| 'Poets in Purgatory' Video |
Contemporary poets read from their translations of the Purgatorio and from their poems about Dante. |
Jane Draycott, Steve Ellis, Andrew Fitzsimons, Lorna Goodison, Peter Hainsworth, Nick Havely, Angela Jarman, Jan Kemp, Jamie McKendrick, Bernard O'Donoghue, A.E. Stallings, Patrick Worsnip |
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| How does climate crisis change the curriculum? |
A Climate Crisis Thinking in the Humanities and Social Sciences event. Shifting the question from ‘how should climate change be put into the curriculum?’ to ‘how does it transform the curriculum?’ opens up the subject in new ways across the world. |
Rahul Chopra, Kim Polgreen, Amanda Power, Steve Puttick, James Robson, Arjen Wals, William Finnegan |
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| It's True, It's True, It's True: Verbatim Theatre, Staging Sexual Assault, and Female Representation in the Arts |
Breach Theatre's Billy Barrett and Ellice Stevens in conversation with Dr Hannah Simpson and Dr Sos Eltis |
Hannah Simpson, Sos Eltis, Billy Barrett, Ellice Stevens |
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| Mark Davies on 'Medley Manor' |
Oxfordshire Local historian, Mark Davies, takes a look at the history of Medley Manor and its connections to empire as well as his own family history. |
Mark Davies |
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| The Diasporic Quartets: Identity and Aesthetics |
Keynote lecture in the Diversity and the British String Quartet Symposium, day 3, held on 16th June 2021. Part of the Humanities Cultural Programme, one of the founding stones for the future Stephen A. Schwarzman Centre for the Humanities. |
Des Oliver, Nina Whiteman |
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| The string quartet takes residence: class, community, curricula |
Keynote lecture in the Diversity and the British String Quartet Symposium, held on 14th June 2021. Part of the Humanities Cultural Programme, one of the founding stones for the future Stephen A. Schwarzman Centre for the Humanities. |
Laura Tunbridge, Wiebke Thormählen |
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| Art and Action: Benjamin Zephaniah in Conversation |
Part of the Humanities Cultural Programme, one of the founding stones for the future Stephen A. Schwarzman Centre for the Humanities. |
Benjamin Zephaniah, Elleke Boehmer, Malachi McIntosh, Wes Williams |
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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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| 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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| 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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| 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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| Platforming Artists Podcasts: Andi Burton Marsh |
Shivaike Shah hosts a podcast series with the artists and academics on the team in order to create a dialogue with potential audiences. The podcasts discuss the collaborations on Medea and explores the work of each guest beyond the ‘Medea’ project. |
Andi Burton Marsh, Shivaike Shah |
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| A Concatenation of Rumour |
Part of the Humanities Cultural Programme, one of the founding stones for the future Stephen A. Schwarzman Centre for the Humanities. |
Nana Oforiatta Ayim, Richard Rathbone |
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| The Cake, Emma’s Romantic dreams, and le bovarysme - part two, French |
Elise Busset, an undergraduate at Oxford University, reads an extract from Madam Bovary in french. Blog post by Professor Jennifer Yee. |
Elise Busset |
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| The Cake, Emma’s Romantic dreams, and le bovarysme - part one |
Eleanor Gilbert, an undergraduate at Oxford University, reads an extract from Madam Bovary in english. Blog post by Professor Jennifer Yee. |
Elenor Gilbert |
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| In Conversation with Lolita Chakrabarti |
Part of the Humanities Cultural Programme, one of the founding stones for the future, Stephen A. Schwarzman Centre for the Humanities on Thursday 13th May 2021. |
Lolita Chakrabarti, Matt Wolf |
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| Platforming Artists Podcasts: Rosa Andujar |
Shivaike Shah hosts a podcast series with the artists and academics on the team in order to create a dialogue with potential audiences. The podcasts discuss the collaborations on Medea and explores the work of each guest beyond the ‘Medea’ project. |
Rosa Andujar, Shivaike Shah |
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| Platforming Artists Podcasts: Theophina Gabriel |
Shivaike Shah hosts a podcast series with the artists and academics on the team in order to create a dialogue with potential audiences. The podcasts discuss the collaborations on Medea and explores the work of each guest beyond the ‘Medea’ project. |
Theophina Gabriel, Shivaike Shah |
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| Platforming Artists Podcasts: Fiona Macintosh |
Shivaike Shah hosts a podcast series with the artists and academics on the team in order to create a dialogue with potential audiences. The podcasts discuss the collaborations on Medea and explores the work of each guest beyond the ‘Medea’ project. |
Fiona Macintosh, Shivaike Shah |
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| Translation and Retranslation: priorities, discoveries, pleasures |
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. |
Sasha Dugdale, Oliver Ready, Wes Williams |
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| The Black Chicago Renaissance Women: Lives and Legacies in Music | Dr. Samantha Ege |
Held on International Women's Day 2021, Part of the Humanities Cultural Programme, one of the founding stones for the future, Stephen A. Schwarzman Centre for the Humanities - in collaboration with Lincoln College, Oxford. |
Samantha Ege |
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| The Terra Lectures in American Art: Part 1: Performing Innocence: Belated |
Professor Emily C. Burns, Terra Foundation Visiting Professor in American Art, gives the first in the series of The Terra Lectures in American Art: Performing Innocence: US Artists in Paris, 1865-1914. |
Emily C. Burns, Peter Gibian |
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| The Terra Lectures in American Art: Part 3; Performing Innocence: Primitive / Incipient |
Professor Emily C. Burns, Terra Foundation Visiting Professor in American Art, gives the third in the series of The Terra Lectures in American Art: Performing Innocence: US Artists in Paris, 1865-1914. |
Emily C. Burns, James Smalls |
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| The Terra Lectures in American Art: Part 2 Performing Innocence: Puritan |
Professor c, Terra Foundation Visiting Professor in American Art, gives the second lecture in the The Terra Lectures in American Art: Performing Innocence: US Artists in Paris, 1865-1914 series. |
Emily C. Burns, Wanda M. Corn |
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| The Terra Lectures in American Art: Part 4; Performing Innocence: Baby Nation |
Professor Emily C. Burns, Terra Foundation Visiting Professor in American Art, gives the fourth in the series of The Terra Lectures in American Art: Performing Innocence: US Artists in Paris, 1865-1914. |
Emily C. Burns, Alastair Wright |
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| The Pitt River's Catamaran |
History DPhil student, Morgan Breene, contextualizes the catamaran displayed in the Pitt Rivers' Museum. Part of the Oxford and Empire series. |
Morgan Breene |
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| Book at Lunchtime: Charles Dickens and the Properties of Fiction - The Lodger World |
TORCH Book at Lunchtime webinar on Charles Dickens and the Properties of Fiction: The Lodger World by Dr Ushashi Dasgupta. |
Ushashi Dasgupta, Jeremy Tabling, Sophia Psarra, Wes Williams |
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| Book at Lunchtime: Sophocles – Antigone and other tragedies |
TORCH Book at Lunchtime event on Sophocles: Antigone and other tragedies by Professor Oliver Taplin. With panellists Professor Karen Leeder and Dr Lucy Jackson. |
Oliver Taplin, Karen Leeder, Lucy Jackson, Wes Williams |
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| Writing and Resistance – The White Rose Pamphlets: A Live Reading |
At around 11am on Thursday 18 February 1943 two students in Munich were arrested for distributing anti-Nazi pamphlets. By Monday they had been interrogated, tried, and executed along with another member of the resistance circle. |
Alexandra Lloyd, Eve Mason, Sophie Caws, Sam Thompson |
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| Platforming Artists Podcasts: Simran Uppal |
Shivaike Shah hosts a podcast series with the artists and academics on the team in order to create a dialogue with potential audiences. The podcasts discuss the collaborations on Medea and explores the work of each guest beyond the ‘Medea’ project. |
Simran Uppal, Shivaike Shah |
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| Ken Loach in Conversation |
TORCH Goes Digital! presents 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. |
Ken Loach, Judith Buchanan |
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| Platforming Artists Podcasts: Azan Ahmed |
Shivaike Shah hosts a podcast series with the artists and academics on the team in order to create a dialogue with potential audiences. The podcasts discuss the collaborations on Medea and explores the work of each guest beyond the ‘Medea’ project. |
Azan Ahmed, Shivaike Shah |
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| Platforming Artists Podcasts: Francesca Amewudah-Rivers |
Shivaike Shah hosts a podcast series with the artists and academics on the team in order to create a dialogue with potential audiences. The podcasts discuss the collaborations on Medea and explores the work of each guest beyond the ‘Medea’ project. |
Francesca Amewudah-Rivers, Shivaike Shah |
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| In Conversation with Anne Boyd |
Internationally-renowned composer Anne Boyd is in conversation with composer Thomas Metcalf, discussing her life and music ahead of a performance of her String Quartet No. 2 ’Play on the Water’ later this year. |
Anne Boyd, Thomas Metcalf |
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| Dr Juliet Henderson on 'Decolonising Florence Park Street Names' |
Dr Juliet Henderson and Florence Park community members discuss their new project to decolonise local street names. |
Juliet Henderson |
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| Liz Woolley on 'Lord Nuffield and the city of Oxford' (longer version) |
Local historian, Liz Woolley, takes a closer look at the role Lord Nuffield played in changing the city of Oxford's physical and social landscape. |
Liz Woolley |
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| Book at Lunchtime: The Political Life of an Epidemic – Cholera, Crisis and Citizenship in Zimbabwe |
TORCH Book at Lunchtime webinar on The Political Life of an Epidemic – Cholera, Crisis and Citizenship in Zimbabwe written by Professor Simukai Chigudu. |
Simukai Chigudu, Sloan Mahone, Jon Schubert, Wes Williams |
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| Book at Lunchtime: Royals and Rebels: The Rise and Fall of the Sikh Empire |
TORCH Book at Lunchtime webinar on Royals and Rebels: The Rise and Fall of the Sikh Empire, written by Dr Priya Atwal. |
Priya Atwal, Faisal Devji, Polly O’Hanlon, Wes Williams |
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| The 2020 Besterman Lecture: Who were the French Revolutionaries? |
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. |
William Doyle, Karen O'Brien, Gregory S Brown, Lauren Clay |
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| Liz Woolley on 'Lord Nuffield and the city of Oxford' |
Local historian, Liz Wooley, takes a closer look at the role Lord Nuffield played in changing the city of Oxford's physical and social landscape. |
Liz Wooley |
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| Dr Dexnell Peters on 'Politician Scholar: Dr Eric Williams' |
Dr Dexnell Peters, Bennett Boskey Fellow in Atlantic History at Exeter College, reflects on the life and enduring legacy of eminent historian, Dr Eric Williams. |
Dexnell Peters |
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| Dr Ben Grant on 'Richard Francis Burton |
Dr Ben Grant, departmental lecturer in English and author of Postcolonialism, Psychoanalysis and Burton: Power Play of Empire (Routledge, 2009) reflects on Richard Francis Burton's sojourn in Oxford in the 1840s. |
Ben Grant |
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| Dr Priya Atwal on 'Princesses Bamba and Catherine Duleep Singh at Oxford' |
Historian, Dr Priya Atwal, takes a look at the lives of some of the University of Oxford's first Indian students. |
Priya Atwal |
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| Anna Atkins: Botanical Illustration and Photographic Innovation |
This event is supported by TORCH as part of the Humanities Cultural Programme, one of the founding stones of the future Stephen A. Schwarzman Centre for the Humanities. |
Geoffrey Batchen, Lena Fritsch |
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| Talking Afropean |
Talking Afropean: Johny Pitts in conversation with Elleke Boehmer and Simukai Chigudu about his award-winning book. |
Johny Pitts, Elleke Boehmer, Simukai Chigudu |
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| Book at Lunchtime: Ravenna: Capital of Empire, Crucible of Europe |
TORCH Book at Lunchtime webinar on Ravenna: Capital of Empire, Crucible of Europe written by Professor Judith Herrin. Date: 4 November 2020. |
Judith Herri, Peter Frankopan, Dame Averil Cameron, Conrad Leyser |
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| Book at Lunchtime: Iconoclasm as Child's Play |
Dr Joseph Moshenska, Associate Professor and Tutorial Fellow at University College, discusses his new book, Iconoclasm as Child's Play. |
Joseph Moshenska, Lorna Hutson, Alexandra Walsham, Kenneth Gross, Matthew Bevis, Wes Williams |
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| Humanities Cultural Programme Live Event: Katie Mitchell in conversation with Ben Whishaw |
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. 'Liveness'. |
Ben Whishaw, Katie Mitchell, Wes Williams |
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