Lecture series

Weekly lectures with Q&A

Structured as a series of 5 or 6 weekly lectures on a given topic, our lecture series offer a comprehensive introduction to your chosen subject.

All can be enjoyed online via a livestream. The majority can also be attended in person at Rewley House, Oxford. If joining us in Oxford, tea and coffee is provided before or after each lecture.

Online only lecture series

Paul Cézanne: Old Master, Modernist or Both?
5 lectures with Mary Acton
2 – 30 Nov 2022, Wednesdays at 2pm

Hybrid lecture series – watch online or join us in Oxford

Intellectual Black Holes: How Belief Systems Become Prisons
6 lectures with Dr Stephen Law
17 Oct – 21 Nov 2022, Mondays at 2pm

The English Civil Wars: The Soldiers’ Experience
6 lectures with Prof Andy Hopper and Dr Ismini Pells
19 Oct – 23 Nov 2022, Wednesdays at 11am

A Voyage of Discovery: The Trans-Siberian Railway
6 lectures with Chris Danziger
21 Oct – 25 Nov 2022, Fridays at 11am

The English Parish Church from its Origins to 1300
6 lectures with John McNeill
1 Nov – 6 Dec 2022, Tuesdays at 11am

Six Spanish Masters
6 lectures with Alice Foster
11 Jan – 15 Feb 2023, Wednesdays at 11am

Europe in the Cold War, 1945-1961
6 lectures with Prof Tom Buchanan
24 Jan – 28 Feb 2023, Tuesdays at 11am

Hogarth to Spitting Image: A History of British Visual Satire
6 lectures with Dr David Morgan and Paul Clark
25 Jan – 1 Mar 2023, Wednesdays at 2pm

The Archaeology of the Silk Roads
6 lectures with Dr Paul Wordsworth
3 Feb – 10 Mar 2023, Fridays at 2pm

Mick Aston annual lecture

An annual lecture on landscape archaeology in memory of Mick Aston. 

The Mick Aston Lecture 2022: New Research on Neolithic Orkney
Join us at Rewley House, Oxford, or watch online
Friday 2 December 2022, 4.45-6pm (UK time)