Some face-to-face events are returning. Check carefully for any requirements.
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[...]
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[...]
Marcus’ books include Croatia, a Nation Born in War and The Last of the Celts (Yale University Press). The most recent is on Victorian Balkan explorer Edith Durham. In the 1990s he was Balkan correspondent[...]
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[...]
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 book talk is a joint event between the Oxford Martin School and the Oxford Institute for Ethics, Law and Armed Conflict This book talk will see author Chris Woods discuss his new book Sudden[...]
OCLW DPhil scholar Lyndsey Jenkins will speak about her new book, Lady Constance Lytton: Aristocrat, Suffragette, Martyr, which tells the story of Constance Lytton, an unexpected but important militant suffragette in the Women’s Social and[...]
Psychologist in the Pub, Mindfulness courses bring taught in UK schools to teachers and pupils. 6.30, for 7pm start.
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[...]
Three prizewinning poets read poems about myths and monsters and discuss their experiences of writing poetry for children. The readings will include poems about Sir Galahad, Medusa and St Francis, from the new Emma Press[...]
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.
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[...]
As part of OVADA’s current exhibition of contemporary Chinese art, WASTELANDS, we are pleased to present an Ink Painting workshop with artist Shoran Jiang. This workshop introduces the Chinese tradition of calligraphy and ink painting[...]
The first OxArch workshop of the series ‘Behind Architecture: The Essentials’ is set to bring us back to the analogue process of representation. ‘Architecture in Watercolours’ presents an opportunity to begin the year with a[...]
Join us for the Oxford launch of the new NoNonsense series Panelists: Maggie Black, author of NoNonsense International Development A former co-editor of New Internationalist, Maggie has written numerous books on development subjects. She has[...]
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[...]
Need help with your writing? Join us for ‘Public Edit’, a unique event where experts publicly edit a text – working on the principle that writers all face the same challenges. In the first hour,[...]
The extraction of oil and the mining of coal are devastating communities across the world. These operations have forced people from their land, polluted the environment, and led to widespread human rights violations. According to[...]
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[...]
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