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Cyclist and author Emily Chappell has been travelling by bicycle for many years. Here she shares some of her more noteworthy adventures, from surviving the frozen Alaska Highway to winning the 4,000km Transcontinental Race across[...]
Director and adaptor, Wayne Jordan will be in conversation with Fiona Macintosh, discussing his acclaimed version of Sophocles’ ‘Oedipus’ at the Abbey Theatre, Dublin, in 2015. At 2.15pm on Monday 27 Feb. 2017. Followed by[...]
Earth Trust invites you to a lecture by Robert Swan, OBE. Robert Swan is the first man to have walked unsupported to both poles and is currently attempting to walk with his son to the[...]
A quirky theatrical evening of drama, discussion and disease. Killer germs, superbugs, pestilent plagues and global pandemics have fascinated writers, musicians and thinkers for centuries. As diseases spread through a population, likewise myths and ideas[...]
Isabelle Torrance (Associate Professor at Aarhus University) delivers an APGRD Public Lecture on Tom Paulin’s adaptation of Aeschylus’s Prometheus. Free, all welcome. No booking required. This lecture is at the conclusion of day one of[...]
Galaxy Zoo is the original project that spawned the world’s largest and most successful citizen science platform – the Zooniverse. Launched by University of Oxford researchers in July 2007, this week Galaxy Zoo is celebrating[...]
Numerous free talks, walking tours and workshops over two days in central Oxford. Visit the webpage to find out more and book into sessions.
Numerous free talks, walking tours and workshops over two days.
Learn about opportunities for social enterprise and social tourism in the Philippines with Tom Graham, co-founder of MAD (Make a Difference) Travel and author of “The Genius of the Poor”. Tom Graham is a British[...]
We are delighted to be welcoming Sir Tom Stoppard to St Catz to deliver his inaugural lecture as the 26th holder of the Cameron Mackintosh Visiting Professorship in Contemporary Theatre.
Adam Grzywaczewski from NVIDIA will present a seminar on the Wednesday 18th of October 2017, (at 1pm) entitled: Challenges of Scale in Deep Learning Abstract Deep learning algorithms require substantial computational resource and were made[...]
Join Sir Tim Rice for dinner on Thursday 19th October at Banbury Club for a meander through his magical, musical world! After a champagne reception, guests will join Sir Tim for a delicious four course[...]
Book Launch: Tim O’Reilly A rare opportunity to hear the legendary ‘oracle’ of Silicon Valley, Tim O’Reilly, who will deliver a major talk on his new book, WTF? What’s the Future and Why It’s Up[...]
A lecture-performance by APGRD Artists in Residence, Paul O’Mahony and Out of Chaos theatre company, on the development of their new version of the ‘Aeneid’, entitled ‘Crossing the Sea’. Free, all welcome, no booking required.
A juggling demonstration with hilarious explanations of the mathematical details of the practice. Juggling has fascinated people for centuries. Seemingly oblivious to gravity, the skilled practitioner will keep several objects in the air at one[...]
A lost play, remixed… A sharing of ‘Fragments’, a new play-in-development inspired by fragments of Euripides ‘lost’ play Cresphontes, followed by a post-show panel discussion to discuss tragic fragments, ideas of fragmentation in perception and[...]
The contemporary market for the consumption of real lives has led to an increasing demand for performers to play or impersonate real people. In this presentation, Professor Mary Luckhurst will explore the ethical issues inherent[...]
At 8pm, following Cylox’s AGM, Peter Headicar will be our guest speaker. Author of ‘Transport Policy and Planning in Great Britain’ and former Reader in Transport in the Department of Planning at Oxford Brookes University,[...]
A Panel Discussion with Professor Ruth Harris, Shrimati Kajal Sheth and Professor Sir Richard Sorabji This event marks the UK-India Year of Culture, which will be celebrated in the Oxford Town Hall on 24 January[...]
2pm Wilde’s last years: Dr Sos Eltis, Brasenose College 2.45 The Ballad of Reading Gaol – read by five LMH students 3.15 Break 3.30 Jonathan Aitken in conversation with Alan Rusbridger – Why did the[...]
Playwright Timberlake Wertenbaker explores the meaning of rhetorical voice in drama, in her work and in the work of other playwrights. Is the rhetorical voice different when it is female rather than male? Timberlake is[...]
The Oxford Israel Forum, Oxford PPE Society and Oxford International Relations Society are delighted to host Dan Meridor, former Deputy Prime Minister of Israel. Mr Meridor will be discussing the current political situation in Israel[...]
The Oxford e-Research Centre is pleased to welcome Dr Martin Poulter from Bodleian Libraries. He will present a seminar entitled ‘Wikidata: Knowledge as a service’ Abstract Wikidata is an ambitious attempt to sum up human[...]
Doing a DPhil, and interested in startups, but don’t really know where to start? Come to The Oxford Foundry on Wednesday evening (1730) for a talk and free pizza from Dr. Ross Harper on the[...]
Talk followed by questions and discussion. All welcome
In partnership with the Blockchain Society, and powered by the Oxford Internet Institute, TechUK and The Economist, the Oxford Foundry brings you a panel of experts to explore what Blockchain is capable of, and how[...]
As part of our Vote festival, Sos Eltis and Savannah Whaley discuss feminism and theatre across the last century – looking at the continuities, the revolutions and the inspirations. Sos Eltis is a fellow and[...]
Whether you’re a regular user of one of the Oxford bike hire schemes or if this is something you have not done yet, then come along to an open forum on the new landscape for[...]
The doors will open at 19.15 for this talk in the small Hall. Especially for those with an interest in Family History soem good tips on how to correct fading and other problems with old[...]
Dr Simone Sturniolo will talk about How computational science helps us understand the world and how you can try it too.
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