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			1 Book at Lunchtime: Why We Need the Humanities 12:30 pm Book at Lunchtime: Why We Need the Humanities @ St Luke's Chapel, Radcliffe Observatory Quarter Jun 1 @ 12:30 pm – 2:00 pm Tickets How has humanities scholarship influenced biomedical research and civil liberties and how can scholars serve the common good? Entrepreneur and scholar Donald Drakeman will discuss his new book exploring the value and impact of the[...] ‘Innovation for Development’ Research Seminar by Oxford TMCD 1:00 pm ‘Innovation for Development’ Research Seminar by Oxford TMCD @ Seminar Room 2, Queen Elizabeth House Jun 1 @ 1:00 pm – 4:00 pm Tickets The Technology and Management Centre for Development at the Department of International Development will be hosting two research seminars in the coming weeks – The afternoons of May 19 and June 1st. We invite researchers[...] White Matter Tractography and Human Brain Connections Using GPUs (Moises Hernandez-Fernandez from the Oxford Centre for Functional MRI of the Brain) 1:00 pm White Matter Tractography and Human Brain Connections Using GPUs (Moises Hernandez-Fernandez from the Oxford Centre for Functional MRI of the Brain) @ Oxford e-Research Centre, Conference Room 278 Jun 1 @ 1:00 pm – 2:30 pm Tickets Moisés Hernández-Fernandez from the Oxford Centre for Functional MRI of the Brain, University of Oxford, UK will present a seminar on the 1st of June 2016, (at 1pm) entitled “White Matter Tractography and Human Brain[...] ‘News in the digital age, and how The Economist fits in’ – Tom Standage, deputy editor, the Economist 2:00 pm ‘News in the digital age, and how The Economist fits in’ – Tom Standage, deputy editor, the Economist @ Barclay Room, Green Templeton College Jun 1 @ 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, Richard Sambrook, David Levy Tom[...] Women and Conflict in India 4:00 pm Women and Conflict in India @ Dahrendorf Room, St Antony's College Jun 1 @ 4:00 pm – 5:30 pm Tickets South Asia Seminar Series The book launched at this talk analyses the impact that prolonged socio-political conflict in India has had on political and social spaces for women. Focusing in particular on Assam in the[...] ‘Food is the best medicine’: displacement, return and good (in)security in the Horn of Africa 5:00 pm ‘Food is the best medicine’: displacement, return and good (in)security in the Horn of Africa @ Seminar Room 3, Oxford Department of International Development Jun 1 @ 5:00 pm – 6:30 pm Tickets Speaker: Dr Laura Hammond (Reader in Development Studies, Department of Development Studies, SOAS) Economic Growth, Structural Transformation and the Evolving Food Security Challenge 5:00 pm Economic Growth, Structural Transformation and the Evolving Food Security Challenge @ School of Geography and the Environment Jun 1 @ 5:00 pm – 6:00 pm Tickets As economies grow the food security challenge transitions from tackling hunger and micronutrient malnutrition to combating the problems associated with over-nutrition. The food policy priorities also transition from a focus on the quantity of food[...] St Peter’s College: EU Referendum Forum 6:00 pm St Peter’s College: EU Referendum Forum @ St Peter's College Chapel Jun 1 @ 6:00 pm – 7:30 pm Tickets Three high-profile SPC alumni return to their college to discuss the impending EU Referendum in a forum chaired by the Master, Mark Damazer CBE. Join the Editor of the Sunday Times, Martin Ivens (BA Modern[...] What happens when literature swears? Working-class life and the pursuit of literature, from John Clare to James Kelman 6:00 pm What happens when literature swears? Working-class life and the pursuit of literature, from John Clare to James Kelman @ John Henry Brookes Lecture Theatre Jun 1 @ 6:00 pm – 7:00 pm Tickets Simon will investigate class and literature ranging across British writers from the early 19th century through to the present day. Across poetry and fiction, Simon will present works – classic and not so well-known –[...] Emma McClure & The Phantom of Heilbronn and other Forensic Faux Pas (Oxford Skeptics in the Pub) 7:30 pm Emma McClure & The Phantom of Heilbronn and other Forensic Faux Pas (Oxford Skeptics in the Pub) @ St Aldates Tavern Jun 1 @ 7:30 pm – 9:00 pm Tickets We’ve all seen it: A renegade detective pores over the scene of a grizzly murder. They find an overlooked clue; a hair, a footprint, a shell casing. Detailed forensic analysis matches the clue to the[...] LGBT Liberation: Are we there yet? 7:30 pm LGBT Liberation: Are we there yet? @ Michael Young building (where Restore meets) Jun 1 @ 7:30 pm – 9:00 pm Tickets Meeting on the politics of LGBT liberation with Noel Halifax author of “Out, Proud and Fighting: Gay Liberation and the Struggle for Socialism”.	2 David M. Berry on Digital Humanities: Ferment in the Field 1:00 pm David M. Berry on Digital Humanities: Ferment in the Field @ Centre for Digital Scholarship, Weston Library Jun 2 @ 1:00 pm – 2:00 pm Tickets As Digital Humanities continues to grow and develop as a discipline, both in terms of its interdisciplinary work and the development of research questions specific to itself, there has emerged a number of controversies about[...] ‘Markets and morals’ with Prof Michael J. Sandel 5:30 pm ‘Markets and morals’ with Prof Michael J. Sandel @ The Sheldonian Jun 2 @ 5:30 pm – 7:00 pm Tickets Is there anything wrong with putting a price on health, education, citizenship, and the environment? Where do markets serve the public good, and where do they not belong? Join us for a lively discussion with[...] LMH Conversations: Sir Nicholas Stadlen in conversation with Alan Rusbridger 5:30 pm LMH Conversations: Sir Nicholas Stadlen in conversation with Alan Rusbridger @ Lady Margaret Hall Jun 2 @ 5:30 pm – 7:00 pm Tickets Sir Nicholas Stadlen is a former Barrister (Fountain Court Chambers) and High Court Judge and is currently a Visiting Fellow at St Antony’s College, Oxford. As a QC he was voted Barrister of the Year[...] Free Film: Bridge of Spies 7:00 pm Free Film: Bridge of Spies @ Leonard Wolfson Auditorium Jun 2 @ 7:00 pm – 9:30 pm Tickets A free chance to see the 2015 film directed by Stephen Spielberg and based on a true story. Bridge of Spies stars Tom Hanks, who plays Jim Donovan, an American lawyer recruited by the CIA[...] Stand-up history presents: The Z list Dead list 7:00 pm Stand-up history presents: The Z list Dead list @ Jericho Cafe Jun 2 @ 7:00 pm – 8:30 pm Tickets A humorous lecture hosted Iszi Lawrence with four talented ‘Historians’ who will champion their favourite obscure dead person from History to be put on the Z List Dead List – who wins? You decide! No longer human: the meaning of electronic music 7:30 pm No longer human: the meaning of electronic music @ The Mitre (upstairs function room) Jun 2 @ 7:30 pm – 9:00 pm Tickets An introductory talk of about twenty minutes, followed by Q&As and an hour or so’s discussion among the audience. You’re welcome to come along just to listen, or to take an active part in the[...] The Music Industry and the Blockchain – Phil Barry 7:30 pm The Music Industry and the Blockchain – Phil Barry @ Oxford Centre for Innovation Jun 2 @ 7:30 pm – 9:30 pm Tickets Phil Barry is the founder of Blokur and will be talking about how blockchain might be used to transform the music industry, including a demonstration of Ujo. Phil’s work with Imogen Heap attracted major media[...]	3 Surgical Grand Rounds: Pre-hospital emergency medicine 8:00 am Surgical Grand Rounds: Pre-hospital emergency medicine @ Lecture Theatre 1, Academic Centre, John Radcliffe Hospital Jun 3 @ 8:00 am – 9:00 am Tickets Lt Col Ross Moy will give a talk on ‘Pre-hospital emergency medicine – recent developments and top tips for the first on scene’ Lt Col Moy is a Consultant in Emergency Medicine in the British[...] ‘The 21st-century researcher’s library: balancing the physical and the virtual’, Alasdair Watson 5:00 pm ‘The 21st-century researcher’s library: balancing the physical and the virtual’, Alasdair Watson @ Lecture Theatre, Weston Library Jun 3 @ 5:00 pm – 6:30 pm Tickets In Search of Mary: Bee Rowlatt 5:00 pm In Search of Mary: Bee Rowlatt @ Hertford College Jun 3 @ 5:00 pm – 6:30 pm Tickets Toddler in tow, Bee Rowlatt embarks on an extraordinary journey in search of the life and legacy of the first celebrity feminist: Mary Wollstonecraft. From the wild coasts of Norway to a naked re-birthing in[...] Professor Dame Julia Slingo on Building a Climate Laboratory: How Climate Models have Revolutionised our Understanding of Planet Earth 5:00 pm Professor Dame Julia Slingo on Building a Climate Laboratory: How Climate Models have Revolutionised our Understanding of Planet Earth @ Lecture Room Jun 3 @ 5:00 pm – 6:00 pm Tickets Roger Hood Public Lecture: ‘Criminal Justice in the Service of Security.’ 5:00 pm Roger Hood Public Lecture: ‘Criminal Justice in the Service of Security.’ @ Lecture Theatre Jun 3 @ 5:00 pm – 6:30 pm Tickets The history of criminal justice is beset by the tension between state coercion in the name of public safety and protecting the individual from unwarranted state power. This lecture by Professor Lucia Zedner, University of[...]	4 Centre for Criminology 50th Anniversary Summer Conference: Contemporary Dilemmas in Criminal Justice 9:15 am Centre for Criminology 50th Anniversary Summer Conference: Contemporary Dilemmas in Criminal Justice @ The Andrew Wiles Building, Jun 4 @ 9:15 am – 6:00 pm Tickets Our 50th Anniversary Summer Conference brings together MPs, QCs, senior Police, and many high-profile key-note figures from criminal justice non-profits to discuss ‘Contemporary Dilemmas in Criminal Justice’ in three panels chaired by distinguished panel hosts[...]
5	6 Professor Trevor Young // Your Brain Needs YOU: Why Psychiatry Is the Best Specialty for the Brightest Medical Minds 6:00 pm Professor Trevor Young // Your Brain Needs YOU: Why Psychiatry Is the Best Specialty for the Brightest Medical Minds @ Blue Boar Lecture Theatre Jun 6 @ 6:00 pm – 7:00 pm Tickets Professor Trevor Young, Dean of the University of Toronto and world expert on bipolar disorder, is coming to Oxford to give a talk on “Your Brain Needs YOU: Why Psychiatry Is the Best Specialty for[...]	7 “On the Colonisation of India”: Public Meetings, Debates and Disputes (Calcutta 1829) “On the Colonisation of India”: Public Meetings, Debates and Disputes (Calcutta 1829) @ Fellows' Dining Room, St Antony's College Jun 7 all-day Tickets On December 15th , 1829, a large public meeting was held amidst much excitement at the Town Hall in Calcutta. The speakers, principally from the British mercantile community in Calcutta, but including, prominently, Dwarakanath Tagore[...] A Workflow for Online and Printed Catalogues of Compositions: Technical Approach and Conceptual Challenges. – Axel Geertinger – See more at: http://www.oerc.ox.ac.uk/events#sthash.ZatYmGcC.dpuf 2:00 pm A Workflow for Online and Printed Catalogues of Compositions: Technical Approach and Conceptual Challenges. – Axel Geertinger – See more at: http://www.oerc.ox.ac.uk/events#sthash.ZatYmGcC.dpuf @ Oxford e-Research Centre,Access Grid Room 277 Jun 7 @ 2:00 pm – 3:00 pm Tickets The Oxford e-Research Centre is pleased to welcome Axel Geertinger to present a seminar called ‘A Workflow for Online and Printed Catalogues of Compositions: Technical Approach and Conceptual Challenges’. – See more at: http://www.oerc.ox.ac.uk/events Seminar[...] The Supreme Court Re-Assessed: What do the next 7 years hold for the UK’s Final Court? 5:30 pm The Supreme Court Re-Assessed: What do the next 7 years hold for the UK’s Final Court? @ Leonard Wolfson Auditorium Jun 7 @ 5:30 pm – 6:30 pm Tickets In this Max Watson Annual Lecture, Alan Paterson OBE, Professor of Law and Director of the Centre for Professional Legal Studies at the Strathclude University of Law, will take a detailed look at the Supreme[...] Democratic Renewal 6:00 pm Democratic Renewal @ New College Jun 7 @ 6:00 pm – 8:00 pm Tickets The political, economic and social landscape is changing and, as in similar circumstances in the past, the Fabian Society is at the cutting edge. As Andrew Harrop, General Secretary of the Fabian Society, recently wrote[...]	8 ‘The kidnapping of journalists: reporting from high-risk conflict zones’ – Hannah Storm, director of the International News Safety Institute (INSI) and RISJ author 2:00 pm ‘The kidnapping of journalists: reporting from high-risk conflict zones’ – Hannah Storm, director of the International News Safety Institute (INSI) and RISJ author @ Barclay Room, Green Templeton College Jun 8 @ 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, Richard Sambrook, David Levy Hannah[...] The prospects for enhancing democracy and development in the Philippines: The 2016 elections and beyond 2:00 pm The prospects for enhancing democracy and development in the Philippines: The 2016 elections and beyond @ Deakin Room, St Antony's College Jun 8 @ 2:00 pm – 3:30 pm Tickets Southeast Asia Seminar Drawing primarily on his own research, interviews and observations, Mr. Timberman will address three topics: 1) the May 9 elections and what they reveal about contemporary Philippine politics, 2) the Aquino administration’s[...] The prospects for enhancing democracy and development in the Philippines: The 2016 elections and beyond 2:00 pm The prospects for enhancing democracy and development in the Philippines: The 2016 elections and beyond @ Deakin Room, St Antony's College Jun 8 @ 2:00 pm – 3:30 pm Tickets Drawing primarily on his own research, interviews and observations, David Timberman will address three topics: 1) the May 9 elections and what they reveal about contemporary Philippine politics, 2) the Aquino administration’s accomplishments and likely[...] Equalities Research Network ‘Mind the Gap’ Seminar Series: ‘Alternative Realities and New Perspectives on Family Violence’ Panel Discussion 5:00 pm Equalities Research Network ‘Mind the Gap’ Seminar Series: ‘Alternative Realities and New Perspectives on Family Violence’ Panel Discussion @ Jacqueline du Pre Music Building Jun 8 @ 5:00 pm – 6:30 pm Tickets “Alternative Realities and New Perspectives on Family Violence” Panel Discussion 2: Professor Marianne Hester, Centre for Gender and Violence Research, Bristol University – “Intimate Partner Violence in LGBTQ Relationships – What’s Gender Got To Do[...] Emotional lives intimacy and identity in 16th and 19th century England 6:00 pm Emotional lives intimacy and identity in 16th and 19th century England @ John Henry Brookes Theatre Jun 8 @ 6:00 pm – 7:00 pm Tickets Historians of emotions try to reconstruct the emotional world of different eras. They aim not only to recover what me and women said they felt in the past, but also to reveal how emotions created,[...] Selling More Books Online 6:00 pm Selling More Books Online @ The Jam Factory Jun 8 @ 6:00 pm – 9:30 pm Tickets How good is your metadata? Helping readers find the content they want in a well-organised way, is fundamental to selling more books online. There are set rules aimed at standardizing how publishers, booksellers and others[...] Innovation Revolution: Exploring the Future of Publishing 7:00 pm Innovation Revolution: Exploring the Future of Publishing @ Art Cafe Jun 8 @ 7:00 pm – 8:30 pm Tickets In such a competitive and fast-moving industry, what measures can publishers take to remain fresh and unique? Today, innovation in publishing goes far beyond the e-book. From crowdfunding to creating book apps, to interacting directly[...]	9 Peter Webster—Doing (very) contemporary history with the archived Web: Rowan Williams, archbishop of Canterbury, and the sharia law controversy of 2008 1:00 pm Peter Webster—Doing (very) contemporary history with the archived Web: Rowan Williams, archbishop of Canterbury, and the sharia law controversy of 2008 @ Weston Library, Lecture Theatre Jun 9 @ 1:00 pm – 2:00 pm Tickets The decade following the turn of the millennium may have seen an epochal shift in the nature of the discussion of religion in public life in the UK. The 9/11 attacks in the USA, and[...] DANSOX presents, ‘Exploring Mark Morris’s L’Allegro, Il Ponseroso ed Il Moderato’ 5:15 pm DANSOX presents, ‘Exploring Mark Morris’s L’Allegro, Il Ponseroso ed Il Moderato’ @ Jacqueline du Pre Music Building Jun 9 @ 5:15 pm – 6:45 pm Tickets Talks on the poetry of John Milton (Dr Margaret Kean, St Hilda’s College, Oxford); music by George Frideric Handel (Dr Jonathan Williams, St Hilda’s College and Faculty of Music, University of Oxford); and Morris’s dance[...] Conversation with Clara Roquet 6:00 pm Conversation with Clara Roquet @ Christ Church Lecture room 1 Jun 9 @ 6:00 pm – 7:30 pm Tickets On Thursday, 9th June, we will welcome Ms. Clara Roquet, one of Spain’s most promising film makers. We will be hosting a conversation with Ms. Roquet before screening her last short film, “El adiós” (The[...] Cosmopolitan Contamination – learning world citizenship 6:00 pm Cosmopolitan Contamination – learning world citizenship @ Wolfson College, Linton Road Jun 9 @ 6:00 pm – 7:30 pm Tickets Professor Kwame Anthony Appiah, Professor of Philosophy and Law, New York University, will deliver the annual Wolfson Berlin Lecture. Speaker Kwame Anthony Appiah is a philosopher, cultural theorist, and novelist whose interests include political and[...] Rev up for the Referendum 7:15 pm Rev up for the Referendum @ Turl Street Kitchen Jun 9 @ 7:15 pm – 8:45 pm Tickets Join us for our final pre-Referendum meetup – a social event to present our campaigning activities, and to convince your undecided British friends! RSVP here or on our Meet-up page: http://www.meetup.com/New-Europeans-Oxford/events/231400152/ Corruption corrupts, but anti–corruption… 7:30 pm Corruption corrupts, but anti–corruption… @ The Mitre (upstairs function room) Jun 9 @ 7:30 pm – 9:00 pm Tickets An introductory talk of about twenty minutes, followed by Q&As and an hour or so’s discussion among the audience. You’re welcome to come along just to listen, or to take an active part in the[...] Open Screen monthly film networking night 7:30 pm Open Screen monthly film networking night @ Film Oxford Jun 9 @ 7:30 pm – 9:30 pm Tickets Come along and meet other like-minded people and expand your love of filmmaking, get feedback on work in progress or find new ideas for your future film projects. We are open to all filmmakers of[...]	10 Surgical Grand Rounds – Professor George Youngson CBE 8:00 am Surgical Grand Rounds – Professor George Youngson CBE @ Academic Centre, John Radcliffe Hospital , Lecture Theatre 1 Jun 10 @ 8:00 am – 9:30 am Tickets Professor George Youngson is Emeritus Professor of Paediatric Surgery at the University of Aberdeen. He will be talking about ‘Non-technical skills for surgeons: a hard time for soft skills’. Italy and the Classics 10:00 am Italy and the Classics @ Lecture Theatre, Ioannou Centre Jun 10 @ 10:00 am – 8:30 pm Tickets A one-day conference, with Professor Dame Marina Warner and featuring a rehearsed reading of Roberto Cavosi’s Bellissima Maria (after Phaedra/Hipploytus). Registration is £25, or £20 for students, and includes: lunch, refreshments, a drinks reception and[...] Learning Inconsistent Systems and Language Change – R. Alex Schumacher, Northwestern University 2:00 pm Learning Inconsistent Systems and Language Change – R. Alex Schumacher, Northwestern University @ Oxford e-Research Centre, Conference Room 278 Jun 10 @ 2:00 pm – 3:00 pm Tickets Natural languages are highly structured, but they are never perfectly regular. In language contact situations, learners face the challenge of learning inconsistent input. Inconsistent input is a major factor in language change, like in the[...] In my Mother’s House: Screening and panel discussion 5:00 pm In my Mother’s House: Screening and panel discussion @ Pavilion Room, St Antony's College Jun 10 @ 5:00 pm – 6:30 pm Tickets In My Mother’s House A film by Lina Fruzzetti and Ákos Östör Colour, 82 min A screening followed by a panel discussion with the film-makers, Paola Mattei (European Studies Centre) and Jason Mosley (African Studies[...] Professor Sheila Rowbotham on Alice Wheeldon: The Anti-war Activist Accused of Plot to Kill Lloyd George during World War One 5:00 pm Professor Sheila Rowbotham on Alice Wheeldon: The Anti-war Activist Accused of Plot to Kill Lloyd George during World War One @ Lecture Room Jun 10 @ 5:00 pm – 6:00 pm Tickets Bellissima Maria (a rehearsed reading) 6:00 pm Bellissima Maria (a rehearsed reading) @ Jacqueline du Pré Music Building Jun 10 @ 6:00 pm – 8:30 pm Tickets A rehearsed reading of Roberto Cavosi’s Phaedra/Hippolytus inspired play, Bellissima Maria; performed by Marco Gambino and Sasha Waddell. Please join us in the Jacqueline Du Pré Music Building from 6pm for a Drinks Reception, and[...]	11 Oxford Translation Day Oxford Translation Day @ St Anne's College Jun 11 all-day Tickets On June 11th, St Anne’s College will be running Oxford Translation Day, a celebration of literary translation consisting of workshops and talks throughout the day at St Anne’s and around the city, culminating in the[...] SciPo 2016: A Meeting of Science and Poetry 11:00 am SciPo 2016: A Meeting of Science and Poetry @ St Hilda's College Jun 11 @ 11:00 am – 5:00 pm Tickets Where poetry meets science creative sparks fly, so come along and hear ideas catch fire at SciPo – a day of talks, panel discussions and readings with the distinguished Welsh poet, Tony Curtis, Director of[...]
12	13 Creating a Collaborative Reconstruction of John Sadler’s Elizabethan Music Partbooks 2:30 pm Creating a Collaborative Reconstruction of John Sadler’s Elizabethan Music Partbooks @ Upper Library, Christ Church, Oxford Jun 13 @ 2:30 pm – 4:00 pm Tickets When the Elizabethan gentleman John Sadler sat down to copy his music partbooks little did he know that he had chosen an overly acidic ink. He filled his manuscripts with Latin sacred music from throughout[...]	14 Yin Yin Lu: #Brexit or #StrongerIn? The Rhetoric of EU Referendum Hashtags 1:00 pm Yin Yin Lu: #Brexit or #StrongerIn? The Rhetoric of EU Referendum Hashtags @ Centre for Digital Scholarship, Weston Library Jun 14 @ 1:00 pm – 2:00 pm Tickets Drawing upon sociology of culture and digital rhetoric literature, this talk will illuminate the persuasive function of hashtags in the context of the UK EU membership referendum. What makes a hashtag more influential, or more[...] Tagore and the theology of the global 2:00 pm Tagore and the theology of the global @ Fellows' Dining Room, St Antony's College Jun 14 @ 2:00 pm – 3:30 pm Tickets Vishwabharati, the university that Tagore founded, was an early experiment in producing a global habitation. While many of the ideas that motivated this institution hold out resonances for the contemporary debate on cosmopolitanism, Tagore worked[...] How a Minimum Carbon Price Commitment Might Help Internalize the Global Warming Externality 3:00 pm How a Minimum Carbon Price Commitment Might Help Internalize the Global Warming Externality @ Department of Economics, Manor Road Building, Seminar Room C Jun 14 @ 3:00 pm – 4:30 pm Tickets It is difficult to resolve the global warming free-rider externality problem by negotiating many different quantity targets. By contrast, negotiating a single internationally-binding minimum carbon price (the proceeds from which are domestically retained) counters pure[...]	15 Complex System Simulations on GPUs: Accelerating network flow simulations of transport systems. Dr Paul Richmond, University of Sheffield 1:00 pm Complex System Simulations on GPUs: Accelerating network flow simulations of transport systems. Dr Paul Richmond, University of Sheffield @ Oxford e-Research Centre, Conference Room 278 Jun 15 @ 1:00 pm – 2:30 pm Tickets Dr Paul Richmond University of Sheffield June 15, 2016 – 13:00 to 14:00 Conference Room Oxford e-Research Centre, 7 Keble Road, Oxford, OX1 3QG 7 Keble Road Oxford OX1 3QG No booking required Open to[...] ‘Russian media: oppressor or oppressed?’ – Yulia Netesova, visiting fellow at CIS LSE, foreign affairs correspondent at the Rosbalt news agency 2:00 pm ‘Russian media: oppressor or oppressed?’ – Yulia Netesova, visiting fellow at CIS LSE, foreign affairs correspondent at the Rosbalt news agency @ Barclay Room, Green Templeton College Jun 15 @ 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, Richard Sambrook, David Levy Yulia[...] How does conservation impact local people’s wellbeing (and how can we know?) 4:00 pm How does conservation impact local people’s wellbeing (and how can we know?) @ Herbertson Room, School of Geography and the Environment, South Parks Road Jun 15 @ 4:00 pm – 5:30 pm Tickets There is increasing recognition over the last decade that conservation, while conserving biodiversity of global value, can have local costs. Understanding these costs is essential as a first step to delivering conservation projects that do[...] The point of qualitative research 5:30 pm The point of qualitative research @ Rewley House Jun 15 @ 5:30 pm – 7:00 pm Tickets While qualitative research has received greater acceptance in a great variety of disciplines, including health and medicine, the true potential of qualitative analysis seems not to have been realised in such areas. Hence, the critique[...] Biodiversity conservation in the 21st century: what plants should we conserve and where? 6:00 pm Biodiversity conservation in the 21st century: what plants should we conserve and where? @ John Henry Theatre Brookes Jun 15 @ 6:00 pm – 7:00 pm Tickets In this Athena SWAN lecture, Professor Willis will discuss her ongoing research into biodiversity conservation, through examining the relationship between long-term vegetation dynamics and environmental change. The lecture will question which plants we should conserve[...] Sharing your genetic blueprint – who should have access? 6:30 pm Sharing your genetic blueprint – who should have access? @ Said Business School Jun 15 @ 6:30 pm – 8:00 pm Tickets Welcome to Future Debates, a series of public events supported by the British Science Association. A genome is an entire set of DNA; all the instructions for making every part of a living thing. Research[...]	16 Intrepid Explorers Launch Event 4:00 pm Intrepid Explorers Launch Event @ Gottmann Room, School of Geography and the Environment Jun 16 @ 4:00 pm – 5:30 pm Tickets Photos and tales on the highs and lows of life in the field. Intrepid Explorers was co-founded at King’s College London by Briony Turner to provide an informal opportunity to share fieldwork experiences. The program[...] Oxford SciBar: Where have all the bumblebees gone? 7:00 pm Oxford SciBar: Where have all the bumblebees gone? @ St Aldates Tavern (The Blue Room) Jun 16 @ 7:00 pm – 9:00 pm Tickets “Where have all the bumblebees gone?” Since the mid-nineteenth century, three species of bumblebee in the British Isles have gone extinct, and several other species have become so rare that they are at risk of[...] Some criteria for assessing how democratic a system is 7:30 pm Some criteria for assessing how democratic a system is @ Oxford Town Hall Jun 16 @ 7:30 pm – 9:00 pm Tickets An introductory talk of about twenty minutes, followed by Q&As and an hour or so’s discussion among the audience. You’re welcome to come along just to listen, or to take an active part in the[...] VR Night (Virtual Reality) Digital Creatives Oxford 7:30 pm VR Night (Virtual Reality) Digital Creatives Oxford @ Film Oxford Jun 16 @ 7:30 pm – 9:30 pm Tickets An opportunity to immerse yourself in virtual reality. Bring your own VR demo / software or just enjoy having a go with this exciting medium. Please get in touch if you would like to participate[...]	17 Surgical Grand Rounds – Professor Gerhard Schroth 8:00 am Surgical Grand Rounds – Professor Gerhard Schroth @ John Radcliffe Hospital , Lecture Theatre 1 Jun 17 @ 8:00 am – 9:00 am Tickets Professor Gerhard Schroth is Emeritus Professor of Radiology/Neuroradiology at the University of Berne in Switzerland. The title of his talk is: ‘The development and effects of thrombectomy in the treatment of actute stroke.’ Herding Hemingway’s Cats – Understanding how our genes work 7:00 pm Herding Hemingway’s Cats – Understanding how our genes work @ Norrington Room, Blackwell’s Bookshop Jun 17 @ 7:00 pm – 8:30 pm Tickets We’ve all heard of genes – they make your eyes blue, hair curly or nose straight. But how do they actually work and why do siblings look so different when they share much of their[...] Understanding how our genes work w/@harpistkat @helenarney 7:00 pm Understanding how our genes work w/@harpistkat @helenarney @ Norrington Room, Blackwell's Bookshop Jun 17 @ 7:00 pm – 8:30 pm Tickets Herding Hemingway’s Cats – Understanding how our genes work We’ve all heard of genes – they make your eyes blue, hair curly or nose straight. But how do they actually work and why do siblings[...]	18 Women: A Century of Change 2:00 pm Women: A Century of Change @ Magdalen College School Jun 18 @ 2:00 pm – 3:00 pm Tickets A lively panel discussion exploring women’s ever changing roles and struggle for equality, featuring speakers Professor Ngaire Woods, Dr Dana Mills, Dr Joanna Williams and Helen Pike. Robert Penn: It’s All About The Bike 4:00 pm Robert Penn: It’s All About The Bike @ Magdalen College School Jun 18 @ 4:00 pm – 5:00 pm Tickets Writer Robert Penn discusses his love affair with cycling and how the journey to build his dream bike ended in a freewheeling pilgrimage. Photographic Portraiture 5:30 pm Photographic Portraiture @ Oxford Playhouse Jun 18 @ 5:30 pm – 6:30 pm Tickets A discussion with photographer Alison Baskerville and curator Brigitte Lardinois that will consider women as photographers and photographic subjects, and the effects of social and technological change on portrait photography over the last 100 years. Helen Yemm: Thorny Problems Live 6:00 pm Helen Yemm: Thorny Problems Live @ University of Oxford Botanic Garden Jun 18 @ 6:00 pm – 7:00 pm Tickets Telegraph writer Helen Yemm brings her column Thorny Problems to life by answering your gardening conundrums and dispensing invaluable advice in the picturesque setting of the Botanic Garden. Blackwell’s Oxford Presents: John Webster, Shelley’s Golden Years in Italy 7:00 pm Blackwell’s Oxford Presents: John Webster, Shelley’s Golden Years in Italy @ Blackwell's Oxford Jun 18 @ 7:00 pm – 9:00 pm Tickets Local songwriter and Shelley specialist John Webster’s new DVD ‘Shelley’s Golden Years in Italy’ takes Shelley from the printed page and into the flux of contemporary culture. Teaming up with poet, playwright and Shelley admirer[...]
19	20 Sketches from the Poem Road exhibition (after Matsuo Bashō’s The Narrow Road to the Deep North) Sketches from the Poem Road exhibition (after Matsuo Bashō’s The Narrow Road to the Deep North) @ Glass Tank, Oxford Brookes University Jun 20 – Jul 15 all-day Tickets A collaboration between Japanese artist Isao Miura and poet Chris Beckett, presented to the Glass Tank by the Oxford Brookes Poetry Centre. In spring 1689, Matsuo Bashō sold his house in Edo (now Tokyo) and[...] Laurence Brockliss: Writing the History of Magdalen College School 5:30 pm Laurence Brockliss: Writing the History of Magdalen College School @ Magdalen College School Jun 20 @ 5:30 pm – 6:30 pm Tickets Professor of History at Oxford University, Laurence Brockliss, discusses the ups and downs of Magdalen College School’s fortunes since its foundation in 1480. Roger Black: Rio & Beyond – The Future of UK Athletics 8:00 pm Roger Black: Rio & Beyond – The Future of UK Athletics @ Magdalen College School Jun 20 @ 8:00 pm – 9:00 pm Tickets Legendary British athlete Roger Black MBE discusses lessons learned throughout his career as well as his thoughts on Team GB’s prospects at Rio 2016.	21	22 Music and the Pre Raphaelites 2:00 pm Music and the Pre Raphaelites @ Ashmolean Museum Jun 22 @ 2:00 pm – 4:00 pm Tickets In 1848 the Pre Raphaelites created a strong artisitc ethos which was to last the 19th Century, exlpore their musical counterparts in the works of Sullivan Debussy and Vaughan Williams Maggi Hambling: In Conversation with Xa Sturgis 5:00 pm Maggi Hambling: In Conversation with Xa Sturgis @ Ultimate Picture Palace Jun 22 @ 5:00 pm – 6:00 pm Tickets One of Britain’s most significant and controversial artists Maggi Hambling discusses her career and recent work with Xa Sturgis, Director of the Ashmolean Museum. Alastair Sooke: Henri Matisse – A Second Life 7:30 pm Alastair Sooke: Henri Matisse – A Second Life @ Magdalen College School Jun 22 @ 7:30 pm – 8:30 pm Tickets Art critic, journalist and broadcaster Alastair Sooke talks about the final decade of one of the most beloved artists of the twentieth century, Henri Matisse.	23 Combined Medical-Surgical Grand Rounds: Professors Bill Fulford and Ashok Handa 1:00 pm Combined Medical-Surgical Grand Rounds: Professors Bill Fulford and Ashok Handa @ Academic Centre, John Radcliffe Hospital, Lecture Theatre 1 Jun 23 @ 1:00 pm – 2:00 pm Tickets Professor Bill Fulford is a Fellow of St Catherine’s College and Member of the Philosophy Faculty, University of Oxford; Emeritus Professor of Philosophy and Mental Health, University of Warwick Medical School; and Director of the[...] Margaret Varga: Application of visual analytics to aviation safety 1:00 pm Margaret Varga: Application of visual analytics to aviation safety @ Centre for Digital Scholarship, Weston Library Jun 23 @ 1:00 pm – 2:00 pm Tickets Bird strikes pose serious problems for both civil and military aircraft. This seminar will discuss a Visual Analytics approach to working with and understanding the raw incident reporting data. Visual analytics is the science of[...] May Morris Designer and Embroiderer 1:00 pm May Morris Designer and Embroiderer @ Ashmolean Museum Jun 23 @ 1:00 pm – 2:00 pm Tickets Discover the life and work of William Morris’ younger duaghter May, who managed the embroidery workshop at Morris & Co 1885-1896. This lecture includes material from her collection of needlework designs and photographs of English[...] MUSCULAR DYSTROPHY IN THE NEW GENOMICS ERA 5:00 pm MUSCULAR DYSTROPHY IN THE NEW GENOMICS ERA @ Museum of Natural History, Oxford Jun 23 @ 5:00 pm – 6:30 pm Tickets Kay Davies has dedicated her life to the cure of Duchenne Muscular Dystrophy, which is one of the most common, fatal genetic disorders diagnosed in children. She contributed to the design of the pre-natal tests[...] Is there a Humanities in India? 5:15 pm Is there a Humanities in India? @ Colin Matthew Room Jun 23 @ 5:15 pm – 6:45 pm Tickets A special postcolonial seminar with Professor Brinda Bose and Professor Prasanta Chakravarty (University of Delhi). This event is CHCI funded and supported by TORCH, the English Faculty Postcolonial Seminar, and Rhodes House. Gaming: The Good, the Bad and the Ugly 7:00 pm Gaming: The Good, the Bad and the Ugly @ Magdalen College School Jun 23 @ 7:00 pm – 8:00 pm Tickets Research psychologist Peter Etchells and author of ‘Death by Video Game’, Simon Parker, discuss the positive and negative effects of gaming. IN CONVERSATION WITH LEOPOLD EYHARTS, ESA ASTRONAUT 7:30 pm IN CONVERSATION WITH LEOPOLD EYHARTS, ESA ASTRONAUT @ Museum of Natural History, Oxford Jun 23 @ 7:30 pm – 9:00 pm Tickets Leopold Eyharts flew on the Atlantis Shuttle to the International Space Station in 2008. Part of his mission included the installation of the Colombus Space Laboratory, the main contribution of Europe to the International Space[...]	24 May Morris Embroidery Workshop 10:00 am May Morris Embroidery Workshop @ Ashmolean Museum Jun 24 @ 10:00 am – Jun 25 @ 4:00 pm Tickets Working in wools on a linen ground in the style of the Arts and Crafts designer May Morris, students will stitch a botanical motif suitable for a small cusion cover. SATELLITES 4 EVERYONE 6:00 pm SATELLITES 4 EVERYONE @ Martin Wood Lecture Theatre Jun 24 @ 6:00 pm – 7:30 pm Tickets We all know that our satnav systems use GPS and weather forecasting uses meteorological satellites, but do you know that satellites are also used in farming, finance, transport systems, helping with natural disaster management, tracking[...] I WANT TO BELIEVE: AN ASTRONOMER’S SEARCH FOR ALIENS 7:30 pm I WANT TO BELIEVE: AN ASTRONOMER’S SEARCH FOR ALIENS @ Martin Wood Lecture Theatre Jun 24 @ 7:30 pm – 9:00 pm Tickets Astronomers have discovered that the Universe is full of potential homes for life, with planets around the vast majority of stars, yet the skies remain disappointingly free of swooping starships, visiting aliens or radio signals[...]	25 Oxford Science Fair Oxford Science Fair @ Oxford Town Hall Jun 25 – Jun 26 all-day Tickets Check out http://www.oxfordshiresciencefestival.com/oxford-science-fair.html for a full list of stalls. This is a FREE, drop in event with something for the whole family. Saturday 25 June 12-5pm, Sunday 26 June 1-5pm. WHITESPACE: AN EXPLORATION OF SPACE SCIENCES IN ANTARCTICA WHITESPACE: AN EXPLORATION OF SPACE SCIENCES IN ANTARCTICA @ Oxford Town Hall Jun 25 all-day Tickets Date/Time: Saturday 25 June, 13:30 Venue: Oxford Town Hall, Assembly Room Admissions: £5/£4(conc.)/£16(fam.) Suitability: 14+ Book here: http://www.oxfordshiresciencefestival.com/sat-opening-weekend.html What’s the closest environment to space on our planet? Antarctica ranks high on the list. Scientists and[...] Xanthe Clay 11:30 am Xanthe Clay @ Magdalen College School Jun 25 @ 11:30 am – 12:30 pm Tickets Bookseller and chef turned food writer for The Telegraph, Xanthe Clay shares her tips for successful food writing whilst demonstrating a recipe from The Contented Cook. Frances Quinn 12:45 pm Frances Quinn @ Magdalen College School Jun 25 @ 12:45 pm – 1:45 pm Tickets Join Great British Bake Off winner, Frances Quinn, as she demonstrates how to decorate gorgeous Confetti Cupcakes with beautiful Marzipan Bees while talking about her design background and Quinntessential Baking cookbook. Save up your questions[...] INTERNAL SOUNDS: LISTENING TO THE BODY IN NINETEENTH-CENTURY MEDICINE 1:30 pm INTERNAL SOUNDS: LISTENING TO THE BODY IN NINETEENTH-CENTURY MEDICINE @ Oxford Town Hall, Long Room Jun 25 @ 1:30 pm – 3:00 pm Tickets What would it have been like to visit your physician in the 19th century? Researcher Melissa Dickinson takes you on a time travel to discover how the sounds of the body helped determine medical diagnoses[...] Aldo Zilli 2:00 pm Aldo Zilli @ Magdalen College School Jun 25 @ 2:00 pm – 3:00 pm Tickets Award-winning chef and restaurateur specialising in Italian, vegetarian and seafood cuisine discusses some of his favourite Italian dishes. CAN FIVE-A-DAY KEEP DEMENTIA AWAY? 3:00 pm CAN FIVE-A-DAY KEEP DEMENTIA AWAY? @ Story Museum, Pembroke Street, Oxford Jun 25 @ 3:00 pm – 4:30 pm Tickets Date/Time: Saturday 25 June, 15:00 Venue: Story Museum, Pembroke Street, Oxford Admissions: £5/£4(conc.)/£16(fam.) Suitability: 14+ Book here: http://www.oxfordshiresciencefestival.com/sat-opening-weekend.html How does our lifestyle affect the likelihood of developing dementia? What choices can you make to reduce[...] CHASING THE BIG BANG 3:00 pm CHASING THE BIG BANG @ Oxford Town Hall, Assembly Room Jun 25 @ 3:00 pm – 4:30 pm Tickets How did the Universe begin? We are now on the hunt to find signals from the Big Bang itself, looking for ripples in space-time put in at the beginning of time. Engage in a fascinating[...] HUMANS 2.0 – HOW TO REGULATE HUMAN ENHANCEMENT TECHNOLOGIES? 3:00 pm HUMANS 2.0 – HOW TO REGULATE HUMAN ENHANCEMENT TECHNOLOGIES? @ Oxford Town Hall, Long Room Jun 25 @ 3:00 pm – 4:30 pm Tickets Date/Time: Saturday 25 June, 15:00 Venue: Oxford Town Hall, Long Room Admissions: £5/£4(conc.)/£16(fam.) Suitability: 14+ Book here: http://www.oxfordshiresciencefestival.com/sat-opening-weekend.html Neural implants, nanomedicine, brain enhancing drugs, genetic engineering… Many human enhancement technologies are emerging and raise ethical[...] GROWING PLANTS ON MARS 4:30 pm GROWING PLANTS ON MARS Jun 25 @ 4:30 pm – 6:00 pm Tickets Date/Time: Saturday 25 June, 16:30 Venue: Oxford Town Hall, Assembly Room Admissions: £5/£4(conc.)/£16(fam.) Suitability: 14+ Book here: http://www.oxfordshiresciencefestival.com/sat-opening-weekend.html Have you ever wondered if you could really grow plants on Mars? You’ve seen the movie, now[...] PHYSICS FAN FICTION 4:30 pm PHYSICS FAN FICTION @ Story Museum, Pembroke Street, Oxford Jun 25 @ 4:30 pm – 6:00 pm Tickets Date/Time: Saturday 25 June, 16:30 Venue: Story Museum, Pembroke Street, Oxford Admissions: £5/£4(conc.)/£16(fam.) Suitability: 16+ Book here: http://www.oxfordshiresciencefestival.com/sat-opening-weekend.html Apocalypses and politics go hand in hand as University of Oxford physicist Fran Day takes a break[...] WHY DO PEOPLE MIGRATE? 5:00 pm WHY DO PEOPLE MIGRATE? @ Oxford Town Hall, Long Room Jun 25 @ 5:00 pm – 6:30 pm Tickets Date/Time: Saturday 25 June, 17:00 Venue: Oxford Town Hall, Long Room Admissions: £5/£4(conc.)/£16(fam.) Suitability: 14+ Book here: http://www.oxfordshiresciencefestival.com/sat-opening-weekend.html Why do people move? How do you decide between the risk it takes to make the journey,[...] METHOD IN THE MOTION, A DANCED LECTURE 7:00 pm METHOD IN THE MOTION, A DANCED LECTURE @ Oxford Town Hall, Assembly Room Jun 25 @ 7:00 pm – 8:30 pm Tickets Date/Time: Saturday 25 June, 19:00 Venue: Oxford Town Hall, Assembly Room Admissions: £7/£5(conc.)/£22(fam.) Suitability: 14+ Book here: http://www.oxfordshiresciencefestival.com/sat-opening-weekend.html Come and be part of a unique evening combining scientific talks with inspirational dance. Hear researchers from[...]
26 SEVEN NEW MAPS OF THE WORLD 1:00 pm SEVEN NEW MAPS OF THE WORLD @ Story Museum, Pembroke Street, Oxford Jun 26 @ 1:00 pm – 2:30 pm Tickets Visualise the world in the 21st century in seven new maps! Geographers Ben Hennig and Danny Dorling present some of the key challenges and questions relating to the future of people across the world, using[...] SCIENCE IN A CRISIS, FAST-FORWARDING CLINICAL RESEARCH FOR EBOLA 2:30 pm SCIENCE IN A CRISIS, FAST-FORWARDING CLINICAL RESEARCH FOR EBOLA @ Story Museum Jun 26 @ 2:30 pm – 4:00 pm Tickets Date/Time: Sunday 26 June, 14:30 Venue: Story Museum, Pembroke Street, Oxford Admissions: £5/£4(conc.)/£16(fam.) Suitability: 14+ Book here: http://www.oxfordshiresciencefestival.com/sun-opening-weekend.html How to assess potential treatments for a disease such as Ebola, during the largest outbreak in history?[...] Blackwell’s Oxford Presents: Sarah Knight, The Life-Changing Magic of Not Giving a Fk’ 3:00 pm Blackwell’s Oxford Presents: Sarah Knight, The Life-Changing Magic of Not Giving a Fk’ @ Blackwell's Oxford Jun 26 @ 3:00 pm – 4:30 pm Tickets How to stop spending time you don’t have with people you don’t like doing things you don’t want to do. Are you stressed out, overbooked and underwhelmed by life? Fed up with pleasing everyone else[...] ACHIEVING NUCLEAR FUSION 4:00 pm ACHIEVING NUCLEAR FUSION @ Story Museum Jun 26 @ 4:00 pm – 5:30 pm Tickets How to create in the lab the process taking place at the heart of the stars? How to harvest this energy to power the world? Nuclear fusion is arguably the hardest technical challenge humanity works[...] THE LIVING WELL TALES 5:30 pm THE LIVING WELL TALES @ Story Museum Jun 26 @ 5:30 pm – 7:00 pm Tickets Date/Time: Sunday 26 June, 17:30 Venue: Story Museum, Pembroke Street, Oxford Admissions: £5/£4(conc.)/£16(fam.) Suitability: 14+ Book here: http://www.oxfordshiresciencefestival.com/sun-opening-weekend.html This storytelling event run by Living Well Oxford explores the medical condition known as stroke. Hear moving[...] HENRY MOSELEY – SCIENCE’S LOST HERO 6:00 pm HENRY MOSELEY – SCIENCE’S LOST HERO @ Phoenix Picturehouse Jun 26 @ 6:00 pm – 7:30 pm Tickets Date/Time: Sunday 26 June, 18:00 Venue: Phoenix Picturehouse, Oxford Admissions: Free, book online Suitability: 14+ Book here: http://www.oxfordshiresciencefestival.com/sun-opening-weekend.html Henry Moseley is regarded as one of the most important scientific heroes that never was. Just one[...]	27 A ‘VERY SHORT INTRODUCTION’ TO… SEVERE MENTAL ILLNESS 12:30 pm A ‘VERY SHORT INTRODUCTION’ TO… SEVERE MENTAL ILLNESS @ Blackwell's Bookshop Jun 27 @ 12:30 pm – 1:15 pm Tickets Date/Time: Monday 27 June 12:30-13:15 Venue: Blackwell’s Bookshop, Oxford Admissions: Free, Drop-In Suitability: 14+ Find out more: http://www.oxfordshiresciencefestival.com Explore mental health questions with authors of the ‘A very short introduction’ series, and researchers and health[...] Unlocking Archives: ‘Spelt from Hopkins’ Leaves: Considering Archival “Remains” 1:00 pm Unlocking Archives: ‘Spelt from Hopkins’ Leaves: Considering Archival “Remains” @ Balliol College Historic Collections Centre at St Cross Church, Manor Road Jun 27 @ 1:00 pm – 2:00 pm Tickets What can be learned from three sketchbooks, a family commonplace book, a handful of letters, an essay notebook, and a few other “scraps, orts and fragments”? The Hopkins “remains” at Balliol, although comparatively few, have[...] Iain Pears: Computers, Spies & the Elizabethan Pastoral 6:00 pm Iain Pears: Computers, Spies & the Elizabethan Pastoral @ Magdalen College School Jun 27 @ 6:00 pm – 7:00 pm Tickets Art historian, novelist and journalist Iain Pears discusses his latest book ‘Arcadia’ whilst highlighting how technology is changing the way we tell stories today. THE FUTURE OF THE PROFESSIONS, BY DANIEL SUSSKIND 7:00 pm THE FUTURE OF THE PROFESSIONS, BY DANIEL SUSSKIND @ Blackwell's Bookshop Jun 27 @ 7:00 pm – 8:30 pm Tickets In the era of the development of technologies like robotics and artificial intelligence, machines are more and more capable of outperforming human beings at work tasks. What will be the decline of today’s professions? What[...] William Zappa: Homer’s Iliad 7:00 pm William Zappa: Homer’s Iliad @ Lecture Theatre, Ioannou Centre Jun 27 @ 7:00 pm – 8:30 pm Tickets William Zappa performs from his ABC-radio-commissioned, one-man version of the Iliad. Free, all welcome. No booking required. This performance concludes day-one of the APGRD’s 16th annual joint Postgraduate Symposium (but you do not have to[...] Will Gompertz: Think Like An Artist… and Lead a More Productive Life 8:00 pm Will Gompertz: Think Like An Artist… and Lead a More Productive Life @ Magdalen College School Jun 27 @ 8:00 pm – 9:00 pm Tickets BBC Arts Editor Will Gompertz returns to the Festival to talk about his latest book ‘Think Like An Artist’. Discover how we can all harness our own creativity and achieve extraordinary things.	28 A ‘VERY SHORT INTRODUCTION’ TO… MENTAL HEALTH DURING ADOLESCENCE 12:30 pm A ‘VERY SHORT INTRODUCTION’ TO… MENTAL HEALTH DURING ADOLESCENCE @ Blackwell's Bookshop Jun 28 @ 12:30 pm – 1:15 pm Tickets Date/Time: Tuesday 28 June 12:30-13:15 Venue: Blackwell’s Bookshop, Oxford Admissions: Free, Drop-In Suitability: 14+ Find out more: www.oxscifest.org Explore mental health questions with authors of the ‘A very short introduction’ series, and researchers and health[...] ‘WHAT WE CANNOT KNOW’, BY MARCUS DU SAUTOY 6:00 pm ‘WHAT WE CANNOT KNOW’, BY MARCUS DU SAUTOY @ Mathematical Institute, Andrew Wiles Building Jun 28 @ 6:00 pm – 7:30 pm Tickets Britain’s most famous mathematician explores the limits of human knowledge, to probe whether there is anything we truly cannot know. Are there limits to what we can discover about our physical Universe? Is time before[...] Oxford Union Debate: The UK Borders 6:00 pm Oxford Union Debate: The UK Borders @ Oxford Union Jun 28 @ 6:00 pm – 8:30 pm Tickets Join Oxford Festival of the Arts at the prestigious and historic Oxford Union for an evening of top class debating that will tackle one of this year’s key issues: the UK’s immigration policy. Observing the Observers 7:00 pm Observing the Observers @ Museum of the History of Science Jun 28 @ 7:00 pm – 8:30 pm Tickets From King George III’s private observatory to the origins of the National Physical Laboratory, Lee Macdonald reveals new research on the remarkable story of Kew Observatory in this lecture at the Museum of the History[...] BOARD GAMES: MOVERS AND SHAKERS 7:30 pm BOARD GAMES: MOVERS AND SHAKERS @ Old Fire Station, Oxford Jun 28 @ 7:30 pm – 9:00 pm Tickets Ludo, snakes & ladders and draughts are all popular pastimes, but in the past couple of decades a new generation of board games from designers with backgrounds in maths and science has begun to break[...]	29 A ‘VERY SHORT INTRODUCTION’ TO… DRUGS FOR MENTAL HEALTH 12:30 pm A ‘VERY SHORT INTRODUCTION’ TO… DRUGS FOR MENTAL HEALTH @ Blackwells Bookshop Jun 29 @ 12:30 pm – 1:15 pm Tickets Date/Time: Wednesday 29 June 12:30-13:15 Venue: Blackwell’s Bookshop, Oxford Admissions: Free, Drop-In Suitability: 14+ Find out more: www.oxscifest.org Explore mental health questions with authors of the ‘A very short introduction’ series, and researchers and health[...] FROM RESEARCH TO INNOVATION 3:00 pm FROM RESEARCH TO INNOVATION @ King's Centre Jun 29 @ 3:00 pm – 4:30 pm Tickets (AS PART OF VENTUREFEST OXFORD) Date/Time: Wednesday 29 June 15:00 Venue: King’s Centre, Osney Mead Admissions: For visitors to VentureFest Find out more: http://www.oxfordshiresciencefestival.com/wednesday.html Oxfordshire is an ecosystem of science and enterprise with cutting-edge research[...] PUBLIC DEBATE – IS GENETIC ENGINEERING OF HUMANS ETHICALLY JUSTIFIED? 5:00 pm PUBLIC DEBATE – IS GENETIC ENGINEERING OF HUMANS ETHICALLY JUSTIFIED? @ Oxford Town Hall, Assembly Room Jun 29 @ 5:00 pm – 6:30 pm Tickets ‘Gene-editing’ sounds like science fiction, but today it is an emerging reality. This raises hope for treating medical problems, but also opens ethical quandaries about equality, privacy, and personal freedom. Discuss these questions with a[...] PUBLIC DEBATE: Is the genetic modification of humans ethically justified? 5:00 pm PUBLIC DEBATE: Is the genetic modification of humans ethically justified? @ Assembly Room, Oxford Town Hall Jun 29 @ 5:00 pm – 6:30 pm Tickets ‘Gene editing’ sounds like science fiction, but is an emerging reality. This raises hope for treating medical problems while also opening ethical quandaries about equality, privacy and freedom. Discuss these questions with a panel including:[...] Gordon Sanghera: Citizen Scientists 6:00 pm Gordon Sanghera: Citizen Scientists @ Magdalen College School Jun 29 @ 6:00 pm – 7:00 pm Tickets Discover how DNA information will empower a new era of Citizen Scientists to take control of their own health in a talk led by co-founder of Oxford Nanopore, Gordon Sanghera. DISPERSING MISTS IN THE PHANTOM MUSEUM 7:00 pm DISPERSING MISTS IN THE PHANTOM MUSEUM @ Oxford Town Hall, Assembly Room Jun 29 @ 7:00 pm – 8:30 pm Tickets Barry Murnane reveals the latest discoveries from his TORCH partnership with the Science Museum London, using unusual objects from its collections to tell the history of lung disease in the 19th century. Dispersing Mists in the Phantom Museum 7:00 pm Dispersing Mists in the Phantom Museum @ Oxford Town Hall Jun 29 @ 7:00 pm – 8:30 pm Tickets A talk as part of the Oxfordshire Science Festival 2016. Barry Murnane reveals the latest discoveries from his TORCH partnership with the Science Museum London, using unusual objects from its collections to tell the history[...] Paul Hobson: Art Today 8:00 pm Paul Hobson: Art Today @ Magdalen College School Jun 29 @ 8:00 pm – 9:00 pm Tickets Director of Modern Art Oxford Paul Hobson talks about what art has become today, explains why it’s easy to understand, and demystifies contemporary art.	30 A ‘VERY SHORT INTRODUCTION’ TO… MENTAL HEALTH SERVICES 12:30 pm A ‘VERY SHORT INTRODUCTION’ TO… MENTAL HEALTH SERVICES @ Blackwells Bookshop Jun 30 @ 12:30 pm – 1:15 pm Tickets Date/Time: Thursday 30 June 12:30-13:15 Venue: Blackwell’s Bookshop, Oxford Admissions: Free, Drop-In Suitability: 14+ Find out more: http://www.oxfordshiresciencefestival.com Explore mental health questions with authors of the ‘A very short introduction’ series, and researchers and health[...] Brexit Britain – what now? 6:00 pm Brexit Britain – what now? @ Blavatnik School of Government Jun 30 @ 6:00 pm – 7:30 pm Tickets On 23 June, in a historic referendum, the UK voted for Brexit – that is, to leave the European Union. The vote has triggered an extraordinary chain of events, including the resignation of the Prime[...] Future of Education 6:00 pm Future of Education @ Magdalen College School Jun 30 @ 6:00 pm – 7:30 pm Tickets The question of how to educate the next generation has always been fraught with the anxieties of the age – so what do our current approaches reveal about our own anxieties? Discover the answer to[...] BREATH AND BEING – FROM MOLECULES TO MEANING 6:30 pm BREATH AND BEING – FROM MOLECULES TO MEANING @ New Biochemistry Building Jun 30 @ 6:30 pm – 8:00 pm Tickets Date/Time: Thursday 30 June 18:30- 20:00 Venue: New Biochemistry Building, Dorothy Hodgkin Road, Oxford Admissions: £5/£4(conc.)/£16(fam.) Suitability: 14+ Book here: http://www.oxfordshiresciencefestival.com/thursday.html Join Embodied Science founder Elaine Westwick for an intimate evening amongst the artwork in[...] ORIGINS: THE SCIENTIFIC STORY OF CREATION 7:00 pm ORIGINS: THE SCIENTIFIC STORY OF CREATION @ Blackwell's Bookshop Jun 30 @ 7:00 pm – 8:30 pm Tickets In one hour flat, Jim Baggott tells the story of our universe, from the Big Bang to the emergence of humans as conscious intelligent beings, 13.8 billion years later. Physics, cosmology and biology all combine[...] TAPPING THE FOUNTAIN OF LIFE: STEM CELLS & THE PROMISE OF REGENERATIVE MEDICINE 7:00 pm TAPPING THE FOUNTAIN OF LIFE: STEM CELLS & THE PROMISE OF REGENERATIVE MEDICINE @ Larkmead School Jun 30 @ 7:00 pm – 8:30 pm Tickets Date/Time: Thursday 30 June 19:00 Venue: Larkmead School, Abingdon Admissions: £6/£4(conc.)/£19(fam.) Suitability: 14+ BOOK NOW: http://www.oxfordshiresciencefestival.com/thursday.html Although the dramatic increase in life expectancy we have witnessed over the past century is arguably one of medicine’s[...] TAPPING THE FOUNTAIN OF LIFE: STEM CELLS & THE PROMISE OF REGENERATIVE MEDICINE (ATOM) 7:00 pm TAPPING THE FOUNTAIN OF LIFE: STEM CELLS & THE PROMISE OF REGENERATIVE MEDICINE (ATOM) @ Larkmead School Jun 30 @ 7:00 pm – 8:30 pm Tickets Date/Time: Thursday 30 June, 19:00 Venue: Larkmead School, Abingdon Admissions: £6/£4(conc.)/£19(fam.) Suitability: 14+ Book here: http://www.oxfordshiresciencefestival.com/abingdon-events.html Although the dramatic increase in life expectancy we have witnessed over the past century is arguably one of medicine’s[...] SHAKESPEARE’S TONIC 7:30 pm SHAKESPEARE’S TONIC @ Lady Margaret Hall, Norham Gardens Jun 30 @ 7:30 pm – 9:00 pm Tickets Shakespeare lived in one of the most unhealthy times and places in history. Disease was rife and hygiene poor, physicians could only be trained abroad, and there was no such thing as a public medical[...] THE NEUROCOCKTAIL BAR 7:30 pm THE NEUROCOCKTAIL BAR @ St. Aldates Tavern Jun 30 @ 7:30 pm – 9:15 pm Tickets Date/Time: Thursday 30 June 19:30 Venue: St. Aldates Tavern, Oxford Admissions: £5/£4(conc.)/£16(fam.) Suitability: 18+ Book here: http://www.oxfordshiresciencefestival.com/thursday.html Explore the effects of alcohol on the brain in a cocktail session hosted by neuroscientist Elizabeth Tunbridge. Mix[...] John Simpson: Life in the World’s Troubled Regions 8:00 pm John Simpson: Life in the World’s Troubled Regions @ Magdalen College School Jun 30 @ 8:00 pm – 9:00 pm Tickets BBC World Affairs Editor John Simpson discusses his first-hand experiences of world-wide events, from the 2011 Libyan civil war to the current-day migrant crisis.

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