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22/01/2026

Historia Lectures have returned for 2026!

📚 Catch up and sign up on our website 👨‍🎓

A series of FREE super-curricular lectures aimed at students currently studying for A levels or equivalent. Historia Lectures are designed to introduce you to new and engaging historical topics, lectures are delivered LIVE online at 4pm, Tuesdays in term time.

Sessions include an introductory lecture, Q&A and suggested reading material to help you explore the topic further.

Link to register in Bio

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21/01/2026

Join our FREE History of Art taster day at Christ Church, one of Oxford University’s colleges, and find out more about the subject.

Applications are open to all UK state school students currently studying in Year 12 or equivalent. Follow the link in stories or visit our website to find out more and apply. Apply by 25 Jan 2026.

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16/10/2025

🎓📚Open for Business📚🎓

The History Faculty has moved to the Stephen A. Schwarzman Centre for the Humanities in Oxford’s Radcliffe Observatory Quarter. We are one of seven faculties who now call the home.

We have been excited to welcome students to the start of Michaelmas term this week and see the new building come to life. There are 2 cafes, a library and study space to explore, so if you haven’t already, come on down and see us!

18/03/2025

Historia Lectures 2025 - join us at 4pm today when we discover ‘How to Kill the Crusades’

A series of FREE super-curricular lectures aimed at students currently studying for A levels or equivalent. Historia Lectures are designed to introduce you to new and engaging historical topics, lectures are delivered LIVE online at 4pm, Tuesdays in term time.

Sessions include an introductory lecture, Q&A and suggested reading material to help you explore the topic further.

Link to register in Bio

11/03/2025

Historia Lectures 2025 - join us at 4pm today when we explore how historians of the past wrote their histories in ‘Self-Censorship in Early Modern British Historiography.’

A series of FREE super-curricular lectures aimed at students currently studying for A levels or equivalent. Historia Lectures are designed to introduce you to new and engaging historical topics, lectures are delivered LIVE online at 4pm, Tuesdays in term time.

Sessions include an introductory lecture, Q&A and suggested reading material to help you explore the topic further.

Link to register in Bio

04/03/2025

Historia Lectures 2025 - join us at 4pm today when we go back to the beginning and explore Genesis and England’s Contested Reformation.

A series of FREE super-curricular lectures aimed at students currently studying for A levels or equivalent. Historia Lectures are designed to introduce you to new and engaging historical topics, lectures are delivered LIVE online at 4pm, Tuesdays in term time.

Sessions include an introductory lecture, Q&A and suggested reading material to help you explore the topic further.

Link to register in Bio

25/02/2025

Historia Lectures 2025 - join us at 4pm today to find out about ‘Gender, Race and S*x in Early Colonial Mexico City’

A series of FREE super-curricular lectures aimed at students currently studying for A levels or equivalent. Historia Lectures are designed to introduce you to new and engaging historical topics, lectures are delivered LIVE online at 4pm, Tuesdays in term time.

Sessions include an introductory lecture, Q&A and suggested reading material to help you explore the topic further.

Link to register in Bio

11/02/2025

Historia Lectures 2025 - join us at 4pm today to find out about ‘Mobility Aids in Early Modern Europe’

A series of FREE super-curricular lectures aimed at students currently studying for A levels or equivalent. Historia Lectures are designed to introduce you to new and engaging historical topics, lectures are delivered LIVE online at 4pm, Tuesdays in term time.

Sessions include an introductory lecture, Q&A and suggested reading material to help you explore the topic further.

Link to register in Bio

04/02/2025

Historia Lectures 2025 - join us today for a special guest lecture from the Jonathan Cooper Chair of the History of S*xuality Professor Matt Cook celebrating LGBTQ+ History Month with 🏳️‍🌈‘Queer Beyond London: LGBTQ+ lives since the 1960’s’ 🏳️‍🌈

A series of FREE super-curricular lectures aimed at students currently studying for A levels or equivalent. Historia Lectures are designed to introduce you to new and engaging historical topics, lectures are delivered LIVE online at 4pm, Tuesdays in term time.

Sessions include an introductory lecture, Q&A and suggested reading material to help you explore the topic further.

Link to register in Bio

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28/01/2025

Historia Lectures 2025 - join us for today’s lecture - ‘Don’t worry mom…we’ve got penicillin’ : STDs in the Vietnam War

A series of FREE super-curricular lectures aimed at students currently studying for A levels or equivalent. Historia Lectures are designed to introduce you to new and engaging historical topics, lectures are delivered LIVE online at 4pm, Tuesdays in term time.

Sessions include an introductory lecture, Q&A and suggested reading material to help you explore the topic further.

Link to register in Bio

24/01/2025

UNIQ+ Graduate Internships offer UK students from under represented backgrounds the opportunity to explore post graduate study at the University of Oxford. These 7 week summer internships are fully funded and there are 5 research projects in History available this summer. Find out more via the link in story highlights.

22/01/2025

🚨 UNIQ APPLICATIONS CLOSE TOMMORROW🚨

Applications are closing at midday on 23 January, so if you’ve been thinking of applying, make sure to get your application in before the deadline!

Not only do you get the opportunity to experience student life at Oxford whilst receiving support with your university application, you’ll also have the opportunity to make new friends whilst exploring new and exciting subjects 📖

Follow the link in stories to apply or google UNIQ ✨

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