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Upcoming university events.
Antiquity in Simulation: Global Receptions of the Classical World in Video Games
A conference on Eastern and Western approaches to the reception of the classical world in video games
Saturday, 13 June 2026, 9am to 5pm
Department: Classics (Department)
Organiser: Clare Chang; Sarah Marshall
Host: Archive of Performances of Greek and Roman Drama (APGRD)
Audience: Public Format: Hybrid
Day 3 - Reimagining Humanism: Religious Humanisms as Frameworks for Building a Common Life in a Fractured World
Saturday, 13 June 2026, 9am to 5pm
Department: Theology and Religion (Department)
Series: McDonald Centre Annual Conference 2026: Reimagining Humanism
Audience: Member of University - ALL Format: In Person
Translalia: Translation in Dialogue with AI
Try new app, Translalia, to experiment with using LLMs for poetry translation.
Saturday, 13 June 2026, 9.30am to 11am
Speaker(s): Professor Matthew Reynolds (University of Oxford), Dr Joseph Hankinson (University of Oxford)
Department: English (Department)
Organiser: OCCT
Host: OCCT
Series: OCCT
Audience: Public Format: In Person
MiM: Getting the best from yourself and others
See event description for more information
Saturday, 13 June 2026, 9.30am to 2pm
Speaker(s): Paul Brankin, Marie Brankin
Department: Green Templeton College (College)
Organiser: Naomi Benson
Audience: Public Format: In Person
Translating YA and Middle Grade Literature: A Primer
Try translating Arabic YA into English (no knowledge of Arabic needed), with award-winning translator, Sawad Hussain.
Saturday, 13 June 2026, 9.30am to 11am
Speaker(s): Sawad Hussain
Department: English (Department)
Organiser: OCCT
Host: OCCT
Series: OCCT
Audience: Public Format: In Person
Eastern Art & Chinese Paintings Poetry Gallery Tour & Workshop
In this workshop with Sascha Akhtar, you will create asemic poems with meaning beyond language. Booking required
Saturday, 13 June 2026, 10.30am to 4pm
Department: Ashmolean Museum (Department)
Organiser: Public Programmes
Series: Shaped by Nature Season
Audience: Public Format: In Person
Exhibition: Oxford and the American Revolution
by Dr Grace Mallon and Dr Perry Gauci
Saturday, 13 June 2026 to Saturday, 4 July 2026, 11am - 4pm
Department: Pembroke College (College)
Organiser: Grace Mallon and Perry Gauci
Host: Prombroke College JCR Art Collection
Audience: Member of University - ALL Format: In Person
Hélène Cixous's Angst and Claude Cahun's Cancelled Confessions: A Workshop on Translating Two 'Difficult' Stylists Over Time
In this workshop, De Muth and Lewis will offer a brief tour of their thinking and approaches to their texts.
Saturday, 13 June 2026, 11am to 1pm
Speaker(s): Sophie Lewis, Susan de Muth
Department: English (Department)
Organiser: OCCT
Host: OCCT
Series: OCCT
Audience: Public Format: In Person
Feminist Translation
In this workshop we will think about what “feminist translation” is, and why it matters.
Saturday, 13 June 2026, 11.30am to 1pm
Speaker(s): Professor Helen Vassallo (University of Exeter)
Department: English (Department)
Organiser: OCCT
Host: OCCT
Series: OCCT
Audience: Public Format: In Person
Translating Dialect
How to translate dialect?
Saturday, 13 June 2026, 11.30am to 1pm
Speaker(s): Dr Kotryna Garanasvili
Department: English (Department)
Organiser: OCCT
Host: OCCT
Series: OCCT
Audience: Public Format: In Person
Lost Lingual: Dinara Rasuleva in Conversation with Hendrikje Dorussen
Dinara Rasuleva discusses Lost Lingual, reflecting on language, translation, identity, and culture.
Saturday, 13 June 2026, 2pm to 3pm
Speaker(s): Dinara Rasuleva, Hendrikje Dorussen
Department: English (Department)
Organiser: OCCT
Host: OCCT
Series: OCCT
Audience: Public Format: In Person
Theatre in Translation: From Page to Stage with Foreign Affairs
What happens to a play when it moves between cultures and languages?
Saturday, 13 June 2026, 3.15pm to 4.15pm
Speaker(s): Foreign Affairs Theatre
Department: English (Department)
Organiser: OCCT
Host: OCCT
Series: OCCT
Audience: Public Format: In Person
"This is Why": Translators on Translating
Join acclaimed literary translators to hear more about their translation practices and choices.
Saturday, 13 June 2026, 4.30pm to 5.45pm
Speaker(s): Antonia Lloyd-Jones, Dr Minna Jeffery, Colin Bramwell, Dr Nichola Smalley, Professor Francis R Jones
Department: English (Department)
Organiser: OCCT
Host: OCCT
Series: OCCT
Audience: Public Format: In Person
Oxford-Weidenfeld Translation Prize Short List Readings and Prize-Giving
Short list readings and prize-giving for the Oxford-Weidenfeld Translation Prize 2026.
Saturday, 13 June 2026, 6.15pm to 7.15pm
Department: English (Department)
Organiser: OCCT
Host: OCCT
Series: OCCT
Audience: Public Format: In Person
Sunset Ragas: Sounds of India
Indian classical music in the stunning setting of the Worcester College gardens.
Saturday, 13 June 2026, 8.30pm to 10pm
Department: Worcester College (College)
Host: Caius Lee
Series: Music at Worcester
Audience: Public Format: In Person
The State, Bureaucracy, and Policy in Contemporary Pakistan
Annual workshop on politics in contemporary Pakistan. Workshop funded by the OxPo Programme.
Monday, 15 June 2026, 9am to 5.30pm
Speaker(s): Christophe Jaffrelot (Sciences Po), Laurent Gayer (Sciences Po), Guillaume Beaud (University of Oxford - Sciences Po), Sameen Mohsin Ali (University of Birmingham), Maria Rashid (University of Wolverhampton), Yasser Kuresh (University of Oxford), Ayaz Qureshi (University of Edinburgh), Sanaa Alimia (Aga Khan University), Zoha Waseem (University of Warwick), Adnan Naseemullah (University of Oxford)
Department: Politics & Int Relations (Department)
Organiser: Guillaume Beaud
Host: OxPo network
Series: OxPo Network
Audience: Public Format: In Person
BOM Network Meeting: AI, automation and its applications
Addressing emerging operational needs by sharing practical guidance on use of AI and automation.
Monday, 15 June 2026, 12pm to 1.30pm
Speaker(s): Anders Reagan (AI Competency Centre), Elena Ratcliff (NDORMS), Vincent Bryce (Faculty of Law)
Department: Politics & Int Relations (Department)
Organiser: Matthew Brack
Host: Matthew Brack
Series: BOM Network Meetings
Audience: Member of University - Staff Format: Hybrid
Oxford Energy Lunch
OXFORD ENERGY LUNCH by The ZERO Institute & Oxford Energy Network
Monday, 15 June 2026, 12pm to 2pm
Organiser: ZERO Institute
Host: ZERO Institute
Audience: Public Format: In Person
End of Term Social Event
End of term social event
Monday, 15 June 2026, 12.15pm to 2pm
Department: History (Department)
Organiser: Christina de Bellaigue, Siân Pooley, and Helen Sunderland
Series: Centre for the History of Childhood Seminars and Events
Audience: Member of University - ALL Format: In Person
The Paradox of Reform: Protests, Policies, and Police Killings in America
Monday, 15 June 2026, 12.45pm to 2pm
Speaker(s): Kenneth T. Andrews (Washington University)
Department: Sociology (Department)
Series: Sociology Weekly Seminar Series
Audience: Member of University - ALL Format: Hybrid