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

May 9 @ 5:30 pm – 7:00 pm Sheldonian Theatre
The Weidenfeld-Hoffmann Trust and The Oxford Research Centre in the Humanities (TORCH) are pleased to announce a public lecture by world renowned art historian Simon Schama as part of his Humanitas Visiting Professorship in Historiography[...]
May 10 @ 5:00 pm – 6:30 pm Examination Schools
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[...]
May 11 @ 12:30 pm – 2:00 pm Seminar Room, Radcliffe Humanities Building
How can global history can be applied instead of advocated? The new volume The Prospect of Global History examines this question and explores the fast growing field of global history across a wide geographical and[...]
May 11 @ 2:00 pm – 4:00 pm Ashmolean Museum
Famed for its hauntingly beautiful architectural remains, the ancient city of Palmyra was an oasis and important stop on the caravan route across the Syrian desert. Linda Farrar talks about Palmyra’s tombs and archaeological remains[...]
May 11 @ 5:30 pm – 7:00 pm Natural History Museum
The Weidenfeld-Hoffmann Trust and The Oxford Research Centre in the Humanities (TORCH) are pleased to announce a roundtable conversation with world renowned art historian Simon Schama as part of his Humanitas Visiting Professorship in Historiography[...]
May 12 @ 7:30 pm – 9:00 pm The Mitre (upstairs function room)
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[...]
May 12 @ 7:30 pm – 9:30 pm Old Fire Station
After being diagnosed with Motor Neurone Disease (MND), Ted goes on the trip of a lifetime…and so does his pet fish. As the disease starts to cause his mobility to degenerate, Ted rushes to experience[...]
May 13 – May 14 all-day John Radcliffe Hospital
This 2 day event features talks and workshops from some of the most eminent personalities and thinkers in the field of emergency medicine. It is aimed at students, doctors, allied health professionals and anyone with[...]
May 16 @ 5:00 pm – 6:30 pm Oxford Martin School
Professor Ian Goldin, Director of the Oxford Martin School, looks at what we mean by development and what citizens, governments and the international community can do to encourage it. Goldin explains how the notion of[...]
May 17 @ 5:00 pm – 6:30 pm Oxford Martin School
In this talk Professor Daniel Kammen, Oxford Martin Visiting Fellow at INET Oxford, will discuss the strategies emerging to cost-effectively decarbonise energy systems worldwide. This work integrates elements of the science and engineering of energy[...]
May 18 @ 6:00 pm – 7:45 pm Pitt Rivers Museum New Extension
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[...]
May 19 @ 1:00 pm – 4:00 pm Seminar Rooms at Queen Elizabeth House
The Technology and Management Centre for Development at the Oxford Department of International Development invites you to our upcoming research seminars. These research seminars are intended to connect active researchers and students on the topics[...]
May 19 @ 5:00 pm – 6:30 pm Oxford Martin School
Prevention and management of infectious diseases remains one of this century’s biggest challenges. As drugs and vaccinations have proliferated, protection from disease has increasingly been seen as an individual problem, requiring individual action. But due[...]
May 19 @ 7:30 pm – 9:00 pm The Mitre (upstairs function room)
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[...]
May 20 @ 1:00 pm – 2:30 pm Balliol Historic Collections Centre
As we can’t help but be aware, Shakespeare died 400 years ago. But does the Bard haunt Balliol? A behind-the-scenes talking tour of Balliol’s spring exhibition will elucidate. The talk will last about 30 minutes[...]
May 20 @ 5:30 pm – 7:00 pm Old Law Library, Magdalen College
British proposals to reform the EU aim to reduce European integration. One may agree or disagree, but these proposals should not be ignored because they put forward dilemmas about the nature of the EU, a[...]
May 23 @ 5:30 pm – 6:30 pm Rewley House
Kamal Mahtani, NHS GP, NIHR Clinical Lecturer and Deputy Director at the Centre for Evidence Based Medicine. Kamal Mahtani will be giving a free talk as part of the MSc in Evidence-Based Health Care Programme.[...]
May 23 @ 7:00 pm – 8:30 pm Museum of the History of Science
Join Mats Fridlund (Aalto University, Finland) at the Museum as he examines the power of terrorizing things and the containment of British emotions from the 19th century to the present day. Doors open at 18:30.
May 26 @ 5:00 pm – 6:30 pm Oxford Martin School
For most of the world’s toughest challenges, there exists a tension between the needs of an individual and what is best for the common good. Income derived from fishing may be vital to one country’s[...]
May 27 @ 8:00 am – 9:00 am Lecture Theatre 1, Academic Centre, John Radcliffe Hospital
Professor Michael Douek will be discussing ‘Magnetic guidance in cancer surgery’. Professor Douek is a breast surgeon with an interest in breast cancer surgery and breast reconstruction. He is professor of surgical oncology at King’s[...]
Jun 1 @ 1:00 pm – 4:00 pm Seminar Room 2, Queen Elizabeth House
The Technology and Management Centre for Development at the Department of International Development will be hosting two research seminars in the coming weeks – The afternoons of May 19 and June 1st. We invite researchers[...]
Jun 1 @ 6:00 pm – 7:30 pm St Peter's College Chapel
Three high-profile SPC alumni return to their college to discuss the impending EU Referendum in a forum chaired by the Master, Mark Damazer CBE. Join the Editor of the Sunday Times, Martin Ivens (BA Modern[...]
Jun 2 @ 5:30 pm – 7:00 pm The Sheldonian
Is there anything wrong with putting a price on health, education, citizenship, and the environment? Where do markets serve the public good, and where do they not belong? Join us for a lively discussion with[...]
Jun 3 @ 8:00 am – 9:00 am Lecture Theatre 1, Academic Centre, John Radcliffe Hospital
Lt Col Ross Moy will give a talk on ‘Pre-hospital emergency medicine – recent developments and top tips for the first on scene’ Lt Col Moy is a Consultant in Emergency Medicine in the British[...]
Jun 6 @ 6:00 pm – 7:00 pm Blue Boar Lecture Theatre
Professor Trevor Young, Dean of the University of Toronto and world expert on bipolar disorder, is coming to Oxford to give a talk on “Your Brain Needs YOU: Why Psychiatry Is the Best Specialty for[...]
Jun 9 @ 1:00 pm – 2:00 pm Weston Library, Lecture Theatre
The decade following the turn of the millennium may have seen an epochal shift in the nature of the discussion of religion in public life in the UK. The 9/11 attacks in the USA, and[...]
Jun 10 @ 8:00 am – 9:30 am Academic Centre, John Radcliffe Hospital , Lecture Theatre 1
Professor George Youngson is Emeritus Professor of Paediatric Surgery at the University of Aberdeen. He will be talking about ‘Non-technical skills for surgeons: a hard time for soft skills’.
Jun 13 @ 2:30 pm – 4:00 pm Upper Library, Christ Church, Oxford
When the Elizabethan gentleman John Sadler sat down to copy his music partbooks little did he know that he had chosen an overly acidic ink. He filled his manuscripts with Latin sacred music from throughout[...]
Jun 14 @ 3:00 pm – 4:30 pm Department of Economics, Manor Road Building, Seminar Room C
It is difficult to resolve the global warming free-rider externality problem by negotiating many different quantity targets. By contrast, negotiating a single internationally-binding minimum carbon price (the proceeds from which are domestically retained) counters pure[...]
Jun 15 @ 5:30 pm – 7:00 pm Rewley House
While qualitative research has received greater acceptance in a great variety of disciplines, including health and medicine, the true potential of qualitative analysis seems not to have been realised in such areas. Hence, the critique[...]