MmmBop is back for the 5th year in a row! Come and relive the decade that gave us frosted tips, Internet Explorer, The Phantom Menace, Pokémon, the Euro, girl power, and all the best tunes - including that one song by the three long-haired dudes. 😉

The BIGGEST PARTY of this term is going to be held in the HALL with strobes, lasers, smoke machines - the whole shebang!

***LIMITED WRISTBANDS AVAILABLE***
Wristbands cost £3 each. Wolfson Common Room members can purchase wristbands through Wolfson Gateway from Friday 1st March until noon on Thursday 7th March 2019, after which it will close.

Cash sales will take place at the following time and place:
Friday 8th March - 6:00 PM to 7:00 PM (Upper Common Room)

Wristbands bought online can be collected from your pidge (if indicated by you on Gateway) or at the same time as the cash sales above.

Any remaining wristbands will be sold at the door. Follow this event page to stay up to date!

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PLEASE NOTE:
The Wolfson bar is cash-only for non-Wolfson members. There are no cash machines near Wolfson, so be prepared and bring cash.

WARNING: There will be loud music, strong lighting and strobe/laser effects throughout the event.

The motif of a stele or book in which a legendary or pre-historian figure inscribes some form of human knowledge to preserve the world’s ancient wisdom and to withstand future world destructions by water or fire is a common topos both in Asia and in Europe. The recurrence of this topos in a variety of cultural contexts calls us to consider: why is the topos of losing and finding texts/ knowledge so wide-spread? This topos also invites a consideration of its purpose: it is a tool of legitimation? A way to reconfigure (foreign?) ideas? A quest for authority? This paper will look at some examples of lost and found knowledge, try to analyse their persistence and remark on some of their lingering effects.

Looking to express your creative side? Romulus, Wolfson College's literary magazine, welcomes submissions in the form of poems, short stories, essays, papers, photos, illustrations, or anything else that can be printed. This year's theme is Ritual. Written pieces should generally be no longer than 2,500 words. Academic papers are welcome, but should be accessible to a general audience. 

Romulus is partnering with the Film Society to host a short film competition. Send us your short films on the theme of Ritual. £50, £30 and £20 will be awarded to the first, second and third place video entries respectively.

Send your work to romulus@wolfson.ox.ac.uk by the end of 31March 2019.

There will be a table (with wine!) in hall reserved for dinner this Tuesday, 5 March for Wolfies that are living off-site. A reminder that dinner is served 18:30-19:30 and there will be Welfare cake afterwards in the UCR. We hope that this will be a great way to reconnect with the college and maybe bump into some neighbours you never knew you had! Note: Other Wolfies are welcome to join as well! But please make an effort to meet someone new.

The Potluck Lunch event organised by the Family Society. All the members of the Family Society are welcome. Please bring a dish to share! Drinks are provided.

Calling all quizzers! Can you tell your Henry Ford from your Henry IV? Your body parts from your René Descartes? Your Premier League from your Edvard Grieg? Then come along to the Wolfson Bar for a good old fashioned pub quiz this Sunday, 3rd March, 9.00-10.30pm! Proceeds go to AMREF UK, the college's chosen charity. Jackpot prize to be won! ** £2 entry per person (please remember to bring change!) ** ** Max 6 people per team **

Lunch Table in Hall from 12:30, followed by a talk in the Florey Room at 1.15 delivered by Dr Søren Handberg (University of Oslo), The History and Archaeology of the Ancient Greek City of Kalydon from the Late Bronze Age to the Early Roman Period. Coffee and cakes will be served. Lunch for Cluster Members Talk open to ALL

The full title of this event is: "A Technology of Inclusion: Khenpo Jikphun's Vajrasattva Treasure and the Larung Sino-Tibetan Mandala (Treasure Revelation in the Post-Mao Spread of Tibetan Buddhism among Han Chinese Audiences)". It is part of the Treasure Seminar Series.