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	1 Oxford Brookes Public Lecture Series 6:00 pm Oxford Brookes Public Lecture Series @ Oxford Brookes University, JHB Main Lecture Theatre Oct 1 @ 6:00 pm – 7:15 pm Tickets Athi-Patra Ruga: ‘Of Gods, Rainbows and Omissions’ Monday 1st Oct, 6-7.15pm Oxford Brookes University, JHB Main Lecture Theatre To kick off our new season of talks, the Oxford Brookes Fine Art Research unit (FAR) will[...]	2 Distinguished Speaker Seminar: Dominic Barton 12:15 pm Distinguished Speaker Seminar: Dominic Barton @ Saïd Business School Oct 2 @ 12:15 pm – 1:15 pm Tickets Dominic Barton, Global Managing Partner Emeritus of McKinsey & Company, and Professor Peter Tufano, Peter Moores Dean of Saïd Business School, will discuss leadership lessons Mr. Barton learned during his tenure at McKinsey and how[...] Global Legal Epidemiology 5:30 pm Global Legal Epidemiology @ Oxford Martin School, Seminar Room 1 Oct 2 @ 5:30 pm – 7:00 pm Tickets Introducing a pioneering approach to ‘global legal epidemiology’, Prof Steven Hoffman will discuss legal mechanisms available for coordinating international responses to transnational problems, their prospects, and their challenges. Global legal epidemiology is the scientific study[...] The Weaveley Furze – A Husbandman’s Tale – Martin Knops 7:45 pm The Weaveley Furze – A Husbandman’s Tale – Martin Knops @ The Old School Room, St Peter's Church Oct 2 @ 7:45 pm – 9:15 pm Tickets To commemorate the 250th anniversary of the Inclosure Act, a brief illustrated history will be given of a 4 acre allotment of land north of Oxford from Anglo-Saxon times to the present, together with a[...]	3	4 Book launch: Ethics, Conflict and Medical Treatment for Children 5:30 pm Book launch: Ethics, Conflict and Medical Treatment for Children @ Oxford Martin School, Lecture Theatre Oct 4 @ 5:30 pm – 6:45 pm Tickets Professor Julian Savulescu, Professor Dominic Wilkinson What should happen when doctors and parents disagree about what would be best for a child? When should courts become involved? Should life support be stopped against parents’ wishes?[...]	5	6
7	8 Evidence-Based Manifesto for better healthcare 5:30 pm Evidence-Based Manifesto for better healthcare @ Rewley House Oct 8 @ 5:30 pm – 6:30 pm Tickets Patients are being let down by serious flaws in the creation, dissemination, and implementation of medical research. Too much of the resulting research evidence is withheld or disseminated only piecemeal. As the volume of clinical[...] Amit Chaudhuri – The Origins of Dislike 7:00 pm Amit Chaudhuri – The Origins of Dislike @ Blackwell's Bookshop Oct 8 @ 7:00 pm – 8:00 pm Tickets ‘The Origins of Dislike’ is a fascinating and thought-provoking selection of essays from the award-winning novelist, poet, literary critic, and musician, Amit Chaudhuri. The collection explores critical ‘dislike’ as a form of intense engagement, featuring[...]	9 “How science got women wrong” with Angela Saini (Ada Lovelace Day Lecture) 5:00 pm “How science got women wrong” with Angela Saini (Ada Lovelace Day Lecture) @ Oxford Martin School Oct 9 @ 5:00 pm – 6:30 pm Tickets Shedding light on controversial research and investigating the ferocious gender wars in biology, psychology and anthropology, Angela Saini, to mark Ada Lovelace Day, will talk about how women are being rediscovered. She’ll explore what these[...]	10 To be or not to be: questioning the value of refugee status 5:00 pm To be or not to be: questioning the value of refugee status @ Seminar Room 1, Oxford Department of International Development Oct 10 @ 5:00 pm – 6:30 pm Tickets About the speaker: Georgia Cole is the Margaret Anstee Research Fellow at the Margaret Anstee Centre for Global Studies, Newnham College, University of Cambridge. Until September 2018 she was the Joyce Pearce Junior Research Fellow[...]	11 Lyndall Gordon – Outsiders 1:00 pm Lyndall Gordon – Outsiders @ Blackwell's Bookshop Oct 11 @ 1:00 pm – 2:00 pm Tickets As part of our Every Woman series, Blackwell’s presents a free lunchtime talk with Lyndall Gordon, who will be exploring her book ‘Outsiders’, an exciting and provocative look at the women who wrote the novels[...] “Innovation for planetary health: the economics of the fourth industrial revolution” with Prof Michael Grubb & Respondent – Prof Malcolm McCulloch 5:00 pm “Innovation for planetary health: the economics of the fourth industrial revolution” with Prof Michael Grubb & Respondent – Prof Malcolm McCulloch @ Oxford Martin School Oct 11 @ 5:00 pm – 6:00 pm Tickets This is a joint lecture with The Rockefeller Foundation Economic Council on Planetary Health at the Oxford Martin School Technological innovation is critical to addressing planetary health challenges. What can be done to ensure that[...] Simon Stephens in conversation 5:00 pm Simon Stephens in conversation @ Oxford Playhouse Oct 11 @ 5:00 pm – 6:00 pm Tickets Simon Stephens is one of the UK’s most exciting playwrights. His plays include Punk Rock, A Thousand Stars Explode in the Sky, and the stage adaptation of The Curious Incident of the Dog in the[...] Summertown Library Talks: “Gene Medicine – A Brave New World?” 6:00 pm Summertown Library Talks: “Gene Medicine – A Brave New World?” @ Summertown Library Oct 11 @ 6:00 pm – 7:00 pm Tickets Breakthroughs using gene therapy and gene editing are regularly in the news, but did you know that viruses are being re-purposed to treat cancer? How can genes be used to treat blindness, Parkinson’s and haemophilia?[...] The right to say untrue and damaging things 7:30 pm The right to say untrue and damaging things @ Wesley Memorial Church Oct 11 @ 7:30 pm – 9:00 pm Tickets Talk followed by questions and discussion. This is part of a series of eight meetings on Thursday evenings, each one beginning at 7:30 and ending at 9pm. 11 October The right to say untrue and[...] Coats of Arms and Colourful Folk: the Bodleian 8:00 pm Coats of Arms and Colourful Folk: the Bodleian @ Magdalen College Auditorium Oct 11 @ 8:00 pm – 9:15 pm Tickets Organised by Oxford Civic Society @oxcivicsoc. In the second of his two talks on Oxford libraries, John Ashdown, former Conservation Officer for the City, talks about the most famous library of them all, the Bodleian. He[...]	12 Surgical Grand Round – ‘Personalised External Aortic Root Support: the Oxford experience’ 8:00 am Surgical Grand Round – ‘Personalised External Aortic Root Support: the Oxford experience’ @ Lecture Theatre 1, Academic Centre, John Radcliffe Hospital Oct 12 @ 8:00 am – 9:00 am Tickets As part of the Surgical Grand Round lecture series hosted by the Nuffield Department of Surgical Sciences, Miss Renata Greco (Senior Aortic Fellow for the Complex Aortic Surgery Team at the Oxford Heart Centre), will[...] Rupert Sheldrake ~ Science and Spirituality 7:00 pm Rupert Sheldrake ~ Science and Spirituality @ Richard Benson Hall Oct 12 @ 7:00 pm – 9:00 pm Tickets Rupert sheldrake is a pioneer in the reintegration of science and spirituality. Although traditional religion has declined in Europe, recent studies have shown that spiritual experiences are surprisingly common even among those who are non-religious,[...]	13
14	15 Promoting Gender Equality in Research and Innovation 6:00 pm Promoting Gender Equality in Research and Innovation @ St Anne's College - Tsuzuki Lecture Theatre Oct 15 @ 6:00 pm – 7:30 pm Tickets Interested in gender equality and diversity in research? Interested in the impact of science, entrepreneurship and innovation in international engagement? Come along to our panel discussion event! We are delighted to announce a tremendous collaboration[...] John Simpson – Moscow, Midnight 7:00 pm John Simpson – Moscow, Midnight @ Newman Rooms Oct 15 @ 7:00 pm – 8:00 pm Tickets Blackwell’s is delighted to welcome the much-admired and million copy-selling journalist John Simpson, who will be discussing his thriller debut novel ‘Moscow, Midnight’. Moscow, Midnight Government minister Patrick Macready has been found dead in his[...]	16 The Arctic in a two-degree warmer world 5:00 pm The Arctic in a two-degree warmer world @ Oxford Martin School Oct 16 @ 5:00 pm – 6:30 pm Tickets “While the Earth has, on average, warmed by nearly one degree Celsius since the end of the 19th Century, the Arctic has warmed by almost as much over the past decade alone. In this talk,[...] Physics: From the Lab into your Life 6:30 pm Physics: From the Lab into your Life @ Department of Physics, University of Oxford Oct 16 @ 6:30 pm – 9:00 pm Tickets How does lab research become a technology that affects your everyday life? Come and find out how Oxford Physics researchers working on cutting-edge physics research and technology development are creating innovative products that could end[...]	17 Brit (ish)…Where ar you really from? 6:00 pm Brit (ish)…Where ar you really from? @ John Henry Brookes Main Lecture Theatre, John Henry Brookes Building Oct 17 @ 6:00 pm – 7:00 pm Tickets ’Brit(ish)’ is about a search for identity. It is about the everyday racism that plagues British society. It is about our awkward, troubled relationship with our history. It is about why liberal attempts to be[...] Heather Morris – The Tattooist of Auschwitz 7:00 pm Heather Morris – The Tattooist of Auschwitz @ Blackwell's Bookshop Oct 17 @ 7:00 pm – 8:00 pm Tickets Blackwell’s are honoured to be joined by Heather Morris to discuss her international best-seller ‘The Tattooist of Auschwitz’. For readers of Schindler’s List, The Man Who Broke into Auschwitz and The Boy in the Striped[...] How the Internet is Changing Our Lives 7:00 pm How the Internet is Changing Our Lives @ St Aldates Tavern (The Blue Room) Oct 17 @ 7:00 pm – 8:00 pm Tickets With the emergence and penetration of Internet based technologies, different aspects of our private and collective lives and how our societies function at different levels have changed. In this talk we’ll discuss examples from dating[...] The Tattoist of Auschwitz – Heather Morris 7:00 pm The Tattoist of Auschwitz – Heather Morris @ Blackwell's Bookshop Oct 17 @ 7:00 pm – 8:00 pm Tickets Blackwell’s are honoured to be joined by Heather Morris to discuss her international best-seller ‘The Tattooist of Auschwitz’. For readers of Schindler’s List, The Man Who Broke into Auschwitz and The Boy in the Striped[...] Women in Social Entrepreneurship 7:30 pm Women in Social Entrepreneurship @ Summer Common Room, Magdalen College Oct 17 @ 7:30 pm – 9:00 pm Tickets Join us at Magdalen College for an enlightening evening where we challenge the more prevalent motives behind entrepreneurship to understand how business can be used to empower women around the world. We will explore the[...]	18 “Planetary warming: is a 1.5 degree target achievable?” with Prof Myles Allen 5:00 pm “Planetary warming: is a 1.5 degree target achievable?” with Prof Myles Allen @ Oxford Martin School Oct 18 @ 5:00 pm – 6:00 pm Tickets This is a joint lecture with The Rockefeller Foundation Economic Council on Planetary Health at the Oxford Martin School Under the Paris Agreement, adopted in December 2015, 197 countries agreed to limit the rise in[...] In a troubled and polarized Middle-East: challenges for Palestine refugees and UNRWA \| Annual Harrell-Bond Lecture 2018 5:00 pm In a troubled and polarized Middle-East: challenges for Palestine refugees and UNRWA \| Annual Harrell-Bond Lecture 2018 @ The Grove Auditorium, Magdalen College, Oxford Oct 18 @ 5:00 pm – 6:30 pm Tickets About the speaker: Appointed by the Secretary-General of the United Nations, Pierre Krähenbühl became Commissioner-General of the United Nations Relief and Works Agency for Palestine Refugees (UNRWA) on 30 March 2014. As Commissioner-General, he serves[...] Risk Taking and the Brain 5:00 pm Risk Taking and the Brain @ St Hilda's College Oct 18 @ 5:00 pm – 6:30 pm Tickets This term’s topic of the popular St Hilda’s ‘Brain and Mind – from concrete to abstract’ series of workshops is “Risk Taking and the Brain”, with particular emphasis on risk taking in adolescence. Dr Mark[...] Craig Revel Horwood – In Strictest Confidence 7:00 pm Craig Revel Horwood – In Strictest Confidence @ Sheldonian Theatre Oct 18 @ 7:00 pm – 8:00 pm Tickets Blackwell’s is delighted to welcome to Oxford Craig Revel Horwood, who will be discussing his third instalment in his frank and funny autobiography, ‘In Strictest Confidence’ at the Sheldonian Theatre. ‘In Strictest Confidence’ takes the[...] Flat earth: a Marxist critique 7:30 pm Flat earth: a Marxist critique @ Wesley Memorial Church Oct 18 @ 7:30 pm – 9:00 pm Tickets Talk followed by questions and discussion. This is part of a series of eight meetings on Thursday evenings, each one beginning at 7:30 and ending at 9pm. 11 October The right to say untrue and[...]	19 Surgical Grand Round – “Achieving the Holy-Grail: The Humanising Healthcare Methodology” 8:00 am Surgical Grand Round – “Achieving the Holy-Grail: The Humanising Healthcare Methodology” @ Lecture Theatre 1, Academic Centre, John Radcliffe Hospital Oct 19 @ 8:00 am – 9:00 am Tickets As part of the Surgical Grand Round lecture series hosted by the Nuffield Department of Surgical Sciences, Mr Hamish Dibley (Senior management consultant and healthcare lead with Capgemini Invent) will discuss “Achieving the Holy-Grail: The[...] How SLOW can you go? Slow Loris Outreach Week 3:00 pm How SLOW can you go? Slow Loris Outreach Week @ TOAD Distillery Oct 19 @ 3:00 pm – 9:00 pm Tickets Come along to a Fundraising Event for Slow Loris Conservation. 3-6pm – Children’s Activities including: nocturnal animal face painting and pumpkin carving (£3 each) and mask making; slow loris puppet show; how to be a[...] How the Universe Will End… 7:00 pm How the Universe Will End… @ Rutherford Appleton Laboratory Oct 19 @ 7:00 pm – 8:15 pm Tickets One of the most exciting questions in all of science remains “How did the Universe begin?”; less spoken about though is the opposite end of the life-cycle: “how the Universe will end…”. Over a rollicking[...]	20 Re-Imagining Cole Symposium 10:00 am Re-Imagining Cole Symposium @ Westorn Library. Lecture Theatre Oct 20 @ 10:00 am – 4:00 pm Tickets The Re-Imagining Cole symposium will examine the background, context and depictions of previously unseen caricatures of Christian Frederick Cole, Oxford University’s first Black African Scholar 1873, and the first Black African to practise Law in[...]
21	22 How AI and Machine Learning are Speeding Up Drug Discovery 5:00 pm How AI and Machine Learning are Speeding Up Drug Discovery @ New Biochemistry Building Seminar Room Oct 22 @ 5:00 pm – 6:00 pm Tickets How are big data, machine learning, and AI currently transforming drug R&D? We’re pleased to invite Dr. Chris Meier to speak on this exciting intersection of science and technology. Dr. Meier is one of the[...]	23 Social Brain and Behaviour Club: Feeling in Seeing : Embodiment, Affect & Visual Politics (when News are Fake) 4:00 pm Social Brain and Behaviour Club: Feeling in Seeing : Embodiment, Affect & Visual Politics (when News are Fake) @ Schlich Lecture Theatre, Plant Sciences Oct 23 @ 4:00 pm – 5:00 pm Tickets Feeling in Seeing : Embodiment, Affect & Visual Politics (when News are Fake) Manos Tsakiris, Lab of Action & Body, Dep of Psychology, Royal Holloway & The Warburg Institute, School of Advanced Study, University of[...] Artist’s Talk: Claudia Clare, ‘Subversive Ceramics’ 5:30 pm Artist’s Talk: Claudia Clare, ‘Subversive Ceramics’ @ Photo Studio, Richard Hamilton Building, Headington Campus, Oxford Brookes University, Headington Road, Oxford OX3 0BP Oct 23 @ 5:30 pm – 6:45 pm Tickets The esteemed ceramicist Claudia Clare is an artist who uses this traditionally domestic medium to present social commentary, often on issues of trauma, sexuality, and revolution. Having been subjected to censorship by public art institutions,[...] My journey from Ghana to RCN President 6:00 pm My journey from Ghana to RCN President @ John Henry Brookes Main Lecture Theatre Oct 23 @ 6:00 pm – 7:00 pm Tickets Join us as part of Black History Month at Oxford Brookes to hear from Dr Cecilia Akrisie Anim President of the Royal College of Nursing (RCN). Cecilia shares her experiences as the first BME President[...]	24 “How useful and reliable is a simplified perspective on technological change?” with Prof Christopher Magee 5:00 pm “How useful and reliable is a simplified perspective on technological change?” with Prof Christopher Magee @ Oxford Martin School Oct 24 @ 5:00 pm – 6:15 pm Tickets This is a joint event with INET@Oxford Technological change involves many economic, social and individual human factors that are interwoven in a complex pattern; thus, technological change serves as an exemplar for a complex socio-technical[...] Asylum after empire: postcolonial legacies in the politics of asylum seeking 5:00 pm Asylum after empire: postcolonial legacies in the politics of asylum seeking @ Oxford Department of International Development (Seminar Room 1) Oct 24 @ 5:00 pm – 6:30 pm Tickets Asylum seekers, refugees, and undocumented migrants often draw attention to the global colonial histories which give context to their present situation. And yet these connections are rarely made by academics. This presentation explores aspects of[...] Oxford English Dictionary 90th Anniversary Celebration Event 7:00 pm Oxford English Dictionary 90th Anniversary Celebration Event @ Blackwell's Bookshop Oct 24 @ 7:00 pm – 8:30 pm Tickets Join us at a special event to mark the 90th anniversary of the Oxford English Dictionary. Editors will share fun and fascinating stories about the dictionary’s past with Henry Hitchings, author of Dr Johnson’s Dictionary,[...] Saving Nature – Prof. Richard Gregory 7:45 pm Saving Nature – Prof. Richard Gregory @ Exeter Hall Oct 24 @ 7:45 pm – 9:15 pm Tickets Bernard Tucker Memorial Lecture – Joint with OOS Prof. Richard Gregory is Head of Species Monitoring and Research at the RSPB Centre for Conservation Science. His talk will explain how the RSPB’s science is delivering[...]	25 Melissa Benn – Life Lessons 7:00 pm Melissa Benn – Life Lessons @ Blackwell's Bookshop Oct 25 @ 7:00 pm – 8:00 pm Tickets Blackwell’s Broad Street Oxford is delighted to welcome to the bookshop Melissa Benn who will be discussing her new book ‘Life Lessons’, a bold proposal for new thinking on education: the formation of a National[...] [CANCELLED] Tithe, timber, and the persistence of the ancien régime 7:30 pm [CANCELLED] Tithe, timber, and the persistence of the ancien régime @ Wesley Memorial Church Oct 25 @ 7:30 pm – 9:00 pm Tickets This talk has unfornately been cancelled. It will be rescheduled for the New Year. Talk followed by questions and discussion. This is part of a series of eight meetings on Thursday evenings, each one[...]	26 Art at Oxford Saïd – Curator Tour 12:30 pm Art at Oxford Saïd – Curator Tour @ Thatcher Business Education Centre Oct 26 @ 12:30 pm – 1:15 pm Tickets Amanda Jewell will take you on a tour of our exhibition:‘Contrasting Arabia’ A contemporary photographic and film journey through the Zaatari Refugee Camp photographed by Anthony Dawton and Jim McFarlane – filmed by Mais Salman[...] The Annual Charles Simonyi Lecture 5:00 pm The Annual Charles Simonyi Lecture @ Oxford Playhouse Oct 26 @ 5:00 pm – 6:00 pm Tickets Join Marcus du Sautoy and a specially invited guest lecturer for this year’s annual Simonyi Lecture. Each year the Simonyi lecture presents a story of cutting-edge science and how it impacts on modern society. From[...] LMH Conversations: Antony Gormley In Conversation with Alan Rusbridger 5:45 pm LMH Conversations: Antony Gormley In Conversation with Alan Rusbridger @ Lady Margaret Hall Oct 26 @ 5:45 pm – 6:45 pm Tickets Alan Rusbridger will be in conversation with Antony Gormley. He is a British sculptor and draftsman and is best known for his work with human forms. Stand-up Philosophy – “Bacteria” 7:00 pm Stand-up Philosophy – “Bacteria” @ Oxford University Museum of Natural History Oct 26 @ 7:00 pm – 9:00 pm Tickets It is the Museum of Natural History’s Bacteria exhibition so our comedians and experts will be bringing you their deepest and funniest thoughts on microbes, disease, and of course bacteria. Hosted by Alex Farrow “An[...]	27
28	29 “What now? Next steps on climate change” with Christiana Figueres 12:30 pm “What now? Next steps on climate change” with Christiana Figueres @ Sheldonian Theatre Oct 29 @ 12:30 pm – 2:00 pm Tickets The Paris Agreement, adopted in December 2015, was a seminal moment in the world’s struggle to fight climate change. 197 countries agreed to limit the rise in global average temperature to “well below 2°C above[...] Introduction to Economic and Financial Consulting and Valuation Case Study Discussion Event with FTI Consulting 6:00 pm Introduction to Economic and Financial Consulting and Valuation Case Study Discussion Event with FTI Consulting @ Jesus College Ship Street Centre Oct 29 @ 6:00 pm – 7:30 pm Tickets INVALUABLE introduction to Economic and Financial Consulting event and valuation case study discussion with FTI Consulting on Monday 29th October (4th wk) from 6pm in Jesus College’s Ship Street Centre WITH LOTS OF FREE DRINKS[...] Welcome Home – Narratives of Arrival from the Windrush generation 6:00 pm Welcome Home – Narratives of Arrival from the Windrush generation @ John Henry Brookes Main Lecture Theatre Oct 29 @ 6:00 pm – 7:30 pm Tickets As part of Black History Month at Oxford Brookes University, Dr Dave Ellis will explore the sentiments and experiences of Caribbean migrants popularly known as the Windrush generation. The session will describe the reactions they[...] FLJS Film Screening: Paths of Glory 7:00 pm FLJS Film Screening: Paths of Glory @ Wolfson College Oct 29 @ 7:00 pm – 9:00 pm Tickets To mark the centenary of the Armistice, we present Stanley Kubrick’s digitally restored masterpiece Paths of Glory. Widely considered to be both his finest work and the best film about the First World War ever[...]	30 “Conflicting truths. How does government listen to scientists?” with Dr Claire Craig 5:00 pm “Conflicting truths. How does government listen to scientists?” with Dr Claire Craig @ Oxford Martin School Oct 30 @ 5:00 pm – 6:00 pm Tickets This talk is co-hosted by the Oxford Martin School, University College & Oxford Institute of Population Ageing, and is a continuation of the Trinity Term ‘Series Science and Populism: from evidence to narrative’ National governments[...] Post-millennial Indian Graphic Novels 5:15 pm Post-millennial Indian Graphic Novels @ Radcliffe Humanities Building Oct 30 @ 5:15 pm – 6:15 pm Tickets Dr. Emma Dawson Varughese will explore the post-millennial Indian graphic novel (and Indian graphic narratives more broadly) in English as a literary, artistic and material product, suggesting that these narratives are particularly receptive to the[...] The Post-Populist Constitution: Reassessing the People in the Constitution 5:30 pm The Post-Populist Constitution: Reassessing the People in the Constitution @ Auditorium, Wolfson College Oct 30 @ 5:30 pm – 6:30 pm Tickets Professor Denis Galligan, Emeritus Professor of Socio-Legal Studies, will deliver the fourth Max Watson Annual Lecture on the constitutional consequences of the rise in populist movements around the world. The following day a workshop will[...] Future of Global Markets & Finance: HSBC Flagship Event – The Dealing Room of Tomorrow 6:00 pm Future of Global Markets & Finance: HSBC Flagship Event – The Dealing Room of Tomorrow @ Examination Schools Oct 30 @ 6:00 pm – 7:30 pm Tickets On Tuesday 30th October from 6pm we have an INVALUABLE and VERY EXCITING HSBC FLAGSHIP OXFORD EVENT on the Future of Global Markets & Finance: The Dealing Room of Tomorrow in the comfortable Surroundings of[...] Reflections from Syria: The role of architecture in conflict 6:30 pm Reflections from Syria: The role of architecture in conflict @ JHB Lecture Theatre, Oxford Brookes University Oct 30 @ 6:30 pm – 8:00 pm Tickets Dr Marwa Al-Sabouni considers the impact of conflict on urban environments, and the opportunity to rethink the colonist-imposed town planning of her home city of Homs, which cut off neighbourhoods and replaced courtyard houses with[...] Reflections from Syria: The role of architecture in conflict 6:30 pm Reflections from Syria: The role of architecture in conflict @ Oxford Brookes University, John Henry Brookes Main Lecture Theatre Oct 30 @ 6:30 pm – 8:00 pm Tickets Dr Marwa Al-Sabouni considers the impact of conflict on urban environments, and the opportunity to rethink the colonist-imposed town planning of her home city of Homs, which cut off neighbourhoods and replaced courtyard houses with[...] The Ocean Plastic Catastrophe 7:30 pm The Ocean Plastic Catastrophe @ The Corn Exchange Oct 30 @ 7:30 pm – 8:30 pm Tickets Oliver Tickell, British journalist, author and campaigner on health and environment issues will talk about the the ocean plastic catastrophe; harnessing the power of international law and other solutions. Oliver has written for well-known newspapers[...]	31 The business of modern slavery: forced migration and forced labour in a failed state, Professor Brad K Blitz 5:00 pm The business of modern slavery: forced migration and forced labour in a failed state, Professor Brad K Blitz @ Oxford Department of International Development (Seminar Room 1) Oct 31 @ 5:00 pm – 6:30 pm Tickets This seminar describes how slavery like situations may occur in transit states. It develops Arendt’s analysis of xenophobic crystallisation to show how under conditions of rightlessness, the interests of the ‘mob’ and capital may give[...] ‘Surge’ – Performing and evolving a text in flux 6:00 pm ‘Surge’ – Performing and evolving a text in flux @ John Henry Brookes Main Lecture Theatre Oct 31 @ 6:00 pm – 7:00 pm Tickets Surge is an award-winning multimedia project dealing with the 1981 New Cross “massacre” – a fire at a birthday party in south London which killed 13 young black people. Inspiration for the piece, initially called[...]

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