Complexity and Systemic Risk: Hilary Term Seminar Series 2010 |
Stability and Complexity in Model Banking Systems |
The recent banking crises have made it clear that increasingly complex strategies for managing risk in individual banks and investment funds (pension funds, etc) has not been matched by corresponding attention to overall systemic risks. |
Robert May |
22 January, 2010 |
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Environmental Change Institute |
Copenhagen COP 15: What happened and What next? |
An ECI organised panel discussion following the Copenhagen international climate negotiations in December 2009 to review what happened at the negotiations and what happens next. |
Diana Liverman, Yadvinder Malhi, Mark Lynas, James Painter |
20 January, 2010 |
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1909: The People's Budget |
Lloyd George and his Special Advisers and the Unionist Reaction to the Budget |
Iain McLean gives a talk in which he talks about Lloyd George's strategy to get the People's Budget through Parliament and past his main adversaries; his advisers and his parliamentary colleagues. |
Iain McLean |
12 January, 2010 |
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1909: The People's Budget |
The Public Finances of 1909 and the Key Proposals of the 1909 Budget |
Ian Packer gives a presentation on the state of public finances in Britain in 1909 and what the key proposals of the 1909 budget were. |
Ian Packer |
12 January, 2010 |
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1909: The People's Budget |
The Irish Dimension of the 1909 Budget |
Alvin Jackson talks about the relationship between Ireland and Britain at the time of the 1909 budget. Looking at the home rule question and other potential reforms. |
Alvin Jackson |
12 January, 2010 |
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1909: The People's Budget |
Institute of Fiscal Studies - Current Issues in the Taxation of Land and Income: Part Two |
Paul Johnson from the Institute of Fiscal Studies talks about current issues within land tax as part of the 1909 People's Budget Symposium. |
Paul Johnson |
12 January, 2010 |
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1909: The People's Budget |
The Free Trade Versus Protectionism Debate |
Frank Trentmann talks about the relationship between free trade and the budget and how the conflict between the ideas of free trade and protectionism shaped the 1909 budget. |
Frank Trentmann |
12 January, 2010 |
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1909: The People's Budget |
Institute of Fiscal Studies - Current Issues in the Taxation of Land and Income: Part One |
Stuart Adam from the Institute of Fiscal Studies gives a talk for the 1909 People's Budget Symposium in which he talks about the current conflicts in land and income tax. |
Stuart Adam |
12 January, 2010 |
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1909: The People's Budget |
Paying for Social Protection |
Jose Harris gives a talk on social protection, that is, social welfare and as Lloyd George saw it, the creation of development policies which would increase employment and give wider social protection to people. |
Jose Harris |
12 January, 2010 |
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1909: The People's Budget |
Introduction to the 1909 People's Budget |
Lord Morgan of Aberdyfi introduces the symposium on Lloyd George's People's Budget, a series of lectures looking at the historic People's Budget of 1909. |
Kenneth O. Morgan |
12 January, 2010 |
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Censorship in Literature in South Africa |
Censorship in South Africa: Introduction |
Peter McDonald talks briefly about what first interested him in Censorship of Literature in South Africa. |
Peter McDonald |
12 January, 2010 |
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Censorship in Literature in South Africa |
Peter McDonald on Censorship in South Africa |
Peter McDonald talks with Oliver Lewis about censorship, its philosophical basis and general history within Apartheid South Africa. |
Peter McDonald, Oliver Lewis |
12 January, 2010 |
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US China Relations: An Introduction |
American-Sino Relations: Review |
In the third and final part of this series, Rosemary Foot reviews and critiques the four factors outlined in the previous episode which could hinder good relations between the two nations. |
Rosemary Foot |
7 January, 2010 |
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US China Relations: An Introduction |
American-Sino Relations: Cooperation |
First part of the three part series on US - China relations, Rosemary Foot talks about the need for cooperation, especially within the current financial recession, global warming and nuclear non-proliferation. |
Rosemary Foot |
7 January, 2010 |
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US China Relations: An Introduction |
American-Sino Relations: Competition |
Second part of the three part series. This episode looks at four areas where the two most powerful nations can be in competition or in conflict; exceptionalism, contrasting political systems,power perceptions and shifts in the power relationships. |
Rosemary Foot |
7 January, 2010 |
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Global Economic Governance: Globalisation and the Financial Crisis |
Globalisation and the Financial Crisis - Summary |
Final part of the podcast series, summarising what was discussed in the series, including what globalisation is, what caused the current financial crisis, what it means for developing countries and what can governments do to ensure it doesn't happen again |
Ngaire Woods, Christina Ward, Jeni Whalen |
17 December, 2009 |
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Global Economic Governance: Globalisation and the Financial Crisis |
What does the Financial Crisis mean for Developing Countries? |
Where does the credit crunch leave developing countries? In this podcast, Ngaire Woods, Christina Ward and Jeni Wharton discuss the impact of the current financial crisis on the developing world and the G20's responsibility towards developing countries. |
Ngaire Woods, Christina Ward, Jeni Whalen |
17 December, 2009 |
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Global Economic Governance: Globalisation and the Financial Crisis |
Credit Crunch Global recession why/when/what? |
Ngaire Woods, Jeni Wharton and Christina Ward discuss why institutions are pushing toward greater financial regulations in order to prevent another global recession. |
Ngaire Woods, Christina Ward, Jeni Whalen |
17 December, 2009 |
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Global Economic Governance: Globalisation and the Financial Crisis |
History of Key Institutions IMF/World Bank/G8/G20 - What Why When? |
Ngaire Woods, Jeni Whalen and Christina Ward discuss some of the key institutions and groups who are responding to the financial crisis. |
Ngaire Woods, Christina Ward, Jeni Whalen |
17 December, 2009 |
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Global Economic Governance: Globalisation and the Financial Crisis |
Global Governance and Regulation - why? |
In this podcast, Ngaire Woods, Christina Ward and Jeni Whalen discuss the causes of the current recession and asks why governments, financial regulators and banks failed to act responsibly and how we can act now to prevent the next financial crisis. |
Ngaire Woods, Christina Ward, Jeni Whalen |
17 December, 2009 |
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Global Economic Governance: Globalisation and the Financial Crisis |
Globalisation and the effect on economies |
Second part of the Globalisation and the financial crisis series. Ngaire Woods, Christina Ward and Jeni Whalen discuss what Globalisation is and how governments around the world have adapted to it. |
Ngaire Woods, Christina Ward, Jeni Whalen |
17 December, 2009 |
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Global Economic Governance: Globalisation and the Financial Crisis |
Introduction to globalisation and the current financial crisis |
Ngaire Woods introduces the podcast series on globalisation and is place in the current financial crisis - outlining some of the questions they will be discussing. |
Ngaire Woods, Christina Ward, Jeni Whalen |
17 December, 2009 |
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Oxford Martin School: Public Lectures and Seminars |
A Panel Discussion with George Soros |
Lessons from Financial Crises: Paradigm Failure and the Future of Financial Regulation. |
Paul Beaudry, Ian Goldin, Roger Goodman, Anatole Kaletsky, David Soskice, George Soros |
17 December, 2009 |
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Quantum Mechanics |
012 Angular Momentum and Motion in a Magnetic Field |
Final lecture of the Quantum Mechanics course given in Michaelmas Term 2009. |
James Binney |
11 December, 2009 |
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Quantum Mechanics |
011 Transformation of Operators and the Parity Operator |
Eleventh lecture of the Quantum Mechanics course given in Michaelmas Term 2009. |
James Binney |
11 December, 2009 |
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Quantum Mechanics |
001 Introduction to Quantum Mechanics, Probability Amplitudes and Quantum States |
First lecture of the Quantum Mechanics course given in Michaelmas Term 2009. |
James Binney |
11 December, 2009 |
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Quantum Mechanics |
010 Transformation of Kets, Continuous and Discrete Transformations and the Rotation Operator |
Tenth lecture of the Quantum Mechanics course given in Michaelmas Term 2009. |
James Binney |
11 December, 2009 |
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Quantum Mechanics |
004 Commutators and Time Evolution (the Time Dependent Schrodinger Equation) |
Fourth lecture of the Quantum Mechanics course given in Michaelmas Term 2009. |
James Binney |
11 December, 2009 |
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Quantum Mechanics |
007 Back to Two-Slit Interference, Generalization to Three Dimensions and the Virial Theorem |
Seventh Lecture of the Quantum Mechanics course given in Michaelmas Term 2009. |
James Binney |
11 December, 2009 |
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Quantum Mechanics |
003 Operators and Measurement |
Third lecture of the Quantum Mechanics course given in Michaelmas Term 2009. |
James Binney |
11 December, 2009 |
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Quantum Mechanics |
006 Wavefunctions for Well Defined Momentum, the Uncertainty Principle and Dynamics of a Free Particle |
Sixth lecture of the Quantum Mechanics course given in Michaelmas Term 2009. |
James Binney |
11 December, 2009 |
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Quantum Mechanics |
008 The Harmonic Oscillator and the Wavefunctions of its Stationary States |
Eighth lecture of the Quantum Mechanics course given in Michaelmas Term 2009. |
James Binney |
11 December, 2009 |
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Quantum Mechanics |
002 Dirac Notation and the Energy Representation |
Second lecture of the Quantum Mechanics course given in Michaelmas Term 2009. |
James Binney |
11 December, 2009 |
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Quantum Mechanics |
009 Dynamics of Oscillators and the Anharmonic Oscillator |
Ninth lecture of the Quantum Mechanics course given in Michaelmas Term 2009. |
James Binney |
11 December, 2009 |
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Quantum Mechanics |
005 Further TDSE and the Position Representation |
Fifth lecture of the Quantum Mechanics course given in Michaelmas Term 2009. |
James Binney |
11 December, 2009 |
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Research Integrity |
Questionable research practices and how to respond to them |
Seminar looking at questionable research practices, particularly within medical research and why we as scientists, we need to pay more attention to questionable research practices. |
Nick Steneck |
30 November, 2009 |
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Research Integrity |
Who Cares About Research Integrity? |
Seminar looking at the importance of integrity within medical research. Part of the Research Integrity Seminar Series organised by Research Services, in collaboration with the Oxford Biomedical Research Centre. |
Mark Sheehan |
30 November, 2009 |
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Alumni Weekend |
China, US, global imbalances and the 2008 financial crisis |
Dr Yueh presents on China's position in the global economy, the indirect role played by China in the global financial crisis, and the implications of the crisis going forward. |
Linda Yueh |
30 November, 2009 |
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Alumni Weekend |
Lewis Carroll in Numberland |
An intriguing biographical exploration of Lewis Carroll, focusing on the author's mathematical career and influences. |
Robin Wilson |
30 November, 2009 |
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Alumni Weekend |
Beyond the Bottom Billion |
Prof. Paul Collier discusses the contradiction of resource rich countries with troubled economies, including how the harnessing of natural assets can go wrong, and what can be done to ensure their correct handling. |
Paul Collier |
30 November, 2009 |
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4 Degrees and Beyond International Climate Conference |
What will it take to avoid 2, 3 and 4+ degrees? |
Second presentation of session 9 (Avoiding large climate changes 1) of the 4 Degrees international climate conference: What will it take to avoid 2, 3 and 4+ degrees? The importance of cumulative emissions. |
Myles Allen |
27 November, 2009 |
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Getting to Zero: Michaelmas Term Seminar Series 2009 |
Global Eradication of Infectious Diseases: Can 'Not Very Much' undermine the goal of 'None at All'? |
Despite the well-publicised success of global smallpox eradication, 'zero' remains an elusive goal for the majority of vaccine-preventable diseases, making reduced pathogen circulation, or direct protection of the vulnerable more achievable strategies. |
Jodie McVernon |
27 November, 2009 |
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Research Integrity |
Research integrity and publication ethics |
Part one of a series of lectures looking at different aspects of research integrity and their application in biomedical research. |
Harvey Marcovitch |
25 November, 2009 |
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Getting to Zero: Michaelmas Term Seminar Series 2009 |
A New Approach to Nuclear Disarmament: Learning from International Humanitarian Law Success |
Achieving an end-state of "zero" has emerged as an important policy goal for a number of 21st Century challenges. The most prominent example is the "Global Zero" campaign to eliminate nuclear weapons. |
Patricia Lewis |
25 November, 2009 |
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Getting to Zero: Michaelmas Term Seminar Series 2009 |
Dealing with doctrines: time to outlaw nuclear weapon use? |
Achieving an end-state of "zero" has emerged as an important policy goal for a number of 21st Century challenges. The most prominent example is the "Global Zero" campaign to eliminate nuclear weapons. |
Rebecca Johnson |
24 November, 2009 |
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Not Shakespeare: Elizabethan and Jacobean Popular Theatre |
The Duchess of Malfi: John Webster |
In dramatizing a woman's sexual choices in a notably sympathetic manner, this tragedy articulates perennial questions about female autonomy and class distinction. |
Emma Smith |
24 November, 2009 |
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Oxford Martin School: Public Lectures and Seminars |
Geoengineering the climate |
Geoengineering the climate: Science, Governance and Uncertainty: The Royal Society Study - John Shepherd (NOCS). |
John Shepherd |
19 November, 2009 |
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Oxford Martin School: Public Lectures and Seminars |
The End of Business as Usual |
Distinguished Public Lecture: The end of business as usual by Dr Mohamed El-Erian, Co-CIO of PIMCO. |
Mohamed El-Erian |
18 November, 2009 |
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Censorship in Literature in South Africa |
Legal issues in state censorship |
Peter McDonald and Liora Lazarus discuss the legal issues of state censorship especially in Apartheid era South Africa. |
Peter McDonald, Liora Lazarus |
17 November, 2009 |
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Censorship in Literature in South Africa |
Political Perspectives to State Censorship of Literature |
Peter McDonald and David Robertson discuss the idea of state censorship, especially Apartheid era South Africa, looking at the political perspectives and implications of state censorship of literature. |
Peter McDonald, David Robertson |
17 November, 2009 |
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St Anne's College |
Legal issues in state censorship |
Peter McDonald and Liora Lazarus discuss the legal issues of state censorship especially in Apartheid era South Africa. |
Peter McDonald, Liora Lazarus |
17 November, 2009 |
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Censorship in Literature in South Africa |
Literature and State Censorship: A literary perspective |
Peter McDonald and Elleke Bohemer discuss state censorship from a literary perspective; also discussing the issues of nationalism, modernism and Apartheid. |
Peter McDonald, Elleke Boehmer |
17 November, 2009 |
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Not Shakespeare: Elizabethan and Jacobean Popular Theatre |
The Roaring Girl: Thomas Middleton and Thomas Dekker |
Based on a contemporary scandal of a woman who dressed in male clothing, this play of topsy-turvy genders has fun with some very modern ideas about sexuality, identity and whether we are what we wear. |
Emma Smith |
13 November, 2009 |
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Oxford Martin School: Public Lectures and Seminars |
Dealing with doctrines: time to outlaw nuclear weapon use? |
Achieving an end-state of "zero" has emerged as an important policy goal for a number of 21st Century challenges. The most prominent example is the "Global Zero" campaign to eliminate nuclear weapons. |
Rebecca Johnson |
11 November, 2009 |
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Vaccine Research at Oxford |
Developing an improved TB vaccine |
Dr McShane talks about the University's work in creating an improved vaccine against tuberculosis and she also talks about the urgency of this research. |
Helen McShane |
10 November, 2009 |
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Vaccine Research at Oxford |
HIV: Will there ever be a vaccine? |
A talk about the University's work in China and Africa and its attempts to identify the key determinants of protective immunology against HIV infection that should guide future vaccine design. |
Sarah Rowland-Jones |
10 November, 2009 |
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Vaccine Research at Oxford |
Fighting to end Tuberculosis |
Helen McShane and Dr Helen Fletcher talk about a new TB vaccine currently being developed at Oxford's Wellcome Trust Centre that could become a more effective vaccine against Tuberculosis. |
Helen McShane, Helen Fletcher |
10 November, 2009 |
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Medical Sciences |
Understanding human pain, suffering and relief through brain imaging |
Professor Irene Tracey talks about her research into pain through using brain imaging technology to see exactly how the brain is affected by pain while discussing its implications to how we understand pain in society. |
Irene Tracey |
9 November, 2009 |
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Not Shakespeare: Elizabethan and Jacobean Popular Theatre |
The Shoemaker's Holiday: Thomas Dekker |
Like a Busby Berkeley depression-era musical, Dekker's comedy is a feel-good antidote to a context of shortages, political malaise and general pessimism, but real life in the shape of war, class antagonism and civic tensions, always threatens to intrude. |
Emma Smith |
6 November, 2009 |
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Not Shakespeare: Elizabethan and Jacobean Popular Theatre |
The Revenger's Tragedy: Thomas Middleton |
A blackly camp tragedy - Hamlet without the narcissism - set in a court corrupted by lust and self-interest, this play is both fascinated and repelled by its own depravity. |
Emma Smith |
6 November, 2009 |
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4 Degrees and Beyond International Climate Conference |
4 degrees of global warming: regional patterns and timing |
Second presentation from session 1 of the 4degrees International Climate Conference. |
Richard Betts |
5 November, 2009 |
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Global Economic Governance Programme |
The post-crisis politics of financial reform: business as usual or new global order? |
Poul Nyrup Rasmussen, President of European Socialist Party and former Prime Minister of Denmark talks about the politics of current efforts to regulate the financial sector. |
Poul Nyrup Rasmussen |
5 November, 2009 |
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Not Shakespeare: Elizabethan and Jacobean Popular Theatre |
Arden of Faversham: Anon |
A true crime story of the murder of Thomas Arden by his wife and her lover, this play is concerned with the politics of the household, with gender roles within marriage, and presents a black comedy of botched murder attempts rather like The Ladykillers. |
Emma Smith |
5 November, 2009 |
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Not Shakespeare: Elizabethan and Jacobean Popular Theatre |
The Spanish Tragedy: Thomas Kyd |
Popular tragedy in which Hieronimo pursues aristocratic murderers of his son Horatio and takes revenge. It speaks, like Hollywood Westerns, to questions about private revenge versus public justice, and to the vexed religious questions of its age. |
Emma Smith |
5 November, 2009 |
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Getting to Zero: Michaelmas Term Seminar Series 2009 |
Bottom billion or bottom zero? Policies for international poverty reduction |
Some developing countries have achieved rapid economic growth and poverty reduction while others have stagnated. This talk will review the determinants of success and the prospects for lagging regions to improve performance and eliminate poverty. |
Tony Venables |
30 October, 2009 |
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Alumni Weekend |
Russia is Back: Jenifer Hart Memorial Lecture |
Professor MacFarlane gives a talk about modern Russia; from the fall of the Berlin Wall to today; including the rise of Vladimir Putin, the conflict between Chechnya, alleged human rights violations and Russia's relationship with the rest of the world. |
Neil MacFarlane |
28 October, 2009 |
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Alumni Weekend |
A is for Autism |
Dame Stephanie gives a talk about her philanthropic work in autism, looking at the condition's history, its causes, the treatments, specialist education and society's position on autism. |
Stephanie Shirley |
28 October, 2009 |
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Alumni Weekend |
Understanding human pain, suffering and relief through brain imaging |
Using examples from her research, Professor Tracey illustrates some of the exciting developments in brain imaging -seeing exactly how the brain is affected by its environment-and discusses how this research impacts on modern medicine, law and society. |
Irene Tracey |
28 October, 2009 |
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Alumni Weekend |
Developing an improved TB vaccine |
Dr McShane talks about the University's work in creating an improved vaccine against tuberculosis and she also talks about the urgency of this research. |
Helen McShane |
28 October, 2009 |
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Alumni Weekend |
Women composers at Oxford: Cinderella (1858-1944) and other role models |
In the history of the University, women and music have shared a Cinderella-like status before the 20th Century. In this talk, Dr Wollenberg looks at how women composers have continued to change the face of Oxford music in new ways. |
Susan Wollenberg |
28 October, 2009 |
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Children's Language and Literacy Impairments |
Language disorders in children: What can they tell us about genes and brains? |
Recent studies have shown that genes are strongly implicated in determining if children will develop language disorders. In this talk, Professor Bishop examines the role genetics play in language development and language disorders. |
Dorothy Bishop |
28 October, 2009 |
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Alumni Weekend |
Languages disorders in children: What can they tell us about genes and brains? |
Recent studies have shown that genes are strongly implicated in determining if children will develop language disorders. In this talk, Professor Bishop examines the role genetics play in language development and language disorders. |
Dorothy Bishop |
28 October, 2009 |
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Alumni Weekend |
HIV: Will there ever be a vaccine? |
This talk looks at the University's work in China and Africa and its attempts to identify the key determinants of protective immunology against HIV infection that should guide future vaccine design. |
Sarah Rowland-Jones |
28 October, 2009 |
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Alumni Weekend |
Young Lives Project: Children's experiences of poverty, adversity and inequality |
This talk looks at the work done by the Young Lives Project, a study which tracks 12,000 children across 4 developing countries over a 15 year period trying to find a scientific answer to the question of the causes of childhood poverty. |
Jo Boyden |
28 October, 2009 |
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Alumni Weekend |
Breast Cancer: Causes and Prevention |
Dr Valerie Beral talks about her research into the causes of breast cancer, looking into the history of the cancer as well as offering ways of reducing the risk of contracting breast cancer. |
Valerie Beral |
28 October, 2009 |
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Alumni Weekend |
A Woman's place: The transformation of female power in first millennial BC Egypt |
A talk assessing the role of women in ancient Egypt - looking at the changes in female religious roles in ancient Egyptian society as a barometer for wider social, cultural and political transformation. |
Elizabeth Frood |
28 October, 2009 |
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Getting to Zero: Michaelmas Term Seminar Series 2009 |
Eliminating Nuclear Weapons |
The Rt Hon Sir Malcolm Rifkind MP on how, in the 21st century, nuclear weapons pose a greater danger than ever before and their possession is less necessary. The time has come to forge agreement on a process of multilateral disarmament. |
Malcolm Rifkind |
28 October, 2009 |
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Getting to Zero: Michaelmas Term Seminar Series 2009 |
Zero chance? Aiming for zero in weapons control |
These seminars were run by the Oxford Martin School (formerly the James Martin 21st Century School) in association with the Oxford Institute for Ethics, Law and Armed Conflict. |
Richard Price |
21 October, 2009 |
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Kellogg College |
Challenging Macroeconomics |
In part 6, our experts examine new models for monetary and fiscal policy, global financial markets and a world economy characterised by global imbalances. |
Linda Yueh, Jonathan Michie, Martin Slater |
11 August, 2009 |
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The Credit Crunch and Global Recession |
Challenging Macroeconomics |
In part 6, our experts examine new models for monetary and fiscal policy, global financial markets and a world economy characterised by global imbalances. |
Linda Yueh, Jonathan Michie, Martin Slater |
11 August, 2009 |
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St Edmund Hall |
Challenging Macroeconomics |
In part 6, our experts examine new models for monetary and fiscal policy, global financial markets and a world economy characterised by global imbalances. |
Linda Yueh, Jonathan Michie, Martin Slater |
11 August, 2009 |
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Peter McDonald on Censorship in South Africa |
Peter McDonald talks about censorship, its philosophical basis and general history within Apartheid South Africa. |
Peter McDonald, Oliver Lewis |
11 August, 2009 |
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Interviews with Oxonians |
Peter McDonald on Literature |
Summary: Peter McDonald talks about how he became to be interested in Literature, how he became to be an academic at Oxford and what it is like to study literature at Oxford. |
Peter McDonald, Oliver Lewis |
11 August, 2009 |
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Alumni Weekend |
Pheromones: what animals (including humans) say with smell |
Tristram Wyatt gives a talk on 'The Science of Smell' - Pheromones, outlining their discovery, their chemistry and how animals (and humans) interact through smell. Part of the 2008 Oxford Alumni Weekend. |
Tristram Wyatt |
23 June, 2009 |
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The Credit Crunch and Global Recession |
UK Budget and Global Recovery Plans |
In Part 5, our experts examine the British economy in light of the recent Budget, and assess whether a global recovery may be on the horizon. |
Linda Yueh, Jonathan Michie, Martin Slater |
4 June, 2009 |
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St Edmund Hall |
UK Budget and Global Recovery Plans |
In Part 5, our experts examine the British economy in light of the recent Budget, and assess whether a global recovery may be on the horizon. |
Linda Yueh, Jonathan Michie, Martin Slater |
4 June, 2009 |
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Kellogg College |
UK Budget and Global Recovery Plans |
In Part 5, our experts examine the British economy in light of the recent Budget, and assess whether a global recovery may be on the horizon. |
Linda Yueh, Jonathan Michie, Martin Slater |
4 June, 2009 |
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St Edmund Hall |
G20: Solutions to Global Depression? |
In this fourth podcast Linda Yueh and Jonathan Michie discuss the G20 debates over co-ordinated fiscal expansion, global regulation, and the role of the IMF. |
Linda Yueh, Jonathan Michie |
31 March, 2009 |
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Kellogg College |
G20: Solutions to Global Depression? |
In this fourth podcast Linda Yueh and Jonathan Michie discuss the G20 debates over co-ordinated fiscal expansion, global regulation, and the role of the IMF. |
Linda Yueh, Jonathan Michie |
31 March, 2009 |
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The Credit Crunch and Global Recession |
G20: Solutions to Global Depression? |
In this fourth podcast Linda Yueh and Jonathan Michie discuss the G20 debates over co-ordinated fiscal expansion, global regulation, and the role of the IMF. |
Linda Yueh, Jonathan Michie |
31 March, 2009 |
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Kellogg College |
Credit Crunch Live |
Economics students of St Edmund Hall, University of Oxford pose questions to a panel of experts about the credit crunch and global recession. |
Linda Yueh, Martin Slater, Outi Aarnio, John Knight |
25 February, 2009 |
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The Credit Crunch and Global Recession |
Credit Crunch Live |
Economics students of St Edmund Hall, University of Oxford pose questions to a panel of experts about the credit crunch and global recession. |
Linda Yueh, Martin Slater, Outi Aarnio, John Knight |
25 February, 2009 |
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St Edmund Hall |
Credit Crunch Live |
Economics students of St Edmund Hall, University of Oxford pose questions to a panel of experts about the credit crunch and global recession. |
Linda Yueh, Martin Slater, Outi Aarnio, John Knight |
25 February, 2009 |
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Kellogg College |
Bank Bail-outs and Obama's Green New Deal |
In this second podcast, Linda Yueh and Jonathan Michie discuss President Obama's Green New Deal, banking bail-outs, quantitative easing and whether we can spend our way out of the economic crisis. |
Linda Yueh, Jonathan Michie |
28 January, 2009 |
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The Credit Crunch and Global Recession |
Bank Bail-outs and Obama's Green New Deal |
In this second podcast, Linda Yueh and Jonathan Michie discuss President Obama's Green New Deal, banking bail-outs, quantitative easing and whether we can spend our way out of the economic crisis. |
Linda Yueh, Jonathan Michie |
28 January, 2009 |
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St Edmund Hall |
Bank Bail-outs and Obama's Green New Deal |
In this second podcast, Linda Yueh and Jonathan Michie discuss President Obama's Green New Deal, banking bail-outs, quantitative easing and whether we can spend our way out of the economic crisis. |
Linda Yueh, Jonathan Michie |
28 January, 2009 |
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Philosophy for Beginners |
Philosophy of language and mind |
Language and Mind: What is rationality? What is consciousness? How do we manage to express our thoughts and experiences in language? |
Marianne Talbot |
9 January, 2009 |
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Philosophy for Beginners |
Metaphysics and Epistemology |
Metaphysics and Epistemology: what exists, what is its nature and how can we acquire knowledge of it? |
Marianne Talbot |
9 January, 2009 |
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Philosophy for Beginners |
Ethics and politics |
Moral and Political Philosophy: how should we live? What constitutes a just state? |
Marianne Talbot |
9 January, 2009 |
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Philosophy for Beginners |
The philosophical method - logic and argument |
Logic and Argument: the joys of symbolic and philosophical logic. |
Marianne Talbot |
9 January, 2009 |
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