BEGIN:VCALENDAR VERSION:2.0 PRODID:talks.ox.ac.uk BEGIN:VEVENT SUMMARY:2025/6 Wolfson College Sarfraz Lecture - Shaharzad Akbar\, Sir Tim Hitchens (University of Oxford) DTSTART;VALUE=DATE-TIME:20260129T180000Z DTEND;VALUE=DATE-TIME:20260129T190000Z UID:https://talks.ox.ac.uk/talks/id/12526990-d2f6-48b1-9246-5863aa295d5a/ DESCRIPTION:Shaharzad Akbar will be in conversation with Sir Tim Hitchens about her Human Rights work\, bringing together activists within and outsi de Afghanistan to work towards accountability for the Taliban’s current actions. Working title: Seeking justice\, preserving hope: International a ccountability and women's rights in Afghanistan.\n\nThis event will also b e livestreamed\, please see booking URL (booking not required). \nSpeakers :\nShaharzad Akbar\, Sir Tim Hitchens (University of Oxford) LOCATION:Wolfson College (Leonard Wolfson Auditorium)\, Linton Road OX2 6U D TZID:Europe/London URL:https://talks.ox.ac.uk/talks/id/12526990-d2f6-48b1-9246-5863aa295d5a/ BEGIN:VALARM ACTION:display DESCRIPTION:Talk:2025/6 Wolfson College Sarfraz Lecture - Shaharzad Akbar\ , Sir Tim Hitchens (University of Oxford) TRIGGER:-PT1H END:VALARM END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT SUMMARY:2025/6 Wolfson College Sarfraz Lecture - Shaharzad Akbar\, Sir Tim Hitchens (University of Oxford) DTSTART;VALUE=DATE-TIME:20260129T180000Z DTEND;VALUE=DATE-TIME:20260129T190000Z UID:https://talks.ox.ac.uk/talks/id/12526990-d2f6-48b1-9246-5863aa295d5a/ DESCRIPTION:Shaharzad Akbar will be in conversation with Sir Tim Hitchens about her Human Rights work\, bringing together activists within and outsi de Afghanistan to work towards accountability for the Taliban’s current actions. Working title: Seeking justice\, preserving hope: International a ccountability and women's rights in Afghanistan.\n\nThis event will also b e livestreamed\, please see booking URL (booking not required). \nSpeakers :\nShaharzad Akbar\, Sir Tim Hitchens (University of Oxford) LOCATION:Wolfson College (Leonard Wolfson Auditorium)\, Linton Road OX2 6U D TZID:Europe/London URL:https://talks.ox.ac.uk/talks/id/12526990-d2f6-48b1-9246-5863aa295d5a/ BEGIN:VALARM ACTION:display DESCRIPTION:Talk:2025/6 Wolfson College Sarfraz Lecture - Shaharzad Akbar\ , Sir Tim Hitchens (University of Oxford) TRIGGER:-PT1H END:VALARM END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT SUMMARY:Cicero on slavery: 2025 Syme Lecture\, Wolfson College - Professor Catharine Edwards (Birkbeck\, University of London) DTSTART;VALUE=DATE-TIME:20251106T180000Z DTEND;VALUE=DATE-TIME:20251106T190000Z UID:https://talks.ox.ac.uk/talks/id/dbc2cbf2-e7fe-4719-9edd-befb54eca648/ DESCRIPTION:Cicero\, like other Romans of his class\, owned numerous slave s. His attitude to and relationship with his slaves and ex-slaves have com e under scrutiny in some recent studies. Others have offered important ins ights into ideas of freedom and slavery in the Roman political sphere more generally – and in Cicero’s work in particular. This lecture aims to probe the relationship between Cicero’s experiences as a slaver and the figure of slavery in his political thinking. Cicero was well aware that th e power exercised by Rome over its subject territories might be figured as slavery. In his letters\, Cicero terms his own position vis-à-vis Pompey \, Caesar and Crassus a kind of enslavement. The figure of slavery is one he invokes with still greater frequency in coming to terms with Julius Cae sar’s dictatorship – and\, after the Ides of March\, in attacking Mark Antony. The power Antony exercised over his fellow Romans was worse than that of Caesar\, according to Cicero\, for his own character was that of a slave. The lecture will explore the slippery ways in which Cicero’s ref lections on the political sphere interact with\, reinforce or challenge th e brutal realities of literal enslavement.\nSpeakers:\nProfessor Catharine Edwards (Birkbeck\, University of London) LOCATION:Wolfson College (Leonard Wolfson Auditorium)\, Linton Road OX2 6U D TZID:Europe/London URL:https://talks.ox.ac.uk/talks/id/dbc2cbf2-e7fe-4719-9edd-befb54eca648/ BEGIN:VALARM ACTION:display DESCRIPTION:Talk:Cicero on slavery: 2025 Syme Lecture\, Wolfson College - Professor Catharine Edwards (Birkbeck\, University of London) TRIGGER:-PT1H END:VALARM END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT SUMMARY:Democracy in Distress (Wolfson College Isaiah Berlin Lecture 2025) - Dr Amy Gutmann (University of Pennsylvania) DTSTART;VALUE=DATE-TIME:20250522T180000 DTEND;VALUE=DATE-TIME:20250522T190000 UID:https://talks.ox.ac.uk/talks/id/eba2c6f0-4f18-4631-8ac3-56da7e045d6e/ DESCRIPTION:From the perspective of a life-long academic who became U.S. A mbassador to Germany\, I offer reflections on my diplomatic experience and how it illuminates major threats to American democracy and our allies tod ay. As the only survivor of a generation of German Jews\, I also reflect p ersonally on how my own family’s trajectory is a story of the destructiv e weight of autocracy\, the redeeming power of democracy\, and the urgency of this perilous moment in history. In conclusion\, I offer three broad s trategies—requiring civic courage\, sooner not later—to reverse the po tential demise of democracy and to protect the people democracy must serve to survive.\nSpeakers:\nDr Amy Gutmann (University of Pennsylvania) LOCATION:Wolfson College (Leonard Wolfson Auditorium)\, Linton Road OX2 6U D TZID:Europe/London URL:https://talks.ox.ac.uk/talks/id/eba2c6f0-4f18-4631-8ac3-56da7e045d6e/ BEGIN:VALARM ACTION:display DESCRIPTION:Talk:Democracy in Distress (Wolfson College Isaiah Berlin Lect ure 2025) - Dr Amy Gutmann (University of Pennsylvania) TRIGGER:-PT1H END:VALARM END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT SUMMARY:Science: changing the story (Wolfson College Haldane Lecture 2025) - Professor Dame Ottoline Leyser (UK Research and Innovation\, and Univer sity of Cambridge) DTSTART;VALUE=DATE-TIME:20250313T180000Z DTEND;VALUE=DATE-TIME:20250313T190000Z UID:https://talks.ox.ac.uk/talks/id/d6e3215f-f005-4236-8ddc-24d8ee1a96f7/ DESCRIPTION:People think in linear narratives\, with a beginning followed\ , by a series of causal events\, leading to a conclusion. This is a useful way to think\, but only if you are able to keep in mind that it is often not what is actually happening. Many natural science disciplines are focus sed on understanding dynamic\, multi-scale systems that do not have a begi nning and middle and an end. Which came first\, the chicken or the egg? Mo st scientists have to navigate this challenge when writing a paper up for publication. It is essential to tell a story to bring readers along with t he data you are presenting and how you are interpreting them. The arc you present often bears little relation to how you conducted the work\, which involved twists and turns\, serendipitous discoveries\, and the putting to gether of two things you had not previously connected. Meanwhile\, everyon e\, including scientists\, live in a world with dominant stories about who does science and how science works. Simplifying only slightly\, this ofte n centres on a lone genius\, using pure logic and brilliant inspiration to march toward the truth and save the world. All these science stories are problematic for everyone. They restrict who does science\, and how it inte racts with society and with wider human endeavours\, at a time when techno logical advance is proceeding at lightening pace. Changing the science sto ry has become an urgent priority in successfully capturing the opportuniti es and addressing the challenges we face\, locally\, nationally and global ly.\nSpeakers:\nProfessor Dame Ottoline Leyser (UK Research and Innovation \, and University of Cambridge) LOCATION:Wolfson College (Leonard Wolfson Auditorium)\, Linton Road OX2 6U D TZID:Europe/London URL:https://talks.ox.ac.uk/talks/id/d6e3215f-f005-4236-8ddc-24d8ee1a96f7/ BEGIN:VALARM ACTION:display DESCRIPTION:Talk:Science: changing the story (Wolfson College Haldane Lect ure 2025) - Professor Dame Ottoline Leyser (UK Research and Innovation\, a nd University of Cambridge) TRIGGER:-PT1H END:VALARM END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT SUMMARY:Haldane Lecture 2024: Which science\, for which society? Fostering a sustainable relation between science and society - Professor Ulrike Fel t (University of Vienna) DTSTART;VALUE=DATE-TIME:20240229T180000Z DTEND;VALUE=DATE-TIME:20240229T190000Z UID:https://talks.ox.ac.uk/talks/id/d342b39b-f43b-4501-b18b-3a945c7bef02/ DESCRIPTION:Today\, as scientific and technological innovation is seen as fundamental to the future development of contemporary societies\, the rela tionship between science and society requires closer attention than ever b efore. While science and technology have been seen as instruments of socia l progress and personal opportunity\, the last decade has been marked by f riction and conflict over techno-scientific issues that pose serious chall enges to democratic societies. Whether it is the COVID pandemic\, measures to combat climate change\, new genetically modified organisms or digitali sation\, they all point to the development of a new relationship between s cientific knowledge production and economic and political power. While the demand for expert knowledge is increasing and science seems to be becomin g a more prominent societal actor - think of the increasing talk about soc ietal impact\, innovation\, ... - scientific knowledge is simultaneously f acing increasing doubts and contestation and the distance to those who are supposed to be governed by this knowledge seems to be growing. This prese ntation will explore the considerations necessary to build and maintain a sustainable relationship between science and society under these changing boundary conditions\, while preserving science’s essential capacity to b e a source of impartial critical authority.\n\nThe Haldane Lecture is give n by a speaker of international standing in the field of science each Hila ry Term. It is named after J. S. and J. B. S. Haldane\, who carried out a number of pioneering experiments in the house that formerly stood on site of Wolfson College. Past speakers include Sir Martin Evans\, Professor Dam e Nancy Rothwell\, Professor V. S. Ramachandran\, Sir Iain Chalmers\, Prof essor Kathy Willis and Professor Sir Chris Whitty.\nSpeakers:\nProfessor U lrike Felt (University of Vienna) LOCATION:Leonard Wolfson Auditorium (The Leonard Wolfson Auditorium at Wol fson College is fully wheelchair accessible.) TZID:Europe/London URL:https://talks.ox.ac.uk/talks/id/d342b39b-f43b-4501-b18b-3a945c7bef02/ BEGIN:VALARM ACTION:display DESCRIPTION:Talk:Haldane Lecture 2024: Which science\, for which society? Fostering a sustainable relation between science and society - Professor U lrike Felt (University of Vienna) TRIGGER:-PT1H END:VALARM END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT SUMMARY:Wolfson College In Conversation with Chief Sydney Roberts - Chief Sydney Roberts (COPA)\, Justine Bent (Wolfson College) DTSTART;VALUE=DATE-TIME:20210518T190000 DTEND;VALUE=DATE-TIME:20210518T200000 UID:https://talks.ox.ac.uk/talks/id/0d187897-55b9-49c3-b783-97d502d572c9/ DESCRIPTION:Wolfson alumna Chief Sydney Roberts will return to our stage a s the Wolfson Role Model Series TT2021 speaker. Sydney Roberts is the Chie f Administrator for the Civilian Office of Police Accountability (COPA) in Chicago\, Illinois with full administrative investigative authority of of ficer involved shootings\, deaths in custody or as a result of police acti on as well as complaints of excessive force\, illegal search and seizure\, domestic violence\, denial of counsel\, coercion and sex and race based v erbal abuse. Roberts holds a BSc from the University of Delaware\, a MSc i n criminology from Wolfson College\, University of Oxford and a Juris Doct or from Rutgers School of Law\, Newark\, NJ. \nWolfson's President Sir Tim Hitchens will open the conversation and our very own Justine Bent\, who h olds a BSc in Criminal Justice and is currently reading for a MSc in Afric an Studies at Wolfson College\, will guide through the evening. \n\nSpeake rs:\nChief Sydney Roberts (COPA)\, Justine Bent (Wolfson College) LOCATION:YouTube link : https://youtu.be/b-aLY6_1WjY TZID:Europe/London URL:https://talks.ox.ac.uk/talks/id/0d187897-55b9-49c3-b783-97d502d572c9/ BEGIN:VALARM ACTION:display DESCRIPTION:Talk:Wolfson College In Conversation with Chief Sydney Roberts - Chief Sydney Roberts (COPA)\, Justine Bent (Wolfson College) TRIGGER:-PT1H END:VALARM END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT SUMMARY:Wolfson College In Conversation with Wes Moore - Wes Moore DTSTART;VALUE=DATE-TIME:20210128T190000Z DTEND;VALUE=DATE-TIME:20210128T200000Z UID:https://talks.ox.ac.uk/talks/id/980f2278-42ca-46b7-8881-963576496cbc/ DESCRIPTION:We will have the honour to host Wolfson alumnus and Rhodes Sch olar Wes Moore for an interview followed by an open Q&A session on Thursda y Jan 28th at 7 pm. Wes\, a New York Times bestselling author\, has done r emarkable work for the Black community and is currently CEO for the Robin Hood Foundation in New York City\, one of the largest antipoverty non-prof its in the nation. The event will focus on Wes’ new book Five days\, an account on the days leading up to the police brutality protests in Baltimo re. The conversation will be opened by President Sir Tim Hitchens and Wel fare Officer Lesley Nelson-Addy will guide through the interview and discu ssion. \nSpeakers:\nWes Moore LOCATION:https://us02web.zoom.us/j/83476808005?pwd=RC8wNndTWTRkOENDRGN4Y3g rRGYrdz09 Meeting ID: 834 7680 8005 Passcode: 523721 TZID:Europe/London URL:https://talks.ox.ac.uk/talks/id/980f2278-42ca-46b7-8881-963576496cbc/ BEGIN:VALARM ACTION:display DESCRIPTION:Talk:Wolfson College In Conversation with Wes Moore - Wes Moor e TRIGGER:-PT1H END:VALARM END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT SUMMARY:Security in East Asia - Sir Tim Hitchens (University of Oxford) DTSTART;VALUE=DATE-TIME:20200225T203000Z DTEND;VALUE=DATE-TIME:20200225T215500Z UID:https://talks.ox.ac.uk/talks/id/fea6a288-32ce-4da5-8a6d-daff507d6792/ DESCRIPTION:Sir Tim Hitchens is President of Wolfson College\, Oxford. He is also a Commonwealth War Graves Commissioner and Chairman of the Daiwa A nglo-Japanese Foundation. Before coming to the University of Oxford\, Sir Hitchens was the Chief Executive of the Commonwealth Summit Unit. He also served as the Director-General\, Economic and Consular at the Foreign and Commonwealth Office. Sir Hitchens is a graduate of the University of Cambr idge and has extensive experience in his more than thirty years as a diplo mat\, which have taken him to parts of the world as diverse as Pakistan\, Afghanistan\, and France. He has spent three years as Foreign and Commonwe alth Office director for Africa. Most recently\, between 2012 and 2016\, S ir Hitchens was the British Ambassador in Japan. He will be discussing sec urity in East Asia during the seminar.\nSpeakers:\nSir Tim Hitchens (Unive rsity of Oxford) LOCATION:All Souls College (The Old Library)\, High Street OX1 4AL TZID:Europe/London URL:https://talks.ox.ac.uk/talks/id/fea6a288-32ce-4da5-8a6d-daff507d6792/ BEGIN:VALARM ACTION:display DESCRIPTION:Talk:Security in East Asia - Sir Tim Hitchens (University of O xford) TRIGGER:-PT1H END:VALARM END:VEVENT END:VCALENDAR