Oxford and Empire Walking Tour – by Oxford Students | Oxfordshire | United Kingdom

Uncomfortable Oxford takes a unique approach to the walking tour format – both fun and thoughtful, we encourage analysis and discussion about uncomfortable subjects within the city.The Oxford and Empire Walking Tour contextualises the historical ties between Oxford and the British Empire, exploring how Oxford University was shaped by the imperial project and how its graduates went on to gain powerful positions in the Empire.Learn about the colonial origins of museum collections and how they transformed how we understand the world. Discuss the intersections between sciences, imperialism, and power through the historical foundations of the University of Oxford’s fields of study. Explore the networks of people that gravitated towards Oxford through the structures of the British Empire, and who later went out to uphold it.

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