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HAPP One-Day Conference Light, Mind and Image: A History of Visual Illusion

21 November 2026, 10:30am to 5:00pm
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From Circles to Singularities: Communication and Mathematical Practice in Mersenne’s Network

23 November 2026, 4:00pm to 5:30pm
Seminars in the History of Science, Medicine, and Technology | Cathérine Goldstein (Institut de mathématiques de Jussieu – Paris Rive Gauche)
Oxford Biologists in 1901, including embryologist J.W. Jenkinson (mid-row, second from right). Courtesy of the Department of Biology, University of Oxford

How Teaching at Oxford Shaped and Could Have Shaped the Future of Biology in the Early 20th-Century

30 November 2026, 4:00pm to 5:30pm
Seminars in the History of Science, Medicine, and Technology | Ștefan Bernhardt-Radu (University of Leeds)

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Roderick Bailey - The Lifesavers: The Trailblazers of the Second World War Who Took Blood into Battle

25 June 2026
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Dr Allan Chapman

26 January 2026
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A Portrait of Samuel Hartlib: In Search of Universal Betterment by Charles Webster

12 January 2026
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2025 Senior Kirkaldy Prize winner announced

17 December 2025