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Hearing Those With Whom We Disagree: Academic Freedom, Listening, and Critical Conversations

241112 waltham smith free listening cover
12 November 2024 17:15
T S Eliot Lecture Theatre, Merton College
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241112 waltham smith free listening cover

A roundtable marking the publication of Professor Naomi Waltham-Smith's new book, Free Listening, in the Provocations series from University of Nebraska Press with

  • Daniela Dover (Associate Professor of Philosophy at UCLA)
  • Maureen Freely (Professor in the School of Creative Arts at the University of Warwick and former President and Chair of English PEN)
  • James Murray (Legal Director at Doyle Clayton and Visitor at Kellogg College and the Humanities Division)

The roundtable will be followed by Q&A and a drinks reception.

This event is generously made possible by the Humanities Division/Kellogg College Visitor scheme, and with thanks to Merton College.

Oxford Chamber Orchestra - Dvorak, Martines and Owen

24 October
Oxford Chamber Orchestra and conductor Cayenna Ponchione-Bailey are joined by pianist Idith Korman to showcase Marianna Martines' Piano Concerto in G alongside Morfydd Owen's atmospheric Nocturne and Dvorak's great Symphony No. 7.

Alex Ho Trio: Standards & Monk

25 October
A jazz concert with the Alex Ho Trio.

Migration, Performance & Policy seminar

29 October
From Photos to Forensics: Borders and Fatalities in Calais, Italy, and the Mediterranean Sea

OSJ Ensemble Launch Concert

29 October
Jan Schmolck, violin, and Howard Moody, harpsichord and piano

Ensemble Isis | Andrew Hamilton

30 October
Music by the Dublin-born composer, Andrew Hamilton, alongside new works by student composers.

Strings masterclass with Professor Matthew Jones

02 November
An afternoon masterclass with Matthew Jones, Professor of Viola and Head of Chamber Music at the Guildhall School of Music & Drama, exploring repertoire, technique and the art of ensemble playing.