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Water Justice in Muslim Societies: A Scoping Workshop
A workshop organised by the Oxford Centre for Islamic Studies and the Oxford Department of International Development
Thursday, 21 May 2026 to Friday, 22 May 2026, 9am - 2pm
Department: International Development (Department)
Host: Oxford Centre for Islamic Studies
Audience: Member of University - ALL Format: In Person
The Sociopolitical Phenomena of Possession and Exorcism (Week 4)
This week we look over the reported case of possession which inspired William Peter Blatty's novel, The Exorcist (1971).
Thursday, 21 May 2026, 9am to 10am
Department: Theology and Religion (Department)
Organiser: Scott Maybell
Host: St John's College
Series: Demonology in Society
Audience: Member of University - ALL Format: In Person
Podcast Your Science (in-person)
Thursday, 21 May 2026, 9.30am to 4.30pm
Speaker(s): Emily Elias
Department: Maths, Physical & Life Sciences (Division)
Organiser: Dr Catherine Seed
Host: MPLS Researcher Training & Development
Audience: Member of University - ALL Format: In Person
Scientific writing: core skills (in-person)
Thursday, 21 May 2026, 9.30am to 5pm
Speaker(s): Dr David Jones
Department: Maths, Physical & Life Sciences (Division)
Organiser: James Cunning
Host: MPLS Researcher Training & Development
Audience: Member of University - ALL Format: In Person
Shut up and Focus Session
Writing Group
Thursday, 21 May 2026, 9.30am to 12.20pm
Department: History (Department)
Series: History LGBTQ Plus Network
Audience: Member of University - ALL Format: In Person
Sensory Regulation of Bacterial Behaviors
Thursday, 21 May 2026, 10am to 11am
Speaker(s): Assistant Professor Sampriti Mukherjee (The University of Chicago)
Department: Biochemistry (Department)
Organiser: Professor Ben Berks
Host: Professor Ben Berks
Series: Microbiology and Systems Biology Seminar
Audience: Member of University - ALL Format: In Person
Print Room Pop-up Exhibition: Women Artists
Explore a unique po-up exhibition of drawings, watercolours, and prints by women artists. FREE, booking required
Thursday, 21 May 2026, 10.30am to 3.10pm
Department: Ashmolean Museum (Department)
Organiser: Public Programmes
Audience: Public Format: In Person
Precision Proteomics: Sequencing Proteins with Single-molecule Resolution (Quantum-Si Demo Seminar and Lunch)
Thursday, 21 May 2026, 11am to 12pm
Department: Kavli Institute for Nanoscience Discovery (Unit)
Organiser: Yi Ni Ong
Host: Professor Achillefs Kapanidis
Audience: Member of University - ALL Format: In Person
Welcome to the New Era of Digital Health: Power, Politics and the Fight for Justice in the Age of AI
Guest talk by Professor Nicole Gross
Thursday, 21 May 2026, 11am to 12.30pm
Speaker(s): Prof Nicole Gross (National College of Ireland)
Department: Continuing Education (Division)
Organiser: MSc in Translational Health Sciences
Host: Translational Health Sciences Programme
Series: Translational Health Sciences
Audience: Public Format: Online
Your thesis, copyright & ORA
Thursday, 21 May 2026, 11am to 12pm
Speaker(s): Thomas Mitchell, Ami Pendergrass
Department: Bodleian Information Skills (Unit)
Organiser: Helen Bond
Series: Bodleian iSkills - Workshops in Information Discovery and Scholarly Communications
Audience: Member of University - ALL Format: Online
Fibroblasts organize antitumor immune cell activity
Thursday, 21 May 2026, 11am to 12pm
Speaker(s): Dr Burkhard Ludewig
Department: Oxford Branch of the Ludwig Institute for Cancer Research (Unit)
Organiser: Marie-Laure Foisneau-Bates
Host: Prof Xin Lu
Series: Ludwig Institute Seminar Series
Audience: Member of University - ALL Format: In Person
Panel : Landscapes of Energy Extraction
Panel on landscapes of energy extraction with the University of Toronto’s Environmental Humanities Research Cluster
Thursday, 21 May 2026, 12pm to 1.30pm
Speaker(s): Max Weber (German Studies, University of Toronto), Dr. Melissa Gniadek (English Literature, University of Toronto), Dr. James Cahill (Cinema studies, University of Toronto), Dr. Stefan Soldovieri (German Studies, University of Toronto), Dr Morton Wan (Faculty of Music, University of Oxford)
Department: Humanities (Division)
Organiser: Environmental Humanities Programme
Host: Environmental Humanities TORCH
Series: Environmental Humanities Research Hub Seminar
Audience: Public Format: In Person
Putting nature on a path to recovery: how are we doing?
A lecture from Dr David Cooper, Oxford Martin Visiting Fellow
Thursday, 21 May 2026, 12.30pm to 1.30pm
Speaker(s): Dr David Cooper (Leverhulme Centre for Nature Recovery)
Department: Oxford Martin School (Unit)
Organiser: Oxford Martin School Events Team
Audience: Public Format: Hybrid
OSGA Book Series - A Socio-Economic History of Cyber Crime
This new series constitutes a space for OSGA teaching staff and students to hear about colleagues' new books
Thursday, 21 May 2026, 12.45pm to 2pm
Speaker(s): Janaki Srinvasan, Jonathan Lusthaus
Department: Oxford School of Global and Area Studies (Department)
Series: OSGA Book Series
Audience: Other Format: In Person
Pre-Modern Cosmology: An Exploration (Day 1)
Day 1 of two-day lecture series with Dr Philipp Nothaft on the history of pre-modern cosmology
Thursday, 21 May 2026, 1pm to 4pm
Speaker(s): Dr Philipp Nothaft (Oxford)
Organiser: Pharos Foundation
Host: Pharos Foundation
Audience: Public Format: In Person
Insight into Academia: Myths and Realities of Academic Careers (Panel)
A candid panel discussion exploring the lived realities of academic careers.
Thursday, 21 May 2026, 1pm to 2pm
Department: Careers Service (Unit)
Organiser: Careers Service
Host: Careers Service
Audience: Member of University - ALL Format: Online
Webinar – Reviewing Lay Summaries as a Public Partner (Online Training)
Thursday, 21 May 2026, 1pm to 2.30pm
Department: Nuffield Department of Orthopaedics, Rheumatology and Musculoskeletal Sciences (Department)
Host: NIHR Oxford BRC
Audience: Member of University - ALL Format: Hybrid
Medical Grand Rounds - Obstetric Medicine
’Sarcoma in pregnancy and the Thames Valley Cancer in Pregnancy guideline’
Thursday, 21 May 2026, 1pm to 2pm
Department: Medical Sciences (Division)
Organiser: Prof Brian Angus
Series: MSD Medical Grand Rounds
Audience: Other Format: In Person
Using Scopus for your research
Thursday, 21 May 2026, 1pm to 2pm
Speaker(s): Rachel Scanlon, Alessandra Vetrugno
Department: Bodleian Information Skills (Unit)
Organiser: Helen Bond
Series: Bodleian iSkills - Workshops in Information Discovery and Scholarly Communications
Audience: Member of University - ALL Format: Online
DPAG Anatomy Seminar: 'The expanding concept of endocrinology'
Thursday, 21 May 2026, 1.15pm to 2.15pm
Speaker(s): Emeritus Professor John Morris (University of Oxford)
Department: Physiology Anatomy and Genetics (Department)
Host: Sharmila Rajendran
Series: DPAG Anatomy Seminars
Audience: Member of University - ALL Format: In Person