Events coming up

The Oxford Centre for Life-Writing promotes a lively cross-disciplinary dialogue on all aspects of life-writing through a busy programme of events including lectures, performances, panel discussions, conferences, seminars, and workshops, most of which are free and open to all.

To see what's coming up browse the events listings below. For regular notifications about our events, sign-up to our newsletter.

Many of our events are recorded - click through to listings under Past Events to watch or listen to these recordings. Recordings of events that have taken place since 2020 are also available on our YouTube channel. Additional recordings from the years before 2020 can be found in the Wolfson College recordings archive, and listed on Oxford University's podcasts page. 

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Past events

Portrait of the poet Helen Mort, standing in front of trees

Life-Writing Workshop with Poet and Novelist Helen Mort

15 February 2022
Headshot of writer Michèle Roberts

Michèle Roberts in conversation with Hermione Lee

01 February 2022
Penguins standing on grey rocks in Antarctica

Southern Lives Workshop

07 December 2021
Book cover of Benjamin JB Lipscomb's The Women Are Up to Something: How Elizabeth Anscombe, Philippa Foot, Mary Midgley, and Iris Murdoch Revolutionized Ethics

Benjamin J.B. Lipscomb on writing group biography

23 November 2021
Poster for event: Essaying Design / The Design of the Essai: Vittoria Fallanca on Montaigne. A headshot of the speaker on a purple background with title and OCLW logo.

Essaying Design / The Design of the Essai: Vittoria Fallanca on Montaigne

09 November 2021
Book cover of Ruth Scurr's Napoleon: A Life in Gardens and Shadows

Weinrebe Lecture: Ruth Scurr in conversation with Alexandra Harris

02 November 2021
Poster for concert: Donne - New Music 2021

Donne: Women in Music - New Music 2021

27 October 2021
Book cover of Kate Kennedy's Dweller In Shadows: A Life of Ivor Gurney

Weinrebe Lecture: Kate Kennedy in conversation with Hermione Lee

23 October 2021
Underwater

Is it shame or is it water? Poetry and research in conversation

05 August 2021 to 06 August 2021
Life-Writing Beyond Words

Life-Writing Beyond Words: Animal communication and representation

08 July 2021
Ivor Gurney: Dweller in Shadows

Ivor Gurney: Dweller in Shadows

30 June 2021
Two white swans swimming with a black swan swimming the opposite way

Reading Medical Anecdotes as Narratives of Epistemic Vigilance

01 June 2021

Audio Archive

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