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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[...]
Do you want to learn something new? The Knowledge Project offers affordable evening courses in exciting subjects. Our classes are taught by specialists in small, friendly groups and open to all. The coming term is[...]
Do you want to learn something new? The Knowledge Project offers affordable evening courses in exciting subjects. Our classes are taught by specialists in small, friendly groups and open to all. The coming term is[...]
Do you want to learn something new? The Knowledge Project offers affordable evening courses in exciting subjects. Our classes are taught by specialists in small, friendly groups and open to all. The coming term is[...]
Franz Schreker: Kammersymphonie (1916) Lewis Coenen-Rowe: A Cosmic Joke (2014) Wassily Kandinsky/Thomas de Hartmann, orch. Gunther Schuller: Der Gelbe Klang (1909) 8.00pm, Tuesday 12th and Wednesday 13th May 2015 In this multimedia collaboration, four graduate[...]
Do you want to learn something new? The Knowledge Project offers affordable evening courses in exciting subjects. Our classes are taught by specialists in small, friendly groups and open to all. The coming term is[...]
From Italian Pre-Renaissance paintings to English Literature and contemporary poetry, discover how the medieval world inspired the young artists of the Pre- Raphaelite Brotherhood
Do you want to learn something new? The Knowledge Project offers affordable evening courses in exciting subjects. Our classes are taught by specialists in small, friendly groups and open to all. The coming term is[...]
Led by Hermione Lee, Elleke Boehmer, Rebecca Abrams, Kate McLoughlin and Jacob Dahl, this full-day workshop will focus on the challenges contradictory accounts about their subjects’ lives pose to life-writers. £70 (£55 unwaged). For more[...]
Do you want to learn something new? The Knowledge Project offers affordable evening courses in exciting subjects. Our classes are taught by specialists in small, friendly groups and open to all. The coming term is[...]
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[...]
This symposium offers an innovative and exciting ‘coming together’ of language teachers and teachers of the creative arts, asking the questions: What does creativity mean to me? What do I do about it as a[...]
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.[...]
William Morris and Edward Burne- Jones developed the Pre Raphaelite’s ideals into both mystical and moral associations. Find out how these associations contributed to the Art Nouveau movement
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[...]
How do the humanities engage with business, and vice-versa? And what might this relationship lead to in the future? This panel will explore the reciprocity – existing and potential – of business and the humanities,[...]
Psychologist in the Pub, Mindfulness courses bring taught in UK schools to teachers and pupils. 6.30, for 7pm start.
#### This event is fully booked. #### The second of the College’s 50th Anniversary termly lectures will be given by Thomas Heatherwick, designer of the 2012 Olympic Cauldron and one of Britain’s foremost design[...]
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[...]
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[...]
Art critic and arts and culture journalist for The Guardian, Jonathan Jones will question whether art really is a civilising force.
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[...]
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[...]
This creative workshop will explore ideas of citizenship in the Magna Carta, led by Penny Boxall of the University Church.
Renowned art critic Andrew Graham-Dixon will offer an insight into the world of art appreciation.
Join our expert panel for an evening of debate exploring the subject of the United Kingdom’s place within the European Union.
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[...]
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[...]
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