Panel Discussion on Universities Tests Act 1871
The Principal is delighted to announce a panel event to celebrate the 150th anniversary of the Universities Tests Act 1871. The Principal will chair the event and will be joined by Professor Abigail Green, Professor of Modern European History and Tutorial Fellow at Brasenose, Revd Professor William Whyte, Professor of Social and Architectural History and Tutorial Fellow at St John's College, and Dr Frederick Smith Early Career Fellow in Early Modern History at Balliol College.
The Universities Tests Act of 16th June 1871 finally removed the remaining religious restrictions on study or employment at Oxford. It thus started us on a bumpy road to becoming a modern global university, with students and staff of diverse faiths, sexualities, genders, ethnicities, nationalities and races. The significance of the Act is explained further at: https://openingoxford1871.web.ox.ac.uk/
Please register for free here, spaces are limited so booking is essential.