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Humanist Pub Night
We have reinstated our monthly pub meet up in a new, central, venue and on a new evening. A great chance to relax with fellow athesists, humanists, secularists to discuss topical issues, exchange thoughts comments or ideas, engage in some lively debate, or just enjoy a drink or two with a congenial sympathetic group. Please come along and join us. After a few meetings we will check with regular attendees about the venue - stick with it (very central and…
Find out more »OxHums publicity stand
We are trying to take the stand out onto the Cornmarket as much as we can manage this summer - to present an alternative worldview to the regular religious evangelists busy up and down the streets on Saturdays. If you would like to be included in the rota of helpers, please let me know. And if you are in Oxford when we are out, please come and say hello and show passers-by what a lovely bunch we humanists are!
Find out more »SitPO – How to get admin girls interested in science Carmen D’Cruz
Ever wondered how to make non-science people see how great science, technology, and critical thinking can be? Why are events like Skeptics in the Pub, Cafe Scientifique and Science Showoff filled with people who already have science degrees instead of the people who could gain the most from them? How can the science community and the general public work together to get more people coming to things like this and encourage the nation as a whole to embrace critical thinking?…
Find out more »Cafe Scientifique – Professor Dorothy Bishop – The developmental diseases caused by extra X/Y chromosomes
The relaxing way to chat about science in Oxford The Cafe Scientifique is a successful UK community aiming to provide a public forum in which scientific ideas can be discussed informally involving scientists and non-scientists alike - to inform, to entertain, and to provoke debate. The Oxford Cafe Sci meets on the second Tuesday of each month except August, all are welcome and no scientific background is required. The Cafe starts at 7:30pm, with doors opening at 7pm, and it…
Find out more »OxHums – Salters river trip to pub lunch at Abingdon
Boat Trip Wed 12 July to Abingdon. Meet 9.a.m. Salters at Folly Bridge Abingdon Road (if coming by car, use Redbridge Park and Ride & 300 bus) Arrive 11.05 Abingdon Marina for drinks or lunch at pub and then return by bus (3 minutes walk away) Price shown is an estimate of boat fare one way ( £13.40) and bus back. If coming let me know as I need to tell boat company. barbara.hudson@gtc.ox.ac.uk tel 01865-244742
Find out more »OxHums stand on the Cornmarket
We are trying to take the stand out onto the Cornmarket as much as we can manage this summer - to present an alternative worldview to the regular religious evangelists busy up and down the streets on Saturdays. If you would like to be included in the rota of helpers, please let me know. And if you are in Oxford when we are out, please come and say hello and show passers-by what a lovely bunch we humanists are!
Find out more »OxHums talk: Sylvia Vetta on China under Mao
An interesting talk planned for our monthly spot in July. Sylvia Vetta will visit us to talk about China under Mao. Doors open at 7.30 so the talk will start promptly at 8pm, so that we have time for discussion, questions and coffee afterwards. Members are free but we ask visitors to please give a £3 donation towards room costs etc
Find out more »Free Expression & Conscience’ conference,
Dozens of speakers are confirmed to address the upcoming 'Free Expression & Conscience' conference, including many honorary associates of the National Secular Society. The international conference is being organised by activist Maryam Namazie, who was named Secularist of the Year in 2005. The NSS is one of the organisations sponsoring the conference and NSS council member and free speech activist Chris Moos will speak at the event. The conference will "discuss censorship and blasphemy laws, freedom of and from religion,…
Find out more »Humanist pub night
We have reinstated our monthly pub meet up in a new, central, venue and on a new evening. A great chance to relax with fellow athesists, humanists, secularists to discuss topical issues, exchange thoughts comments or ideas, engage in some lively debate, or just enjoy a drink or two with a congenial sympathetic group. Please come along and join us. After a few meetings we will check with regular attendees about the venue - stick with it (very central and…
Find out more »SitPO – How Science Got Women Wrong, Angela Saini
Did you know Darwin believed that women were intellectually inferior to men? Science has long had a problem with the female of our species, and in this talk I will explain why and how. I'll also explore new research that is correcting these old mistakes and attempting to paint a more accurate, and more empowering, portrait of women. From primates to patriarchy, I'll describe how easy it is for scientific research to be infected by sexism. Angela Saini presents science programmes…
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