Day and weekend events
Join us online or in Oxford
Explore a topic in depth over one or two days with multiple speakers, hone your skills in small workshops and practical sessions, or extend your knowledge over several weeks with a lecture series.
Our day and weekend events, courses and lecture series are taught by lecturers and speakers who are specialists in their field of research. All courses and events are non-assessed and don't require coursework.
How to join an event
Events are delivered in the following teaching formats:
- 'Online – live' events are delivered online, with real-time discussion with tutors and other students taking place using an online platform.
- 'In-person' events meet in Oxford or at another specified location for face-to-face teaching.
- 'Hybrid teaching' events consist of livestreamed lectures and panel discussions. You can join us in person or online – you decide! Look for 'hybrid' in the course listings.
Upcoming courses
Online - live • Short courses • Hybrid - in person or online
This is a dynamic multi-media day-school in which we will explore the evolution of popular culture from the 1950s to the present day, from the earliest stirrings of rock’n’roll youth culture, to the social media-saturated anxieties of our own time.
- Sat 08 Mar 2025
- 9:45am – 5:00pm
In-person day/weekend • Short courses
Significant technological developments took place in Africa between 2 and 1.5 million years ago, including the emergence of new tools such as handaxes. This day school explores the stone and other technologies of this key period of the African stone age.
- Sat 08 Mar 2025
- 9:45am – 5:00pm
Online - live • Short courses • Hybrid - in person or online
From its origins in 70s New York, hip-hop has become a global phenomenon. This day school charts the history of that development, looking also at the appearance of regional styles in the West Coast, southern states and abroad.
- Sat 08 Mar 2025
- 9:45am – 5:00pm
Online - live • Short courses • Hybrid - in person or online
Chart the deep human history of seafaring across Earth’s oceans – from Ancient Egypt to Bronze Age Greece, Neolithic England to the Vikings, and Ice Age Australia to remote Pacific atolls. Join in Oxford or watch online.
- Sat 15 Mar 2025
- 9:45am – 5:15pm
In-person day/weekend • Short courses
Addiction is a complex construct in which an individual takes a substance or engages in behaviour that is pleasurable but eventually becomes compulsive with harmful consequences. This day offers interesting multidimensional explanations of addiction.
- Sat 15 Mar 2025
- 9:45am – 5:00pm
In-person day/weekend • Short courses
A more advanced workshop for experienced essay and report writers who would like to improve the style and structure of their writing and to develop the technique of persuasive argument.
- Sat 22 Mar 2025
- 9:45am – 1:00pm
Contact
If you have a question about any of our day and weekend events, including lecture series, please email: ppdayweek@conted.ox.ac.uk
Lecture series
Weekly lectures on a given topic. All can be enjoyed in person at Rewley House, with the majority also being livestreamed – so you can choose to attend online or in Oxford.Weekly learning
Study with Oxford on a weekly schedule over one or two terms. Choose from courses that meet in-person in Oxford, online courses with live-time sessions and flexible online courses.Online short courses and events
Study with Oxford University whenever it suits you, from anywhere in the world, with a flexible online course, live-time weekly class, online lecture series or day event.