Events taking place at Rhodes House, Oxford and around the world. Current Scholars and Alumni very welcome to attend.
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.
Join us on Tuesday 11 June at Rhodes House for the much-anticipated launch of SociAbility right here in Oxford! SociAbility is an ambitious social enterprise empowering social inclusion through better access information. The SociAbility mobile app makes it quick and easy to find detailed access information for local shops and social venues (cafés, restaurants, bars, clubs etc).
Our generation views the world at a crisis point, driven by an extraction form of global capitalism that has expropriated land and labour from expendable populations in order to power its own wealth accumulation. The Rhodes community has a special relationship to this colonial legacy. Come hear from various speakers as they discuss calls to divest from today’s neocolonial projects — including the fossil fuel industry, the Israeli state’s occupation of Palestine, and the prison-industrial complex in Britain and abroad.
RAIL will be hosting an AI x Government Conference, which will highlight several relatively less publicised but equally important aspects of the social impact of AI. Sign up is available till the 7th June 2019.