Arts

After one of the most bitterly-fought presidential election campaigns of all time, US voters will finally cast their votes on Tuesday (8 November).

The following day (Wednesday 9 November), experts at Oxford University's Rothermere American Institute will be reviewing the results.

Brexit, Trump, Bob Dylan, pan-Africanism and Nigerian politics.

These were among the topics covered by the Nigerian Nobel Laureaute, poet, playwright and novelist Wole Soyinka when he spoke at Ertegun House recently.

The EU’s trade deal with Canada was held up after objections from Belgium’s French-speaking Walloons last week. The Ceta pact was eventually signed after a week of talks.

Last week, the ‘Jungle’ camp for migrants in Calais was cleared by the French authorities.

Earlier this year, Oxford historian Professor Peter Frankopan visited the camp as part of a team of cricket-loving writers called Authors CC.

While he was there, he played cricket with young men from Afghanistan who lived in the Jungle.

A new joint project between the Oxford e-Research Centre and Oxford University Museums will develop multisensory tools to help enable blind or partially sighted people (BPSP) to engage in a more accessible and meaningful way with the collections in Oxford University's museums.

A new podcast about women who have played an important but neglected role in Oxford’s history has been launched.

The podcast series, called ‘Women in Oxford’s History’ (WiOH), has been developed by two doctoral students at Oxford University and funded by the University’s AHRC-TORCH Graduate Fund.

As the US presidential election campaign reaches it final few weeks, the potential impact of overseas voters on key battleground states has been highlighted by a new report from the Rothermere American Institute (RAI) at the University of Oxford.

Bob Dylan was announced as the winner of the Nobel Prize for Literature yesterday.

Many pundits hailed this as a vindication for Christopher Ricks, a former Professor of Poetry at the University, who has studied Bob Dylan’s lyrics for many years.

Period dramas such as Downton Abbey are enjoyed by millions of TV viewers. But a new exhibition in Oxford shows this craze for historically-inspired drama is nothing new.

Do you want to learn more about Csango, Frisian and Kelabit?

An Oxford University seminar series starting next week aims to raise awareness of some of the world’s most endangered languages.

The free public seminars will take place at 5.15pm every Wednesday from 19 October to 23 November. A different language will be discussed each week, led by an academic expert.