School of Anthropology and Museum Ethnography

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: School of Anthropology and Museum Ethnography
Talks:

Thursday 6 November 2025

The ‘Stable Neighbourhood’ Planning Paradigm in Times of Migration and Diversity
Date: 6 November 2025, 15:45 - 17:00
Speaker : Heike Hanhörster (Technische Universität Berlin)
Venue Details: Online
Organisers: Nihad El-Kayed (Humboldt-Universität zu Berlin), Jacqui Broadhead (COMPAS, University of Oxford)
Hosts: TBA

Friday 7 November 2025

Meaning in the margins: understanding grassroots histories in Afghanistan
Date: 7 November 2025, 15:00 - 17:00
Speaker : Annika Schmeding (Royal Netherlands Academy of Arts and Sciences (KNAW))
Venue: St Antony's College, 62 Woodstock Road OX2 6JF
Venue Details: Nissan Lecture Theatre
Organisers: Alice Millington (University of Oxford), Zuzanna Olszewska (Associate Professor in the Social Anthropology of the Middle East), Madeleine Reeves (University of Oxford)
Hosts: TBA

Thursday 13 November 2025

The Production of (knowledge on) Urban Spaces of Asylum and Differential Arrival
Date: 13 November 2025, 15:45 - 17:00
Speaker s: Sophie Hinger (Universität Osnabrück), Francina Guggenberger (Universität Osnabrück)
Venue Details: Online
Organisers: Nihad El-Kayed (Humboldt-Universität zu Berlin), Jacqui Broadhead (COMPAS, University of Oxford)
Hosts: TBA

Friday 14 November 2025

Handsigns from Lhasa: an urban deafnography from Tibet
Date: 14 November 2025, 15:00 - 17:00
Speaker : Theresia Hofer (University of Bristol)
Venue: St Antony's College, 62 Woodstock Road OX2 6JF
Venue Details: Nissan Lecture Theatre
Organisers: Alice Millington (University of Oxford), Zuzanna Olszewska (Associate Professor in the Social Anthropology of the Middle East), Madeleine Reeves (University of Oxford)
Hosts: TBA

Thursday 20 November 2025

Infrastructures of Kindness in the Context of Migrant Arrival
Date: 20 November 2025, 15:45 - 17:00
Speaker : Susanne Wessendorf (Coventry University)
Venue: Kellogg College, 62 Banbury Road OX2 6PN
Venue Details: The Hub
Organisers: Nihad El-Kayed (Humboldt-Universität zu Berlin), Jacqui Broadhead (COMPAS, University of Oxford)
Hosts: TBA

Friday 21 November 2025

Embodied cognitive evolution and the brain
Date: 21 November 2025, 15:00 - 17:00
Speaker : Robert Barton (Department of Anthropology, Durham University)
Venue: 64 Banbury Road, 64 Banbury Road OX2 6PN
Organisers: Alice Millington (University of Oxford), Zuzanna Olszewska (Associate Professor in the Social Anthropology of the Middle East), Madeleine Reeves (University of Oxford)
Hosts: TBA

Thursday 27 November 2025

The Politicisation of Local Integration Policy-Making in Western European Small and Medium-sized Towns and Rural Areas
Date: 27 November 2025, 15:45 - 17:00
Speaker s: Tiziana Caponio (Università di Torino / Collegio Carlo Alberto), Andrea Pettrachin (Università di Padova)
Venue: Kellogg College, 62 Banbury Road OX2 6PN
Venue Details: The Hub
Organisers: Nihad El-Kayed (Humboldt-Universität zu Berlin), Jacqui Broadhead (COMPAS, University of Oxford)
Hosts: TBA

Friday 28 November 2025

Reflections on ecological habitability, with some Himalayan examples
Date: 28 November 2025, 15:00 - 17:00
Speaker : Ben Campbell (University of Durham)
Venue: St Antony's College, 62 Woodstock Road OX2 6JF
Venue Details: Nissan Lecture Theatre
Organisers: Alice Millington (University of Oxford), Zuzanna Olszewska (Associate Professor in the Social Anthropology of the Middle East), Madeleine Reeves (University of Oxford)
Hosts: TBA

Thursday 4 December 2025

Welcoming Cities: How newcomers shape urban policy making (book launch)
Date: 4 December 2025, 15:45 - 17:00
Speaker s: Sunder Katwala (Director, British Future), Jacqui Broadhead (COMPAS, University of Oxford), Nihad El-Kayed (Humboldt-Universität zu Berlin), Fuad Mohammed (Ashley Community Housing)
Venue: Kellogg College, 62 Banbury Road OX2 6PN
Venue Details: The Hub
Organisers: Nihad El-Kayed (Humboldt-Universität zu Berlin), Jacqui Broadhead (COMPAS, University of Oxford)
Hosts: TBA

Friday 5 December 2025

International Gender Studies Lecture: Anthropology and autobiography: ethnography and the social reproduction of Roma identities
Date: 5 December 2025, 15:00 - 17:00
Speaker : Ilana Sarafian (LSE)
Venue: St Antony's College, 62 Woodstock Road OX2 6JF
Venue Details: Nissan Lecture Theatre
Organisers: Alice Millington (University of Oxford), Zuzanna Olszewska (Associate Professor in the Social Anthropology of the Middle East), Madeleine Reeves (University of Oxford)
Hosts: TBA