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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'
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
Earth Observation for Conservation Impact Evaluation: Opportunities and Challenges
Opportunities and challenges of utilising Earth observation within causal impact evaluation frameworks.
Thursday, 9 July 2026, 3pm to 4pm
Speaker(s): Alejandro Guizar-Coutino (Department of Biology)
Department: Environmental Change Institute (Unit)
Organiser: Andrey Levitskiy
Host: Global Finance & Economy Programme
Series: NatureFinance@Oxford
Audience: Public Format: Online
The Fruitfulness of Normative Concepts
Thursday, 9 July 2026, 4pm to 5pm
Department: The Uehiro Oxford Institute (Department)
Host: Philosophical Moral Psychology Lab
Audience: Member of University - ALL Format: Hybrid
'CryoSeek: A Structure-First Paradigm for Discovery' (A Kavli Research and Enterprise Lecture)
Dr Nieng Yan will deliver a lecture on 'CryoSeek: A Structure-First Paradigm for Discovery'.
Thursday, 9 July 2026, 4.30pm to 5.30pm
Speaker(s): Dr Nieng Yan
Venue:
Dorothy Crowfoot Hodgkin Building - DCHB 20-138 Seminar Room 2
DCHB 20-138 Seminar Room 2 Dorothy Crowfoot Hodgkin Building off South Parks Road Oxford Oxfordshire OX1 3QU United Kingdom
Venue details:
DATE: Thursday, 9 July 2026 TIME: 4.30pm, followed by a drinks reception at 5.30pm VENUE: Room 20-138, Dorothy Crowfoot Hodgkin Building, Sherrington Road, Oxford PLEASE NOTE: Entry is strictly on presentation of a University card. Seating is limited.
Department: Kavli Institute for Nanoscience Discovery (Unit)
Host: Professor Dame Carol Robinson and Professor Simon Newstead
Series: Kavli Research and Enterprise Lectures
Audience: Member of University - ALL Format: In Person