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Get that fellowship (in-person)
Wednesday, 13 May 2026, 9.30am to 12.30pm
Speaker(s): Dr Justin Hutchence
Department: Maths, Physical & Life Sciences (Division)
Organiser: Dr Justin Hutchence
Host: MPLS Researcher Training & Development
Audience: Member of University - ALL Format: In Person
Foundations of copyright for researchers
Wednesday, 13 May 2026, 11am to 12.30pm
Speaker(s): Chris Morrison, Ami Pendergrass
Department: Bodleian Information Skills (Unit)
Organiser: Helen Bond
Series: Bodleian iSkills - Workshops in Information Discovery and Scholarly Communications
Audience: Other Format: Online
Folded in History: the multiple times of memorialisation in a family album
Kloppenburg Room, Exeter Cohen Quad
Wednesday, 13 May 2026, 11.10am to 12.30pm
Speaker(s): Elizabeth Edwards (Oxford)
Department: History (Department)
Organiser: Joshua Bennett & Christina de Bellaigue
Series: The Long Nineteenth Century Seminar
Audience: Member of University - ALL Format: Hybrid
Entrepreneurship and the Humanities – Information and Networking Lunch
Wednesday, 13 May 2026, 12.15pm to 1.30pm
Department: Humanities (Division)
Organiser: Humanities Researcher Development and Training Team
Host: Humanities Researcher Development and Training Team
Audience: Member of University - Students Format: In Person
Lunchtime Lab Talks: Leedham & Zhang Groups
The Lunchtime Lab Talks are designed to showcase the diverse range of research taking place across the Centre
Wednesday, 13 May 2026, 12.30pm to 1.30pm
Department: The Centre for Human Genetics (Unit)
Organiser: Charmaine Lang; Isabel Schmidt
Host: Charmaine Lang
Series: CHG Lunchtime Lab Talks
Audience: Member of University - ALL Format: Hybrid
CSAE Lunchtime Seminar 'Health Insurance for Seasonal Savings: Evidence from Rural Côte d'Ivoire'
See event description for more information
Wednesday, 13 May 2026, 12.30pm to 2pm
Speaker(s): Kelsey Jack
Department: Economics (Department)
Organiser: Niccolo Meriggi; Stefano Caria
Host: Centre for the Study of African Economies
Series: CSAE Lunchtime Seminars
Audience: Public Format: In Person
Trinity Term Organ Recitals: The Queen's College, Oxford
Weekly term-time organ recital. Wednesday lunchtimes 1.10-2pm. Free to attend with retiring collection
Wednesday, 13 May 2026, 1.10pm to 2pm
Department: Queen's College (College)
Organiser: Choir of The Queen's College, Oxford
Host: Choir of The Queen's College, Oxford
Series: Trinity Term Organ Recitals
Audience: Public Format: In Person
Anglo-German Research Funding Opportunities Showcase
Hear from representatives of major German and UK funding bodies about currently available funding opportunities.
Wednesday, 13 May 2026, 2pm to 5.30pm
Department: University Administration and Services (Division)
Organiser: Dr Aoife Lau
Host: Global Engagement Office
Audience: Member of University - Staff Format: In Person
Non-medical Systematic Reviews – Part 1
Systematic reviews are a powerful tool for synthesising and evaluating evidence from published research.
Wednesday, 13 May 2026, 2pm to 3.30pm
Speaker(s): Oliver Bridle (Radcliffe Science Library, Bodleian Libraries)
Department: Maths, Physical & Life Sciences (Division)
Organiser: James Cunning
Host: MPLS Researcher Training & Development
Audience: Member of University - ALL Format: Online
Taxis: Mobile Epistemic Infrastructures in the 17th Century and the Creation of Research Disciplines
Wednesday, 13 May 2026, 2pm to 4pm
Speaker(s): Professor Vera Keller (University of Oregon)
Department: History (Department)
Series: All Souls Seminar in Medieval & Early Modern Science
Audience: Member of University - ALL Format: In Person
Emerging Issues in International Political Economy and Global Governance
Wednesday, 13 May 2026, 2pm to 4pm
Speaker(s): Professor Louis W Pauly (University of Toronto), Professor Krzysztof Pelc (University of Oxford), Professor Jörg Friedrichs (University of Oxford), Dr Jai Bhatia (University of Oxford)
Department: International Development (Department)
Host: Professor Joerg Friedrichs
Audience: Member of University - ALL Format: In Person
Rethinking economics by understanding supply chain networks and their dynamics
New supply chain data allows us to literally observe how the economy works.
Wednesday, 13 May 2026, 2.30pm to 3.30pm
Speaker(s): Stefan Thurner (Complexity Science Hub)
Department: Smith School of Enterprise and the Environment (Unit)
Organiser: Dorothy Nicholas
Host: INET Complexity Economics
Series: INET Complexity Economics Seminars
Audience: Public Format: Hybrid
Session 1: Life and Nature in Early Modern Alchemy
Wednesday, 13 May 2026, 3pm to 5pm
Speaker(s): Oana Matei (Western University of Arad), Xinyi Wen (Warburg Institute), Chair: Sergei Zotov (Warburg Institute)
Department: History (Department)
Organiser: Ellen Hausner (Oxford), Sergei Zotov (Warburg), and Jo Hedesan (Oxford)
Series: Oxford Seminar in the History of Alchemy and Chemistry
Audience: Member of University - ALL Format: In Person
Film Screening: When the water horse seeks a new home
When the water horse seeks a new home (2026/25 minutes/Indonesia)
Wednesday, 13 May 2026, 3pm to 4pm
Speaker(s): Professor Antje Missbach (Bielefeld University), Associate Professor Gerhard Hoffstaedter (University of Queensland)
Department: International Development (Department)
Host: Refugee Studies Centre
Series: Refugee Studies Centre Events
Audience: Public Format: In Person
Indigenous capabilities (full title TBC)
Continuing the series ‘How Can We Respond to This Systemic Crisis?’, from Professor Laura Rival
Wednesday, 13 May 2026, 3pm to 5pm
Speaker(s): Dr Krushil Watene (University of Auckland)
Department: International Development (Department)
Host: Professor Laura Rival
Series: ODID 'Systemic Crisis' Series 2025-26
Audience: Public Format: In Person
The Thinking Game
Please join us for a screening of The Thinking Game, a fascinating journey into the heart of DeepMind.
Wednesday, 13 May 2026, 4pm to 8pm
Speaker(s): A recorded Q and A with Demis Hassabis, founder of DeepMind, Professor Philip Awadalla (Oxford Population Health), Dr Jess Morley (Digital Ethics Centre, Yale University), Dr Jeremy Ratcliffe (Biosecurity Strategic Initiative at Google DeepMind), Dr Toral Gathani (Oxford Population Health)
Department: Nuffield Department of Population Health (Department)
Organiser: Toral Gathani and Lulu Phillips
Host: Toral Gathani and Lulu Phillips
Series: Festival of Global Health
Audience: Public Format: In Person
Sovereignty and Its Discontents (SAID) Workshop
SAID is an interdisciplinary workshop that centers emerging critical and historical scholarship in IR and Politics.
Wednesday, 13 May 2026, 4pm to 6pm
Speaker(s): Niharika Pandit (Queen Mary University of London)
Department: Politics & Int Relations (Department)
Organiser: Shubhankar Kashyap and Malin Bornemann
Series: Sovereignty and Its Discontents (SAID) Workshop
Audience: Member of University - ALL Format: In Person
The Poet’s Essay: The Adam Phillips Seminar at Keble
The Poet’s Essay: The Adam Phillips Seminar at Keble
Wednesday, 13 May 2026, 4.30pm to 5.30pm
Speaker(s): Adam Phillips
Department: English (Department)
Organiser: Professor Matthew Bevis
Series: Poetry at Keble
Audience: Public Format: In Person
Religion and the State in Old and Recent Histories and Theories of Capitalism(s)
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Wednesday, 13 May 2026, 5pm to 6.30pm
Speaker(s): Professor Francesca Trivellato (Institute for Advanced Study)
Department: History (Department)
Series: Koch History Centre events
Audience: Member of University - ALL Format: In Person
Crossings in the Real: Ethnographic and Documentary Voices in Sinophone Cinema (Session 4: Boundaries of Art)
Screening followed by discussion and Q&A
Wednesday, 13 May 2026, 5pm to 7pm
Department: Asian and Middle Eastern Studies (Department)
Audience: Public Format: In Person