To mark #BlackHistoryMonth 2025, members of the English Faculty @ox.ac.uk got together to discuss Diana Evans's 'I Want to Talk to You: And Other Conversations', a collection of essays & journalism. #BHM #DianaEvans Watch the discussion now >> youtu.be/sTifWRqTi64

Our public seminars return next week, at the new time of 3pm on Thursdays! On 23 October, we're looking forward to hearing from Professor Carolyn Abbate (@harvard.edu) for her talk titled 'Bourgeois Vacation Spot'. www.music.ox.ac.uk/event/25-10-...

We're delighted to support the Always Take Notes podcast with this exciting event! Join hosts Simon Akam and Rachel Lloyd on 17 November at the Sheldonian Theatre at 5.30pm for a live podcast recording with Helen Fielding, author of 'Bridget Jones’s Diary'. Book tickets via Eventbrite >>

NEW: The most famous portrait of Marie Antoinette as a child is really of her sister. Prof @catrionaseth.bsky.social made the discovery while researching a book and working with the Musée d’Art et d’Histoire (MAH) in Geneva. Find out more ⬇️

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

Issue 15 of our Faculty magazine, the Oxford Musician, is now available to read online! The magazine includes articles from staff and students, as well as news from the Faculty and updates from alumni. Printed copies are available to pick up at the Faculty. www.music.ox.ac.uk/sitefiles/di...

We're 1 today! We are deeply grateful to the Uehiro Foundation on Ethics & Education for making our work possible, and for the many others who have helped us along the way. www.uehiro.ox.ac.uk/article/uois... @ox.ac.uk @torchoxford.bsky.social @oxhumanities.bsky.social #Thankyou #birthday #ethics

Welcome to our new home: The Stephen A. Schwarzman Centre! The Schwarzman Centre will bring together Oxford University's Humanities faculties for the first time, alongside a new Bodleian Humanities Library & state-of-the-art teaching & performance facilities. www.schwarzmancentre.ox.ac.uk

The Stephen A. Schwarzman Centre, a new world-class centre for the Arts and Humanities will open to the academic community on 13 October 2025 🏛️✨ A public cultural programme hosted by the Centre will begin in April 2026. 🧵 [1/6]

Delighted that @oii.ox.ac.uk is part of the Schwarzman Centre and look forward to getting to know all our new neighbours!

"The Schwarzman Centre represents an extraordinary vote of confidence in the humanities disciplines at a time when the world needs them more than ever." Prof Dan Grimley, Head of Humanities at Oxford, explains why the building is so important - and so timely: humanities.web.ox.ac.uk/article/the-...

Today we are delighted to launch the new Stephen A. Schwarzman Centre for the Humanities, a one-of-a-kind space where academia and culture will intersect to create something extraordinary. Read more: humanities.web.ox.ac.uk/article/step...

It was great to hear another Oxford English Faculty member on Ian Hislop's Oldest Jokes series on BBC Radio 4 today! Prof Marion Turner joined Ian to discuss a crude joke from #Chaucer's Summoner's Tale attacking hypocrisy. You can catch-up on BBC Sounds: www.bbc.co.uk/sounds/play/...

The Sohmen family’s donation will enrich the Oxford experience for students across all disciplines - and help the University reach global audiences. Find out more ⬇️

What does it mean for AI to be environmentally and socially sustainable? Find out with Nokia Bell Lab's Sanja Scepanovic tomorrow in the next instalment of Bitesize's 'Ethics in the age of AI'. www.uehiro.ox.ac.uk/bitesize-eth... #SustainableAI #ethics @oxhumanities.bsky.social @oii.ox.ac.uk

Astronaut William Anders' iconic photo #Earthrise was the starting point for a recent one-day conference at Oxford’s English Faculty, entitled 'Before Earthrise: Global Imagining in Literature and Visual Culture, 1550–1968'. Read a blog on the event: english.web.ox.ac.uk/article/befo...

Thank you to all who came along to the Degree Show this year! It's a fantastic showcase of our amazingly talented students' work - we are thrilled that so many of you were interested in taking a look! You can view a presentation of each artist on the Ruskin website: www.rsa.ox.ac.uk/news/detail/...

NEW: Oxford research suggests the Huns and the Xiongnu spoke the same Paleo-Siberian language – adding linguistic evidence to the theory that these powerful ancient groups shared a common origin. Read more ⬇️

A sneak peek at the Ruskin Degree Show 2025! We can't wait to welcome you to the opening of our BFA and MFA Degree Show, celebrating the outstanding creativity & hard work of our young artists: Friday 20th June, Private View 7-10pm Sat-Sun 12-6pm Mon-Wed 12-5pm 👉 www.rsa.ox.ac.uk/news/detail/...

NEW RESEARCH! Identifying child criminal exploitation in Northern Ireland. Children in Northern Ireland exploited in criminal activities are not being formally identified as victims of modern slavery and human trafficking – despite indications they may meet the criteria. 🧵

We're delighted to announce the first ever winner of the Oxford / 42 New Writing Prize! Congratulations to Steve Mellen who was awarded the prize this evening in a ceremony at Magdalen College for his novel 'Ask the Ghosts'. Congratulations to Steve and all those shortlisted!

We are thrilled to announce the Ruskin BFA & MFA Degree Show, opening on Friday 20th June! Private View 7-10pm Opening hours 21st - 25th June: • Sat - Sun: 12-6pm • Mon - Wed: 12-5pm 128 Bullingdon Road, Oxford OX4 1QP. Accessibility info: www.accessguide.ox.ac.uk/128-bullingd...

We're inviting expressions of interest from postdoctoral and completing graduate scholars who wish to apply for the British Academy (BA) Postdoctoral Fellowship scheme to start their project in 2026. @oxhumanities.bsky.social Find out more 👇

Introducing the Ruskin 2025 graduating BFA & MFA cohort! Come along to the Degree Show to see their amazing work: Private View Friday 20th June 7-10pm 21st-22nd June 12-6pm 23rd-25th June, 12-5pm 128 Bullingdon Road, Oxford OX4 1QP Welcome! More info 👉 www.rsa.ox.ac.uk/news/detail/...

Today our Lived Experience Engagement team, incl. members of our Lived Experience Advisory Panel, spoke at the ‘Online safety event on human trafficking and sexual exploitation’ at @ofcom.bsky.social, UK's regulator of services such as the television, radio, telecoms and internet. 🧵

Today, April 11, is the International Day for #MaternalHealth and Rights. UOI's Cesar Palacios-Gonzalez shares how he is bringing more attention to maternal health by his work on the ethical and legal aspects of uterus transplants in Mexico. Read: shorturl.at/BRij3 #Ethics #PhilosophyMatters

The University of Oxford has secured the top place in the QS World University Rankings 2025 in three subjects: English Language and Literature, and Anatomy and Physiology and Geography. More info ⬇️

Are you an aspiring novelist, playwright or screenwriter? There's still time to enter the Oxford/42 New Writing Prize. We're looking for talented new voices in fiction & welcome experimental writing as well as work that would appeal to a broad audience. Closing date=30 April. #BookSky #amwriting

If you missed our March #Shakespeare webinar on the new Oxford World's Classics edition of Henry IV, Part 1 you can catch up now on our website. Browse upcoming webinars and scroll down to see recordings of past events. #HenryIV #TeamEnglish #EduSky

Big big thank you to everyone who came to our conference "Ten years on from the Modern Slavery Act: Where next for modern slavery law and policy?" yesterday at the British Library. 🧵

We're very excited for our conference: "Ten years on from the Modern Slavery Act: Where next for modern slavery law and policy?" today the British Library. Follow it at #PECconference. @modernslaverypec.bsky.social is part of @oxhumanities.bsky.social at @ox.ac.uk and is funded by AHRC.

Cross-cultural knowledge transfer in 18thC: Jeanhyoung Soh (Seoul) discusses Montesquieu and East Asia in an online session of our Enlightenment Workshop. Wednesday 5 March, 11:00 GMT, zoom.us/j/2739110432. Looking forward to seeing you virtually on Wednesday! www.voltaire.ox.ac.uk/home/researc...

Last three days to book your free ticket for our termly public lecture, Ertegun Futures, with Dr Meleisa Ono-George. This Thursday, 6 March, 5.15 pm. Limited places still available. @torchoxford.bsky.social @oxhumanities.bsky.social @oxhistoryfaculty.bsky.social www.eventbrite.co.uk/e/the-body-o...

NEW: @engfac.bsky.social's Dr Leah Veronese has unearthed a rare manuscript copy of Shakespeare’s famous Sonnet 116 tucked away in a 17th-century poetry collection. This is only the second known manuscript copy of the sonnet ever discovered. More info ⬇️

Ramadan Mubarak to all observing this month ☪ #Ramadan2025

📣Conference: "Ten years on from the Modern Slavery Act: Where next for modern slavery law and policy?" 📆 5 March 2025, British Library, London By @modernslaverypec.bsky.social at @oxhumanities.bsky.social @ox.ac.uk All details, including how to register: www.modernslaverypec.org/latest/confe...

Join us on a launch event of our new network on Divination, Oracles, and Omens on Tues 4 March 2025, 1pm. There will be a short talks by Katherine Swancutt & Parsa Daneshmand, who work on divination in North-east Mongolia, China & ancient Mesopotamian respectively. Details: tinyurl.com/26485ysh

On the 17th March we’re running a hands-on workshop that will introduce researchers to social network analysis. Open to any University of Oxford staff & students! A few spaces are still available - find out more and sign up: digitalscholarship.web.ox.ac.uk/event/gettin...

Want to find out what's involved in being an organ or choral scholar and how you can apply? Register now for the Choral and Organ Scholarships open day on Saturday 26 April to hear from current students and Directors of Music, take part in workshops, and join a college choir for Evensong!

What an amazing concert! A huge congratulations to all the incredible musicians and performers who brought 300 years of the Concert Spiritual’s history to life. Every note was a display of baroque brilliance! And a special thank you to the fantastic director, Dr. Jonathan Williams!

Registration for #DHOxSS2025 is now open! From beginner to advanced courses, led by experts, it’s the perfect opportunity to upskill and connect in a supportive, world-class environment. Join us this summer in Oxford, or online! cvent.me/Y5WWRE #DHOxSS2025 #digitalhumanities

Think you know the Tower of London? Think again. 🏰 In a new podcast, Dr. Catherine Jenkinson from @oxhistoryfaculty.bsky.social explores the myths, mysteries, and meanings behind this iconic landmark. Listen now at: www.hrp.org.uk/listen-to-th...

How to save a language from extinction 🗣️📚 A team from the Faculty of Linguistics is working with communities on the island of Enggano to document, teach, and digitize a language at the risk of extinction. Read the full inspiring story here: www.humanities.ox.ac.uk/article/from...

Next week! How can humanities research speak to the needs of present policy? Join the conversation with Professors Patrick Salmon and Patricia Clavin! @oxhistoryfaculty.bsky.social @oxpolicyengaged.bsky.social 🗓️ Tuesday 25 February, 17:00 - 18:30 talks.ox.ac.uk/talks/id/be4...

Listen to @jenniferwalshe.bsky.social, @oxmusicfaculty.bsky.social Professor of Composition, talk about her new opera set on Mars. Expect zero-gravity, eco-anxiety and... silicon valley billionaires? Available to listen to now: www.bbc.co.uk/programmes/w...

TORCH Talks. In January 2025 TORCH launched TORCH TALKS. The new series is debating some of the most urgent and topical issues of our time from a cross-disciplinary perspective. There are 3 TORCH Talks coming up! Everyone is welcome and lunch will be provided. torch.ox.ac.uk/torch-talks

How to read an ancient scroll reduced to brittle carbon by the eruption of Vesuvius in 79 AD? 🌋 Read about the groundbreaking initiative that is allowing a @classics research team to unlock the secrets of the past: www.humanities.ox.ac.uk/article/oxfo...

The Faculty of History and @wadhamcollege.bsky.social are excited to announce the establishment of the Koch History Centre (KHC), which will provide an institutional home in Oxford for the pursuit of world-class historical research! Find out more: www.history.ox.ac.uk/article/the-...

How can humanities research speak to the needs of present policy? Join the conversation with Professors Patrick Salmon and Patricia Clavin! @oxhistoryfaculty.bsky.social @oxpolicyengaged.bsky.social @torchoxford.bsky.social 🗓️ Tuesday 25 February, 17:00 - 18:30 talks.ox.ac.uk/talks/id/be4...

In collaboration with the University of Oxford, the London Charterhouse is hosting its first collaborative doctoral award on ‘Hidden Lives: A History of Women, the London Charterhouse and the Wider Community’.