Oxford Brookes University

Department of Social Sciences

Upcoming Events
Palm oil, people and orangutans: a conservation challenge
A seminar with Lucy Radford (Sumatran Orangutan Society)
27 January 2020
Multiple approaches to the conservation of Ghana’s endangered primates
A seminar with Dr Matt Hartely (Yorkshire Wildlife Park)
03 February 2020
Intersecting Prevent and the Hostile Environment: Theorising Britain's Racial Borders
With Dr Nadya Ali
10 February 2020
The impact of seeing differently: colour vision in primates
A seminar with Dr Andrew Smith (Anglia Ruskin University)
10 February 2020
Rethinking the Rise of Religious Politics: Perspectives from Turkey
With Dr Ceren Lord
17 February 2020
Conservation Optimism: Shifting the narrative away from the doom and gloom
A seminar with Julia Migné (Conservation Optimism)
17 February 2020
Pragmatism, International Norms and the Challenges of Global Governance
With Prof. Jason Ralph
24 February 2020
Hunting for monkeys: how humans change primate behaviour
A seminar with Dr Sarah Papworth (Royal Holloway University of London)
24 February 2020
(B)Ordering Britain: Law, Race and Empire
With Dr Nadine El-Enany
02 March 2020
Liberia’s chimpanzees: what’s the future for our critically endangered closest living relatives?
A seminar with Professor Ben Garrod (University of East Anglia)
02 March 2020

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04Dec
Interaction between Ezra Pound and Japanese artists: mainly Yone Noguchi, a poet
With guest speaker Toru Nakamura
02Dec
Primates as Migratory Species?
With guest speaker Ian Redmond
26Nov
Jean Monnet Debate on ‘The British Elections and the future of EU/UK relations’
The event is focused on the forthcoming British elections. This session is a conversation between Dr. Alan Wager (Research Associate, King’s College London / UK in a Changing Europe) and Dr. Jon Wheatley (Senior Lecturer in Comparative Politics, Oxford Brookes University). The two experts will discuss the ongoing debate on the elections and analyse possible scenarios in regards to EU/UK relations in the future.
25Nov
Photography for conservation
A seminar with Andrew Walmsley (conservation photographer)
25Nov
“The foster parent and the orphan: Examining current Taiwan-China relations”
A seminar with guest speaker Prof. Alan Bairner
20Nov
"Making Something from Nothing”: Building a life in music from the margins of Japan
With Robert Simpkins
18Nov
Sexual selection and the mandrill
With Professor Jo Setchell
18Nov
“Is the issue of inequality in Britain really best explained by class and not race?”
A seminar with guest speaker Dr Roxana Willis
13Nov
The Samurai Re-booted: Reconsidering the Image of the Japanese Warrior
With Stephen Turnbull
11Nov
Hey! Ho! Let's go! Who is accountable for responsible travel?
With guest speaker Victoria Smith

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Contact us
Department of Social Sciences

+44 (0)1865 483752
social.sciences@brookes.ac.uk

Department of Social Sciences,
Faculty of Humanities and Social Sciences,
Gibbs Building,
Headington Campus,
Oxford OX3 0BP