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This interdisciplinary workshop examines the impact of music on the brain from the point of view of different disciplines (medicine/physiology, psychology, philosophy). Following a series of short talks by St Hilda’s Fellows and expert guest[...]
Professor Nick Bostrom, Director of the Future of Humanity Institute, will explore the huge technological, scientific and environmental shifts that have led to humanity’s current state, and consider the choices that will determine our long-term[...]
Come listen to a curator with the Smithsonian Institute, Dr. Ellen Feingold, talk about the ongoing fascinating ‘Money in Arica’ project at the British Museum, which aims to piece together African monetary history and its[...]
Oxford Brookes Centre for Global Politics, Economy and Society seminar series
Professor Joseph Shear (Christ Church) will give a paper entitled ‘Heidegger on Understanding’. Following the talk there will be drinks and a discussion. All are welcome.
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.
Adobe specialists Richard Curtis and Niels Stevens are coming to Film Oxford for a special presentation on the new features of Creative Cloud for photographers, designers and film makers. Don’t miss this opportunity to see[...]
‘Slavoj Žižek, Grace, and Contemporary Dance’ Speaker: Renate Braeuninger (Northampton) In his extensive reflections on German philosophy and German Idealism, particularly in ‘Less than Nothing’ (2012), Žižek alludes to ideas of ‘grace’ on a number[...]
The Knowledge Project is an amazing social enterprise that provides fantastic evening courses in central Oxford on a variety of unique subjects, from Understanding China to What the Ancients Did for Us. All of TKP’s[...]
Join us for a conversation with cultural thinker Roman Krznaric as we decide which are the best books on ‘the Art of Living.’ The event is hosted by website www.fivebooks.com and Prosecco will be served…
Why should we care about what happens to human beings in the future, after we ourselves are long gone? Much of the contemporary philosophical literature on future generations implicitly suggests that our primary reasons for[...]
Public meeting. An introductory talk of 20 minutes, followed by an hour’s discussion. All welcome.
Speaker: Virginie Tournay Is it wrong to intervene in biological processes? Human intervention in the living world gives rise to controversies where scientists are criticised for working on biotechnologies and physicians for ending life when[...]
To coincide with this year’s theme for LGBT History Month, ‘Religion, Belief and Philosophy’, this lecture explores the life and work of four gay American poets of the 19th and 20th centuries: Walt Whitman, Hilda[...]
Workshop with writer and performer Ahmed Masoud. It follows his reading and performance of Home/Less.You can book tickets for the performance here. Dabke (Arabic: دبكة) is a modern Levantine Arab folk circle dance of possible[...]
This Workshop will focus on the challenges that life-writers face in constructing narratives about their own or their subject’s emotional lives. It is intended for postgraduate students working in life-writing as well as professional or[...]
5:15pm at Doctorow Hall, St Edmund Hall Come to Teddy Hall this Valentine’s Day to a ‘Self-Love Symposium’ . We have some truly inspirational guest speakers to be announced in the run up to the[...]
This interdisciplinary workshop will look at emotions from the point of view of Philosophy, Psychology, Medicine and Neuroscience. Four speakers will provide insight into how their disciplines study emotions. There will be two discussion sessions.[...]
Why is it so difficult for men to talk about mental health problems? Cultural expectations of men, and the supposedly contradictory natures of vulnerability and masculinity are believed to counteract against many men’s likelihoods of[...]
The Philosophy Symposium speaker for Hilary Term 2016 will be Dr Carolyn Price, Senior Lecturer at the Open University. Dr Price specialises in the philosophy of emotion. All are welcome. For further information, contact Dr[...]
This conference is intended to challenge the commonly held view of the prolonged gap in the progress of Western civilisation’s understanding of the natural world between the theories of the Ancient Greeks, led in particular[...]
An introductory talk of about twenty minutes, followed by Q&As, and an hour or so’s discussion. All welcome. No need to book.
Brookes Centre for Global Politics, Economics and Society seminar series
If you’re wondering whether the academic path is right for you, but cannot imagine wasting the technical skills you’ve developed in academia, you might want to consider a career in data science, ‘the sexiest job[...]
The Oxford Hub of the World Economic Forum’s Global Shapers invites you to a new lecture with Saif Kamal (Founder of Toru & Curator of the Dhaka Hub of the Global Shapers). Saif is visiting[...]
IN[SCI]TE is a new interdisciplinary science, technology, and engineering conference, which will take place on Monday and Tuesday of 0th Week Trinity Term 2016. IN[SCI]TE is run by undergrads, and the talks will be both[...]
Prof. Daniel Wakelin and Anna Sander in conversation with Oxford MSt students about creating, using and sharing images of medieval manuscripts, during a lunchtime break in a hands-on MS handling and photography workshop day. What[...]
Roger Scruton will be discussing why philosophical thinking is needed in business, and why it in turn needs an input from the humanities. About the speaker: Professor Roger Scruton is a writer and philosopher who[...]
Hope, or therapeutic optimism, is an important aspect of the provision and experience of medical care. The role of therapeutic optimism in clinical research has been briefly discussed within the empirical and bioethics literature, but[...]
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