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			1 ‘Britain, Brexit and the new political chaos’ 2:00 pm ‘Britain, Brexit and the new political chaos’ @ Barclay Room, Green Templeton College Nov 1 @ 2:00 pm – 3:00 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: Meera Selva 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[...] Working ‘up’ and ‘out’: how qualitative researchers approach analysis 5:00 pm Working ‘up’ and ‘out’: how qualitative researchers approach analysis @ Ewert House Nov 1 @ 5:00 pm – 6:00 pm Tickets Qualitative researchers employ a range of different approaches to conducting qualitative analyses. In the process, they describe and interpret data, explaining the relationships between the patterns they find and interrogating their findings in various ways[...] Unknown: The Feminine, Africa, and Constructing an African Hedda Gabler 5:30 pm Unknown: The Feminine, Africa, and Constructing an African Hedda Gabler @ Jacqueline du Pré Nov 1 @ 5:30 pm – 6:30 pm Tickets In the Lady English Lecture 2017, Bonnie Greer will discuss her adaptation of Ibsen’s drama in which she casts Hedda as an African woman. She will talk about why she believes many male adapters have[...] 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[...] “The Unexpected Maths of Juggling” – OU Scientific Society 8:15 pm “The Unexpected Maths of Juggling” – OU Scientific Society @ Saskatchewan room, Exeter College Nov 1 @ 8:15 pm – 9:30 pm Tickets A juggling demonstration with hilarious explanations of the mathematical details of the practice. Juggling has fascinated people for centuries. Seemingly oblivious to gravity, the skilled practitioner will keep several objects in the air at one[...] 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[...] ‘God knows this is a chronic, protracted situation’: The Myanmar military’s war on IDPs in Kachin and northern Shan states 5:00 pm ‘God knows this is a chronic, protracted situation’: The Myanmar military’s war on IDPs in Kachin and northern Shan states @ Investcorp Lecture Theatre, St Antony's College Nov 2 @ 5:00 pm – 6:00 pm Tickets As the world watches the Myanmar military decimate the country’s Rohingya Muslim population, in northern Myanmar the military is fighting a war by other means. Across Kachin and northern Shan state, an estimated 120,000 people[...] Josephine Balmer – a reading – The Paths of Survival 5:00 pm Josephine Balmer – a reading – The Paths of Survival @ Lecture Theatre, Ioannou Centre Nov 2 @ 5:00 pm – 6:15 pm Tickets Poet and translator Josephine Balmer reads from her new poetry collection, The Paths of Survival, based on Aeschylus’ Myrmidons. Followed by a discussion with Oliver Taplin and Laura Swift. Free, all welcome, no booking required[...] 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[...] Gary Lineker In Conversation with Alan Rusbridger 5:45 pm Gary Lineker In Conversation with Alan Rusbridger @ Simpkins Lee Theater, LMH Nov 2 @ 5:45 pm – 7:00 pm Tickets Join us at LMH for an In Conversation with Gary Lineker and Alan Rusbridger Gary Lineker OBE was one of England’s top football strikers in the 1980s and early 1990s, and holds England’s record for[...] Robert Kapito in conversation with Dean Peter Tufano 5:45 pm Robert Kapito in conversation with Dean Peter Tufano @ Saïd Business School Nov 2 @ 5:45 pm – 6:45 pm Tickets Robert S. Kapito is President and Director of BlackRock, a premier provider of global investment management, risk management, and advisory services. He is also a member of BlackRock’s Global Executive Committee and Chairman of the[...] Anna Dumitriu: Artist’s Talk 6:00 pm Anna Dumitriu: Artist’s Talk @ Museum of the History of Science Nov 2 @ 6:00 pm – 7:00 pm Tickets Anna Dumitriu joins us to talk about the current special exhibition and her work exploring infectious diseases and emerging technologies through art. Part of the special exhibition Anna Dumitriu: BioArt and Bacteria 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[...] Fragments (work-in-progress sharing and talk) 7:30 pm Fragments (work-in-progress sharing and talk) @ Arts at the Old Fire Station Nov 2 @ 7:30 pm – 8:30 pm Tickets A lost play, remixed… A sharing of ‘Fragments’, a new play-in-development inspired by fragments of Euripides ‘lost’ play Cresphontes, followed by a post-show panel discussion to discuss tragic fragments, ideas of fragmentation in perception and[...] 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 Valtteri Bottas Mercedes Fomula 1 Grand Prix Winning Driver and Lewis Hamilton teammate speaks to Oxford Guild – Thurs 2 Nov 7.30pm Town Hall 7:30 pm Valtteri Bottas Mercedes Fomula 1 Grand Prix Winning Driver and Lewis Hamilton teammate speaks to Oxford Guild – Thurs 2 Nov 7.30pm Town Hall @ Oxford Town Hall Nov 2 @ 7:30 pm – 9:00 pm Tickets The Oxford Guild is delighted to welcome a very special, high profile and unique guest for what will be one of the biggest and most exciting events of the year – Valtteri Bottas, the Formula[...]	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 STEM Entrepreneurship Workshop and Project Hackathon STEM Entrepreneurship Workshop and Project Hackathon @ Spyre Labs Ltd Nov 4 – Nov 5 all-day Tickets For STEM Postgrads and Postdocs: Do you want to work with Science, Tech & Sustainable development companies, or start your own? Apply for Spyre’s LEEP into Business workshop: Leadership, Entrepreneurship, Enterprise & Project Management. Delivered[...] 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[...] Life-writing and Female Celebrity 2:00 pm Life-writing and Female Celebrity @ Wolfson College Nov 4 @ 2:00 pm – 6:00 pm Tickets Part of OCLW’s Life-Writing and Celebrity strand, this half-day colloquium, convened by Sandra Mayer in collaboration with TORCH Oxford, will explore the gendered dynamics and cultural values at work in the creation, representation, and consumption[...]
5	6 Restorative conversations in Bonn Square: what happened and what next? 12:45 pm Restorative conversations in Bonn Square: what happened and what next? @ Mint House Nov 6 @ 12:45 pm – 2:00 pm Tickets Network event hosted by the Mint House, Oxford’s Centre for Restorative Practice “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[...] Obligations to the Needy: Effective Altruism, Pluralism, and Singer’s Pond Example 4:30 pm Obligations to the Needy: Effective Altruism, Pluralism, and Singer’s Pond Example @ Lecture Theatre, Oxford Martin School Nov 6 @ 4:30 pm – 6:30 pm Tickets The first of three lectures by Professor Larry S. Temkin. The world is filled with people who are badly off. Each day, many die from hunger or disease, much of which seems easily preventable. Yet[...] 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[...] James Wong – How To Eat Better 7:00 pm James Wong – How To Eat Better @ Mathematical Institute Nov 6 @ 7:00 pm – 8:00 pm Tickets Between the rush to keep up with the latest miracle ingredient, anxiety about E-numbers, and demonization of gluten/dairy/sugar, many of us are left in a virtual panic in the supermarket aisle. Tabloid headlines, ‘free-from’ labels[...] 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 Tickets 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[...]	7 My Body My Life My Body My Life @ Old Fire Station Nov 7 – Nov 11 all-day Tickets he travelling exhibition first launched at the Edinburgh Festival, and its next stop in Oxford has been designed to mark the 50th anniversary of the Abortion Act, which introduced a set of legal grounds for[...] 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[...] The Sweatshop Regime: Garments, Exploitation, and labouring Bodies made in India 2:00 pm The Sweatshop Regime: Garments, Exploitation, and labouring Bodies made in India @ Headley Lecture Theatre, Ashmolean Museum Nov 7 @ 2:00 pm – 3:00 pm Tickets Drawing from Marxian and feminist insights, this presentation, based on a recently completed book, theorizes the garment sweatshop in India as a complex ‘regime’ of exploitation and oppression, jointly crafted by global, regional and local[...] 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[...] Ghostwriting and Biography 5:30 pm Ghostwriting and Biography @ Wolfson College Nov 7 @ 5:30 pm – 7:00 pm Tickets This panel brings together writers and scholars to consider the implications of ghostwriting in the context of biographical and novelistic practice, publishing, and the media industries. Author and critic Andrew O’Hagan will speak about his[...] Voices of the Austerity Generation: ‘Student Revolt’ Book Launch 5:30 pm Voices of the Austerity Generation: ‘Student Revolt’ Book Launch @ Wadham College, Room LSK A & B Nov 7 @ 5:30 pm – 7:00 pm Tickets In 2010 young people across Britain took to the streets to defy a wave of government attacks on education, increasing tuition fees and cuts to grants for university and college students. Student Revolt – Voices[...]	8 ‘The evolution of digital journalism and tapping into tech for story-telling’ – Lianna Brinded, Europe editor at Quartz 2:00 pm ‘The evolution of digital journalism and tapping into tech for story-telling’ – Lianna Brinded, Europe editor at Quartz @ Barclay Room, Green Templeton College Nov 8 @ 2:00 pm – 3:00 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: Meera Selva Thailand’s Post-2014 Foreign Policy: Riding on the International Trend 2:00 pm Thailand’s Post-2014 Foreign Policy: Riding on the International Trend @ St Antony's College Nov 8 @ 2:00 pm – 3:00 pm Tickets Thai foreign policy is traditionally shaped by the changing international environment. The coup of 2014 has exacerbated the political conflict and powerfully prescribed the way in which the country pursued its relations with the outside[...] Culture’s role in hazard and climate change risk: worldviews, belief systems and ‘alternative facts’ 4:15 pm Culture’s role in hazard and climate change risk: worldviews, belief systems and ‘alternative facts’ @ Environmental Change Institute Nov 8 @ 4:15 pm – 6:30 pm Tickets Evidence from around the world indicates that culture can influence people’s vulnerability to climate variability and natural hazards, because expressions of culture include behaviour that results in exposure and sensitivity to hazards. Most studies have[...] 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) Obligations to the Needy: Singer’s Pond Example versus Supporting International Aid Organizations—Some Disanalogies and Their Normative Significance 5:00 pm Obligations to the Needy: Singer’s Pond Example versus Supporting International Aid Organizations—Some Disanalogies and Their Normative Significance @ Lecture Theatre, Oxford Martin School Nov 8 @ 5:00 pm – 7:00 pm Tickets The second of three public lectures by Professor Larry S. Temkin. Peter Singer famously argued that just as we have compelling moral reason to save a drowning child, so we have compelling moral reason to[...] Dark Day – Fundraiser for Homeless Oxfordshire 6:30 pm Dark Day – Fundraiser for Homeless Oxfordshire @ The Ultimate Picture Palace Nov 8 @ 6:30 pm – 8:30 pm Tickets A talk by local charity Homeless Oxfordshire about Oxford’s ongoing issues around homelessness. The talk follows a screening of a documentary about a group of homeless New Yorkers living in an abandoned section of the[...] 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[...] Destination St Ives: How Modern Art Went West 5:45 pm Destination St Ives: How Modern Art Went West @ Saïd Business School Nov 9 @ 5:45 pm – 6:45 pm Tickets Art at Saïd Business School: Michael Bird St Ives is unique in modern art. No other small seaside town has been host to such a roll-call of major artists, from Russian Constructivism Naum Gabo and[...] Inspiring Women at Oxford Saïd: Annoushka Ducas MBE 5:45 pm Inspiring Women at Oxford Saïd: Annoushka Ducas MBE @ Saïd Business School Nov 9 @ 5:45 pm – 6:45 pm Tickets Annoushka Ducas MBE is the founder of Links of London jewellery brand, as well as founder and creative director of her eponymous jewellery brand Annoushka. Annoushka grew up in London and studied at the Sorbonne[...] Oxford Brookes Poetry Centre presents Siobhán Campbell and Kate Clanchy 7:00 pm Oxford Brookes Poetry Centre presents Siobhán Campbell and Kate Clanchy @ Society Café Nov 9 @ 7:00 pm – 9:00 pm Tickets A poetry reading featuring two celebrated voices in contemporary poetry. Author of five books of poetry and co-editor of the forthcoming book of essays on the work of Eavan Boland, Siobhán Campbell’s work has received[...] Anniversaries in the folklore of the Left 7:30 pm Anniversaries in the folklore of the Left @ The Town Hall Nov 9 @ 7:30 pm – 9:00 pm Tickets Anniversaries in the folklore of the Left Talk followed by questions and discussion All welcome	10 Shifting gear: a radical change for cycling 10:00 am Shifting gear: a radical change for cycling @ Rosehill Community Centre OX4 4HF and Cheney School OX3 7QH Nov 10 @ 10:00 am – Nov 11 @ 5:30 pm Tickets The two-day event, sponsored by Freeths, will feature a range of keynote speakers – including design and sustainable transport expert, Lynn Sloman; and cycling tsar and former cycling commissioner for London, Andrew Gilligan – but[...] 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. Is Music Political? Speaker: Peggy Seeger 5:00 pm Is Music Political? Speaker: Peggy Seeger @ The Sir Joseph Hotung Auditorium, Hands Building, Mansfield College Nov 10 @ 5:00 pm – 6:00 pm Tickets Peggy Seeger is a singer, song-maker, multi-instrumentalist, feminist icon and member of one of America’s most loved folk dynasties. Now in her 80s she continues to tour and record with her two sons. Her memoir[...] Obligations to the Needy: Some Empirical Worries and Uncomfortable Philosophical Possibilities 5:00 pm Obligations to the Needy: Some Empirical Worries and Uncomfortable Philosophical Possibilities @ Lecture Theatre, Oxford Martin School Nov 10 @ 5:00 pm – 7:00 pm Tickets In this third Uehiro Lecture, I consider a number of worries about the possible impact of global efforts to aid the needy. Among the worries I address are possible unintended negative consequences that may occur[...] 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 Tickets 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[...]	11
12 Rawaa 9:30 am Rawaa @ Jacqueline du Pré Nov 12 @ 9:30 am – Nov 14 @ 6:30 pm Tickets Watch the process of creating a new ballet in an interdisciplinary workshop with writer, Marina Warner, choreographer Kim Brandstrup, pianist and composer Joanna MacGregor, and professional dancers. Rawaa comes from Arabic – the root for[...]	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 Interdisciplinary Seminars in Psychoanalysis 8:15 pm Interdisciplinary Seminars in Psychoanalysis @ Lecture Room, St John's College Research Centre Nov 13 @ 8:15 pm – 9:45 pm Tickets Janet Sayers, University of Kent. ‘Researching mothering psychoanalytically’	14 The Ethics of Staging Real Lives 1:00 pm The Ethics of Staging Real Lives @ Wolfson College Nov 14 @ 1:00 pm – 2:00 pm Tickets The contemporary market for the consumption of real lives has led to an increasing demand for performers to play or impersonate real people. In this presentation, Professor Mary Luckhurst will explore the ethical issues inherent[...] 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 Tickets 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,[...] 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[...] St Benet’s Hall launch Catherine Pepinster’s book “The Keys & the Kingdom: The British and the Papacy from John Paul II to Francis” 5:00 pm St Benet’s Hall launch Catherine Pepinster’s book “The Keys & the Kingdom: The British and the Papacy from John Paul II to Francis” @ St Benet's Hall Nov 14 @ 5:00 pm – 6:30 pm Tickets St Benet;s Hall are delighted to invite you to the launch of Catherine Pepinster’s new book: “The Keys and the Kingdom: The British and the Papacy from John Paul II to Francis” on Tuesday 14th[...] ‘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 Platform power and responsibility in the attention economy – John Naughton 2:00 pm Platform power and responsibility in the attention economy – John Naughton @ Barclay Room, Green Templeton College Nov 15 @ 2:00 pm – 3:00 pm Tickets John Naughton, columnist The Observer and director press fellowship programme, Wolfson College, Cambridge. Author of From Gutenberg to Zuckerberg: what you really need to know about the Internet 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[...] Lisa Dwan: Performing Beckett 5:30 pm Lisa Dwan: Performing Beckett @ Jacqueline du Pré Music Building Nov 16 @ 5:30 pm – 6:30 pm Tickets Renowned actress Lisa Dwan discusses her recent work and invites discussion of her repertoire – especially ‘Not I’ and other stunning dramatisations of Samuel Beckett. She explores how her dance training enabled her to refine[...] Tom Peters: The Excellence Dividened 5:45 pm Tom Peters: The Excellence Dividened @ Saïd Business School Nov 16 @ 5:45 pm – 6:45 pm Tickets Distinguished Speaker Seminar: Tom Peters The Excellence Dividend: Meeting the Tech Tide With Work That Wows and Jobs That Last Studies suggest that as many as 50 percent of white collar jobs are at risk[...] Discrimination and the Sciences @ Wadham College 6:00 pm Discrimination and the Sciences @ Wadham College @ Wadham College, LSK B Seminar room Nov 16 @ 6:00 pm – 7:00 pm Tickets What is the social responsibility of the sciences? In recent times, ethical conflicts surrounding race, gender, and the natural sciences have surfaced again. A recent editorial in Nature defending memorials to J. Marion Sims, who[...] Lessons of the October Revolution 7:00 pm Lessons of the October Revolution @ Oxford Town Hall Nov 16 @ 7:00 pm – 9:00 pm Tickets 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. Swearing is Good for you 7:00 pm Swearing is Good for you @ The Story Museum Nov 16 @ 7:00 pm – 8:00 pm Tickets What is the naughtiest word you can think of? The baddest of bad language, the monarch of F-bombs? The word you swore you’d NEVER say, but sometimes makes a sneaky reappearance after a stubbed toe[...] The Art and Science Of Negotiations: Skills Sharing Session with Lynda Chen 7:00 pm The Art and Science Of Negotiations: Skills Sharing Session with Lynda Chen @ Farrar Room, Hertford College Nov 16 @ 7:00 pm – 9:00 pm Tickets All details in link below! 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 Tickets 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[...] 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 Saba Douglas-Hamiton: A Life with Elephants 7:00 pm Saba Douglas-Hamiton: A Life with Elephants @ Sheldonian Theatre Nov 18 @ 7:00 pm – 8:00 pm Tickets Join Saba Douglas-Hamilton, the highly acclaimed elephant conservationist and wildlife TV presenter of This Wild Life and Big Cat Diaries for an evening of exciting animal stories and intimate behind the scenes tales of life[...]
19	20 Hippocampal Dynamics and Memory Processing, Thanos Siapas 12:00 pm Hippocampal Dynamics and Memory Processing, Thanos Siapas @ Oxford Martin School Nov 20 @ 12:00 pm – 1:00 pm Tickets 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[...] Tales from Two Prime Ministers: Gordon Brown launches Kevin Rudd’s memoirs 5:00 pm Tales from Two Prime Ministers: Gordon Brown launches Kevin Rudd’s memoirs @ The Oxford Union Nov 20 @ 5:00 pm – 6:30 pm Tickets During the global financial crisis, British Prime Minister Gordon Brown and Australian Prime Minister Kevin Rudd were two of the world’s most important political leaders. Together they helped establish the G20 Leaders’ Summit and through[...] 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 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 Tickets 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[...] Like a family? Values, Hierarchies and Child Labour in Myanmar’s Small Businesses Sector 3:30 pm Like a family? Values, Hierarchies and Child Labour in Myanmar’s Small Businesses Sector @ Dahrendorf Room, St Antony's College Nov 21 @ 3:30 pm – 4:30 pm Tickets Drawing on ethnographic data gathered in Pathein, Myanmar, the paper investigates the moral underpinnings of responsibilities and hierarchies in small businesses, specifically the question of what makes a good employer. It will show how responsibilities[...] Lives and Letters 5:30 pm Lives and Letters @ Wolfson College Nov 21 @ 5:30 pm – 7:00 pm Tickets This discussion centres on an understanding and appreciation of letters as repositories of complex meaning, creating unique possibilities that weave together the textual, visual, material, biographical, and cultural. Robert Douglas-Fairhurst and Matt Bevis, University of[...] 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[...] Canada Seminar with Janice Charette, Canada’s High Commissioner to the UK, and Howard Drake CMG OBE, former British High Commissioner to Canada 5:45 pm Canada Seminar with Janice Charette, Canada’s High Commissioner to the UK, and Howard Drake CMG OBE, former British High Commissioner to Canada @ Lady Margaret Hall Nov 21 @ 5:45 pm – 7:00 pm Tickets The next Canada Seminar takes place in the Simpkins Lee Theatre at LMH on Tuesday 21st November 2017, 5.45pm to 7.00pm. Our special guests in conversation will be Janice Charette, Canada’s High Commissioner to the[...] Artificial Intelligence and Impact Investing 7:45 pm Artificial Intelligence and Impact Investing @ Christ Church College Lecture Room 2 Nov 21 @ 7:45 pm – 9:45 pm Tickets HOW we fund impact as important as what we fund? What’s new in INNOVATIVE FINANCING using technology to allow investors to match their risk, return and impact preferences with specific investments and portfolios. Oxford Impact[...]	22 LGBT Lives: Narratives and Representation 1:00 pm LGBT Lives: Narratives and Representation @ Radcliffe Humanities Nov 22 @ 1:00 pm – 2:00 pm Tickets 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[...] ‘How the F-word is changing news’ – Liz Corbin, editor, BBC Reality Check 2:00 pm ‘How the F-word is changing news’ – Liz Corbin, editor, BBC Reality Check @ Barclay Room, Green Templeton College Nov 22 @ 2:00 pm – 3:00 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: Meera Selva Inducement and Smaller-States’ Triple Trade-offs: Southeast Asian Responses to China’s Belt and Road Initiative 2:00 pm Inducement and Smaller-States’ Triple Trade-offs: Southeast Asian Responses to China’s Belt and Road Initiative @ Deakin Room, St Antony's College Nov 22 @ 2:00 pm – 3:00 pm Tickets Policy is about trade-offs, more so in the realm of external affairs. This is especially true for weaker and smaller states faced with material inducement from big power, as their inherent limitations and vulnerabilities mean[...] 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[...] And then the magic happens! Can realist synthesis really be systematic? 6:15 pm And then the magic happens! Can realist synthesis really be systematic? @ Rewley House Nov 22 @ 6:15 pm – 7:15 pm Tickets Dr Andrew Booth, Reader in Evidence Based Information Practice at the School for Health & Related Research (ScHARR), University of Sheffield Rewley House, Wednesday, 22 November 2017, 18:15 – 19:15 Realist synthesis has positioned itself[...] Raphaël Millière: Psychedelic science and consciousness 7:00 pm Raphaël Millière: Psychedelic science and consciousness @ The Cape of Good Hope, Function room Nov 22 @ 7:00 pm – 11:00 pm Tickets What can psychedelic science tell us about consciousness? 7:00 – 7:30 Welcome 7:30 – 8:30 Talk 8:30 – 11:00 Open discussion and social Suggested donation £3 For our second speaker event of the term, we[...]	23 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 Tickets 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[...] The Element in the Room 1:00 pm The Element in the Room @ Norrington Room, Blackwells Bookshop Nov 23 @ 1:00 pm – 2:00 pm Tickets Have you ever wanted to perform sonic experiments with your morning coffee? Spice up your love life with inspiration from the animal kingdom? In conversation with Helen Arney and Steve Mould they discuss their rib-tickling,[...] 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[...] Talk: Building a New Future for Food and Farming 6:00 pm Talk: Building a New Future for Food and Farming @ Summertown Library Nov 23 @ 6:00 pm – 7:00 pm Tickets Topical Talk by scientist, environmentalist and author COLIN TUDGE addressing the need for a radical approach to food and food production. Everyone in the world could be well fed without destroying our fellow creatures if[...]	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[...] The recovery of Murchison Falls 4:15 pm The recovery of Murchison Falls @ Environmental Change Institute, Oxford University Centre for the Environment Nov 24 @ 4:15 pm – 6:30 pm Tickets Michael Keigwin (Uganda Conservation Foundation) & Charles Tumwesigye (Uganda Wildlife Authority) will provide a fascinating and inspirational account of how Uganda’s Murchison Falls National Park has experienced dramatically mixed fortunes, from international adoration to tragedy,[...] Criminal Justice in America. Speakers: Dr Kathy Boudin & Mr Chesa Boudin 5:00 pm Criminal Justice in America. Speakers: Dr Kathy Boudin & Mr Chesa Boudin @ The Sir Joseph Hotung Auditorium, Hands Building, Mansfield College Nov 24 @ 5:00 pm – 6:00 pm Tickets Dr Kathy Boudin, Assistant Professor at the Centre for Justice, Columbia University. Her work focuses on the HIV/AIDS epidemic and criminal justice issues, including women in prison, and basic literacy inside correctional institutions. Mr Chesa[...] What is Feminist Poetry? 7:30 pm What is Feminist Poetry? @ East Oxford Community Centre Nov 24 @ 7:30 pm – 8:30 pm Tickets Ever felt like there was something you really wanted to say but you just weren’t sure how? We’re exploring the why and how of women’s speech and writing with the help of some amazing women[...]	25 Fabian Society regional conference, Oxford 9:00 am Fabian Society regional conference, Oxford @ Quaker Meeting House Nov 25 @ 9:00 am – 5:00 pm Tickets The Oxford Fabian Society host the Fabian Society regional conference. Embracing Change: Socialism for a Brave New World Outline programme 9:00-9:30: registration 9:30: Welcome: Oxford and the Fabian Society. Michael Weatherburn (Secretary, Oxford Fabians) 9:45-10:15:[...] 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[...] Spitsbergen Retraced Film 3:00 pm Spitsbergen Retraced Film @ Oxford Museum of Natural History Nov 25 @ 3:00 pm – 4:00 pm Tickets We are delighted to announce this flagship screening of Spitsbergen Retraced at the Oxford University Museum of Natural History. In the summer of 1923, four members of Oxford University made the first crossing of the[...]
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[...] Autumn Plant Sciences Lectures – Dr Cicely Marshall, Department of Plant Sciences, University of Oxford Bioquality hotspots in tropical Africa 12:00 am Autumn Plant Sciences Lectures – Dr Cicely Marshall, Department of Plant Sciences, University of Oxford Bioquality hotspots in tropical Africa @ Daubeny Lecture Theatre Nov 27 @ 12:00 am – 12:00 am Tickets Abstract: Bioquality hotspots hold some of the world’s rarest species. These hotspots can be discovered through field work or herbarium collections, and I will introduce our work using both methods in tropical Africa and elsewhere.[...] ‘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[...] Book launch: Models of Obesity, Professor Stanley Ulijaszek 5:00 pm Book launch: Models of Obesity, Professor Stanley Ulijaszek @ The West Wing Lecture Theatre, St Cross College Nov 27 @ 5:00 pm – 6:00 pm Tickets Models of Obesity: From Ecology to Complexity in Science and Policy, Stanley Ulijaszek, St Cross Fellow Taking a comparative approach, this book investigates the ways in which obesity and its susceptibilities are framed in science[...] How we change behaviour and what to do to support it: lessons from randomised trials and other research 5:30 pm How we change behaviour and what to do to support it: lessons from randomised trials and other research @ Department for Continuing Education, Rewley House Nov 27 @ 5:30 pm – 6:30 pm Tickets In our society, we tend to view motivation, the state of ‘wanting it’ as a prime mover of behaviour. However, research calls this into question both directly and by showing that, even among people with[...] Life Lessons of a Christian Scholar: ‘Oxford to Moscow 1959: a Chosen Observer?’ 7:30 pm Life Lessons of a Christian Scholar: ‘Oxford to Moscow 1959: a Chosen Observer?’ @ Upstairs at the Mitre Pub Nov 27 @ 7:30 pm – 8:30 pm Tickets All welcome, join us at 19:00 for a drink, talk begins at 19:30 followed by Q+A. Revd Canon Michael Bourdeaux was an exchange student in 1959 to the USSR from Oxford University. In this evening[...] Interdisciplinary Seminars in Psychoanalysis 8:15 pm Interdisciplinary Seminars in Psychoanalysis @ Lecture Room, St John's College Research Centre Nov 27 @ 8:15 pm – 9:45 pm Tickets 27 Nov. Ian Klinke, St John’s College and University of Oxford. ‘Nuclear war, self-annihilation and West Germany’s compulsion to repeat’	28 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 Tickets 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[...] Me and My Beliefs: Challenges of Identity and Society 5:30 pm Me and My Beliefs: Challenges of Identity and Society @ Mathematical Institute Nov 28 @ 5:30 pm – 7:00 pm Tickets Bishop Libby Lane is Britain’s first woman bishop in the Church of England. In this talk Bishop Libby explores the pathway that brought her to this position and addresses an area of identity not always[...] New Directions in Life-Writing 5:30 pm New Directions in Life-Writing @ Wolfson College Nov 28 @ 5:30 pm – 7:00 pm Tickets This panel brings together four OCLW doctoral students to discuss their work in the area of life-writing. Alexis Brown: “The Author on Film: Life-Writing in the Cinema” Bárbara Gallego Larrarte: “Intergenerational Relationships within the Literary[...] Make Mergers Work: Mergers & Acquisitions Expert Prof. T Galpin 7:30 pm Make Mergers Work: Mergers & Acquisitions Expert Prof. T Galpin @ Christ Church College Michael Dummett Lecture Theatre Nov 28 @ 7:30 pm – 9:15 pm Tickets Professor Timothy Galpin, a Senior Lecturer of Strategy and Innovation at the Saïd Business School, will be giving a talk on how successful mergers and acquisitions are formed. His talk will include points on maximising[...] Motorisation, post-truth and provision for cycling. Peter Headicar 8:00 pm Motorisation, post-truth and provision for cycling. Peter Headicar @ St Michaels at the Northgate Nov 28 @ 8:00 pm – 9:00 pm Tickets At 8pm, following Cylox’s AGM, Peter Headicar will be our guest speaker. Author of ‘Transport Policy and Planning in Great Britain’ and former Reader in Transport in the Department of Planning at Oxford Brookes University,[...]	29 Classical perspectives on creativity and innovation 12:15 pm Classical perspectives on creativity and innovation @ Saïd Business School Nov 29 @ 12:15 pm – 1:15 pm Tickets Business today is intensely focussed on innovation, but what do we mean when we talk about ‘innovation’ and how do people innovate in practice? Standard approaches tend to involve case studies of innovative companies, where[...] ‘Decline in media freedom worldwide’ – Jodie Ginsberg, chief executive, Index on Censorship 2:00 pm ‘Decline in media freedom worldwide’ – Jodie Ginsberg, chief executive, Index on Censorship @ Barclay Room, Green Templeton College Nov 29 @ 2:00 pm – 3:00 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: Meera Selva 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[...] Sir Parha Dasgupta and Aisha Dasgupta – How many people can the world hold? 5:45 pm Sir Parha Dasgupta and Aisha Dasgupta – How many people can the world hold? @ Saïd Business School Nov 30 @ 5:45 pm – 6:45 pm Tickets Among economists and demographers, the dominant view of the effect of growing human numbers on the natural environment has alternated between concern and dismissal. During the seminar, Professor Sir Partha Dasgupta and Aisha Dasgupta will[...] Andrew Scheps in conversation 6:00 pm Andrew Scheps in conversation @ Faculty of Music Nov 30 @ 6:00 pm – 7:00 pm Tickets Andrew Scheps is a multi-Grammy award winning music producer, engineer, mixer and record label owner based in Los Angeles and the UK. His production and mix credits include the likes of Jay-Z, U2, Beyoncé, and[...] The gates of mercy in arbitrary space: the National Health state 7:30 pm The gates of mercy in arbitrary space: the National Health state @ The Town Hall Nov 30 @ 7:30 pm – 9:00 pm Tickets Talk followed by questions and discussion

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