OxTalks is Changing
OxTalks will soon move to the new Halo platform and will become 'Oxford Events.' There will be a need for an OxTalks freeze. This was previously planned for Friday 14th November – a new date will be shared as soon as it is available (full details will be available on the Staff Gateway).
In the meantime, the OxTalks site will remain active and events will continue to be published.
If staff have any questions about the Oxford Events launch, please contact halo@digital.ox.ac.uk
Department: Humanities Division
Talks:
Wednesday 17 December 2025
Songs of Solidarity Writers' Room
Date: 17 December 2025, 17:00 - 18:00
Speaker
Various Speakers
Venue: St Hilda's College, Cowley Place OX4 1DY
Organiser:
APGRD (University of Oxford)
Hosts:
TBA
Thursday 18 December 2025
Kinship Bonds, Examination Hell and the Learning of Heaven: Wang Zheng’s (1571–1644) Turn to Christianity
Date: 18 December 2025, 10:00 - 12:00
Speaker
:
Professor Chang Woei ONG (National University of Singapore)
Venue: Dickson Poon Building, Canterbury Road OX2 6LU
Venue Details: Lucina Ho Seminar Room (first floor)
Organiser:
Dr Cheuk Yee Wai (University of Oxford)
Hosts:
TBA
Friday 23 January 2025
Week 1, Charles Taylor and Hermeneutics
Date: 23 January 2026, 12:00 - 13:30
Speaker
Organisers:
TBA
Hosts:
TBA
Tuesday 27 January 2025
Daily Bread: Thinking Comparatively about Food Protests, Social History, Gender, and Archival Politics
Date: 27 January 2026, 14:00 - 15:30
Speaker
s:
Maartje van Gelder (Amsterdam),
Chair: Filippo de Vivo
Venue: Exeter College, Turl Street OX1 3DP
Venue Details: Rector's Drawing Room
Organisers:
TBA
Hosts:
TBA
Lecture 1: Crafting Order
Date: 27 January 2026, 17:00 - 18:00
Speaker
:
Professor Jill Frank (Cornell University)
Venue: Examination Schools, 75-81 High Street OX1 4BG
Venue Details: South School
Organisers:
TBA
Hosts:
TBA
Wednesday 28 January 2025
A model occupation. German occupational policy in Brussels and its impact on the First World War - and beyond
Date: 28 January 2026, 17:15 - 18:15
Speaker
:
Samuël Kruizinga (UV Amsterdam)
Venue: All Souls College, High Street OX1 4AL
Venue Details: Wharton Room
Organisers:
TBA
Hosts:
TBA
Thursday 29 January 2025
Lecture 2: Media
Date: 29 January 2026, 17:00 - 18:00
Speaker
:
Professor Peter Mandler (Gonville and Caius College, Cambridge)
Venue: Examination Schools, 75-81 High Street OX1 4BG
Venue Details: South School
Organisers:
TBA
Hosts:
TBA
Tuesday 3 February 2025
Lecture 2: Coming to Terms
Date: 3 February 2026, 17:00 - 18:00
Speaker
:
Professor Jill Frank (Cornell University)
Venue: Examination Schools, 75-81 High Street OX1 4BG
Venue Details: South School
Organisers:
TBA
Hosts:
TBA
Thursday 5 February 2025
Lecture 3: Self
Date: 5 February 2026, 17:00 - 18:00
Speaker
:
Professor Peter Mandler (Gonville and Caius College, Cambridge)
Venue: Examination Schools, 75-81 High Street OX1 4BG
Venue Details: South School
Organisers:
TBA
Hosts:
TBA
Tuesday 10 February 2025
The Case for India: Restating Eighteenth-Century Oriental Despotism from a History of Knowledge Perspective
Date: 10 February 2026, 14:00 - 15:30
Speaker
s:
Stéphane Van Damme (ENS Paris/MFO),
Chair: Giuseppe Marcocci
Venue: Exeter College, Turl Street OX1 3DP
Venue Details: Rector's Drawing Room
Organisers:
TBA
Hosts:
TBA
Lecture 3: The Capacity of Power
Date: 10 February 2026, 17:00 - 18:00
Speaker
:
Professor Jill Frank (Cornell University)
Venue: Examination Schools, 75-81 High Street OX1 4BG
Venue Details: South School
Organisers:
TBA
Hosts:
TBA
Wednesday 11 February 2025
Mercenaries for Peace: Masculinity, Internationalism, and Pleasure on the Front Lines of Peacekeeping
Date: 11 February 2026, 17:15 - 18:15
Speaker
:
Margot Tudor (City)
Venue: All Souls College, High Street OX1 4AL
Venue Details: Wharton Room
Organisers:
TBA
Hosts:
TBA
Thursday 12 February 2025
Lecture 4: State and Economy
Date: 12 February 2026, 17:00 - 18:00
Speaker
:
Professor Peter Mandler (Gonville and Caius College, Cambridge)
Venue: Examination Schools, 75-81 High Street OX1 4BG
Venue Details: South School
Organisers:
TBA
Hosts:
TBA
Tuesday 17 February 2025
Lecture 4: Making Equality
Date: 17 February 2026, 17:00 - 18:00
Speaker
:
Professor Jill Frank (Cornell University)
Venue: Examination Schools, 75-81 High Street OX1 4BG
Venue Details: South School
Organisers:
TBA
Hosts:
TBA
Thursday 19 February 2025
Lecture 5: Self and Society
Date: 19 February 2026, 17:00 - 18:00
Speaker
:
Professor Peter Mandler (Gonville and Caius College, Cambridge)
Venue: Examination Schools, 75-81 High Street OX1 4BG
Venue Details: South School
Organisers:
TBA
Hosts:
TBA
Friday 20 February 2025
Title TBC
Status: This talk is in preparation - details may change
Date: 20 February 2026, 15:00 - 17:00
Speaker
:
Graham Priest (CUNY)
Organiser:
Joshua Loo (Oxford)
Host:
Joshua Loo (Oxford)
Tuesday 24 February 2025
Lecture 5: The Sense of Beauty
Date: 24 February 2026, 17:00 - 18:00
Speaker
:
Professor Jill Frank (Cornell University)
Venue: Examination Schools, 75-81 High Street OX1 4BG
Venue Details: South School
Organisers:
TBA
Hosts:
TBA
Wednesday 25 February 2025
Male bodies for the fatherland. Invalidity and self-mutilation in the eighteenth-century Habsburg monarchy
Date: 25 February 2026, 17:15 - 18:15
Speaker
:
Julia Heinemann (Antwerp)
Venue: All Souls College, High Street OX1 4AL
Venue Details: Wharton Room
Organisers:
TBA
Hosts:
TBA
Joint session with the History of War seminar. Title TBC
Date: 25 February 2026, 17:15 - 18:45
Speaker
s:
Julia Heinemann (Antwerp),
Chair: Peter Wilson
Venue: All Souls College, High Street OX1 4AL
Venue Details: Wharton Room
Organisers:
TBA
Hosts:
TBA
Thursday 26 February 2025
Lecture 6: Self vs. Society
Date: 26 February 2026, 17:00 - 18:00
Speaker
:
Professor Peter Mandler (Gonville and Caius College, Cambridge)
Venue: Examination Schools, 75-81 High Street OX1 4BG
Venue Details: South School
Organisers:
TBA
Hosts:
TBA
Tuesday 3 March 2025
Lecture 6: Democratic Form
Date: 3 March 2026, 17:00 - 18:00
Speaker
:
Professor Jill Frank (Cornell University)
Venue: Examination Schools, 75-81 High Street OX1 4BG
Venue Details: South School
Organisers:
TBA
Hosts:
TBA
Friday 6 March 2025
Title TBC
Status: This talk is in preparation - details may change
Date: 6 March 2026, 15:00 - 17:00
Speaker
:
Professor James Ladyman (Bristol)
Organiser:
Joshua Loo (Oxford)
Hosts:
TBA
Tuesday 10 March 2025
Postgraduate presentations - title TBC
Date: 10 March 2026, 14:00 - 15:30
Speaker
Various Speakers
Venue: Exeter College, Turl Street OX1 3DP
Venue Details: Rector's Drawing Room
Organisers:
TBA
Hosts:
TBA
Wednesday 11 March 2025
Postgraduate Presentations
Date: 11 March 2026, 10:00 - 14:30
Speaker
Various Speakers
Venue: Radcliffe Observatory,
Venue Details: Room 20.513, Schwarzman Centre, Oxford OX2 6GG
Organisers:
TBA
Hosts:
TBA
Tuesday 5 May 2025
Toward a History of Misunderstandings: The Missionaries’ Dilemma
Date: 5 May 2026, 14:00 - 15:00
Speaker
s:
Peter Burke (Cambridge),
Chair: Filippo de Vivo
Venue: St Edmund Hall, Queen's Lane OX1 4AR
Venue Details: Old Dining Hall
Organisers:
TBA
Hosts:
TBA
Friday 15 May 2025
Title TBC
Status: This talk is in preparation - details may change
Date: 15 May 2026, 15:00 - 17:00
Speaker
:
Jennifer Nagel (Toronto)
Organisers:
TBA
Hosts:
TBA
Friday 29 May 2025
Title TBC
Status: This talk is in preparation - details may change
Date: 29 May 2026, 15:00 - 16:00
Speaker
:
Selim Berker (Harvard)
Organisers:
TBA
Hosts:
TBA
