| Editor-in-Chief | Paul Sweeten |
|---|---|
| Categories | Literature, Reviews |
| Frequency | Fortnightly (Online) during Oxford University term time, Annually (Print) |
| First issue | 2001 |
| Country | United Kingdom |
| Language | English |
| Website | http://www.oxonianreview.org/ |
The Oxonian Review is a literature and arts review journal produced by graduate students at the University of Oxford. Each week during term time, an online edition is published featuring reviews and essays on current affairs and literature. It is the largest university-wide graduate-student publication at Oxford.
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The Oxonian Review began life as The Oxonian Review of Books,[1] which was founded in 2001 at Balliol College, Oxford as a termly print journal which would feature essays and reviews of recently published work in literature, politics, history, science and the arts, written by graduate members of the University of Oxford, measured by circulation and contribution base.
In November 2008 the publication carried out a large recruitment drive in order to expand beyond Balliol College and reach a wider audience. It relaunched in January 2009 as a web-based journal, publishing fortnightly during Oxford University term time, and annually in print. The journal also now organises a series of events[2] in Oxford, including speaker dinners, music evenings, film screenings, competitions, and writers' workshops.
The Oxonian Review regularly interviews important figures from the world of literature, politics and culture. In the past, these have included:
In addition to its publishing, The Oxonian Review also puts on a series of events that it believes to be of interest to its readers. In its current incarnation, the journal has put on four events: the theologian and historian Prof John Hedley Brooke spoke on Darwin and his influence on religious belief, a photography competition, sponsored by the Royal Photographic Society received entries from all over the UK, Dr Michael Fitzpatrick gave a talk on his controversial book, Defeating Autism: A Damaging Delusion, and the science editor of The Economist newspaper, Geoff Carr, conducted a journalism and editing masterclass.[14]