Some face-to-face events are returning. Check carefully for any requirements.

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That night in which all horses are white: ancient Chinese philosophy 7:30 pm
That night in which all horses are white: ancient Chinese philosophy @ The Mitre
Nov 2 @ 7:30 pm – 9:00 pm
That night in which all horses are white: ancient Chinese philosophy @ The Mitre | England | United Kingdom
Talk followed by questions and discussion All welcome Oxford Communist Corresponding Society
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A History of Hip Hop 7:30 pm
A History of Hip Hop @ St Edmund Hall - Pontigny Room
Nov 6 @ 7:30 pm – 9:00 pm
A History of Hip Hop @ St Edmund Hall - Pontigny Room | England | United Kingdom
Andy will take you on a journey from the creation of ghetto’s to the rise of Hip-Hop as a critique against social and racial injustice. He will discuss the empowerment that has emerged through this[...]
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How Revolutionary Were the Bourgeois Revolutions? 5:00 pm
How Revolutionary Were the Bourgeois Revolutions? @ Ruskin College
Nov 8 @ 5:00 pm – 6:00 pm
A talk by Neil Davidson (University of Glasgow) on the themes of the abridged version of his book, How Revolutionary were the Bourgeois Revolutions? (Chicago: Haymarket Books, 2012 and 2017)
Decolonise the Curriculum: A panel discussion 7:30 pm
Decolonise the Curriculum: A panel discussion @ Old Dining Hall, St Edmund Hall
Nov 8 @ 7:30 pm – 8:30 pm
Decolonise the Curriculum: A panel discussion @ Old Dining Hall, St Edmund Hall | England | United Kingdom
How does the curriculum shape our society? Who decides what is important? How can it be improved? Our diverse panel of academics, activists and educators will dive into these and other questions related to the[...]
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1917 – The Search For Victory. A lecture by Gareth Howell and Rick Stevens. 7:00 pm
1917 – The Search For Victory. A lecture by Gareth Howell and Rick Stevens. @ Our Lady's Abingdon
Nov 10 @ 7:00 pm – 9:30 pm
1917 - The Search For Victory. A lecture by Gareth Howell and Rick Stevens. @ Our Lady's Abingdon | England | United Kingdom
1917 – The Search For Victory A year of hope, endurance and despair. A lecture by Gareth Howell and Rick Stevens. Special Guest – John Dexter. Gareth Howell and Rick Stevens return to Abingdon with[...]
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Tracing Conscience in Time of War: Archiving a History of Dissent in Sri Lanka 1960s to 2000s 2:00 pm
Tracing Conscience in Time of War: Archiving a History of Dissent in Sri Lanka 1960s to 2000s @ Headley Lecture Theatre, Ashmolean Museum
Nov 14 @ 2:00 pm – 3:00 pm
Tracing Conscience in Time of War: Archiving a History of Dissent in Sri Lanka 1960s to 2000s @ Headley Lecture Theatre, Ashmolean Museum | England | United Kingdom
Jonathan Spencer is Regius Professor of South Asian Language, Culture and Society at the University of Edinburgh. He has carried out research in Sri Lanka since the early 1980s. His most recent book, Checkpoint, Temple,[...]
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Lessons of the October Revolution 7:00 pm
Lessons of the October Revolution @ Oxford Town Hall
Nov 16 @ 7:00 pm – 9:00 pm
Lessons of the October Revolution @ Oxford Town Hall | England | United Kingdom
Come to this session of the Abe Lazarus Society, where we will be discussing the 1917 October Revolution and what can be learned from it today.
Mike Hurst: Tracks to Trenches. Ambulances and Military Transport Trains in WW1 7:30 pm
Mike Hurst: Tracks to Trenches. Ambulances and Military Transport Trains in WW1 @ The Northcourt Centre
Nov 16 @ 7:30 pm – 8:30 pm
Mike Hurst: Tracks to Trenches. Ambulances and Military Transport Trains in WW1 @ The Northcourt Centre | England | United Kingdom
This will be an affecting account of railway activities in the South of England and in France during the Great War. Railways permitted the mass movements of munitions, equipment and men and the harrowing resulting[...]
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Luther’s Half-Millennium: Then and Now. The Adam von Trott Memorial Lecture. Speaker: Professor Sir Diarmaid MacCulloch 5:00 pm
Luther’s Half-Millennium: Then and Now. The Adam von Trott Memorial Lecture. Speaker: Professor Sir Diarmaid MacCulloch @ The Sir Joseph Hotung Auditorium, Hands Building, Mansfield College
Nov 17 @ 5:00 pm – 6:00 pm
Professor Sir Diarmaid MacCulloch is a Professor of the History of the Church at Oxford, TV presenter and author whose “History of Christainity: The First Three Thousand Years” won the 2010 Cundill Prize. His latest[...]
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The British High Commission in Pakistan 1947-65: Role and History 2:00 pm
The British High Commission in Pakistan 1947-65: Role and History @ Headley Lecture Theatre, Ashmolean Museum
Nov 21 @ 2:00 pm – 3:00 pm
The British High Commission in Pakistan 1947-65: Role and History @ Headley Lecture Theatre, Ashmolean Museum | England | United Kingdom
The paper examines the roles of three influential heads of the British High Commission in Pakistan’s early post-independence history, Sir Gilbert Laithwaite (1951-4), Sir Alexander Symon (1954-61) and Sir Morrice James (1961-5). In particular it[...]
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LGBT Lives: Narratives and Representation 1:00 pm
LGBT Lives: Narratives and Representation @ Radcliffe Humanities
Nov 22 @ 1:00 pm – 2:00 pm
LGBT Lives: Narratives and Representation @ Radcliffe Humanities | England | United Kingdom
Chair: Professor Philip Bullock (TORCH Director and Professor of Russian Language and Literature, and Music, Oxford) Speakers: Professor Richard Sandell (Professor of Museum Studies, Leicester University), Rachael Lennon (National Public Programme – Content and Research[...]
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Stress, Strain, and Overwork in Historical Perspectives 12:30 pm
Stress, Strain, and Overwork in Historical Perspectives @ Radcliffe Humanities
Nov 23 @ 12:30 pm – 2:00 pm
In this talk on Stress, Strain, and Overwork in Historical Perspective Professor Sally Shuttleworth (Faculty of English Language and Literature) will look at discussions of stress and overwork in both education and professional life in[...]
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The Political Economy of Business-State Deals in Indian States 2:00 pm
The Political Economy of Business-State Deals in Indian States @ Headley Lecture Theatre, Ashmolean Museum
Nov 28 @ 2:00 pm – 3:00 pm
The Political Economy of Business-State Deals in Indian States @ Headley Lecture Theatre, Ashmolean Museum | England | United Kingdom
India has historically performed badly in the World Bank’s Doing Business Indicators and a key objective of the current Indian government is about improving de jure rules around investment decisions so as to facilitate economic[...]
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