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Plant species diversity: the role of soil moisture 7:45 pm
Plant species diversity: the role of soil moisture @ Nissan Lecture Theatre, St Antony's College
Feb 2 @ 7:45 pm – 9:15 pm
Plant species diversity: the role of soil moisture @ Nissan Lecture Theatre, St Antony's College | Oxford | United Kingdom
Ecohydrologist Prof David Gowing will speak on “Plant species diversity: the role of soil moisture”. He will discuss the conundrum of how up to 40 species can all sustain themselves in a single metre square[...]
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“Censored Voices” Screening with Professor Derek Penslar 7:30 pm
“Censored Voices” Screening with Professor Derek Penslar @ Lady Margaret Hall
Feb 3 @ 7:30 pm – 9:00 pm
One week after the 1967 ‘Six-Day War’, a group of young kibbutzniks, led by renowned author Amos Oz and Editor Avraham Shapira, recorded intimate conversations with soldiers returning from the battlefield. The Israeli army censored[...]
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Lo, all our pomp of yesterday: forgetting the British Empire 7:30 pm
Lo, all our pomp of yesterday: forgetting the British Empire @ The Mitre (upstairs function room)
Feb 4 @ 7:30 pm – 9:00 pm
Lo, all our pomp of yesterday: forgetting the British Empire @ The Mitre (upstairs function room) | Oxford | United Kingdom
A short introductory talk, followed by about an hour’s discussion. All welcome.
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South Asian history, Postgraduate Research Seminar 2:00 pm
South Asian history, Postgraduate Research Seminar @ Fellows' Dining Room, St Antony's College
Feb 9 @ 2:00 pm – 3:30 pm
Understanding Islamic Revivalism in the British Caliphate: Processes and Consequences Conor Meleady, St Antony’s College, will seek to present the processes and consequences of British forms of intelligence and information gathering with relation to Islamic[...]
Natural Hazards: Prediction, Perception, Prevention 5:00 pm
Natural Hazards: Prediction, Perception, Prevention @ Merton College
Feb 9 @ 5:00 pm – 7:00 pm
Natural Hazards: Prediction, Perception, Prevention @ Merton College  | Oxford | United Kingdom
Millions of people worldwide are affected by natural hazards ranging from devastating but localised events such as volcanic eruptions, earthquakes and tsunamis to the more subtle but global effects of climate change. It is therefore[...]
Beyond the Archive ### This event was cancelled 7:00 pm
Beyond the Archive ### This event was cancelled @ Museum of the History of Science
Feb 9 @ 7:00 pm – 8:30 pm
Beyond the Archive ### This event was cancelled @ Museum of the History of Science | Oxford | United Kingdom
### This event was cancelled Auctions, eBay, antique fairs and instrument dealers: how a private collection has become part of the Museum. A conversation with collector Ron Bristow, who has donated a painstakingly assembled group[...]
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Of Ouija boards and the fourth dimension: queer American poetry and the world beyond 6:00 pm
Of Ouija boards and the fourth dimension: queer American poetry and the world beyond @ John Henry Brookes Lecture Theatre
Feb 10 @ 6:00 pm – 7:00 pm
Of Ouija boards and the fourth dimension: queer American poetry and the world beyond @ John Henry Brookes Lecture Theatre | Oxford | United Kingdom
To coincide with this year’s theme for LGBT History Month, ‘Religion, Belief and Philosophy’, this lecture explores the life and work of four gay American poets of the 19th and 20th centuries: Walt Whitman, Hilda[...]
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Near Miss Project: Cyclists’ experiences of near misses in the UK with Dr. Rachel Aldred 7:30 pm
Near Miss Project: Cyclists’ experiences of near misses in the UK with Dr. Rachel Aldred @ St Michael in the Northgate
Feb 16 @ 7:30 pm – 9:00 pm
Near Miss Project: Cyclists’ experiences of near misses in the UK with Dr. Rachel Aldred @ St Michael in the Northgate | Oxford | United Kingdom
Dr Rachel Aldred is a Senior Lecturer in Transport at the University of Westminster, and specialises in cycling research. One of her current research projects is the Near Miss Project, funded by Creative Exchange and Blaze.[...]
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Nigel Wilson – ‘Miscellaneous thoughts on Palaeography’ 5:00 pm
Nigel Wilson – ‘Miscellaneous thoughts on Palaeography’ @ Lower Lecture Room
Feb 17 @ 5:00 pm – 6:30 pm
Nigel Wilson is an Emeritus Fellow of Lincoln College and a Fellow of the British Academy; the talk will cover both his own research into the Palaeography of Greek manuscripts and will also cover his[...]
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‘Urban governance and its discontents’ Oxford City Debates 9:00 am
‘Urban governance and its discontents’ Oxford City Debates @ St Anne's College
Feb 18 @ 9:00 am – 4:15 pm
'Urban governance and its discontents' Oxford City Debates @ St Anne's College | Oxford | United Kingdom
As a cornerstone initiative of the Oxford Programme for the Future of Cities, we are proposing a new format for presenting and elaborating thinking on what urban governance does, when it succeed and fails, and[...]
Oxford and the Great War with Malcolm Graham 5:30 pm
Oxford and the Great War with Malcolm Graham @ Key Learning Centre @ Oxford Castle
Feb 18 @ 5:30 pm – 7:00 pm
Come down and listen to Malcolm Graham, local historian, talk about Oxford’s involvement in the Great War period. Sponsored by the Oxford Castle Quarter and their Oxford Images in World War I Project.
‘Night Will Fall’ (2014) – Free Documentary Screening 7:00 pm
‘Night Will Fall’ (2014) – Free Documentary Screening @ John Henry Brookes Lecture Theatre, Oxford Brookes University
Feb 18 @ 7:00 pm – 8:30 pm
'Night Will Fall' (2014) - Free Documentary Screening @ John Henry Brookes Lecture Theatre, Oxford Brookes University  | Oxford | United Kingdom
“Clearly a work of passion and scholarship, it is both time capsule and teaching tool.” – Alissa Simon (Variety) Oxford Brookes Documentary Club is proud to present the historical documentary film ‘Night Will Fall’. This[...]
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‘Urban governance and its discontents’ Oxford City Debates 9:00 am
‘Urban governance and its discontents’ Oxford City Debates @ St Anne's College
Feb 19 @ 9:00 am – 4:15 pm
'Urban governance and its discontents' Oxford City Debates @ St Anne's College | Oxford | United Kingdom
As a cornerstone initiative of the Oxford Programme for the Future of Cities, we are proposing a new format for presenting and elaborating thinking on what urban governance does, when it succeed and fails, and[...]
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Ockenden International Prize 2016 Awards Ceremony with John Simpson CBE 5:15 pm
Ockenden International Prize 2016 Awards Ceremony with John Simpson CBE @ Simpkins Lee Theatre, Pipe Partridge Building, LMH
Feb 23 @ 5:15 pm – 7:00 pm
Ockenden International Prize 2016 Awards Ceremony with John Simpson CBE @ Simpkins Lee Theatre, Pipe Partridge Building, LMH | Oxford | United Kingdom
The fourth annual Ockenden International Prize (www.ockendenprizes.org/) for excellence in self-reliance projects among refugees and displaced people will be presented by John Simpson CBE, BBC World Affairs Editor. Projects in Uganda, Lebanon and Chad will[...]
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Pax Mongolica 12:00 pm
Pax Mongolica @ Ashmolean Museum
Feb 25 @ 12:00 pm – 1:00 pm
Pax Mongolica @ Ashmolean Museum | United Kingdom
Genghis Khan established the Mongol Empire in 1206. By the 13th century the vast Empire stretched from the Korean Peninsula to Central Europe. This talk examines the coinage that reflects the diversity of the peoples[...]
Collecting History through Medals 5:00 pm
Collecting History through Medals @ Ioannou Centre for Classical and Byzantine Studies
Feb 25 @ 5:00 pm – 6:00 pm
Continuing our programme of studying the less conventional forms of numismatics, Christopher Hill, medal specialist at Dix Noonan Webb, will give an overall picture of the variety of medals one can collect, the various strata[...]
Middle Common Room Research Event 7:00 pm
Middle Common Room Research Event @ St Hilda's College, Vernon Harcourt Room
Feb 25 @ 7:00 pm – 9:00 pm
The Hilary Term MCR Research Evening will include the following presenations. All are welcome. Aliyyah Ahad – What money can’t buy? Attitudes towards economic and ethnic immigration criteria in countries with investor-visa programmes Naushad Velgy[...]
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Mystery in Mesopotamia 11:00 am
Mystery in Mesopotamia @ Ashmolean Museum
Feb 27 @ 11:00 am – 12:00 pm
In a dark tomb 4,500 years ago in ancient Sumer, 68 women went to their deaths in a mysterious grave. Accompanying them was a musician, who died with her hands over her instrument, a beautifully[...]
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‘Political Geology of Area’, by Prof Andrew Barry (University College London) 4:15 pm
‘Political Geology of Area’, by Prof Andrew Barry (University College London) @ Oxford Brookes University, John Henry Brookes Building, Room 301
Feb 29 @ 4:15 pm – 5:30 pm
Brookes Centre for Global Politics, Economics and Society Seminar Series