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Friday, 2 October 2026

China Centre events - Michaelmas Term 2026
Friday, 2 October 2026 at 11:48
Dickson Poon Building, Oxford China Centre - Kin-ku Cheng Lecture Theatre (lower ground floor), Canterbury Road, Oxford, Oxfordshire OX2 6LU, United KingdomVisual Culture in Modern and Contemporary China
Art History Geography

Thursday, 8 October 2026

Aphrodite: The Making of a Goddess
Thursday, 8 October 2026 at 10:00
History Art Religion

Saturday, 17 October 2026

Children’s Music-Making in the Institution: Historical Perspectives on Music Education in the Long Nineteenth Century
Saturday, 17 October 2026 at 09:00
Music History Education

Tuesday, 20 October 2026

Understanding Allyship through the history of Civil Liberties Activism in India
Tuesday, 20 October 2026 at 14:00
Speaker: Ankita Pandey
Pavilion Room, St Antony's College, 62 Woodstock Road, Oxford, Oxfordshire OX2 6JF, United KingdomMSAS
Activism History Human Rights

Thursday, 22 October 2026

Thursday, 5 November 2026

Tuesday, 10 November 2026

Between epistemology and manuscript studies: the mathematical notes of Thomas Harriot
Free
Tuesday, 10 November 2026 at 17:00
Speaker: Stefano Farinella
Champneys Room, Oriel College, Oxford OX1 4EWProfessor Robert Fox and Mrs Rebecca Bricklebank
History Mathematics Philosophy

Thursday, 12 November 2026

Writing Fantasy vs Writing Historical Fiction
Thursday, 12 November 2026 at 13:00
Speaker: Julia Golding
Fitzhugh Lecture Theatre, Cohen Quad, Walton Street, Oxford (Exeter College's annex)Fantasy Literature Seminar Series: The Weird and the Wonderful
Literature History

Wednesday, 25 November 2026

Apartheid as a crime against humanity
Free
Wednesday, 25 November 2026 at 17:00
Speaker: Dr. Victor Kattan
Queen Elizabeth House - Seminar Room 1, 4 Mansfield Road, Oxford, Oxfordshire OX1 3TB, United KingdomRefugee Studies Centre Events
Law & Justice Human Rights History

Tuesday, 1 December 2026

Singing the Nation: Baul Traditions, Rabindrasangeet, and Rabindranath Tagore’s Oxford Lectures
Tuesday, 1 December 2026 at 14:00
Speaker: Sahana Bajpaie
St Antony's College - Pavilion Room, 62 Woodstock Road, Oxford, Oxfordshire OX2 6JF, United KingdomJanaki Srinivasan
Music History Philosophy

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