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Winter Talks take place from October to March every year

All the talks take place on a Wednesday starting at 2.15pm in the Oxford University Museum of Natural History, Parks Road, Oxford OX1 3PW. 

Presentations will be held in the First Floor Lecture Theatre.

Please note that the Theatre will available 15 mins before the talk starts

 

domestic-servants

Kathryne Crossley Honest, sober and willing: the story of domestic service in Oxford Colleges

21 October
Since their foundation, Oxford colleges have relied on the labour of men, women and children to provide the comforts enjoyed by fellows and students.
owl

Chrissie Gaines “Owl Rescue and Rehabilitation in Oxfordshire"

18 November
A talk about the history of the owl species and the interesting life style of these birds.
VC

Irene Tracy A Conversation with the Vice Chancellor

09 December
The Vice Chancellor will give a 30 minutes address providing an overview of the current position of the University,
dinosaur

Duncan Murdock “Uncovering Oxfordshire’s Dinosaur Highway”

20 January 2027
In a stunning find, researchers from the Universities of Oxford and Birmingham have uncovered a huge expanse of quarry floor filled with hundreds of different dinosaur footprints
castleofmey

Jeremy Mainwaring-Burton ‘The Queen Mother at the Castle of Mey” preceded by the AGM

17 February 2027
The Queen Mother bought the Castle of Mey after the King died in 1952.
monet

Ross King “Claude Monet and the Painting of the Water Lilies”

17 March 2027 to 07 March 2027
The history of the Water Lily canvases began in 1914, when French newspapers began reporting that Monet, then 73, had retired his brushes.