THE OXFORDSPEAKS STORY
OxfordSpeaks was founded in Michaelmas Term of 2023 by our co-Founders Sam Zia and Sophia Lee, 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 Trinity Term 2025 Term Card.
OxfordSpeaks, run entirely 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))
Alastair Campbell (former Official Spokesman for the PM (1997-2000))
Baroness Hale of Richmond (former President of the UK Supreme Court (2017-2020))
Lord Michael Heseltine (former Deputy PM of the UK)
Shirin Ebadi (Iranian human rights activist and Nobel Prize Winner)
Now, nearing two years 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 Vacation, they are now happy to present the Trinity Term 2025 Termcard, and hope that more people will join to help create the 2025-2026 Termcards.
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4:30PM-6PM
5PM-6PM
Interview, Discussion and Q&A
13 14 May May May David Murrin
5PM-6:30PM
In Collaboration with OUFS
In Conversation with Dr Leslie Vinjamuri
Polymath, Political Macroeconomist Director of the US and Americas programme at Chatham House
In collaboration with IRSoc
Week2-3
Jane Street is a quantitative trading firm with offices worldwide. We hire smart, humble people who love to solve problems, build systems, and test theories. You’ll learn something new every day in our office whether it’s connecting with a colleague to share perspectives, or participating in a talk, class, or game night. Our success is driven by our people and we never stop improving.
For all these reasons, OxfordSpeaks is excited to announce that Jane Street Capital will be sponsoring us this year. We couldn't be more happy to have the backing of one the world's largest market makers, and look forward to being able to create even more opportunities for our members with their backing.
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29 May May May
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Chris Snowden
Academic, Chairman of the ERA Foundation
In collaboration with OULA
Dr Ally Louks
English literary academic - PhD on the Politics of Smell descriptions in Literature
Daniel Hannan, Baron Hannan of Kingsclere Founding President of Initiative for Free Trade, Former MEP
In collaboration with OULA
Week5-6
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Sam Freedman
Commenator, and Author of ‘Failed State: Why Nothing Works & How We Will Fix It’
06:30 PM
11 Jun
12 Jun Jun
05:00 PM
In collaboration with Media Society American liberal columnist, journalist and political commentator
Patrick Roux
CEO of SkyTeam - second largest airline alliance - and former Executive at Air France
Peter Beinart
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Co-President
Christ Church
Luca
Ed Ledgard
Co-President New College
Sam Zia Sophia Lee Co-Founder
Jesus College Co-Founder
Jesus College
Moretto Joanna To SecretaryLincoln College Treasurer Jesus College
Hari Reilly-Singh
Vice-President New College
Levana Harris
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Outreach Director New College
Outreach Officer Harris Manchester
Outreach Officer Christ Church
Outreach Officer Jesus College Outreach Officer Pembroke College & SIAD Business School
Outreach Officer New College Outreach & Sponsorship Officer Pembroke
Chelsea Cresswell Elena Harley Evgenia Starkova
Aditi Kapadia
Hassan Akram
Ayala Gate
Amelia Blunden
Oscar Brant Vidushi Chungh
Outreach Officer Somerville Outreach & Sponsorship Officer St Cross College
