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This talk explores the representation of the suffrage movement in letters to the editor of The Times in the years leading up to World War I.
Co-hosted with the Oxford Finance Society and the Oxford University Engineering Society. Technology has changed rapidly in the last 30 years; in order to survive businesses have had to evolve or otherwise face extinction. As[...]
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[...]
During a speech in 1957, Prime Minister Harold MacMillan declared “our people have never had it so good”. Now, more than half a century later, are we fundamentally any better off? Through discussion of technological[...]
Having seen the election results unfold, the topic of political strategy and communication is as relevant as ever in highlighting the ways in which politicians and organisations seek to influence public opinion and shape political[...]
Cyclox and the Oxford Pedestrians Association (OxPA) will be welcoming representatives of the bus companies that serve Oxford to a meeting to discuss the relationship between bikes, buses and pedestrians on the city’s busy streets.[...]
This is a panel discussion organised in collaboration with ‘Oxford Refugee Week’ by the Refugee Studies Centre, University of Oxford. Chairing will be Dr Jeff Crisp, with speakers Prof. Alexander Betts, Prof. Cathryn Costello, Dr[...]
Human-caused global warming has been making headlines for over two decades, but people’s opinions on it often depend on what headlines they’re reading. How is it that a scientific theory has become so politicised? Join[...]
A discussion about the ethics of Arts Sponsorship with Jeremy Spafford, Director of Arts at the Old Fire Station, and representatives from arts activists Art Not Oil – a network is dedicated to taking creative[...]
Join our expert panel for an evening of debate exploring the subject of the United Kingdom’s place within the European Union.
Part 1 of a three-part mini-series on notation: Reading, Writing, and Arithmetic. Also coming up… Writing little messages in Italian: the social origins of music notation (August 20th), Arithmetic: a study in the irreversibility of[...]
To avoid dangerous climate change will require not only very steep cuts in emissions, but also the removal of carbon dioxide from the atmosphere. Most of the models that avoid dangerous climate change do so[...]
My European citizenship rights…and why I don’t want to lose them. We warmly invite you to a public meeting, followed by a reception to launch New Europeans in Oxford. For details and speakers, please visit[...]
Ordinary people across Europe have reacted with horror to the plight of refugees fleeing the Syrian civil war and other conflicts—and sent solidarity. David Cameron reacted with callous cynicism. At first he held firm against[...]
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.
(1) Ancient Africa’s Gift to: Law, Architecture, Mathematics, Judaism, Islam & Christianity. This will be a 45 minute slide presentation. (2) Magna Carta, Ancient Africa’s Gift to the English. The ancient roots of Magna Carta[...]
Mass Circulation: Writing about Art in a Daily Newspaper With Richard Dorment, art critic, and Dr Alexander Sturgis, Director, Ashmolean Museum A special Ashmolean evening In Conversation event Wednesday 18 November 6‒7pm Lecture Theatre As[...]
Blasphemy and Apostasy exist in many countries in the world, commonly within the Middle East and North Africa. Pakistan’s blasphemy laws were first codified by India’s British rulers in 1860 and were inherited by Pakistan[...]
This panel takes the publication of Ruti Teitel’s new book ‘Globalizing Transitional Justice’ as paperback 15 years after the publication of her seminal book ‘Transitional Justice’ (OUP 2000) as the entry point into a critical[...]
As a cornerstone initiative of the Oxford Programme for the Future of Cities, we are proposing a new format for presenting and elaborating thinking on what urban governance does, when it succeed and fails, and[...]
As a cornerstone initiative of the Oxford Programme for the Future of Cities, we are proposing a new format for presenting and elaborating thinking on what urban governance does, when it succeed and fails, and[...]
Erwin James murdered two men and spent 20 years behind bars. Now he has written a book called Redeemable. Is he? From 5.00pm, LMH will be selling copies of Erwin’s book in the lobby of[...]
Now in its seventh year, St Hilda’s College Gender Equality Festival features speakers, workshops, debates, film screenings and a comedy night. Student, blogger, part-time model and eco-fashion-expert, and winner of the Vogue Talent Contest for[...]
The introductory talk at the third annual Merton Equality Conversation will be given by Peter Tatchell. This will be followed by a discussion and Q&A, with a panel including: Helen Charlesworth, Vice-Chair of the University’s[...]
Sarah Boseley, James Randerson and Dr Hannah Devlin write about health, the environment and science for the Guardian. How do you write for the general public without dumbing down? Sarah Boseley is the health editor[...]
Enactive approaches to human cognition foreground the intersubjective nature of human understanding, including the distinct forms of literary narrative. In the enactive view, properly reflecting on the interactive process entails a rethinking of what constitutes[...]
This presentation focuses on the use a group of Brazilian Pentecostal migrant churches make of Facebook as a medium for language planning (LPP), i.e. the deliberate choice of language to be established as the one[...]
The English Language is spoken by more than a billion people throughout the world. But where did English come from? And how has it evolved into the language used today? Simon Horobin (Professor of English[...]
The discussions held within reading groups (or book clubs) typically involve participants sharing, comparing and co-creating responses to literary texts. While reading is often thought of as a solitary process, reading groups constitute a form[...]
Three high-profile SPC alumni return to their college to discuss the impending EU Referendum in a forum chaired by the Master, Mark Damazer CBE. Join the Editor of the Sunday Times, Martin Ivens (BA Modern[...]
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