All events
Upcoming university events.
Surgical Grand Rounds
Friday, 19 June 2026, 8.10am to 9am
Speaker(s): Ms Barbara Gerber (Oxford University Hospitals NHS Foundation Trust)
Department: Surgical Sciences (Department)
Organiser: Ben Alexander
Series: Surgical Grand Rounds
Audience: Member of University - ALL Format: Hybrid
DPAG / The Physiological Society: Celebrating Physiology in Oxford
Join us at the University of Oxford for a two-day celebration marking the Physiological Society’s 150th anniversary
Friday, 19 June 2026, 8.30am to 6pm
Department: Physiology Anatomy and Genetics (Department)
Organiser: The Physiological Society
Host: TPS and Professor David Paterson
Series: DPAG Head of Department Seminar Series
Audience: By registration only via TPS: https://www.physoc.org/events/celebrating-physiology-in-oxford/#tab-01 Format: In Person
Inflammatory bowel disease and neutralizing anti-IL10 autoantibodies
On arrival, please sign in at reception and select ‘Seminar’ when prompted for who you are here to see. Please ensure yo
Friday, 19 June 2026, 9.15am to 10.15am
Speaker(s): Dr Nima Gharahdaghi, Uhlig Group, University of Oxford, Pai-Jui Yeh, Uhlig Group, University of Oxford
Department: Weatherall Institute of Molecular Medicine (Unit)
Organiser: Alina Bovtenko; Renata Sojka
Series: MRC TIDU Friday Morning Lab Meetings
Audience: Member of University - ALL Format: In Person
Plaited Basketry Workshop
Learn how to make a traditional plaited Choctaw 'elbow' basket in this 2-day workshop with Polly Pollock!
Friday, 19 June 2026 to Saturday, 20 June 2026, 10am - 4.30pm
Department: Gardens, Libraries & Museums (Division)
Organiser: Pitt Rivers Museum
Host: Pitt Rivers Museum
Audience: Public Format: In Person
Retelling War Stories in Contemporary China: Film Screening of Railway Heroes
Film screening followed by Q&A with Film Director
Friday, 19 June 2026, 10am to 1pm
Speaker(s): Yang Feng (Film Director)
Department: Asian and Middle Eastern Studies (Department)
Organiser: Dr Bingbing Shi
Host: Dr Bingbing Shi
Audience: Public Format: In Person
Slippery boundaries: Fat tissue and the collapse of the subject-object divide in anatomical dissection practices
Keynote talk of the Objectivity and Subjectivity in Medicine workshop. Everyone welcome
Friday, 19 June 2026, 10.45am to 12pm
Speaker(s): Helene Scott-Fordsmand (University College London)
Department: Humanities (Division)
Organiser: Alberto Giubilini
Host: Alberto Giubilini
Series: TORCH Medical Humanities
Audience: Public Format: In Person
Exploitation Payoffs and Incentives for Exploration
Nuffield Economic Theory Seminar
Friday, 19 June 2026, 11am to 12.15pm
Speaker(s): William Fuchs (UT Austin McCombs / Carlos III Madrid)
Department: Economics (Department)
Series: Nuffield Economic Theory Seminar
Audience: Member of University - ALL Format: In Person
First-passage times and queueing behavior of stochastic search with dynamic redundancy and mortality
This forms part of the weekly Mathematical Biology and Ecology Seminar Series
Friday, 19 June 2026, 11am to 12pm
Speaker(s): Dr Samantha Linn (Department of Mathematics, Imperial College, London)
Department: Mathematical Institute (Department)
Organiser: Sara Jolliffe
Host: Dr Giulia Celora
Series: Mathematical Biology and Ecology Seminar Series
Audience: Member of University - ALL Format: In Person
DPAG Neuroscience Seminar: 'Recording single neurons in humans: auditory neuroscience and consciousness'
Friday, 19 June 2026, 11am to 12pm
Speaker(s): Assistant Professor Joel Berger (University of Iowa)
Department: Physiology Anatomy and Genetics (Department)
Host: Associate Professor Kerry Walker
Series: DPAG Neuroscience Seminars
Audience: Member of University - ALL Format: In Person
Student Research Workshop in Micro Theory
Student Research Workshop in Micro Theory
Friday, 19 June 2026, 12.45pm to 1.45pm
Speaker(s): Roberto-Rafael Maura-Rivero (University of Oxford)
Department: Economics (Department)
Series: Student Research Workshop in Micro Theory
Audience: Member of University - ALL Format: In Person
Macroeconomics Workshop
Macroeconomics Workshop
Friday, 19 June 2026, 1pm to 2pm
Speaker(s): Nils Gerreshein, Felix Kuntz
Department: Economics (Department)
Series: Macroeconomics Workshop
Audience: Member of University - ALL Format: In Person
ORNN Seminar: Avi Samelson "CRISPR screens in iPSC-derived neurons reveal principles of tau proteostasis
Friday, 19 June 2026, 1pm to 2pm
Speaker(s): Avi Samelson (Departments of Neurology and Biological Chemistry at UCLA)
Department: Nuffield Department of Clinical Medicine (Department)
Organiser: Martina Hallegger, Steph Fowler, Ira Milosevic, Charmaine Lang
Host: Dr Steph Fowler
Series: ORNN Seminar Series (Old Road Neuroscience Network)
Audience: Member of University - ALL Format: Hybrid
Nissan Seminar: 'Experiencing the Amami Islands through Music: Performance and Participatory Workshop with Shimauta Artists'
Please see event description.
Friday, 19 June 2026, 2pm to 3.30pm
Department: Nissan Institute of Japanese Studies (Unit)
Organiser: Nissan Institute of Japanese Studies
Host: Dr Alice Baldock and Professor Sho Konishi
Series: Nissan Seminar in Japanese Studies
Audience: Public Format: In Person
KRC Graduate Workshop
Friday, 19 June 2026, 2pm to 4.15pm
Department: Asian and Middle Eastern Studies (Department)
Host: Khalili Research Centre
Audience: Member of University - ALL Format: In Person
Visualization of protein biogenesis at organelle membranes
Friday, 19 June 2026, 2pm to 3pm
Speaker(s): Prof Friedrich Forster (University of Utrecht, The Netherlands)
Department: Pathology Dunn School (Department)
Organiser: Melissa Wright
Host: Prof Pedro Carvalho
Series: Dunn School of Pathology Departmental Seminars
Audience: Member of University - ALL Format: In Person
Nuffield Econometrics Seminar
Nuffield Econometrics Seminar
Friday, 19 June 2026, 2.15pm to 3.30pm
Speaker(s): Clement de Chaisemartin
Department: Economics (Department)
Series: Nuffield Econometrics Seminar
Audience: Member of University - ALL Format: In Person
Applied Ethics Graduate Discussion Group
This seminar is for all University of Oxford graduate students interested in applied ethics
Friday, 19 June 2026, 2.20pm to 4.20pm
Department: The Uehiro Oxford Institute (Department)
Host: Uehiro Oxford Institute
Series: Graduate Discussion Group
Audience: Member of University - Students Format: Hybrid
Coffee, Currants, and Sherbets: The ‘Exotic’ World of Cross-Cultural Food-Making in Early Modern Europe and the Middle East
Attendance is free in person or online with advance booking - places are limited.
Friday, 19 June 2026, 2.30pm to 5.30pm
Speaker(s): Dr Lavinia Gambini (University of Bern), Dr Anastasia Stylianou (Warburg Institute), Dr Federica Gigante (University of Oxford), Chair: Professor John-Paul Ghobrial (University of Oxford)
Host: The Warburg Institute
Audience: Public Format: Hybrid
Behavioural Lab
Behavioural Lab
Friday, 19 June 2026, 4pm to 5pm
Department: Economics (Department)
Series: Behavioural Lab
Audience: Member of University - ALL Format: In Person
Ephrem Armenius: the Armenian reception of the homilies of Ephrem of Nisibis and Ephrem Graecus
Dr. Andy Hilkens explores the Armenian reception of Ephrem of Nisibis and Ephrem Graecus
Friday, 19 June 2026, 4pm to 5.30pm
Department: Asian and Middle Eastern Studies (Department)
Organiser: Theo Maarten van Lint
Host: Pembroke College
Audience: Member of University - ALL Format: In Person