All events

The Design of Peace: Re-imagining Directions for the UN at 80 OxPeace Annual Day-conference 2026

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Saturday, 9 May 2026, 9.15am to 5.30pm

Speaker(s): Jane Kinninmont (CEO, UN Association-UK), Rabbi Judith Rosen-Berry (tutor in Jewish philosophy and theology), Professor Paul Rogers (Emeritus Professor of Peace Studies, Bradford), Rt Revd Dr Rowan Williams (formerly Archbishop of Canterbury and Lady Margaret Professor of Divinity; now Chair, Welsh Peace Academy), Ambassador Ebrahim Rasool, Dr Hugo Slim (humanitarian action; Director, Las Casas Institute, Blackfriars, Oxford), Professor Richard Caplan (Oxford, UN Peacekeeping now), Professor Sir Malcolm Evans (International Law; Principal, Regent's Park College), Professor Mark Owen (Winchester University)

Department: Politics & Int Relations (Department)

Organiser: Harry Bregazzi; Liz Carmichael

Host: OxPeace

Series: OxPeace Events

Audience: Public Format: In Person

Reading Tayeb Salih in the 21st Century

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Saturday, 9 May 2026, 9.45am to 6pm

Speaker(s): Professor Laurent Mignon, Mohamed Khalaph, Amal Osman, Dr Apala Das, Timour Muhidine, Dr Lemya Shammat, Adil Babikir, Dr Abdelmagid Abdelrahman Awadelkarim, Dr Richard Barltrop, Dr Ahmed Al-Shahi

Department: Middle East Centre (St Antony's)

Organiser: Faculty of Asian and Middle Eastern Studies; Dr Ahmed Al-Shahi; Middle East Centre

Host: Professor Laurent Mignon; Dr Ahmed Al-Shahi

Audience: Public Format: In Person

Creative-Critical Your Revision!

Mearcstapan

Saturday, 9 May 2026, 2pm to 3.30pm

Department: English (Department)

Series: Mearcstapan

Audience: Member of University - ALL Format: In Person

Utopianism and Early Modern Scientific Collaboration

Monday, 11 May 2026 to Tuesday, 12 May 2026, 9am - 5pm

Speaker(s): Various speakers

Department: History (Department)

Host: Maison Française d'Oxford

Audience: Member of University - ALL Format: In Person

Exploring and overcoming Imposter Phenomenon (in-person)

Monday, 11 May 2026, 9.30am to 12.30pm

Speaker(s): Dr Tracy Bussoli

Department: Maths, Physical & Life Sciences (Division)

Organiser: Dr Justin Hutchence

Host: MPLS Researcher Training & Development

Audience: Member of University - ALL Format: In Person

Graduate Lightning Talks

Monday, 11 May 2026, 10.30am to 11.30am

Department: English (Department)

Series: Digital Approaches and Methodologies Network (DAMN)

Audience: Member of University - ALL Format: In Person

Rethinking healthy cities – To what extent can urban health be designed?

The seminar will offer a basis for critical reflection and discussion across urban health, geography and planning.

Monday, 11 May 2026, 11.30am to 12.30pm

Speaker(s): Dr Mirjam Schindler (Victoria University of Wellington, New Zealand; Visiting Research Associate at the Global Centre on Healthcare and Urbanisation)

Department: Kellogg College (College)

Organiser: GCHU

Host: Global Centre on Healthcare and Urbanisation

Audience: Member of University - ALL Format: Hybrid

Controlled Human Challenge

Monday, 11 May 2026, 12pm to 1pm

Speaker(s): Professor Helen McShane (University of Oxford), Dr Jonathan Pugh (University of Oxford)

Department: Kennedy Institute of Rheumatology (Unit)

Organiser: Tess Lawless

Host: Professor Mark Coles

Series: Kennedy Institute External Seminar Series

Audience: Member of University - ALL Format: In Person

Advancing Excellence, Opportunity, Freedom of Speech and Pluralism through EDI

Date: Monday, 11 May 2026 Time: 13:00 - 17:30 GMT. With lunch from 12:00. Followed by a drinks reception. Venue: DPIR

Monday, 11 May 2026, 12pm to 5.30pm

Department: Social Sciences (Division)

Organiser: Aradhana Cherupara Vadekkethil

Series: SSD EDI Research Spotlight Events

Audience: Member of University - ALL Format: In Person

Nineteenth Century Research Seminar  - Title TBC

Monday, 11 May 2026, 12.15pm to 1.15pm

Speaker(s): Rachel Onunain and Tzen Sam (Oxford)

Department: English (Department)

Organiser: Prof. Helen Small, Dr Clare Broome Saunders

Series: Nineteenth Century Research Seminar

Audience: Member of University - ALL Format: In Person

From Beliefs to Practice: A Critical Re-examination of Teacher Academic Optimism in Swiss Primary Schools

Monday, 11 May 2026, 12.45pm to 2pm

Speaker(s): Hannah Bolten (University of Zurich)

Department: Education (Department)

Series: Quantitative Methods Hub

Audience: Member of University - ALL Format: Hybrid

DEI U-Turns: Understanding Negative Turns in DEI Attitudes

Monday, 11 May 2026, 12.45pm to 2pm

Speaker(s): Felix Danbold (UCL)

Department: Sociology (Department)

Series: Sociology Weekly Seminar Series

Audience: Member of University - ALL Format: Hybrid

IDEU Seminar - Early measles vaccination in Ugandan infants – an RCT

Monday, 11 May 2026, 1pm to 2pm

Speaker(s): Professor Merryn Voysey

Department: Nuffield Department of Population Health (Department)

Organiser: Professor Angela Brueggemann

Host: Professor Angela Brueggemann

Series: IDEU Infectious Disease Seminar Series

Audience: Member of University - ALL Format: In Person

Understanding and manipulating ubiquitin ligase specificities

Monday, 11 May 2026, 1pm to 2pm

Speaker(s): Professor Sonja Lorenz

Department: Biochemistry (Department)

Organiser: Jessica Barnes

Host: Dr. Paul Elliott

Series: Biochemistry Department Seminar

Audience: Member of University - ALL Format: In Person

Multiscale modelling of dementia: from proteins to neuronal activity

Monday, 11 May 2026, 1.30pm to 2.30pm

Speaker(s): Prof Alain Goriely, FRS

Department: Biology (Department)

Host: Prof Sunetra Gupta

Audience: Member of University - ALL Format: In Person

Probability seminar: Nathanaël Boutillon

A FKPP system with Allee effect

Monday, 11 May 2026, 2pm to 3pm

Speaker(s): Nathanaël Boutillon (University of Vienna)

Department: Statistics (Department)

Organiser: Christina Goldschmidt, James Martin, Julien Berestycki

Series: Probability seminar

Audience: Member of University - ALL Format: In Person

Role of Dysregulated Angiotensin II Signaling in Maternal Microvascular Dysfunction After Preeclampsia

Monday, 11 May 2026, 2pm to 3.30pm

Speaker(s): Anna Stanhewicz

Department: The Centre for Human Genetics (Unit)

Organiser: Yvonne Kenworthy

Series: CDPRC Seminar Series

Audience: Member of University - ALL Format: Hybrid