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					1 Surgical Grand Round: “Stent assisted coiling of broad based intracranial aneurysms” 8:00 am Surgical Grand Round: “Stent assisted coiling of broad based intracranial aneurysms” @ Lecture Theatre 1, Academic Centre, John Radcliffe Hospital Feb 1 @ 8:00 am – 9:00 am Tickets As part of the Surgical Grand Rounds lecture series, hosted by the Nuffield Department of Surgical Sciences at Oxford University, Dr Wilhelm Kueker, Consultant Neuroradiologist at Oxford University Hospitals NHS Foundation Trust, will discuss “Stent[...] “She Decides: Women and Bodily Autonomy” with Robin Gorna 5:00 pm “She Decides: Women and Bodily Autonomy” with Robin Gorna @ Sir Joseph Hotung Auditorium, Mansfield College Feb 1 @ 5:00 pm – 6:00 pm Tickets Robin Gorna, leader of the support team for the SheDecides movement; has over three decades of experinecer leading global and national health organisations. Author of “Vamps, Virgins & Victimes: How can women fight AIDS?”	2
3	4 FLJS Films presents: Golden Kingdom, with talk by director Brian Perkins 7:00 pm FLJS Films presents: Golden Kingdom, with talk by director Brian Perkins @ Wolfson College Feb 4 @ 7:00 pm – 9:00 pm Tickets FLJS Films is pleased to present a special screening of Golden Kingdom, the acclaimed first international feature film to be produced in Myanmar since its reopening. The film’s director Brian Perkins will discuss the film[...]	5 Nikita Sud – Unfixed Land and the making of Contemporary India 2:00 pm Nikita Sud – Unfixed Land and the making of Contemporary India @ St Antony's College Feb 5 @ 2:00 pm – 3:00 pm Tickets As we face climate change, our relationship with nature needs rethinking. Nature is impacted, even constituted, by human activity. However, societies are also co-constituted by nature. My research explores the subject-centrality of nature through land and[...] “Cumulative emissions of carbon – a path to halting climate change?” with Dr Joeri Rogelj (Oxford Energy Colloquia event) 5:00 pm “Cumulative emissions of carbon – a path to halting climate change?” with Dr Joeri Rogelj (Oxford Energy Colloquia event) @ Oxford Martin School Feb 5 @ 5:00 pm – 6:15 pm Tickets This is a joint event with the Oxford Energy Colloquia Since the late 2000s, science has established that global warming is largely defined by the total amount of carbon dioxide we emit into the atmosphere.[...] Shaun Breslin – The Power to Chnage Minds? China’s rise and ideational alternatives 5:00 pm Shaun Breslin – The Power to Chnage Minds? China’s rise and ideational alternatives @ Nissan Lecture Theatre, St Antony's College Feb 5 @ 5:00 pm – 6:00 pm Tickets There seems to be a growing consensus that previous assumptions about the long term consequences of China’s rise have turned out to be misplaced. Rather than China becoming ‘socialised’ into the liberal global order (and[...] Science on Your Doorstep: Keith Willett – Transformation, Terrorism and Trauma in the NHS 7:30 pm Science on Your Doorstep: Keith Willett – Transformation, Terrorism and Trauma in the NHS @ St Andrew’s Primary School Feb 5 @ 7:30 pm – 8:30 pm Tickets Join us for a new season of Science on Your Doorstep, where we shine a spotlight on fascinating people living and working in Headington around the site of our new Science Oxford Centre opening later[...] Cambridgeshire’s bryophytes – a dynamic flora – Dr Chris Preston 8:00 pm Cambridgeshire’s bryophytes – a dynamic flora – Dr Chris Preston @ St Margaret's Institute Feb 5 @ 8:00 pm – 9:15 pm Tickets Warburg Memorial Lecture – Joint with BBOWT Bryophytes in Cambridgeshire have been recorded continuously since 1927 and with increasing intensity in recent decades. A detailed analysis of the records reveals the remarkably dynamic nature of[...]	6	7 The Salvation Agenda: The Politics of Medical Humanitarianism During Zimbabwe’s Cholera Outbreak 2008/09 5:30 pm The Salvation Agenda: The Politics of Medical Humanitarianism During Zimbabwe’s Cholera Outbreak 2008/09 @ St Cross College Feb 7 @ 5:30 pm – 7:00 pm Tickets Speaker: Assoc. Professor Simukai Chigudu (Associate Professor of African Politics, Oxford Department of International Development) This paper examines the humanitarian politics of responding to Zimbabwe’s catastrophic cholera outbreak of 2008/09, the worst in African history.[...]	8 Surgical Grand Round: ‘Brain tumour surgery – awake and novel imaging’ 8:00 am Surgical Grand Round: ‘Brain tumour surgery – awake and novel imaging’ @ Lecture Theatre 1, Academic Centre, John Radcliffe Hospital, Oxford Feb 8 @ 8:00 am – 9:00 am Tickets As part of the Surgical Grand Rounds lecture series, hosted by the Nuffield Department of Surgical Sciences at the University of Oxford, Mr Puneet Plaha, a Consultant Neurosurgeon at Oxford University Hospitals NHS Trust, will[...] Hirsch Lecture 2019 (Materials, Engineering and Medical) 4:30 pm Hirsch Lecture 2019 (Materials, Engineering and Medical) @ Lecture Room 1, Thom Building (Dept of Engineering) Feb 8 @ 4:30 pm – 5:30 pm Tickets ‘Triboreacted materials as functional interfaces in internal combustion engines and medical implants’ Reducing CO2 and particulate emissions to halt global warming and improve the air cleanliness in developed and developing nations is urgent. A similarly[...] Power-posing politicians, human pheromones, and other psychological myths with Tristram Wyatt 4:30 pm Power-posing politicians, human pheromones, and other psychological myths with Tristram Wyatt @ Rewley House Feb 8 @ 4:30 pm – 6:00 pm Tickets Newspapers often feature studies that sound too good to be true and often they aren’t – they are myths. Some myths may be harmless but the phenomenon affects most kinds of research within evidence-based science.[...]	9
10	11 Taking Back Control’ in an Age of Walling: Border Narratives of Crisis and Desire in Europe – Nick Vaughan-Williams 4:15 pm Taking Back Control’ in an Age of Walling: Border Narratives of Crisis and Desire in Europe – Nick Vaughan-Williams @ John Henry Brookes Building (JHB) - Room 204 Feb 11 @ 4:15 pm – 5:30 pm Tickets – GPES Seminar Series – Oxford Brookes “Why do we spend so little on preventing ill-health and so much on treating it?” with Prof Chris Dye 5:00 pm “Why do we spend so little on preventing ill-health and so much on treating it?” with Prof Chris Dye @ Oxford Martin School Feb 11 @ 5:00 pm – 6:15 pm Tickets “Prevention is better than cure”, and yet only 3% of health expenditure in OECD countries is spent on prevention and public health while more than 90% is spent on curative, rehabilitative and long-term care. How[...]	12 Finbarr Barry Flood (NYU) – Connected Histories? Arabia, India and the Architecture of Medieval Ethiopia 2:00 pm Finbarr Barry Flood (NYU) – Connected Histories? Arabia, India and the Architecture of Medieval Ethiopia @ Fellows' Dining Room, St Antony's College Feb 12 @ 2:00 pm – 3:00 pm Tickets Abstract: Although early modern artistic connections between India and Ethiopia are reasonably well documented, there is little or no epigraphic or textual evidence for earlier histories of circulation across the Indian Ocean. Yet, architectural and[...] God in the Counselling Room: Witness, Welcome or Working? 7:00 pm God in the Counselling Room: Witness, Welcome or Working? @ Rewley House Feb 12 @ 7:00 pm – 9:00 pm Tickets A lecture exploring the therapist’s use of Spiritual and Religious Interventions. The lecture will delve into questions such as “what is the most helpful way for God to be present in the counselling room?”, “what[...]	13	14 Dystopian Fiction: Talk, Exhibition and Community Viewing 3:30 pm Dystopian Fiction: Talk, Exhibition and Community Viewing @ Iris Classics Centre at Cheney School Feb 14 @ 3:30 pm – 6:15 pm Tickets We are delighted to welcome Professor Greg Claeys, lecturer from Royal Holloway University, and author of “Dystopias: A Natural History” to speak at the Classics Centre about Dystopian Fiction. He will speak between 3.30 –[...] “The economics of 1.5°C climate change” with Prof Simon Dietz 5:00 pm “The economics of 1.5°C climate change” with Prof Simon Dietz @ Oxford Martin School Feb 14 @ 5:00 pm – 6:00 pm Tickets The economic case for limiting warming to 1.5°C is unclear, due to manifold uncertainties. However, it cannot be ruled out that the 1.5°C target passes a cost-benefit test. Costs are almost certainly high: the median[...] Art at Oxford Saïd – Business Talk: The Art of Entrepreneurship 5:15 pm Art at Oxford Saïd – Business Talk: The Art of Entrepreneurship @ Saïd Business School Feb 14 @ 5:15 pm – 6:45 pm Tickets The challenges of setting up a business in the art world. Philip Hoffman Founder and CEO of The Fine Art Group, will discuss changing attitudes around art as an asset class. He will discuss the[...] The Art of Old Age 6:00 pm The Art of Old Age @ History of Science Museum Feb 14 @ 6:00 pm – 7:00 pm Tickets In this alternative Valentine’s Day event Dr María del Pilar Blanco (University of Oxford) discusses the art of geriatrics and degeneration in Spanish America at the end of the 1800s, and how it entered the[...]	15	16 AAAHS Talk series – Abingdon’s History and Archaeology 11:00 am AAAHS Talk series – Abingdon’s History and Archaeology @ Abingdon County Hall Museum Feb 16 @ 11:00 am – 3:45 pm Tickets Abingdon Area Archaeological & Historical Society members will give FREE talks at Abingdon County Hall Museum every third Saturday of the month starting in February 2019. Each will last 30 minutes and be about a[...]
17	18 Maddie Breeze – “All Imposters? Contemporary Circulations of Imposter Syndrome in Higher Education” 4:15 pm Maddie Breeze – “All Imposters? Contemporary Circulations of Imposter Syndrome in Higher Education” @ John Henry Brookes Building (JHB) - Room 204 Feb 18 @ 4:15 pm – 5:15 pm Tickets Maddie Breeze is a sociologist and Chancellor’s Fellow in the School of Education, University of Strathclyde. Her book Seriousness in Women’s Roller Derby was awarded the 2016 Philip Abram’s Memorial Prize by the British Sociological[...]	19 Udit Bhatia (Oxford) – What’s the Party Like? The Normative Starus of the Political Party in South Asia 2:00 pm Udit Bhatia (Oxford) – What’s the Party Like? The Normative Starus of the Political Party in South Asia @ Fellows' Dining Room, St Antony's College Feb 19 @ 2:00 pm – 3:00 pm Tickets Abstract: Current commentary in legal and political philosophy conceptualises political parties either as private organisations, immune from legal regulation in their internal affairs, or as quasi-public institutions, where the state may justifiably mandate certain internal[...] Pitch for Your Innovation –Identify the Commercialisable Value, and Make it Convincing 5:00 pm Pitch for Your Innovation –Identify the Commercialisable Value, and Make it Convincing @ New Biochemistry New Seminar Room Feb 19 @ 5:00 pm – 6:00 pm Tickets What defines a scientific discovery with market value? How are innovations evaluated by investors? What makes a successful investor pitch? How do I make personal impact? Other than good science, it takes young entrepreneurs so[...] Distinguished Speaker Seminar: Building a benchmark reputation in tough times 5:15 pm Distinguished Speaker Seminar: Building a benchmark reputation in tough times @ Saïd Business School Feb 19 @ 5:15 pm – 6:45 pm Tickets Italy has faced more than its share of political, economic and financial headwinds in recent years. Markets have often attributed risks far greater than those seen on the ground. Broader uncertainty in Europe and Britain[...] Stories for Our Times: Retelling the Norse Myths 5:30 pm Stories for Our Times: Retelling the Norse Myths @ St Cross College Feb 19 @ 5:30 pm – 6:30 pm Tickets Stories for Our Times: Retelling the Norse Myths The Norse Myths, published by Quercus in 2018, is the latest in a long line of retellings of the myths and legends of medieval Scandinavia; tales that,[...]	20 Michael Hastings – Cell-autonomous and Circuit-level Mechanisms of Circadian Timekeeping in Mammas: Genes, Neurons and Astrocytes. 12:00 pm Michael Hastings – Cell-autonomous and Circuit-level Mechanisms of Circadian Timekeeping in Mammas: Genes, Neurons and Astrocytes. @ Oxford Martin School Feb 20 @ 12:00 pm – 1:00 pm Tickets In mammals the cell-autonomous circadian clock pivots around a transcriptional/post-translational feedback loop. However, we remain largely ignorant of the critical molecular, cell biological, and circuit-level processes that determine the precision and robustness of circadian rhythms:[...] ‘Heaven might be something like North Oxford’ 8:00 pm ‘Heaven might be something like North Oxford’ @ Magdalen College Auditorium Feb 20 @ 8:00 pm – 9:15 pm Tickets Organised by Oxford Civic Society @oxcivicsoc. Architectural historian Professor William Whyte of St John’s College will reflect on the North Oxford Conservation Area, designated just over 50 years ago.. https://www.oxcivicsoc.org.uk/programme/	21 How Effective is International Humanitarian Action? 4:00 pm How Effective is International Humanitarian Action? @ Oxford Brookes John Henry Brookes building, room 406 Feb 21 @ 4:00 pm – 5:00 pm Tickets From Afghanistan to Zimbabwe, UN agencies, NGOs and the Red Cross / Crescent work to save lives and protect rights in the wake of natural disasters and armed conflict. How effective is the $27Billion sector?[...] debate: ‘This House believes countries should restrict immigration to preserve national culture’ 5:30 pm debate: ‘This House believes countries should restrict immigration to preserve national culture’ @ Oxford Town Hall Feb 21 @ 5:30 pm – 7:00 pm Tickets Join 6 young people from 6 different countries to debate: ‘This House believes countries should restrict immigration to preserve national culture’ chaired and presented by the BBC’s Jonny Dymond (former BBC Correspondent Brussels, Istanbul and[...] Why We Cycle – Dutch Film 7:00 pm Why We Cycle – Dutch Film @ John Henry Brookes Lecture Theatre, Oxford Brookes Headington Feb 21 @ 7:00 pm – 8:30 pm Tickets Cycling film ‘Why We Cycle’ Duration 57 minutes There are more bicycles than people in the Netherlands. The film “Why We Cycle” gets cyclists and scientists to talk about Dutch cycling culture. These conversations uncover[...] 100 years on from ‘Homes fit for Heroes’; Sian Berry, Co-leader of the Green Party on the local authority’s responsibility to provide decent housing. 7:30 pm 100 years on from ‘Homes fit for Heroes’; Sian Berry, Co-leader of the Green Party on the local authority’s responsibility to provide decent housing. @ Open House Oxford Feb 21 @ 7:30 pm – 9:00 pm Tickets Two-thousand and nineteen marks the centenary of the Addison Act, the housing legislation which realised Lloyd-George’s ‘Homes fit for Heroes’ and the start of a nationwide system of state-owned housing that has lasted most of[...] Television: remote control 7:30 pm Television: remote control @ Wesley Memorial Church Feb 21 @ 7:30 pm – 9:00 pm Tickets Talk followed by questions and discussion All welcome This is the latest in a series of eight weekly talks. The full list is: Brexit: archaic techniques of ecstasy Thursday 17 January: 7:30pm–9:00pm Wesley Memorial Church[...]	22 Jeff Koons and the art of the Past – with Xa Sturgis, Ashmolean Director 5:45 pm Jeff Koons and the art of the Past – with Xa Sturgis, Ashmolean Director @ Ashmolean Museum Feb 22 @ 5:45 pm – 6:45 pm Tickets Jeff Koons’s recent works explicitly reference appropriate works of art of the ancient or more recent past. This special talk, with Ashmolean Director Dr Xa Sturgis, will explore the work of Jeff Koons throughout his[...]	23 OxFEST’s 8th Annual Conference: Expanding Horizons 9:00 am OxFEST’s 8th Annual Conference: Expanding Horizons @ Lady Margaret Hall Feb 23 @ 9:00 am – 5:30 pm Tickets The day will consist of a range of events, hosted by speakers from different areas of STEM and industry. Expect to hear from keynote speakers, engage with panel discussions, and get hands on experience in[...] Jeremy Heywood: his life and his legacy 2:00 pm Jeremy Heywood: his life and his legacy @ Oxford Martin School Feb 23 @ 2:00 pm – 6:00 pm Tickets An afternoon of celebration and debate marking the legacy of former Cabinet Secretary Jeremy Heywood. The Neuroscience of Dance 2:00 pm The Neuroscience of Dance @ St. Edmund Hall, Oxford Feb 23 @ 2:00 pm – 7:00 pm Tickets Join us at Teddy Hall next week for a fantastic event on the ‘Neuroscience of Dance’ brought to you by the Centre for the Creative Brain! Science, dance and wine – what more could you[...]
24	25 Political Parties and Democracy in the City: Mobilisation, Participation and Representation in Buenos Aires – Sam Halvorsen 4:15 pm Political Parties and Democracy in the City: Mobilisation, Participation and Representation in Buenos Aires – Sam Halvorsen @ John Henry Brookes Building (JHB) Room 204 Feb 25 @ 4:15 pm – 5:15 pm Tickets – GPES Seminar Series, Oxford Brookes University	26 Thomas Chambers (Oxford Brookes) – Continuity in the mind: Imagination and migration on India and the Gulf 2:00 pm Thomas Chambers (Oxford Brookes) – Continuity in the mind: Imagination and migration on India and the Gulf @ Fellows' Dining Room, St Antony's College Feb 26 @ 2:00 pm – 3:00 pm Tickets In the context of migration between Uttar Pradesh, other areas of India, and the Gulf, this paper explores the role of the imagination in shaping subjective experiences of male Muslim migrants from a woodworking industry[...] How the Earth Made Us with Lewis Dartnell 7:30 pm How the Earth Made Us with Lewis Dartnell @ Nissan Lecture Theatre, St Anthonys College Feb 26 @ 7:30 pm – 8:30 pm Tickets Join astrobiologist Lewis Dartnell as he takes us billions of years into our planet’s past and tells us the ultimate origin story. From the cultivation of the first crops to the founding of modern states,[...]	27 Engaging with the Humanities: Fandom, women and the Shakespearean theatre 12:15 pm Engaging with the Humanities: Fandom, women and the Shakespearean theatre @ Saïd Business School Feb 27 @ 12:15 pm – 1:30 pm Tickets The beginnings of a celebrity or star culture in the theatre of Shakespeare’s time. How many women went to Shakespeare’s plays? This talk explores the evidence and significance of female theatre going in the early[...] “The Globotics Upheaval: Globalization, Robotics, and the Future of Work” with Prof Richard Baldwin 5:00 pm “The Globotics Upheaval: Globalization, Robotics, and the Future of Work” with Prof Richard Baldwin @ Oxford Martin School Feb 27 @ 5:00 pm – 6:15 pm Tickets Automation, AI and robotics are changing our lives quickly – but digital disruption goes much further than we realise. In this talk, Richard Baldwin, one of the world’s leading globalisation experts, will explain that exponential[...] Deborah Warner Inaugural Cameron Mackintosh Lecture 5:00 pm Deborah Warner Inaugural Cameron Mackintosh Lecture @ Bernard Sunley Lecture Theatre Feb 27 @ 5:00 pm – 6:00 pm Tickets Deborah Warner: Changing Directions – Journeys in theatre, opera and installation Date: Wednesday, 27 February 2019 Time: 5.00pm (Attendees must be seated by 4.45pm) Venue: Bernard Sunley Lecture Theatre, St Catherine’s College, Manor Road, Oxford,[...]	28 “Saving labour: automation and its enemies” with Dr Carl Benedikt Frey 5:30 pm “Saving labour: automation and its enemies” with Dr Carl Benedikt Frey @ Oxford Martin School Feb 28 @ 5:30 pm – 6:30 pm Tickets In 2013, Carl Frey and Michael Osborne published a paper titled ‘The Future of Employment: How Susceptible Are Jobs to Computerisation?’ which estimated that 47% of jobs in the US are at risk of automation.[...] Is there a Moral Problem with the Gig Economy? 5:30 pm Is there a Moral Problem with the Gig Economy? @ St Cross College Feb 28 @ 5:30 pm – 7:00 pm Tickets Speaker: Dr Daniel Halliday (Senior Lecturer in Philosophy, University of Melbourne) Recent advances in communication economy have created new ways for consumers to access service labour. Those who own the platforms associated with these services[...] “What Women Want” – An exploration of 100 years of marketing to women 6:15 pm “What Women Want” – An exploration of 100 years of marketing to women @ Saïd Business School Feb 28 @ 6:15 pm – 9:00 pm Tickets Brands across the UK are missing an opportunity to add up to $1bn to their brand value by failing to meaningfully reflect, represent and champion women in their marketing and advertising efforts. In this session,[...] An Evening with author Stacey Halls 7:00 pm An Evening with author Stacey Halls @ Blackwell's Bookshop Westgate Feb 28 @ 7:00 pm – 8:30 pm Tickets Join us for an evening with the novelist Stacey Halls, author of this year’s most spellbinding debut – The Familiars. Stacey Halls will be in conversation at Blackwell’s Bookshop at Westgate Oxford on Thursday 28[...] Fascism and populism: can you spot the difference? 7:30 pm Fascism and populism: can you spot the difference? @ Wesley Memorial Church Feb 28 @ 7:30 pm – 9:00 pm Tickets Talk followed by questions and discussion

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