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A Practical Guide to Classical Arabic Poetry: Tools for Understanding Form and Meaning, Art and Function

Three-day conference exploring classical Arabic poetry through form, meaning, performance, genres, and interpretation.

Tuesday, 7 July 2026 to Thursday, 9 July 2026, 9am - 5pm

Speaker(s): Tahera Qutbuddin, Kevin Blankinship, Nathaniel Miller, Hilary Kilpatrick, Beatrice Gruendler, David Larsen, Nefeli Papoutsakis, Geert Jan van Gelder, Marlé Hammond, Theodore Beers, Bilal Orfali, Yaron Klein, Julia Bray, Stefan Sperl

Venue: St John's College - New Seminar Room
New Seminar Room St John's College St Giles Oxford Oxfordshire OX1 3JP United Kingdom

Department: Asian and Middle Eastern Studies (Department)

Organiser: Tahera Qutbuddin

Audience: Public Format: In Person

Immunisation and Influenza Update Training

A short-day immunisation and influenza training course, targeted at healthcare professionals and healthcare support work

Tuesday, 7 July 2026, 9am to 3.30pm

Speaker(s): Karen Ford (Oxford Vaccine Group)

Department: Paediatrics (Department)

Organiser: Clara Lloyd

Host: Karen Ford

Audience: HCP's Format: In Person

Dr Luke Allen on AI Clinical decision support in general practice: highways to hell and stairways to heaven

This is a hybrid seminar for the International AI in Primary Care Special Interest Group, open to all.

Tuesday, 7 July 2026, 9.15am to 10.15am

Department: Primary Care Health Sciences (Department)

Organiser: Dr Francesca H. Dakin

Host: Dr Francesca Dakin

Series: AI in Primary Care SIG

Audience: Member of University - ALL Format: Hybrid

Title TBC - CAMS Oxford Institute Seminar

CAMS Oxford Institute - Seminar Series

Tuesday, 7 July 2026, 9.30am to 10.30am

Venue: Henry Wellcome Building Rooms A & B
Room A+B Wellcome Trust Centre for Human Genetics Headington Oxford Oxfordshire OX3 7BN United Kingdom

Department: NDM (CAMS Oxford Institute) (Unit)

Host: Ricardo Fernandes, Dannielle Wellington, Mimie Szyk

Series: CAMS Oxford Institute - Seminar Series

Audience: Member of University - ALL Format: In Person

China Centre events - Michaelmas Term 2026

Please see message below about China Centre events.

Tuesday, 7 July 2026 to Sunday, 11 October 2026, 11.48am - 1.48pm

Term: Michaelmas

Venue: Dickson Poon Building, Oxford China Centre - Kin-ku Cheng Lecture Theatre (lower ground floor)
Kin-ku Cheng Lecture Theatre (lower ground floor) Dickson Poon Building Canterbury Road Oxford Oxfordshire OX2 6LU United Kingdom

Department: Asian and Middle Eastern Studies (Department)

Series: Visual Culture in Modern and Contemporary China

Audience: Public Format: In Person

OUCAGS in-person July Forum

Prof Garry Tan will talk about: ‘From Numbers to Better Care: Using Data in Practice’

Tuesday, 7 July 2026, 12.30pm to 5pm

Venue: Richard Doll Building - Lecture Theatre
Lecture Theatre Richard Doll Building Old Road Campus Oxford Oxfordshire OX3 7LF United Kingdom
Venue details: in-person, registration required

Department: Medical Sciences (Division)

Organiser: Oxford University Clinical Academic Graduate School

Host: Dr Alexander Mentzer

Series: OUCAGS Forum

Audience: OUCAGS trainees/alumni, Oxford University staff/students, and Healthcare Professionals within NHSE Thames Valley Format: In Person

TIA Review

Tuesday, 7 July 2026, 1pm to 2pm

Venue: John Radcliffe Hospital - Wolfson Building - Seminar Room
Seminar Room Wolfson Building, John Radcliffe Hospital Headington Oxford Oxfordshire OX3 9DU United Kingdom
Venue details: Seminar Room, Wolfson Building, John Radcliffe Hospital, Headington Oxford. OX3 9DU

Department: Clinical Neurosciences (Department)

Organiser: Dr Linxin Li

Series: NDCN Stroke Seminar Programme

Audience: Member of University - ALL Format: In Person

Greening Clinical Trials: Opportunities, Challenges and Open Questions

A conversation on greening clinical trials with key actors in the field.

Tuesday, 7 July 2026, 2pm to 4pm

Speaker(s): Federica Lucivero, Carly Santer, Nathalie Preiswerk, Mike Hill

Venue: Big Data Institute - Seminar room 0
Seminar room 0 Big Data Institute Old Road Campus Oxford Oxfordshire OX3 7LF United Kingdom
Venue details: Old Road Campus, OX3 7LF

Department: Oxford Population Health (OxPop) (Unit)

Organiser: Mary Pitt

Host: Ethox Centre

Series: Sustainable Health Data Conversations

Audience: Public Format: In Person

Deciphering the gene regulation of oxygen homeostasis and human fitness through the lens of erythropoietin producing Norn cells

Tuesday, 7 July 2026, 2.30pm to 3.30pm

Speaker(s): Bjørt Katrinardóttir Kragesteen (Karolinska Institutet)

Venue: MRC Weatherall Institute of Molecular Medicine - WIMM Seminar room
WIMM Seminar room MRC Weatherall Institute of Molecular Medicine Headington Oxford Oxfordshire OX3 9DS United Kingdom

Department: Weatherall Institute of Molecular Medicine (Unit)

Organiser: Fiona Lambert

Host: Jim Hughes

Series: Molecular Haematology Unit, WIMM

Status: Cancelled

Logistics of open scholarship

Tuesday, 7 July 2026, 2.30pm to 4pm

Speaker(s): Sarah Humphreys

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

Gardens in Bloom Tour - Trinity College

Gardens in Bloom Tours

Tuesday, 7 July 2026, 2.45pm to 3.45pm

Department: Trinity College (College)

Organiser: Trinity College

Host: Trinity College

Series: Gardens in Bloom Tours

Audience: Public Format: In Person

Theodosios Famprikis - 'One man’s mess, another man’s material: Exploiting disorder in materials chemistry'

Tuesday, 7 July 2026, 5pm to 6.30pm

Department: Balliol College (College)

Organiser: Balliol College

Host: Balliol College

Series: Balliol Online Lecture Series

Audience: Public Format: Online

Immunisation and Influenza Update Training

A short-day immunisation and influenza training course.

Wednesday, 8 July 2026, 9am to 3.30pm

Term: Michaelmas, Week 11

Department: Paediatrics (Department)

Organiser: Clara Lloyd

Host: Karen Ford

Audience: HCP's Format: In Person

Leading Collaboration - bringing people together to achieve the extraordinary (in-person)

Wednesday, 8 July 2026, 10am to 3pm

Speaker(s): Kate Tapper

Venue: Careers Service
Careers Service 56 Banbury Road Oxford Oxfordshire OX2 6PA United Kingdom
Venue details: upon booking

Department: Maths, Physical & Life Sciences (Division)

Organiser: Dr Catherine Seed

Host: MPLS Researcher Training & Development

Audience: Member of University - ALL Format: In Person

Lunchtime Lab Talks

Wednesday, 8 July 2026, 12.30pm to 1.30pm

Speaker(s): Nicky Whiffin

Department: Nuffield Department of Clinical Medicine (Department)

Host: Centre for Human Genetics

Status: Cancelled

University of Oxford Scientific Research Facilities (SRF) Conference

Learn more about our outstanding Scientific Research Facilities at the University of Oxford's second SRF Conference.

Thursday, 9 July 2026, 9am to 5pm

Venue: The Life and Mind Building
The Life and Mind Building South Parks Road Oxford Oxfordshire OX1 3RB United Kingdom

Host: SRF Conference Committee

Audience: Please see Event Description for details. Format: In Person

External Virtual Human Factors Course

Thursday, 9 July 2026, 9am to 1pm

Speaker(s): Dr Helen Higham

Department: Clinical Neurosciences (Department)

Organiser: Wendy Washbourn

Audience: Is suitable for clinical and non-clinical staff and aims to provide an introduction to the fundamentals of human factors in healthcare. Format: Hybrid