr X Stitch Talks New Media @ Pitt Rivers Museum (back entrance - access from South Parks Road) | Oxford | United Kingdom
Jamie ‘Mr X Stitch’ Chalmers is a trail blazing ‘man-broiderer’ and needleworker. In our last Crafty Networking event of the year, Jamie will discuss the digital tools he uses to bring the world’s best contemporary[...]
OBU Documentary Club: Lambert and Stamp 7:00 pm
OBU Documentary Club: Lambert and Stamp @ John Henry Brookes Lecture Theatre, John Henry Brookes Building
Nov 26 @ 7:00 pm – 9:30 pm
The Oxford Brookes Documentary Club is dedicated to bringing you interesting and inspiring documentaries that give voice to a wide variety of topics.The Oxford Brookes Documentary Club is run by a volunteer committee of students,[...]
Venture communism 7:30 pm
Venture communism @ The Mitre (upstairs function room)
Nov 26 @ 7:30 pm – 9:00 pm
Venture communism @ The Mitre (upstairs function room) | Oxford | United Kingdom
Talk, Q&As, and discussion. You’re welcome to come along just to listen, or to take part actively in the discussion. There’s no need to book: just come along on the day.
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Surgical Grand Rounds – plastic surgery 8:00 am
Surgical Grand Rounds – plastic surgery @ Lecture Theatre 1, Academic Centre, John Radcliffe Hospital
Nov 27 @ 8:00 am – 9:00 am
Surgical Grand Rounds - plastic surgery @ Lecture Theatre 1, Academic Centre, John Radcliffe Hospital | Oxford | United Kingdom
“Restoring quality of life: functional nerve transfers following composite neurological deficits” by Miss Lucy Cogswell, Mr Henk Giele, Mr Sinclair Gore, Roba Khundkar, Miklos Perenyei and Mr Jeremy Reynolds (Oxford University Hospitals NHS Foundation Trust)[...]
Discursive Networks about Youth in the late Soviet Union 1:00 pm
Discursive Networks about Youth in the late Soviet Union @ Centre for Digital Scholarship, Weston Library
Nov 27 @ 1:00 pm – 2:00 pm
Discursive Networks about Youth in the late Soviet Union @ Centre for Digital Scholarship, Weston Library | Oxford | United Kingdom
Social scientists are increasingly interested in the systematic use of text. This talk describes a method which combines qualitative content analysis with network analysis. The value of this mixed-method approach will be illustrated by a[...]
Greg Dyke The Beautiful Game 5:00 pm
Greg Dyke The Beautiful Game @ Mansfield College
Nov 27 @ 5:00 pm – 6:30 pm
Mansfield Lecture Series, Convener Baroness Helena Kennedy QC. Greg Dyke became the Independent Chairman of The Football Association in July 2013. He has enjoyed a long and distinguished career in journalism and broadcasting, most notably[...]
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The Role of the Choreographer in the Stage and Screen Musical 10:30 am
The Role of the Choreographer in the Stage and Screen Musical @ Jacqueline du Pre Building, St Hilda's College
Nov 28 @ 10:30 am – 4:30 pm
Society for Dance Research/DANSOX presents a one-day conference on ‘The Role of the Choreographer in the Stage and Screen Musical’. With distinguished keynote speeches from Dame Gillian Lynne, acclaimed British dancer, choreographer, and theatre/television director;[...]
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OxPolicy Report Launch: Menstruation Education in the UK 7:00 pm
OxPolicy Report Launch: Menstruation Education in the UK @ Blue Boar Theatre, Christ Church College
Nov 30 @ 7:00 pm – 8:30 pm
OxPolicy Report Launch: Menstruation Education in the UK @ Blue Boar Theatre, Christ Church College | Oxford | United Kingdom
**OxPolicy and #periodpositive are ready to launch their report on the state of menstruation education in the United Kingdom!** Join us on the evening of November 30th for a bloody good time (haw haw). We’ll[...]