Mansfield College

Mansfield College is one of the constituent colleges of the University of Oxford. Our membership comprises approximately 50 academic staff, 220 undergraduates, 50 graduates and 35 visiting students. This small size engenders friendly and close relationships not only amongst undergraduates, but also between Junior (undergraduate), Middle (graduate) and Senior (tutors) Common Rooms.

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Title	Description	People	Date
'Regression and Resistance: The Struggle for Women's Rights in Afghanistan'	Shaharzad Akbar in conversation with Shazia Choudhry; convened by Mansfield College Principal, Helen Mountfield KC.	Shaharzad Akbar, Shazia Choudhry, Helen Mountfield	8 November, 2022
The Jocelyn Bell Burnell Lecture: The Real World of Forensic Anthropology	Professor Dame Sue Black in conversation with Professor Stephen Blundell. Introduction by Helen Mountfield KC.	Sue Black, Stephen Blundell, Helen Mountfield	24 October, 2022
Equal to Everything	Baroness Hale, former President of the Supreme Court and Honorary Fellow of Mansfield College, Oxford discusses her life and legal career with Helen Mountfield QC, Principal of Mansfield.	Baroness Hale, Helen Mountfield	18 October, 2021
The 2021 Milton Lecture: Museums as “the true teachers of a free people”	In this lecture, Dr Tristram Hunt (Director of the V and A Museum), discussed the role of public museums in creating our culture and described how, despite its origins rooted in Empire, monarchy, and high Victorian capitalism.	Tristram Hunt	18 October, 2021
The Hands Lecture 2020 – Western Democracy: the next 20 years	Lord (William) Hague of Richmond in conversation with Mansfield Principal, Helen Mountfield QC, on the state of Western democracies.	William Hague, Helen Mountfield	18 October, 2021
Dr Anne-Marie Imafidon, MBE: Women in STEM or how to stop killer robots.	Co-founder of STEMettes and one of the BBC's 100 inspirational and innovative women for 2017.	Anne-Marie Imafidon	25 January, 2019
Donna Brazile: The fierce urgency of now: The 2018 US mid term elections	Donna Brazile: The fierce urgency of now: The 2018 US mid term elections.	donna brazile	1 June, 2018
Dame Maggie Smith in Conversation	Dame Maggie Smith and Baroness Helena Kennedy QC in conversation	Maggie Smith, Helena Kennedy	27 October, 2017
Representing the Muslim in America	Linda Moreno gives a talk for the Mansfield College seminar series.	Linda Moreno	14 July, 2017
Trump's America: a Political and an Economics Journalist Take Stock	Joe Klein and Paul Solman give a talk for the Mansfield College seminar series.	Joe Klein, Paul Solman	14 July, 2017
Images and Influence: The Fetus in Art	Professor Carol Sanger, Hon. Fellow, Mansfield College, gives a talk for the Mansfield college lecture series.	Carol Sanger	14 July, 2017
The Big Challenges in Politics - The State of the Nation	Wes Streeting, MP for Ilford North gives a talk for the Mansfield college seminar series.	Wes Streeting	28 March, 2017
Freedom of Religion and Belief: John Milton Lecture	Professor Lord (David) Alton of Liverpool gives the 2017 John Milton Lecture.	Lord David Alton	28 March, 2017
Russia - A New Cold War?	Author and expert on Russia; producer several of feature films and books including the prize-winning Epics of Everyday Life (1990) and Lost and Found in Russia (2009); nonexecutive director and founder of openDemocracy and editor of openDemocracy Russia.	Susan Richards, Helena Kennedy	28 March, 2017
A Changing World: The Future of the Energy Industry	The Annual Hands Lecture is a very important moment in Mansfield's calendar, held to honour Guy and Julia Hands and their generous and continued support of Mansfield College.	John Browne	22 March, 2017
Turner and Catastrophe	Franny Moyle gives a talk for Mansfield College.	Franny Moyle	22 March, 2017
Free Will, Free Markets and the Future of Freedom	Raoul Martinez gives a talk for Mansfield College.	Raoul Martinez	22 March, 2017
Equality v Liberation - Why Equal Rights Are Not Enough	LGBT rights campaigner Peter Tatchell gives a lecture for Mansfield College.	Peter Tatchell	22 March, 2017
Varieties of Resistance, Professor Margaret MacMillan: Adam von Trott Memorial Lecture 2015	Professor Margaret MacMillan's Lecture, Varieties of Resistance was held at Mansfield College, Oxford on the 19th of November 2015 and was introduced by the Principal of Mansfield College, Baroness Helena Kennedy.	Margaret MacMillan	25 November, 2016
Social Capital and the Connected Age	The seventh in our lecture series for Hilary Term 2015, given in the JCR at Mansfield College by Julia Hobsbawm -- Entrepreneur, lecturer, writer and broadcaster. Founder of the 'knowledge networking' business Editorial Intelligence.	Julia Hobsbawm	7 August, 2015
Say Yes to Living! Exploration in Extreme Cold and Heat	The sixth in our lecture series for Hilary Term 2015, given in the JCR at Mansfield College by Mikael Strandberg -- Explorer, lecturer, writer and filmmaker.	Mikael Strandberg	7 August, 2015
Eleanor Marx: A Life	The fifth in our lecture series for Hilary Term 2015, given in the JCR at Mansfield College by Rachel Holmes - Writer and historian.	Rachel Holmes	7 August, 2015
John Milton Fellowship Annual Lecture - Fields of Blood: Religion and the History of Violence	The fourth in our lecture series for Hilary Term 2015, given in the JCR at Mansfield College by Karen Armstrong -- Author and commentator.	Karen Armstrong	7 August, 2015
Being a Composer	The second in our lecture series for Hilary Term 2015, given in the JCR at Mansfield College by Errollyn Wallen, MBE -- Singer, composer, and musician.	Errollyn Wallen	7 August, 2015
A Conversation with Lisa Appignanesi OBE	The fourth in our lecture series for Michaelmas Term 2014, given in the JCR at Mansfield College by Lisa Appignanesi OBE-- Prize-winning writer, novelist, cultural commentator; co-editor of Fifty Shades of Feminism.	Lisa Appignanesi	3 February, 2015
Food: Our Greatest Market Failure	The third in our lecture series for Michaelmas Term 2014, given in the JCR at Mansfield College by Rosie Boycott - The Mayor of London's Food Advisor; former editor of The Independent on Sunday, The Independent, and the Daily Express.	Rosie Boycott	3 February, 2015
Mammon's Kingdom. An Essay on Britain, Now	The second in our lecture series for Michaelmas Term 2014, given in the JCR at Mansfield College by Professor David Marquand FBA - former Labour MP and Chief Advisor in the Secretariat General, European Commission; Principal, Mansfield College 1996-2002.	David Marquand	3 February, 2015
Nature, Nurture or Neither: The View from the Genes	The first in our lecture series for Michaelmas Term 2014, given in the JCR at Mansfield College by Professor Stephen Jones -- Emeritus Professor of Genetics, University College London; author of various books on genetics and evolution.	Stephen Jones	3 February, 2015
The Adam von Trott Memorial Appeal Annual Lecture - The Heirs of von Trott: Post-War Western Europe	The Adam von Trott Memorial Appeal Annual Lecture, given in the JCR at Mansfield College by Professor Martin Conway -- MacLellan-Warburg History Fellow at Balliol College.	Martin Conway	3 December, 2014
Inequality and the 1 percent: Is Britain Harmed by the Super-Rich?	The fifth in our lecture series for Trinity Term 2014, given in the JCR at Mansfield College by Professor Danny Dorling -- Halford Mackinder Professor of Geography, Author and Columnist.	Danny Dorling	3 September, 2014
Thinking with Stories: Listening in to Women’s Voices	The fourth in our lecture series for Trinity Term 2014, given in the JCR at Mansfield College by Professor Marina Warner, CBE -- Fellow of All Souls College, Oxford, and writer of fiction, criticism and cultural history.	Marina Warner	3 September, 2014
Constitutional and Appellate Challenges to the Death Penalty in the Commonwealth and Worldwide	The third in our lecture series for Trinity Term 2014, given in the JCR at Mansfield College by Edward Fitzgerald, QC - renowned human rights lawyer and leading advocate in death row cases.	Edward Fitzgerald	3 September, 2014
The History of Parliament	The second in our lecture series for Trinity Term 2014, given in the JCR at Mansfield College by Chris Bryant, MP -- Labour MP for Rhondda since 2001, Shadow Minister for Welfare Reform since October 2013.	Chris Bryant	3 September, 2014
The Peace that Ended the War	The first in our lecture series for Trinity Term 2014, given in the JCR at Mansfield College by Professor Margaret MacMillan -- Warden of St Antony's College and a Professor of International History at the University of Oxford.	Margaret MacMillan	3 September, 2014
Human Rights and the Rule of Law: Eight Centuries after Runnymede	David Boies, Chairman of Boies, Schiller and Flexner LLP gives a talk on human rights for the Hands Lecture 2014, Mansfield College. The lecture is in its 12th year and is recognition for the generosity of Guy and Julia Hands to the College.	Helena Kennedy, Guy Hands, David Boies	12 May, 2014
Sex and the Citadel: Intimate Life in a Changing Arab World	The sixth in our lecture series for Hilary Term 2014, given in the JCR at Mansfield College by Sheeren El Feki, journalist and author, and a presenter on Al Jazeera Network.	Sheeren El Feki	2 April, 2014
What is a Good Citizen?	The fifth in our lecture series for Hilary Term 2014, given in the JCR at Mansfield College by Joe Klein, renowned American political columnist for Time Magazine.	Joe Klein	2 April, 2014
Is Liberalism on the Road to Perdition? John Milton Fellowship Annual Lecture	The fourth in our lecture series for Hilary Term 2014, given in the JCR at Mansfield College by Michael Freeden, Emeritus Professorial Fellow at Mansfield College, and Professor of Political Theory, University of Nottingham.	Michael Freeden	2 April, 2014
Whither the Special Relationship	The second in our lecture series for Hilary Term 2014, given in the JCR at Mansfield College by Joe Klein, renowned American political columnist for Time Magazine.	Joe Klein	2 April, 2014
How the Beatles Rocked The Kremlin: Tales in the Cultural Shifts that Brought Down the Soviet Union	Part of our lecture series for Hilary Term 2013, given in the JCR at Mansfield College by Leslie Woodhead.	Leslie Woodhead	6 January, 2014
Off Message - A Political Lamentation	The sixth in our lecture series for Michaelmas Term 2013, given in the JCR at Mansfield College by Bob Marshall Andrews QC - Barrister, author and former MP for Medway, Labour's most prominent dissident and Tony Blair's least favourite colleague.	Bob Marshall Andrews	6 January, 2014
Who Pays and Who Gains - Accountability of the State	The fifth of our lecture series for Michaelmas Term 2013, given in the JCR at Mansfield College by Margaret Hodge, MP for Barking and the first female Chair of the Committee of Public Accouts	Margaret Hodge	6 January, 2014
Spin Control: Why Accuracy Matters More than Truth in Journalism - Edward Stourton	The fourth in our lecture series for Michaelmas Term 2013, given in the JCR at Mansfield College by Edward Stourton, news correspondent and founder member of Channel 4 News.	Edward Stourton	5 December, 2013
Leading the Police in a Changing Society - John Grieve CBE QPM	The third in our lecture series for Michaelmas Term 2013, given in the JCR at Mansfield College by John Grieve, Chair of the John Grieve Centre for Policing and Community, senior detective and Director of the Metropolitan Police's racial and violent crime	John Grieve	5 December, 2013
Britain and Germany in Europe: What Prospects?	Germany's role in the EU is becoming more important, while Britain appears increasingly detached from the European project. What roles for Britain and Germany? What prospects for European integration?	Keith Jenkins, Kalypso Nicolaidis, Hartmut Mayer	26 November, 2013
Britain and Germany in Europe: What Prospects? Session two.	Germany's role in the EU is becoming more important, while Britain appears increasingly detached from the European project. What roles for Britain and Germany? What prospects for European integration?	Christine Dalby, Rudolf Adam, Paul Betts	26 November, 2013
Britain and Germany in Europe: What Prospects? Session One.	Germany's role in the EU is becoming more important, while Britain appears increasingly detached from the European project. What roles for Britain and Germany? What prospects for European integration?	Anthony Tucker, David Hannay, David Marquand	26 November, 2013
Rev. Dr Charles Brock - John Milton: Revolutionary Spirit?	The third in our lecture series for Hilary Term 2013, given in the temporary Chapel at Mansfield College by Emeritus Fellow and former College Chaplain Rev Dr Charles Brock, to mark the inauguration of the John Milton Fellowship at Mansfield College.	Charles Brock	3 September, 2013
Sir Jonathan Mills - Art: The Great Conversation of Mankind	The first in the Mansfield College lecture series for Hilary Term 2013, given in temporary Chapel at Mansfield College by Sir Jonathan Mills, artistic director of the Edinburgh International Festival.	Sir Jonathan Mills	3 September, 2013
Development in Practice: Rule of Law, Transitional Justice, and Human Rights	Helen Clark, UNDP administrator gives a talk on development work and the advancement of human rights for the 2013 Hands Lecture.	Helen Clark	22 May, 2013
Healing Society's Poorest	The sixth and final lecture in our series for Michaelmas Term 2012, given in the Chapel at Mansfield College, by Camilla Batmanghelidj, psychotherapist, author, and founder of charities ThePlace2b and Kids Company.	Camilla Batmanghelidj	7 May, 2013
Have Trade Unions Become Irrelevant? Can Labour Respond to the Problems of Globalisation and Rising Inequality?	The fifth in our lecture series for Michaelmas Term 2012, given in the Chapel at Mansfield College, by Kathy Stone, Arjay and Frances Miller Professor of Law at UCLA.	Kathy Stone	7 May, 2013
Nicola Clase - The Swedish Model: a Different Way of Doing Things	The third in our lecture series for Michaelmas Term 2012, given in the Chapel at Mansfield College, by Her Excellency Nicola Clase, Swedish Ambassador to the UK.	Nicola Clase	7 May, 2013
Prathiba Parmar - Beauty in Truth: Women Shaping History	The first in our lecture series for Michaelmas Term 2012, given in the Chapel at Mansfield College by award-winning film-maker and activist Prathiba Parmar.	Prathiba Parmar	7 May, 2013
The novel in early eighteenth century England: Defoe and Haywood	This tutorial with second year students in English at Mansfield College, Oxford University, explores early attempts to define and categorise the 'new' genre of the novel.	Ros Ballaster, Rebecca Loxton, Abigail Rose, Rachel Brook	10 April, 2013
Mandelson: Is the European Project Over?	Peter Mandelson's lecture on Britain and the survival of the European project.	Peter Mandelson	24 May, 2012
How God Became King	Professor Tom Wright gives a lecture in Mansfield College Chapel.	Tom Wright	22 May, 2012
First year English Tutorial: Old English Riddles	A tutorial given by Lucinda Rumsey, Mansfield College, Oxford University, to some first year degree students about Old English Riddles.	Lucinda Rumsey	12 September, 2008

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