Oxford Events

Events

• The Josh Sinton Quartet
  Event date: 24 Jul 2024Tickets available on the door.Josh Sinton - baritone saxophone and alto flute Dominic Lash - double bass and electric guitar Mark Sanders - drums and percussion Philipp Wachsmann - violin and electronicsBrooklyn-based baritone saxophonist/flautist Josh Sinton has long been inspired by the specific and beautiful approach to free-form improvisation that has developed […]
• Elections 2024: New routes to climate resilience?
  Event date: 8 Jul 2024What do recent and forthcoming election results mean for global climate policies and development? How about the upcoming US election?Falling days after critical elections in the UK and France, this event delivers cutting-edge insights and lively debate with renowned experts from the University of Oxford, including Rachel Kyte, Professor of Practice in […]
• Book Launch: Democracy, Theatre & Performance
  Event date: 4 Jul 2024Join us in person to celebrate the publication of Professor David Wiles’ Democracy, Theatre & Performance: From the Greeks to Gandhi (CUP, June 2024), with David Wiles (University of Exeter) and David Carter (University of Reading).
• The three changes of scene in extant Greek tragedy, with special attention to the suicide of Aias
  Event date: 4 Jul 2024Michael Ewans (University of Newcastle, Australia) delivers an in-person lecture examining how the change of scene from Delphi to Athens in Aeschylus’ Eumenides was performed in 458 BCE, in the light of what we can deduce from the text, other ancient evidence and a modern production directed by the author in a […]
• Communicating climate change - messages, messengers, and mechanisms
  Event date: 10 Jul 2024Despite the increasing frequency and severity of extreme-weather events and associated impacts, their connection to climate change is only occasionally articulated.In this talk, Karen Florini will explore how climate change discussions – whether in the media, in public discourse, or in private communication – can be more effective. She will also describe […]
• Mozart: Sonata in C, K 545, 1st movement
  Event date: 24 Jan 2025In this late work Mozart shows himself at his subtlest, achieving that Holy Grail for all creative artists, beauty with simplicity. This lecture is part of the 'A Pianist Explores' lecture series – providing a musical journey through the piano repertoire.Department for Continuing [email protected]+44 (0)1865 270368
• Academic Art and the Pre-Raphaelite Brotherhood
  Event date: 29 Jan 2025Investigate the complex relationship between the established academic arts of the mid-19th century, and the innovations of the Pre-Raphaelite Brotherhood. Artists whose work will feature include Millais, Rossetti and Hunt. Join in Oxford or watch online.Department for Continuing [email protected]+44 (0)1865 270368
• Beethoven: 'Moonlight' Sonata, Op. 27, no. 2, 1st movement
  Event date: 31 Jan 2025The poet Rellstab compared the first movement of this iconic work with the play of moonlight on the waters of a lake. Concealed beneath the dreamy surface of this movement, however, is a structure every bit as tight as anything Beethoven ever wrote.Department for Continuing [email protected]+44 (0)1865 270368
• The Inaugural Vicky Neale Public Lecture: Tim Harford - The Counting Project
  Event date: 10 Jul 2024The Vicky Neale Public Lecture recognises the invaluable contribution to mathematical education of the late Vicky Neale. In this lecture, economist and broadcaster Tim Harford looks at how data built the modern world - and how we can use it to build a better one.Please email [email protected] to register to attend in person.The lecture […]
• Behind the Scenes: Conserving and Caring for the Feathered Cloaks from Hawai'i and Aotearoa New Zealand
  Event date: 30 Jul 2024Join renowned Māori weaver and textile conservator Rangi Te Kanawa in conversation with Noelle M.K.Y. Kahanu, Native Hawaiian curator, writer and former director of community affairs for the Bishop Museum in conversation, as they discuss the conservation, care and cultural significance of feathered cloaks from Hawai'i and Aotearoa New Zealand. A rare […]