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Quickly approaching 50, Daphna Baram believes she is having a midlife crisis, though her GP thinks that’s highly optimistic. She looks back with no regrets but some remorse, and cracks up some insightful ideas about[...]
For this event, 12 artists from all over the country will be presenting work that they have been making as part of the Sound Diaries open call. The presenting artists are: Richard Bentley, Hannah Dargavel-Leafe,[...]
We are delighted to be joined by writer and musician, Catrina Davies, who will be in conversation with George Monbiot on her new book, Homesick and the current housing crisis. Aged thirty-one, Catrina Davies was[...]
The ability to accurately identify and interpret Track and Sign rests on a body of traditional knowledge that previous generations of naturalists would have regarded as fundamental. Sadly, now it is largely unknown and untaught,[...]
Slime moulds thrive in damp woodlands and normally spread over rotting logs eating bacteria and fungi. They are also unusual in being single giant cells that show remarkably sophisticated behaviour considering their humble form. This[...]
Tenor Mark Padmore is preparing to take on the role of Aschenbach in David McVicar’s production of Benjamin Britten’s Death in Venice at the Royal Opera House. Join Mark and a panel of experts, including[...]
2019 marks the 100th anniversary of the Brazilian composer Claudio Santoro (1919-1989), one of the major figures in twentieth-century Brazilian music. His musical legacy includes nearly five hundred compositions. Among them there are fourteen symphonies,[...]
Edward Higginbottom was Director of Music at New College from 1976 – 2014. In a talk for Oxford Civic Society he reflects on music making in the University and how, sometimes in spite of itself,[...]
Data-driven micro-targeted campaigns have become a main stable of political strategy. As personal and societal data becomes more accessible, we need to understand how it can be used and mis-used in political campaigns and whether[...]
What happens when you excavate the image archives of the Institute of Archaeology and other departments of the University of Oxford? The answer: you find amazing pictures that tell unexpected stories. Most of the pictures[...]
Bernard Tucker Memorial Lecture – Joint with Oxford Ornithological Society
A Taste of Pompeii, with Sally Grainger Evening Talk and Tasting Tue 29 Oct, 6.30–9.30pm Join author of The Classical Cookbook Sally Grainger as she shares her knowledge of classical Roman recipes adapted for the[...]
A growing middle class in the developing world, as well as increasing concerns about the healthfulness, environmental footprint and inhumaneness of conventional livestock production have given rise to neo-Malthusian concerns about how to address what[...]
The talk will provide an overview of dragonflies and their life cycles and habitats as well illustrating a number of species that occur in England including those that are currently colonising from the Continent and[...]
In this book talk, Professor Sonia Contera will talk about how Nanotechnology is transforming medicine and the future of biology. Please register via the link provided. This book talk will be followed by a drinks[...]
Tara Pirie recalls her three years living in a tent, while tracking and gathering data on these elusive, but beautiful big cats. She is now one of the world’s leading experts on Leopard ecology and[...]
What can dance tell us about human rights? What can hip hop say about equality and human dignity? Join an evening of dance and discussion to find out. We’ll watch live dance that explores the[...]
Warburg Memorial Lecture – Joint with BBOWT Volunteer-based botanical monitoring has been a mainstay of British and Irish botany for decades, but only recently has a recording scheme for plant communities been established. Dr Pescott[...]
Hear a whole phD in just three minutes! Can you understand a whole phD in just three minutes? Perhaps you are an Undergraduate or Masters student who is aiming for a future PhD? Join Humanities[...]
In modern high-tech health care, patients appear to be the stumbling block. Uninformed, anxious, noncompliant individuals with unhealthy lifestyles who demand treatments advertised by celebrities and insist on unnecessary but expensive diagnostics may eventually turn[...]
In this lecture Sir Paul Nurse will consider some of the fundamental ideas of biology with the aim of identifying principles that define living organisms. There is a focus on the cell, the simplest unit[...]
Music has taken many forms during China’s long cultural history and many traditions have endured to this day. In this talk, Paul Bevan will look at a selection of the paintings in the Ashmolean collection[...]
How the Freshwater Habitats Trust’s ‘Saving Oxford’s Wetland Wildlife’ project is helping to improve and monitor Oxford’s valuable freshwater areas, and protect the species they support.
Are you a secondary school teacher in your first few years of teaching? Come along to a day full of fresh ideas and update your knowledge of the latest educational research and its applicability in[...]
In recent years there have been some alarming media stories about declines in insect populations. This talk provides an overview of trends in British insect populations over the past four decades.
Identification, ecology and conservation of amphibians found in Oxfordshire.
To enhance our natural environment, we need to put the environment back into the heart of the economy. Using natural capital as the guiding principle, we can leave a better environment for future generations, implementing[...]
Life-Writing Beyond Words is a research network and termly series of public events, hosted by Felix Appelbe, the Oxford Centre for Life-Writing, and Ocean Ambassadors, that explores how we move between words and the non-verbal.[...]
On the 30th November it was announced that the Artificial Intelligence computer programme AlphaFold had made a decisive breakthrough in the determination of the 3-D structures of proteins. The announcement was immediately hailed as one[...]
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