Talks take place on Thursday afternoons, starting at 2pm, and usually take place in the Lecture Hall, Rewley House, 1 Wellington Square, Oxford OX1 2JA. These are free for Oxford u3a members but you are welcome to attend as a guest for a donation of £5 (£2 for members of all other U3As).
Most talks are recorded on Zoom for the benefit of those Oxford u3a members who are unable to attend Rewley House.
In the event of adverse weather conditions, please telephone Rewley House (01865 270360), to enquire whether the talk has been cancelled.
Dan Evans – Introducing the Dulcimer
Rewley House Department for Continuing Education University of Oxford, Rewley House, 1 Wellington Square, Oxford, Oxfordshire, United KingdomDan Evans is the UK's leading dulcimer player and one of the leading players internationally too. He has released five[...]
Professor David Willis – Tweetolectology: Using Social Media to Map Linguistic Variation and Change
Rewley House Department for Continuing Education University of Oxford, Rewley House, 1 Wellington Square, Oxford, Oxfordshire, United KingdomDavid Willis has been Jesus Professor of Celtic at the University of Oxford since 2020, having previously held academic appointments[...]
Professor Finn Fordham – Introducing James Joyce
Rewley House Department for Continuing Education University of Oxford, Rewley House, 1 Wellington Square, Oxford, Oxfordshire, United KingdomFinn Fordham teaches at Royal Holloway, University of London and is a scholar of James Joyce, modernism, and the culture[...]
Rev Dr Richard Ounsworth, OP – What Makes for a Successful (biblical) Prophet?
Rewley House Department for Continuing Education University of Oxford, Rewley House, 1 Wellington Square, Oxford, Oxfordshire, United KingdomRichard Ounsworth joined the Dominican Order in 1995 and was ordained priest in 2001. Since then he has spent time[...]
Stephen Barker – Six Warrior Women of the English Civil Wars, 1642–51
Rewley House Department for Continuing Education University of Oxford, Rewley House, 1 Wellington Square, Oxford, Oxfordshire, United KingdomStephen Barker is an independent Heritage Advisor, who works with museums, universities and other heritage organisations to design exhibitions and[...]
Martin Buckland – The Wilts and Berks Canal – Past, Present and Future
Rewley House Department for Continuing Education University of Oxford, Rewley House, 1 Wellington Square, Oxford, Oxfordshire, United KingdomThe canal opened in 1810 after 15 years of construction but had a chequered career until its legal closure in[...]
Professor Caroline Warman – Diderot: An Introduction
Rewley House Department for Continuing Education University of Oxford, Rewley House, 1 Wellington Square, Oxford, Oxfordshire, United KingdomCaroline Warman is Zeitlyn Fellow and Tutor in French at Jesus College and Professor of French Literature and Thought at[...]
Dr Ben Grant – Writing and Illness
Rewley House Department for Continuing Education University of Oxford, Rewley House, 1 Wellington Square, Oxford, Oxfordshire, United KingdomBen Grant is a lecturer in English Literature in the Department for Continuing Education at the University of Oxford. He[...]