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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 7 @ 6:00 pm – 7:00 pm Oxford Comedy Festival@The Jam Factory
Travis Jay presents his brand new, emotional roller-coaster of a show. It recounts Travis’s hilarious journey from childhood to fatherhood, and the many hiccups in-between. Nominated for The Leicester Mercury Comedian of the year in[...]
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
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 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 24 @ 5:00 pm – 6:00 pm Oxford Martin School
Michael Obersteiner will present new insights from co-producing a set of new sustainability scenarios. Major sectoral transitions will be presented to achieve development targets in line with improved ecosystem and human health. He will conclude[...]
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 31 @ 5:00 pm – 6:00 pm Oxford Martin School
Dr David Nabarro, former Special Representative of the United Nations Secretary-General for Food Security and Nutrition, will give a talk on what implications there will be for the planet and us in linking nature, food[...]
Nov 11 @ 6:30 pm – 8:30 pm Sir Joseph Hotung Auditorium
Is a parliamentary route to socialism viable? If so why hasn’t it happened already? Join us for a conversation with Leo Panitch (Professor of Political Science, York University) and Stephen Marks (Policy Officer, Oxford &[...]
Nov 12 @ 5:00 pm – 6:00 pm Oxford Martin School
Migration is present at the dawn of human history – the phenomena of hunting and gathering, seeking seasonal pasture and nomadism being as old as human social organisation itself. The flight from natural disasters, adverse[...]
Nov 13 @ 5:00 pm – 6:00 pm Oxford Martin School
A growing middle class in the developing world, as well as increasing concerns about the healthfulness, environmental footprint and inhumaneness of conventional livestock production have given rise to neo-Malthusian concerns about how to address what[...]
Nov 15 @ 7:45 pm – 8:45 pm Simpkins Lee Theatre, Lady Margaret Hall
Hella Pick is one of the trailblazers for the modern female foreign correspondent. She worked across three continents and covered the death of Yugoslavia’s leader, President Tito. Yugoslavia was always the saving grace of covering[...]
Nov 25 @ 7:30 pm – 9:00 pm Wesley Memorial Church
Ask the candidates where they stand on issues related to war and peace, terrorism, defence policy, Trident, etc.
Nov 28 @ 5:00 pm – 6:00 pm Oxford Martin School
Plants and photosynthetic microbes have the extraordinary ability to convert light energy to chemical energy and as a consequence, they are the foundation of virtually all ecosystems and all agricultural systems on the planet. The[...]
Dec 5 @ 5:00 pm – 6:00 pm Oxford Martin School
When the UK joined the EU in 1973 all previous trade barriers with the EU were abolished, which led to a strong intensification of trade with the European continent. This situation will soon be a[...]
Dec 6 @ 12:00 pm – 1:00 pm Oxford Brookes University
The regulation of posture is relevant in a health and clinical context – including falls prevention, healthy ageing, and obesity. Balance and therefore postural control involves attentional processes and the application of internal or external[...]
Jan 14 @ 1:00 pm – 2:00 pm Blackwell's Bookshop
Blackwell’s is delighted to be welcoming Alex J. Bellamy to explore his new book ‘World Peace (And How We Can Achieve It) as part of our ‘For Learning, For Life’ series. Synopsis For as long[...]
Jan 30 @ 5:00 pm – 6:15 pm Oxford Martin School
Lord Sumption will discuss the impact on our constitution and political system of the referendum of 2016 and its aftermath. Part of the Oxford Martin Lecture Series: ‘Shaping the future’
Feb 5 @ 12:00 pm – 1:30 pm Union Hall, John Henry Brookes Building, Headington Campus, Oxford Brookes University
Hear a whole phD in just three minutes! Can you understand a whole phD in just three minutes? Perhaps you are an Undergraduate or Masters student who is aiming for a future PhD? Join Humanities[...]
Feb 11 @ 5:15 pm – 6:15 pm Oxford Martin School
In this book talk, Claas will review central findings of his research on the past 80 years of antibiotic use, resistance, and regulation in food production with introduction by Prof Mark Harrison, Director of Wellcome[...]
Mar 12 @ 5:00 pm – 6:15 pm Oxford Martin School
This talk will focus on the disruptive ingredients and recipes at the heart of Ocado’s ongoing journey of self-disruption and reinvention. One of these recipes relates to growing, manufacturing and delivering our food in much[...]
Mar 26 @ 2:00 pm – 4:00 pm Ashmolean Museum
Learn about the vast trade network of the Phoenicians, the goods traded and their trading partners, who included the Greeks and Etruscans, as well as people in Sardinia and southern Spain. The Phoenicians Phoenicia Part[...]
Oct 13 @ 5:00 pm – 6:00 pm Online
It is no coincidence that countries with mission-driven governments have fared better in the COVID-19 crisis than those beholden to the cult of efficiency. Join Mariana Mazzucato, UCL professor and author of The Entrepreneurial State[...]
Oct 29 @ 1:00 pm – 5:00 pm Online
We are please to announce this s really important symposium on athlete welfare and the Duty to Care in sport with @oxford_brookes @OBUSportCourses in partnership with @_UKCoaching Speakers to include Tanni) Carys Davina Grey-Thompson, Baroness[...]