Termcard
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Hilary 2010
1st Week
Thursday
21:00
Social
- The Turf
What better way to begin the term than a great big pub social? The Oxford Atheists will be gathering this Thursday at the Turf Tavern at 9pm. Directions are at http://www.theturftavern.co.uk/directions.php. Facebook event is http://www.facebook.com/event.php?eid=294273992541.
2nd Week
Friday
20:00
Religulous
- Wadham College
The Atheists will be meeting this Friday at 8pm in Wadham College to watch Bill Maher's hilarious, notorious film 'Religulous'. Maher's globe-trotting quest to understand religion was always going to be controversial, but it has also been hugely successful - currently one of the top 10 all-time highest grossing documentaries in America. All are welcome - this will be a social event with no charge for attendance.
3rd Week
Thursday
"What is Science, Really?"
- Keble College
Dr Joseph Trakalo is a researcher in geonomics at the Wellcome Trust Centre in Oxford, as well as an active atheist and humanist.
4th Week
Thursday
20:00
Professor Richard Swinburne
- Wadham JCR
"God and Morality" - what difference does the supposition that there is a God make to morality?
A prominent Oxford philosopher of Religion, Prof. Swinburne will be speaking to us about the differences he feels there are between religious and non-religious morality.
5th Week
Thursday
20:00
Johannes Zachhuber
- Jean Robinson Room, Keble College
"Secularisation - Myth and reality?" An Oxford theologian, Dr Zachhuber will be speaking to us on the currently controversial topic of secularisation theories.
6th Week
Date TBC
Think Week
- Oxford
"22nd-28th February (6th week of next term) will be Think Week in Oxford - an awareness week for atheism, humanism, secularism and rationality in general. This will be a chance to explain terms like humanism, dispel common misconceptions, and talk and think about the important issues surrounding Atheism. This is aimed at the whole Oxford community, including the town and Brookes as well as Oxford University. As such, it will be a joint event by OxAth, the Secular Society, the Oxford Humanists and the Oxford Sea of Faith group. We're trying to get other groups on board as well. Also please get in touch if you know any organisations which might want to be involved. More importantly, put this in your diaries and come along to the dazzling array of talks and discussions and Q&As and socials..."
7th Week
Thursday
Elections
- Old Seminar Room, Wadham College
Elections will be held for committee positions. It would be helpful if you could inform us if you are planning to run for a position, before the event.
8th Week
Date TBC
Social
- Location TBC
Event details will be posted nearer the time.
Speakers for the Following year
We have provisionally confirmed for Trinity:
- Samantha Stein - Samantha established Camp Quest (the "atheist summer camp") in the UK.
- Dr. Evan Harris - Oxford East and Abingdon MP and Vice President of the British Humanist Association, Evan Harris is a strong voice against religion in politics.
- Prof. Nigel Biggar - A theology tutor at Oxford, Prof. Biggar"s interests lie in religious aspects of morals, ethics and euthanasia.
- Dr. Ralph Walker - Dr Walker is an Oxford philosopher of religion, with special interests in Kant and metaphysics.
- Dr. Marc Mulholland - an Oxford tutor in modern history, Marc will be speaking to us about Religion in the Northern Ireland Troubles.
- Dr. Miguel Farias - Miguel works at the Oxford Centre for Science of the Mind, and will be speaking to us about his work into testing the differences in perception between religious and non-religious people.
- Dr. Guy Kahane - Guy is an Oxford philosopher working on the neuroscientific and evolutionary basis for morality - this should be very interesting!
Further details will be provided nearer the time.