Graduate Research Colloquium

The Colloquia feature leading figures, as well as younger scholars, from across the world. They present their research in papers on all kinds of music-related topics. Presentations are followed by discussion and a drinks reception. Students, staff and the general public are warmly encouraged to attend. Free and open to all.
Type: Seminar Series
Timing: Selected Tuesdays at 5.15pm
Web Address: https://music.web.ox.ac.uk/public-seminars#collapse3608111
Organising department: Faculty of Music

Talks:

Thursday 23 October 2025

Bourgeois Vacation Spot
Date: 23 October 2025, 15:00 - 16:00
Speaker : Carolyn Abbate (Harvard University)
Venue: Faculty of Music, St Aldate's OX1 1DB
Venue Details: Cinema, Schwarzman Centre
Organisers: TBA
Hosts: TBA

Thursday 30 October 2025

LifeWorks
Date: 30 October 2025, 15:00 - 16:00
Speaker : Professor Martyn Harry (University of Oxford)
Venue: Faculty of Music, St Aldate's OX1 1DB
Venue Details: Cinema, Schwarzman Centre
Organisers: TBA
Hosts: TBA

Thursday 6 November 2025

Anton Webern and the Enchantments of Music Theory
Date: 6 November 2025, 15:00 - 16:00
Speaker : Professor Sebastian Wedler (Utrecht University)
Venue: Faculty of Music, St Aldate's OX1 1DB
Venue Details: Cinema, Schwarzman Centre
Organisers: TBA
Hosts: TBA

Thursday 13 November 2025

The Unbearable Lightness of Being Chiang Wen-yeh: War, Colonialism, and the Cultural Revolution
Date: 13 November 2025, 15:00 - 16:00
Speaker : Dr Gavin Lee (Sydney Conservatorium)
Venue: Faculty of Music, St Aldate's OX1 1DB
Venue Details: Cinema, Schwarzman Centre
Organisers: TBA
Hosts: TBA

Thursday 4 December 2025

DPhil student talks
Date: 4 December 2025, 15:00 - 16:00
Speaker s: Jim Hickson (University of Oxford), Juan Carlos Méndez Álvarez (University of Oxford), Lorane Prévost (University of Oxford)
Venue: Faculty of Music, St Aldate's OX1 1DB
Venue Details: Cinema, Schwarzman Centre
Organisers: TBA
Hosts: TBA

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