Some face-to-face events are returning. Check carefully for any requirements.
An introductory talk of about twenty minutes, followed by Q&As, and an hour or so’s discussion. All welcome. No need to book.
Join Katherine Clough, Assistant Curator (Photograph and Manuscript Collections) for an interactive introduction to some of the photograph collections in the Museum. Visitors are encouraged to bring along their web-enabled mobile phones for use in[...]
This presentation focuses on the use a group of Brazilian Pentecostal migrant churches make of Facebook as a medium for language planning (LPP), i.e. the deliberate choice of language to be established as the one[...]
Adobe’s Richard Curtis will join us in Oxford to provide a guided tour of Photoshop’s 3d tools. He will demonstrate how to work with virtual models to enhance photos, explain 3d printing functions, look at[...]
Various scholarly and popular accounts of the charismatic movement mention the role of American Episcopalian Jean Stone, the California-based Blessed Trinity Society, and Trinity magazine in the early development of the renewal movement. It was[...]
An introductory talk of about twenty minutes, followed by Q&As and an hour or so’s discussion among the audience. You’re welcome to come along just to listen, or to take an active part in the[...]
The Bapsybanoo Marchioness of Winchester Lecture with Dr Neil MacGregor, Former Director of the British Museum and currently Chair of the Steering Committee for Humboldt Forum, Berlin. Neil MacGregor explores the stories and representations of[...]
Tea/coffee at 18.00 Lecture from 18.30 German archaeologists excavated extensively at Babylon, but were unable to find credible remains of the fabled Hanging Garden. Recent research has shown that the much later Greek texts describing[...]
Clare Harris, Curator for Asian Collections at the Pitt Rivers Museum and Professor of Visual Anthropology, will give an illustrated presentation on her forthcoming book on the history of photography of Tibet from the mid-nineteenth[...]
An introductory talk of about twenty minutes, followed by Q&As and an hour or so’s discussion among the audience. You’re welcome to come along just to listen, or to take an active part in the[...]
Bookseller and chef turned food writer for The Telegraph, Xanthe Clay shares her tips for successful food writing whilst demonstrating a recipe from The Contented Cook.
Join Great British Bake Off winner, Frances Quinn, as she demonstrates how to decorate gorgeous Confetti Cupcakes with beautiful Marzipan Bees while talking about her design background and Quinntessential Baking cookbook. Save up your questions[...]
Award-winning chef and restaurateur specialising in Italian, vegetarian and seafood cuisine discusses some of his favourite Italian dishes.
Ludo, snakes & ladders and draughts are all popular pastimes, but in the past couple of decades a new generation of board games from designers with backgrounds in maths and science has begun to break[...]
The Las Casas Institute presents a day-long conference on money as a prism through which we often view the world and its challenges. Join theologians, economists, and other experts in discussing what money reveals and[...]
This Spotlight will showcase the Japanese theatre form kabuki, with the presentation of a filmed performance.
As part of our annual museum day-festival, PittFest, archaeologists and museum professionals will be joining us to give short talks sharing insights into their current research. Event info: If you like your archaeology experimental, join[...]
Join Photograph Collections curatorial staff for a ‘behind the scenes’ tour of the Pitt Rivers Museum’s dedicated research area. A special opportunity to receive a guided tour of the climate-controlled storerooms and to view collections[...]
Paul Griffith, co-author of ‘A Guide to the Japanese Stage’ will speak about the history and traditions of kabuki theatre.
Jonathon Porritt and Shaun Chamberlin celebrate the launch of the late Trinity alumnus David Fleming’s extraordinary book, ‘Surviving the Future: Culture, Carnival and Capital in the Aftermath of the Market Economy’. This intimate event will[...]
For many years, psychologists have considered the fear of death as a central motivating factor in the human behaviour and achievement. However, only for the past 30 years have psychologists tested these ideas empirically and[...]
This presentation will examine the upsurge in the popularity of Hildegard of Bingen. The presentation will use of methodology of crystallisation (Richardson 2000) to examine the subject from a variety of dimensions including the performative[...]
Recollection Lecture: The Rev’d Dr Mark Clavier (St Stephen’s House, Oxford) To churches struggling to challenge both the excesses and the underlying potency of consumerism, Augustine offers a God whose Eloquent Wisdom can supersede all[...]
The Confession details the first-hand experiences of Moazzam Begg, British Muslim and former detainee at Guantanamo Bay, as he chronicles the rise of modern jihad, its descent into terror and the reaction of the West.[...]
Documentary photographer Stephanie Berger has photographed some of the world’s leading performers in the fields of theatre and dance for over twenty-five years. This talk will provide an insight into her work. Some of her[...]
Join us as we cook up a feast for Edward Jenner and explore the culture of eating and drinking in Georgian England. In this talk, food historians Marc Meltonville, Elena Griffith-Hoyle and Sarah Warren will[...]
As part of our Textiles in Focus day, go behind the scenes with Julia Nicholson, Joint Head of Collections and discover the secrets of the Sheila Paine textiles collection, then visit our special exhibition ‘Stitch[...]
St Benet’s Hall are delighted to present the William E Simon Foundation Lecture that will be given by Fr Klaus Mertes, SJ, a Jesuit Headmaster & Whistleblower. The talk will be chaired by The Rt[...]
The Lady English Lecture Series marks St Hilda’s College’s continuing commitment to the education and advancement of women and promotes the contributions made by women to the University and to public life more generally.
Haydar Zaki is outreach officer for the Quilliam Foundation and works extensively on projects that aim to promote values integral to Quilliam’s ethos, such as universal human rights. His outreach work primarily involves working with[...]
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