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

Jun 25 @ 11:30 am – 12:30 pm Magdalen College School
Bookseller and chef turned food writer for The Telegraph, Xanthe Clay shares her tips for successful food writing whilst demonstrating a recipe from The Contented Cook.
Jun 25 @ 12:45 pm – 1:45 pm Magdalen College School
Join Great British Bake Off winner, Frances Quinn, as she demonstrates how to decorate gorgeous Confetti Cupcakes with beautiful Marzipan Bees while talking about her design background and Quinntessential Baking cookbook. Save up your questions[...]
Jun 25 @ 2:00 pm – 3:00 pm Magdalen College School
Award-winning chef and restaurateur specialising in Italian, vegetarian and seafood cuisine discusses some of his favourite Italian dishes.
Oct 22 @ 7:30 pm – 9:30 pm Dr Jenner's House, Museum and Garden
Join us as we cook up a feast for Edward Jenner and explore the culture of eating and drinking in Georgian England. In this talk, food historians Marc Meltonville, Elena Griffith-Hoyle and Sarah Warren will[...]
Nov 30 @ 7:30 pm – 9:00 pm St Aldates Tavern
Jenny Josephs & Why eating insects might soon become the new normal By 2050 the global population will reach 9 billion and this will put ever increasing pressure on food and environmental resources. It will[...]
Jan 26 @ 6:30 pm – 7:30 pm Martin Wood Lecture Theatre
Nearly 30 per cent of the world’s population is overweight and ‘diabesity’ is an increasing problem: diabetes, brought on by obesity, which in turn causes damage to the brain, heart, nerve and kidneys. So what[...]
Apr 27 @ 6:30 pm – 8:00 pm The Wig and Pen
Guest Speaker: Professor Charles Spence We all think that we can taste what is on the plate or in the glass, but a growing body of research suggests otherwise. Chefs and restaurateurs are increasingly focusing[...]
May 18 @ 5:00 pm – 6:00 pm Oxford Martin School
A number of developments such as the Arab Spring and on-going famines in Somalia and South Sudan have led to renewed interest among both scholars and policymakers in the role of food insecurity and food-price[...]
Jun 19 @ 8:15 pm – 9:45 pm Sheldonian Theatre
Join renowned chef Tom Kerridge and nutrition scientist, Susan Jebb, to discuss connections between emotions, food and weight. Tom explores how a diet of meat, eggs, fish, nuts and dairy can help us lose weight.[...]
Oct 13 @ 5:30 pm – 9:00 pm John Henry Brookes Building, Headington Campus
Join us for what promises to be an amazing evening filled with passion and opportunity to have fun! The evening will feature a panel discussion on the experiences of the generation that became known as[...]
Oct 31 @ 12:45 pm – 2:00 pm Turl Street Kitchen
TOAST is a great story as well as a great beer – join us at Oxford Hub for a lunch time drink and some social enterprise conversation with Rob Wilson, entrepreneur and Chief Toaster. Rob[...]
Nov 6 @ 7:00 pm – 8:00 pm Mathematical Institute
Between the rush to keep up with the latest miracle ingredient, anxiety about E-numbers, and demonization of gluten/dairy/sugar, many of us are left in a virtual panic in the supermarket aisle. Tabloid headlines, ‘free-from’ labels[...]
Dec 1 @ 7:00 pm – 8:00 pm Blackwell's Bookshop
Join us on Friday 1st December as our speaker panel explores the world of the much loved beverage, beer. We will be joined by a line-up of highly acclaimed experts in the Beer Industry who[...]
Feb 7 @ 5:00 pm – 6:15 pm Oxford Martin School
The global food system is facing momentous global changes: rapid urbanisation and rising middle income populations; changing diets; climate change; political uncertainties and anti-globalisation sentiments; and advances in technology in and out of agriculture, among[...]
Feb 14 @ 6:30 pm – 8:00 pm Central Oxford College (TBA)
The Oxford Israel Forum, Oxford PPE Society and Oxford International Relations Society are delighted to host Dan Meridor, former Deputy Prime Minister of Israel. Mr Meridor will be discussing the current political situation in Israel[...]
Mar 20 @ 7:30 pm – 9:30 pm Arbequina
Beautiful Japanese Teas Open your mind and palate as we introduce you to classic examples of the finest Japanese teas. We will be sharing a hand-picked selection of stunning teas sourced directly from Japan’s tea[...]
Apr 3 @ 7:30 pm – 9:30 pm Arbequina
Beautiful Japanese Teas: Open your mind and palate as we introduce you to classic examples of the finest Japanese teas. We will be sharing a hand-picked selection of stunning teas sourced directly from Japan’s tea[...]
Apr 25 @ 6:30 pm – 7:30 pm The Oxford Retreat
Adult stem cells are a rare population of undifferentiated cells found throughout our bodies which are able to divide infinitely and give rise to the different types of cells that maintain the body’s tissues and[...]
May 11 @ 2:30 pm – 4:30 pm St Luke's Chapel
The Race and Resistance Programme at The Oxford Center in the Humanities, is honoured to host the Honorable Peter Gastrow, on the afternoon of the 11th of May, (Friday of 3rd Week). Gastrow, a former[...]
May 21 @ 1:00 pm – 2:00 pm Lecture Theatre 1, China Centre
The talk will focus on the view from inside Pyongyang, and the daily course of life in the midst of the current crisis. HE Morgan will also address challenges and opportunities ahead of the US-NK[...]
May 26 @ 6:00 pm – 7:00 pm Oxford Brookes University, Headington Campus, John Henry Brookes Building
Our panel of acclaimed writers will explore the power of food literature to enhance our lives. Whether cookery writing that reveals the nature of cultural heritage, works of food history that highlight changing social conditions,[...]
Jun 18 all-day Green Templeton College Oxford
Her Excellency Minister Deqa Yasin Hagi Yusuf, Minister of Women and Human Rights Development, Federal Government of Somalia Advancing gender equality and women’s empowerment in conflict-affected contexts: Current challenges and opportunities in Somalia. In Somalia,[...]
Jun 18 @ 5:30 pm – 6:30 pm Main Seminar Room New Biochemistry Building
Welcome to the first event in our two-part China-UK Science Innovation Series! In 2016 alone, China invested USD236 billion in Research and Development, making it the second largest investor in innovation globally. Given this, as[...]
Jun 18 @ 5:30 pm – 6:30 pm West Wing Lecture Theatre, St Cross College
A History of Food Fraud and Its Detection Dr Duncan Campbell (DPhil Soil Solution Chemistry, 1986) Duncan’s talk will cover the long history of food adulteration from medieval Germany to 19th century America, the pioneers[...]
Jul 5 @ 1:00 pm – 2:00 pm St. Anthony's College, RESC Library Reading Room
Drawing on her latest research and her book Beyond Crimea: The New Russian Empire (Yale, 2016), Dr. Agnia Grigas will discuss Russian foreign policy in its “near abroad”, Europe and the US. She will examine[...]
Aug 20 @ 12:30 pm – 1:30 pm John Henry Brookes Building, Oxford Brookes University
‘Home Sweet Home – a Memorial’ honours the living, the women and children who support their loved ones living with the after-effects of the war experience. The project has been created to pay tribute and[...]
Aug 22 @ 7:00 pm – 8:30 pm Blackwell's Bookshop
Based on their first hand experiences as election watchers and their hundreds of interviews with presidents, prime ministers, diplomats, election officials, and conspirators, Cheeseman and Klaas document instances of election rigging from Argentina to Zimbabwe,[...]
Sep 27 @ 7:00 pm – 8:00 pm Blackwell's Bookshop
Blackwell’s are delighted to be joined by Yasmin Alibhai-Brown who will be discussing her latest book ‘In Defence of Political Correctness’. Individual rights cannot always take precedence over collective, social responsibility. Without self-moderation, parks, streets,[...]
Oct 30 @ 5:30 pm – 6:30 pm Auditorium, Wolfson College
Professor Denis Galligan, Emeritus Professor of Socio-Legal Studies, will deliver the fourth Max Watson Annual Lecture on the constitutional consequences of the rise in populist movements around the world. The following day a workshop will[...]
Nov 15 @ 4:30 pm – 6:00 pm Herbertson Room, School of Geography and the Environment
In this panel we invite three individuals from different backgrounds, within and outside of the University of Oxford’s School of Geography and the Environment, to offer their take on data’s dirty tricks. In an age[...]