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

Apr 18 @ 7:00 pm – 8:30 pm St Aldates Tavern (The Blue Room)
Dr Simone Sturniolo will talk about How computational science helps us understand the world and how you can try it too.
Apr 25 @ 2:00 pm – 3:00 pm Deakin Room, St Antony's College
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[...]
Apr 26 @ 5:30 pm – 7:00 pm New Biochemistry Building
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[...]
Apr 26 @ 6:00 pm – 7:15 pm Martin Wood Lecture Theatre, Clarendon Laboratory
The Inaugural Quantum Materials Public Lecture will be presented by Professor Andrew Boothroyd. Please join us for an exploration of quantum materials – what they are, what they can do, and why they are so[...]
Apr 26 @ 7:30 pm – 9:00 pm Oxford Town Hall
Talk followed by questions and discussion
May 1 @ 12:15 pm – 1:15 pm Oxford Martin School
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[...]
May 3 @ 6:00 pm – 7:00 pm Nazrin Shah Centre, Worcester College, Oxford
Book launch followed by reception and performance by Worcester College Choir – all welcome!
May 7 @ 5:00 pm – 7:00 pm Ho Tim Seminar Room, China Centre, Oxford
Book Launch with Author & Translator: Yan Ge (顏歌)’s The Chilli Bean Paste Clan, translated by Nicky Harman https://www.facebook.com/events/605485149803274/ 2018/May/07 Monday 5-7PM Ho Tim Seminar Room, China Centre, St Hugh’s College, Oxford Open and free[...]
May 7 @ 5:30 pm – 7:00 pm St Anne's College
Professor Harriet Ritvo, Massachusetts Institute of Technology Gone but not Forgotten: Coming to Grips with Extinction 5.30—7.00, Seminar Room 3, St Anne’s College Extinction is a timely and controversial topic now, as it has been[...]
May 8 @ 2:00 pm – 3:00 pm Headley Lecture Theatre, Ashmolean Museum
Despite the non-recognition of caste identity by the Pakistani state, caste relations are a pervasive feature of everyday life, particularly in small-town and rural Pakistan. Using the case of the transformation of a formerly lower[...]
May 9 @ 12:30 pm – 2:00 pm Jesus College - Ship Centre Lecture Theatre
How do we define a sound or a taste for which our language does not have a dedicated word? Typically, we borrow words from another sensory modality. Wines, for example, are often described by words[...]
May 10 @ 5:00 pm – 6:00 pm Oxford Martin School
In today’s fast changing, highly interconnected, culturally diverse world our current approaches to policy need to become more responsive to change. Currently the dominant mode of policy making is still based on what we might[...]
May 10 @ 5:30 pm – 7:00 pm St Cross College
Speaker: Carlo van de Weijer Digitisation has entered the mobility arena. The car has evolved from a mechanical device into a “data producing embedded software platform”, and the internet is quickly linking the supply and[...]
May 14 @ 7:00 pm – 8:30 pm St Aldates Tavern
“3.5 million cyber-crimes recorded, true figure could be 20.5 million” – this is just one of the headlines that exemplify how significant cybercrime is today. Cybercrime has been ruthless, victimising everyone from corporations to charities[...]
May 15 @ 4:30 pm – 5:30 pm Jesus College Ship Street Centre
We are now in the Anthropocene – human activity has become a major influence on the climate and ecosystems of the earth. It has never been more important that the public are aware of the[...]
May 17 @ 5:00 pm – 6:00 pm Oxford Martin School
For many people science in the media is lovely science stories like gravitational waves, the God particle and incredible discoveries about our natural history. But science is also to be found in messy, politicised and[...]
May 21 @ 2:00 pm – 3:30 pm Union Hall, John Henry Brookes Building, Headington Campus, Gipsy Lane site
This workshop, facilitated by journalist Shaista Aziz, will introduce and explore the notions of ‘intersectional’ identities. Intersectionality may be defined as the way in which people’s experiences are shaped by their ethnicity, class, sex, gender,[...]
May 22 @ 6:30 pm – 7:30 pm Oxford University Museum of Natural History
Our DNA holds clues to the demographic history of our ancestors. Dr Clare Bycroft presents recent work looking at the genetic history of the Iberian Peninsula.
May 23 @ 5:00 pm – 6:30 pm Oxford Department of International Development, Seminar Room 3
Dr Tahir Zaman is a Lecturer in Human Geography at the University of Sussex. His research focuses on refugees and forced migration with particular reference to Iraq and Syria, transnationalism, diaspora contributions to conflict transformation[...]
May 23 @ 5:30 pm – 7:00 pm Lecture Theatre B Department of Computer Science
The adoption of big data, machine learning, and simulation software in biology and drug discovery have allowed for rapid progress in these fields. So far these technologies have aided discoveries, but can they eventually replace[...]
May 24 @ 5:00 pm – 6:00 pm Oxford Martin School
The growth of populism has led to a widening of rights and power of the people to question all elites – those holding leading positions not only in politics, but also in the media, arts[...]
May 24 @ 7:30 pm – 8:30 pm Windmill Primary School
Our immune system keeps us healthy and safe – it’s a fantastic internal bodyguard that, like any good soldier, is well organised and disciplined. It’s our defence against infectious organisms and germ invaders. But what[...]
May 29 @ 5:30 pm – 6:30 pm Jesus College Conference Centre
In this seminar we will discuss the current challenges facing science and politics. Drawing from the speaker’s experience, we will reflect on the current status of science involvement in the decision-making process and highlight potential[...]
May 29 @ 6:15 pm – 7:30 pm Ursell Room, Pusey House, Oxford
Ed Clarke discusses his poetic versions of the Psalms.
May 31 @ 5:00 pm – 6:00 pm Oxford Martin School
Are we really living in a post-truth world where everyone is addicted to fake news? If so, what are the implications for communicating science and expert knowledge? The Frameworks Institute has harvested the most up-to-date[...]
May 31 @ 7:00 pm – 8:00 pm St Aldates Tavern (The blue room)
To what extent what we perceive is real? How does experience affect our perception of the world? Dr Matthew Parrott, Prof Brian Rogers and Dr Kerry Walker are ready to take you for a captivating[...]
Jun 6 @ 1:00 pm – 2:00 pm Blackwell's Bookshop
Blackwell’s is delighted to welcome back to the bookshop Shashi Tharoor to discuss his latest book ‘Why I Am a Hindu’. Hinduism is one of the world’s oldest and greatest religious traditions. In captivating prose,[...]
Jun 6 @ 5:00 pm – 6:00 pm Investcorp Lecture Theatre, St Antony's College
Shashi Tharoor served for twenty-nine years at the UN, culminating as Under-Secretary-General. Tharoor, who also served as Minister of State for External Affairs in India, is oresently a Congress MP. The author of sixteen previous[...]
Jun 12 @ 5:00 pm – 6:15 pm Oxford Martin School
Solar energy, once a niche application for a limited market, has become the cheapest and fastest-growing power source on earth. What’s more, its potential is nearly limitless – every hour the sun beams down more[...]