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

Sep 10 @ 6:00 pm – 7:30 pm Sheldonian Theatre
David Mitchell, author of ‘Cloud Atlas’, will be discussing his new book ‘The Bone Clocks’.
Sep 23 @ 2:00 pm – 3:30 pm Oxford Martin School
Over the past years, China’s role in global climate negotiations has become ever more crucial and controversial. While these years have also seen the ethical debate on global climate policy grow and flourish, the debate[...]
Sep 25 @ 6:30 pm – 8:00 pm Oxford Town Hall
A public meeting with a short introductory talk followed by questions and discussion. The end of violence Thursday 25 September, 7:30pm to 9:00pm Oxford Town Hall, St Aldates All welcome Organised by Oxford Communist Corresponding[...]
Oct 3 @ 5:00 pm Oxford Playhouse
Simon Singh has been unearthing scientific and mathematical mysteries for more than 20 years. Here he will introduce his new book, The Simpsons and their Mathematical Secrets, which explores the vast amount of mathematics smuggled[...]
Oct 8 @ 6:00 pm – 8:00 pm Sheldonian Theatre
COIN are hosting the launch of international best-seller Naomi Klein’s new book “This Changes Everything”. Tickets for the 8 October event are on sale now.
Oct 13 @ 5:00 pm – 6:30 pm Oxford Martin School
Join Professor Nick Bostrom for a talk on his new book, Superintelligence: Paths, Dangers, Strategies, and a journey that takes us to the frontiers of thinking about the human condition and the future of intelligent[...]
Oct 14 @ 2:30 pm – 3:30 pm Ashmolean Museum
‘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[...]
Oct 15 @ 5:00 pm – 6:30 pm SR1, Department of International Development
Speakers: Dr Elena Fiddian-Qasmiyeh (University College London) and Professor Gil Loescher (Refugee Studies Centre) Refugee and Forced Migration Studies has grown from being a concern of a relatively small number of scholars and policy researchers[...]
Oct 15 @ 5:30 pm – 9:00 pm Leonard Wolfson Auditorium
In this lecture, Rory O. Millson, Partner at Cravath, Swaine and Moore LLP, will explore the legality and ethics of the increasingly common use of military drones to kill ‘enemy combatants’ in the ongoing fight[...]
Oct 15 @ 7:30 pm The Albion Beatnik Bookstore
The Emma Press is celebrating the launch of Stephen Sexton’s new pamphlet, ‘Oils’, with a special event featuring Stephen and three other Emma Press poets. STEPHEN SEXTON studies at the Seamus Heaney Centre for Poetry[...]
Oct 16 @ 6:30 pm – 8:00 pm The Port Mahon
We have yet to discover other life in our Galaxy, but we have a good idea where it might be! Join the astrophysicists Chris Lintott (BBC’s Sky at Night) and Grant Miller from Zooniverse, the[...]
Oct 16 @ 7:30 pm – 9:00 pm The Mitre
A public meeting with a short introductory talk followed by questions and discussion. The difficulty of imagining a free society Thursday 16 October, 7:30pm to 9:00pm The Mitre, corner of High St and Turl St[...]
Oct 17 @ 8:00 pm – 9:00 pm Harris Seminar Room, Oriel College
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[...]
Oct 21 @ 7:00 pm – 8:00 pm Blackwell's Bookshop
What is it like to be a brain surgeon? How does it feel to hold someone’s life in your hands, to cut into the stuff that creates thought, feeling and reason? How do you live[...]
Oct 21 @ 7:30 pm – 10:30 pm Leonard Wolfson Auditorium
Directed by the Oscar Award winning documentary maker Alex Gibney, We Steal Secrets: The Story of Wikileaks tells the story of Julian Assange’s rise and fall as the founder of Wikileaks and self-proclaimed defender of[...]
Oct 22 @ 11:00 am – 12:00 pm Ashmolean Museum
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,
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Oct 25 @ 2:00 pm – 3:00 pm Ashmolean Museum
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[...]
Oct 26 @ 3:30 pm – 4:30 pm Exeter College, Rector's Lodgings Drawing Room
Lord Butler of Brockwell KG, former Cabinet Secretary, former Master of University College, Oxford, and current member of the Parliamentary Intelligence and Security Committee will discuss the subject of spying. There is no charge to[...]
Oct 27 @ 5:00 pm – 6:30 pm Oxford Martin School
Despite our extensive knowledge of the major challenges the world faces during coming decades, impasse exists in global attempts to address economic, climate, trade, security, and other key issues. The Chancellor will examine the implications[...]
Oct 27 @ 7:30 pm – 9:00 pm Oxford Martin School
This lecture is a joint event by the Oxford Martin School and The Oxford International Relations Society (IRSoc) Speaker: Kate Allen, Director, Amnesty International UK The lecture is free and open to all and will[...]
Nov 5 @ 6:30 pm Wadham College, Old Refectory
Book Launch: Bread, Freedom and Social Justice Workers and the Egyptian Revolution speakers: Anne Alexander and Mostafa Bassiouny with contributions from Miriyam Aouragh, Mohamed-Saleh Omri, Peter Dwyer Accounts of the Arab Spring often focus on[...]
Nov 6 @ 12:45 pm – 2:00 pm SR3, St. Anne's College
Professor Sarah Whatmore, head of School of Geography and the Environment, will speak about ‘Living with flooding: the science and politics of flood risk management’. Sarah Whatmore is Professor of Environment and Public Policy at[...]
Nov 10 @ 5:00 pm – 6:00 pm Oxford Martin School
Globalisation has brought us vast benefits including growth in incomes, education, innovation and connectivity. Professor Ian Goldin, Director of the Oxford Martin School, argues that it also has the potential to destabilise our societies. In[...]
Nov 18 @ 5:00 pm – 6:30 pm Oxford Martin School
Panel: Professor Charles Godfray, Director, Oxford Martin Programme on the Future of Food and author of the chapter How can 9-10 Billion People be Fed Sustainably and Equitably by 2050? Professor Ian Goldin, Director, Oxford[...]
Nov 19 @ 5:00 pm – 6:00 pm Oxford Martin School
Professor David Vines, Director, Ethics & Economics, The Institute for New Economic Thinking at the Oxford Martin School, will talk about his new book Capital Failure: Rebuilding Trust in Financial Services. The book talk will[...]
Nov 20 @ 7:30 pm – 9:00 pm The Mitre
A public meeting with a short introductory talk followed by questions and discussion. Animal rights: a human perspective Thursday 20 November, 7:30pm to 9:00pm The Mitre, corner of High St and Turl St (upstairs function[...]
Nov 21 @ 7:30 pm – 9:00 pm Martin Wood Lecture Theatre, Oxford University,
What can our celestial neighbours tell us about life on Earth? Space is positively buzzing with comets and asteroids but what might they reveal about how life on our planet first began? As scientists from[...]
Nov 24 @ 6:00 pm – 8:00 pm Lecture Theatre VI, West Wing, Saïd Business School
We are delighted to welcome Michael S. Malone to Saïd Business School on Monday 24th November. Mike has covered Silicon Valley and high-tech for more than thirty years, and was twice nominated by the San[...]
Nov 26 @ 4:00 pm Lecture Theatre A, Department of Zoology
This year’s Oxford Martin Programme on the Future of Food Lecture is by Michael Mack, CEO of Syngenta He will be talking about: “Technophobia vs. technophilia: The polarized debate about our food” This is the[...]
Dec 17 @ 7:00 pm – 8:00 pm Blackwell's Bookshop
Legendary Science-Fiction author Brian Aldiss will be celebrating the re-release of his mythological novel, ‘Jocasta’. In ‘Jocasta’, Aldiss brings vividly to life the ancient world of dreaming Thebes: a world of sun-drenched landscapes, golden dust,[...]