Some face-to-face events are returning. Check carefully for any requirements.
Archaeology, its methods, theories and typologies, brings order to a disordered world, helping us to navigate a path to understand past societies more fully. Chaos is everywhere, from volcanic eruptions, messy conflicts and population upsets[...]
The second of the Oxford Human Rights Festival lunchtime seminars showcasing work done here at Brookes around the theme of IDENTITY. Dr Supriya Akerkar is a senior lecturer in Disaster Risk Reduction with CENDEP, Oxford[...]
Emma had an exciting international career in finance, but a deep seated desire to enquire into the deeper aspects of what it is to be a human being was brought to the surface following a[...]
This one-day conference will examine the relationship between life-writing, transnationalism and language-led research. Key questions to be explored include: the representation of cosmopolitan identities; the transnational circulation of fame; and the tangled relationship between creativity,[...]
In conjunction with the 16th Annual Oxford Human Rights Festival, Oxford Community-led Housing* research project is organising a session on “Identity and [Affordable] Housing”, with a focus on self-build housing. The session will screen the[...]
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[...]
Professor Susan Brooks will take you on a personal journey beginning in breast cancer research and leading to a passionate commitment to supporting and developing the next generation of researchers. Susan discovered that a chemical[...]
From 19.15 the hall is open for help with computer advice on searching for relatives’ documentation, free tea/coffee, new books available to browse. Talks begin in the big hall at 20.00.
Butterflies and moths are suffering impacts from changes in climate, habitats and plant communities, alongside wider challenges to nature. The talk will describe these challenges, some of the actions being taken to tackle them, locally[...]
Alternative Housing Models: How housing providers can realise the potential of community-led housing
After a short introduction to the session’s four sub-topics; custom-splitting, Oxford Community-Led Housing’s research project, co-housing and Homemaker Oxford; an interactive discussion will involve participants in the discussion of how we can work with housing[...]
PLEASE NOTE THAT THIS SEMINAR HAS BEEN POSTPONED DUE TO ILLNESS The Oxford e-Research Centre welcomes Dr. Jeremy Kepner, MIT Lincoln Laboratory Fellow and MIT Lincoln Laboratory Supercomputing Center Founder. He will present a seminar[...]
Multi-disciplinary seminar series on Reproducibility and Open Research practices. All very welcome! April 24: Dr Laura Nelson, Northwestern University “Data Science with Meaning: Reproducibility and Replicability in the Interpretive Social Sciences” While reproducibility best-practices and[...]
Liberal Democrat candidates for the St. Margaret’s and North wards on 3 May 2018
Anna Espínola Lynn, MSt in History of Art and Visual Culture (Wadham College, Oxford), will be speaking on the transmission of style in fifteenth-century Catalan manuscript production. All welcome! Feel free to bring your lunch.[...]
The emergence of Islamic liberalism in Southeast Asia over the last two decades has been characterized by its highly uneven reception across and within national contexts. In Malaysia, liberalism is a thoroughly negative category in[...]
Adult stem cells are a rare population of undifferentiated cells found throughout our bodies which are able to divide infinitely and give rise to the different types of cells that maintain the body’s tissues and[...]
What if I like research but not teaching? What if I do not like any of them? What alternatives to academia do I have? We would like to introduce the “SIU Career Sessions”, a termly[...]
As part of Surgical Grand Rounds lecture series, Professor Peter Silburn from Queensland Brain Institute in Australia will present “Deep brain stimulation for human brain disorders: Expanding indications and the brain machine interface”.
This is a joint event between the Oxford Martin School and the Oxford Climate Research Network Managing the risk to coastal populations, infrastructure, and ecosystems resulting from sea level rise presents unique and daunting challenges.[...]
A public lecture by Peter Wilson (University of Sydney). Free, all welcome, no booking required.
This talk draws on findings from applying novel empirical approaches to understanding climate change and its impacts in the past, present, and future. The talk will highlight the impact major ‘natural’ changes in global climate[...]
Plastics (polymers) and other organic materials are typically thought of as insulating materials that surround conducting metals (e.g. copper) to protect us from shocks. However, through careful design, a class of so-called “pi-conjugated” organic compounds[...]
Professor Li Ruru: The Cultural Revolution and Me Tuesday, May 1, 5-7PM Lecture Theatre, China Centre, St Hugh’s College, Oxford Open and free of charge for all Supported by: Oxford Chinese Studies Society 2016 witnessed[...]
This presentation covers the highlights of almost half a century of observing local wildlife. It includes dormice, reptiles, rare orchids, rare butterflies, moths and other insects, great-crested newts and other amphibians, moths and wildlife observed[...]
There is mounting evidence that the planet’s capacity to sustain a growing human population, expected to be over 8 billion by 2030, is declining. The degradation of the planet’s air, water and land, combined with[...]
There are over 30,000 students living and studying at the universities in Oxford. Options for accommodation are usually university accommodation or renting from private landlords with very few being able to afford their own home.[...]
Book launch followed by reception and performance by Worcester College Choir – all welcome!
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