📣 Call for Abstracts Objectivity and Subjectivity in Medicine Medical Humanities DPhil & ECR Workshop 🗓 Workshop dates: 18–19 June 2026 📍 University of Oxford ⏰ Deadline for submissions: Sunday 17 May 2026 Details: tinyurl.com/ym56v4d7 @oxmedhum.bsky.social @ethoxcentre.bsky.social

Call For Abstracts | We are pleased to announce a call for papers for an interdisciplinary workshop on "Plague in the 19th century: Epidemiological & Epistemological Connections." tinyurl.com/5ypyrmhm @oxmedhum.bsky.social; @uehiro.ox.ac.uk @oxhumanities.bsky.social @albertogiubilini2.bsky.social

@bodyinhistoryox.bsky.social announced the new date for their keynote lecture. Find out more here: tinyurl.com/4t7yf9ju @oxhumanities.bsky.social s.bsky.social; @oxhistoryfaculty.bsky.social

Next week, 25 March at 2:00 pm GMT, see Jack Hartnell at the Oxford Literary Festival! He will be in converation with Ruben Verwaal about medical imagery and mythology, as well as his latest book, Wound Man: The Many Lives of a Surgical Image. This is an in-person, ticketed event: buff.ly/4pvyDYG

Mathematician Karen Uhlenbeck is one of the founders of modern geometric analysis. #OTD in 2019, she became the first woman to win the Abel Prize, the "Nobel Prize of Math." She donated half the prize money to orgs promoting more engagement of women in research #mathematics. #WomenInSTEM #WHM

Join us for an interactive evening blending theatre, ethics, and real‑time audience decision‑making, with this award-winning play from Jamie Hale. Tickets: shorturl.at/lWJSr 📅 Fri 27 Mar | ⏰ 6–9pm 📍 Jesus College, Cheng Yu Tung Building, Oxford

Just a reminder that we're trialling this new Theology database by Brill for just three more weeks! ⌛ See below for further details on where to send any feedback you may have 🤗

I’m now looking forward to finalising the exhibition I am curating for @batecollection.bsky.social @oxhumanities.bsky.social, teaching, meeting my new DPhils, and finishing up some research projects... @oxhistoryfaculty.bsky.social @oxmusicfaculty.bsky.social #EarlyModernHistory #academiclife

Informative interview with Nick Cullinan the Director of the British Museum www.thetimes.com/article/c0bc...

The 2026 Holberg Prize is awarded to Australian-British scholar Lyndal Roper of the University of Oxford for her ground-breaking research into early modern European history. holbergprize.org/laureates/ho...

🎥 This year's Manchester Lecture is now available to watch online. Delivered by @ox.ac.uk Professor of Social and Architectural History William Whyte, it tells the fascinating story of the Worthington family of architects, who built the College's original buildings. www.youtube.com/live/ohzAvyS...

Everybody knows Franz Kafka, but almost no one knows his sister Ottla. She was gassed on arrival at Auschwitz on Oct 7, 1943 after volunteering to escort a group of orphans from the Terezin ghetto so they wouldn’t be afraid. Original post

@chasm-uob.bsky.social hosts Lorenza Antonucci next week, 26 March at 3:00 pm GMT, for a talk on their book, Insecurity Politics. This work explores the everyday realities of financial and work insecurity that drive right- and left-wing populism. Learn more about this hybrid event: buff.ly/4v1heOc

Distinguished Lecture Series, 2025-26 Sem 2 Matthew Reynolds, Professor of English and Comparative Criticism, University of Oxford Constraints as a Route to Creativity with GenAI (and In General) Mar 20, 2026, 4pm Rm 7.45, 7/F, Run Run Shaw Tower, Centennial Campus, HKU

Let James Freemantle of the St James Park Press, the current Printer in Residence, introduce you to Artists' Books from the Bodleian and from his from his private Collection. Watch the full presentation from last Friday's Coffee Morning at the Weston Library here: www.youtube.com/watch?v=tafb...

A victim, a witness, a sacrifice? Listen to the latest Coffee Morning presentation by Jana Lammerding from the University of Vienna to learn more about the presence of the child in books on witchcraft in the Bodleian's Francis Douce Collection. www.youtube.com/watch?v=2EMj... #witch #douce

Climate Crisis and Western Capital in the Tropics: Can Resources Allocated to Indigenous-led Funds Make a Difference? Read our latest blog post by Deborah Delgado Pugley here: www.sas.ac.uk/news-events/...

New blogpost written by medical students Catherine Wang and Mahdi Murtaza on the relaunch of the Medical School Gazette, the world’s oldest and longest-running medical student journal. Its discussions intersect and develops important themes in the medical humanities torch.ox.ac.uk/article/the-...

What does it means when we say someone has great stage presence, charisma, flair and musicality? Giles Underwood will be untangling this question with our students from 3.30pm on Friday. Observers welcome! www.music.ox.ac.uk/event/26-03-...

Call For Abstracts | We are pleased to announce a call for papers for an interdisciplinary workshop on "Plague in the 19th century: Epidemiological & Epistemological Connections." tinyurl.com/5ypyrmhm @oxmedhum.bsky.social; @uehiro.ox.ac.uk @oxhumanities.bsky.social @albertogiubilini2.bsky.social

The end of term approaches, but excellent library events continue! If you're a DPhil looking to decompress, book into @radcliffescilib.bsky.social next Weds evening for a special edition of Crafty Connections. Crafting materials and snacks provided! Booking here ox-ac.libcal.com/calendar/rsl... 🌷

#Bursary applications for the 2026 @ihr.bsky.social #London #SummerSchool are open until 26 March! Join us this June to explore 'Sickness and Health' in London #history: from the Black Death to the Covid-19 pandemic, with lectures, trips and visits. All welcome. See www.history.ac.uk/news-events/...

The daughter of William Godwin and Mary Wollstonecraft, and the wife of Percy Shelley, Mary was exposed to many of the latest scientific ideas of the time, including the idea that matter might be animated into life through chemical and/or electrical means mycandles.blogspot.com/2023/03/the-...

#WomensHistoryMonth Day 12 - Conservationist and writer Rachel Carson helped spark the #environmental movement with her book 'Silent' Spring', about the dangers of pesticides. Where in the World...did she write 'Silent Spring'? Click to find out: www.whereintheworldgame.com?id=214&type=q #Science

It was great to host historian Elena Conis (UC Berkeley) for a MedHum lecture guiding the audience through the history of vaccination and vaccines, both as a medical technology and as the focus of cultural and ethical tensions. Thanks to @torchoxford.bsky.social and @uehiro.ox.ac.uk for the support

Last Friday, we had the pleasure of listening to artist and art historian Ashkan Sepahvand presenting the 'Irradiant Archive' from WW2 Iran, including an unpublished epic romance manuscript by a an Iranian peasant. 📖 Watch the latest Coffee Morning presentation here: www.youtube.com/watch?v=LWye...

You've read our booklet and watched our TikToks, but have you ever wondered what Oxford Medieval Studies is actually meant to be? We've put together a short promotional video to explain exactly who we are and why you should join us! Watch it now at youtu.be/Jy1M4pP5cAc?...

Our latest blog post is now available to read and is connected to the event “The Valley Children – How Collaborative Creative Practice Can Help Us Make Sense of Predictive Genomics”, which took place on 20 February. tinyurl.com/3erzryfc @oxmedhum.bsky.social @universityofleeds.bsky.social

‘Foundations and Futures: Reimagining the Architecture of Global Cooperation’ @nuffieldcollege.bsky.social @oxhumanities.bsky.social @oxunistudents.bsky.social @oxpolicyengaged.bsky.social @unitednations1945.bsky.social www.schwarzmancentre.ox.ac.uk/whats-on/fou...

Theatre as Medicine | Join us on Wed 11 March at 3:30pm for a talk on “When the Medical Contract Meets Performance’s Imaginative Contract” Speaker: Marlene Goldman @utoronto.ca details: tinyurl.com/6xejvxj6 @oxmedhum.bsky.social @albertogiubilini2.bsky.social

In Week 8, the Rent Cultures Network is hosting a Research Drop-In. They're creating a supportive space for conversation. Whether you’re developing a project or exploring new questions, you’re very welcome to join. 📅 10 March ⏰ 10:00am Details: tinyurl.com/ejhs58ce @oxhumanities.bsky.social

Exciting exhibition announcement from Ruskin's Jost Münster, senior tutor, studio practice: Sit Back And Realax is now open at Xavier Fiol Gallery, Madrid. 'The creative process is a continuous experimentation in which I constantly question & shift the boundaries of materiality & the media I employ'

Join us Friday, 6 March, 1-2pm in 63 Schwarzman for a conversation with Dr. Brian Kwoba on the Black radical genius of Crucian activist and educator Hubert Harrison! Dr. Kwoba highlights the continued relevance of Harrison's radical visionary thinking today. www.torch.ox.ac.uk/event/book-t...

UOI DPhil student Anna Golova recently gave a fantastic Women in Philosophy lecture at the Royal Institute of Philosophy, on Self-Illness Ambiguity. You can watch it here: www.youtube.com/watch?v=_tYa... @triphilosophy.bsky.social #ethics #mentalhealth #personality #ambiguity #womeninethics

This two-day workshop brings together Mexican and UK scholars and practitioners to ask a fundamental question—what, if anything, makes for good euthanasia legislation.

Two Medical Humanities events this Friday, 6 March: - Unquiet Mothers: Violence, Care, and Maternal Ambivalence in 19th-Century France (book launch), with Susannah Wilson (French Studies, Warwick) - Contextualizing the Modern Era of Vaccination, lecture by historian Elena Conis (Berkeley)

There's still time to sign up for Elena Conis' lecture this Friday at St Anne's College, Oxford www.torch.ox.ac.uk/event/why-no...

On Friday 6 March, the Oxford University Jazz Scheme holds its first public performance with internationally-renowned jazz flautist and composer Gareth Lockrane. Supported by the Music Faculty, this event takes place in the Schwarzman Centre Recital Hall. www.music.ox.ac.uk/event/26-03-...

New trial database for Theology: Prayer in the Ancient World by Brill! 📣 See the graphic below for more information on what this resource covers 👇 The trial runs until the 7th April 2026! Please send feedback to Dr Wait: [email protected] Link: solo.bodleian.ox.ac.uk/permalink/44...

There are still a few spaces available for this, and it's open to anyone, whatever your level of digital skills! More info and registration is in the link below

The ENGLISH FACULTY STATE SCHOOLS' OPEN DAY is taking place on 14 March. The Open Day is an online event, featuring taster lectures, information about the admissions process, plus a Q&A with current students. Aimed at Year 12s. Pls share! #EnglishLit #EduSky

On John Keats, prompted by Misha’s recent programme www.bbc.co.uk/programmes/a...

Join us at our next digital scholarship coffee morning, Tuesday 24th. Come along to hear @michaeljsullivan.bsky.social talk about his research: 'Spectral Analysis and the Shelley Circle: Towards a New Digital School of Textual Criticism'. More details: digitalscholarship.web.ox.ac.uk/event/digita...

"It is vital for (feminist) ethics to take into account both the body and speech, as well as the norms that are demonstrated and emerge from them.“ Today for #WomeninEthics, we spotlight Denise Wallat. More about Denise's work: youtube.com/shorts/2gCsN... #ethics #practicalethics #feminism

It’s Welfare Week and some of our students have been giving their houseplants a little TLC. Look after them, and they’ll look after you too! For more green-fingered opportunities, join us for a special talk with Russell Hartwell, award-winning wildlife photographer and founder of Future Nature.

📢 EVENT: Other than Oxford Photography Exhibition celebrating diversity within the Oxford University community. 3.30-7pm, Thursday 26 February, Fusion Arts, Oxford, 15 Park End Street

Next week, Feb 26 at 12:00pm EST, the Princeton Mellon Initiative in Architecture, Urbanism & the Humanities hosts Bruno Carvalho for a free discussion of his book, The Invention of the Future! With William Gleason, he'll discuss his history of cities in the modern world Learn more: buff.ly/tVTvnEe

We're delighted to be welcoming Tom F. Wright (University of Sussex) to the English Faculty to talk on 'The Politics of #Oracy and the Post-Literacy Panic' on 11 March at 5pm. All welcome! Find out more and book your free ticket: english.web.ox.ac.uk/event/the-po...

The OII's Prof. @helenmargetts.bsky.social, Senior Advisor to the Chair of the International AI Safety Report, shares insights from the recent publication of the 2026 edition of the report. internationalaisafetyreport.org