| Body of evidence |
In this online event, Ana Paula Cordeiro, the creator of Body of Evidence, speaks from the workshop in New York City where she produced it. She will be joined in conversation by Merve Emre, Associate Professor of American Literature. |
Ana Paula Cordeiro, Merve Emre |
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| Hung Cheng |
Derek Hockaday interviews Hung Cheng, consultant ophthalmological surgeon, 11 February 2015. |
Hung Cheng, Derek Hockaday |
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| Nick Dudley |
Derek Hockaday interviews Nick Dudley, consultant surgeon and founder member of the British Association of Endocrine Surgeons, 26 March 2014. |
Nicholas Dudley, Derek Hockaday |
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| David Paterson |
Derek Hockaday interviews David Paterson, physiologist and Professor of Cardiovascular Physiology, 8 January 2019. |
David Paterson, Derek Hockaday |
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| Peter Burge |
Derek Hockaday interviews Peter Burge, hand surgeon and consultant, 8 August 2014. |
Peter Burge, Derek Hockaday |
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| Final Roundtable: Into the Hills |
Diane Purkiss, University of Oxford, chairs the final roundtable discussion of the conference. |
Diane Purkiss |
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| Is there such a thing as an authentic myth? Folklore in heritage interpretation at prehistoric places |
Susan Greaney (English Heritage), gives the second presentation in the sixth panel of the conference, Show and Tell: What is Real? Chaired by Oliver Cox. |
Susan Greaney |
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| Tangible and intangible heritage: exploring magic, folklore, and the supernatural in the places, spaces and collections of the National Trust |
Sally Anne Huxtable (National Trust), gives the first presentation in the sixth panel of the conference, Show and Tell: What is Real? Chaired by Oliver Cox. |
Sally Anne Huxtable |
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| Telling Tales: Inspiring Creativity through the Myths, Legends and Folklore of England |
Kate Armstrong and Hannah Keddie (English Heritage) give the third presentation in the fifth panel of the conference, Teaching and Learning, chaired by Oliver Cox. |
Kate Armstrong, Hannah Keddie |
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| Teaching the Folklore of British Landscapes |
Owen Davies (Hertfordshire), gives the second presentation in the fifth panel of the conference, Teaching and Learning, chaired by Oliver Cox. |
Owen Davies |
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| Crowd-sourcing England's legends: The English Heritage Myths and Legends Map |
Mary Bateman (English Heritage), gives the first talk in the fifth panel of the conference, Teaching and Learning, chaired by Oliver Cox. |
Mary Bateman |
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| Supernatural defences activated through death |
Brian Hoggard (Folklorist), gives the first talk in the fourth panel of the conference, The Dark Side, chaired by Oliver Cox. |
Brian Hoggard |
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| Episode 4. The Birmingham Oratory: Elgar and Newman |
Fr Guy Nicholls joins Dr Joanna Bullivant at The Oratory in Birmingham to discuss the origins of Elgar’s work in Cardinal Newman’s own poetry, charitable work, and love of music. |
Joanna Bullivant, Guy Nicholls |
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| Episode 3. The Firs and Birchwood Lodge: Natural Inspirations |
Dr Joanna Bullivant visits Elgar’s Birthplace - The Firs - and Birchwood Lodge, where The Dream of Gerontius was written, and talks about the inspiration Elgar drew from the natural landscapes in these two locations. |
Joanna Bullivant |
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| Episode 2. St George’s Church, Worcester: Marginal Origins |
Dr Joanna Bullivant is joined by Deacon Paul O’Connor to visit the Catholic church in which Elgar worshipped and acted as organist, and to discuss Elgar’s place in the history of Catholic Worcester. |
Joanna Bullivant, Paul O’Connor |
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| Episode 1. Worcester Cathedral: A Civic Legacy |
Dr Joanna Bullivant explores the tumultuous history of Elgar’s The Dream of Gerontius, and speaks to Samuel Hudson, Director of Music at Worcester Cathedral, to learn about the importance of Elgar’s work in Worcester today. |
Joanna Bullivant, Samuel Hudson |
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| Panel 3 – The Land Remembers: Place as Keeper of Story questions |
Questions and answers from the second panel of the seminar. Moderated by Alice Purkiss (National Trust Partnership and University of Oxford). |
Alice Purkiss, Jenny Butler, Andrew Sneddon, Diane Purkiss |
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| Remembering Irish witches |
Andrew Sneddon (Ulster), gives the second talk in the third panel, The Land Remembers: Place as Keeper of Story. Chaired by Alice Purkiss. |
Andrew Sneddon |
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| Touching the Numinous: ‘fairy places’ in legend and experience of the Irish landscape |
Jenny Butler (UC Cork), gives the first talk in the third panel, The Land Remembers: Place as Keeper of Story. Chaired by Alice Purkiss. |
Jenny Butler |
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| Mysterious Wales: between romanticism and tourism |
Juliette Wood (Folklorist), gives the third talk in the second panel, Tales in Place: Change and Continuity. Chaired by Alice Purkiss. |
Juliette Wood |
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| Magic and Medicine in Early Roman Britain |
Nicky Garland (Durham), gives the first talk in the second panel, Tales in Place: Change and Continuity, in the conference. Chaired by Alice Purkiss. |
Nicky Garland |
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| Well, what about witches and wizards? |
Lisa Tallis (Cardiff) gives the second talk in the second panel - Tales in Place: Change and Continuity - of the conference. Chaired by Alice Purkiss. |
Lisa Tallis |
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| Faith in fantasy literature |
A short discussion of the role of faith in fantasy literature |
Katherine Olley |
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| Brian McClellan |
A discussion of the writer Brian McClellan. |
Katherine Olley |
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| Arthur Rackham at Trinity College |
Emma Sillett, Trinity College Librarian, and Dr Caroline Batten explore the Danson Library's collection of rare Arthur Rackham fantasy illustrations. |
Emma Sillett, Caroline Batten |
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| Folktales' for an Elite Audience |
Discussing the text and images of MS. Ouseley Add. 1 |
Nasrin Askari |
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| Making Manuscripts for a Prince of the Black Sheep |
Overview of Bahari Fellowship examining the codicology and context of the Bodleian Library’s collection of manuscripts made for the 15th century Turkman patron Prince Pir Budaq |
Anita Chowdry |
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| Books, Bags and Boxes |
Islamic manuscripts were often kept in protective bags and other enclosures, which are an integrated, though understudied part of their physical and historic appearance. |
Karin Scheper |
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| Poetry (and Prose) in Motion: Illuminated Manuscripts from Late Fourteenth-Century Shiraz |
A short talk about illuminated manuscripts produced in late fourteenth-century Shiraz, including several in the Bodleian Collections and elsewhere |
Cailah Jackson |
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| The Future of the Past: poetry, portraiture, and the reception of antiquity in a Timurid Shahnama |
This talk focuses on fifteenth-century paintings and poetry inserted into the Shahnama of Ibrahim Sultan (Bodleian Library MS. Ouseley Add. 176) in order to explore the correlation between portraiture and historical self-awareness |
Peyvand Firouzeh |
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| Studying the Pādshāhnāmas (Books of the Emperor) Manuscripts in the Special Collection of the Bodleian Library |
The talk presents overviews of the three Persian Manuscripts of the Padshahnama MS Elliot 368, MS Caps ORD 1-3 & MS Fraser 138, preserved in the Special Collections of the Bodleian Library ,Oxford |
Gulfishan Khan |
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| The Bodleian’s Akhbār-i Barmakiyān: Tales on Super Heroes from Afghanistan and Iraq |
A short talk given at the Persian Art of the Book conference |
Arezou Azad |
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| Illustrated Manuscript of Persian Translation of One Thousand and One Nights |
A discussion of the Persian translations of the Thousand and One Nights in the World, focusing on the illustrated version kept in the Golestān Palace (Tehran) and the image-less version kept in the Bodleian Library (Oxford). |
Ali Boozari |
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| C. S. Lewis and 'The Wind in the Willows' |
A discussion of the influence of 'The Wind in the Willows' on fantasy writers - notably C. S. Lewis |
Simon Horobin |
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| Medical Racism: Protecting ourselves, our families and our communities |
A joint panel discussion organised by the University of Oxford and the University of Kent BME/BAME Staff Networks. |
Dame Elizabeth Anionwu, Winston Morgan, Mohammed Sakel, Roberta Babb, Aadil El-Turabi |
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| Causality and Autoencoders in the Light of Drug Repurposing for COVID-19 |
Caroline Uhler (MIT), gives a OxCSML Seminar on Friday 2nd July 2021. |
Caroline Uhler |
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| Recent Applications of Stein's Method in Machine Learning |
Qiang Liu (University of Texas at Austin) gives the OxCSML Seminar on Friday 4th June 2021. |
Qiang Liu |
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| Do Simpler Models Exist and How Can We Find Them? |
Cynthia Rudin (Duke University) gives a OxCSML Seminar on Friday 14th May 2021. |
Cynthia Rudin |
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| Practical pre-asymptotic diagnostic of Monte Carlo estimates in Bayesian inference and machine learning |
Aki Vehtari (Aalto University) gives the OxCSML Seminar on Friday 7th May 2021 |
Aki Vehtari |
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| The Last of the Titans |
This talk explores the myth underlying the action in John Wyndham's `The Kraken Wakes'. |
Jane Bliss |
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| July 2021 with special guest Dr Katie Myers Smith |
Jamie Hartmann-Boyce and Nicola Lindson discuss emerging evidence in e-cigarette research. Dr Katie Myers Smith discusses findings from her recent study. |
Jamie Hartmann-Boyce, Nicola Lindson, Katie Myers Smith |
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| Panel 1 - Who Owns this Place? Pondering Identities Questions |
Questions and answers from the first panel of the seminar. Moderated by Alice Purkiss (National Trust Partnership and University of Oxford). |
Alice Purkiss |
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| The Byland Abbey ghost stories: using the dead to bring a medieval monastery to life |
Michael Carter (English Heritage) gives the second talk for the seminar. |
Michael Carter |
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| Book at Lunchtime: Jews, Liberalism, Antisemitism |
Book at Lunchtime is a series of bite-sized book discussions held weekly during term-time, with commentators from a range of disciplines. The events are free to attend and open to all. |
Abigail Green, Simon Levis Sullam, Adam Sutcliffe, Kei Hiruta, Wes Williams |
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| A Walk around C. S. Lewis's Oxford |
A biographical tour of C. S. Lewis's Oxford |
Simon Horobin |
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| William Morris and E. R. Eddison Collections at the Bodleian |
An interview with Rachael Marsay about the William Morris and E. R. Eddison collections at the Bodleian Library |
Rchael Marsay, Stuart Lee |
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| How sacred is an ancient sacred site? The interface between academics, heritage managers and modern Paganism |
First talk of Panel 1 - Who Owns this Place? Pondering Identities, chaired by Alice Purkiss, talk by Ronald Hutton (Bristol). |
Ronald Hutton |
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| Elizabeth Knox |
A discussion of the writer Elizabeth Knox |
Alicia Smith |
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| Digital News Report 2021. Episode 6. Impartiality unpacked: a study of four countries |
This episode looks at impartiality and news and whether news audiences value journalism that takes particular perspectives on certain issues or news which presents a range of views leaving it up to the public to decide between them. |
Federica Cherubini, Craig T. Robertson |
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| The Saga of Eric the Unlucky |
The Saga of Eric the Unlucky examines Rider Haggard's use of medieval narrative techniques in his novel Eric Brighteyes. |
Jane Bliss |
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| Mathemalchemy: a mathematical and artistic adventure |
This lecture is a visual treat as Ingrid Daubechies celebrates the joy, creativity and beauty of mathematics. |
Ingrid Daubechies |
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| I is a Strange Loop - written and performed by Marcus du Sautoy and Victoria Gould |
From the creative ensemble behind Complicité’s sensational A Disappearing Number, this two-hander unfolds to reveal an intriguing take on mortality, consciousness and artificial life. |
Marcus du Sautoy, Victoria Gould, Simon McBurney |
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| Digital News Report 2021. Episode 5. How do people think about the financing of the commercial news media? |
This episode looks at public understanding of the financial pressures that the news media is under, how much they are concerned about it, and what they think should be done. |
Rasmus Kleis Nielsen, Richard Fletcher, Federica Cherubini |
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| Edward Lear and Fantasy |
Jasmine Jagger provides a short introduction to Edward Lear. |
Jasmine Jagger |
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| An Interview with Elizabeth Knox |
An Interview with Elizabeth Knox, author of 'The Absolute Book' |
Carolyne Larrington, Elizabeth Knox |
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| Ethics in AI Seminar: Responsible Research and Publication in AI |
Ethics in AI Seminar - presented by the Institute for Ethics in AI |
Peter Millican, Rosie Campbell, Carolyn Ashurst, Helena Webb |
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| Ethics in AI Colloquium with Adrienne Mayor: Gods and Robots: Myths, Machines, and Ancient Dreams of Technology |
Part of the Colloquium on AI Ethics series presented by the Institute of Ethics in AI. This event is also part of the Humanities Cultural Programme, one of the founding stones for the future Stephen A. Schwarzman Centre for the Humanities. |
Adrienne Mayor, Shadi Bartsch-Zimmer, Armand D'Angour, John Tasioulas |
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| AI in a Democratic Culture - Presented by the Institute for Ethics in AI |
Launch of the Institute for Ethics in AI with Sir Nigel Shadbolt, Joshua Cohen and Hélène Landemore. Part of the Colloquium on AI Ethics series presented by the Institute for Ethics in AI |
Joshua Cohen, Hélène Landemore, Nigel Shadbolt |
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| Digital News Report 2021. Episode 4: Local news unbundled: where audience value still lies |
This episode focuses on how people engage with local news, and the sources of information, including local news outlets, social media and others, that news audiences use for various topics. |
Federica Cherubini, Anne Schulz |
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| A Conversation With R. F. Kuang |
Carolyne Larrington and Caroline Batten interview Rebecca F. Kuang. |
R. F. Kuang, Carolyne Larrington, Caroline Batten |
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| Werewolves in Medieval Literature vs Modern TV |
A discussion of werewolves in medieval and modern representations. |
Minjie Su |
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| Desiring Dragons: Creative and Critical Responses to the Dragon in Beowulf |
Laura Varnam discusses dragons in fantasy literature. |
Laura Varnam |
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| 2021 Disability Lecture: The intersections of disability, science and academia |
Dr Hamied Haroon explores the intersections of disability, science and academia. All views expressed in the lecture are the speaker’s own. |
Hamied Haroon, Sarah Stephenson-Hunter, Louise Richardson, Catherine Walter, Jasleen Jolly |
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| General Linguistics Seminar: TT21 Week 7 |
Formal Aspects of Underspecified Features (Professor Ron Kaplan, Stanford University) |
Ron Kaplan |
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| General Linguistics Seminar: TT21 Week 5 |
Variability in Breton gender and mutation: the impact of language decline and revitalisation on morphology (Dr Holly Kennard, University of Oxford) |
Holly Kennard |
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| General Linguistics Seminar: TT21 Week 3 |
Conversations with strangers: Explorations in the syntax of English (William Labov, University of Pennsylvania) |
William Labov |
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| OxPeace 2021: Dilemmas for education and peace: the Japanese experience |
Dr Isabella Bunn introduces Professor Koji Nakamura, who presents “Japan: dilemmas for education and peace” at the OxPeace 2021 Conference. Final responses from panel. Dr Liz Carmichael closes the OxPeace 2021 Conference. |
Isabella Bunn, Koji Nakamura, Liz Carmichael |
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| OxPeace 2021: Understanding public opinion polls |
Dr Isabella Bunn introduces Ms Jamie Kwong, who presents “Understanding Public Opinion about Nuclear Weapons Issues” at the OxPeace 2021 Conference. |
Isabella Bunn, Jamie Kwong |
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| OxPeace 2021 Session 3: Prospects for greater public education and understanding |
Dr Isabella Bunn introduces Session 3, Dr Jeremy Cunningham presents on education, information and “Public awareness of nuclear weapons” at the OxPeace 2021 Conference. |
Jeremy Cunningham |
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| OxPeace 2021 Session 2: Further threats |
Dr Christopher Watson presents “Further threats: proliferation, space, terrorism” at the OxPeace 2021 Conference. |
Christopher Watson |
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| Complexity of local MCMC methods for high-dimensional model selection |
Quan Zhou, Texas A and M University, gives an OxCSML Seminar on Friday 25th June 2021. |
Quan Zhou |
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| Book at Lunchtime: Born to Write |
A TORCH Book at Lunchtime webinar on ‘Born to Write: Literary Families and Social Hierarchy in Early Modern France’ by Professor Neil Kenny. |
Neil Kenny, Caroline Warman, Ceri Sullivan, Wes Williams |
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| Morte D'Arthur Murals in the Oxford Union |
A visual discussion of the Morte D'Arthur murals in the library of the Oxford Union. |
Tom Corrick, Caroline Batten |
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| June 2021 with special guest Professor Thomas Brandon |
Jamie Hartmann-Boyce and Nicola Lindson discuss emerging evidence in e-cigarette research and interview Professor Thomas Brandon |
Thomas Brandon, Jamie Hartmann-Boyce, Nicola Lindson |
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| Evaluating and investing in Nature-based Solutions |
Join Nathalie Seddon and Cameron Hepburn as they discuss the need for increased investment combined with rigorous evaluation of activities undertaken, using metrics which consider the complex, long-term benefits that nature-based solutions provide. |
Nathalie Seddon, Cameron Hepburn |
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| Rethinking planetary prosperity: are we measuring what we value? |
Professor Dame Henrietta L. Moore and Professor Sir Charles Godfray discuss how we can rebuild new economies in a way that ensures global prosperity. |
Henrietta Moore, Charles Godfray |
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| Putting a value on nature: Influencing global action on environmental challenges |
Inger Andersen, Executive Director of the UN Environment Programme, speaks to the implications of the Dasgupta Review on the Economics of Biodiversity, and how we can begin the journey to re-shape our economies, working with nature, not against it. |
Inger Andersen, Cameron Hepburn |
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| Maria Dahvana Headley on Beowulf |
Author Maria Dahvana Headley reads from her 2018 novel The Mere Wife, is interviewed by Prof. Carolyne Larrington, and shares drafts from her 2020 translation of Beowulf. This lecture was recorded live at St John’s College, Oxford in November 2018. |
Carolyne Larrington, Maria Dahvana Headley, David Clark |
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| George MacDonald |
An introduction to the Victorian fantasist and fairy tale author George MacDonald, who convinced Lewis Carroll to publish Alice's Adventures in Wonderland, inspired C. S. Lewis' Christian writings, and may even have influenced Tolkien's Elves. |
Caroline Batten, Clare Mulley |
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| Book at Lunchtime: Porcelain - Poem on the Downfall of my City |
TORCH Book at Lunchtime webinar on Porcelain: Poem on the Downfall of my City by Durs Grünbein, translated by Professor Karen Leeder. |
Durs Grünbein, Karen Leeder, Edmund de Vaal, Patrick Major, Wes Williams |
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| Book at Lunchtime: China’s Good War |
A TORCH Book at Lunchtime webinar on ‘China's Good War: How World War II is Shaping a New Nationalism’ by Professor Rana Mitter. |
Rana Mitter, David Priestland, Vivienne Shue, Wes Williams |
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| Series 1 Episode 2 - Meet the Advisory Board: Dame Mary Archer |
In the second episode of the Meet the Advisory Board Series we talked to Dame Mary Archer about personalised medicine in practice, her academic career and her plethora of other roles she has held and is holding at the moment. |
Anika Knuppel, Jiyoon Lee, Dame Mary Archer |
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| Old Norse in the New World: The Mythology and Politics of Immigration and Neil Gaiman's 'American Gods' |
A talk on Neil Gaiman's 'American Gods'. |
Heather O'Donoghue |
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| OxPeace 2021 Session 2: Nuclear-weapon-free zones and nuclear containment |
Dr Sizwe Mpofu-Walsh presents “Obedient rebellion: nuclear-weapon-free zones in the global south” at the OxPeace 2021 Conference. |
Sizwe Mpofu-Walsh |
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| OxPeace 2021 Session 2: A responsibilities-based approach to reducing strategic risks |
Sebastian Brixey-Williams presents “A responsibilities-based approach to the reduction of strategic risks” at the OxPeace 2021 Conference. |
Sebastian Brixey-Williams |
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| OxPeace 2021 Session 2: Emerging technologies, implications and counter-measures |
Marina Favaro presents “Emerging Technologies, and their impact on crisis stability”, at the OxPeace 2021 Conference. |
Marina Favaro |
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| OxPeace 2021 Session 2: Selected high risk areas (2) |
Edward Howell presents “North Korea and East Asia” at the OxPeace 2021 Conference. |
Edward Howell |
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| OxPeace 2021 Session 2: Selected high risk areas (1) |
Dr Christopher Watson introduces Session 2, Ambassador Peter Jenkins presents “Iran, Israel and West Asia” at the OxPeace 2021 Conference. |
Peter Jenkins, Christopher Watson |
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| OxPeace 2021 Session 1: Opening and keynote addresses: ‘Current Threats and Challenges’ |
Reverend Dr Liz Carmichael MBE, Convener of OxPeace, opens the 2021 OxPeace Conference. |
Liz Carmichael, Lord John Alderdice, Nick Ritchie |
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| Theft of Time: Notes on Spolia and the Writing of Indian History |
Sudipta Sen (University of California, Davis) speaks at the Oxford South Asian Intellectual History Seminar on 26 April 2021. |
Sudipta Sen |
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| Assessing Personalization in Digital Health |
Distinguished Speaker Seminar - Friday 18th June 2021, with Susan Murphy, Professor of Statistics and Computer Science, Harvard John A. Paulson School of Engineering and Applied Sciences. |
Susan Murphy |
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| Machine Learning in Drug Discovery |
Graduate Lecture - Thursday 3rd June 2021, with Dr Fergus Boyles. Department of Statistics, University of Oxford. |
Fergus Boyles |
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| Several structured thresholding bandit problems |
OxCSML Seminar - Friday 28th May 2021, presented by Alexandra Carpentier (University of Magdeburg). |
Alexandra Carpentier |
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| Discworld - and the Modern University |
A short talk introducing Terry Pratchett's Discworld novels and how they reflect the modern University. |
Andrew Shamel |
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| Susan Cooper |
A short talk on Susan Cooper. |
Tom Morcom |
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| Violet Needham |
Jane Bliss introduces listeners to the work of Violet Needham, a prolific but little-remembered children’s fantasy author, whose book 'The Woods of Windri' draws on the tropes of medieval romances in fascinating ways.ays. |
Jane Bliss |
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| Daoxuan and Chinese Fantasy Literature |
A short talk on Daoxuan and medieval Chinese fantasy. |
Nelson Landry |
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| Tolkien Archive and Exhibition at Bodleian (Part 2) |
An interview with Catherine McIlwaine on the Tolkien archive at Bodley and the exhibition of 2018 - Part 2 |
Catherine McIlwaine, Stuart Lee |
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| The Formula of Giving Heart: Panel Discussion and Conversation with the Artist |
Part of the Humanities Cultural Programme, one of the founding stones for the future Stephen A. Schwarzman Centre for the Humanities. |
Khaled Kaddal, Christopher Haworth, Darci Sprengel, Christabel Stirling |
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| Under the Rainbow: Voices from Lockdown |
TORCH Goes Digital! presents a series of weekly live events Big Tent - Live Events! Part of the Humanities Cultural Programme, one of the founding stones for the future Stephen A. Schwarzman Centre for the Humanities. |
James Attlee, Marina Warner, Pablo Mukherjee, Wes Williams |
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