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🧮 What can a 1,000-year-old mathematical problem teach us about the future of artificial intelligence?

In the latest episode of ‘Provox’, the Provost speaks to the Sedleian Professor of Natural Philosophy, Professor Jon Keating FRS, one of the world's leading mathematical physicists, about the surprising connections between pure mathematics and some of today's most transformative technologies. The next breakthrough in AI might begin with a mathematical question asked centuries ago.

They explore the beauty of mathematics and why ideas developed with no obvious practical purpose can go on to reshape the world. Find out how asking fundamental questions can lead to extraordinary discoveries.

🎧 Listen now: ow.ly/UNnm50ZNPG1
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👥👥👥 3,354 visitors in one weekend!

It was a pleasure to open our doors for #OxfordOpenDoors and welcome more than 3,000 people to Queen’s last Saturday.

Visitors wandered through the quads, Chapel, and Hall, and also had the rare chance to step inside the Upper Library. It was great to hear that this was a highlight of the day for many visitors. There was plenty to discover there, including Diderot and D’Alembert’s extraordinary 18th-century 'Encyclopédie', which sparked conversations about everything from the making of type to the organisation and censorship of knowledge.

🙏 Thank you to everyone who came to see us and to everyone who helped make the event possible.
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🎨 Queen’s DPhil student Rafael Pérez Evans presents major solo exhibition at Mostyn.

His exhibition, 'Brown Notes', develops work from his DPhil project, 'Against Care, Towards a Crip Breakdown Materialism', and explores togetherness and defiance under the pressures of a collapsing care system. Rafael asks instead what it might mean not to clean up: to stay with the mess, and to sing together from the ruins.

'Brown Notes' runs until 3 October 2026.
🔗 Read more about Rafael’s work: ow.ly/5Os050ZN8xI
🖼️ 'Glacier: Every Window of Every GP Surgery', 2026
Shattered window glass, 10 tonnes. 7.7 x 6 m by Rafael Pérez Evans
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🏛️🎉 Oxford Open Doors is an annual celebration of Oxford’s history, heritage and culture, organised by Oxford Preservation Trust. During the coming weekend (12th & 13th September), buildings and spaces across the city open their doors to the public free of charge, offering opportunities to explore places that visitors might not normally see.

This year The Queen’s College is participating as a drop-in venue on Saturday 12th September. No advance booking is required and visitors will be able to see inside our Hall, Chapel, and Library.
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