History Events in Oxford

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Francis Fukuyama IN THE REALM OF THE LAST MAN

 Fri, 04 Sep at 07:00 pm Examination Schools, University of Oxford GBP 12 to 30

Vermeer: A Life Lost and Found

 Tue, 07 Jul at 06:00 pm Oxford Festival of the Arts GBP 14

SJC Literary Festival: Professor Lady Sue Black 'An Expert Witness'

 Sat, 23 May at 03:00 pm Garden Quad Auditorium, St John's College Free

Film Screening of 'Invisible Nation' and Q&A with Director Vanessa Hope

 Mon, 25 May at 05:00 pm Investcorp Building Free

In Conversation with Lord Mance, former Supreme Court Deputy President

 Wed, 27 May at 05:30 pm St. Anne's College - Mary Ogilvie Lecture Theatre Free

Gala Screening of Out Laws Documentary + Q&A

 Thu, 18 Jun at 05:30 pm Mansfield College, Auditorium Free

Oxford Famous Alumni Outdoor Exploration Game

 Mon, 01 Jun at 12:01 am The Eagle and Child GBP 8

Documentary screening: Free Nelson Mandela

 Thu, 28 May at 07:00 pm Mark Bedingham Room, St John's College Free

Charles Foster THE EDGES OF THE WORLD with Dan Kieran

 Mon, 01 Jun at 05:30 pm Blackwell's Bookshop GBP 6 to 22

Michael Attwell THE MOORS MURDERS with Triona Adams

 Thu, 04 Jun at 05:30 pm Blackwell's Bookshop GBP 6 to 11

Marion Gibson WITCHLAND

 Sat, 22 Aug at 03:00 pm Blackwell's Bookshop Free

Helene Von Bismarck FANTASTIC KINGDOM with Ciaran Martin

 Tue, 16 Jun at 05:30 pm Blackwell's Bookshop GBP 6 to 25

Julian Evans UNDEFEATABLE with Luke Harding

 Thu, 24 Sep at 05:30 pm Blackwell's Bookshop GBP 6 to 13

Lawrence Freedman ON STRATEGISTS AND STRATEGY with Sam Freedman

 Mon, 28 Sep at 05:30 pm Blackwell's Bookshop GBP 6 to 23

Zakia Sewell FINDING ALBION with Owen Davies

 Wed, 09 Sep at 05:30 pm Blackwell's Bookshop GBP 6 to 25

Jonn Elledge 35 INVENTIONS THAT BUILT OUR WORLD

 Fri, 09 Oct at 05:30 pm Blackwell's Bookshop GBP 6 to 25

British Decades

 Mon, 27 Apr at 07:00 pm Magdalen College Free

Oxford Murder Mystery: Death in the Shadows

 Mon, 01 Jun at 12:00 am Clarendon Building GBP 10

Ella Al-Shamahi: Becoming Human

 Sat, 23 May at 07:30 pm The North Wall Arts Centre

Erin Maglaque PRESENCE with Alison Light

 Thu, 10 Sep at 05:30 pm Blackwell's Bookshop GBP 6 to 25

Peter Jones SELF HELP FROM THE MIDDLE AGES with Helen Carr

 Tue, 23 Jun at 05:30 pm Blackwell's Bookshop GBP 6 to 20

Extraordinary People: Compton Mackenzie and Queer Capri in the 1920s-30s’

 Thu, 04 Jun at 06:00 pm Il Corno - Panuozzo Bar Free

Stories from the Sands

 Thu, 11 Jun at 02:00 pm Magdalen College Free

Reuben College Site Visit - Parks Road Oxford - with architects fjcstudio

 Thu, 18 Jun at 05:00 pm Reuben College GBP 0 to 9

Bluestocking Meets Vogue

 Thu, 28 May at 06:30 pm Christ Church GBP 12 to 53

Cowley Road International Food Tour

 Sat, 06 Jun at 11:00 am The Plain GBP 7 to 13

An Evening with Ivor Novello (Performance+Silent film screening)

 Wed, 08 Jul at 09:00 pm Oxford Festival of the Arts GBP 22

Olivia Plender in Conversation with Prof. Kathryn Murphy

 Sat, 23 May at 02:00 pm Modern Art Oxford Free

William Tullett SNIFF: A HISTORY OF SMELLS

 Fri, 16 Oct at 05:30 pm Blackwell's Bookshop GBP 6 to 25

Book at Lunchtime: A Queer Scrapbook

 Wed, 27 May at 12:30 pm Seminar Room 63, Schwarzman Centre for the Humanities Free

Reading the signs: Conference at Kellogg college

 Fri, 29 May at 09:30 am The hub, Kellogg College GBP 33

Naples in the Novels of Elena Ferrante

 Thu, 28 May at 06:00 pm Il Corno - Panuozzo Bar Free

Cristina A. Bejan and Paul Kenyon INTELLECTUALS AND FASCISM IN ROMANIA

 Fri, 19 Jun at 12:00 pm Blackwell's Bookshop Free

Charity, Humanitarianism, and Childhood (in person)

 Mon, 22 Jun at 09:15 am Magdalen College Free

Peter Fiennes EN ROUTE

 Thu, 25 Jun at 05:30 pm Blackwell's Bookshop GBP 6 to 19

Jonathan Fennell COLLAPSE

 Mon, 12 Oct at 05:30 pm Blackwell's Bookshop GBP 6 to 30

Theodora

 Sat, 27 Jun at 07:00 pm Holywell Music Room GBP 26

The Lodger: A Story of the London Fog (1927) Silent film

 Wed, 08 Jul at 09:00 pm Oxford Festival of the Arts GBP 12

Images of Holiness: Picturing Prayer

 Thu, 11 Jun at 02:30 pm Ashmolean Museum Free

Worcester College gardens - A GUIDED TOUR FOR OCS MEMBERS ONLY

 Wed, 17 Jun at 02:00 pm Worcester College GBP 9

Christopher A Ford - Sino-American Competition in the 21st Century

 Mon, 18 May at 05:00 pm Noel Salter Room, New College Free

Encounters with Landscapes

 Fri, 22 May at 07:00 pm Oxford Friends Meeting House GBP 10 to 15

Maryam Aslany PEASANTS

 Tue, 29 Sep at 05:30 pm Blackwell's Bookshop GBP 6 to 25

Finnian Moore Gerety: Soma Sounds - Psychedelic Soundscapes in Early India

 Mon, 01 Jun at 07:30 pm New College, Lecture Room 6 GBP 4

Queer Oxford: 20 Years On

 Tue, 09 Jun at 05:00 pm St Peter's College Free

SPATIAL HISTORY WORKSHOP: SPACES AND IDENTITY

 Fri, 22 May at 09:30 am Schwarzman Centre for the Humanities Free

100 years of These Old Shades by Georgette Heyer 18th Century Ball @ the Divinity School with Follia

 Sun, 04 Oct at 06:30 pm Oxford Divinity School

Lessons in free speech from John Milton

 Fri, 29 May at 05:30 pm Mansfield College Free

Michael Bond ANIMATE with Niall Munro

 Wed, 08 Jul at 05:30 pm Blackwell's Bookshop GBP 6 to 22

Slovo House. Unfinished Novel (2021): Film Screening and Q&A with Director

 Wed, 27 May at 07:30 pm Wolfson College Free

Frankenstein’s Dream

 Fri, 12 Jun at 05:30 pm Mansfield College Free

May Song in Bartlemas

 Sun, 31 May at 04:00 pm St Bartholomew's Chapel GBP 0 to 6

Celebrating Ivor Novello

 Wed, 08 Jul at 06:30 pm Oxford Festival of the Arts GBP 12

SJC Literary Festival: In Conversation with Revd Fergus Butler-Gallie

 Sat, 23 May at 11:30 am Garden Quad Auditorium, St John's College Free

Industry and Innovation in Oxford

 Sat, 11 Jul at 10:30 am Department of Engineering Science GBP 15 to 30

CWGC Tours 2026 - Oxford Botley Cemetery

 Sat, 11 Jul at 10:30 am Botley Cemetery Free

Lydia Cabrera's El Monte & Diasporic Afro-Cuban Spirituality

 Tue, 09 Jun at 05:00 pm The Stephen A. Schwarzman Centre for the Humanities Free

Book launch: "The Political Theologies of Populism by Colin Bossen"

 Mon, 25 May at 05:15 pm Harris Manchester College Free

Pope Francis (2013-2025): A Retrospective Assessment

 Thu, 28 May at 05:30 pm Blackfriars Hall Free

Philipp Nothaft - Pre-Modern Cosmology: An Exploration

 Thu, 21 May at 01:00 pm Old Library Free

100 years of 'These Old Shades' by Georgette Heyer at the Bodleian

 Sun, 04 Oct at 11:00 am Bodleian Library

Lingua ignota: Hildegard’s “unknown” language, Part II

 Sun, 28 Jun at 04:00 pm The Church of the Assumption of the Blessed Virgin Mary, Beckley GBP 17

CWGC War Graves Week Tours 2026 - Oxford Botley Cemetery

 Sat, 16 May at 10:30 am Botley Cemetery Free

The Hunchback of Notre Dame Silent Film

 Mon, 22 Jun at 09:00 pm Magdalen College Chapel GBP 17

The History of Folk Horror

 Mon, 20 Jul at 07:00 pm Said Business School

Oxford in World War II - A GUIDED WALK FOR OCS MEMBERS ONLY

 Thu, 23 Jul at 10:30 am Weston Library GBP 9

Jerzy Giedroyc and the Paris "Kultura"

 Fri, 05 Jun at 06:00 pm St Anne's College Free

David Kynaston DEEP INTO THE SIXTIES

 Fri, 02 Oct at 05:30 pm Blackwell's Bookshop GBP 6 to 35

Chlorophil Printing on leaves -Old Photography

 Sat, 06 Jun at 10:00 am 9 Moreton Rd GBP 45

Samuel Zeitlin - The Geopolitics of Francis Bacon

 Tue, 12 May at 05:00 pm Ship Street Centre Free

Oxford and the Thief of Time: Outdoor Exploration Game

 Mon, 01 Jun at 12:01 am Broad St GBP 8

Mixed Ability Historical Dance Class and Rehearsal

 Fri, 22 May at 07:00 pm Cheney School

Oxford Fun Puzzle Treasure Hunt! Singe route or double for racing! :)

 Fri, 26 May at 10:00 am Oxford Train Station GBP 20 to 70

Spooky Oxford Tour

 Thu, 23 Apr at 07:00 pm Saint Aldate's GBP 13 to 25

Picnic and Historical Dancing at The Old School Room, St Peter’s Church

 Fri, 07 Aug at 07:00 pm St Peter's Church, Wolvercote

Historic Oxford Writers Tour

 Fri, 24 Apr at 10:00 am University of Oxford GBP 13 to 25

Human Dignity: Its Roots and Challenges in Western Thought

 Tue, 09 Jun at 06:00 pm Blackfriars Hall Free

Talk and Discussion on An Infamous Army by Georgette Heyer led by Dr Helen Davidge

 Wed, 09 Sep at 08:15 pm St Peter's Church, Wolvercote

Spooky Oxford Tour

 Fri, 06 Mar at 04:00 pm Christ Church GBP 13 to 25

Explore Oxford’s hidden treasures with an exciting scavenger hunt!

 Sun, 03 Nov at 07:00 am Oxford Castle & Prison USD 9 to 16

Treasure Hunt Oxford - Towers and Taverns - 2-2½ hours

 Wed, 22 Jul at 08:00 am Oxford Castle GBP 24