Merton College

Merton College is a vibrant and diverse intellectual community that has been at the forefront of education and research at Oxford University since 1264. Nobel Prize winners and other cultural and scientific leaders, such as TS Eliot, JRR Tolkien, and Andrew Wiles, adorn the list of Eminent Mertonians. Merton’s tradition of excellence lives on, thanks to the talent and dedication of college fellows, students, staff and alumni. Together with our historic architecture, beautiful gardens, delicious food, fine accommodation, and generous support for students and researchers, they make Merton an extraordinary place in which to learn, to teach and to visit.

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Title	Description	People	Date
The 26th Ockham Lecture - From Neurons to Perception: How Physics Opened the Black Box	A lecture given by Professor Irene Tracey, Nuffield Chair of Anaesthetic Science and Head of the Nuffield Department of Clinical Neuroscience at the University of Oxford, and Warden-elect of Merton College.	Irene Tracey	28 March, 2018
Why play Opera at all?	Stephen Langridge explains why, in his view, opera is still a relevant and important art form.	Stephen Langridge; Michael Burden	14 November, 2017
The 2017 Merton Equality Conversation: 'A Duty of Care'	The opening talk at the 2017 Merton Equality Conversation, given by Lord David Puttnam at the TS Eliot Theatre, Merton College, Oxford, on Tuesday 7 March 2017.	David Puttnam	11 May, 2017
Making a Contemporary Opera: in conversation with Michael Burden	In this episode Katie talks in depth about her experiences of creating new and contemporary opera.	Katie Mitchell, Michael Burden	10 May, 2017
The 23rd Ockham Lecture - 'Twisting the Neutron Wavefunction'	Given by Professor Charles Clark, Fellow of the Physical Measurement Laboratory at the National Institute of Standards and Technology, and Fellow and Adjunct Professor at the Joint Quantum Institute, University of Maryland, USA.	Charles Clark	30 March, 2017
Woman. Alone: Directing Opera	Katie Mitchell talks about her time directing Opera.	Katie Mitchell, Elaine Kidd, Michael Burden	14 February, 2017
The 17th Ockham Lecture - 'Physics in the World of Ideas: Complexity as Energy'	Given by Professor Yuri Manin, Professor Emeritus, Max Planck Institute for Mathematics, Bonn, Germany; Professor Emeritus, Northwestern University, Evanston, USA; Principal Researcher, Steklov Mathematical Institute, Academy of Sciences, Moscow, Russia.	Yuri Manin	3 June, 2015
From Edwardian Merton to the Western Front 1906-1918	A talk by Professor Anthony Fletcher (Merton 1959), Emeritus Professor of English Social History at the University of London, and author of 'Life, Death, and Growing Up on the Western Front'.	Anthony Fletcher	27 March, 2015
100 years on, how Tolkien came to the brink of Middle-earth	A talk given at a day-long symposium that focused on different aspects of JRR Tolkien's academic and literary work, and his life in Oxford. The talk is based on a paper published in 'Tolkien Studies 11' (West Virginia University Press: 2014).	John Garth	27 March, 2015
How Can We Institutionalize Concern for Future Generations?	A talk given by Professor Simon Caney at a climate change panel discussion organised by Global Directions and the Oxford Centre for International Studies	Simon Caney	28 January, 2015
The 16th Ockham Lecture - 'Breaking Into Your Brain'	Given by Dr Aldo Faisal, Senior Lecturer in Neurotechnology, Department of Bioengineering and Department of Computing, Imperial College London, and Associated Investigator, MRC Clinical Sciences Centre.	Aldo Faisal	11 December, 2014
'Tolkien in Oxford', BBC 1968	A discussion between Dr Stuart Lee and film & TV director Leslie Megahey on the BBC's 1968 documentary, 'Tolkien in Oxford', given at a day-long symposium that focused on different aspects of Tolkien's academic and literary work and life in Oxford.	Stuart Lee, Leslie Megahey	1 December, 2014

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