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Abstract: The United Nations Alliance of Civilizations (UNAOC) was created in the aftermath of September 11, 2001 (“9/11”). Its aim was to increase dialogue and reduce enmity between “civilizations,” notably between Christians and Muslims. In[...]
Culture’s role in hazard and climate change risk: worldviews, belief systems and ‘alternative facts’
Evidence from around the world indicates that culture can influence people’s vulnerability to climate variability and natural hazards, because expressions of culture include behaviour that results in exposure and sensitivity to hazards. Most studies have[...]
Modern human civilisation has been built upon energy from carbon-intensive fossil fuels. We are now on the cusp of a once-in-a-civilisation transition to a net zero carbon society. The outcome of this transition could be[...]
Abstract: This presentation will consider the ethical dimensions of Brexit. Specifically the case will be made that there are profound ethical questions posed by Brexit that have not properly been considered. The focus of the[...]
Katharine Hayhoe has been named one of FORTUNE’s ‘World’s Greatest Leaders’, TIME’s ‘100 Most Influential People’ and Huffington Post’s ‘20 Climate Champions’, and has shared the stage with Barack Obama and Leonardo DiCaprio to talk[...]
Come to this session of the Abe Lazarus Society, where we will be discussing the 1917 October Revolution and what can be learned from it today.
Talk followed by questions and discussion All welcome Oxford Communist Corresponding Society
HOW we fund impact as important as what we fund? What’s new in INNOVATIVE FINANCING using technology to allow investors to match their risk, return and impact preferences with specific investments and portfolios. Oxford Impact[...]
The Oxford Fabian Society host the Fabian Society regional conference. Embracing Change: Socialism for a Brave New World Outline programme 9:00-9:30: registration 9:30: Welcome: Oxford and the Fabian Society. Michael Weatherburn (Secretary, Oxford Fabians) 9:45-10:15:[...]
Abstract: In this talk Tiffany Page will consider what vulnerability is and what it does, and its role within the research process. As part of this she will raise the idea of ‘vulnerable writing’, and[...]
Abstract: In this talk Tiffany Page will consider what vulnerability is and what it does, and its role within the research process. As part of this she will raise the idea of ‘vulnerable writing’, and[...]
India has historically performed badly in the World Bank’s Doing Business Indicators and a key objective of the current Indian government is about improving de jure rules around investment decisions so as to facilitate economic[...]
Research has established that there are improved outcomes for children in OOHC who have continuing involvement and positive relationships with parents and family. This is the case no matter how long children stay in care.[...]
For our opening talk this term we are very excited to be able to host Dr. Sabina Alkire who is a world leader on issues of poverty and equality measurement and analysis. A leader in[...]
To offer Oxford students the warmest welcome back to Hilary Term, we have invited Director Jenny Lu盧謹明, to show her feature film The Receptionist接線員 (2017) (bilingual subtitles). This bilingual film is the first UK-Taiwanese film[...]
Our Marriages: When Lesbians Marry Gay Men 奇缘一生 —Documentary Screening and Talk with Director He Xiaopei and Dr Bao Hongwei The Oxford Chinese Studies Society welcomes all to an exclusive screening and discussion of “Our[...]
Creating Economic Space for Social Innovation – final conference Time: 09:00, 26 Jan 2018 Add to Calendar Location: Lecture Theatre VI Address: Saïd Business School, University of Oxford, Park End Street, Oxford, OX1 1HP Speakers/Lecturers:[...]
This lecture examines 21st-century social policies and what they tell us about Chinese politics. At the same time it makes the case for more rigorous qualitative policy research, and it argues that international influences show[...]
Rediscovered Taiwanese Film Screening with Prof. Chris Berry: Dangerous Youth 危險的青春 (1966) 2018/Feb/07 Wednesday 7-9:30PM Lecture Theatre, Lecture Theatre, China Centre, St Hugh’s College, Oxford Supported by: Oxford Chinese Studies Society For our third film[...]
Welcome to the Lincoln Leads Seminar Series 2018. The forth seminar in the series explores the question: Should Money Make the World go Round? Tickets are free, but must be booked in advance. All welcome.[...]
How can we understand ‘tension’, the experience of rigidity that often underpins systemic structures of domination, epistemic violence as well as physical aggression in South Asia? Following Zygmunt Bauman, I want to suggest that ‘tension’[...]
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[...]
Parul Bhandari is currently a Visiting Scholar at St. Edmund’s College and the Centre for South Asian Studies (CSAS), University of Cambridge, UK. She is also a Post-Doctoral Fellow at the Centre of Social Sciences[...]
The universe exhibits a strong tendency to create – the universe itself arose out of nothing; galaxies, stars, and planets formed out of the primordial plasma; life began and evolved; human beings acquired the faculty[...]
In conjunction with Oxford International Women’s Festival , Oxford Community-led Housing* research project and Transition by Design is organising a session on “Taking Control of our Housing: Women Leading the Charge”, to celebrate the efforts[...]
Talk followed by questions and discussion. All welcome
Yan Geling and Lawrence Walker: A Journey Together, in Literature 嚴歌苓和勞倫斯：他們的芳華 This event is in English. As Yan Geling often says, her literary career can be divided into three stages. Drawing on a range of[...]
Li Ang：50 Years of Writing Taiwan 作家李昂：台灣文學五十年 05 March 2018 Monday 5-6:30 p.m. Lecture Theatre, China Centre, St Hugh’s College, Oxford Supported by: Oxford Chinese Studies Society, Oxford China Forum, International Gender Studies Centre at[...]
Renowned journalist, author and commentator, Polly Toynbee (St Anne’s, 1966), will join St Peter’s alumna, Helen Lewis (2001), current Deputy Editor of The New Statesman, for an evening of discussion on the topic of “Brexit,[...]
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