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			1 Borders, boxes and disciplinary boundaries: the delineation of forced migration in research and practice (Speaker: Dr Gayle Munro, The Salvation Army) 5:00 pm Borders, boxes and disciplinary boundaries: the delineation of forced migration in research and practice (Speaker: Dr Gayle Munro, The Salvation Army) @ Refugee Studies Centre, Oxford Department of International Development Nov 1 @ 5:00 pm – 6:30 pm Tickets This seminar is based on research findings and observations from three main research and practice perspectives. The first is the reported experiences of refugees and forced migrants from the former Yugoslavia who have arrived in[...] PHILIP PULLMAN IN CONVERSATION: La Belle Sauvage 6:00 pm PHILIP PULLMAN IN CONVERSATION: La Belle Sauvage @ John Henry Brookes Main Lecture Theatre Nov 1 @ 6:00 pm – 7:00 pm Tickets Philip will read from his new book, La Belle Sauvage. Following the reading, he will be interviewed by Professor Simon Kövesi, Head of English and Modern Languages at Oxford Brookes. La Belle Sauvage is the[...] Dr Colin Wright – Juggling: Theory and Practice 8:15 pm Dr Colin Wright – Juggling: Theory and Practice @ Saskatchewan room Nov 1 @ 8:15 pm – 9:15 pm Tickets Juggling has fascinated people for centuries. Seemingly oblivious to gravity, the skilled practitioner will keep several objects in the air at one time, and weave complex patterns that seem to defy analysis. In this talk[...]	2 Giles Bergel—Beyond reading: understanding the book through computer vision 1:00 pm Giles Bergel—Beyond reading: understanding the book through computer vision @ Weston Library Lecture Theatre Nov 2 @ 1:00 pm – 2:00 pm Tickets This talk showcases Oxford’s cutting-edge research at the intersection of book history and computer vision. It aims to make images of books as easy to search, compare and annotate as their texts. The University’s Visual[...] Talk on Student Mental Health 5:30 pm Talk on Student Mental Health @ To be confirmed Nov 2 @ 5:30 pm – 7:00 pm Tickets We are lucky enough to have the founder of Student Minds, Nicola Byrom coming to talk for PsychSoc next week. Student Minds is the UK’s student mental health charity. It aims to transform the state[...] Towards a low-carbon future 6:30 pm Towards a low-carbon future @ South School, Examination Schools Nov 2 @ 6:30 pm – 7:45 pm Tickets Lord Stern is IG Patel Professor of Economics and Government at the London School of Economics as well as Head of the India Observatory (LSE) and Chairman of the Grantham Research Institute on Climate Change[...] 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 Tickets Talk followed by questions and discussion All welcome Oxford Communist Corresponding Society	3 Médecins Sans Frontières: The Role of Humanitarian Aid in Global Surgery 8:00 am Médecins Sans Frontières: The Role of Humanitarian Aid in Global Surgery @ Lecture Theatre 1, Academic Centre, John Radcliffe Hospital Nov 3 @ 8:00 am – 9:00 am Tickets As part of the Surgical Grand Rounds Lecture Series, Dr Kathryn Chu from the University of Cape Town, will speak about ‘Médecins Sans Frontières: The Role of Humanitarian Aid in Global Surgery.’ Kathryn Chu received[...] Careering Through Astronomy. Speaker Professor Dame Jocelyn Bell Burnell 5:00 pm Careering Through Astronomy. Speaker Professor Dame Jocelyn Bell Burnell @ The Sir Joseph Hotung Auditorium, Hands Building, Mansfield College Nov 3 @ 5:00 pm – 6:00 pm Tickets Professor Dame Jocelyn Bell Burnell is a Professorial Fellow of Mansfield College who discovered pulsars as a radio astronomy PhD student 50 years ago this autumn. She is currently the (first female) President of the[...]	4 The very essence of what we are – Neuroscience Symposium 10:30 am The very essence of what we are – Neuroscience Symposium @ Martin Wood Lecture Theatre Clarendon Laboratory Department of Physics Nov 4 @ 10:30 am – 4:00 pm Tickets This one-day symposium open to the public aims to commemorate Ramon y Cajal discoveries in the 111th aniversary of his Nobel prize, and to bring neuroscience research closer to a general audience. We will go[...]
5	6 “The United Nations Alliance of Civilizations: Improving inter-civilizational relations?” by Prof Jeffrey Haynes (London Metropolitan University) 4:15 pm “The United Nations Alliance of Civilizations: Improving inter-civilizational relations?” by Prof Jeffrey Haynes (London Metropolitan University) @ Oxford Brookes University, Gibbs Building, Room G217 Nov 6 @ 4:15 pm – 5:30 pm Tickets Abstract: The United Nations Alliance of Civilizations (UNAOC) was created in the aftermath of September 11, 2001 (“9/11”). Its aim was to increase dialogue and reduce enmity between “civilizations,” notably between Christians and Muslims. In[...] Book Colloquium: After Europe 5:30 pm Book Colloquium: After Europe @ Wolfson College Nov 6 @ 5:30 pm – 6:30 pm Tickets A panel discussion of renowned public intellectual Ivan Krastev’s provocative new book on the future of the European Union. With far-right nationalist parties on the rise across the continent and the United Kingdom planning for[...] Devaki Jain Lecture with Sonia Montaño 5:30 pm Devaki Jain Lecture with Sonia Montaño @ Mary Ogilvie Lecture Theatre, St Anne's College Nov 6 @ 5:30 pm – 6:30 pm Tickets How a Bolivian became a Feminist: A Personal History Sonia Montaño is a Bolivian sociologist. She is currently active in Bolivia as a feminist researcher and activist and member of PIEB (Programa de Investigation Estrategica[...]	7 Digital Justice for Consumers: Technology and the Internet of Disputes 9:30 am Digital Justice for Consumers: Technology and the Internet of Disputes @ Wolfson College Nov 7 @ 9:30 am – 4:30 pm Tickets This workshop will examine how the increasing ease and speed that we are able to purchase goods and services online exposes consumers to the increasing risk of new types of disputes. The international panel of[...] Children of austerity: impact of the great recession on child poverty in rich countries 5:00 pm Children of austerity: impact of the great recession on child poverty in rich countries @ Lecture Theatre, Oxford Martin School Nov 7 @ 5:00 pm – 6:00 pm Tickets The 2008 financial crisis triggered the first contraction of the world economy in the post-war era. Children and young people, already at a greater risk of poverty than the population as a whole, were among[...]	8 Asylum and Nehru’s changing non-alignment: Tibetan refugees in India (Speaker: Ria Kapoor, Lady Margaret Hall, University of Oxford) 5:00 pm Asylum and Nehru’s changing non-alignment: Tibetan refugees in India (Speaker: Ria Kapoor, Lady Margaret Hall, University of Oxford) @ Refugee Studies Centre, Oxford Department of International Development Nov 8 @ 5:00 pm – 6:30 pm Tickets The Tibetans were the first refugees in India with no diasporic ties to the area, and likely to attract international recognition. The question of asylum provoked domestic debate about India’s relations with China and larger[...] 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 Tickets 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 Tickets 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[...]	9 Tipping points to the post-carbon society 5:00 pm Tipping points to the post-carbon society @ Oxford Martin School Nov 9 @ 5:00 pm – 6:00 pm Tickets Modern human civilisation has been built upon energy from carbon-intensive fossil fuels. We are now on the cusp of a once-in-a-civilisation transition to a net zero carbon society. The outcome of this transition could be[...]	10 Challenges of being an academic surgeon and journal editor 8:00 am Challenges of being an academic surgeon and journal editor @ Lecture Theatre 1, Academic Centre, John Radcliffe Hospital Nov 10 @ 8:00 am – 9:00 am Tickets As part of the Surgical Grand Rounds Lecture Series, Professor Prokar Dasgupta from King’s College London will talk about the challenges of being an academic surgeon and journal editor.	11
12	13 ‘The ethics of Brexit’, by Prof Mervyn Frost (King’s College London) 4:15 pm ‘The ethics of Brexit’, by Prof Mervyn Frost (King’s College London) @ Oxford Brookes University, Gipsy Lane Campus, Gibbs Building, Room G217 Nov 13 @ 4:15 pm – 5:30 pm Tickets Abstract: This presentation will consider the ethical dimensions of Brexit. Specifically the case will be made that there are profound ethical questions posed by Brexit that have not properly been considered. The focus of the[...] Autumn Plant Sciences Lectures – Professor Pete Hollingsworth, Director of Research, Royal Botanic Gardens, Edinburgh Genetics, conservation and plant diversity 7:30 pm Autumn Plant Sciences Lectures – Professor Pete Hollingsworth, Director of Research, Royal Botanic Gardens, Edinburgh Genetics, conservation and plant diversity @ Daubeny Lecture Theatre Nov 13 @ 7:30 pm – 8:30 pm Tickets	14 Modernism, Existentialism, Postcriticism: Gabriel Marcel Reads Dorothy Richardson’s Pilgrimage 5:00 pm Modernism, Existentialism, Postcriticism: Gabriel Marcel Reads Dorothy Richardson’s Pilgrimage @ TORCH - Colin Matthew Room Nov 14 @ 5:00 pm – 6:00 pm Tickets The TORCH Oxford Phenomenology Network are hosting a seminar on ‘Modernism, Existentialism, Postcriticism: Gabriel Marcel Reads Dorothy Richardson’s Pilgrimage’ with Adam Guy (Faculty of English, University of Oxford). Included in the Harry Ransom Center’s holdings[...] ‘The Desk-Bound Naturalist: An Unlikely Career as a Game Theorist’ 5:30 pm ‘The Desk-Bound Naturalist: An Unlikely Career as a Game Theorist’ @ The West Wing Lecture Theatre, St Cross College Nov 14 @ 5:30 pm – 6:30 pm Tickets Mike Mesterton-Gibbons grew up in Coventry and graduated in 1974 with a BA in Mathematics from the University of York and in 1977 with a DPhil in Applied Mathematics from the University of Oxford. He[...] Social workshop : How to Create a profile and Reach out people on Linkedin 5:30 pm Social workshop : How to Create a profile and Reach out people on Linkedin @ Stapeldon room, Nov 14 @ 5:30 pm – 7:00 pm Tickets Professional social media like LinkedIn are changing the professional landscape. Users can now connect and get to be known by creating personal information profiles and inviting colleagues to have access to those profiles. Sending emails[...]	15 Aquí es frontera. Transit migration and border control in southern Mexico (Speaker: Dr Simon McMahon, Coventry University) 5:00 pm Aquí es frontera. Transit migration and border control in southern Mexico (Speaker: Dr Simon McMahon, Coventry University) @ Refugee Studies Centre, Oxford Department of International Development Nov 15 @ 5:00 pm – 6:30 pm Tickets About the speaker: Simon McMahon joined the Centre for Trust, Peace and Social Relations as a Research Fellow in September 2014. Prior to that he completed a PhD at King’s College London in 2013 and[...] Talking climate in Texas – Katharine Hayhoe, climate scientist and Christian 7:00 pm Talking climate in Texas – Katharine Hayhoe, climate scientist and Christian @ The University Church of St Mary Nov 15 @ 7:00 pm – 9:30 pm Tickets Katharine Hayhoe has been named one of FORTUNE’s ‘World’s Greatest Leaders’, TIME’s ‘100 Most Influential People’ and Huffington Post’s ‘20 Climate Champions’, and has shared the stage with Barack Obama and Leonardo DiCaprio to talk[...]	16 Energy transition – when? – Prof. Steve Cowley 5:00 pm Energy transition – when? – Prof. Steve Cowley @ Oxford Martin School Nov 16 @ 5:00 pm – 6:00 pm Tickets By the end of the century our energy system will have to be transformed. However it is not clear when and how. Professor Steve Cowley, Acting Director of the Oxford Martin School and President of[...] The social architecture of capitalism 7:30 pm The social architecture of capitalism @ Oxford Town Hall Nov 16 @ 7:30 pm – 9:00 pm Tickets Talk followed by questions and discussion All welcome Oxford Communist Corresponding Society	17 Surgical Grand Rounds – ‘Novel approaches to the treatment of prostate cancer’ 8:00 am Surgical Grand Rounds – ‘Novel approaches to the treatment of prostate cancer’ @ Lecture Theatre 1, Academic Centre, John Radcliffe Hospital, Oxford Nov 17 @ 8:00 am – 9:00 am Tickets As part of the Surgical Grand Rounds lecture series, Mr Richard Bryant from the Nuffield Department of Surgical Sciences will discuss ‘Novel approaches to the treatment of prostate cancer’. 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 Tickets 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[...] Interview with Sir Bernard Hogan-Howe 5:30 pm Interview with Sir Bernard Hogan-Howe @ St Anne's College Nov 17 @ 5:30 pm – 6:30 pm Tickets Born in Sheffield, brought up by his unmarried mother and attending the local comprehensive school, Sir Bernard Hogan-Howe joined the South Yorkshire Police in 1979 as a police constable. At the age of 28yrs he[...]	18
19	20 Disability and Education – Meet the challenge of disability in schools and universities 5:00 pm Disability and Education – Meet the challenge of disability in schools and universities @ St Anne's College Nov 20 @ 5:00 pm – 6:00 pm Tickets This seminar aims to address the difficulties met by disabled students and teachers in school and university and to hear more about what we can all do to ensure that those meeting such challenges enjoy[...] Emily Wilson: The Odyssey 6:00 pm Emily Wilson: The Odyssey @ Lecture Theatre, Ioannou Centre Nov 20 @ 6:00 pm – 7:00 pm Tickets Emily Wilson (University of Pennsylvania), will give a reading from her new translation of Homer’s Odyssey – the first by a female translator. Free, all welcome, no booking required. Copies of the book will be[...]	21 St Cross Talk: ‘Social Media and the New Language of Politics’ 5:30 pm St Cross Talk: ‘Social Media and the New Language of Politics’ @ St Cross College Nov 21 @ 5:30 pm – 6:30 pm Tickets ‘Social Media and the New Language of Politics’ Professor Massimiliano Demata, St Cross alumnus, DPhil English Language & Literature, 1994 Digital communication has revolutionised politics. The importance of political information and propaganda spread on new[...]	22 The Cost of Energy Review 5:00 pm The Cost of Energy Review @ Oxford Martin School Nov 22 @ 5:00 pm – 6:00 pm Tickets This is a joint event between the Oxford Martin School, the Oxford Martin Programme on Integrating Renewable Energy and the Oxford Energy Colloquium Following on from the release of the Independent review to ensure energy[...]	23 Responding to emerging epidemics: how can pathogen genomics help? 5:00 pm Responding to emerging epidemics: how can pathogen genomics help? @ Oxford Martin School Nov 23 @ 5:00 pm – 6:00 pm Tickets The management of emerging infectious disease outbreaks is a defining problem of our ever more mobile and connected world. Pathogen genomes contain a remarkable amount of information about disease transmission, and genomic technologies are being[...]	24 Surgical Grand Rounds: “How to ask the right questions” 8:00 am Surgical Grand Rounds: “How to ask the right questions” @ Lecture Theatre 1, Academic Centre, John Radcliffe Hospital Nov 24 @ 8:00 am – 9:00 am Tickets As part of the Surgical Grand Rounds lecture series, Professor Wytske Fokkens will discuss “How to ask the right questions.” Wytske J. Fokkens is Professor at the Department of Otorhinolaryngology at the Academic Medical Center[...]	25 WOMEN IN SCIENCE AND THE GLASS CEILING 10:30 am WOMEN IN SCIENCE AND THE GLASS CEILING @ The Jam Factory Nov 25 @ 10:30 am – 2:00 pm Tickets The Oxford constituency of the Spanish Researchers in the United Kingdom (SRUK) is holding a discussion panel entitled “Women in science and the glass ceiling” where three invited speakers will give a short talk about[...]
26	27 “Vulnerability as a methodological and epistemological intervention: What might it mean to write vulnerably?” by Dr Tiffany Page (University of Cambridge) 12:00 am “Vulnerability as a methodological and epistemological intervention: What might it mean to write vulnerably?” by Dr Tiffany Page (University of Cambridge) @ Oxford Brookes University, Gibbs Building, Room G217 Nov 27 @ 12:00 am – 12:00 am Tickets Abstract: In this talk Tiffany Page will consider what vulnerability is and what it does, and its role within the research process. As part of this she will raise the idea of ‘vulnerable writing’, and[...] ‘Vulnerability as a methodological and epistemological intervention: What might it mean to write vulnerably?’ by Dr Tiffany Page (University of Cambridge) 4:15 pm ‘Vulnerability as a methodological and epistemological intervention: What might it mean to write vulnerably?’ by Dr Tiffany Page (University of Cambridge) @ Oxford Brookes University, Gibbs Building, room 217 Nov 27 @ 4:15 pm – 5:30 pm Tickets Abstract: In this talk Tiffany Page will consider what vulnerability is and what it does, and its role within the research process. As part of this she will raise the idea of ‘vulnerable writing’, and[...]	28	29 Belgian refugees between ‘war’ and ‘peace’: trauma, transition and repatriation (Speaker: Dr Hannah Ewence, University of Chester) 5:00 pm Belgian refugees between ‘war’ and ‘peace’: trauma, transition and repatriation (Speaker: Dr Hannah Ewence, University of Chester) @ Refugee Studies Centre, Oxford Department of International Development Nov 29 @ 5:00 pm – 6:30 pm Tickets About the speaker: Dr Hannah Ewence is a modern historian specialising in comparative minority studies, and the history of race, immigration and gender in fin de siècle, twentieth century and contemporary Britain. She completed a[...] THE INTRIGUING WORLD OF BUTTERFLY BIOLOGY: novel approaches and many surprises 6:00 pm THE INTRIGUING WORLD OF BUTTERFLY BIOLOGY: novel approaches and many surprises @ Oxford Brookes University (John Henry Brookes Lecture Theater) Nov 29 @ 6:00 pm – 7:00 pm Tickets Professor Tim Shreeve will explore why different species of butterflies have alternative responses to environmental change. Butterflies are important indicators of environmental change and their status in the UK and Europe is changing rapidly. Tim’s[...]	30 Production, reproduction and empowerment: the future of women in Africa 5:00 pm Production, reproduction and empowerment: the future of women in Africa @ Oxford Martin School Nov 30 @ 5:00 pm – 6:00 pm Tickets Women in Africa are congregated in poorly paid and precarious work (ILO, 2016) and have very high rates of school dropout, mortality and childhood morbidity. This is crucially linked to their role in childbirth and[...]

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