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

May 6 @ 4:30 pm – 5:30 pm Tsuzuki Lecture Theatre, St. Anne's College
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[...]
May 7 @ 4:30 pm Mary Ogilvie Foyer, St. Anne's College
Writer of autobiography, poetry, fiction and journalism and Professor of Creative and Life Writing at Goldsmiths University Blake Morrison brings some of his latest work and interesting discussion to St. Anne’s.
May 8 @ 4:00 pm – 5:30 pm Pegasus
Join English PEN (the literary network which works to defend and promote free expression) for an evening of poetry and debate, with discussion about how publishing and human rights campaigns can join forces to help[...]
May 8 @ 4:30 pm – 5:30 pm Mary Ogilvie Lecture Theatre, St. Anne's College
Novelist Ali Smith, author of Artful, Hotel World, and The Accidental, returns to St. Anne’s after holding the Weidenfeld Visiting Professorship in European Comparative Literature in 2012.
May 9 @ 3:45 pm – 5:30 pm Ashmolean Museum
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[...]
May 10 @ 6:30 pm – 7:30 pm Pegasus
A collaboration between the Oxford Brookes Poetry Centre and the Archway Foundation (an Oxford-based mental health charity), this event will feature writing produced by the Archway Foundation’s services during workshops with Brookes’ creative writing students.
May 13 @ 3:45 pm – 5:30 pm Ashmolean Museum
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[...]
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[...]
May 21 @ 6:00 pm – 7:30 pm Wig and Pen
How can we rewild animals to today’s environment? How does the future of lethal viruses is going to be? Are they going to stick around with us as long as humanity exists
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 @ 6:00 pm – 7:00 pm Blackwell's, Oxford
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[...]
Jun 18 @ 6:00 pm – 8:00 pm Oxford Union
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[...]
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 19 @ 5:30 pm – 6:30 pm The Port Mahon
The use of GM technologies is growing beyond agricultural crops. GM vaccines and GM animals are available and their use may need different regulatory considerations. In this talk, Dr Michael Bonsall from the Dept of[...]
Jul 16 @ 5:00 pm – 7:30 pm Said Business School
OBR would like to invite you to our next event in Oxford on Wednesday 16th July at Saïd Business School, University of Oxford. Since the completion of the Human Genome Project, the birth of next-generation[...]
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 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 4 @ 7:00 pm – 8:30 pm St Columba's Church
A discussion with two representatives of an Israeli peace village called Neve Shalom (Hebrew) / Wahat al-Salam (Arabic). In this unique village, Arab and Jewish Israelis have chosen to live together in peace, celebrating both[...]
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 12 @ 6:00 pm – 7:30 pm Sutro room, Trinity College
What impact are government anti-terrorism actions having on our society? Our Panel Debate on the impact of anti-terrorism legislation in the UK is an event not to be missed for anyone interested in in this[...]
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 21 @ 5:30 pm – 8:30 pm Mathematical Institute
The Oxford Climate Forum is the country’s largest student climate change conference, held right here in Oxford. This year, a fantastic line-up of leading academics, activists and environmentalists will discuss and debate topics ranging from[...]
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[...]
Nov 30 @ 10:00 am – 5:00 pm Peace House
Introduction to Anthropology. Sunday 30th November. 10 – 5pm The Knowledge Project is exciting and innovative workshops this November. For one day, you will be introduced to a subject by an Oxford postgraduate with bags[...]
Dec 4 @ 5:30 pm – 7:30 pm TS Eliot Theatre
Come listen to the MSc in Global Health Science students debate two controversial motions relating to ‘Priorities in Healthcare’: ‘This house believes that communicable diseases require more funding than non-communicable diseases’ and ‘This house would[...]