Mansfield Public Talks
Mansfield hosts a lively and engaging series of free public talks, every Friday from 5.30pm, during Oxford University term time.
The Mansfield Public Talks are convened by College Principal, Helen Mountfield QC, and platform leading figures from varied fields, aimed at opening up ideas and debate in front of a wide audience. The talks are open to all and as such are an important element of the College’s public engagement efforts.
In Michaelmas term 2020 we hosted our series of Friday Talks online for the very first time, and will continue to do so throughout Hilary term 2021. We hope you will join us.
Mansfield Public Talks: Hilary Term 2021
Recordings of last term's Public talks can be found on Mansfield's YouTube channel, here: https://www.youtube.com/playlist?list=PLji3veGn6R7znzmVVerYAafq6h9GDbS0V
22 January
How I (and we) learned to live better with depression
Alastair Campbell and Fiona Millar
Alastair Campbell is a writer, communicator and strategist best known for his role as former British Prime Minister Tony Blair’s spokesman, press secretary and director of communications and strategy. Fiona Millar is a writer and journalist specialising in education and parenting issues.
More details: here
29 January
US Racial Healing in the Biden Era
Professor Sheryll Cashin
Professor Cashin is the Carmack Waterhouse Professor of Law at Georgetown University. She has authored five books, which implicate the history and future of US struggles with race and racism.
More details: here
5 February
All Rise
Justice Dikgang Moseneke
Justice Dikgang Moseneke is the Deputy President of the first post-apartheid Constitutional Court of South Africa. This talk, being held in conjunction with the Bonavero Institue of Human Rights, will examine Dikgang's extraordinary journey from 15-year old convict to judge.
More details: here
12 February
EU and us: relations between the EU and the UK after Brexit
Professor Simon Hix
Professor Hix is the Pro-Director for Research and the Harold Laski Professor of Political Science at LSE and is one of the leading researchers, teachers, and commentators on European and comparative politics in the UK.
More details: here
19 February
After Covid: the G7 Pandemic Task Force, and how to stop future pandemics destroying our future
Professor Sir John Bell
Professor Sir John Bell is Regius Professor of Medicine at Oxford. He is one of the key figures instrumental to the discovery and roll-out of the Oxford-AstraZeneca vaccine, and is now working with the G7 on future pandemic planning.
More details: here
26 February
Creative Diversity: how to reflect and include diverse voices in the creative industries
Miranda Wayland
Miranda Wayland is the Head of Creative Diversity at the BBC. She is responsible for overseeing the overall on-air, onscreen diversity and inclusion strategies, supporting the commissioning teams and independent suppliers to drive change.
More details: here
5 March
The Creative Wealth of Nations: can the arts advance development?
Patrick Kabanda is a former consultant for the Office of the Senior Vice President and Chief Economist at the World Bank and Juilliard-trained organist. After becoming a chorister at the cathedral, he found music a refuge, but also began to understand how the arts could help reconcile the conflicts that lay behind the hostilities, generate income, and improve people's livelihoods.
More details: here