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 Trinity term 2021. We hope you will join us.
Mansfield Public Talks: Michaelmas Term 2021
Recordings of last term's Public talks can be found on Mansfield's YouTube channel, here: www.youtube.com/playlist?list=PLji3veGn6R7znzmVVerYAafq6h9GDbS0V
22 October 2021
The history and development of race equality law in the UK
Professor Tarunabh Khaitan
(This lecture is being held in conjunction with the Bonavero Institute of Human Rights)
Professor Tarunabh Khaitan is Head of Research at the Bonavero Institute of Human Rights and a Governing Body Fellow at Mansfield.
More details: tbc
29 October 2021
The 2021 Hands Lecture
The Hands Lecture is Mansfield’s annual named lecture in politics, economics and current affairs.
More details: tbc
5 November 2021
Artists of the Future: the Mansfield-Ruddock Art Prize 2021
The Mansfield-Ruddock Art Prize, supported by the Ruddock Foundation for the Arts, is awarded to one graduate and one post-graduate student of the Ruskin School of Art, with the winning works coming to Mansfield College. This year’s distinguished jury comprised artist, Edmund de Waal CBE; Global Head of Arts and Culture at Chanel, Yana Peel; and Dr Stephanie Straine, Curator of Contemporary Art at the National Galleries of Scotland.
This year’s prize winners were Ruskin students: Charles d’Augustin and Joanna McClurg; due to the exceptional standard of the work, a further Highly Commended prize was awarded to Hakon Oppedal.
Please join members of the jury, Yana Peel and Stephanie Straine,the prize winners as we host a talk to discuss the winning works.
With thanks to Mansfield alumnus, Sir Paul Ruddock, for his generous support of the Prize.
More details: tbc
12 November 2021
Careers - What are they good for? The future of work in the 21st century
Stephan Stern
Stefan Stern is a journalist and author. He writes for the Financial Times and The Guardian, and has published two books on leadership and management. He also co-hosts a podcast, The Nowhere Office, which looks at the future off work.
More details:tbc
19 November 2021
Why I became an actress instead of a management consultant
Katherine Parkinson
BAFTA-winning actor Katherine Parkinson is one of the UK’s most versatile performers, working regularly in both film and television and theatre and embracing dramatic and comedic roles. Recent credits include the hit series Humans for Channel 4/AMC and Mike Newell’s Guernsey.
More details & book: here
26 November 2021
The 2021 Jocelyn Bell Burnell Lecture: Reaching for the stars!
Dr Maggie Aderin-Pocock
Mansfield's new annual Jocelyn Bell Burnell Lecture is named in honour of trailblazing astrophysicist, and Mansfield College Fellow, Professor Dame Jocelyn Bell Burnell, who discovered a new type of star known as a pulsar while completing her PhD at the University of Cambridge.
This lecture aims to encourage and inspire the study of science at the highest level, to all with the curiosity and commitment to pursue it.
The inaugural Jocelyn Bell Burnell Lecture will be given by space scientist Dr Maggie Aderin-Pocock, who last year was made an Honorary Fellow of Mansfield College in recognition of her achievements in public engagement with science.
More details: tbc
3 December 2021
Mansfieldmas: An evening of words and music
More details: tbc