Past events

We organise a diverse range of events to bring physics into the lives of as many people as possible – from family-friendly open-door events where you can chat to our researchers to stimulating lectures about our ground-breaking research. See a list of our past events below or search the upcoming events listings to find out what's coming up.

6 July 2024
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Alumni events

The Physics Alumni Garden Party 2024

Our annual family event for physics alumni

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2 July 2024
Two physicists (a female and male) working on a lab experiment
Seminars and colloquia

ALP Seminar: Towards the measurement of entanglement in an analogue quantum field theory simulator

Dr. Maxime Jacquet, Quantum Optics group, Laboratoire Kastler Brossel

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21 June 2024
Two physicists (a female and male) working on a lab experiment
Seminars and colloquia

ALP Seminar - The ZEUS Petawatt laser facility and high field science research at the University of Michigan

Prof. Karl Krushelnick

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17 June 2024
Matthias Merkel
Seminars and colloquia

SoftBio Theory Seminar: Oriented flows in multi-cellular systems

Matthias Merkel

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15 June 2024
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Secondary school events
Events for prospective students

Year 12 Online Masterclass (June 2024)

Online masterclass for students in Year 12 who are interested in studying physics at Oxford University.

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14 June 2024
Professor Amir Yacoby
Public talks and lectures

63rd Cherwell-Simon Memorial Lecture

The 63rd Cherwell-Simon Memorial Lecture will be given by Professor Amir Yacoby from Harvard University

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13 June 2024
Seminars and colloquia

Microgravity granular mechanics – from recent sample collection, to asteroid evolution, to past planetary formation

Dr Beau Bierhaus (Lockheed Martin)

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12 June 2024
Seminars and colloquia

CMT Forum: Frank Schindler

Interaction-induced crystalline topology of excitons

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11 June 2024
Seminars and colloquia

Cosmology seminar - Clare Burrage

Cosmology seminar

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10 June 2024
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Secondary school events

Teacher Information Session

An online event for teachers supporting potential Oxford Physics applicants

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10 June 2024
Astrophysics Colloquium
Seminars and colloquia

Prof Natasha Hurley-Walker

Astrophysics Colloquium

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10 June 2024
Two physicists (a female and male) working on a lab experiment
Seminars and colloquia

ALP Seminar: QSNET, A network of clocks for measuring the stability of fundamental constants

Prof. Gionvanni Barontini (University of Birmingham)

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