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Unfinished Revolutions: Exploring the living legacy of 1776

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Inua Ellams

Inua Ellams: Rooted in the Past

Past, Present, Future Weekender

5 Jun 2026 19:00

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Beauty is the Beast

Past, Present, Future Weekender - Rehearsed Reading

A Fuel Production

6 Jun 2026 17:00

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Taylor Mac and Matt Ray's: Bark of Millions in Concert

Produced by Pomegranate Arts

12 Jun 2026 - 13 Jun 2026

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Mummy, what's wrong with that man's legs?

A Head Over Wheels and Schwarzman Centre Production

13 Jun 2026 - 14 Jun 2026

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Ára

Sigur Rós: Ára

26 Jun 2026 - 19 Jul 2026

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25 Apr 2026 09:00
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Anna Ridler: A Perfect Language of Images
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Open daily 10:00 to 17:00 - closed until 12:30 on Thursday 28 May

Refik Anadol: Archive Dreaming
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Tomorrow 17:00
The Rothermere American Institute presents

Percival Everett: The 2026 Esmond Harmsworth Lecture in American Arts and Letters

 The Myth of Propositional Content and the Possibility of Fiction
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3 Jun 2026 18:30

What's next for sustainability? Architecture for a changing climate

 RIBA and VitrA talks
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4 Jun 2026 17:00
Open 17:00 to 18:00

There is an Animal That is Called an Elephant

 Keble College
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29 May 2026

Nobel laureates explore life, imagination and the search for meaning at Oxford

Two Nobel laureates from literature and science came together at Oxford’s Stephen A. Schwarzman Centre for the Humanities for a wide-ranging conversation on life, imagination, curiosity and the search for meaning.
30 Apr 2026

Archive Dreaming: Behind the scenes

Producer Jules Hyun shares how Refik Anadol Studio’s immersive installation, Archive Dreaming, now open in the Schwarzman Centre’s White Box, transforms a vast botanical archive into a living, navigable experience.
27 Apr 2026

Schwarzman Centre opens to the public with world-class artists

12,000 people visited the building to attend the free day-long Open House event, featuring concerts, dance performances, talks and exhibitions.
24 Feb 2026

5 Minutes With... Cultural Fellow Anna Clyne and sound artist Jody Elff

Composer and Schwarzman Centre Cultural Fellow Anna Clyne and sound artist Jody Elff were in residence at the Schwarzman Centre this month for the second stage of a three-part development process for their new work, Looking Glass.
12 Feb 2026

Celebrating the construction of Schwarzman Centre for Humanities

Last week a special concert was held in the Sohmen Concert Hall at the Schwarzman Centre for the Humanities to celebrate those involved in its construction and successful opening.
5 Feb 2026

Welcome to Untitled

Untitled – the magazine of The Schwarzman Centre amplifies the Centre’s vision of bringing together academia, creativity, and culture to think in new ways about the big questions facing humanity.
5 Feb 2026

In conversation with Stephen Schwarzman

Stephen A. Schwarzman’s record £185 million gift made the Schwarzman Centre possible; we talk with him about his vision, the humanities, and his approach to philanthropy.
5 Feb 2026

The human factor: how AI turns the spotlight on us

AI is powerful, pioneering, divisive and unknown. We ask two people working closely with the technology to share their insight into where AI belongs in humanity…
5 Feb 2026

Hope is the thing with feathers

Taylor Mac – the actor, playwright, performance artist, director, producer, and singer-songwriter – on belonging and loss.
5 Feb 2026

Reflections

What does the opening of the Schwarzman Centre mean to people at the University of Oxford and in the wider community? We asked the question…
5 Feb 2026

Stephen A. Schwarzman Centre for the Humanities opens its doors to the public with a major celebration

The Stephen A. Schwarzman Centre, a new world-class centre for the Arts and Humanities in Oxford, launches its public programme on 25 April 2026 with a free day of events and performances.
26 Jan 2026

5 Minutes With... Sarah Jones

Ahead of her upcoming show America, Who Hurt You? Live, Tony Award-winning performer, and writer Sarah Jones visited Oxford to meet academics, exchange ideas, and further develop the research behind her new live show.
22 Jan 2026

Europe’s largest Passivhaus university building and world’s first Passivhaus concert hall

The University of Oxford's Stephen A. Schwarzman Centre for the Humanities has officially achieved certification to the Passivhaus building standard for very-low-energy construction.
16 Jan 2026

Oxford University appoints first Lau Fellow in Creativity and AI

Media artist and AI pioneer Refik Anadol has been selected as the first recipient of the Lau Fellowship in Creativity and AI at Oxford University’s Schwarzman Centre for the Humanities.
27 Nov 2025

5 Minutes with Schwarzman Centre Cultural Fellow, Lil Buck

During his recent visit to Oxford we met with Cultural Fellow Lil Buck, who’s developing 1776 - a new collaboration with dance companies ZooNation and Body Politic.
30 Sep 2025

Centre for the Humanities opens

The Stephen A. Schwarzman Centre, a new world-class centre for the Arts and Humanities will open to the academic community on 13 October 2025 and the public cultural programme will begin in April 2026.
30 Sep 2025

Unveiling Oxford’s unique new centre

“The world needs the humanities more than ever”. Professor Dan Grimley unveils Oxford’s unique new centre.

Oxford Humanities ranked top in Europe

Oxford University has placed top in Europe and second in the world for the arts and humanities in the QS World University Rankings by Subject 2025.

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