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The Prime Minister wants to defeat dementia by 2025 and says: “Dementia now stands alongside cancer as one of the greatest enemies of humanity.” It affects over 800,000 people in Britain, at huge cost to[...]
William Buckland: Geologist, theologian, palaeontologist. What rules the world? The stomach, according to William Buckland. He’s the man who described the first dinosaur from a jaw bone found in Oxfordshire and named it the Megalosaurus.[...]
Now that you’re over the age of 10 asking ‘silly’ questions about dinosaurs may feel well… a little silly! So we’re offering you the opportunity to ask anything and everything you ever wanted to know[...]
From the struggle to get up on a Monday morning to coping with jet-lag, the body has to carefully balance our need to be alert or to be at rest. But how does the brain[...]
Fossils are not just a thing of the past – every year more prehistoric discoveries are made that inform our knowledge of Dinosaurs. In the concluding talk of our Palaeontology mini-season Dr Tim Ewin, from[...]
Reproducibility is a central principle of scientific research and its importance is now increasingly emphasised. Several fields such as cancer drug discovery, social psychology and computational science are said be undergoing a credibility crisis due[...]
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[...]
The seminar will focus on the role of the Ecumenical Patriarchate in the modern inter-Orthodox and inter-Christian relations, and the role of the Patriarchate in global politics.
The Future of the Church of England: A debate on the future of the Church of England, featuring speakers Revd Dr Andrew Davison, Professor Robin Gill, Lord Mawson, and Revd Canon Anna Norman-Walker. Chaired by[...]
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[...]
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[...]
‘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[...]
Globalized finance poses major challenges for emerging economies. The Gobal Economic Governance Programme’s Annual Lecture provides an exciting chance to hear from one of Latin America’s leading policy makers. Governor Vergara will share his experiences[...]
Sue Thomas, ‘Ghostly Presences: James Potter Lockhart and Jane Maxwell Lockhart in Jean Rhys’s Writing’. Sue Thomas, Professor of English at La Trobe University, Australia, is a Visiting Scholar at OCLW in October 2014. In[...]
Weekly seminars on the ubiquitous but underexplored phenomenon of procrastination, the ‘thief of time’. Today’s seminar sees Professor Vince Crawford (Economics) on ‘Now or Later?’
Seminar by Prof Beverly Clack, Professor in the Philosophy of Religion, Oxford Brookes University.
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[...]
The environment is all around us, in the food we eat and the air we breathe. It is important to all of us. Over eight weeks you will learn about natural and man-made challenges faced[...]
Discuss the clinal and ethical implications of the 100,000 Genomes Project An evening event organised by the Progress Educational Trust (PET) in partnership with Genomics England. The event is free to attend, but advance booking[...]
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[...]
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[...]
Prof Peter Visscher, Professor and Chair of Quantitative Genetics, Queensland Brain Institute, The University of Queensland Driven by advances in genome technologies, the last 7 years have witnessed a revolution in our understanding of complex[...]
Part of the Oxford Internet Institute’s Bellwether Lectures series. Speaker: Caroline Haythornthwaite Learning has left the classroom. It is being re-constituted across distance, discipline, workplace, and media as the social and technical interconnectivity of the[...]
Broadcaster Melvyn Bragg will introduce world leading scientists including President of the Royal Society and Nobel Prize winner Sir Paul Nurse, mathematician Marcus du Sautoy (1983, Mathematics) and astrophysicist Joanna Dunkley at this event marking[...]
“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[...]
Speaker: Lina Molokotos-Liederman (Uppsala University) The first part of the seminar will look at the Orthodox Christian approach of addressing social issues of poverty, injustice and inequality, and the concept of Orthodox diakonia. The second[...]
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[...]
The Annual Sidney Ball Memorial Lecture: Professor Tom Cook, Joan and Sarepta Harrison Chair in Ethics and Justice, Professor of Sociology, Psychology, Education and Social Policy, Northwestern University Institute for Policy Research, will be this[...]
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[...]
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