History Events in Oxford

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Oxford Maths Festival

 Sun, 10 May at 10:00 am Mathematical Institute, University of Oxford Free

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

British Decades

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

Vermeer: A Life Lost and Found

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

New Labour, New Britain? How Did the Blair Governments Change the Country?

 Thu, 16 Apr at 06:00 pm Sir Kenneth Wheare Hall, Oxford Brookes University Free

Her Secret Service: The Forgotten Women of British Intelligence

 Fri, 08 May at 05:30 pm Mansfield College Free

ICOM UK Conference 2026: Museum Diplomacy in Action

 Thu, 16 Apr at 09:00 am Oxford University Museum of Natural History GBP 88 to 542

Jess Venner THE LOST VOICES OF POMPEII with Elisabeth Grass

 Tue, 21 Apr at 05:30 pm Blackwell's Bookshop GBP 6 to 22

Katja Hoyer WEIMAR

 Wed, 06 May at 05:30 pm Blackwell's Bookshop GBP 6 to 30

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

Charles Foster THE EDGES OF THE WORLD

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

Helene Von Bismarck FANTASTIC KINGDOM with Ciaran Martin

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

Erin Maglaque PRESENCE with Alison Light

 Thu, 10 Sep 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

The Random Universe

 Tue, 21 Apr at 05:00 pm Clarendon Laboratory Free

The Oxford Quartet: Women Philosophers Against the Tide - An Oxford Walk

 Sat, 18 Apr at 11:00 am Old Bodleian Library Free

Drive it Day at Cowley celebrating the Rover SD1's 50th, Rover 800's 40th and the modern MINI's 25th

 Sun, 26 Apr at 10:00 am MINI Visitor Centre

Alison Light RED, RED ROBIN with Lyndal Roper

 Fri, 15 May at 05:30 pm Blackwell's Bookshop GBP 6 to 22

Lawrence Freedman ON STRATEGISTS AND STRATEGY

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

Zakia Sewell FINDING ALBION

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

Blackwell's Sabbat Sessions with Jennifer Lane and Laura Derbyshire BELTANE

 Sat, 25 Apr at 03:00 pm Blackwell's Bookshop Free

The Long Making of the Anthropocene: Antiquity, Middle Ages, Modernity

 Wed, 29 Apr at 05:00 pm Rewley House Free

Ella Al-Shamahi: Becoming Human

 Sat, 23 May at 06:30 pm The North Wall Arts Centre

Queer Fantasies of Naples in French Decadent Literature

 Thu, 07 May at 06:00 pm Il Corno - Panuozzo Bar Free

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

Uncomfortable Oxford - A WALKING TOUR FOR OCS MEMBERS ONLY

 Fri, 08 May at 11:00 am Carfax Tower GBP 9

The Beating Heart: The Art & Science of Our Most Vital Organ

Thu, 14 May at 05:30 pm Broad Street, OX1 3AZ Oxford, United Kingdom

Elinor Cleghorn A WOMAN'S WORK

 Fri, 01 May at 05:30 pm Blackwell's Bookshop GBP 6 to 22

Reading the signs: Conference at Kellogg college

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

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

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

Geographies of Fascism & Authoritarianism in Global Africa Conference

 Wed, 15 Apr at 09:00 am Jesus College Free

Antiques, Jewellery & Books Valuation Day - Oxford Golf Club - Thurs 16th April 10am to 4pm

 Thu, 16 Apr at 10:00 am Oxford Golf Club

Francesca Wade and James Bailey ON SPARK AND STEIN

 Mon, 27 Apr at 05:30 pm Blackwell's Bookshop GBP 6

…a feather on the breath of God - VOICE

 Sun, 10 May at 04:00 pm St Bartholomew's Chapel, Oxford GBP 17

Geoff Andrews RADICALS

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

Cowley Road International Food Tour

 Sat, 09 May The Plain GBP 7 to 13

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

The Philosophy of Pulcinella

 Thu, 14 May at 06:00 pm Il Corno - Panuozzo Bar Free

Worcester College gardens - A GUIDED TOUR FOR OCS MEMBERS ONLY

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

Naples in the Novels of Elena Ferrante

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

Book at Lunchtime: A Queer Scrapbook

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

The History of Treasure Hunting

 Thu, 16 Apr at 01:00 pm Museum of Oxford Free

Cristina Bejan and Paul Kenyon INTELLECTUALS AND FASCISM IN ROMANIA

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

Images of Holiness: Picturing Prayer

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

Maryam Aslany PEASANTS

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

Peter Fiennes EN ROUTE

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

Binsey Whimsy Walk

 Sun, 03 May at 02:00 pm St Margaret of Antioch, Church GBP 14

The authenticity of grief: Lynn Robinson and Janet Dickinson

 Tue, 28 Apr at 02:00 pm The painted room GBP 14

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

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

The Hunchback of Notre Dame Silent Film

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

Entering the Loophole: Surveying American Slavery in an English Village

 Thu, 16 Apr at 06:30 pm Old Fire Station Free

Le Modèle noir: An Anti-Racist Exhibition? 2026 PUP Lecture 1

 Thu, 30 Apr at 05:00 pm Seminar Room 63, Schwarzman Centre for the Humanities Free

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

 Sun, 04 Oct at 11:00 am Bodleian Library

Charlotte Cross THE BRIDES

 Wed, 29 Apr at 05:30 pm Blackwell's Bookshop GBP 3

Mixed Ability Playford Historical Dance Class

 Fri, 24 Apr at 06:30 pm Cheney School

Building a Church out of Herring in a 15th-Century Fishing Village

 Wed, 13 May at 05:00 pm Rewley House Free

CWGC War Graves Week Tours 2026 - Oxford Botley Cemetery

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

Book at Lunchtime: Haji Imdadullah

 Wed, 13 May at 12:30 pm Seminar Room 63, Schwarzman Centre for the Humanities Free

Frankenstein’s Dream

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

Caribbean Studies Network: The Caribbean Routes of William Carlos Williams

 Thu, 30 Apr at 05:00 pm Seminar Room 56, Schwarzman Centre for the Humanities Free

Bartlemas: Oxford’s hidden sanctuary by Martin Stott

 Thu, 21 May at 06:00 pm St Bartholomew's Chapel, Oxford Free

Food and Nutrition in Wartime in the Modern World

 Thu, 16 Apr at 09:00 am St Edmund Hall GBP 10 to 15

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

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

Spooky Oxford Tour

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

A flavour of Oxford

 Sat, 16 May at 01:00 am The Four Candles - JD Wetherspoon Free

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