Some face-to-face events are returning. Check carefully for any requirements.
Annual conference of the Journal of African Diaspora Arts and Letters Callaloo. Details to be confirmed. Founded in 1976 by its editor, Charles Henry Rowell, Callaloo is a journal sponsored by Texas A&M University and[...]
Satya Pramod Jammy, a post doctoral researcher at the University of Southampton. He will present a talk entitled ‘Future proofing and performance optimisation of explicit finite difference solvers using the OpenSBLI framework’. Abstract In this[...]
Reuters Institute seminars “The business and practice of journalism” The following seminars will be given on Wednesdays, normally at 2pm in the Barclay Room, Green Templeton College. Convenors: James Painter and Richard Sambrook Kerim Balci,[...]
In this talk, Dominik Müller will present the conceptual framework of a newly established collaborative research project studying “The Bureaucratisation of Islam and its Socio-Legal Dimensions in Southeast Asia”. It investigates contemporary dynamics of Islamic[...]
RSC Public Seminar Series Emergency Shelter and Forced Migration Michaelmas Term 2016 Convened by Tom Scott-Smith and Mark E. Breeze This interdisciplinary seminar series examines the nature and challenges of emergency shelter in the context[...]
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[...]
To what extent is our social and economic position influenced by that of our parents, and how much can be shaped by factors such as education, labour markets, welfare and health policies? Data from the[...]
Chair of London Futurists and former smartphone executive David Wood will set out the argument for why the abolition of biological ageing by 2040 is both feasible and desirable. He will outline four potential scenarios[...]
When duties arising from two different rights are incompatible with one another, the rights in question can be said to be in conflict. Public discourse at the moment is flooded with claims about the incompatibility[...]
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[...]
Internationally acclaimed mountaineer Stephen Venables is one of the best-known climbers of his generation. In 1988 he became the first Briton to summit Everest without supplementary oxygen, pioneering a new route up the huge Kangshung[...]
A twenty minute talk to introduce the topic, followed by Q&As and about an hour’s discussion. All welcome.
WORKSHOP on CRITICAL TECHNOLOGIES ‘Critical technology: Is technological risk the main threat to the survival of humanity? Or do we need to rely on technology to survive?’ Programme and schedule for the ‘Critical Technologies’ workshop[...]
Professor Jean Fasel is Chair of Clinical Anatomy at the Medical Faculty of the University of Geneva, Switzerland. The title of his talk is ‘Anatomy for modern liver surgery and medical education.’ The research conducted[...]
Mark Stephens is a solicitor specialising in media law, intellectual property rights and human rights. In the 1990s he was a legal correspondent for Sky TV and now features regularly in print and on television.[...]
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: Andrew Dilnot, David Levy, Rasmus Nielsen, James Painter[...]
Following his recent appearance on BBC’s Newsnight, former Attorney General and current Chair of Parliament’s Intelligence and Security Committee, the Rt Hon Dominic Grieve QC MP, explores the legal and constitutional challenges arising from Brexit,[...]
Prof Deborah Cameron: ‘Gender: the unsettling adventures of a feminist keyword’
Join us to celebrate our work on digital manuscripts at the Bodleian at a day-long event showcasing Digital.Bodleian, the Polonsky Foundation Digitization Project in collaboration with the Biblioteca Apostolica Vaticana, and the launch of our[...]
Ruth Webb (Charles-de-Gaulle Lille III): “Bodies and texts: Attitudes towards tragedy from the Second Sophistic to Late Antiquity”. Free, all welcome, no booking required.
Brookes Centre for Global Politics, Economics and Society seminar series
Distinguished Speaker Seminar: Sir Clive Gillinson CBE In conversation with Thursday 13 October 2016, 5.45 – 6.45pm Oxford Saïd is excited to announce Sir Clive Gillinson CBE, Managing Director of the London Symphony Orchestra and[...]
Professor Robert Scotland (Department of Plant Sciences, University of Oxford) discusses discovering new species of plant in ‘African gingers, morning glories and species discovery’. The final lecture in the Oxford Botanic Garden Autumn Plant Sciences[...]
We might think that we can see everything that is happening around us, and it is often said that ‘seeing is believing’, indicating that visual perception is considered one of the most trustworthy means of[...]
In this seminar Dr Malagodi and Dr McDonagh examine the Dominion Constitutions of Pakistan and Ireland from a comparative perspective. While the two countries could be described as being dramatically different from one another in[...]
Drawing on his expertise as former Executive Director of the United Nations Environment Programme, Achim Steiner, Director of the Oxford Martin School, will present the latest trends and explore the varied challenges of a global[...]
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[...]
Reuters Institute seminars “The business and practice of journalism” The following seminars will be given on Wednesdays, normally at 2pm in the Barclay Room, Green Templeton College. Convenors: James Painter and Richard Sambrook Dame Jil[...]
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