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

Feb 21 @ 7:15 pm – 9:00 pm Oxford Town Hall
This event is organised by Oxford City Amnesty International and Oxford Against Cutting, and is open to everyone. Oxford Against Cutting (OAC) is a local charity set up by members of Oxford Amnesty International. Both[...]
Feb 24 @ 5:00 pm – 6:30 pm Lecture Theatre
Leading campaigner for human rights and LGBT freedom since 1967; member of OutRage! Through the Peter Tatchell Foundation he campaigns for human rights in Britain and internationally; author of six books, including “The Battle for[...]
Feb 27 @ 2:15 pm – 3:45 pm Ioannou Centre, Lecture Theatre
Director and adaptor, Wayne Jordan will be in conversation with Fiona Macintosh, discussing his acclaimed version of Sophocles’ ‘Oedipus’ at the Abbey Theatre, Dublin, in 2015. At 2.15pm on Monday 27 Feb. 2017. Followed by[...]
Mar 3 @ 5:00 pm – 6:30 pm Lecture Theatre
Member of the House of Commons from 1979-97 and Independent Crossbench Peer since 1997. Chair and a founder of the All Party Group on Freedom of Religion or Belief who has authored reports on North[...]
Mar 7 @ 10:30 am – 4:00 pm St Antony's College
2017 marks the 22nd anniversary of the Srebrenica genocide- the worst atrocity committed on European soil since the Second World War. As part of a host of commemorative events, Remembering Srebrenica are proud to be[...]
Mar 7 @ 5:15 pm – 7:15 pm Simpkins Lee Theatre and Monson Room, Lady Margaret Hall (LMH)
The fifth annual Ockenden International Prize for excellence in self-reliance projects among refugees and displaced people will be presented by Lord Alfred Dubs, Labour peer, on Tuesday 7th March 2017. Projects in Uganda, Egypt and[...]
Mar 10 @ 4:00 pm – 5:00 pm Oxford Martin School
​With unchecked emissions of climate pollutants, there is a 50% probability for the planetary warming to cross the so-called dangerous threshold of 20C by 2050; and there is at least a 5% probability the warming[...]
Apr 1 @ 6:00 pm – 7:00 pm Worcester College Lecture Theatre
Sue Lloyd Roberts CBE, pioneering video-journalist and reporter, died of leukaemia in October 2015. Her daughter, Sarah Morris, completed her mother’s last book and discusses it here with Sue’s husband, BBC producer Nick Guthrie. Sue[...]
Apr 25 @ 12:15 pm – 1:15 pm Saïd Business School
Saïd Business School is proud to welcome Kailash Satyarthi to speak at the School on Tuesday 25 April. Nobel Peace Prize laureate Kailash Satyarthi will speak about the fight against modern slavery, sharing his experiences[...]
Apr 25 @ 1:00 pm – 5:00 pm Harold Lee Room, Pembroke College
The Oxford Human Rights Hub is pleased to announce its third workshop for human rights MPhil and DPhil students at Oxford University. This half-day workshop will bring together and foster a network of graduate students[...]
Apr 25 @ 5:30 pm – 7:00 pm St Catherine's College, Oxford
St Catherine’s College is delighted to welcome Ambassador Peter Galbraithback this April to give a lecture on the current situation in the Middle East. Drawing on his first-hand expertise of the region he will consider[...]
Apr 26 @ 5:30 pm – 7:00 pm Jacqueline du Pre Music Building
Human rights – does anyone out there care? Lord Hall of Birkenhead (Director General of the BBC) gives the first lecture in a new series, which has been established to celebrate the memory of St[...]
May 18 @ 5:30 pm – 7:00 pm St Cross Room, St Cross College
Abstract: What is the historical meaning of “ordinary means” to sustain human life? And what has been the understanding for over 500 years of Catholic moral analysis of the obligation to sustain life? Is it,[...]
May 25 @ 5:15 pm – 6:45 pm Vernoon Harcourt Room, St Hilda's College
Launch and discussion of Mari Mikkola’s new book, ‘The Wrong of Injustice: Dehumanization and its Role in Feminist Philosophy’
Jun 20 @ 7:30 pm – 10:00 pm Museum of the History of Science
A quirky theatrical evening of drama, discussion and disease. Killer germs, superbugs, pestilent plagues and global pandemics have fascinated writers, musicians and thinkers for centuries. As diseases spread through a population, likewise myths and ideas[...]
Jun 26 @ 6:00 pm – 7:00 pm Lecture Theatre, Ioannou Centre
Isabelle Torrance (Associate Professor at Aarhus University) delivers an APGRD Public Lecture on Tom Paulin’s adaptation of Aeschylus’s Prometheus. Free, all welcome. No booking required. This lecture is at the conclusion of day one of[...]
Sep 28 @ 2:00 pm – 3:30 pm Talbot Hall, Lady Margaret Hall, University of Oxford
Baroness Helena Kennedy is one of Britain’s most distinguished lawyers and active public figures. She has spent her professional life giving voice to those who have least power within the system, championing civil liberties and[...]
Oct 11 @ 4:45 pm – 6:00 pm St Catherine's College, Oxford
We are delighted to be welcoming Sir Tom Stoppard to St Catz to deliver his inaugural lecture as the 26th holder of the Cameron Mackintosh Visiting Professorship in Contemporary Theatre.
Oct 16 all-day Oxford Brookes University, Gipsy Lane Campus, Gibbs Building, Room G217
Abstract: Human rights and development cannot be understood separately. Both rest on the ontological separation between ‘human’ and ‘nature’, and so, while human rights deals with the social relationships among human beings, development deals with[...]
Oct 18 @ 6:30 pm – 9:00 pm Ruskin College
Speaker: Barry Knight, Director of the Webb Memorial Trust and author of Rethinking Poverty, which explores how we can reach a UK society without poverty. 6:30-7pm: Refreshments 7:00-8:15pm: Talk and discussion 8:15-8:45pm: Refreshments All are[...]
Oct 19 @ 7:00 pm – 9:30 pm Banbury Cricket Club
Join Sir Tim Rice for dinner on Thursday 19th October at Banbury Club for a meander through his magical, musical world! After a champagne reception, guests will join Sir Tim for a delicious four course[...]
Oct 27 @ 5:00 pm – 6:00 pm Lecture Theatre, Ioannou Centre
A lecture-performance by APGRD Artists in Residence, Paul O’Mahony and Out of Chaos theatre company, on the development of their new version of the ‘Aeneid’, entitled ‘Crossing the Sea’. Free, all welcome, no booking required.
Oct 30 @ 4:15 pm – 5:15 pm Centre for Global Politics, Economy and Society, Oxford Brookes University, Gibbs Building, Room 217
The UK has an increasingly hostile immigration policy environment, but is also the scene of substantial pro-migrant civic mobilization. There has been little systematic research on this phenomenon, particularly on what motivates people with relatively[...]
Nov 1 @ 8:15 pm – 9:30 pm Saskatchewan room, Exeter College
A juggling demonstration with hilarious explanations of the mathematical details of the practice. Juggling has fascinated people for centuries. Seemingly oblivious to gravity, the skilled practitioner will keep several objects in the air at one[...]
Nov 2 @ 5:00 pm – 6:00 pm Investcorp Lecture Theatre, St Antony's College
As the world watches the Myanmar military decimate the country’s Rohingya Muslim population, in northern Myanmar the military is fighting a war by other means. Across Kachin and northern Shan state, an estimated 120,000 people[...]
Nov 2 @ 7:30 pm – 8:30 pm Arts at the Old Fire Station
A lost play, remixed… A sharing of ‘Fragments’, a new play-in-development inspired by fragments of Euripides ‘lost’ play Cresphontes, followed by a post-show panel discussion to discuss tragic fragments, ideas of fragmentation in perception and[...]
Nov 6 @ 5:30 pm – 6:30 pm Mary Ogilvie Lecture Theatre, St Anne's College
How a Bolivian became a Feminist: A Personal History Sonia Montaño is a Bolivian sociologist. She is currently active in Bolivia as a feminist researcher and activist and member of PIEB (Programa de Investigation Estrategica[...]
Nov 6 @ 7:30 pm – 9:00 pm St Edmund Hall - Pontigny Room
Andy will take you on a journey from the creation of ghetto’s to the rise of Hip-Hop as a critique against social and racial injustice. He will discuss the empowerment that has emerged through this[...]
Nov 8 @ 7:30 pm – 8:30 pm Old Dining Hall, St Edmund Hall
How does the curriculum shape our society? Who decides what is important? How can it be improved? Our diverse panel of academics, activists and educators will dive into these and other questions related to the[...]
Nov 14 @ 1:00 pm – 2:00 pm Wolfson College
The contemporary market for the consumption of real lives has led to an increasing demand for performers to play or impersonate real people. In this presentation, Professor Mary Luckhurst will explore the ethical issues inherent[...]