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.
Reverend Professor William Whyte – Opening Oxford: the Schwarzman Centre
Rewley House Department for Continuing Education University of Oxford, Rewley House, 1 Wellington Square, Oxford, Oxfordshire, United KingdomWilliam Whyte is Professor of Social and Architectural History and a Fellow of St John’s College. He is currently serving[...]
Professor Emma Smith – Shakespeare in His Own Time
Rewley House Department for Continuing Education University of Oxford, Rewley House, 1 Wellington Square, Oxford, Oxfordshire, United KingdomEmma Smith is Professor of Shakespeare Studies at Hertford College, and the author of several books including This Is Shakespeare.[...]
Ray Foulk – Why and How Pablo Picasso Invented Modern Art
Rewley House Department for Continuing Education University of Oxford, Rewley House, 1 Wellington Square, Oxford, Oxfordshire, United KingdomRay Foulk RIBA is co-author with Caroline Foulk of the historical novel, Picasso’s Revenge. He is a renowned curator and[...]
Julia Brockelsby – A Short History of How We Tell the Time
Rewley House Department for Continuing Education University of Oxford, Rewley House, 1 Wellington Square, Oxford, Oxfordshire, United KingdomJulia Brockelsby was brought up in Littlemore, Oxford and still lives there. After a BA in Economics from Girton College[...]
Stuart Ackland – Oxford in Maps
Rewley House Department for Continuing Education University of Oxford, Rewley House, 1 Wellington Square, Oxford, Oxfordshire, United KingdomStuart Ackland has worked in the Map Department of the Bodleian Library for over 30 years. He looks after the[...]
Dr Anna Railton – Addressing Climate Change Issues in the City of Oxford
Rewley House Department for Continuing Education University of Oxford, Rewley House, 1 Wellington Square, Oxford, Oxfordshire, United KingdomDr Anna Railton is a machine learning engineer for a tech company and a city councillor in Oxford. She is[...]
Nick Gill – Irving Berlin: Prolific Song Writer of the Jazz Age
Rewley House Department for Continuing Education University of Oxford, Rewley House, 1 Wellington Square, Oxford, Oxfordshire, United KingdomNick Gill is an Oxford based classic jazz and ragtime piano player/singer who has been giving performances in all kinds[...]
William Lawrence – Classical London with Allusions to Oxford
Oxford Friends Meeting House 43 St Giles, OxfordWilliam Lawrence spent two years teaching English in Japan (1980-1982) where he developed a great interest in the language and[...]