Award-winning film, The Art of Dissent celebrates the resilience and power of artistic engagement in Czechoslovakia after the 1968 Soviet-led invasion. The documentary’s main protagonists – Václav Havel, band singer Marta Kubišová, and the underground rock group the Plastic People of the Universe (PPU) – became the most recognizable dissidents during the 1970-80s. Havel bridged the disparate clusters of individuals and fused the literary, musical, political, and philosophical nonviolent elements into a hybrid network that eventually toppled the totalitarian regime in 1989.

Calling curious minds of all ages: join us for a weekend of FREE, family-friendly events at the Pitt Rivers Museum in Oxford this half term!

The Festival of Social Science is a celebration of the creative, engaging, and impactful work of social sciences researchers at Oxford and beyond. It celebrates its 20th anniversary in 2022 and we are back with a bang!

Join us for a lecture/discussion with the internationally renowned feminist scholar and writer Cynthia Enloe on the topic "How to be a feminist-aware investigator of international politics?" Professor Cynthia Enloe is best known for her work on the intersection of gender and militarism and for being a great contributor to the field of feminist geopolitics. During the event, Professor Enloe will be addressing the role of feminism in International Relations, a field, like many others, that has historically privileged male voices.