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Digest Summer Vacation 2018

Events for Summer Vacation 2018

(If you have anything to go in this weekly Digest, please send the information to admin@philosophy.ox.ac.uk by midday on the Wednesday before the event.)

If no location is given, the event will take place in Radcliffe Humanities on Woodstock Rd, OX2 6GG

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Philosophy of Mathematics Seminar

Philosophy of Mathematics Seminar (Tuesday, Week 9, MT26 - 16:30-18:30)

08 December 2026
Paolo Mancosu (University of California, Berkeley): 'When formal derivations are not optional: some reflections on derivability claims in first-order vs. second-order theories'; Ryle Room (20.339), Schwarzman Centre  

Notices - Events taking place elsewhere in the university and beyond

 

Seminar Series on Reproducibility and Open Research | 4.30-6.00pm, All Souls College: Wharton Room
Laura Fortunato (Magdalen College): ‘Effective Computing for Research Reproducibility'
All are welcome; refreshments will be provided.

 

Oxford Centre for Islamic Studies | 5.00pm-, Oxford Centre for Islamic Studies (Marston Rd)
Eugene Rogan (St Anthony's College): ‘1918: The Fall of the Ottomans and the Beginning of a Century of Conflict'

 
Science and Populism: From Evidence to Narrative | 5.00-6.00pm, Oxford Martin School: Lecture Theatre
Panel: 'Putting science at the heart of society and culture'
Discussants: Sarah Harper (Oxford Institute of Population Ageing); Emily Wilson (New Scientist); Katherine Mathieson (British Science Association)
To register, please go here. 
Jurisprudence Discussion Group | 5.00pm-, Balliol College: Massey Room
Jeff King (UCL): 'The Social Dimension of the Rule of Law'
The 2018 Newman Lecture | 5.30pm-, Pembroke College: Pichette Auditorium
Lord Patten of Barnes (CH PC Chancellor, Oxford): 'The Idea of a University in the 21st Century'
The event will be followed by a Q&A and a drinks reception. All are welcome. Please email sarah.gray@campion.ox.ac.uk if you have any queries. 
Weidenfeld Visiting Professor in Comparative European Literature | 5.30pm-, St Anne's College: TBC
Elif Shafak: Lecture Series - 'Storytelling in a Divided World' 
Open Discussion