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The Art of Witnessing War With Dr Sue Malvern, Reading University Thursday 5 June, 2-3pm, Headley Lecture Theatre Sue Malvern looks at the role of war artists and photographers as witnesses to conflicts and wars.[...]
Speaker: Professor Richard Sennett Professor of Sociology at the LSE & Professor of the Humanities at NYU. His work studies the social ties in cities and the effects of urban living on individuals, and entails[...]
The Psalms in England With Prof M J Toswel, University of Western Ontario Tuesday 10 June, 2-3pm, Headley Lecture Theatre This lecture introduces the Anglo-Saxon psalter, and especially the interlinear vernacular versions in Latin psalters[...]
‘Syria Speaks’ – Seminar Day With Venetia Porter, British Museum, and Paul Collins, Ashmolean Museum Wednesday 11 June, 1.30-4pm, Headley Lecture Theatre The Art of Syria Past and Present: This lecture explores modern and contemporary[...]
Join us at Freud this Wednesday as we consider how the collections, interpretations and rituals of our cultural institutions shape society today. Paul Hobson, director of Modern Art Oxford and Dr Christopher Brown, director of[...]
Joseph Reeves, a contributor to Humanitarian OpenStreetMap, will talk about the importance of crowd sourcing and open data in providing information during a humanitarian crisis. Free, collaborative maps are uniquely valuable to humanitarian work, especially[...]
Speaker: Tom Price The archipelago of Japan is defined as one of the World’s 34 biodiversity hotspots. Learn how staff from the Botanic Garden and Harcourt Arboretum are conducting expeditions to Japan to collect and[...]
‘Syria Speaks’ Lecture: Palmyra: City of Palms With Linda Farrar, archaeologist and lecturer Friday 13 June, 2-4pm, Headley Lecture Theatre Famed for its hauntingly beautiful architectural remains, the ancient city of Palmyra in central Syria[...]
‘On Form’ Sculpture Tour 3-5pm Friday 13 June, Gallery 21 Sculptors from ‘on form’, the exhibition of stone sculpture at the childhood home of the Mitford sisters, Asthall Manor, will be giving tours of selected[...]
Speaker: Susie Orbach Psychotherapist, psychoanalyst, writer and social critic. Her books include Fat is a Feminist Issue and Bodies. A convenor of Anybody, an organisation that campaigns for body diversity. Co-founder of Antidote which works[...]
‘Syria Speaks’ Series Evening Finale: Art & Culture from the Frontline With Malu Halasa and Zaher Omareen, curators and editors Friday 13 June, 6.30-9.30pm, Headley Lecture Theatre The Syrian uprising has seen an outpouring of[...]
Speaker: Guy Horwood In 2013, Harcourt Arboretum arborist Guy Horwood was awarded a travel bursary
to join the prestigious International Dendrology Society on their study tour of the Czech Republic. The tour of this diverse and[...]
A TORCH day conference including keynotes from Terry Eagleton and George Pattison and parallel session papers on theodicy, evil in literature, film and TV, German philosophy (Hegel and Fichte), death and technology, Aristotle, the Akedah,[...]
This time SA is dedicated to the topic of ageing – in conjunction with Silver Sunday. It will feature a talk by Dr. Chrystalina Antoniades about the joys and perils of cognitive ageing, our very[...]
Egyptomania: The Allure of Ancient Egypt With Henrietta McCall, Department of the Middle East, British Museum 2pm Saturday, 11 October 2014 at Ashmolean Museum | Venue Information Henrietta McCall talks about the enduring appeal of[...]
‘Tutankhamun and Co. Ltd’: Arthur Weigall and the Discovery of Tutankhamun’s Tomb With Julie Hankey, author of ‘A Passion for Egypt: Arthur Weigall, Tutankhamun and the Curse of the Pharaohs’ Ashmolean Lecture Theatre Tue 14[...]
The Jerash and Decapolis Cities With Linda Farrar, historian and archaeologist Ashmolean Lecture Theatre Thurs 16 Oct, 2–4pm (inc. tea & cake), Today, the ancient Greco-Roman Decapolis region straddles the countries of Jordan, Israel and[...]
Overture to the Oxford Ceramics Fair With Janice Tchalenko, potter Ashmolean Lecture Theatre Fri 17 Oct, 2–3.30pm Janice Tchalenko is an award-winning potter whose work has been exhibited internationally and commissioned for retail outlets such[...]
Nick is Central Europe Correspondent for BBC news. He will introduce his new book, published by Yale University Press, which documents centuries of civilization along Europe’s great waterway, and has been compared to the classic[...]
“Everywhere the Glint of Gold”: Colourising Tutankhamun’s Tomb With Liam McNamara, Ashmolean Keeper for Ancient Egypt and Sudan and co-curator of ‘Discovering Tutankhamun’ exhibition Ashmolean Lecture Theatre Sat 18 Oct, 2‒3pm Howard Carter’s evocative description[...]
Eye of Horus Necklace workshop With London based jewellery design company Tatty Devine Ashmolean Museum Sat 18 Oct, 2 – 3.30pm Influenced by the ‘Discovering Tutankhamun’ exhibition, join esteemed independent design company Tatty Devine and[...]
As the dust settles after the Scottish referendum and the UK gears up for the next general election, the Oxford Martin School and the Department of Politics and International Relations bring constitutional experts together to[...]
Tutankhaten ‒ Prince and King With Dr Marianne Eaton-Krauss, independent scholar Ashmolean Lecture Theatre Tue 21 Oct, 2.30‒ 3.30pm The name of Tutankhamun is familiar throughout the world, yet academics continue to dispute not only[...]
Eating Restoration Glue to Stay Alive: A History of Hermitage With Dr Rosalind P. Blakesley, University of Cambridge Ashmolean Lecture Theatre Wed 22 Oct, 11am–12pm The Hermitage is an institute like no other,
housing over[...]
Tutankhamun and Revolution With Dr Paul Collins, Jaleh Hearn Curator for Ancient Near East and co-curator of ‘Discovering Tutankhamun’ Ashmolean Lecture Theatre Sat 25 Oct, 2‒3pm This talk considers three historical periods when the image[...]
The Time of the Gods: Myths from Ancient Egypt (STUDY DAY) With Dr Garry Shaw, Egyptologist and author Tue 28 Oct, 10.30am‒4pm An introduction to Egypt’s creation myths and a history of the reigns of[...]
Unwrapping Tutankhamun With Dr Christina Riggs, Senior Lecturer, School of Art History and World Art Studies, University of East Anglia Ashmolean Lecture Theatre Tue 28 Oct, 2.30‒3.30pm After three years of work in the tomb,[...]
Fit for a Pharaoh: The Authorised Facsimile of Tutankhamun’s Tomb With Adam Lowe, Director and Founder of Factum Arte Gallery 21, Ashmolean Museum Wed 29 Oct, from 6.30pm The ticket price includes: a talk by[...]
Dress up to party like it’s 1922 and discover the decade’s fascination with Ancient Egypt at an evening of Jazz Age performances, workshops and talks. – – – – – – – – – –[...]
In Conversation: Sir Norman Rosenthal and Dr Georgina Paul ‘Joseph Beuys & Jörg Immendorff’ Exhibition Event Wednesday 5 November, 11.30am–12.30pm At the Ashmolean Museum Join the curator of the exhibition, Sir Norman Rosenthal, as he[...]
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