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

Sep 10 @ 6:00 pm – 7:30 pm Sheldonian Theatre
David Mitchell, author of ‘Cloud Atlas’, will be discussing his new book ‘The Bone Clocks’.
Oct 3 @ 5:00 pm Oxford Playhouse
Simon Singh has been unearthing scientific and mathematical mysteries for more than 20 years. Here he will introduce his new book, The Simpsons and their Mathematical Secrets, which explores the vast amount of mathematics smuggled[...]
Oct 8 @ 6:00 pm – 8:00 pm Sheldonian Theatre
COIN are hosting the launch of international best-seller Naomi Klein’s new book “This Changes Everything”. Tickets for the 8 October event are on sale now.
Oct 13 @ 5:00 pm – 6:30 pm Oxford Martin School
Join Professor Nick Bostrom for a talk on his new book, Superintelligence: Paths, Dangers, Strategies, and a journey that takes us to the frontiers of thinking about the human condition and the future of intelligent[...]
Oct 15 @ 5:00 pm – 6:30 pm SR1, Department of International Development
Speakers: Dr Elena Fiddian-Qasmiyeh (University College London) and Professor Gil Loescher (Refugee Studies Centre) Refugee and Forced Migration Studies has grown from being a concern of a relatively small number of scholars and policy researchers[...]
Oct 15 @ 7:30 pm The Albion Beatnik Bookstore
The Emma Press is celebrating the launch of Stephen Sexton’s new pamphlet, ‘Oils’, with a special event featuring Stephen and three other Emma Press poets. STEPHEN SEXTON studies at the Seamus Heaney Centre for Poetry[...]
Oct 16 @ 6:30 pm – 8:00 pm The Port Mahon
We have yet to discover other life in our Galaxy, but we have a good idea where it might be! Join the astrophysicists Chris Lintott (BBC’s Sky at Night) and Grant Miller from Zooniverse, the[...]
Oct 17 @ 8:00 pm – 9:00 pm Harris Seminar Room, Oriel College
Nick is Central Europe Correspondent for BBC news. He will introduce his new book, published by Yale University Press, which documents centuries of civilization along Europe’s great waterway, and has been compared to the classic[...]
Oct 21 @ 7:00 pm – 8:00 pm Blackwell's Bookshop
What is it like to be a brain surgeon? How does it feel to hold someone’s life in your hands, to cut into the stuff that creates thought, feeling and reason? How do you live[...]
Oct 27 @ 5:00 pm – 6:30 pm Oxford Martin School
Despite our extensive knowledge of the major challenges the world faces during coming decades, impasse exists in global attempts to address economic, climate, trade, security, and other key issues. The Chancellor will examine the implications[...]
Nov 5 @ 6:30 pm Wadham College, Old Refectory
Book Launch: Bread, Freedom and Social Justice Workers and the Egyptian Revolution speakers: Anne Alexander and Mostafa Bassiouny with contributions from Miriyam Aouragh, Mohamed-Saleh Omri, Peter Dwyer Accounts of the Arab Spring often focus on[...]
Nov 6 @ 12:45 pm – 2:00 pm SR3, St. Anne's College
Professor Sarah Whatmore, head of School of Geography and the Environment, will speak about ‘Living with flooding: the science and politics of flood risk management’. Sarah Whatmore is Professor of Environment and Public Policy at[...]
Nov 10 @ 5:00 pm – 6:00 pm Oxford Martin School
Globalisation has brought us vast benefits including growth in incomes, education, innovation and connectivity. Professor Ian Goldin, Director of the Oxford Martin School, argues that it also has the potential to destabilise our societies. In[...]
Nov 18 @ 5:00 pm – 6:30 pm Oxford Martin School
Panel: Professor Charles Godfray, Director, Oxford Martin Programme on the Future of Food and author of the chapter How can 9-10 Billion People be Fed Sustainably and Equitably by 2050? Professor Ian Goldin, Director, Oxford[...]
Nov 19 @ 5:00 pm – 6:00 pm Oxford Martin School
Professor David Vines, Director, Ethics & Economics, The Institute for New Economic Thinking at the Oxford Martin School, will talk about his new book Capital Failure: Rebuilding Trust in Financial Services. The book talk will[...]
Nov 21 @ 7:30 pm – 9:00 pm Martin Wood Lecture Theatre, Oxford University,
What can our celestial neighbours tell us about life on Earth? Space is positively buzzing with comets and asteroids but what might they reveal about how life on our planet first began? As scientists from[...]
Nov 24 @ 6:00 pm – 8:00 pm Lecture Theatre VI, West Wing, Saïd Business School
We are delighted to welcome Michael S. Malone to Saïd Business School on Monday 24th November. Mike has covered Silicon Valley and high-tech for more than thirty years, and was twice nominated by the San[...]
Dec 17 @ 7:00 pm – 8:00 pm Blackwell's Bookshop
Legendary Science-Fiction author Brian Aldiss will be celebrating the re-release of his mythological novel, ‘Jocasta’. In ‘Jocasta’, Aldiss brings vividly to life the ancient world of dreaming Thebes: a world of sun-drenched landscapes, golden dust,[...]
Jan 20 @ 5:00 pm – 6:30 pm Mathematical Institute, Andrew Wiles Building
One of the UK’s leading scientists, Marcus du Sautoy, will argue that mathematical proofs are not just number-based, but are also a form of narrative. In response, author Ben Okri, mathematician Roger Penrose, and literary[...]
Jan 20 @ 6:00 pm – 7:00 pm East Oxford Community Classics Centre
An introductory talk on the Antikythera Mechanism, the first known computer – an astronomical device created by the ancient Greeks
Feb 9 @ 5:00 pm Centre for International Studies (CIS)
CIS Event: A panel debate on the occasion of the publication of the controversial ‘Leo Strauss: Man of Peace’ with the author Robert Howse, New York University Discussants: Janalee Cherneski (DPIR, University of Oxford), Aggie[...]
Feb 13 @ 8:00 pm Harris Seminar Room, Oriel College
András, associate professor of Pure Mathematics at Keble College, will guide us to the shape of space. Afterwards, Kinga, a D.Phil. student in Education, will show us how using tablets can facilitate the study of[...]
Feb 24 @ 5:00 pm – 6:30 pm Oxford Martin School
On 12th November 2014, after a 10 year journey, the Rosetta spacecraft’s lander Philae touched down on the surface of the comet 67P, also known as Churyumov–Gerasimenko. The robotic European Space Agency lander not only[...]
Feb 26 @ 8:15 pm – 9:45 pm Inorganic Chemistry Lecture Theatre
Abstract: Where does the Moon come from? Although humans first walked on the Moon over four decades ago, we still know surprisingly little about the lunar body’s origin. Samples returned by the Apollo missions have[...]
Mar 11 @ 12:45 pm – 2:00 pm Seminar Room, Radcliffe Humanities Building
Pedro Ferreira (Professor of Astrophysics, University of Oxford) will discuss his book The Perfect Theory: A Century of Geniuses and the Battle over General Relativity with: – Javier Lezaun (Anthropology, University of Oxford) – Alex[...]
Mar 12 all-day Jacqueline du Pré Music Building, St Hilda's College
Daniel’s story is one of extraordinary faith in God lived out at the pinnacle of executive power under Nebuchadnezzar, emperor of Babylon. What was it that gave Daniel and his three friends the strength and[...]
Mar 12 @ 6:00 pm – 7:30 pm Jacqueline du Pre music room, St Hilda's College
“Against the Flow: The Inspiration of Daniel in an Age of Relativism” Daniel’s story is one of extraordinary faith in God lived out at the pinnacle of executive power under Nebuchadnezzar, emperor of Babylon. What[...]
Apr 16 @ 7:00 pm – 8:00 pm Blackwell's Bookshop
The ordinary atoms that make up the known universe – from our bodies and the air we breathe to the planets and stars – constitute only 5 percent of all matter and energy in the[...]
Apr 28 @ 7:00 pm – 8:00 pm Blackwell's Bookshop
Join us for the book launch talk of ‘Curacies & How To Survive Them’ by Matthew Caminer. It is common knowledge that many curacies run into difficulties and that this is something people often feel[...]
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[...]