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

May 7 – May 9 all-day Pegasus Theater
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[...]
May 8 @ 5:00 pm – 6:30 pm University of Oxford- Ioannou Centre for Classical and Byzantine Studies
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[...]
May 8 @ 5:00 pm – 6:30 pm Butler Room, Nuffield College
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[...]
May 8 @ 8:00 pm – 9:30 pm Harris Seminar Room
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[...]
May 11 @ 2:00 pm – 3:30 pm Blue Boar Lecture Theatre
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[...]
May 11 @ 2:15 pm Lecture Theatre - APGRD, Classics Faculty
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.
May 11 @ 5:00 pm – 6:30 pm Oxford Martin School
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[...]
May 12 @ 7:00 pm – 8:00 pm Oxford Launchpad
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
May 12 @ 7:30 pm – 8:30 pm Oxford Martin School
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[...]
May 13 @ 2:00 pm – 3:30 pm Barclay Room, Green Templeton College
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,[...]
May 13 @ 5:00 pm – 6:30 pm Department of Social Policy and Intervention
The Annual Zola Skweyiya Lecture
May 14 @ 5:00 pm – 6:30 pm Oxford Martin School
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 –[...]
May 15 @ 11:00 am – 12:00 pm Seminar Room K, Faculty of English
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 &[...]
May 15 @ 5:00 pm Mathematical Institute
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[...]
May 15 @ 5:00 pm – 6:30 pm Butler Room, Nuffield College
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[...]
May 15 @ 8:00 pm – 9:30 pm Harris Seminar Room, Oriel College
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[...]
May 18 @ 2:15 pm – 3:45 pm Lecture Theatre, Ioannou Centre
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.[...]
May 18 @ 5:00 pm – 6:30 pm Oxford Martin School
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[...]
May 18 @ 5:00 pm – 6:30 pm Department of Social Policy and Intervention
 
May 18 @ 5:30 pm – 7:00 pm Saskatchewan Lecture Theatre, Exeter College
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[...]
May 20 @ 2:00 pm – 3:30 pm Barclay Room, Green Templeton College
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,[...]
May 21 @ 5:00 pm – 6:30 pm Oxford Martin School
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[...]
May 21 @ 5:00 pm – 6:30 pm Department of Social Policy and Intervention
Delivered by Astor Visiting Lecturer Dr Mary McKay, NYU
May 21 @ 7:30 pm – 9:00 pm The Mitre (upstairs function room)
Twenty minute talk, one hour discussion. Free entry, no need to book, all welcome.
May 22 @ 5:00 pm – 6:30 pm Butler Room, Nuffield College
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[...]
May 26 @ 6:00 pm – 7:30 pm Danson Room, Trinity College
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[...]
May 27 @ 2:00 pm – 3:30 pm Barclay Room, Green Templeton College
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,[...]
May 27 @ 5:00 pm – 6:30 pm Oxford Martin School
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[...]
May 28 @ 5:00 pm – 6:30 pm Oxford Martin School
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[...]