OxTalks is Changing
On 28th November OxTalks will move to the new Halo platform and will become 'Oxford Events' (full details are available on the Staff Gateway).
There will be an OxTalks freeze beginning on Friday 14th November. This means you will need to publish any of your known events to OxTalks by then as there will be no facility to publish or edit events in that fortnight. During the freeze, all events will be migrated to the new Oxford Events site. It will still be possible to view events on OxTalks during this time.
If you have any questions, please contact halo@digital.ox.ac.uk
Department: Gardens, Libraries and Museums
Talks:
Monday 10 November 2025
Elephants, biodiversity and climate change
Date: 10 November 2025, 19:00 - 20:00
Speaker
:
Ian Redmond OBE
Venue: University Museum of Natural History, Parks Road OX1 3PW
Venue Details: Lecture theatre upstairs
Organiser:
Dr Joanna Bagniewska (Department for Continuing Education, University of Oxford / Senior Lecturer in Environmental Sciences, Brunel University)
Hosts:
TBA
Thursday 13 November 2025
Printing Sounds
Date: 13 November 2025, 14:00 - 16:30
Speaker
:
Dr Philip Burnett (University of York)
Venue: Weston Library, Broad Street OX1 3BG
Venue Details: Blackwell Hall
Organiser:
Centre for the Study of the Book
Hosts:
TBA
Wednesday 19 November 2025
Type Designers of the Twentieth Century
Date: 19 November 2025, 14:30 - 15:30
Speaker
Venue: Weston Library, Broad Street OX1 3BG
Venue Details: Lecture Theatre
Organiser:
Centre for the Study of the Book
Hosts:
TBA
Thursday 27 November 2025
Mapping sense of place: Travels and Maps of May Morris
Date: 27 November 2025, 16:30 - 18:00
Speaker
:
Pragya Agarwal (Newnham College, Cambridge)
Venue Details: Online via Zoom Webinar
Organisers:
TBA
Hosts:
TBA
Wednesday 14 January 2025
TOSCA Field Trip – Mapping the North
Date: 14 January 2026, 16:30 - 18:00
Speaker
:
Charlotta Forss (Stockholm)
Venue Details: In-person only event, venue TBC
Organisers:
TBA
Hosts:
TBA
Thursday 12 February 2025
Map Readings – Lies of the Land: Painted maps in Late Medieval and Early Modern France
Date: 12 February 2026, 16:30 - 18:00
Speaker
s:
Camille Serchuk (Southern Connecticut State University),
In conversation with: Elizabeth Baigent (Oxford)
Venue Details: Online via Zoom Webinar
Organisers:
TBA
Hosts:
TBA
Tuesday 24 February 2025
Writing in the Museum
Date: 24 February 2026, 18:00 - 20:00
Speaker
Venue: History of Science Museum, Broad Street OX1 3AZ
Venue Details: Please note there is no step-free access to the museum.
Organiser:
Ruth Holliday (History of Science Museum)
Hosts:
TBA
Thursday 12 March 2025
The unique large-format print of the General Map of the Qing Empire by Li Mingche李明徹 (1751–1832) in Göttingen: tracing its cartographical origins and journey to a German university
Date: 12 March 2026, 16:30 - 18:00
Speaker
:
Vera Dorofeeva-Lichtmann (L’École des hautes études en sciences sociales, Paris)
Venue Details: Online via Zoom Webinar
Organisers:
TBA
Hosts:
TBA
Thursday 4 June 2025
Geography and Catholic censorship in Europe at the end of the sixteenth century
Date: 4 June 2026, 16:30 - 18:00
Speaker
:
Jean-Marc Besse (L’École des hautes études en sciences sociales, Paris)
Venue Details: Online via Zoom Webinar
Organisers:
TBA
Hosts:
TBA
Thursday 18 June 2025
Ordnance Survey: twenty-first-century National Mapping Agency
Date: 18 June 2026, 16:30 - 18:00
Speaker
:
Nick Bolton (CEO, Ordnance Survey)
Venue Details: Online via Zoom Webinar
Organisers:
TBA
Hosts:
TBA
