Oppenheimer - the Man and the Movie

Oppenheimer - the Man and the Movie

Oppenheimer - the Man and the Movie

event Saturday 22 February 2025 schedule 10.30am - 2.00pm GMT
event Saturday 22 February 2025 schedule 10.30am - 2.00pm GMT
  • Black and white photograph of J. Robert Oppenheimer
Alumni and guests are invited to join the Cambridge Society of Dorset for a talk by Ray Monk FRSL.
Open to: 
Alumni and guests
Location: 
Cobham Sports and Social Club | View details

Ray Monk is a British biographer who is renowned for his biographies of Ludwig Wittgenstein, Bertrand Russell, and J. Robert Oppenheimer. He is emeritus professor of philosophy at the University of Southampton, where he taught in various capacities from 1992 to 2018. Ray graduated with an MA in Philosophy from the University of York in 1979. Later he obtained an MLitt from the University of Oxford.

He won the 1990 John Llewellyn Rhys Prize and the 1991 Duff Cooper Prize for his acclaimed biography of Ludwig Wittgenstein, Ludwig Wittgenstein: The Duty of Genius. His two-volume biography of Bertrand Russell appeared in 1996 and 2001. His biography of J. Robert Oppenheimer was published in 2012.

Since 2012 he has occasionally written for the New Statesman, contributing articles on philosophers and on veganism. In 2015 he was elected as a Fellow of the Royal Society of Literature.

Ray will talk about the life of J. Robert Oppenheimer, and his portrayal in the 2023 movie.

Tea or coffee at 10:30 will be followed by the talk, and then lunch which will be a hot buffet from a wood burning oven followed by a selection of cakes. Lunchtime drinks, including tea and coffee, are available from the bar.

Booking information

Please use the attached Booking Form

Price: 
£30

Book by email (causeypike@icloud.com)

Location

Cobham Sports and Social Club
Merley Park Road
Ashington
WIMBORNE
BH21 3DA
United Kingdom
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