Some face-to-face events are returning. Check carefully for any requirements.
OutBurst is the Oxford Brookes University festival at the Pegasus Theatre on Magdalen Road. Brookes will be bursting out of the university campus into the community, bringing great ideas, activities, and entertainment right to the[...]
Oxford Internet Institute Bellwether Lecture presented by Professor Dan Burk on Copyright, Culture, and Community in Virtual Worlds We have accumulated an increasingly rich body of data concerning online communities, particularly those that share virtual[...]
Reuters Institute / Nuffield College Media & Politics seminars The following seminars will be given at 5pm on Fridays, normally in the Butler Room, Nuffield College. Convenors: Neil Fowler, James Painter, David Levy Speakers: Professor[...]
The Hungarian ambassador to London will discuss Hungary’s Euro-Atlantic integration after regaining freedom in 1989. His Excellency will not skirt sensitive questions such as Hungary’s position on Russia, or European energy security and its consequences[...]
2015 lies between the 450th anniversary of Shakespeare’s birth last year, and the 400th anniversary of his death next year. As celebrations of Shakespeare’s profundity and morality abound, James Sheldrake will be offering a timely[...]
Helen McCrory, in conversation with Edith Hall (KCL), about her performance in the National Theatre’s recent production of Medea (2014). Free, all welcome, no booking required.
During a speech in 1957, Prime Minister Harold MacMillan declared “our people have never had it so good”. Now, more than half a century later, are we fundamentally any better off? Through discussion of technological[...]
The presenter will introduce different crowdfunding platforms which serve different purposes, for instance education-related initiatives, charitable works, new products and start-ups. Presenter: Shan Huang, D.Phil student at Department of Education, Founder of OxFund
This is a joint event between the Oxford Martin School and The Oxford International Relations Society (IRSoC) The lecture is free and open to all and will be followed by a drinks reception for members[...]
Reuters Institute seminars “The business and practice of journalism” The following seminars will be given at 2pm on Wednesdays, normally in the Barclay Room, Green Templeton College. Convenors: James Painter, David Levy Speaker: Kevin Sutcliffe,[...]
The Annual Zola Skweyiya Lecture
Mankind’s strategies of mitigation and adaptation may well turn out to be too weak and too late to avoid dangerous climate change later this century. So might we need to try a different route –[...]
Catherine Gallagher from Berkeley will give a talk on A Tale of Two Cities and the History of Modern Revenge as part of the Victorian Research Seminar series at the Faculty of English Language &[...]
The inaugural Lorna Casselton Memorial Lecture, entitled “Science as Revolution”, will be at 5pm on Friday 15th May, in the main Lecture Theatre, L1, at the Mathematical Institute in the Radcliffe Observatory Quarter. It will[...]
Reuters Institute / Nuffield College Media & Politics seminars The following seminars will be given at 5pm on Fridays, normally in the Butler Room, Nuffield College. Convenors: Neil Fowler, James Painter, David Levy Speaker: Anthony[...]
Marcus’ books include Croatia, a Nation Born in War and The Last of the Celts (Yale University Press). The most recent is on Victorian Balkan explorer Edith Durham. In the 1990s he was Balkan correspondent[...]
Maarten De Pourcq (Radboud University Nijmegen) will present a paper on the links between Classics, the First World War, and the Rise of Flemish Culture. Followed by Q & A and refreshments. Free, all welcome.[...]
As former European Commissioner for Climate Action and as host Minister of the 2009 UN Climate Change Conference in Copenhagen, Connie Hedegaard has been at the sharp end of global agreements. While the Copenhagen talks[...]
Having seen the election results unfold, the topic of political strategy and communication is as relevant as ever in highlighting the ways in which politicians and organisations seek to influence public opinion and shape political[...]
Reuters Institute seminars “The business and practice of journalism” The following seminars will be given at 2pm on Wednesdays, normally in the Barclay Room, Green Templeton College. Convenors: James Painter, David Levy Speaker: Tom Standage,[...]
Can we develop transport technologies that are less harmful to the planet? Professor David Banister, Director of the Transport Studies Unit, and Professor Malcom McCulloch, head of the Electrical Power Group will present research into[...]
Delivered by Astor Visiting Lecturer Dr Mary McKay, NYU
Twenty minute talk, one hour discussion. Free entry, no need to book, all welcome.
Reuters Institute / Nuffield College Media & Politics seminars The following seminars will be given at 5pm on Fridays, normally in the Butler Room, Nuffield College. Convenors: Neil Fowler, James Painter, David Levy Speaker: Dame[...]
Lee Kuan Yew, Singapore’s founding father and first Prime Minister, passed away on 23 March 2015 at the age of 91. A Cambridge-educated lawyer, Lee dominated the political stage in Singapore for more than 5[...]
Reuters Institute seminars “The business and practice of journalism” The following seminars will be given at 2pm on Wednesdays, normally in the Barclay Room, Green Templeton College. Convenors: James Painter, David Levy Speaker: Anna Doble,[...]
This book talk is a joint event between the Oxford Martin School and the Oxford Institute for Ethics, Law and Armed Conflict This book talk will see author Chris Woods discuss his new book Sudden[...]
How can the human economy become more sustainable in the face of a rapidly changing climate? Professor Cameron Hepburn, Director of the Economics of Sustainability programme at The Institute for New Economic Thinking at the[...]
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