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

Feb 8 @ 4:30 pm – 6:00 pm Rewley House
Newspapers often feature studies that sound too good to be true and often they aren’t – they are myths. Some myths may be harmless but the phenomenon affects most kinds of research within evidence-based science.[...]
Feb 14 @ 6:00 pm – 7:00 pm History of Science Museum
In this alternative Valentine’s Day event Dr María del Pilar Blanco (University of Oxford) discusses the art of geriatrics and degeneration in Spanish America at the end of the 1800s, and how it entered the[...]
Feb 16 @ 11:00 am – 3:45 pm Abingdon County Hall Museum
Abingdon Area Archaeological & Historical Society members will give FREE talks at Abingdon County Hall Museum every third Saturday of the month starting in February 2019. Each will last 30 minutes and be about a[...]
Feb 19 @ 5:00 pm – 6:00 pm New Biochemistry New Seminar Room
What defines a scientific discovery with market value? How are innovations evaluated by investors? What makes a successful investor pitch? How do I make personal impact? Other than good science, it takes young entrepreneurs so[...]
Feb 19 @ 5:30 pm – 6:30 pm St Cross College
Stories for Our Times: Retelling the Norse Myths The Norse Myths, published by Quercus in 2018, is the latest in a long line of retellings of the myths and legends of medieval Scandinavia; tales that,[...]
Feb 21 @ 7:00 pm – 8:30 pm John Henry Brookes Lecture Theatre, Oxford Brookes Headington
Cycling film ‘Why We Cycle’ Duration 57 minutes There are more bicycles than people in the Netherlands. The film “Why We Cycle” gets cyclists and scientists to talk about Dutch cycling culture. These conversations uncover[...]
Feb 23 @ 9:00 am – 5:30 pm Lady Margaret Hall
The day will consist of a range of events, hosted by speakers from different areas of STEM and industry. Expect to hear from keynote speakers, engage with panel discussions, and get hands on experience in[...]
Feb 27 @ 12:15 pm – 1:30 pm Saïd Business School
The beginnings of a celebrity or star culture in the theatre of Shakespeare’s time. How many women went to Shakespeare’s plays? This talk explores the evidence and significance of female theatre going in the early[...]
Feb 28 @ 5:30 pm – 6:30 pm Oxford Martin School
In 2013, Carl Frey and Michael Osborne published a paper titled ‘The Future of Employment: How Susceptible Are Jobs to Computerisation?’ which estimated that 47% of jobs in the US are at risk of automation.[...]
Feb 28 @ 7:30 pm – 9:00 pm Wesley Memorial Church
Talk followed by questions and discussion
Mar 4 @ 5:00 pm – 6:15 pm Oxford Martin School
This is a joint lecture with The Rockefeller Foundation Economic Council on Planetary Health at the Oxford Martin School Cooling is critical for many of the sustainable development goals, including those relating to health, shelter,[...]
Mar 5 @ 12:30 pm – 1:30 pm Oxford Martin School
Currently limited tools exist to accurately forecast the complex nature of disease spread across the globe. Dr Moritz Kraemer will talk about the dynamic global maps being built, at 5km resolution, to predict the invasion[...]
Mar 5 @ 5:00 pm – 6:15 pm Oxford Martin School
This book talk is co-organised with the Oxford Martin Programme on Collective Responsibility for Infectious Disease Vaccination raises ethical issues about the responsibilities of individuals, communities, and states in preventing serious and potentially life-threatening infectious[...]
Mar 7 @ 6:00 pm History of Science Museum
The raw but poignant story of a mother with young onset dementia and her daughter told through dance, music and poetry. After the dance, there will be a Q&A session with artists and dementia experts[...]
Mar 7 @ 7:30 pm – 9:00 pm Wesley Memorial Church
This talk has been cancelled. Sorry. Talk followed by questions and discussion
Mar 16 @ 10:00 am – 6:00 pm Jacqueline du Pre Music Building
DANSOX presents a one-day conference on the life and work of the great 20th-century choreographer, Sir Kenneth MacMillan (1929-1992). MacMillan stands among the great innovators of his time in theatre, film, art, and music. The[...]
Apr 4 @ 5:00 pm – 6:00 pm Oxford Brookes, Gipsy Lane Campus - Clerici Building - SKW Hall (Flat)
The Global Politics, Economy and Society (GPES) Research Centre at Oxford Brookes will be hosting its first annual lecture, given by the writer and activist George Monbiot. All welcome, but please book via the registration[...]
Apr 6 @ 12:00 pm – 1:00 pm Worcester College Lecture Theatre
St Hilda’s Writers’ Day 2019 marks its 10th year as the only College to hold its own day of lectures at the Oxford Literary Festival. All authors are College members or alumnae. CLAIRE HARMAN –[...]
Apr 11 @ 6:00 pm – 7:00 pm History of Science Museum
What role does the imagination play in science? Do our notions of scientific genius rest on ideas about the creative imagination? How do we know when the imagination has overreached itself and entered the realm[...]
Apr 11 @ 7:30 pm – 9:00 pm Assembly Room, Oxford Town Hall
Organised by Oxford Civic Society @oxcivicsoc. Should we prioritise the Green Belt or new homes for Oxford? In this, the first of a series of public debates to mark the 50th anniversary of Oxford Civic[...]
Apr 17 @ 8:00 pm – 9:15 pm Magdalen College Auditorium
Organised by Oxford Civic Society @oxcivicsoc. The ‘scientific’ study of ghosts from the 17th century onwards was followed by ‘scientific’ ghost-hunting in Victorian times. Historian Dr Allan Chapman of Wadham College lifts the lid on[...]
Apr 18 @ 7:00 pm – 8:00 pm Blackwell's Bookshop
Emily Wilson will be at Blackwell’s to discuss her best selling translation of Homer’s The Odyssey.
Apr 24 @ 5:00 pm – 6:15 pm Oxford Martin School
Carlos Lopes will deliver an overview of the critical development issues facing the African continent today. He will talk about a blueprint of policies to address issues, and an intense, heartfelt meditation on the meaning[...]
Apr 24 @ 7:00 pm – 8:00 pm Blackwell's Bookshop
Join us at Blackwell’s to hear writer and campaigner, Caroline Criado-Perez discuss her latest book, Invisible Women. Imagine a world where your phone is too big for your hand, where your doctor prescribes a drug[...]
Apr 30 @ 3:00 pm – 4:00 pm Blackwell's Bookshop
Past Times, Blackwell’s series of free history talks, continues with Mark Honigsbaum discussing his new book The Pandemic Century: One Hundred Years of Panic, Hysteria and Hubris. Ever since the 1918 Spanish influenza pandemic, scientists[...]
May 2 @ 5:15 pm – 6:30 pm Sultan Nazrin Shah Centre
A presentation by Professor Irad Malkin of Tel-Aviv University: What does it mean to be “fair” in circumstances of taking possession of land, often by conquest, and settling it? And how did Archaic city-states (ca[...]
May 2 @ 7:30 pm – 9:00 pm Wesley Memorial Church
Talk followed by questions and discussion. All welcome.
May 10 @ 3:30 pm – 5:00 pm Oxford Internet Institute
In our first of two seminars on the future of work after automation Dr Brendan Burchell will investigate the potential for a five-day weekend society. Machine-learning and robotics technologies promise to be able to replace[...]
May 15 @ 4:00 pm – 5:00 pm Oxford Martin School
This is a joint event with the Oxford Martin School and the Oxford Climate Research Network (OCRN) Professor David Battisti, The Tamaki Endowed Chair of Atmospheric Sciences, will be talking about global climate sensitivity controlling[...]