Kanye West Lecture At Oxford University

Stream of Consciousness.

This past March, Dr. West was across the pond at Oxford University. He spoke on a shit load of topics, but can read a synopsis of his 40 minute lecture below.

Kanye West spoke to the critically acclaimed and award-winning Oxford Guild Society, Oxford’s, the UK’s and Europe’s largest and oldest professional society, dating back to 1897, on Monday 2nd March 2015 at 3pm. This was an unprecedented, history making opportunity to hear from and ask questions of such a high profile figure and was a truly exciting event and a momentous occasion at the historic Oxford University Museum of Natural History which was established in 1850. Over 5,000 students balloted for the event which was announced 16 hours before it was due to take place and Kanye had widely been described as one of the biggest speakers that Oxford and any society in the UK has seen in the past decades. This was the most oversubscribed event at Oxford in over 15 years. The event was covered in over a thousand newspapers, magazines, websites and TV and radio outlets globally in over 100 countries (everything from BBC World News to Vice’s Noisey). Guild Chairman and re-founder Abbas Kazmi hosted the event with President Rohan Arora and Vice President Irenne Ighodaro, and commented that ‘It was a true honour to be able to host and welcome Kanye to the Oxford Guild, and the reaction since the event has been huge! The event was covered in over a thousand newspapers, magazines, websites and TV and radio outlets globally in over 100 countries (everything from BBC World News and TIME to MTV and Vice’s Noisey) and I had to juggle a huge number of press calls, emails and quote and interview requests! I’ve even had people emailing opportunistically to put his team in touch so they can organise their own events (the most bizarre was for someone’s 16th birthday party!) It was amazing President Obama himself commented on it on multiple occasions, let alone one, and it even featured in a Kanye song with Tyler, the Creator and Lil Wayne. It is great to see the hard work pay off after having spent many hours negotiating against the odds and keeping things under wraps to secure this event which is a real coup for the Guild, which I am proud to see continuing to grow from strength to strength, reaching even higher heights and winning ever more national best university society awards and accolades. Special thanks must to go the committee for their efforts, enthusiasm and commitment which make sure the Guild continues to be the premier university run organisation not just in Oxford but across the UK and internationally. The event was incredibly well organised and put together at short notice – the Guild has a unique, tried and tested, successful ticketing policy for its largest scale speakers and social events. We do not want students to waste their afternoons queuing outside the Union chamber in Frewin Court for example, only not to be let in and to be left disappointed. Nor do we want students to ballot and then not turn up leaving empty seats which have been taken by others. We minimised these risks by opening a random ballot list and ensuring every seat was used by those who were successful in the ballot. Never content with complacency and settling, there are plenty more high profile speakers, exciting events and developments to come – we have been working industriously behind the scenes ahead of next year and would recommend you watch this space!’

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  1. thedeamkid19 says:

    should be invited to therapy

  2. THE REAL mac DIESEL says:

    PRAY FOR HIM!!!! HE CAN STILL BE SAVED!!!!

    DON’T HATE ON MY OPINION!!!!

    1. "THAT N*GG*R'S CRAZY" says:

      Too Far Gone, LOL!

      1. THE REAL mac DIESEL says:

        ………………….HAAAAAAA!!!! I THINK HE GOT ONE GOOD ALBUM LEFT IN ‘EM!!!! THEN HE GONE!!!!
        DON’T AHTE ON MY OPINION!!!!

  3. el jim chapo guzman says:

    Are you kidding me. Our world has truly turned into shit.

    1. GetReal says:

      turned into a shit? a world where slavery and games to the deaths existed? yea ok its only gotten better, you need a history lesson

      1. el jim chapo guzman says:

        Blacks celebrates are the New slaves getreal thank about that.

      2. el jim chapo guzman says:

        Blacks celebrates are the new slaves getreal thank about that.

      3. el jim chapo guzman says:

        Blacks celebrates are the new slaves thank about that.

  4. Dark Matters says:

    Kanye is a politician and he appeals very passionately to the western sense of entitlement and self-image premised on what others think of one.

    1. alex says:

      Is that why he is constantly criticized for his ego in the West….since he “appeals to the western sense of entitlement and self-image”. We love him because he’s arguably the greatest artist of this century not for his ego. It was like that before the persona surfaced.

      1. Dark Matters says:

        Do you honestly deem this an effective rebuttal of what I said? Let me guess – all of the awards (the honorary doctorates etc), the invitations to speak here and there, and the copious applause aren’t an attestation to what I said above? Certainly, because he gets occasional criticism for his over the top selfish antics, he can’t possibly be appealing to the western sense of entitlement and obsession with self-image that obsessively craves the approval of others all the while pretending to free of care of the opinions of others, right?

        By your same logic, Donald Trump gets lots of criticism, therefore he isn’t very much loved in the United States, right? Come on man – put more thought into your commentary. I appreciate the reply, nonetheless.

        1. alex says:

          I can see this argument has the potential to go on and on but I will just say a few things. Obviously you can rebut but we are in for a long one.

          What brought Kanye West to his current level of fame was the album “Graduation” which was before he ever married a Kardashian or became a fashion snob. To me the moment “Stronger” became a crossover hit was when he became a mega-star. Just my opinion.

          Why my argument was perfectly fine is because you are grouping all of the West together. People outside of the West like to put people from different countries and political parties in the same category. Which is why in places like China (just an example) they scratch their heads at somebody like Trump. They hear about a mass shooting in the US and no longer want to go on vacation there because they think its dangerous. They mock so called “freedom”. 25% of registered GOP voters favor Trump. Does that mean we are all a bunch of Trump lovers? My problem is with the term “Western”.

          If you are from the “West” yourself maybe you can understand what I am trying to say. To assume that I have a sense of entitlement or at all approve of or even listen to egotistical celebrities because I am Western is unfair. To associate it with our culture is unfair.

          If you wan’t to tell me that there is no thought in this argument fine. I really don’t look to get into vicious internet commentary ever. Just looking for a friendly debate.

          1. Cheyenne says:

            It’s not fair to lump everyone in the West together. Not everybody has the same views within the ‘West’. It cannot be said that all in the West base their image on what others think of them and that we believe that we are entitled to everything. It is also unfair to state that Kanye West appeals to these views, as if he is doing it on purpose. Kanye West has his own opinions and beliefs, the media perceives this in a certain way. The media has a huge effect on the way that we see celebrities and the way that the West is portrayed.

  5. Sina Mailer Daemon Djavadkhani says:

    Inspiration Kanye!

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