| Banking Reform Five Years On. |
John Vickers, Warden of All Souls College, Oxford, gives a talk for the European Studies Centre seminar series on banking and the economic recession. Chaired by Max Watson, St Antony's College. |
John Vickers |
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| 3. Art and Morality |
Sos Eltis gives the third lecture in the series on Oscar Wilde, focussing on Wilde's concept of morality shown in his works including the Picture of Dorian Gray, Lord Arthur Savile's Crime and The Devoted Friend. |
Sos Eltis |
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| Men at War: What Fiction Tells Us About War |
Professor Christopher Coker looks at the presentation of war in fiction, focussing in particular on the different character types commonly portrayed. |
Christopher Coker |
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| 2. Wilde, Victorian and Modernist |
Sos Eltis gives the second lecture in her series on Oscar Wilde, focussing on his place in the modernist tradition. |
Sos Eltis |
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| Psychological medicine |
Interview with Professor Sharpe about psychological medicine and his randomised controlled trial investigating the treatment of depression in people with cancer. |
Michael Sharpe |
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| Community treatment orders |
An interview with Professor Burns about social psychiatry and his randomised controlled trial into community treatment orders. |
Tom Burns |
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| Dementia |
An overview of the aetiology, clinical diagnosis and management of dementia. |
Charlotte Allan, Daniel Maughan |
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| Delirium |
An overview of the clinical diagnosis, investigation and management of delirium. |
Charlotte Allan, Daniel Maughan |
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| Anxiety disorders |
An overview of the aetiology, clinical diagnosis and management of anxiety disorders. |
Charlotte Allan, Daniel Maughan |
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| Schizophrenia |
An overview of the aetiology, clinical diagnosis and management of schizophrenia. |
Charlotte Allan, Daniel Maughan |
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| Bipolar Disorder |
An overview of the aetiology, clinical diagnosis and management of bipolar disorder. |
Charlotte Allan, Daniel Maughan |
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| 1. The Art of Biography and the Biography of Art |
First lecture in the Oscar Wilde series in which Sos Eltis talks about Wilde's life and his work, De Profundis. |
Sos Eltis |
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| Why should we study Elizabethan Theatre? |
Professor Tiffany Stern of University College, Oxford, discusses her current research and proposes why we should still study Elizabethan Theatre. |
Tiffany Stern, Ilana Lassman |
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| Manipulation and Independence in Humanitarian Action: Ethical Challenges in Recent Crises (partial recording) |
Professor Antonio Donini (Tufts University) gives a talk on 7th November 2012. This is a Oxford Humanitarian Group Event. |
Antonio Donini |
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| The Craft of Humanitarian Work: Reflection, Political Judgment and Strategic Intervention Spring' and Future Humanitarian Challenges |
Professor Greg Johnson, Pacific Lutheran University gives a talk on 1st May 2013. This is a Oxford Humanitarian Group Event. |
Greg Johnson |
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| What Works in Protecting Civilians: Lessons from Recent Humanitarian Action |
Urban Reichhold (Fellow, Global Public Policy Institute (GPPi), Berlin) gives a talk on 4th March 2012. This is an Oxford Humanitarian Group Event. |
Urban Reichhold |
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| Negotiating Humanitarian Agreements with Everybody: Geneva Call's Experience with Armed Non-State Actors |
Elisabeth Decrey-Warner (President, Geneva Call), gives a talk on 25th Feb 2012. This is an Oxford Humanitarian Group Event. |
Elisabeth Decrey-Warner |
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| Negotiating Space: Redefining Civilian-Military Roles During Complex Crises (partial recording) |
Dr Marcia Byrom Hartwell (Visiting Scholar, United States Institute of Peace, (USIP) Washington DC) gives a talk for the Oxford Humanitarian Group seminar series. |
Marcia Byrom Hartwell |
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| Why should we study medieval romance? |
Dr Nicholas Perkins of St Hugh's College, Oxford, discusses his current research and proposes why we should still study medieval romance. |
Nicholas Perkins, Sarah Wilkin |
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| An introduction to Medical Statistics with Carl Heneghan and Rafael Perera |
Dr Carl Heneghan talks to Rafael Perera about medical statistics and gives an introduction to the subject. |
Carl Heneghan, Rafael Perera |
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| Preventative War |
Professor Deen Chatterjee gives a talk for the ELAC semianar series on 21st May 2013. With Professor Cheyney Ryan and Dr David Rodin. |
Deen Chatterjee, David Rodin, Cheyney Ryan |
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| The Ethics of Humanitarian Accountability |
Alice Obrecht (One World Trust) and Philip Tamminga (DARA) give a talk for Oxford Humanitarian Group/ELAC seminar series. Introduced by Hugo Slim. |
Alice Obrecht, Phillip Tamminga, Hugo Slim |
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| Influence Operations and Psyops: Information Warfare in the 21st Century |
Bob Seeley, MOD, gives a talk for the ELAC/CCW seminar series on 13th November 2012. |
Bob Seeley |
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| Liberalism and State Violence: Reflections on the Liberal Way of War |
Director of Liberal Way of War Program Professor Alan Cromartie gives a talk for the ELAC/CCW Seminar series on 9th October 2012. Introduced by Dr Robert Johnson. |
Alan Cromartie, Robert Johnson |
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| Why should we study the humanities? |
For those wanting a further challenge, Professor Helen Small of Pembroke College, Oxford, discusses the difficulties facing the study of the humanities today. |
Helen Small, Ilana Lassman |
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| Why should we study Johnson? |
Professor Ros Ballaster of Mansfield College, Oxford, discusses her current research and proposes we should still study Samuel Johnson. |
Ros Ballaster, Sarah Wilkin |
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| Why should we study Dickens? |
Professor Robert Douglas-Fairhurst of Magdalen College, Oxford, discusses his current research and proposes why we should still study Dickens. |
Robert Douglas-Fairhurst, Ilana Lassman |
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| Why should we study Chaucer? |
Dr Laura Ashe of Worcester College, Oxford, discusses her current research and proposes why we should still study Chaucer. |
Laura Ashe, Ilana Lassman |
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| Why should we study Postcolonial Literature? |
Professor Elleke Boehmer of Wolfson College, Oxford, discusses her current research and proposes why we should study Postcolonial writers such as Achebe. |
Elleke Boehmer, Sarah Wilkin |
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| Why should we study Shakespeare? |
Dr Emma Smith of Hertford College, Oxford, discusses her current research and proposes why we should still study Shakespeare. |
Emma Smith, Ilana Lassman |
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| A behavioural perspective of translating evidence to policy and practice |
Susan Michie, Professor of Health Psychology, UCL, gives a talk at Kellogg College for the Centre for Evidence Based Medicine. |
Susan Michie |
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| How Youtube is being used as a platform to share opinions and experiences of a controversial treatment for Multiple Sclerosis |
Brandon O'Neill, DPhil Candidate, PCHS, gives a lecture on treating Multiple Sclerosis and how social media is being used to share experiences of patients. |
Brandon O'Neill |
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| Dr Carl Heneghan and John Balla discuss the evidence relating to diagnostics |
Dr Carl Heneghan and John Balla discuss the evidence relating to diagnostics. |
Carl Heneghan, John Balla |
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| 'New Wars' and the Horn of Africa |
New wars and the Horn of Africa. |
Peter Woodward |
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| Peter D McDonald in conversation with Amit Chaudhuri |
Peter D. McDonald talks to Amit Chaudhuri about his work as a novelist, critic and musician, focusing on his interest in the specificity of the many media he uses and on the challenge of thinking about cultural interconnectedness in new ways. |
Peter McDonald, Amit Chaudhuri |
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| Peter D McDonald in conversation with Antjie Krog |
Peter D. McDonald talks to Antjie Krog about her relationship to Afrikaans, English and African languages, about the promise and perils of translation, and about the challenges of and for writing in a multilingual democracy. |
Peter McDonald, Antjie Krog |
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| Peter D McDonald in conversation with Derek Attridge |
Peter D. McDonald and Derek Attridge reflect on their different approaches to the questions of literature and public value, and on the bearing this has for teaching and research today. |
Peter McDonald, Derek Attridge |
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| MSc in EBHC: Introduction to the Practice of Evidence-Based Health Care |
Annette Pluddermann, Senior researcher DPCHS, gives an introduction to the Practice of Evidence-Based Health Care |
Annette Pluddermann |
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| War Crimes, Character, and Responsibility |
A discussion of military ethics and war crimes. |
Jessica Wolfendale |
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| The global and Euro area crises: Will next time be different? |
Sean Berrigan Director for Financial Stability and Monetary Affairs in DG ECFIN at the European Commission gives a seminar on the Euro crisis. Chaired by Max Watson of St Antony's College, Oxford. |
Sean Berrigan, Max Watson |
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| "Europe Nothing Left to Die for?" NATO's European Allies, Military Capabilities and Political Will |
Drawing on her recent book, Janne Matlary addresses the question of burden-sharing in NATO and the role of the US's European allies. |
Janne Matlary |
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| Insurgencies: The Challenges of Intervention |
Professor Beatrice Heuser looks at the systemic challenges of intervening in insurgency. |
Beatrice Heuser |
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| How to Clear a Room: Towards a Sociology of Contemporary Urban Combat |
A discussion of the sociology of contemporary urban combat and professionalism in the military. |
Anthony King |
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| The 'Arab Spring' and Future Humanitarian Challenges |
25 April 2013, Special lecture co-hosted by ELAC, the new Oxford Martin Programme on Human Rights for Future Generations and the Oxford Humanitarian Group by Yves Daccord (Director-General of the International Committee of the Red Cross, ICRC). |
Yves Daccord |
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| Peter D. McDonald in conversation with Arvind Krishna Mehrotra |
Peter D. McDonald talks to Arvind Krishna Mehrotra about his work as a poet, critic and translator, focusing on the idea of triangulation and his interest in the intersections between languages and literary traditions. |
Peter McDonald, Arvind Mehrotra |
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| Political-Military Strategy-Making in Regional Command South Afghanistan |
Drawing from his own experience, Todd Greentree discusses political-military strategy-making in regional Command South Afghanistan. |
Todd Greentree |
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| Where to Now for Just War Theory? |
Professor Jeff McMahan (Rutgers) with Dr Janina Dill and Dr Hugo Slim (ELAC, Oxford) discuss the Just War theory for the Ethics, Law and Armed Conflict seminar series on 8th February 2013. |
Hugo Slim, Jeff McMahan, Janina Dill |
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| Critical Voices on the Responsibility to Protect |
Dr Aidan Hehir (Director of the Security and International Relations Programme, University of Westminster) and Dr Ann-Christin Raschdorf (Former Visiting Fellow, ELAC 2011), are chaired by Professor Jennifer Welsh on 9th November 2012. |
Aidan Hehir, Ann-Christin Raschdorf, Jennifer Welsh |
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| Careers Seminar 2013 |
A careers event organised by Lucy Hawkins (Careers Service) and Rachel Woodruff, (History of Art Dept) with speakers from the Arts and Heritage sectors, including recent alumni of the Department, providing insights into their careers. |
Lucy Hawkins, Ruth Millington, Holly Harris, Katharine Arnold, Toby Monk, Lucy Phillips |
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| Torture and Human Dignity |
25 Jan 2013, ELAC/Oxford Martin HRFG Programme Discussion Event with Professors David J. Luban, Jeremy Waldron and Henry Shue, chaired by Dr David Rodin. |
David Lubin, David Rodin, Jeremy Waldron, Henry Shue |
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| The End of the Anglo-Saxon Era: Australia's Defence in the Asian Century |
Professor Hugh White (Professor of Strategic Studies, Australian National University) on 30 Oct 2012, this talk is for the ELAC/CCW Seminar Series. |
Hugh White |
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| International Order and Violent Extremism: Lessons from Sri Lanka |
Professor Sir Adam Roberts (President, British Academy and Emeritus Professor of International Relations, Oxford) gives a talk for the ELAC/CCW Seminar Series on 23 Oct 2012. |
Sir Adam Roberts |
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| Legitimate Targets? The Partial Effectiveness of International Law in US Air Warfare |
Dr Janina Dill, Department of International Relations, Oxford University, gives a talk about US Air Warfare and International Law, organised by the Changing Character of War programme, Oxford University. |
Janina Dill |
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| 'Careful What you Wish For': Peace, Military Literacy, and the Future of the Use of Force in G-8 Countries |
Professor Ivan Arreguin-Toft, Blavatnik School of Government, Oxford University, gives a talk about the future of Military force in G-8 countries, organised by the Changing Character of War programme, Oxford University. |
Ivan Arreguin-Toft |
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| Private Maritime Security and the Introduction of an International Regulatory Structure |
Peter Cook, Founder and Security Director of the Security Association for the Maritime Industry (SAMI), gives a talk on Maritime Security, organised by the Changing Character of War programme, Oxford University. |
Peter Cook |
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| Research Seminar: Francis Vernon, the Early Royal Society and the First English Encounter with Greek Architecture |
This lecture was delivered at the University Of Oxford History Of Art Department's Research Seminar series by Dr Matthew Walker, History of Art Department, University of Oxford. |
Matthew Walker |
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| Slade Lectures 2009: Week 6: Organicism: National Energy and Natural Flux |
Sixth lecture from the series "Style versus the State: Naturalism and Avant-gardism in Third Republic France, 1880-1900" given by Professor Richard Thomson as part of the annual Slade Art Lectures. |
Richard Thomson |
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| Slade Lectures 2009: Week 5: The 'Populaire': Identifying or Imagining Art from Below |
Fifth lecture from the series "Style versus the State: Naturalism and Avant-gardism in Third Republic France, 1880-1900" given by Professor Richard Thomson as part of the annual Slade Art Lectures. |
Richard Thomson |
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| Slade Lectures 2009: Week 4: The Caricatural: Visual Humour and Subversive Style |
Fourth lecture from the series "Style versus the State: Naturalism and Avant-gardism in Third Republic France, 1880-1900" given by Professor Richard Thomson as part of the annual Slade Art Lectures. |
Richard Thomson |
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| Slade Lectures 2009: Week 3: Naturalism: Flexibility or Failure of Style? |
Third lecture from the series "Style versus the State: Naturalism and Avant-gardism in Third Republic France, 1880-1900" given by Professor Richard Thomson as part of the annual Slade Art Lectures. |
Richard Thomson |
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| Slade Lectures 2009: Week 2: Naturalism at the Service of the Republic |
Second lecture from the series "Style versus the State: Naturalism and Avant-gardism in Third Republic France, 1880-1900" given by Professor Richard Thomson as part of the annual Slade Art Lectures. |
Richard Thomson |
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| Slade Lectures 2009: Week 1: Defining the Dominant Naturalism |
First lecture from the series "Style versus the State: Naturalism and Avant-gardism in Third Republic France, 1880-1900" given by Professor Richard Thomson as part of the annual Slade Art Lectures. |
Richard Thomson |
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| Slade Lectures 2009: Week 8: Naturalism Strikes Back: Tradition, Consensus, Rupture |
Eighth lecture from the series "Style versus the State: Naturalism and Avant-gardism in Third Republic France, 1880-1900" given by Professor Richard Thomson as part of the annual Slade Art Lectures. |
Richard Thomson |
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| Slade Lectures 2009: Week 7: Repudiating Naturalism: the Avant-garde Seeking Style |
Seventh lecture from the series "Style versus the State: Naturalism and Avant-gardism in Third Republic France, 1880-1900" given by Professor Richard Thomson as part of the annual Slade Art Lectures. |
Richard Thomson |
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| A Queer-Like Smell |
Best-selling author Val McDermid gives the 4th annual Oxford University lecture for LGBT History Month about her own experiences as a gay woman. |
Val McDermid |
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| A Welcome to the Programme in Evidence-Based Health Care |
Dr Carl Heneghan, the Director of the Centre of Evidence-Based Medicine, gives a brief welcome to the Programme in Evidence-Based Health Care. |
Carl Heneghan |
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| An introduction to the Masters in Evidence-Based Health Care |
Sharon Mickan, a Knowledge Translation Fellow in the Centre for Evidence Based Medicine, gives an introduction to the Masters in Evidence-Based Health Care. |
Sharon Mickan |
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| Europe: still a common vision? |
Dr Wolfgang Schäuble (German Federal Minister of Finance) delivers a lecture for the European Studies Centre, St Antony's College on 29th October 2012. |
Wolfgang Schäuble, Chris Patten, Othon Anistasakis, Margaret MacMillan |
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| Addressing the crisis in Europe and the global economy: Lessons from the 1920s and 1930s? |
A lecture at the St Anthony's College Oxford, European Studies Centre, given by Professor's David Vines and Patricia Clavin chaired by Maxwell Watson on 28th November 2012. |
Maxwell Watson, David Vines, Patricia Clavin |
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| Rousseau's copy of La Lettre à d'Alembert |
Short podcast looking at Enlightenment philosopher Rousseau's copy of La Lettre à d'Alembert, housed in the Bodleian Library. |
Nathalie Ferrand |
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| Rousseau: Archive et Invention. |
Professor Nathalie Ferrand (École Normale Supérieure Paris) gives the 2012 Besterman Lecture for the Voltaire Foundation. This lecture is in French. |
Nathalie Ferrand |
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| The Merchant of Venice |
This lecture on The Merchant of Venice discusses the ways the play's personal relationships are shaped by models of financial transaction, using the casket scenes as a central example. |
Emma Smith |
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| Radiation and Reason |
Professor Wade Allison gives a talk about his book 'Radiation and Reason; The Impact of Science on a Culture of Fear'. |
Wade Allison |
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| Taming of the Shrew |
Emma Smith uses evidence of early reception and from more recent productions to discuss the question of whether Katherine is tamed at the end of the play. |
Emma Smith |
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| A Midsummer Night's Dream |
This lecture on A Midsummer Night's Dream uses modern and early modern understandings of dreams to uncover a play less concerned with marriage and more with sexual desire. |
Emma Smith |
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| Much Ado About Nothing |
Emma Smith asks why the characters are so quick to believe the self-proclaimed villain Don John, drawing on gender and performance criticism to think about male bonding, the genre of comedy, and the impulses of modern performance. |
Emma Smith |
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| 01. Demographic Challenges for the 21st Century |
Professor David Coleman gives the first lecture in his Demographic Trends and Problems of the Modern World series. |
David Coleman |
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| 02. Numbering the people: the Census, Vital Registration and Population Registers |
Professor David Coleman gives the second lecture on Demographics, where he looks at different ways in which governments and demographers have collected population data. |
David Coleman |
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| The Possibility of Religious-Secular Ethical Engagement Debate 1: Abortion |
The Possibility of Religious-Secular Ethical Engagement: Abortion. |
Charles Camosy, Julian Savulescu |
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| Hamlet |
The fact that father and son share the same name in Hamlet is used to investigate the play's nostalgia, drawing on biographical criticism and the religious and political history of early modern England. |
Emma Smith |
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| As You Like It |
Asking 'what happens in As You Like It', this lecture considers the play's dramatic structure and its ambiguous use of pastoral, drawing on performance history, genre theory, and eco-critical approaches. |
Emma Smith |
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| The Possibility of Religious-Secular Ethical Engagement Debate 2: Euthanasia |
The Possibility of Religious-Secular Ethical Engagement: Euthanasia. |
Charles Camosy, Julian Savulescu |
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| Great Writers Inspire Great Writing |
Alex Pryce considers how writers are readers, influenced and inspired by the works of other writers. |
Alex Pryce |
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| 5c. Of the Ancient and Modern Philosophies |
Third and Final part of Lecture 5 of Peter Millican's series on David Hume's Treatise on Human Nature Book One. Of the Skeptical and Other Systems of Philosophy. |
Peter Millican |
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| 5b. Of Skepticism with Regard to the Senses |
Second part of Lecture 5 of Peter Millican's series on David Hume's Treatise on Human Nature Book One. Of the Skeptical and Other Systems of Philosophy. |
Peter Millican |
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| 5a. Of Skepticism with Regard to Reason |
First part of Lecture 5 of Peter Millican's series on David Hume's Treatise on Human Nature Book One. Of the Skeptical and Other Systems of Philosophy. |
Peter Millican |
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| 4f. The Point of Hume's Analysis of Causation |
Sixth part of Lecture 4 of Peter Millican's series on David Hume's Treatise on Human Nature Book One. Of Knowledge and Probability. |
Peter Millican |
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| 4e. Understanding Hume on Causation |
Fifth part of Lecture 4 of Peter Millican's series on David Hume's Treatise on Human Nature Book One. Of Knowledge and Probability. |
Peter Millican |
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| 4d. Of the Necessary Connection |
Fourth part of Lecture 4 of Peter Millican's series on David Hume's Treatise on Human Nature Book One. Of Knowledge and Probability. |
Peter Millican |
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| 4c. Belief and Probability |
Third part of Lecture 4 of Peter Millican's series on David Hume's Treatise on Human Nature Book One. Of Knowledge and Probability. |
Peter Millican |
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| 4a. Relations, and a Detour to the Causal Maxim |
First part of Lecture 4 of Peter Millican's series on David Hume's Treatise on Human Nature Book One. Of Knowledge and Probability. |
Peter Millican |
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| 4b. The Argument Concerning Induction |
Second part of Lecture 4 of Peter Millican's series on David Hume's Treatise on Human Nature Book One. Of Knowledge and Probability. |
Peter Millican |
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| 3b. Space and Time |
Second part of Lecture 3 of Peter Millican's series on David Hume's Treatise on Human Nature Book One. Abstract Ideas, Space and Time. |
Peter Millican |
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| 3a. Hume's Theory of General (or Abstract) Ideas |
First part of Lecture 3 of Peter Millican's series on David Hume's Treatise on Human Nature Book One. Abstract Ideas, Space and Time. |
Peter Millican |
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| 2. Hume's Theory of Relations |
Lecture 2 of Peter Millican's series on David Hume's Treatise on Human Nature Book One. |
Peter Millican |
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| 1c. Hume's Faculty Psychology |
Third part of lecture one of Peter Millican's series on David Hume's Treatise on Human Nature Book One. |
Peter Millican |
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| 1b. The Theory of Ideas |
Second part of lecture one of Peter Millican's series on David Hume's Treatise on Human Nature Book One. |
Peter Millican |
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| 1a. Hume's Theory of Ideas and the Faculties |
First part of lecture one of Peter Millican's series on David Hume's Treatise on Human Nature Book One. |
Peter Millican |
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| Physics and Philosophy: An Introduction |
On the inextricable links between physics and philosophy and the ways in which one can lead to the other - how they complement each other in answering the big questions. |
Ankita Anirban |
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| From Argument to Experiment |
Dr Christopher Palmer on the historical ties between physics and philosophy - from ancient philosophical thought through to the scientific revolution and the pioneers of modern physics. |
Christopher Palmer, Ankita Anirban |
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