Some face-to-face events are returning. Check carefully for any requirements.
The Oxford Forum for Medical Humanities presents a talk on effective altruism and the true impact of a doctor, by (medical doctor) Dr Gregory Lewis. Doctors have a pretty solid reputation as do-gooders, and many[...]
(1) Ancient Africa’s Gift to: Law, Architecture, Mathematics, Judaism, Islam & Christianity. This will be a 45 minute slide presentation. (2) Magna Carta, Ancient Africa’s Gift to the English. The ancient roots of Magna Carta[...]
Come listen to a curator with the Smithsonian Institute, Dr. Ellen Feingold, talk about the ongoing fascinating ‘Money in Arica’ project at the British Museum, which aims to piece together African monetary history and its[...]
Mass Circulation: Writing about Art in a Daily Newspaper With Richard Dorment, art critic, and Dr Alexander Sturgis, Director, Ashmolean Museum A special Ashmolean evening In Conversation event Wednesday 18 November 6‒7pm Lecture Theatre As[...]
Adobe specialists Richard Curtis and Niels Stevens are coming to Film Oxford for a special presentation on the new features of Creative Cloud for photographers, designers and film makers. Don’t miss this opportunity to see[...]
Blasphemy and Apostasy exist in many countries in the world, commonly within the Middle East and North Africa. Pakistan’s blasphemy laws were first codified by India’s British rulers in 1860 and were inherited by Pakistan[...]
This panel takes the publication of Ruti Teitel’s new book ‘Globalizing Transitional Justice’ as paperback 15 years after the publication of her seminal book ‘Transitional Justice’ (OUP 2000) as the entry point into a critical[...]
The Knowledge Project is an amazing social enterprise that provides fantastic evening courses in central Oxford on a variety of unique subjects, from Understanding China to What the Ancients Did for Us. All of TKP’s[...]
Workshop with writer and performer Ahmed Masoud. It follows his reading and performance of Home/Less.You can book tickets for the performance here. Dabke (Arabic: دبكة) is a modern Levantine Arab folk circle dance of possible[...]
This Workshop will focus on the challenges that life-writers face in constructing narratives about their own or their subject’s emotional lives. It is intended for postgraduate students working in life-writing as well as professional or[...]
As a cornerstone initiative of the Oxford Programme for the Future of Cities, we are proposing a new format for presenting and elaborating thinking on what urban governance does, when it succeed and fails, and[...]
As a cornerstone initiative of the Oxford Programme for the Future of Cities, we are proposing a new format for presenting and elaborating thinking on what urban governance does, when it succeed and fails, and[...]
Erwin James murdered two men and spent 20 years behind bars. Now he has written a book called Redeemable. Is he? From 5.00pm, LMH will be selling copies of Erwin’s book in the lobby of[...]
Now in its seventh year, St Hilda’s College Gender Equality Festival features speakers, workshops, debates, film screenings and a comedy night. Student, blogger, part-time model and eco-fashion-expert, and winner of the Vogue Talent Contest for[...]
What do Apple’s design principles, World War II propaganda, selfies and mobile phone video scandals all have in common? Learn more about the power of visual imagery and how the era of social media and[...]
The introductory talk at the third annual Merton Equality Conversation will be given by Peter Tatchell. This will be followed by a discussion and Q&A, with a panel including: Helen Charlesworth, Vice-Chair of the University’s[...]
Sarah Boseley, James Randerson and Dr Hannah Devlin write about health, the environment and science for the Guardian. How do you write for the general public without dumbing down? Sarah Boseley is the health editor[...]
If you’re wondering whether the academic path is right for you, but cannot imagine wasting the technical skills you’ve developed in academia, you might want to consider a career in data science, ‘the sexiest job[...]
The Oxford Hub of the World Economic Forum’s Global Shapers invites you to a new lecture with Saif Kamal (Founder of Toru & Curator of the Dhaka Hub of the Global Shapers). Saif is visiting[...]
Prof. Daniel Wakelin and Anna Sander in conversation with Oxford MSt students about creating, using and sharing images of medieval manuscripts, during a lunchtime break in a hands-on MS handling and photography workshop day. What[...]
Learn about new digital tools for humanities research and build your own virtual workspace for viewing books and manuscripts from libraries around the world in this short talk and workshop presented by Bodleian Library Systems[...]
Three high-profile SPC alumni return to their college to discuss the impending EU Referendum in a forum chaired by the Master, Mark Damazer CBE. Join the Editor of the Sunday Times, Martin Ivens (BA Modern[...]
“Alternative Realities and New Perspectives on Family Violence” Panel Discussion 2: Professor Marianne Hester, Centre for Gender and Violence Research, Bristol University – “Intimate Partner Violence in LGBTQ Relationships – What’s Gender Got To Do[...]
In such a competitive and fast-moving industry, what measures can publishers take to remain fresh and unique? Today, innovation in publishing goes far beyond the e-book. From crowdfunding to creating book apps, to interacting directly[...]
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[...]
A lively panel discussion exploring women’s ever changing roles and struggle for equality, featuring speakers Professor Ngaire Woods, Dr Dana Mills, Dr Joanna Williams and Helen Pike.
A discussion with photographer Alison Baskerville and curator Brigitte Lardinois that will consider women as photographers and photographic subjects, and the effects of social and technological change on portrait photography over the last 100 years.
Research psychologist Peter Etchells and author of ‘Death by Video Game’, Simon Parker, discuss the positive and negative effects of gaming.
Working in wools on a linen ground in the style of the Arts and Crafts designer May Morris, students will stitch a botanical motif suitable for a small cusion cover.
Join Oxford Festival of the Arts at the prestigious and historic Oxford Union for an evening of top class debating that will tackle one of this year’s key issues: the UK’s immigration policy.
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