OxfordSpeaks MT24 Termcard

COPRESIDENTS WELCOME Dear All, First and foremost, welcome to all new students matriculating and welcome back to all others. To new students, we know the anticipation of your start at this University has been long, and there is so much for you to take and in and participate in. That being said, we hope you can take a minute to browse our termcard, maybe chose an event to attend and become part of the OxfordSpeaks community. To all those returning, we know the Vac has been long.

Whether this is something you adored, or you are happy it is over and you are finally back, we look forward to counting on your continued support in our mission of creating an intellectual and open space in which our speakers can engage with our students - and this includes allowing our students to question and challenge them.

The principles of intellectual freedom and free speech have been increasingly under attack in our current day and age. Despite this, these principles serve as the cornerstones of OxfordSpeaks’ ethos. By hosting speakers of wildly different persuasions and beliefs, and allowing them share their perspectives with students, we hope to empower students to be catalysts of knowledge, progress, and positive change, fostering a diverse environment where open, respectful discussion thrives.

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OxfordSpeaks has been working hard over the summer to collate an exciting list of speakers fit to captivate a both new and old audiences at Oxford - and we are proud to present our MT24 term card. Featuring a debate panel on electoral reform; joint events with the Oxford Union, Labour, and Liberal societies; and over 10 speaker events hosted by us, we hope that there is an event to suit everyone. Among others, we look forward to hearing from the new geopolitics editor of the Economist magazine, the Parliamentary Commissioner for Standards, the former First Minister of Wales, a leading international relations scholar, and the former head of the Liberal Democrat Party.

We would like to give a special thank you to the whole of our wonderful OxfordSpeaks Committee. Thank you for putting up with the incessant WhatsApp messages from either of us at ungodly hours, replying with such enthusiasm, and for sacrificing parts of your summer with the society. We truly appreciate it.

Best wishes for MT24,

Hari Reilly-Singh Levana Harris Co-Presidents of OxfordSpeaks 2024-25

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THE OXFORDSPEAKS STORY OxfordSpeaks was founded in Michaelmas of 2023 by our co-Founders Sam Zia and Sophia Li, along with a handful of other committee members. Astonishingly, within a year of creation the society has grown into the large and active society which is now presenting its Michaelmas 2024 Term Card.

Now, a year into being active, OxfordSpeaks has a committee dedicated to organising events which 150-500 students attend, sponsorships and reaching out to speakers. Working hard over the Vac, they are now happy to present the Michaelmas 2024 Term card, and hope that more people will join to help create this years Hilary and Trinity Term cards and beyond.

OxfordSpeaks, entirely run by Undergraduate and Graduate students, now has 2k+ members within the University, has hosted 50+ events and has had the honour to interview and facilitate discussion with a wide range of speakers, including: Nancy Pelosi (former Speaker of the US House of Representatives Ai WeiWei (Artist and Human rights activist) Juan Manuel Santos (former President of Columbia (2010-2018) and Novel Prize Winner) Ehud Olmert (former Prime Minister of Israel (2006-2009)) Mustafa Barghouthi (Leader of the Palestinian National Initiative) Baroness Hale of Richmond (former President of the UK Supreme Court (20172020)) Lord Michael Heseltine (former Deputy PM of the UK) Shirin Ebadi (Iranian human rights activist and Nobel Prize Winner) Daren Acemolgu (Economist and Political Scientist) Ali Maisam Nazary ((NRF) Afghan Foreign Minister)

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WEEK 1 MONDAY 14TH OCTOBER INTERVIEW AND DISCUSSION WITH WRITER, HISTORIAN AND JOURNALIST OWEN MATTHEWS LOCATION: HABAKKUK ROOM, JESUS COLLEGE TIME: 5PM-7:30PM

THURSDAY 17TH OCTOBER INTERVIEW AND DISCUSSION WITH FORMER SHADOW ATTORNEY GENERAL, BARONESS SHAMI CHAKRABATI - IN COLLABORATION WITH OULA LOCATION: SHIP STREET THEATRE, SHIP ST TIME: 5PM

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WEEK 2 THURSDAY 24TH OCTOBER INTERVIEW AND DISCUSSION WITH JOURNALIST ZEINAB BADAWI LOCATION: TBC TIME: TBC

FRIDAY 25TH OCTOBER INTERVIEW AND DISCUSSION FORMER LEADER OF THE LIBERAL DEMOCRATS, SIR VINCE CABLE - IN COLLABORATION WITH OXFORD UNIVERSITY LIBERAL ASSOCIATION LOCATION: TBC TIME: TBC

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MONDAY 28TH OCTOBER ELECTORAL REOFRM DEBATE - IN COLLABORATION WITH OXFORD UNIVERSITY LIBERAL ASSOCIATION LOCATION: TBC TIME: TBC

THURSDAY 7TH NOVEMBER INTERVIEW AND DISCUSSION WITH ANALYST OF THE MIDDLE EAST, MOUIN RABBANI LOCATION: TBC TIME: TBC

TUESDAY 29TH OCTOBER INTERVIEW AND DISCUSSION WITH CHAIRMAN OF MUSLIMS AGAINST ANTI-SEMITISM, GHANEM NUSIEBEH LOCATION: TBC TIME: TBC

INTERVIEW AND DISCUSSION WITH MINISTER OF JUSTICE IN THE NORTHERN IRISH GOVERNMENT, NAOMI LONG LOCATION: ONLINE TIME: 6PM

WEDNESDAY 30TH OCTOBER INTERVIEW AND DISCUSSION WITH POLITICAL SCIENTIST, JOHN MEARSHEIMER - IN COLLABORATION WITH THE OXFORD UNION LOCATION: THE OXFORD UNION TIME: 5PM

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WEEK 5 MONDAY 11TH NOVEMBER INTERVIEW AND DISCUSSION WITH PROFESSOR FANIA OZ - “IS THERE AN ISRAELI-PALESTINIAN HOPE?” LOCATION: TBC TIME: TBC

TUESDAY 12TH NOVEMBER INTERVIEW AND DISCUSSION WITH CONSERVATIVE COMMENTATOR, PETER HITCHENS LOCATIN TBC TIME: TBC

THURSDAY 14TH NOVEMBER INTERVIEW AND DISCUSSION WITH JOURNALIST AT ‘THE ECONOMIST’, DAVID RENNIE LOCATION: TBC TIME: TBC

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TUESDAY 26TH NOVEMBER INTERVIEW AND DISCUSSION WITH BRITISH POLITICAL SCIENTIST, PROFESSOR JOHN CURTICE LOCATION: TBC TIME: TBC

TUESDAY 3RD DECEMBER INTERVIEW AND DISCUSSION WITH CHIEF EXECUTIVE OF OXFAM UK, HALIMA BEGUM LOCATION: TBC TIME: TBC

WEDNESDAY 27TH NOVEMBER INTERVIEW AND DISCUSSION WITH THE PARLIAMENTARY COMMISSIONER FOR STANDARDS, DANIEL GREENBERG - “IS THERE ANY HOPE FOR STANDARDS IN UK PUBLIC LIFE?” LOCATION TBC TIME: TBC

THURSDAY 5TH DECEMBER INTERVIEW AND DISCUSSION WITH FORMER FIRST MINISTER OF WALES, MARK DRAKEFORD LOCATION: TBC TIME: TBC

THURSDAY 28TH NOVEMBER INTERVIEW AND DISCUSSION WITH POLITICAL SCIENTIST AND ACTIVIST, NORMAN FINKLESTEIN LOCATION: TBC TIME: TBC

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OTHER EVENTS TO LOOK FORWARD TO INTERVIEW AND DISCUSSION WITH LINGUIST AND HISTORIAN, DR JADE MCGLYNN LOCATION: TBC TIME: TBC

INTERVIEW AND DISCUSSION WITH CHATHAM HOUSE DIRECTOR, RUSSIAEURASIA PROGRAMME, JAMES NIXEY LOCATION TBC TIME: TBC

SOCIAL IN COLLABORATION WITH THE DIPLOMATIC SOCIETY

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MT24 EXECUTIVE COMMITTEE

Hari Reilly-Singh New College Co-President

Levana Harris Christ Church Co-President

Sam Zia Jesus Co-Founder

Trystan Willis Wadham Speaker Outreach Director

Luca Moretto Lincoln Secretary

Sophia Lee Jesus Co-Founder

Chelasea Cresswell New College Speaker Outreach Director

Martin Alfonsin Larsen St Catherine’s Speaker Outreach Director

Joanne To Jesus Treasurer & Sponsorship Lead

Ed Legard New College Head of Research

Thomas Napier Jesus Head of Research

Rameen Power Keble Sponsorship Officer

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THU 17TH OCT - SHAMI CHAKRABATI: W/ OULC

MON 14TH OCT - OWEN MATTHEWS

THU 24TH OCT - ZAINEB BADAWI

MON 28TH OCT - ELECTORAL REFORM DEBATE: W/ OXUNILIBERALS

TUE 29TH OCT - GHANEM NUSIEBEH

WED 30TH OCT - JOHN MEARSHEIMER: W/ OXFORD UNION

THU 7th NOV - MOUIN RABBANI & NAOMI LONG

MON 11TH NOV - FANIA OZ

TUE 12TH NOV - PETER HITCHENS

THU 14TH NOV - DAVID RENNIE

TUE 26TH NOV - JOHN CURTICE

THU 28TH NOV NORMAN FILKENSTIEN

TUE 3RD DEC - HALIMA BEGUM

WED 27TH NOV - DANIEL GREENBERG

THU 5TH DEC - MARK DRAKEFORD

FRI 25TH OCT SIR VINCE CABLE: W/ OXUNILIBERALS