Worcester at the Oxford Literary Festival
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27th March 2025
Worcester at the Oxford Literary Festival
It is wonderful to see a wide range of Worcester authors and interlocutors participating in this year’s Oxford Literary Festival, the 28th edition of the annual event. This year, you can enjoy the following events with a connection to Worcester College.
Monday 31 March
‘Wreckers: Disaster in the Age of Discovery’ with Professor Simon Park
31/03/25 – 12pm, Oxford Martin School
Cultural historian Professor Simon Park (2007) looks at the early age of imperialism with a fresh eye and finds an age of shipwrecks and marooned Europeans that reflected empires built on luck more than swashbuckling adventures. Simon is Associate Professor of Medieval and Renaissance Portuguese at St Anne’s College and an expert in the literature and material culture of the early modern world.
Tuesday 1 April
‘Beyond Rome and Greece: Egypt and the Far Edges of the Classical World’ with Professor Josephine Crawley Quinn
01/04/25 – 2pm, Pusey House Chapel
Egyptologist Professor Toby Wilkinson and classical Greek historian Dr Owen Rees discuss what archaeological findings tell us about the classical world beyond Rome and Greece, including the great flowering of Egyptian culture. Chaired by Professor Josephine Quinn (Emeritus Fellow), author of How the World Made the West: A 4,000-Year History.
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Wednesday 2 April
‘There are Rivers in the Sky’ with Elif Shafak and David Isaac
02/04/25 – 6pm, Sheldonian Theatre
Award-winning British-Turkish novelist Elif Shafak talks about her latest work, There are Rivers in the Sky, a sweeping story of love and loss, memory and erasure, hurt and healing set between the 19th century and modern times. The Provost of Worcester lecture is given at the invitation of the Provost of Worcester College, David Isaac.
Saturday 5 April
‘The Conservative Effect, 2010–2024: 14 Wasted Years?’ with Sir Anthony Seldon
05/04/25 – 12pm, Sheldonian Theatre
Historian Sir Anthony Seldon (1973, PPE – Honorary Fellow) discusses a new collection of essays on the 14 years of Conservative government with some of the contributors, director of the Institute for Fiscal Studies Professor Paul Johnson, politics lecturer Professor Meg Russell and writer and journalist John Kampfner.
