History
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Aida Edemariam
The Wife’s Tale: A Personal History
Oxford Martin School: Seminar Room 10:00am Sat 28 Saturday, 28 March 2020 See this event -
Julie Summers Interviewed by Marion Hume
Dressed for War: The Story of Audrey Withers, Vogue Editor
Cohen Quad: Lecture Theatre 12:00pm Sat 28 Saturday, 28 March 2020 See this event -
Jonathan Drori Interviewed by Charles Godfray
Around the World in 80 Trees
Oxford Martin School: Seminar Room 2:00pm Sat 28 Saturday, 28 March 2020 See this event -
Christine Lindey
Art for All: British socially committed art from World War Two to the Cold War
St Cross College 2:00pm Sat 28 Saturday, 28 March 2020 See this event -
Adam Rutherford and Elijah Lawal Interviewed by Stephen Law
Oxford Debate: Race, Science, and History
Oxford Martin School: Lecture Theatre 2:00pm Sat 28 Saturday, 28 March 2020 See this event -
Dan Gretton and Giles Fraser Chaired by Daniel Snowman
Oxford Debate: Evil: The Desk Killers
Oxford Martin School: Lecture Theatre 6:00pm Sat 28 Saturday, 28 March 2020 See this event -
Rebecca Abrams
The Jewish Journey: 4,000 Years in 22 Objects
Ashmolean Museum 10:30am Sun 29 Sunday, 29 March 2020 See this event -
Ros Ballaster, Anna Louise Senkiw, Ben Wilkinson-Turnbull and Catriona Cannon
The Edgeworth Collection: A Masterclass
Weston Lecture Theatre 12:00pm Sun 29 Sunday, 29 March 2020 See this event -
James Riley
The Bad Trip: Dark Stars, Blown Minds and the Strange End of the Sixties
St Cross College 12:00pm Sun 29 Sunday, 29 March 2020 See this event -
Jung Chang Interviewed by Nick Higham
Big Sister, Little Sister, Red Sister: Three Women at the Heart of 20th-Century China CANCELLED
Sheldonian Theatre 12:00pm Sun 29 Sunday, 29 March 2020 See this event -
Kevin Crossley-Holland and Andrew Rafferty
Seahenge: A Journey
Weston Lecture Theatre 4:00pm Sun 29 Sunday, 29 March 2020 See this event -
William Doyle
The French Revolution: A Very Short Introduction
Blackwell’s Marquee 1:15pm Mon 30 Monday, 30 March 2020 See this event -
Nicola Tallis
Uncrowned Queen: The Fateful Life of Margaret Beaufort, Tudor Survivor
St Cross College 4:00pm Mon 30 Monday, 30 March 2020 See this event -
James Barr Interviewed by Matthew Stadlen
Lords of the Desert: Britain’s Struggle with America to Dominate Middle East
Sheldonian Theatre 6:00pm Mon 30 Monday, 30 March 2020 See this event -
Charles Emmerson
Crucible: The Long End of the Great War and the Birth of a New World
Oxford Martin School: Seminar Room 6:00pm Mon 30 Monday, 30 March 2020 See this event -
Katie Hickman
She-Merchants, Buccaneers & Gentlewomen
Weston Lecture Theatre 12:00pm Tue 31 Tuesday, 31 March 2020 See this event -
Fawaz Gerges
Making the Arab World: Nasser, Qutb, and the Clash That Shaped the Middle East
Oxford Martin School: Lecture Theatre 12:00pm Tue 31 Tuesday, 31 March 2020 See this event -
Carl Frey
The Technology Trap: Capital, Labour and Power in the Age of Automation
Oxford Martin School: Seminar Room 2:00pm Tue 31 Tuesday, 31 March 2020 See this event -
Leo McKinstry
Attlee and Churchill: Allies in War, Adversaries in Peace
Exeter College: Lecture Theatre 2:00pm Tue 31 Tuesday, 31 March 2020 See this event -
Jeremy Dronfield
The Boy Who Followed His Father into Auschwitz
Weston Lecture Theatre 4:00pm Tue 31 Tuesday, 31 March 2020 See this event -
Jane Caplan
Nazi Germany: A Very Short Introduction
Blackwell’s Marquee 5:15pm Tue 31 Tuesday, 31 March 2020 See this event -
Thomas Waters
Cursed Britain: A History of Witchcraft and Black Magic in Modern Times
Oxford Martin School: Seminar Room 6:00pm Tue 31 Tuesday, 31 March 2020 See this event -
Richard Barber Interviewed by Sue Bradbury
Magnificence: Princely Splendour in the Middle Ages
Weston Lecture Theatre 6:00pm Tue 31 Tuesday, 31 March 2020 See this event -
Adrian Tinniswood
The House Party: Leisure, Pleasure and the Country House Weekend
Oxford Martin School: Seminar Room 12:00pm Wed 1 Wednesday, 1 April 2020 See this event -
John Guy
Gresham’s Law: The Life and World of Queen Elizabeth I’s Banker
Bodleian: Divinity School 12:00pm Wed 1 Wednesday, 1 April 2020 See this event -
Iain MacGregor
Checkpoint Charlie: The Cold War, the Berlin Wall and the Most Dangerous Place on Earth
Bodleian: Divinity School 2:00pm Wed 1 Wednesday, 1 April 2020 See this event -
David Miles
Master of St Cross Lecture. The Land of the White Horse: Visions of England
St Cross College 2:00pm Wed 1 Wednesday, 1 April 2020 See this event -
Roger Crowley
Accursed Tower: The Crusaders’ Last Battle for the Holy Land
Bodleian: Divinity School 4:00pm Wed 1 Wednesday, 1 April 2020 See this event -
Richard Hamilton
Tangier: From the Romans to The Rolling Stones
St Cross College 4:00pm Wed 1 Wednesday, 1 April 2020 See this event -
Adrian Tinniswood
The Royal Society and the Invention of Modern Science
Bodleian: Divinity School 6:00pm Wed 1 Wednesday, 1 April 2020 See this event -
Archie Brown Interviewed by Matthew Stadlen
The Human Factor: Gorbachev, Reagan, and Thatcher and the End of the Cold War
St Cross College 10:00am Thu 2 Thursday, 2 April 2020 See this event -
Mo Moulton
Mutual Admiration Society: How Dorothy L Sayers and Her Oxford Circle Remade the World For Women
Weston Lecture Theatre 12:00pm Thu 2 Thursday, 2 April 2020 See this event -
Thomas Penn
The Brothers York: An English Tragedy
Oxford Martin School: Lecture Theatre 12:00pm Thu 2 Thursday, 2 April 2020 See this event -
Paul Corthorn
Enoch Powell: Politics and Ideas in Modern Britain
Oxford Martin School: Seminar Room 2:00pm Thu 2 Thursday, 2 April 2020 See this event -
Prashant Kidambi
Cricket Country: An Indian Odyssey in the Age of Empire
Oxford Martin School: Seminar Room 4:00pm Thu 2 Thursday, 2 April 2020 See this event -
Chris Gosden
Prehistory: A Very Short Introduction
Blackwell’s Marquee 5:15pm Thu 2 Thursday, 2 April 2020 See this event -
Andrew Lownie
The Mountbattens: Their Lives and Loves
Weston Lecture Theatre 6:00pm Thu 2 Thursday, 2 April 2020 See this event -
Diarmaid MacCulloch and William Whyte
Westminster Abbey: A Church in History
St Cross College 6:00pm Thu 2 Thursday, 2 April 2020 See this event -
Michael Wood
The Story of China: A Portrait of a Civilisation and a People
Sheldonian Theatre 10:00am Fri 3 Friday, 3 April 2020 See this event -
Jerry Toner
Infamy: The Crimes of Ancient Rome
Oxford Martin School: Seminar Room 12:00pm Fri 3 Friday, 3 April 2020 See this event -
Mamtimyn Sunuodula
A Book Written Upside Down: Origins of Chinese Learning in the UK
Weston Lecture Theatre 2:00pm Fri 3 Friday, 3 April 2020 See this event -
Ruth Goodman
Ironbridge Lecture: The Domestic Revolution
Sheldonian Theatre 2:00pm Fri 3 Friday, 3 April 2020 See this event -
Philip Mansel
The Sun King and the English: from Francophobia to Francophilia
Bodleian: Divinity School 4:00pm Fri 3 Friday, 3 April 2020 See this event -
Catherine Fletcher
The Beauty and the Terror: An Alternative History of the Italian Renaissance
Weston Lecture Theatre 4:00pm Fri 3 Friday, 3 April 2020 See this event -
Rebecca Abrams
Jewish Treasures from Oxford Libraries
Weston Lecture Theatre 6:00pm Fri 3 Friday, 3 April 2020 See this event -
Philipp Ther and Peter Gatrell Chaired by Ian Goldin
Migration and Europe: The Story of Today and our Yesterdays
Oxford Martin School: Lecture Theatre 6:00pm Fri 3 Friday, 3 April 2020 See this event -
Rachel Reeves and Yvette Cooper Chaired by Oliver Balch
Changing the World: The Women of Westminster and Great Women Speakers
Bodleian: Divinity School 6:00pm Fri 3 Friday, 3 April 2020 See this event -
Christopher Fletcher
Rare and Beautiful American Books
Weston Lecture Theatre 10:00am Sat 4 Saturday, 4 April 2020 See this event -
Nicholas Foulkes
Time Tamed: The Remarkable Story of Humanity’s Quest to Measure Time
Oxford Martin School: Seminar Room 10:00am Sat 4 Saturday, 4 April 2020 See this event -
Frank Close
Trinity: The Treachery and Pursuit of the Most Dangerous Spy in History
Oxford Martin School: Lecture Theatre 10:00am Sat 4 Saturday, 4 April 2020 See this event -
Christopher Tugendhat Interviewed by Alex Preston
A History of Britain Through Books 1900-1964
Bodleian: Divinity School 12:00pm Sat 4 Saturday, 4 April 2020 See this event -
Nora Krug
Heimat: A German Family Album CANCELLED
Weston Lecture Theatre 2:00pm Sat 4 Saturday, 4 April 2020 See this event -
Raffi Berg
Red Sea Spies: The True Story of Mossad’s Fake Holiday Resort
Oxford Martin School: Seminar Room 10:00am Sun 5 Sunday, 5 April 2020 See this event -
Greg Jenner
Dead Famous: The Unexpected History of Celebrity from Bronze Age to Silver Screen
Worcester College: Lecture Theatre 10:00am Sun 5 Sunday, 5 April 2020 See this event -
Clare Clark and Naomi Wood
Art, Love and Politics in Weimar Germany
St Cross College 10:00am Sun 5 Sunday, 5 April 2020 See this event -
Roy Strong
The Elizabethan Image: An Introduction to English Portraiture, 1558–1603
Cohen Quad: Lecture Theatre 12:00pm Sun 5 Sunday, 5 April 2020 See this event -
Clarissa Campbell Orr
Mrs Delany: A Life
St Cross College 2:00pm Sun 5 Sunday, 5 April 2020 See this event -
Tom Holland Interviewed by Alex Preston
Gibraltar Lecture. Dominion: The Making of the Western Mind
Sheldonian Theatre 2:00pm Sun 5 Sunday, 5 April 2020 See this event -
Lucy Worsley
The Austen Girls
Sheldonian Theatre 4:00pm Sun 5 Sunday, 5 April 2020 See this event -
Kavita Puri Interviewed by Alastair Niven
Partition Voices: Untold British Stories
St Cross College 4:00pm Sun 5 Sunday, 5 April 2020 See this event