Some face-to-face events are returning. Check carefully for any requirements.
On Wednesday of Week 2, we will be hosting Dr Joao Pedro Magalhaes who leads the Integrative Genomics of Aging Group at the Institute of Integrative Biology, University of Liverpool. As usual, our talks cost[...]
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[...]
Oxford Internet Institute Bellwether Lecture presented by Professor Dan Burk on Copyright, Culture, and Community in Virtual Worlds We have accumulated an increasingly rich body of data concerning online communities, particularly those that share virtual[...]
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[...]
The Annual Zola Skweyiya Lecture
Twenty minute introductory talk, Q&As, one hour of discussion. Free entry, no need to book, all welcome.
As former European Commissioner for Climate Action and as host Minister of the 2009 UN Climate Change Conference in Copenhagen, Connie Hedegaard has been at the sharp end of global agreements. While the Copenhagen talks[...]
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[...]
Delivered by Astor Visiting Lecturer Dr Mary McKay, NYU
Thursday, May 21, 2015 at 7.30pm @ Film Oxford – FREE Drones – Aerial Filming & Photography. Everyone’s talking about Drones, come and find what the fuss is about! Speaker, Matthew Nicholson of HOLLYWOOD DRONES[...]
Delivered by Professor Philippe Van Parijs, University of Louvain
Enter a lost world of music and poetry as more than 300 years of Mughal rule approached its end at the hands of the British in 1857. William Dalrymple, award-winning historian, in performance with the[...]
• Mike set up the volunteer organisation Smile Kids Japan (website under reconstruction…) in 2007 to promote sustainable and local volunteering at institutional care facilities (sometimes called orphanages) in Japan. This grew and has helped[...]
Professor Rachel Bowlby from Princeton University will give a seminar on Commuters: From the Nineteenth Century to Now as part of the Science, Medicine and Culture in the Nineteenth Century seminar series. All are welcome,[...]
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[...]
Six members of the National Union of Journalists (NUJ), including comedian and journalist Mark Thomas are taking legal action against the Metropolitan Police’s monitoring and keeping of their information on a database that deals with[...]
Guest speaker: Dr Mike Macnair, Associate Professor in Law, University of Oxford Talk, Q&As, and discussion. You’re welcome to come along just to listen, or to take part actively in the discussion. Free entry, no[...]
The award-winning video journalist and campaign filmmaker, Zoe Broughton, has spent more than 20 years putting herself on the frontline – going undercover at an animal-testing lab, being chased by police while filming on a[...]
The Mask You Live In follows boys and young men as they struggle to stay true to themselves while negotiating America’s narrow definition of masculinity. The documentary presents the personal narratives of young boys and[...]
‘TRADE IN UK-AFRICA RELATIONS’: Event taking place on July 1st at Oxford Brookes University. This is part of an ESRC seminar series on British Policy after Labour: Coalition, Austerity, Continuity and Change. This seminar, the[...]
Special Turner Event at the Ashmolean Museum Turner’s High Street, Oxford: a Unique Townscape With Colin Harrison Wednesday 8 July, 11am-12pm, Lecture Theatre Find out more about Turner’s most significant townscape and the greatest painting[...]
The AllTrials campaign calls for all past and present clinical trials to be registered and their full methods and summary results to be reported – half of all trials go unpublished. The AllTrials petition has[...]
Talk – Perspectives: Cheating A short series of talks on cheating, fakes and frauds to accompany the exhibition by Lynn Hershman Leeson. Speakers include: Nigel Warburton: The Ethics of Cheating Warburton discusses how and why[...]
What the World is Losing, a talk with Dr Paul Collins, Dr Robert Bewley & Dr Emma Cunliffe A special talk with Dr Paul Collins, Curator of the Ancient Near East Collections at the Ashmolean[...]
Join Curator Katie Hill for an exhibition tour of WASTELANDS, a group show of contemporary Chinese art at OVADA this summer. Katie will provide background to the project and will introduce work by each of[...]
A one-day free exhibit featuring powerful children’s drawings from Burma and Sudan. The event is co-sponsored by Humanitarian Aid Relief Trust (HART) and Waging Peace. The drawings from Burma were collected on visits by HART[...]
A lecture in aid of the British red Cross services in Oxfordshire and beyond kindly given by award winning journalist Peter Taylor and entitled ‘Terrorism from IRA to Al Quaeda and ISIL.’ In his lecture[...]
Are there gender differences in attraction? What are we looking for in a potential mate? Can you find someone attractive online? What other features make us more or less attractive? Join us to hear Dr[...]
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