Some face-to-face events are returning. Check carefully for any requirements.
Join us in the Edmund Safra Lecture Theatre, Saïd Business School, for a talk by Dr Gavin Yamey MD MPH, a physician and medical journal editor with training in public health who leads the Evidence[...]
Professor of Caribbean Literature and Culture at Goldsmiths University, Joan Anim-Addo brings us her voice on Black Women’s Writing and the place of the Black figure in the Humanities. This event will be hosted in[...]
Popular Representations of Development takes a novel approach to the broad discipline of development studies that goes beyond narrow policy or social science frameworks. Instead, the authors reassess the breadth and popularity of development studies[...]
Dr Simon Underdown (Oxford Brookes University) will explore how we made the journey from small-brained African apes to the dominant animal on the planet, answering questions such as ‘why are humans so smart?’, ‘why is[...]
Professor Sally Shuttleworth, Professor of English Literature at the University of Oxford and Dr Sally Frampton, Postdoctoral Research Assistant at the University of Oxford, will both talk about the role of Citizen Science in their[...]
Alumni Lecture 2014. In the Department of Social Policy and Intervention’s Centenary year, Jacqueline Bhabha, Harvard, will deliver the Alumni Lecture, followed by a drinks reception. Make a booking by sending an email to events@spi.ox.ac.uk
speakers: William Kelly, Artist and Humanist Dr. Rama Mani, Senior Research Associate at the Centre for International Studies at the University of Oxford and Councillor of the World Future Council
Between the artist and the museum Friday 9 May 2014, 5-6.30pm (doors will open at 4.45pm) Ashmolean Museum Headley Lecture Theatre A symposium with Michael Govan (Humanitas Visiting Professor in Museums, Galleries & Libraries at[...]
The inaugural Oxford Education Conference is taking place in Pembroke College, Oxford on the 10th May 2014. Specialists from all over the UK will be gathering to discuss educational inequality – one of the most[...]
Led by David Aldridge, an academic philosopher, educationalist and experienced role-playing enthusiast, this evening is intended for curious or experienced gamers alike to sample Dungeons and Dragons, celebrating collaborative storytelling and raising serious questions about[...]
In this lecture series, Naomi Richman explores the evolution of the ideas central to major global belief-systems such as Christianity, Islam, Buddhism, Judaism and Marxism, and their status in the modern world from a social-scientific[...]
How Should We Read the ‘Signs of the Times’?: Secular vs. Sacred; Spiritual vs. Religious; Fundamentalism vs Pluralism, etc. Martyn Percy is Principal of Ripon College Cuddesdon and the Oxford Ministry Course. He is also[...]
A view from the Pacific: re-envisioning the art museum Tuesday 13 May 2014, 5-6.30pm (doors will open at 4.45pm) Ashmolean Museum Headley Lecture Theatre A lecture by Michael Govan (Humanitas Visiting Professor in Museums, Galleries[...]
Speaker: Professor James Sweeney, Professor of International Law, University of Lancaster
Tour: Joseph Beuys & Jörg Immendorff With Colin Harrison, Senior Curator of European Art 3–3.45pm on Wednesday 14 May and Wednesday 11 June Tours are free, no booking is required. Please meet in Gallery 2.[...]
Magic Museums at Night Special Ashmolean Late Night Opening Friday 16 May 7–10pm FREE ENTRY For 2014’s Museums At Night event, the Ashmolean is putting on an evening of magic. Curators will be presenting the[...]
How does the brain work? And how can we switch on and off specific neurons? Join us for a Pint of Science with top academics from Oxford University.
You ever wanted to understand more about climate change? Is it real? what are the consequences? Come join us for an expert panel from Oxford University who will shed some light on this highly debated[...]
When is a volcano going to erupt and how do you measure that? What is Magma and how can we start studying it? These questions and more will be explained by top academics from Oxford[...]
ESRC Transitional Justice Research Manual Re-Launch Speakers: Dr Nicola Palmer, Lecturer in Criminal Law, King’s College London Dr Briony Jones, Senior Researcher, Dealing with the Past, swisspeace Dr Zoe Norridge, Lecturer in English and Comparative[...]
speaker: Radidja Nemar, PhD Candidate in Law, Université Paul Cézanne / Junior Research Fellow at French Strategic Institute, Military Academy
GTC Care Initiative and GTC Future Ageing Initiative event: ‘Innovating for an Ageing Society: Collective Solutions to Care’ The speaker is Dr Clare McNeil, Senior Research Fellow at the Institute for Public Policy Research (IPPR).[...]
The GTC Care Initiative, in collaboration with the GTC Future Ageing Initiative, are holding a lecture/discussion session on the topic of: ‘Innovating for an Ageing Society: Collective Solutions to Care’ The speaker is Dr Clare[...]
speaker: Vincent Courcelle-Labrousse, Defence Counsel at the ICTR and Special Tribunal for Lebanon
Speaker: Professor Richard Sennett Professor of Sociology at the LSE & Professor of the Humanities at NYU. His work studies the social ties in cities and the effects of urban living on individuals, and entails[...]
Tour: Joseph Beuys & Jörg Immendorff With Colin Harrison, Senior Curator of European Art 3–3.45pm on Wednesday 14 May and Wednesday 11 June Tours are free, no booking is required. Please meet in Gallery 2.[...]
Join us at Freud this Wednesday as we consider how the collections, interpretations and rituals of our cultural institutions shape society today. Paul Hobson, director of Modern Art Oxford and Dr Christopher Brown, director of[...]
Speaker: Susie Orbach Psychotherapist, psychoanalyst, writer and social critic. Her books include Fat is a Feminist Issue and Bodies. A convenor of Anybody, an organisation that campaigns for body diversity. Co-founder of Antidote which works[...]
On Friday 13th June, the Oxford Left Review will be launching OLR Issue 13. Come along to get your copy and chat with the writers and editors. This issue was partially themed on ‘Science, Technology[...]
Al Jazeera host Mehdi Hasan will challenge Bernard Kouchner, co-founder of Medecins sans Frontieres and former French Foreign Minister, on France’s military interventionism. Are the country’s motives altruistic or do they respond to a neo-colonialist[...]
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