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

May 6 all-day St Aldates Tavern
7.30PM start at St. Aldates Tavern, and entry is free, although we do suggest a donation of around £3 to cover speaker expenses. Come along and say hello! All welcome. http://oxford.skepticsinthepub.org/Event.aspx/2561/-Science-What-does-is-really-mean-to-be-scientific From developing theories and[...]
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[...]
May 7 @ 5:30 pm – 7:00 pm Florey Room, Wolfson College
The speakers (OCLW visiting scholars) will present their current life-writing projects, and discuss the use of archives and memoirs in life-writing, and alternative methods of writing biographies. John Bak: ‘Editing Tennessee Williams’ Ur-Memoirs’ Lorraine Paterson,[...]
May 7 @ 7:30 pm – 9:00 pm Town Hall, St Aldates
Twenty minute talk, one hour discussion. Free entry, no need to book.
May 8 @ 5:00 pm – 6:30 pm Butler Room, Nuffield College
Reuters Institute / Nuffield College Media & Politics seminars The following seminars will be given at 5pm on Fridays, normally in the Butler Room, Nuffield College. Convenors: Neil Fowler, James Painter, David Levy Speakers: Professor[...]
May 11 @ 6:00 pm – 7:30 pm Oxford International College
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[...]
May 11 @ 7:00 pm St. Aldate's Tavern
A night of science comedy from Oxford’s funniest scientists. Highlights include the science of beer, the rise of the worm people and the end of the world. All profits go to TASTE, a small charity[...]
May 12 @ 5:30 pm – 7:00 pm Mary Ogilvie Lecture Theatre
Javier Cercas, novelist and essayist, is one of Europe’s most distinguished contemporary writers. His works, which have been translated into more than twenty languages, include the acclaimed, Soldados de Salamina (Soldiers of Salamis, 2001), which[...]
May 13 @ 2:00 pm – 3:30 pm Barclay Room, Green Templeton College
Reuters Institute seminars “The business and practice of journalism” The following seminars will be given at 2pm on Wednesdays, normally in the Barclay Room, Green Templeton College. Convenors: James Painter, David Levy Speaker: Kevin Sutcliffe,[...]
May 13 @ 6:00 pm – 7:45 pm The Pitt Rivers Museum (Robinson Close entrance)
Robin Dunbar is Prof. of Evolutionary Psychology at Oxford University. ” We are members of the ape family yet something happened in the course of our evolution to radically change how we behave. The result[...]
May 13 @ 7:00 pm – 8:30 pm St Aldates Tavern
As adults can tell us when they are feeling pain we can often simply ask them whether pain medication is working. As babies cannot talk, we need to rely on other measures to find out[...]
May 14 @ 5:30 pm – 6:30 pm Mary Ogilvie Lecture Theatre
Javier Cercas, novelist and essayist, is one of Europe’s most distinguished contemporary writers. His works, which have been translated into more than twenty languages, include the acclaimed, Soldados de Salamina (Soldiers of Salamis, 2001), which[...]
May 14 @ 5:30 pm – 7:00 pm Leonard Wolfson Auditorium, Wolfson College
Siddhartha will be reading from his books of poetry, Kalagora and Digital Monsoon, showing clips from his theatre work and film, as a way into exploring the relationship between memory, imagination and globalised environments. He[...]
May 14 @ 6:00 pm – 7:00 pm The Story Museum
To the Victorians, the newly understood sciences were the most exciting subjects of the century, and they wanted their children to learn about this wonderful new world, too. Writers from Hans Christian Andersen to Edith[...]
May 15 @ 11:00 am – 12:00 pm Seminar Room K, Faculty of English
Catherine Gallagher from Berkeley will give a talk on A Tale of Two Cities and the History of Modern Revenge as part of the Victorian Research Seminar series at the Faculty of English Language &[...]
May 15 @ 5:00 pm Mathematical Institute
The inaugural Lorna Casselton Memorial Lecture, entitled “Science as Revolution”, will be at 5pm on Friday 15th May, in the main Lecture Theatre, L1, at the Mathematical Institute in the Radcliffe Observatory Quarter. It will[...]
May 15 @ 5:00 pm – 6:30 pm Butler Room, Nuffield College
Reuters Institute / Nuffield College Media & Politics seminars The following seminars will be given at 5pm on Fridays, normally in the Butler Room, Nuffield College. Convenors: Neil Fowler, James Painter, David Levy Speaker: Anthony[...]
May 16 @ 10:00 am – 5:00 pm Wolfson College Oxford
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[...]
May 18 @ 2:15 pm – 3:45 pm Lecture Theatre, Ioannou Centre
Maarten De Pourcq (Radboud University Nijmegen) will present a paper on the links between Classics, the First World War, and the Rise of Flemish Culture. Followed by Q & A and refreshments. Free, all welcome.[...]
May 18 @ 5:30 pm – 7:00 pm Saskatchewan Lecture Theatre, Exeter College
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[...]
May 19 @ 5:30 pm – 6:30 pm Mary Ogilvie Lecture Theatre
Javier Cercas, novelist and essayist, is one of Europe’s most distinguished contemporary writers. His works, which have been translated into more than twenty languages, include the acclaimed, Soldados de Salamina (Soldiers of Salamis, 2001), which[...]
May 20 @ 2:00 pm – 3:30 pm Barclay Room, Green Templeton College
Reuters Institute seminars “The business and practice of journalism” The following seminars will be given at 2pm on Wednesdays, normally in the Barclay Room, Green Templeton College. Convenors: James Painter, David Levy Speaker: Tom Standage,[...]
May 21 @ 5:00 pm – 6:30 pm Weiskrantz Room, Department of Experimental Psychology
Adam Divák and Tamás Nagy from Synetiq Ltd. Ádám Divák (CTO) and Tamás Nagy (lead researcher) will talk about Synetiq, a Hungarian start-up providing neuromarketing research and emotional insights for media companies. They will show[...]
May 21 @ 5:30 pm – 6:30 pm Mary Ogilvie Lecture Theatre
Javier Cercas, novelist and essayist, is one of Europe’s most distinguished contemporary writers. His works, which have been translated into more than twenty languages, include the acclaimed, Soldados de Salamina (Soldiers of Salamis, 2001), which[...]
May 21 @ 8:00 pm – 9:30 pm New College Chapel
New College Chapel presents Paradise Lost: a staged reading of Milton’s epic poem in 3 parts, directed by Professor Elisabeth Dutton (Fribourg), featuring new settings of Milton’s hymns by the Organist, Robert Quinney, and anthems[...]
May 22 @ 5:00 pm – May 23 @ 4:30 pm Rooms 204 & 205, John Henry Brookes Building, Oxford Brookes University, Oxford
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[...]
May 22 @ 5:00 pm – 6:30 pm Butler Room, Nuffield College
Reuters Institute / Nuffield College Media & Politics seminars The following seminars will be given at 5pm on Fridays, normally in the Butler Room, Nuffield College. Convenors: Neil Fowler, James Painter, David Levy Speaker: Dame[...]
May 22 @ 8:00 pm – 9:30 pm New College Chapel
New College Chapel presents Paradise Lost: a staged reading of Milton’s epic poem in 3 parts, directed by Professor Elisabeth Dutton (Fribourg), featuring new settings of Milton’s hymns by the Organist, Robert Quinney, and anthems[...]
May 26 @ 5:30 pm – 6:30 pm Mary Ogilvie Lecture Theatre
Javier Cercas, novelist and essayist, is one of Europe’s most distinguished contemporary writers. His works, which have been translated into more than twenty languages, include the acclaimed, Soldados de Salamina (Soldiers of Salamis, 2001), which[...]
May 27 @ 2:00 pm – 3:30 pm Barclay Room, Green Templeton College
Reuters Institute seminars “The business and practice of journalism” The following seminars will be given at 2pm on Wednesdays, normally in the Barclay Room, Green Templeton College. Convenors: James Painter, David Levy Speaker: Anna Doble,[...]