Social programme

 

'10 years of NCRM' reception, and welcome from Malcolm Williams (ESRC Methods and Infrastructure Committee NCRM Liaison Member and Director of the Cardiff School of Social Sciences)

Tuesday 8 July, 18.00-19.00

 

Laurie Taylor

BBC4 Thinking Allowed, Times Higher Education The Poppletonian

Tuesday 8 July, 20.30

 

Film: 7 Up Series

Tuesday 8 July, 20.30-22.00

The premise behind the Up series is deceptively simple: take a cross-section of children at age 7, ask them about their hopes for the future, and then return every seven years to mark their progress. However, the results of these experiments, launched in 1964 by Britain's Granada Television, are anything but mundane, and their revelations about society, maturation, and the human condition were compiled into six extraordinary films. The fifth instalment in the series will be shown in this session: 35 Up.

 

Reception + awards: Jon Rasbash award, and PhD poster awards

Wednesday 9 July, 18.00-19.00

 

Red Magic: Marxist Magician

Wednesday 9 July, 20.30

Whereas David Copperfield is content with little tricks like making the Statue of Liberty disappear, Ian Saville aims at the much more ambitious goal of making International Capitalism and exploitation disappear. True, he hasn't quite succeeded, but he keeps on trying. This is a funny, magical, thought-provoking and topical celebration of Socialism. Places are limited and can be booked via the registration form.

 

Film: 7 Up Series

Wednesday 9 July, 20.30-22.00

The premise behind the Up series is deceptively simple: take a cross-section of children at age 7, ask them about their hopes for the future, and then return every seven years to mark their progress. However, the results of these experiments, launched in 1964 by Britain's Granada Television, are anything but mundane, and their revelations about society, maturation, and the human condition were compiled into six extraordinary films. The sixth instalment in the series will be shown in this session: 42 Up.

 

Guided walking tours

We have arranged guided walking tours of Oxford as the evening activity on Tuesday 8 and Wednesday 9 July. The guided tour is an hour and a half's walking tour, starting at 20.15 from St Catherine's College and ending up in a pub. Each tour, will be accompanied by a Blue Badge Guide from the Oxford Guild of Guides who will lead an entertaining and informative walk through the city.