Some face-to-face events are returning. Check carefully for any requirements.
On Thursday, 9th June, we will welcome Ms. Clara Roquet, one of Spain’s most promising film makers. We will be hosting a conversation with Ms. Roquet before screening her last short film, “El adiós” (The[...]
Drawing upon sociology of culture and digital rhetoric literature, this talk will illuminate the persuasive function of hashtags in the context of the UK EU membership referendum. What makes a hashtag more influential, or more[...]
There is increasing recognition over the last decade that conservation, while conserving biodiversity of global value, can have local costs. Understanding these costs is essential as a first step to delivering conservation projects that do[...]
Welcome to Future Debates, a series of public events supported by the British Science Association. A genome is an entire set of DNA; all the instructions for making every part of a living thing. Research[...]
Telegraph writer Helen Yemm brings her column Thorny Problems to life by answering your gardening conundrums and dispensing invaluable advice in the picturesque setting of the Botanic Garden.
Date/Time: Saturday 25 June, 15:00 Venue: Oxford Town Hall, Long Room Admissions: £5/£4(conc.)/£16(fam.) Suitability: 14+ Book here: http://www.oxfordshiresciencefestival.com/sat-opening-weekend.html Neural implants, nanomedicine, brain enhancing drugs, genetic engineering… Many human enhancement technologies are emerging and raise ethical[...]
In the era of the development of technologies like robotics and artificial intelligence, machines are more and more capable of outperforming human beings at work tasks. What will be the decline of today’s professions? What[...]
‘Gene-editing’ sounds like science fiction, but today it is an emerging reality. This raises hope for treating medical problems, but also opens ethical quandaries about equality, privacy, and personal freedom. Discuss these questions with a[...]
Date/Time: Sunday 3 July, 19:00 Venue: Amey Theatre, Abingdon School, Abingdon-on-Thames Admissions: £7/£5(conc.)/£22(fam.) Suitability: 16+ Book here: http://www.oxfordshiresciencefestival.com/grand-finale.html What are the next steps for human evolution? Natural changes or technologies? Combining gene splicing and trans-humanism,[...]
Colette Morgan works for SAFE! as the Child on Parent Violence Project Development Manager. Sadly, Child-on-Parent violence is on the rise and this fascinating talk will show us how SAFE! tackles this problem and works[...]
Jonathon Porritt and Shaun Chamberlin celebrate the launch of the late Trinity alumnus David Fleming’s extraordinary book, ‘Surviving the Future: Culture, Carnival and Capital in the Aftermath of the Market Economy’. This intimate event will[...]
Join Cyclox and the Broken Spoke Bike Co-op along with Happy Cakes, Jimbobs Baguettes, I Scream Oxford, Pedal and Post, Oxford Mobile Cycle Repairs, Quarry Cycle Services, and Stig to discuss how they got started[...]
The Symposium focuses on drought and water scarcity in the UK and globally. A range of expert speakers give their perspectives from an academic and practisers view on the impact of drought and how to[...]
Country: USA Year: 2015 Director: Michael Moore Producers: Michael Moore, Carl Deal, Tia Lessin Runtime: 120 mins Language: English BBFC: 15 A Click here for trailer and Official Website Overview /Sypnosis To show what the[...]
SCREENING AND Q&A WITH EUROPEAN DIRECTOR OF MUSIC &MEMORY Country: USA Year: 2014 Director: Michael Rossato-Bennett; Producers: Michael Rossato-Bennett, Alexandra McDougald Runtime: 78 mins Language: English BBFC: n/a Click here for trailer and Official Website[...]
Geoffrey Davison, the great nephew of Emily Wilding Davison, will open the seminar with a personal insight into Emily’s life and the Suffrage movement. He will be joined by panel members who will include Professor[...]
Between 1995 and 2011, remittances to developing world economies, that is, money sent by emigrants to family and friends in their country of origin, grew from US$55 billion to over US$372 billion, to exceed all[...]
The First Amendment has had a mixed pedigree and a difficult birth. In this lecture, Distinguished Professor Emeritus of Philosophy Dan Robinson will demonstrate that, in offering protection of the basic liberties — freedom of[...]
Recollection Lecture: The Rev’d Dr Mark Clavier (St Stephen’s House, Oxford) To churches struggling to challenge both the excesses and the underlying potency of consumerism, Augustine offers a God whose Eloquent Wisdom can supersede all[...]
Julian Savulescu has argued for the duty to create the best children one can. Jeff McMahan has written of the benefits of prenatal diagnosis and selective termination. I suspect that neither has an adequately understanding[...]
Please join us for two insightful talks, followed by informal discussion and afternoon snack. Everyone is welcome! The talks will be given by: – Professor Lyn Parker (The University of Western Australia, Perth) Topic: “Intersections[...]
Across the developing world, poverty has been decreasing, but unevenly, and inequality is increasingly identified as a serious burden on development. In recent years, leading economists have contributed to big picture views on what is[...]
Distinguished Speaker Seminar: Michael Bloomberg Michael Bloomberg in conversation with Peter Tufano Thursday 17 November 2016, 5.45 – 6.45pm Oxford Saïd is excited to announce that Michael R. Bloomberg, Founder of Bloomberg LP and former[...]
OCDEM opens up its doors to the public for the afternoon! Come and help celebrate World Diabetes Day by visiting OCDEM. Our clinicians and scientists are working on ground-breaking research that we hope will change[...]
From the team behind Riversimple (http://www.riversimple.com/), the UK Based Hydrogen Fuel Cell Eco Car Company, comes a brand new Eco business venture. They are about to launch a company that uses alternate approaches to energy,[...]
Join Lisa McKenzie (LSE), Danny Dorling (University of Oxford), Jeremy Gilbert (University of East London), Ruth Ibegbuna (CEO, RECLAIM Manchester) and Dawn Foster (The Guardian) to discuss how class is presented within the media. It[...]
Please join us at 7pm on Thursday of 7th Week (November 24th) for a presentation by Daniel Castro Garcia and Thomas Saxby on their recent publication ‘Foreigner: Migration into Europe 2015–2016’. —————————————————– “The photographs are[...]
Engaging with the Humanities: Katrin Kohl Creative Multilingualism – the hidden value of linguistic diversity Wednesday 30 November 2016, 12.15 – 1.15pm Oxford Saïd is pleased to welcome Katrin Kohl to the School on Wednesday[...]
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[...]
Gene editing promises to precisely modify the human DNA of embryos. This could cure genetic disorders, eradicate genes contributing to common human diseases and further research into disease. But it could also be used to[...]
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