Talks of interest to Oxford Ethics and Humanities
Talks:

Friday 10 October 2025

Book Launch: The Cambridge Handbook of Generative AI and the Law
Status: This talk is in preparation - details may change
Date: 10 October 2025, 17:00 - 18:00
Speaker Various Speakers
Venue: Blavatnik School of Government, Radcliffe Observatory Quarter OX2 6GG
Organiser: Oxford Institute of Technology and Justice
Hosts: TBA

Cambridge Handbook of Generative AI and the Law Launch
Date: 10 October 2025, 17:00 - 19:00
Speaker s: Mimi Zou (University of New South Wales), Tom Melham (University of Oxford), Lodovia Raparelli (Blavatnik School of Government), Professor Rebecca WIlliams (Univeristy of Oxford)
Venue: Blavatnik School of Government, Radcliffe Observatory Quarter OX2 6GG
Venue Details: In person only
Organiser: Blavatnik School of Government (University of Oxford)
Hosts: TBA

Monday 13 October 2025

Competition in brain development and a novel approach to neural coding
Date: 13 October 2025, 13:00 - 14:00
Speaker : Professor Michael Stryker (University of California)
Venue: Sherrington Library, off Parks Road OX1 3PT
Venue Details: Sherrington Building
Organisers: TBA
Host: Associate Professor Armin Lak (University of Oxford)

“I call them all by the Malabar name”: communicating colonial flora before universal nomenclature
Date: 13 October 2025, 16:00 - 17:30
Speaker : Madeline White (Oxford)
Venue: Radcliffe Observatory,
Venue Details: Room 0.018, Schwarzman Centre
Organisers: TBA
Hosts: TBA

Wednesday 15 October 2025

Medical Humanities Early Career and DPhil Writing Group MT2025
Date: 15 October 2025, 9:00 - 12:30
Speaker
Venue Details: Various
Organiser: Gordon Barrett (University of Oxford)
Hosts: TBA

Immune alterations in first-episode psychosis and the effects of natalizumab: A neuroimaging study with concurrent CSF measures
Date: 15 October 2025, 11:00 - 12:00
Speaker : Dr Yuya Mizuno (King's College London)
Venue: Department of Psychiatry, Headington OX3 7JX
Venue Details: Gelder room
Organiser: Professor Andrea Cipriani (University of Oxford)
Host: Professor Robert McCutcheon (University of Oxford)

Thursday 16 October 2025

Navigating Health and Solidarity: Refugee Perspectives and Practical Challenges
Date: 16 October 2025, 9:30 - 11:00
Speaker Various Speakers
Organisers: Dr. Julian Natukunda (Global Health Solidarity Project, University of Oxford), Professor Caesar Atuire (University of Oxford), Claire-Lise Kessler (University of Oxford)
Hosts: Dr. Julian Natukunda (Global Health Solidarity Project, University of Oxford), Professor Caesar Atuire (University of Oxford)

Monday 20 October 2025

Managing Cardiometabolic Comorbidity Among People With Severe Mental Illness
Date: 20 October 2025, 10:00 - 11:00
Speaker : Professor Dan Siskind (The University of Queensland)
Venue: Department of Psychiatry, Headington OX3 7JX
Venue Details: Gelder Room
Organiser: Professor Andrea Cipriani (University of Oxford)
Host: Professor Robert McCutcheon (University of Oxford)

The Science of Why Human Excrement Matters. Pierre Leroux and the circulus
Date: 20 October 2025, 16:00 - 17:30
Speaker : Michael Drolet (Oxford)
Venue: Radcliffe Observatory,
Venue Details: Room 0.018, Schwarzman Centre
Organisers: TBA
Hosts: TBA

Tuesday 21 October 2025

Not all inflammation is the same: Observations from studying Inflammation Across Tissues
Date: 21 October 2025, 9:30 - 10:30
Speaker : Professor Christopher Buckley (Kennedy Institute of Rheumatology, University of Oxford)
Venue: Department of Psychiatry, Headington OX3 7JX
Venue Details: Seminar Room
Organiser: Professor Andrea Cipriani (University of Oxford)
Host: Belinda Lennox (University of Oxford)

Wednesday 22 October 2025

Medical Humanities Early Career and DPhil Writing Group MT2025
Date: 22 October 2025, 9:00 - 12:30
Speaker
Venue Details: Schwarzman Centre for the Humanities
Organiser: Gordon Barrett (University of Oxford)
Hosts: TBA

Monday 27 October 2025

What about Exclusion? – Censorship and Self-censorship
Date: 27 October 2025, 10:00 - 11:30
Speaker Various Speakers
Venue Details: Old Fire Station theatre
Organisers: TBA
Hosts: TBA

Regulation of Anglo-American medical education and its effects on educational cultures
Date: 27 October 2025, 16:00 - 17:30
Speaker : Susan Lamb (Ottawa)
Venue: Radcliffe Observatory,
Venue Details: Room 0.018, Schwarzman Centre
Organisers: TBA
Hosts: TBA

Compassion at the Crossroads: Ethics, Emotion & Human Care
Date: 27 October 2025, 17:15 - 19:00
Speaker : Professor Daniel Sperling (University of Haifa)
Venue: Worcester College, Walton Street OX1 2HB
Venue Details: Sultan Nazrin Shah Centre
Organiser: Dr Naomi Rokotnitz (University of Oxford)
Hosts: TBA

Tuesday 28 October 2025

Medical Humanities Early Career and DPhil Writing Group MT2025
Date: 28 October 2025, 9:00 - 12:30
Speaker
Venue Details: Schwarzman Centre for the Humanities
Organisers: TBA
Hosts: TBA

Monday 3 November 2025

From Teatime to TV: 200 Years of Science Communication at the Royal Institution
Date: 3 November 2025, 16:00 - 17:30
Speaker : Katy Duncan (Royal Institution)
Venue: Radcliffe Observatory,
Venue Details: Room 0.018, Schwarzman Centre
Organisers: TBA
Hosts: TBA

Tuesday 4 November 2025

Social Prescribing: a passing phase or a foundational pillar of the new Neighbourhood Health Service?
Date: 4 November 2025, 9:30 - 10:30
Speaker : Professor Daisy Fancourt (University College London)
Venue: Department of Psychiatry, Headington OX3 7JX
Venue Details: Gelder Room
Organiser: Professor Andrea Cipriani (University of Oxford)
Host: Professor Kamaldeep Bhui (University of Oxford)

The Boundaries of Humanity Reading Group
Date: 4 November 2025, 17:30 - 19:00
Speaker : Reading Group
Venue: Radcliffe Observatory,
Venue Details: Seminar Room 56, Schwarzman Centre for the Humanities
Organiser: Andrew Moeller
Hosts: TBA

Monday 10 November 2025

Multispecies Interactions in bridging Folk and Biomedical Knowledge: hookworm, roundworm and wormweed in Jamaica, 1913-1936
Date: 10 November 2025, 16:00 - 17:30
Speaker : Jonathan David Roberts (Leeds)
Venue: Radcliffe Observatory,
Venue Details: Room 0.018, Schwarzman Centre
Organisers: TBA
Hosts: TBA

Tuesday 11 November 2025

Beyond the Scale: The Neuropsychiatry Weight of Obesity in SMI
Status: This talk is in preparation - details may change
Date: 11 November 2025, 9:30 - 10:30
Speaker : Professor Tomas Hajek (Dalhousie University)
Venue: Department of Psychiatry, Headington OX3 7JX
Venue Details: Seminar Room
Organiser: Professor Andrea Cipriani (University of Oxford)
Hosts: TBA

Monday 17 November 2025

Baconian Alchemy: Making Gold in the Novum organum and the Sylva (Co-organised with the research project NOTCOM, at the Maison Française d’Oxford)
Date: 17 November 2025, 16:00 - 17:30
Speaker : Daniel Garber (Princeton)
Venue: Radcliffe Observatory,
Venue Details: Room 0.018, Schwarzman Centre
Organisers: TBA
Hosts: TBA

Tuesday 18 November 2025

Computational specificity in psychotherapeutic interventions
Date: 18 November 2025, 9:30 - 10:30
Speaker : Professor Quentin Huys (University College London)
Venue: Department of Psychiatry, Headington OX3 7JX
Venue Details: Seminar Room
Organiser: Professor Andrea Cipriani (University of Oxford)
Host: Professor Catherine Harmer (University of Oxford)

Monday 24 November 2025

Marie Curie and public histories of science
Date: 24 November 2025, 16:00 - 17:30
Speaker s: Sarah Dry (Oxford), Stéphane van Damme (CNRS/MFO)
Venue Details: Maison Française d'Oxford, 2-10 Norham Rd, Oxford OX2 6SE
Organisers: TBA
Hosts: TBA

Tuesday 25 November 2025

Applying Nature Based Interventions to Populations with Complex Mental Health Needs
Date: 25 November 2025, 9:30 - 10:30
Speaker s: Dr Catriona Mellor (Oxford Health NHS Foundation Trust), Dr Kathryn Rowsell (Oxford Health NHS Foundation Trust)
Venue: Department of Psychiatry, Headington OX3 7JX
Venue Details: Seminar Room
Organiser: Professor Andrea Cipriani (University of Oxford)
Host: Professor Ilina Singh (University of Oxford)

The Boundaries of Humanity Reading Group
Date: 25 November 2025, 17:30 - 18:30
Speaker : Reading Group
Venue: Radcliffe Observatory,
Venue Details: Seminar Room 56, Schwarzman Centre for the Humanities
Organisers: TBA
Hosts: TBA

Monday 1 December 2025

Anxious nurses and forgotten patients: psychoanalysing the hospital in mid-century Britain
Date: 1 December 2025, 16:00 - 17:30
Speaker : Grace Whorrall-Campbell (Oxford)
Venue: Radcliffe Observatory,
Venue Details: Room 0.018, Schwarzman Centre
Organisers: TBA
Hosts: TBA

Tuesday 2 December 2025

Cashing in on Network Psychiatry
Date: 2 December 2025, 9:30 - 10:30
Speaker : Professor Giovanni Briganit (Université de Mons)
Venue: Department of Psychiatry, Headington OX3 7JX
Venue Details: Seminar Room
Organiser: Professor Andrea Cipriani (University of Oxford)
Host: Dr Kate Saunders (University of Oxford)

Tuesday 16 December 2025

Can we Predict the Future of Psychiatry?
Date: 16 December 2025, 9:30 - 10:30
Speaker : Professor Benoit Mulsant (University of Toronto)
Venue Details: Seminar Room
Organiser: Professor Andrea Cipriani (University of Oxford)
Host: Dr Karl Marlowe (Oxford Health NHS Foundation Trust)

This list contains talks from the following series:
2019- Grand Challenges in Science
AfOx insaka - a gathering for sharing ideas and knowledge about Africa-focused research
Annual Uehiro Lectures
Astor Lectureship in Science and Capitalism events
CHG Lunchtime Lab Talks
Covid Conversations
Data Debates: Talking about my generation
Ethox Centre Seminars
Governance of AI Seminar Series
Launch of the Ethics in AI seminar series
Ledingham Lectures
Methods and Work in Progress Seminar in Practical and Medical Ethics
New St Cross Special Ethics Seminar Series
Oral History Seminar
Our Mental Wellness Seminar Series
Oxford Centre for the History of Science Medicine & Technology (OCHSMT) Seminars and Events
Oxford Medical Humanities
Oxford SARS-CoV-2 Lecture Series
Population Health Seminars
Psychiatry Seminars
Psychiatry Seminar Series
Reuters Institute Business and Practice of Journalism seminar
The Conversation Training Series
The Ethics of Exercise During the Covid-19 pandemic – UK perspectives
The SOAS-Oxford Research For Development (R4D) Lunchtime Series
Tropical Medicine Seminars
Uncomfortable Oxford Project
Wellcome Centre for Ethics and Humanities and Ethox Centre