Events taking place at Rhodes House, Oxford and around the world. Current Scholars and Alumni very welcome to attend.
The Inaugural Saïd Rhodes Forum on Syria, Jordan, Lebanon & Palestine (SJLP) celebrates the historic partnership between the Said Foundation and the Rhodes Trust. Through an intergenerational and interdisciplinary approach, the conference will be discussing three indispensable themes: economic development, health, culture and education.
20-21 June - Postponed
June 20 - 21: Save the Date!
The Schwarzman-Rhodes Symposium on Public Leadership will take place between 30 October and 1 November (t.b.c)
Join Dr Howard Frumkin for a discussion on how planetary-scale changes—climate change, biodiversity, land use changes, urbanization, and others—impact human health, how this growing recognition is reshaping the field of global health, and how the emerging paradigm of Planetary Health is helping identify systems-based solutions to wicked problems.
Join Eddie Stern and the Scholar community for a lecture on 'simple practices for inner restoration' followed by a 90-minute practice!
We are delighted to invite all Scholars in residence to join the 40th and 50th Anniversary Reunion of Rhodes Classes of 1969 and 1979 during the University of Oxford Alumni Weekend, 20 -22 September 2019. Please register your attendance by 2nd September.
This year we are delighted to welcome all Scholars in Oxford and members of Rhodes Scholars in Britain to attend the garden party celebrating Nelson Mandela International Day. As well as honouring the legacy of South Africa's former President this is also an opportunity for the Oxford community to meet again at Rhodes House over summer drinks and homemade cakes. Please sign up before July 11th.
The ‘You Can’t Ask That’ event is where all the awkward, politically-incorrect and plain curious questions that you might have about disability will be asked and answered. Questions will be submitted anonymously in advance and answered live by a panel of Scholars of mixed abilities. We promise questions will be anonymous, articulate and all levels of awkward, with answers equally frank, fearless and insightful.
The Warden, Elizabeth Kiss (Virginia & Balliol 1983) and AARS President Ralph H. Smith (Alabama & Corpus Christi 1973) will host all Scholars in Oxford, as well as the participants at the Rhodes Ventures Forum weekend at Rhodes House on 22nd and 23rd June. Sign up available till the 26th May!
This year’s edition will focus on the diverse pathways of developing modern ventures, and examine the roles of academic and research institutions in enabling ventures to thrive. We shall reflect on the frameworks needed to transform ideas into tangible action, and take a glimpse beneath the surface to unpack the support systems that feed venture success. The organisers believe entrepreneurship has a key role to play in contending with a world undergoing technological transformation in the wake of the fourth industrial revolution. The forum will present the space for trans-disciplinary delegates and speakers to engage on this topic in interactive dialogue, venture showcases, as well as networking and mentorship sessions. Registration is now closed.
Going Down Dinner Hosted by the Warden and Rhodes Trustees. Sign up available till 31st May!
Zohar Atkins will read from his new collection, Nineveh, a work that offers humour and hospitality alongside deep learning and enigmatic, mystical theophany. The poems in Nineveh blur the division between the secular and the religious. Sign up is open till 18th of June.
In the last couple of years, we have experienced what feels to many like a cataclysmic attack on the institutions and values that are the foundation of freedom, human rights, and the rule of law. The time is now for young leaders to strategize and act to counter the rise of authoritarianism and extreme nationalism whether in the United States, Brazil, Hungary, Tanzania, the Philippines and beyond. Sign up is open till the 11th June.