• Type: Seminar Series

Wednesday 8 November 2017 (5th Week, Michaelmas Term)

• 17:30 - The Glorious Dead - reflections on 1st World War portrayals of glory in Worcester and Magdeburg Cathedrals
  Reverend Canon Dr Alvyn Pettersen (Exeter College Visiting Fellow, Canon Theologian of Worcester Cathedral and former Exeter Chaplain)

Wednesday 15 November 2017 (6th Week, Michaelmas Term)

• 17:30 - Eclipse – Journeys to the Dark Side of the Moon
  Please report to the Porters' Lodge on Turl Street for directions to the Saskatchewan Room
  Professor Frank Close (Exeter College)

Wednesday 22 November 2017 (7th Week, Michaelmas Term)

• 17:30 - 'Skimming the Cream': The Impact of Coresidence at Oxford
  Professor Dennis Ahlburg (Trinity University Texas)

Wednesday 24 January 2018 (2nd Week, Hilary Term)

• 17:30 - Using medical imaging to observe the dynamic vascular system
  Professor Christopher Cheng (Stanford University)

Wednesday 31 January 2018 (3rd Week, Hilary Term)

• 17:30 - The State's Monetary Sovereignty and Individual Freedom - the Past, the Present and the Future
  TBA

Wednesday 28 February 2018 (7th Week, Hilary Term)

• 17:30 - Dealing with drugs: the fundamental decisions societies must make
  Professor Keith Humphreys (Stanford University)

Sunday 4 March 2018 (8th Week, Hilary Term)

• 16:30 - Entrepreneurship and big business skills in high tech today
  Biz Stone (Twitter, Jelly)

Wednesday 25 April 2018 (1st Week, Trinity Term)

• 18:00 - Genetics of psychiatric illness: Scenes from the last ten years and predictions for the next two weeks
  Professor Joel Gelernter (Yale)

Wednesday 16 May 2018 (4th Week, Trinity Term)

• 17:30 - How dangerous are current threats to liberal democracy?
  The Hon. Kevin Rudd (former Prime Minister of Australia)

Wednesday 23 May 2018 (5th Week, Trinity Term)

• 17:30 - The Sex Life of Medieval Clerics
  Dr Maroula Perisanidi (University of Leeds)

Wednesday 30 May 2018 (6th Week, Trinity Term)

• 17:30 - Dangerous Diplomacy: Bureaucracy, Power Politics and the Role of the UN Secretariat in Rwanda
  Dr Herman Salton (Asian University for Women, Bangladesh)

Wednesday 6 June 2018 (7th Week, Trinity Term)

• 17:30 - An International Crisis in the Humanities?
  Professor Dennis Ahlburg (Trinity University Texas)

Sunday 10 June 2018 (8th Week, Trinity Term)

• 16:30 - The Trump Presidency and its impact on relations among the world's major powers
  Professor Joseph Nye

Wednesday 31 October 2018 (4th Week, Michaelmas Term)

• 17:30 - Human Milk – a Historical Perspective
  TBA

Wednesday 30 October 2019 (3rd Week, Michaelmas Term)

• 17:30 - Trinity – The treachery and pursuit of the most dangerous spy in history
  Professor Frank Close (Exeter College)

Thursday 7 November 2019 (4th Week, Michaelmas Term)

• 17:30 - Political Marketing – A Forecast On Trump's Bid for Re-election in 2020: From The Art of the Deal To the Art Of Media
  Dr Henry Sun (Director International of the Business Research Institute)

Wednesday 13 November 2019 (5th Week, Michaelmas Term)

• 17:30 - Sir Philip Pullman: "Read like a butterfly, write like a bee"
  Philip Pullman

Thursday 5 December 2019 (8th Week, Michaelmas Term)

• 17:30 - Lord (Stephen) Green book launch and discussion with Professor Peter Frankopan and Rector Professor Sir Rick Trainor
  Lord Stephen Green (Former Minister of State for Trade and Investment and former group chairman of HSBC Holdings plc), Rector Professor Sir Rick Trainor (Head of Exeter College), Professor Peter Frankopan

Sunday 23 February 2020 (6th Week, Hilary Term)

• 16:30 - Damn lies, fake news, and statistics
  Sir David Norgrove (UK Statistics Authority)

Wednesday 4 March 2020 (7th Week, Hilary Term)

• 17:30 - “Stranger-friends”: the cultural and historic ties between the British Isles and the Faroes
  Tim Ecott (Exeter College)