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In the late-nineteenth and early-twentieth centuries, a persistent interest in technology emerged in both avant-garde and mainstream literature, and this multimedia presentation by Dr Eric White (Oxford Brookes University) and collaborators examines how radical reading[...]
William Kelly: Artist of Conscience Thursday 8 May 2014, 6.30-7.30pm (drinks from 6.15pm) Ashmolean Museum Education Centre (Evening entrance via St Giles) Internationally acclaimed US artist William Kelly talks about his life and work. Kelly’s[...]
The spiritual and second-order sense of scripture, according to which, for example, the crossing of the Red Sea denotes Baptism, and Jacob’s ladder denotes the cross, presents at least two epistemological challenges. First, the history[...]
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[...]
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[...]
This is a joint event with the Oxford Martin School and the Oxford Martin Programme on the Impacts of Future Technology Dr Joanna Bryson, Reader, Department of Computer Science, University of Bath, will ask is[...]
Why is laughter such an important human social tool? Neuroscientist and stand-up comedian Prof Sophie Scott will discuss her research on laughter (and apparently rats laugh too!).
Magnificence, Love and Scaffolds: Politics at the Court of Henry VIII, With Dr Suzannah Lipscomb Saturday 17 May, 11am–12pm, Ioannou Centre Historian, author, and broadcaster Dr Suzannah Lipscomb will speak on the politics of spectacle,[...]
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[...]
In “The Soul of the World”, renowned philosopher Roger Scruton defends the experience of the sacred against today’s fashionable forms of atheism. He argues that our personal relationships, moral intuitions, and aesthetic judgments hint at[...]
You are warmly welcome to attend a film showing and after-talk about a spiritual community in Germany, living life with a focus on meditation, and the true nature of our reality as human beings. You[...]
The questions that will be addressed are those that are dearest to us all: How can we lead a life in serenity and peace? How can we maintain a state of contentment even in the[...]
The questions that will be addressed are those that are dearest to us all: How can we lead a life in serenity and peace? How can we maintain a state of contentment even in the[...]
The 2014 Roger Moorey Memorial Lecture Ancient Egyptian Biographies: From Living a Life to Creating a Memorial With Professor John Baines, University of Oxford Friday 30 May, 5.30–6.30pm, Wolfson College More than in most civilizations,[...]
Join Revd Mpho Tutu, daughter of Archbishop Desmond Tutu, as she discusses The Book of Forgiving, written jointly with her father. In the book, Desmond and Mpho Tutu offer guidance from their own lives and[...]
Professor Cameron will be talking about how language creates and maintains inequality in sexuality and gender.
The Art of Witnessing War With Dr Sue Malvern, Reading University Thursday 5 June, 2-3pm, Headley Lecture Theatre Sue Malvern looks at the role of war artists and photographers as witnesses to conflicts and wars.[...]
This talk addresses two objections to religious belief from Ned Hall, based on the claim that religious practices fail to show the epistemic virtues of those of natural science. First, individuals engaged in science adopt[...]
OxTET is happy to welcome Riva-Melissa Tez – lecturer at the DAB university in Berlin, founder of the Berlin Singularity, Associate Director of Longevity Intelligence Communications, and co-runner of Kardashev Communications. Riva will be speaking[...]
Dr Stephen Backhouse is Lecturer in Social and Political Theology at St. Mellitus college. Stephen studied at the University of Oxford, then McGill, then Oxford again, where he completed his doctorate on Kierkegaard and religious[...]
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.[...]
Joseph Reeves, a contributor to Humanitarian OpenStreetMap, will talk about the importance of crowd sourcing and open data in providing information during a humanitarian crisis. Free, collaborative maps are uniquely valuable to humanitarian work, especially[...]
‘Syria Speaks’ Series Evening Finale: Art & Culture from the Frontline With Malu Halasa and Zaher Omareen, curators and editors Friday 13 June, 6.30-9.30pm, Headley Lecture Theatre The Syrian uprising has seen an outpouring of[...]
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