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

Feb 21 @ 7:15 pm – 9:00 pm Oxford Town Hall
This event is organised by Oxford City Amnesty International and Oxford Against Cutting, and is open to everyone. Oxford Against Cutting (OAC) is a local charity set up by members of Oxford Amnesty International. Both[...]
Feb 22 @ 5:00 pm – 6:30 pm The Sheldonian
At a time of heightened political tension and policy confusion about the refugee crisis, this lecture will explore why record numbers of people are fleeing their homes; what conditions they are living in; and what[...]
Feb 23 @ 5:00 pm – 6:00 pm Oxford Martin School
Our societies are increasingly dependent on, and shaped by, our information technologies. We read, watch, communicate, interact, and monitor digitally, both as individuals and in our institutions. As we document and store every conceivable facet[...]
Feb 24 @ 5:00 pm – 6:30 pm Lecture Theatre
Leading campaigner for human rights and LGBT freedom since 1967; member of OutRage! Through the Peter Tatchell Foundation he campaigns for human rights in Britain and internationally; author of six books, including “The Battle for[...]
Feb 27 @ 2:15 pm – 3:45 pm Ioannou Centre, Lecture Theatre
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[...]
Mar 2 @ 5:00 pm – 6:00 pm Oxford Martin School
Professor Vlatko Vedral, Co-Director of the Oxford Martin Programme on Bio-Inspired Quantum Technologies will explore the possibility of basing quantum technologies on organic molecules, namely using natural systems to support quantum bit for quantum computation.
Mar 3 @ 5:00 pm – 6:30 pm Lecture Theatre
Member of the House of Commons from 1979-97 and Independent Crossbench Peer since 1997. Chair and a founder of the All Party Group on Freedom of Religion or Belief who has authored reports on North[...]
Mar 7 @ 10:30 am – 4:00 pm St Antony's College
2017 marks the 22nd anniversary of the Srebrenica genocide- the worst atrocity committed on European soil since the Second World War. As part of a host of commemorative events, Remembering Srebrenica are proud to be[...]
Mar 7 @ 5:00 pm – 6:30 pm Oxford Martin School
By 2050, a quarter of humanity will be African. The continent is in profound transition, the scale of which matters not just for the citizens of Africa’s 54 nations, but for the world. It is[...]
Mar 7 @ 5:15 pm – 7:15 pm Simpkins Lee Theatre and Monson Room, Lady Margaret Hall (LMH)
The fifth annual Ockenden International Prize for excellence in self-reliance projects among refugees and displaced people will be presented by Lord Alfred Dubs, Labour peer, on Tuesday 7th March 2017. Projects in Uganda, Egypt and[...]
Mar 9 @ 5:00 pm – 6:00 pm Oxford Martin School
Africa currently has the highest disease burden of any region of the world and the least resources in terms of health personnel and health systems. But things are changing rapidly, many countries are in the[...]
Mar 10 @ 4:00 pm – 5:00 pm Oxford Martin School
​With unchecked emissions of climate pollutants, there is a 50% probability for the planetary warming to cross the so-called dangerous threshold of 20C by 2050; and there is at least a 5% probability the warming[...]
Apr 1 @ 6:00 pm – 7:00 pm Worcester College Lecture Theatre
Sue Lloyd Roberts CBE, pioneering video-journalist and reporter, died of leukaemia in October 2015. Her daughter, Sarah Morris, completed her mother’s last book and discusses it here with Sue’s husband, BBC producer Nick Guthrie. Sue[...]
Apr 25 @ 12:15 pm – 1:15 pm Saïd Business School
Saïd Business School is proud to welcome Kailash Satyarthi to speak at the School on Tuesday 25 April. Nobel Peace Prize laureate Kailash Satyarthi will speak about the fight against modern slavery, sharing his experiences[...]
Apr 25 @ 1:00 pm – 5:00 pm Harold Lee Room, Pembroke College
The Oxford Human Rights Hub is pleased to announce its third workshop for human rights MPhil and DPhil students at Oxford University. This half-day workshop will bring together and foster a network of graduate students[...]
Apr 25 @ 5:30 pm – 7:00 pm St Catherine's College, Oxford
St Catherine’s College is delighted to welcome Ambassador Peter Galbraithback this April to give a lecture on the current situation in the Middle East. Drawing on his first-hand expertise of the region he will consider[...]
Apr 26 @ 5:30 pm – 7:00 pm Jacqueline du Pre Music Building
Human rights – does anyone out there care? Lord Hall of Birkenhead (Director General of the BBC) gives the first lecture in a new series, which has been established to celebrate the memory of St[...]
Apr 26 @ 5:45 pm – 6:45 pm Saïd Business School
Saïd Business School is pleased to welcome Lubomira Rochet, Global Chief Digital Officer of the L’Oréal Group, to speak at the School on Wednesday 26 April. Leading digital transformation at L’Oréal L’Oréal is the world’s[...]
May 4 @ 5:00 pm – 6:00 pm Oxford Martin School
“Diamonds are a rebel’s best friend” is one striking way to sum up the belief that valuable minerals spur violent conflict. The Kimberley Process Certification Scheme and the US Dodd Frank Act Section 1502, now[...]
May 8 @ 5:00 pm – 6:30 pm Oxford Martin School
This is a joint event between the Oxford Martin School and the Oxford Centre for Tropical Forests One of our biggest technological innovations is that of time keeping. From the atomic to the astronomical scales,[...]
May 10 @ 2:30 pm – 3:45 pm Blavatnik School of Government
For Dr Kanade, good research derives from solving real-world problems and delivering useful results to society. As a roboticist, he participated in developing a wide range of computer-vision systems and autonomous robots, including human-face recognition,[...]
May 11 @ 5:00 pm – 6:00 pm Oxford Martin School
Recent research purports that climate change is creating conflict, and leads to unchecked migration. But three distinct flaws characterise such research efforts; they often ask the wrong questions, present poor evidence, and remove references to[...]
May 18 @ 5:00 pm – 6:00 pm Oxford Martin School
A number of developments such as the Arab Spring and on-going famines in Somalia and South Sudan have led to renewed interest among both scholars and policymakers in the role of food insecurity and food-price[...]
May 18 @ 5:30 pm – 7:00 pm St Cross Room, St Cross College
Abstract: What is the historical meaning of “ordinary means” to sustain human life? And what has been the understanding for over 500 years of Catholic moral analysis of the obligation to sustain life? Is it,[...]
May 25 @ 5:00 pm – 6:00 pm Oxford Martin School
Competition over resources and territory is not just a feature of modern or historical times, but a recurrent theme in the natural world, and a phenomenon that reaches far back in human evolutionary history. While[...]
May 25 @ 5:15 pm – 6:45 pm Vernoon Harcourt Room, St Hilda's College
Launch and discussion of Mari Mikkola’s new book, ‘The Wrong of Injustice: Dehumanization and its Role in Feminist Philosophy’
Jun 6 @ 5:00 pm – 6:15 pm Oxford Martin School
Oil suppliers have more unsellable than unburnable oil: they are more at risk from competition than from climate regulation. Electricity suppliers too, face a swarm of disruptors that will transform their business beyond recognition. As[...]
Jun 20 @ 7:30 pm – 10:00 pm Museum of the History of Science
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[...]
Jun 26 @ 6:00 pm – 7:00 pm Lecture Theatre, Ioannou Centre
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[...]
Sep 28 @ 2:00 pm – 3:30 pm Talbot Hall, Lady Margaret Hall, University of Oxford
Baroness Helena Kennedy is one of Britain’s most distinguished lawyers and active public figures. She has spent her professional life giving voice to those who have least power within the system, championing civil liberties and[...]