Please register below if you are attending in person. Livestream links will be sent to all alumni before each event, so there is no need to book if you are attending online. Bookings for respective events will be open closer to the event dates.
If you are unable to register at the link below, please contact the Alumni Office at [email protected]
We're delighted to announce a series of events celebrating the 50th anniversary of the admission of women to Brasenose.
Michaelmas Term 2024
Principal's Conversation: "Keep the Damned Women Out"
Wednesday 13 November | 5.30pm
Online event on Zoom - No booking required
Principal’s Conversation with author of "Keep the Damned Women Out:The Struggle for Coeducation” Nancy Weiss Malkiel, and John Bowers
Principal's Conversation: Global & Local Change-makers
Wednesday 27 November | 5.30pm
Brasenose College & Livestreamed via Zoom
Conversation with women working for global and local change in the voluntary and public sectors with Brasenose alumnae Sarah Castle (Geography,1981), Sarah Jackson (Classics,1977), Debba Jenkins (Modern Languages,1977) and Liz Padmore (PPE,1974)
Hilary Term 2025
Principal's Conversation: Women in Humanities and Social Sciences
Wednesday 29 January | 5.30pm
Brasenose College & Livestreamed via Zoom
Brasenose Fellows in the Humanities and Social Sciences including Masooda Bano, Carole Bourne-Taylor, Anne Davies, Banu Demir, Sos Eltis, Abigail Green, Ashwiny Kistnareddy, Sonali Nag and Katerina Tertytchnaya will be joining in conversation with John Bowers
Principal's Conversation: Women in Media
Wednesday 5 March | 5.30pm
Brasenose College & Livestreamed via Zoom
Conversation with Brasenose alumnae in the Media, Business and Finance sectors, with Hermione Davies (Modern History,1978), Victoria Fea (English,1969), Jane Johnson (English,1987) and Lucinda Riches (PPE,1980)
Trinity Term 2025
Principal's Conversation: Women & the Unions: Challenging Inequality
Wednesday 7 May | 5.30pm
Brasenose College & Livestreamed via Zoom
John Bowers will be in a discussion between Brasenose alumna Narmada Thiranagama (Modern History,1996), and Diana Holland, former Assistant General Secretary of Unite the Union - to address the topic of challenging inequality
Principal's Conversation: The Windrush Scandal
Wednesday 28 May | 5.30pm
Brasenose College & Livestreamed via Zoom
Principal’s Conversation with The Guardian reporter and author Amelia Gentleman, who will discuss with John Bowers her work on the Windrush Scandal
Principal's Conversation: Celebrating 50 Years of Women at BNC
Saturday 7 June | 5.30pm
Brasenose College & Livestreamed via Zoom
A day of talks and celebration in College to celebrate 50 years of Women at Brasenose
The Principal's Conversations series is generously supported by Robert & Lynne Krainer
Cancellations: please let us know as soon as possible if you can no longer attend an event.
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