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The Books that Bring us Together

9:00, Friday, 15 October 2021 to 11:00 Monday, 08 November 2021

A short series of workshops looking into how inherited objects like family bibles, scrapbook albums, recipe-books, and photograph albums bring together families across time and place to 'do' the work of family life, and forge our identities.

This event is for: Everyone
Photo Oxford: Three New Voices

12:00, Friday, 15 October 2021 to 17:00 Monday, 15 November 2021

Three current Oxford Brookes BA Photography students have come together to present three separate bodies of work documenting women dealing with parenting, representation, and adolescence.

This event is for: Everyone

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Celebrating Black Entrepreneurs: Their journey and wisdom in building a business

Monday, 25 October 2021 18:00 to 19:00

Have you ever had a business idea and wondered how it would be like running it? Join Lettija Lee, Sherilyn Carter, and Elizabeth Solaru in a conversation about their entrepreneurial journey. They will be sharing their wisdom and lessons learned along the way while building their business. Hosted by Dr Yu Ang of Oxford Brookes. Lettija is a TV presenter and expert in entertainment law and Sherilyn a social media content coach. Elizabeth Solaru is the founder of Elizabeth’s Cake Emporium and a world renowned sugarcraft teacher and judge.

This event is for: Everyone
Tikkun Olam: healing the world through education and science

Wednesday, 27 October 2021 18:00 to 19:00

Professor Raymond Dwek talks on how Israel's achievements in science and education have contributed to our lives.

This event is for: Everyone
Public lecture by Ambassador Andrew J Young - Proud to Be

Thursday, 28 October 2021 18:00 to 19:00

Join us for this special closing event for Black History Month 2021. We have the honour to welcome Ambassador Andrew J Young to Oxford Brookes, who will share some lessons we can learn today from the American Civil Rights movement.

This event is for: Everyone
Hidden Labor – Women’s Conditions in the Swedish Film Industry

Tuesday, 02 November 2021 13:00 to 14:00

A collaborative event between the Department of Media and Communication (Örebro University) & the Creative Industries Research and Innovation Network (Oxford Brookes). In this talk Maria Jansson, professor of Gender Studies at Örebro University, argues that women put a lot of labor into dealing with gender injustices in the film industry. This work is invisible in the sense that it is not recognized and sometimes it is even considered shameful to mention. Departing from women’s narrations of their experiences of working in the Swedish film industry the talk exemplifies how gender inequality is manifested in financing and producing film and how women struggle to deal with this.

This event is for: Everyone
Sitting On Top of the World: A Transnational History of the Blues

Wednesday, 03 November 2021 18:00 to 19:00

Blues music is inextricably linked to African American experiences of slavery, segregation, and the structures of white supremacy, but the style has also spread around the world. Existing histories treat the blues’ international circulation as unexpected and often inauthentic. Lawrence Davies presents an alternative view, treating the genre’s international circulation as central to its development and meanings. He examines blues musicians’ experiences of travel, and reflects on how blues has responded to global questions of class, race, solidarity, and exploitation. This lecture accompanies the Special Collections and Archives' Blues Off the Record project to catalogue and make accessible the Paul Oliver Archive of African American Music.

This event is for: Everyone
Activism and Intersectionality

Wednesday, 17 November 2021 18:00 to 19:00

Join us for this exciting event, which is co-hosted by the Multifaith Chaplaincy with Oxford Human Rights Festival and the Centre for Development and Emergency Practice (CENDEP), and marks Inter Faith Week 2021. Shaista Aziz is a journalist, writer and women’s rights and anti-racism campaigner. She specialises in working alongside marginalised communities across the country to build community campaigns tackling inequalities, racism and bigotry. She’s a homeless rights advocate and founder of the Labour Homelessness Campaign. Shaista is also a Labour councillor for Oxford City Council and the council’s cabinet member for inclusive communities.

This event is for: Everyone
Brookes Creative Talk: More than just a face: my husband tried to kill me but God had other plans...

Wednesday, 08 December 2021 12:00 to 13:00

Nurse and author Abbie M. Mumbi in conversation with Sarah Franklin - Chair: Daniela Treveri Gennari.

This event is for: Everyone
Ableism and inclusive futures in higher education

Wednesday, 08 December 2021 18:00 to 19:00

The Oxford Brookes Staff Disability Network invites everyone to join us online for our main event for Disability History Month 2021. Drawing on lived experience, research and activism, Nicole Brown will share insights on how ableism permeates higher education structures and practices.

This event is for: Everyone