Oxford researchers at the intersection of humanities and social sciences are working closely with climate scientists to address global challenges. Discover more ⬇️ https://www.ox.ac.uk/climate-and-environment/culture-education-attitudes#group-section-Environmental-humanities-73e3jEiCMS

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Experts at Oxford are working to understand our past climate history, uncover how our perceptions are shaped by the media, and emphasising the important role of the humanities in helping to tackle the...

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Join us on 26 November for A.E. Stallings' next Professor of Poetry lecture on 'Rhyme as Experiment/ Rhyme as Alchemy'. 26 Nov at 5.30pm Examination Schools ALL WELCOME! No booking required. #poetry #TeamEnglish @oxpoetrylibrary.bsky.social @aestallings.bsky.social

On Thursday, Elina Hamilton (University of Hawai’i, Mānoa), Peter Lefferts (University of Nebraska, Lincoln) and Elżbieta Witkowska-Zaremba (Warsaw, Polish Academy of Sciences) will be online for the next All Souls Seminar in Medieval and Renaissance Music. www.music.ox.ac.uk/event/25-11-...

All Souls Seminars in Medieval and Renaissance Music: Elina Hamilton (University of Hawai’i, Mānoa), Peter Lefferts (University of Nebraska, Lincoln) and Elżbieta Witkowska-Zaremba (Warsaw, Polish Aca...

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All are welcome to join us online for this term's All Souls Seminars in Medieval and Renaissance Music. Full details at www.music.ox.ac.uk/all-souls-se...

Join us to explore the new Oxford World's Classics edition of Romeo & Juliet in our next #Shakespeare webinar: 1 December 6 - 7.15pm Online via Zoom With Professor Emma Smith & Dr Hannah August. All welcome! Free but booking required. #TeamEnglish shakespeare-webinar-romeo-juliet.eventbrite.co.uk

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

Book discussion on Diana Evans's 'I Want to Talk to You: And Other Conversations'

YouTube video by Faculty of English, University of Oxford

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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 >>

Helen Fielding in conversation with the Always Take Notes podcast

Join the author of “Bridget Jones’s Diary” for a live podcast recording.

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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 ⬇️

New research finds defining childhood portrait of Marie Antoinette is

The most famous portrait of Marie Antoinette as a child is really of her sister, according to new research. Catriona Seth, Marshal Foch Professor of French Literature and Fellow of All Souls College

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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

Stephen A. Schwarzman Centre for the Humanities opens in Oxford

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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!

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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...

"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/...

Ian Hislop's Oldest Jokes - Series 2 - Avarice Jokes - BBC Sounds

Ian Hislop returns to unearth the oldest examples of five varieties of British joke.

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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 ⬇️

Gift will establish world-class auditorium at Oxford | University of

Cultural performances and musical engagement for Oxford students have received a major boost from a significant gift to the University’s Humanities Division. The donation from the Sohmen family will

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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...

Before Earthrise: Global Imagining in Literature and Visual Culture, 1550-1968

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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 ⬇️

Ancient linguistic clues reveal that the European Huns had Siberian

New linguistic analysis by researchers including Dr Simon Fries, Researcher in Comparative Philology in the Faculty of Classics and Faculty of Linguistics, Philology and Phonetics, University of

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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 👇

British Academy (BA) Postdoctoral Fellowships

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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

Uterus transplants – ethical and legal challenges in the Mexican context

On International Day for Maternal Health and Rights, Dr César Palacios-Gonzalez shares his research on legalising uterus transplants in Mexico

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