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

Apr 4 @ 7:30 pm St Aldates Tavern
Alex Farrow: Philosophy, Schools and British Values Alex Farrow is a philosophy teacher and stand-up comedian who will be exploring what he learnt from teaching philosophy in a 6th form college to Muslim and Christian[...]
Apr 23 @ 7:30 pm – 9:45 pm The Jericho Tavern
Stand-up Philosophy is a night of academics and stand-ups looking at the funnier side of Philosophy. Some of it might be serious, lots of it will be silly. It’s like a bit like a TED[...]
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 27 @ 5:30 pm – 7:00 pm Andrew Wiles Building (Mathematical Institute), Lecture Theatre 3
Award-winning composer Jonathan Dove talks to broadcaster Kate Kennedy about music, war and commemoration. Their discussion will be illustrated with excerpts from his compositions. Dove’s works include In Damascus, To An Unknown Soldier and the[...]
May 3 @ 5:15 pm – 6:45 pm Radcliffe Humanities, Woodstock Road
Seminars open to all academics and clinicians, examining what it is to lost contact with reality, the meaningfulness of dreams and psychotic experience, the nature of transference, and other themes. Details available on the website.
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 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 @ 5:15 pm – 6:15 pm TORCH - The Oxford Research Centre in the Humanities (Colin Matthew Room)
This paper aims to provide a close reading of passages from Maurice Blanchot’s early fictional writing in the light of phenomenology. This will involve following various threads. For instance, is greater emphasis placed upon the[...]
May 10 @ 5:15 pm – 6:45 pm Radcliffe Humanities, Woodstock Road
Seminars open to all academics and clinicians, examining what it is to lost contact with reality, the meaningfulness of dreams and psychotic experience, the nature of transference, and other themes. Details available on the website.
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 11 @ 2:30 pm – 4:30 pm St Luke's Chapel
The Race and Resistance Programme at The Oxford Center in the Humanities, is honoured to host the Honorable Peter Gastrow, on the afternoon of the 11th of May, (Friday of 3rd Week). Gastrow, a former[...]
May 12 @ 6:30 pm – 8:15 pm Wytham Woods
True to our name, we bring opera anywhere! Our latest new Puccini production goes into the woods at Wytham! Puccini’s Heroines at Wytham Woods! – 12th May Puccini’s Heroines – 1.30pm to 3.30pm – FREE[...]
May 16 @ 4:00 pm – 6:00 pm Bonn Square
As part of Think Human Festival, this one-off pop-up event is a unique opportunity for visitors of all ages to interact with leading academics from the Faculty of Humanities and Social Sciences at Oxford Brookes[...]
May 17 @ 5:45 pm – 7:15 pm Radcliffe Humanities, Woodstock Road
Seminars open to all academics and clinicians, examining what it is to lost contact with reality, the meaningfulness of dreams and psychotic experience, the nature of transference, and other themes. Details available on the website.
May 21 @ 1:00 pm – 2:00 pm Lecture Theatre 1, China Centre
The talk will focus on the view from inside Pyongyang, and the daily course of life in the midst of the current crisis. HE Morgan will also address challenges and opportunities ahead of the US-NK[...]
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 21 @ 4:30 pm – 6:30 pm Lecture Theatre
Loss of memory is a central feature of dementia. On a Lockean picture of personal identity, as memory is lost, so is the person. But the initial effect of dementia is not the simple destruction[...]
May 21 @ 5:30 pm – 7:00 pm Oxford Brookes University, Headington Campus, John Henry Brookes Building
Join us for live music in the John Henry Brookes Building – Forum before the panel discussion at 18:00 in the Lecture Theatre. Most political movements are accompanied by protest songs. This Think Human Festival[...]
May 21 @ 5:30 pm – 7:30 pm Oxford Brookes University John Henry Brookes Building Forum and Lecture Theatre
Join us for live music in the Forum of the John Henry Brookes Building from 17:00 before the panel discussion in the John Henry Brookes Lecture Theatre at 18:00. Most political movements are accompanied by[...]
May 22 @ 5:00 pm – 7:00 pm Lecture Theatre
Much recent work on addiction has stressed the importance of cues for the triggering of desire. These cues are frequently social. We have a plausible theory of this triggering at the neurophysiological level. But what[...]
May 22 @ 7:00 pm – 9:00 pm The Old Fire Station, 40 George Street, Oxford, OX1 2AQ
From palaeolithic shamanism to the politics of classical Rome, interpreting the movements and sounds of birds was highly valued as a way of learning what forces might be influencing the events of our world, whether[...]
May 23 @ 11:00 am – 12:00 pm Union Hall
You are a German citizen living under the Nazi regime led by Adolf Hitler—do you resist or comply? Featuring dramatic monologues and explanatory interludes this event introduces the audience to two real-life historical characters: Dietrich[...]
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 24 @ 5:00 pm – 7:00 pm Grove Auditorium
ENTRANCE VIA LONGWALL STREET ONLY. Many illnesses have been thought—controversially—to have a psychosomatic component. How should we understand this? Sometimes a contrast is made between organic illness and mental illness: psychosomatic illnesses are the latter[...]
May 24 @ 5:15 pm – 6:45 pm Radcliffe Humanities, Woodstock Road
Seminars open to all academics and clinicians, examining what it is to lost contact with reality, the meaningfulness of dreams and psychotic experience, the nature of transference, and other themes. Details available on the website.
May 24 @ 7:30 pm – 9:00 pm Oxford Town Hall
Talk followed by questions and discussion
May 26 @ 5:30 pm – 7:30 pm Sir Michael Dummett Lecture Theatre, Christ Church College
The international Psychiatry film festival, Medfest, is back again for another year. This time, through three bespoke short films, we hope to challenge your ideas and perceptions on the concept of ‘silence’. After each showing,[...]
May 29 @ 6:15 pm – 7:30 pm Ursell Room, Pusey House, Oxford
Ed Clarke discusses his poetic versions of the Psalms.
May 29 @ 7:00 pm – 9:00 pm Blackwell's Bookshop
Join us for our Blackwell’s Open Mic Night, where there will be performances from an array of talented local performers, across a wide mix of creativity. Everyone is welcome to come along and listen, places[...]