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

Jun 21 @ 8:00 am – 9:00 am Lecture Theatre 1, Academic Centre, John Radcliffe Hospital, Oxford
As part of the Surgical Grand Rounds lecture series, hosted by the Nuffield Department of Surgical Sciences: Mr Ravish Jootun will present “Towards 0% 90-day Colorectal mortality: Accepting a low floor in the anastomotic leak[...]
Jun 22 @ 10:00 am – 4:00 pm St Cross College
This one-day workshop with St Cross College Professional in Residence David Scrymgeour covers the steps towards building a successful organisation, from designing, starting, and growing, to managing, changing, fixing, and evolving. The workshop will be[...]
Jun 24 @ 5:30 pm – 7:00 pm St Cross College
In this lecture, entrepreneur David Scrymgeour will talk about developing an entrepreneurial mindset, sharing best practice and words of wisdom gleaned from a career in business. About David Scrymgeour: David Scrymgeour has worked as an[...]
Jul 5 @ 1:00 pm – 2:00 pm Blackwell's Bookshop
Join us as Gail Simmons explores her journey in ‘The Country of Larks’ as part of our Travel Series events taking place in July. ‘In the Footsteps of Robert Louis Stevenson and the Footprint of[...]
Jul 6 @ 9:00 pm – 10:00 pm Oxford Comedy Festival @Trinity College Beer Cellar
Quickly approaching 50, Daphna Baram believes she is having a midlife crisis, though her GP thinks that’s highly optimistic. She looks back with no regrets but some remorse, and cracks up some insightful ideas about[...]
Jul 8 @ 5:45 pm – 6:45 pm Saïd Business School
The art market is one of the most visible, yet least understood industries in the world. And it is in the midst of a digital transformation that is redefining what and how art is transacts[...]
Jul 12 @ 1:00 pm – 2:00 pm Blackwell's Bookshop
As part of our Travel Series Talks this July, we are delighted to welcome Jonathan Lorie to discuss his new book ‘The Travel Writer’s Way’ and share an insider’s tips on how to write travel.[...]
Jul 13 @ 11:30 am – 6:30 pm The Jam Factory
For this event, 12 artists from all over the country will be presenting work that they have been making as part of the Sound Diaries open call. The presenting artists are: Richard Bentley, Hannah Dargavel-Leafe,[...]
Jul 15 @ 1:03 pm – 2:15 pm Blackwell's Bookshop
As part of our Let’s Discuss series, we’re proud to be welcoming international speaker, change-maker and global Sharing Economy expert, Benita Matofska and photographer with purpose Sophie Sheinwald, to Oxford for the launch of their[...]
Aug 1 @ 7:00 pm – 9:00 pm Blackwell's Bookshop
Blackwell’s is pleased to be hosting the launch of Lisa Cybaniak’s, Survivor to Warrior. Synopsis As a survivor of ten years of child abuse, Lisa gently walks you through effective strategies to help you reframe[...]
Aug 3 @ 11:00 am – 12:00 pm Blackwell's Bookshop
We are delighted to be joined by writer and musician, Catrina Davies, who will be in conversation with George Monbiot on her new book, Homesick and the current housing crisis. Aged thirty-one, Catrina Davies was[...]
Aug 22 @ 7:30 pm – 9:00 pm Oxford Town Hall
Talk followed by questions and discussion. This is the second in a three-part series of separate talks on democracy
Sep 3 @ 7:00 pm – 8:00 pm The Sheldonian Theatre
Blackwell’s are delighted to be hosting a very special event at the Sheldonian Theatre with Alain de Botton on The School of Life: An Emotional Education. We spend years in school learning facts and figures[...]
Sep 11 @ 7:00 pm – 8:00 pm Blackwell's Bookshop
Blackwell’s are delighted to announce that poet and author Lemn Sissay will be with us, in conversation with Derek Owusu, to discuss his new memoir, My Name is Why. How does a government steal a[...]
Sep 17 @ 7:00 pm – 9:00 pm Blackwell's Bookshop
Short Stories Aloud is back for the autumn! Listen to actors read short stories read by our guest authors. This month we are joined by Joanna Kavenna, author of Zed, and Brian Catling, the Vorrh[...]
Sep 19 @ 7:00 pm – 8:00 pm Blackwell's Bookshop
Blackwell’s are delighted to be hosting economics commentator Grace Blakeley, in conversation with Aaron Bastani, on her new book Stolen, a readable polemic on the growing dominance of the finance industry over the UK economy,[...]
Sep 22 @ 3:00 pm – 4:00 pm Blackwell's Bookshop
This year marks the 50th Anniversary of humanity first landing on the moon. To celebrate this Oliver Morton will be here at Blackwell’s, in conversation with Caspar Henderson, to discuss his new book, The Moon:[...]
Sep 25 @ 7:00 pm – 8:30 pm Blackwell's Bookshop
Lady Margaret Hall and Blackwell’s: Celebrating 140 years Blackwell’s opened its doors on January 1st 1879 on Broad Street, Oxford and have been trading continuously from there ever since. Since then they have grown to[...]
Sep 27 @ 3:00 pm – 4:00 pm Register to get Zoom dial in details
Interested in medical device regulation? Get together with experts within the University and other researchers to discuss aspects of Medical Device Regulation relevant to your innovation. You can join us online at the comfort of[...]
Sep 28 @ 11:00 am – 12:00 pm Blackwell's Bookshop
As part of our 140th Anniversary celebrations, Blackwell’s are delighted to be joined by Mark Williams and Danny Penman to discuss Mindfulness: A Practical Guide to Finding Peace in a Frantic World, a book which[...]
Oct 1 @ 7:00 pm – 8:00 pm Blackwell's Bookshop
Blackwell’s are delighted to welcome to the shop Joanna Cannon who will be in conversation with Lucy Atkins on her new memoir Breaking and Mending: A junior doctor’s stories of compassion and burnout. The unforgettable[...]
Oct 8 @ 7:30 pm – 8:30 pm Simpkins Lee Theatre, Lady Margaret Hall
Kajal Odedra has always been passionate about helping other people affect change. She is Executive Director of Change.Org and author of ‘Do Something: Activism for Everyone’. Change.org is the world’s largest petition platform with 15[...]
Oct 14 @ 5:00 pm – 6:00 pm Oxford Martin School
In this book talk the Author, Carl Benedikt Frey, will discuss how the Industrial Revolution was a defining moment in history, but how few grasped its enormous consequences at the time. Now that we are[...]
Oct 14 @ 5:30 pm – 6:30 pm Rewley House
Professor Carl Heneghan will talk about his involvement in Tamiflu research that led to the discovery of 170,000 pages of clinical study reports, the subsequent development of Alltrials he was involved in and the current[...]
Oct 18 @ 8:00 am – 9:00 am Lecture Theatre 1, Academic Centre, John Radcliffe Hospital
As part of the Surgical Grand Rounds lecture series, hosted by the Nuffield Department of Surgical Sciences, Professor Michael Griffin OBE will present ‘Talking to cancer patients – do not promise what you cannot deliver’.[...]
Oct 18 @ 5:00 pm – 6:00 pm Oxford Martin School
Data-driven micro-targeted campaigns have become a main stable of political strategy. As personal and societal data becomes more accessible, we need to understand how it can be used and mis-used in political campaigns and whether[...]
Oct 21 @ 6:30 pm – 7:30 pm Oxford Deaf and Hard of Hearing Centre
Breakthroughs using gene therapy and gene editing are regularly in the news, but how close in reality are we to them to be used to treat actual patients? Professor of Molecular Therapy and Co-Director of[...]
Oct 21 @ 7:00 pm – 8:00 pm Waterstones Bookshop
Award-winning sustainability journalist Tim Smedley has travelled the world to major cities dealing with severe air pollution problems including Delhi, Beijing and Paris, interviewing scientists and politicians to discover the full story of air pollution.[...]
Oct 24 @ 7:30 pm – 8:30 pm The Sheldonian Theatre
We are honoured to announce that Elif Shafak will give this year’s Annual Blackwell’s Lecture on Thursday 24th October 2019 at 7.30pm in the Sheldonian Theatre. Elif Shafak will deliver this year’s Annual Blackwell’s Lecture[...]
Oct 25 @ 6:30 pm – 8:00 pm New Road Baptist Church
From the geological component of a life-supporting planet, to changing how we made tools or helping your body survive every day, iron plays an important part in being human. But which of iron’s roles is[...]