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

May 18 @ 6:00 pm – 7:30 pm Oxford Retreat
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.
May 19 @ 6:00 pm – 7:30 pm Wig and Pen
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[...]
May 19 @ 6:00 pm – 7:30 pm Wig and Pen
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[...]
Jun 11 @ 6:30 pm – 8:00 pm Freud, Jericho
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[...]
Jun 13 @ 4:00 pm – 5:30 pm Mansfield College
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[...]
Jun 19 @ 12:00 pm – 1:30 pm New Biochemistry, Seminar Room
RANDY RETTBERG, President of iGEM Randy Rettberg is the man behind iGEM, the global competition for undergraduates and high school students in designing brand new biological parts, or “genetically engineered machines”. An engineer by trade[...]
Jun 27 @ 8:00 am – 5:00 pm Mathematical Institute, Andrew Wiles Building
A TORCH day conference including keynotes from Terry Eagleton and George Pattison and parallel session papers on theodicy, evil in literature, film and TV, German philosophy (Hegel and Fichte), death and technology, Aristotle, the Akedah,[...]
Aug 9 @ 2:00 pm – 2:30 pm Blackwell's Bookshop
The World Humanist Congress is taking place from Friday 8th August until Sunday 10th August in Oxford. Held every three years in different locations around the world, this years theme of the meeting is ‘Freedom[...]
Oct 11 @ 2:00 pm – 3:00 pm Ashmolean Museum
Egyptomania: The Allure of Ancient Egypt With Henrietta McCall, Department of the Middle East, British Museum 2pm Saturday, 11 October 2014 at Ashmolean Museum | Venue Information Henrietta McCall talks about the enduring appeal of[...]
Oct 17 @ 2:00 pm – 3:30 pm Ashmolean Museum
Overture to the Oxford Ceramics Fair With Janice Tchalenko, potter Ashmolean Lecture Theatre Fri 17 Oct, 2–3.30pm Janice Tchalenko is an award-winning potter whose work has been exhibited internationally and commissioned for retail outlets such[...]
Oct 31 @ 7:00 pm – 10:30 pm Ashmolean Museum
Dress up to party like it’s 1922 and discover the decade’s fascination with Ancient Egypt at an evening of Jazz Age performances, workshops and talks. – – – – – – – – – –[...]
Nov 3 @ 2:15 pm – 3:45 pm Ioannou Centre for Classical and Byzantine Studies
Professor Marni Thomas Wood, of Berkley University and the Martha Graham School of Contemporary Dance, in association with DANSOX (Dance Scholarship Oxford) discuss Working with Martha Graham. Free, all welcome, no booking required.
Nov 5 @ 11:30 am – 12:30 pm Ashmolean Museum
In Conversation: Sir Norman Rosenthal and Dr Georgina Paul ‘Joseph Beuys & Jörg Immendorff’ Exhibition Event Wednesday 5 November, 11.30am–12.30pm At the Ashmolean Museum Join the curator of the exhibition, Sir Norman Rosenthal, as he[...]
Nov 6 @ 7:30 pm – 9:00 pm The Mitre
A public meeting with a short introductory talk followed by questions and discussion. Theodor Adorno (1903–1969) and ‘pleasure hardening into boredom’ Thursday 6 November, 7:30pm to 9:00pm The Mitre, corner of High St and Turl[...]
Nov 12 @ 6:00 pm – 7:30 pm Ashmolean Museum
Why Film Matters Part of the Why Philosophy Matters Series With Professor Stephen Mulhall, New College, Oxford University Wednesday 12 November, 6‒7.30pm, Ashmolean Education Centre Join esteemed scholars to talk about the hot topics in[...]
Nov 18 @ 6:00 pm – 7:00 pm Stopforth Metcalfe Room, Kellogg College
The Colloquium is a seminar series at Kellogg College, Oxford. Poppy is a 2nd year DPhil student at the department of Oncology. She completed her BSc Biochemistry at the University of Southampton and did a[...]
Nov 20 @ 4:30 pm – 7:00 pm Ashmolean Museum
Public Seminar: Thinking About the Brain With speakers: Professor Chris Kennard; Professor Glyn Humphreys; Professor David Lomas; Dr Joshua Hordern; Dr Ayoush Lazikani; Dr Matthew Broome; Dr Chrystalina Antoniades Thursday 20 November, 5.30-8.30pm Ashmolean Education[...]
Nov 24 @ 1:00 pm Dept. of Engineering, Thom Building, Lecture Room 2
Interested in nano research combining physics, chemistry, engineering and materials science? The following talk may be of interest: Nanoscience is the science of the very small. But why is that interesting? Alexandra Grigore and Tarun[...]
Dec 6 @ 11:00 am – 12:00 pm Ashmolean Museum
William Blake: Apprentice & Master With Professor Michael Phillips, exhibition curator Saturday 6 December, 11am‒12pm, Ashmolean Lecture Theatre Exhibition curator Professor Michael Phillips explains how some of Blake’s best-known works were created and individually produced.[...]
Feb 6 @ 8:00 pm – 11:00 pm Modern Art Oxford
Science Oxford and the Manchester Science Festival team would like you to join us in unlocking the secret science of songs, an evening of science and music featuring a discussion with the experts on why[...]
Mar 10 @ 5:30 pm – 7:00 pm Jacqueline du Pre Music Building
Wayne McGregor, Resident Choreographer, The Royal Ballet; Director, Random Dance, talks about his choreographic practice with Dr Phil Barnard, MRC Cognition and Brain Sciences Unit (Cambridge) and Eckhard Thiemann (Arts Producer). Free but booking essential.
Mar 11 @ 6:00 pm – 7:00 pm Oxford Brookes University, JHB Lecture Theatre, Headington Campus
Magazines act as the ultimate social barometer, cataloguing our insecurities, dreams and manners. Confidence comes in many guises – beauty, power, sex, body, social standing – which depend as much on social hierarchy as the[...]
Mar 14 @ 10:00 am – 6:00 pm Radcliffe Humanities Building
The student workshop entitled “Diversity in 20th and 21st Century Greek Popular Culture(s) and Media” is a free event and all are welcome. Attendees will be accepted on a first-come, first-served basis, so please do[...]
May 7 – May 9 all-day Pegasus Theater
OutBurst is the Oxford Brookes University festival at the Pegasus Theatre on Magdalen Road. Brookes will be bursting out of the university campus into the community, bringing great ideas, activities, and entertainment right to the[...]
May 22 @ 5:00 pm – May 23 @ 4:30 pm Rooms 204 & 205, John Henry Brookes Building, Oxford Brookes University, Oxford
This symposium offers an innovative and exciting ‘coming together’ of language teachers and teachers of the creative arts, asking the questions: What does creativity mean to me? What do I do about it as a[...]
Jun 4 @ 4:00 pm – 7:00 pm Museum of Natural History
Join us at the Museum of Natural History for an evening of talks and networking to celebrate the research behind our new exhibition,‘Biosense’. The exhibition features contemporary research, including how bacteria sense their micro-world, why[...]
Jun 5 @ 5:00 pm – 6:30 pm Lecture Theatre
Free, all welcome, no booking required. After a week long residency choreographing to the ancient Greek text of Odyssey Book XI, Cathy Marston will discuss her approaches to adapting works of literature into dance performances[...]
Jun 8 @ 1:00 pm – 2:00 pm St Cross Church - Balliol Historic Collections Centre
In autumn last year Balliol College was pleased to acquire for its research collection the books and papers of a remarkable woman called Josephine Reid, relating to her employer, the writer Graham Greene (Balliol 1922).[...]
Sep 18 @ 4:15 pm – 6:30 pm Inorganic Chemistry Lecture Theatre
The chemical elements, the fundamental ingredients of all matter, have fascinated people for centuries. Their stories have been richly described in Hugh Aldersey-Williams’ bestselling book, Periodic Tales, which forms the basis for a major exhibition[...]
Oct 29 @ 7:30 pm – 9:00 pm The Mitre (upstairs function room)
Talk, Q&As, and discussion. You’re welcome to come along just to listen, or to take part actively in the discussion. There’s no need to book: just come along on the day.