Oxford Brookes University

Upcoming Events
“Dionysian politics of migration: Translation, transfiguration and other transes”
A seminar with Prof. Fernando Santoro
14 October 2019
Saving the small apes: an interdisciplinary approach to gibbon conservation
A seminar with Dr Susan Cheyne
14 October 2019
Japanese Mermaids in Darwin’s West
With guest speaker Mateja Kovacic
16 October 2019
"School meals and the moderation of poverty in three European countries"
A seminar with guest speaker Dr Rebecca O'Connell
21 October 2019
The importance of conservation and research of a synantropic primate species
A seminar with Malene Friis Hansen
21 October 2019
“Wageless Life? A future without Capital?”
A seminar with guest speaker Dr Ian Shaw
28 October 2019
A Stranger At Home: Migration In Hannah Lowe's Poetry
A seminar with Dr Jennifer Wong
29 October 2019
Latest developments of passive acoustic monitoring as a tool for conservation/ecological studies
With guest speaker Dr Christos Astaras
04 November 2019
Inside, Outside, In-between: Elderly ex-offenders and the politics of exclusion
With Jason Danely
06 November 2019
Postgraduate Open Evening
Gain a deeper insight into our postgraduate study programmes at Oxford Brookes, with our Postgraduate Open Evening.
07 November 2019

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23May
(Un)official histories: researching being human
Self-guided tour of the Special Collections, Oxford Brookes Library
23May
Fragmented and Convoluted: Working-Class Experiences of Navigating Higher Education
Talk with Laura Jayne Bentley, hosted by Simon Kövesi
23May
Thinking Evil in Dark Times: Bonhoeffer/Eichmann
You are a German citizen living under the Nazi regime led by Adolf Hitler—do you resist or comply? Featuring dramatic monologues and explanatory interludes this event introduces the audience to two real-life historical characters: Dietrich Bonhoeffer, a Christian theologian, and Adolf Eichmann, a member of the Nazi bureaucracy.
23May
Journeys to, journeys from: pathways through time
Experience an installation exploring journeys from childhood to adulthood and the hopes, fears and aspirations of young adults
22May
There’s been a murder! But why do we care?
Join Dame Katherine Grainger and Professor Anne-Marie Kilday in a lively conversation, as we discuss why people are so fascinated by murder and murderers in the modern era.
22May
Re-imagining John Wesley
This lecture will explore how while Methodism distanced itself from its founder in many ways in the nineteenth and twentieth centuries, it took closer ownership of visual representations of Wesley, becoming a metaphor of allusion for tensions between allegiance to the past with the place of religion in a changing world.
22May
Tea and a 3 Minute PhD
Showcase of our students and their research
22May
Virtual Human Evolution
Virtual Reality demonstration with Dr Simon Underdown
22May
(Un)official histories: researching being human
Self-guided tour of the Special Collections, Oxford Brookes Library
22May
The Brexit Generation: A debate on the UK’s future outside of the EU
Join Dr Stephen Hurt as he chairs a debate about Brexit and the UK's future outside of the EU, in the style of the BBC's "Question Time"

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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

Department of Social Sciences

Upcoming Events

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Department of Social Sciences