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

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“Transforming drug discovery – the pathway to innovation” with Prof Chas Bountra & Dr Wen Hwa Lee 5:00 pm
“Transforming drug discovery – the pathway to innovation” with Prof Chas Bountra & Dr Wen Hwa Lee @ Oxford Martin School
Feb 1 @ 5:00 pm – 6:00 pm
Immense ingenuity and unprecedented levels of funding are available for drug discovery, yet pharmaceutical research and development is failing to produce the medicines society requires. New organisational models of drug discovery are clearly needed, and[...]
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Querying the Cosmopolitan in Sri Lankan and Indian Ocean History 2:00 pm
Querying the Cosmopolitan in Sri Lankan and Indian Ocean History @ Headley Lecture Theatre, Ashmolean Museum
Feb 6 @ 2:00 pm – 3:00 pm
Querying the Cosmopolitan in Sri Lankan and Indian Ocean History @ Headley Lecture Theatre, Ashmolean Museum | England | United Kingdom
The presenters will reflect on their proposal to draw Sri Lanka into the paradigm of global history through the recently published edited collection Sri Lanka at the Crossroads of History (UCL, 2017 – the full[...]
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“Innovating food systems to respond to rapid global changes” with Dr Shenggen Fan 5:00 pm
“Innovating food systems to respond to rapid global changes” with Dr Shenggen Fan @ Oxford Martin School
Feb 7 @ 5:00 pm – 6:15 pm
The global food system is facing momentous global changes: rapid urbanisation and rising middle income populations; changing diets; climate change; political uncertainties and anti-globalisation sentiments; and advances in technology in and out of agriculture, among[...]
The psychology of dance: throw some shapes to put a smile on your face 6:00 pm
The psychology of dance: throw some shapes to put a smile on your face @ Main Lecture Theatre, John Henry Brookes Building, Headington Campus
Feb 7 @ 6:00 pm – 7:00 pm
Dr Peter Lovatt (AKA Dr Dance) will talk about the relationship between movement, health, hormones and thinking. The simple act of dancing can change us in fundamental ways. It can make us more creative, improve[...]
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“Prospects for new tools to control malaria” with Prof Kevin Marsh 5:00 pm
“Prospects for new tools to control malaria” with Prof Kevin Marsh @ Oxford Martin School
Feb 8 @ 5:00 pm – 6:00 pm
Malaria remains a global health threat. Over the last 15 years there has been major international investment for malaria control and there have been substantial gains in reducing malaria in many countries, but now there[...]
Lincoln Leads Seminar 4: Should Money Make the World go Round? 5:00 pm
Lincoln Leads Seminar 4: Should Money Make the World go Round? @ Lincoln College
Feb 8 @ 5:00 pm – 7:00 pm
Lincoln Leads Seminar 4: Should Money Make the World go Round? @ Lincoln College | England | United Kingdom
Welcome to the Lincoln Leads Seminar Series 2018. The forth seminar in the series explores the question: Should Money Make the World go Round? Tickets are free, but must be booked in advance. All welcome.[...]
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Weinrebe Lecture ‘The Rhetorical Voice’ 5:30 pm
Weinrebe Lecture ‘The Rhetorical Voice’ @ Wolfson College
Feb 12 @ 5:30 pm – 7:00 pm
Playwright Timberlake Wertenbaker explores the meaning of rhetorical voice in drama, in her work and in the work of other playwrights. Is the rhetorical voice different when it is female rather than male? Timberlake is[...]
Life Lessons of a Christian Scholar: Things I Have Learned from Working 45 Years in Cancer and Palliative Care 7:30 pm
Life Lessons of a Christian Scholar: Things I Have Learned from Working 45 Years in Cancer and Palliative Care @ Upstairs at the Mitre Pub
Feb 12 @ 7:30 pm – 9:00 pm
We hope you had a good start of the week. We would like to introduce next week’s event: “Life Lessons of a Christian Scholar: Things I Have Learned from Working 45 Years in Cancer and[...]
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“Antibiotics: to regulate or not?” with Prof Steven Hoffman and Prof Julian Savulescu 5:00 pm
“Antibiotics: to regulate or not?” with Prof Steven Hoffman and Prof Julian Savulescu @ Oxford Martin School
Feb 14 @ 5:00 pm – 6:00 pm
The World Health Organization identifies antibiotic resistance as a global challenge so serious that it threatens the fundamental achievement of modern medicine. Looking at human use and the use of antibiotics in meat production –[...]
Israel and the Changing Middle East: Threats and Opportunities – with former Deputy PM of Israel, Dan Meridor 6:30 pm
Israel and the Changing Middle East: Threats and Opportunities – with former Deputy PM of Israel, Dan Meridor @ Central Oxford College (TBA)
Feb 14 @ 6:30 pm – 8:00 pm
Israel and the Changing Middle East: Threats and Opportunities - with former Deputy PM of Israel, Dan Meridor @ Central Oxford College (TBA)
The Oxford Israel Forum, Oxford PPE Society and Oxford International Relations Society are delighted to host Dan Meridor, former Deputy Prime Minister of Israel. Mr Meridor will be discussing the current political situation in Israel[...]
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“The growing and ageing population: Implications and solutions” with Prof Sarah Harper 5:00 pm
“The growing and ageing population: Implications and solutions” with Prof Sarah Harper @ Oxford Martin School
Feb 15 @ 5:00 pm – 6:00 pm
Predicting the shape of our future populations is vital for installing the infrastructure, welfare, and provisions necessary for society to survive. There are many opportunities and challenges that will come with the changes in our[...]
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Chris Patten in conversation with Gareth Evans 12:30 pm
Chris Patten in conversation with Gareth Evans @ The Oxford Union
Feb 16 @ 12:30 pm – 1:30 pm
Join Oxford Chancellor Lord Patten of Barnes in conversation with former Australian foreign minister Gareth Evans in a special UK launch of the Evans’s recently published political memoir Incorrigible Optimist. Gareth Evans, Oxford PPE graduate[...]
Pakistan’s Nuclear Bomb: A Story of Defiance, Deterrence, and Deviance 5:30 pm
Pakistan’s Nuclear Bomb: A Story of Defiance, Deterrence, and Deviance @ Dahrendorf Room, St Antony's College
Feb 16 @ 5:30 pm – 6:30 pm
Pakistan’s Nuclear Bomb: A Story of Defiance, Deterrence, and Deviance @ Dahrendorf Room, St Antony's College | England | United Kingdom
The speaker’s new book provides a comprehensive account of the mysterious story of Pakistan’s attempt to develop nuclear weapons in the face of severe odds. Hassan Abbas profiles the politicians and scientists involved, and the[...]
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My Enemy’s Enemy: India in Afghanistan from the Soviet Invasion to the US Withdrawal 2:00 pm
My Enemy’s Enemy: India in Afghanistan from the Soviet Invasion to the US Withdrawal @ Headley Lecture Theatre, Ashmolean Museum
Feb 20 @ 2:00 pm – 3:00 pm
My Enemy's Enemy: India in Afghanistan from the Soviet Invasion to the US Withdrawal @ Headley Lecture Theatre, Ashmolean Museum | England | United Kingdom
The archetype of ‘my enemy’s enemy is my friend’, India’s political and economic presence in Afghanistan is often viewed as a Machiavellian ploy aimed against Pakistan. The first of its kind, this book interrogates that[...]
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Researching Ancestors in Ireland by Maggie Loughran 7:30 pm
Researching Ancestors in Ireland by Maggie Loughran @ Exeter Hall,
Feb 26 @ 7:30 pm – 9:00 pm
From 19.15 the Exeter Hall is open for help, computer advice on tracing family members, refreshments, browsing of Family History books, CDs and other items. Talk starts at 20.00
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“The black hole of finance: creation and destruction in life, the economy, and the universe” with Prof Seth Lloyd 5:00 pm
“The black hole of finance: creation and destruction in life, the economy, and the universe” with Prof Seth Lloyd @ Oxford Martin School
Feb 27 @ 5:00 pm – 6:15 pm
The universe exhibits a strong tendency to create – the universe itself arose out of nothing; galaxies, stars, and planets formed out of the primordial plasma; life began and evolved; human beings acquired the faculty[...]
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Opposition Politics in India 5:00 pm
Opposition Politics in India @ St Antony's College
Feb 28 @ 5:00 pm – 6:00 pm
Opposition Politics in India @ St Antony's College | England | United Kingdom
Speaker: Salman Khurshid MP Former Minister of External Affairs, Former Minister of Law and Justice, Republic of India Respondent: Shruti Kapila Fellow and Director of Studies in History, Corpus Christi College; Lecturer in History, University[...]