Tuesday 14 October

Jewish Women's Voices: Peggy Guggenheim

Dr Vera Fine-Grodzinski – curator, writer, lecturer and co-founder of Jewish Women’s Voices at the Oxford Centre for Life Writing – delves into the life of Peggy Guggenheim. Discover the New York art collector's Jewish roots, dedication to the avant-garde and promotion of women in the arts at a time when the art world did not take women seriously. Read more about Peggy Guggenheim in the Summer 2025 issue of JR, and more on JWV in our Winter 2025 issue.

2pm. FREE. ONLINE & The Buttery, Wolfson College, Oxford, OX2 6UD. https://oclw.web.ox.ac.uk/jewish-womens-voices

Tuesday 11 November

Jewish Women’s Voices: Dr Susan Martha Kahn on Rudolphina Menzel

Harvard academic Dr Susan Martha Kahn discusses Viennese Jewish scientist Rudolphina Menzel, whose pioneering research shaped the way dogs are trained and understood. This event is part of Jewish Women’s Voices, a series of talks focusing on Jewish women, well-known or otherwise, exploring how they shaped global society and culture over the centuries. Read more about JWV in the Winter 2025 issue of JR.

2pm. FREE. ONLINE & The Buttery, Wolfson College, OX2 6UD. https://oclw.web.ox.ac.uk/jewish-womens-voices