WEDNESDAY
9AM - 12PM (BST)
11AM - 12PM
THE DEMOCRATIC COURTHOUSE: A MODERN HISTORY OF DESIGN, DUE PROCESS AND DIGNITY
Professor Linda Mulcahy, Centre for Socio-Legal Studies
Professor Mulcahy will talk about the ways in which the architecture of law courts symbolise the values and purpose of legal systems. Drawing on over a decade of empirical work in the field, and two books on the subject, this seminar will consider how ideas about courthouse design have evolved over time and the various struggles for territory that have occurred in discussions about courthouse design.
VIA ZOOM
11AM - 12PM
HIDDEN OBJECTS OXFORD: WHAT IS TAPESTRY?
Matthew Winterbottom, Curator of Sculpture and Decorative Arts, Ashmolean Museum; Naomi Robertson, Studio Manager and Master Weaver, Dovecot Studio; Helen Wyld, Senior Curator of Historic Textiles at National Museums Scotland
Hosted by Hidden Objects Oxford, this seminar will discuss some of the tapestry treasures housed in Oxford colleges and consider the place of tapestry in contemporary college life.
In preparation for the session, we invited three tapestry experts to give their response to the question ‘What is Tapestry?’ via a short self recorded video. The fourth video takes the form of a new interview with artist Tom Phillips. In 1979 Phillips designed the magnificent suite of tapestries for the Dining Hall of St. Catherine’s College Oxford : a work which will catalyse the webinar discussion.
See the YouTube playlist here.
Visit the Hidden Objects Oxford website here.
VIA ZOOM
12 - 4PM (BST)
12 - 1PM
ACTIVITY: AN INTRODUCTION TO MANDARIN
University of Oxford Language Centre
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VIA TEAMS
2.30 - 3PM
'GUIDING NIGHTSTAR', WITH PROFESSOR ROBERT MACLAREN
Professor Robert MacLaren, Professor of Ophthalmology
The Vice-Chancellor’s Innovation Awards 2020 celebrate research-led innovation that is having societal or economic impact. Hear from this year’s Overall Winner, Professor Robert MacLaren, with the opportunity to ask questions about his award-winning research and gene-therapy spinout company Nightstar.
Hosted by Knowledge Exchange & Impact Team
VIA YOUTUBE
4 - 9PM (BST)
6 - 7PM
THE IMPACT OF COVID-19 ON ARTS
Frank Cottrell-Boyce, novelist and screenwriter, Ell Potter (Keble, 2014), actress and writer, Kate Varah, Executive Director at The Old Vic, Caroline Dyott (Keble, 2003), Senior Producer Donmar Warehouce
Our panel members discuss the short and long term impact of COVID on the Arts industry.
Hosted by Keble College.
VIA ZOOM
7 - 8PM
OXFORD ANALYTICA: AROUND THE WORLD IN 60 MINUTES
Chaired by Nick Redman, Oxford Analytica. Panel: Dr Alex Pravda (Balliol, 1965), Emeritus Fellow, St Antony's College; Laurence Whitehead (Magdalen, 1963), Senior Fellow of Nuffield College; Nigel Bowles (Nuffield, 1977), Former Director of the Rothmere American Institute; Natalie Mrockova (Jesus, 2010), Supernumerary Teaching Fellow in Law; Professor Edmund Herzig (St Antony's, 1983), Soudavar Professor of Persian Studies and Fellow of Wadham College
The panel of senior network contributors will discuss a broad range of topics including, US elections in November, the Iranian file at the UN, and the ongoing political and economic challenges for governments due to COVID-19
VIA ZOOM
7 - 8PM
KETAMINE IN THE TREATMENT OF DEPRESSION
Dr Rupert McShane, Associate Professor, Department of Psychiatry
The discovery of the antidepressant effect of ketamine is the most important advance in psychopharmacology in 50 years. Clinical adoption in the US has been rapid, with over 100 clinics established in the last 2 years. However, clinical experience has moved ahead of research - an unusual situation which creates opportunities as well as risks.
VIA ZOOM
PRE-RECORDED SESSIONS
A TOUR OF SHAKESPEARE'S PAINTED ROOM WITH THE OXFORD PRESERVATION TRUST DIRECTOR
Debbie Dance, Oxford Preservation Trust Director
The Painted Room is all that remains of the 13th century Crown Tavern, where Shakespeare stayed with his friend and innkeeper John Davenant on his way between London and Stratford. The Room is remarkable for its amazing early wall paintings which lay hidden behind oak panelling for over 300 years and have recently been restored by OPT. Watch the virtual tour of The Painted Room, looked after by Oxford Preservation Trust.
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