| Practice Makes… The Multi-Hyphenate Career |
Helen and Madeleine are joined by Frey Kwa Hawking, dramaturg and critic, and Hannah Greenstreet, playwright, critic, and academic, to talk about their varied career roles, how they interact, and why theatre matters to us. |
Hannah Greenstreet, Frey Kwa Hawking, Helen Dallas, Madeleine Saidenberg |
9 February, 2023 |
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| Practice Makes… Eighteenth-Century Theatre Today |
David Taylor, specialist in eighteenth-century theatre, and Colin Blumenau, former Chief Executive and Artistic Director of the Theatre Royal, Bury St Edmunds, talk about performing eighteenth-century drama on the modern stage. |
David Taylor, Colin Blumenau, Helen Dallas, Madeleine Saidenberg |
14 November, 2022 |
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| Practice Makes… Documentary Theatre |
Alecky Blythe, creator of verbatim company Recorded Delivery and writer of Our Generation, and Molly Flynn, who specialises in contemporary Ukrainian and Russian documentary theatre, talk about documentary theatre in the UK and Ukraine. |
Alecky Blythe, Molly Flynn, Helen Dallas, Madeleine Saidenberg |
31 October, 2022 |
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| Practice Makes… Disabled-Led Theatre |
Jess Thom of Touretteshero and Hannah Simpson, author of Samuel Beckett and Disability Performance, discuss relaxed performance, accessibility, and the Touretteshero production of Beckett’s Not I. |
Jess Thom, Hannah Simpson, Helen Dallas, Madeleine Saidenberg |
20 October, 2022 |
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| TORCH Post-Show Conversations: Scandaltown |
Listen in as Caroline Taylor and Ruth Moore discuss a recent production of Mike Bartlett's 'Scandaltown' |
Caroline Taylor, Ruth Moore |
10 July, 2022 |
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| TORCH Post-Show Conversations: Much Ado About Nothing |
Listen in as Judith Buchanan and Emma Smith discuss a March 2022 RSC production of Much Ado About Nothing |
Judith Buchanan, Emma Smith |
10 July, 2022 |
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| TORCH Post-Show Conversations: When We Dead Awaken |
Listen in as Billy Barrett, Tzen Sam and Kirsten Shepherd-Barr discuss a recent production of Ibsen's 'When We Dead Awaken' |
Kirsten Shepherd-Barr, Tzen Sam, Billy Barrett |
28 June, 2022 |
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| TORCH Post-Show Conversations: Cyrano de Bergerac |
Listen in as Nora Baker and Ruth Moore discuss a recent production of Cyrano de Bergerac |
Nora Baker, Ruth Moore |
28 June, 2022 |
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| TORCH Post-show Conversations: Private Lives |
Listen in as Kirsten Shepherd-Barr and Sos Eltis discuss a recent production of Noel Coward's Private Lives |
Kirsten Shepherd-Barr, Sos Eltis, Ruth Moore |
6 June, 2022 |
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| Welcome and opening address by event hosts |
Opening address from Kristin White and readings from the event hosts. |
Kristin White, Wale Adebanwi, Stephen Tuck, Rajai Denbrook, Lisa Reed, Phyllis Curtis-Tweed |
25 January, 2022 |
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| Colonialism, Enslavement and Resistance |
1612 - 1834 Founding of Bermuda and the Fight for Freedom, talk 1 |
Mike Jarvis |
25 January, 2022 |
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| A Tale of Two Women: Sally Bassett, Mary Prince and the True Story of Slavery in Bermuda |
Second talk on the 1612 - 1834 Founding of Bermuda and the Fight for Freedom panel, with ajala omodele. |
Ajala Omodele |
25 January, 2022 |
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| The Humanitarian Revolution and the Struggle for Human Rights |
1834 – 1959/71 Struggle for Desegregation: Post-emancipation, identity and immigration, talk 1 |
Clarence Maxwell |
25 January, 2022 |
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| A Consequence of Abolition: Racialised Policies |
.1612 - 1834 Founding of Bermuda and the Fight for Freedom, talk 4 |
Walton Brown |
25 January, 2022 |
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| Black Power and Bermuda |
1834 – 1959/71 Struggle for Desegregation: Post-emancipation, identity and immigration, talk 1 |
Quito Swan |
25 January, 2022 |
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| Narratives of Resistance |
1834 – 1959/71 Struggle for Desegregation: Post-emancipation, identity and immigration, talk 2 |
Kristy Warren |
25 January, 2022 |
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| A Case Study in Black Internationalism: Bermuda as part of the Diasporic Civil Rights Struggle |
1834 – 1959/71 Struggle for Desegregation: Post-emancipation, identity and immigration, talk 3 |
Theodore Francis |
24 January, 2022 |
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| The Demographics of Bermuda: From the Deportation of Free Black People to Racist White Immigration Policies |
1834 – 1959/71 Struggle for Desegregation: Post-emancipation, identity and immigration, talk 4 |
Lynne Winfield |
24 January, 2022 |
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| The Portuguese Community In Bermuda |
1834 – 1959/71 Struggle for Desegregation: Post-emancipation, identity and immigration, talk 5 |
Rui Desa |
24 January, 2022 |
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| Race, Resistance and Fiction |
1959 – 2018 The Pursuit of Equality and Justice: Past and Present, talk 1 |
Nicholas Tweed |
24 January, 2022 |
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| Muslim Persistence in Establishing Islamic Community Life in Bermuda (1960 – present) |
1959 – 2018 The Pursuit of Equality and Justice: Past and Present, talk 2. |
Radell Tankard |
24 January, 2022 |
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| A Life of Resistance |
1959 – 2018 The Pursuit of Equality and Justice: Past and Present, talk 3 |
Linda Bogle-Meinzer |
24 January, 2022 |
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| Challenging Oppressive Working Conditions: The Bermuda Industrial Union |
1959 – 2018 The Pursuit of Equality and Justice: Past and Present, talk 4 |
Derick Burgess |
24 January, 2022 |
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| Final closing |
Closing comments by Dr. Phyllis Curtis Tweed. |
Nicholas Tweed, Phyllis Curtis Tweed |
24 January, 2022 |
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| Introduction to 'Racialisation in (post)colonial Bermuda: Past and Present' |
Racialisation in (post)colonial Bermuda: Past and Present, talk 1. |
Kristy Warren |
24 January, 2022 |
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| They Called Us Hoodlums: Media, Desegregation and the 1959 Bermuda Theatre Boycotts’ |
Racialisation in (post)colonial Bermuda: Past and Present, talk 2. |
Dana Selassie |
24 January, 2022 |
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| Goin’ dahn de road’: Racialised dialect parody in Bermuda’ |
Racialisation in (post)colonial Bermuda: Past and Present, talk 3. |
Rosemary Hall |
24 January, 2022 |
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| ‘MY NAME IS SUE’: The Mother of Mary Prince and the Racialised Abdication of Bermuda in the Authentication of Her History’ |
Racialisation in (post)colonial Bermuda: Past and Present, talk 4. |
LeYoni Junos |
18 January, 2022 |
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| Memories Lost in the Triangle: An Exploration of Bermuda’s Social Conditioning Through Racial Amnesia’ |
Racialisation in (post)colonial Bermuda: Past and Present, talk 5. |
H. Alicia Kirby |
18 January, 2022 |
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| ‘Bermuda gombey (re)connections: Covering and recovering indigeneity in the Black Atlantic’ |
Racialisation in (post)colonial Bermuda: Past and Present, talk 6. |
Sydney Hutchinson |
18 January, 2022 |
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| 400 years of Courts in Bermuda, 1616-2016, Towards a Vision of Non-Racial Justice |
Race, Law and History, talk 1 |
Ian Kawaley, Chen Foley |
18 January, 2022 |
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| The Story of the Slaveship, Enterprise |
Race, Law and History, talk 2 |
Ben Adamson |
13 January, 2022 |
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| Post-Emancipation Legislation |
Race, Law and History, talk 3 |
Walton Brown |
13 January, 2022 |
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| Legislation is essential but not always adequate |
Race, Law and History, talk 4. |
Venous Memari |
13 January, 2022 |
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| The Intersection of Women’s Suffrage and Race Speaker name Kim Caines |
Race, Law and History, talk 5. |
Kimberley Caines |
13 January, 2022 |
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| Second Class Citizens: First Class Men |
Book reading 1. |
Eva Hodgson |
13 January, 2022 |
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| Island Flames: Murder, Execution and Racial Enmity – The Real Story of Bermuda’s 1977 Riots |
Book reading 2. |
Jonathan Smith |
13 January, 2022 |
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| Choir No. 1 and Choir No. 2 and Dr E. F. Gordon: Hero of Bermuda’s Working Class |
Book reading 3. |
Dale Butler |
13 January, 2022 |
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| Bermuda and The Struggle for Reform: Race, Politics and Ideology, 1944-1998 |
Book reading 4. |
Walton Brown Jr |
13 January, 2022 |
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| Our Lady of Labour: Dr Barbara Ball |
Book reading 5. |
Ottiwell Simmons |
13 January, 2022 |
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| Shackles of the Past by David Critchley |
Book reading 6. |
Wendy Davis Johnson |
13 January, 2022 |
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| An excerpt from ‘The History of Mary Prince’ |
Book reading 7. |
Treasure Tannock |
13 January, 2022 |
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| '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 |
17 December, 2021 |
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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 |
15 December, 2021 |
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| Episode 8: Liberatory orientations in African(a) and South Asian philosophies |
In this episode, Aamir Kaderbhai (Mst Study of Religions), Heeyoung Tae (BA Philosophy, Politics, & Economics), and alicehank winham (MPhil Buddhist Studies) converse with Dr. Anatanand Rambachan (Professor of Religion at St. Olaf College), |
Aamir Kaderbhai, Heeyoung Tae, alicehank winham, Anatanand Rambachan, Brett Parris, Lee McBride |
8 December, 2021 |
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| Episode 7: The Limits of Academia with Professor Joy James |
Professor Joy James is the Ebenezer Fitch Professor of Humanities at Williams College. In this episode, Carlotta Hartmann speaks to her about coming to philosophy and the limits of academia. |
Joy James, Carlotta Hartmann |
23 November, 2021 |
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| Episode 6: Tradition and modernity in African cultural philosophy |
Scarlett Whelan and Kei Patrick interview Prof Ochieng’-Odhiambo and Zeyad el Nabolsy about attitudes to tradition, modernity and modernisation in the work of two African philosophers: Amilcar Cabral and Henry Odera Oruka. |
Scarlett Whelan, Kei Patrick, Frederick Ochieng’-Odhiambo, Zeyad el Nabolsy |
19 November, 2021 |
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| Episode 5: A Yogācāra Buddhist Theory of Metaphor and cross-cultural philosophy with Dr. Roy Tzohar |
In this episode, MPhil Buddhist Studies students Cody Fuller and alicehankwinham interview Professor Tzohar (associate professor in the East and South Asian Studies Department at Tel Aviv University). |
Cody Fuller, alicehankwinham, Roy Tzohar |
4 November, 2021 |
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| Episode 4: Academic, Moral, and Spiritual Philosophy from the Ramakrishna Order |
Dylan Watts (UG physics and philosophy) and Aamir Kaderbhai (MSt study of religion) interview Swami Medhananda, ordained monk of the Ramakrishna Order and Senior Research Fellow at the Ramakrishna Institute of Moral and Spiritual Education, Mysore, India |
Dylan Watts, Aamir Kaderbha, Swami Medhananda |
4 November, 2021 |
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| Episode 3: Approaches to South Asian philosophies |
Aamir Kaderbhai and Heeyoung Tae interview Mini Chandran, Professor in the department of humanities and social sciences at the Indian Institute of Technology Kanpur, and Parimal Patil, Professor of Religion and Indian Philosophy at Harvard University. |
Aamir Kaderbhai, Heeyoung Tae, Mini Chandran, Parimal Patil |
4 November, 2021 |
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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 |
3 November, 2021 |
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| Episode 2: How students grapple with specialising in marginalised philosophies |
How do you make marginalised philosophies accessible? What are the challenges to South Asian and African(a) philosophy specialists within Anglo-European universities? Find out more in this episode. |
Srutokirti Basak, Aamir Kaderbhai, Jonathan Egid |
20 October, 2021 |
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| Episode 1: How should we talk about South Asian and African(a) philosophies? inspiration with Dr. Adamson and Dr. Jeffers |
Join Mansfield College History student Srutokirti Basak in a discussion with podcast hosts and writers of the comprehensive and trailblazing History of Indian and African(a) Philosophy podcast series Dr Peter Adamson and Dr Chike Jeffers. |
Srutokirti Basak, Peter Adamson, Chike Jeffers |
20 October, 2021 |
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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 |
15 September, 2021 |
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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 |
2 September, 2021 |
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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 |
2 September, 2021 |
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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 |
31 August, 2021 |
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| Final Roundtable: Into the Hills |
Diane Purkiss, University of Oxford, chairs the final roundtable discussion of the conference. |
Diane Purkiss |
5 August, 2021 |
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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 |
5 August, 2021 |
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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 |
5 August, 2021 |
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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 |
5 August, 2021 |
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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 |
5 August, 2021 |
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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 |
5 August, 2021 |
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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 |
5 August, 2021 |
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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 |
5 August, 2021 |
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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 |
5 August, 2021 |
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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 |
5 August, 2021 |
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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 |
5 August, 2021 |
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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 |
4 August, 2021 |
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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 |
4 August, 2021 |
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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 |
4 August, 2021 |
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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 |
4 August, 2021 |
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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 |
3 August, 2021 |
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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 |
3 August, 2021 |
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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 |
26 July, 2021 |
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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 |
26 July, 2021 |
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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 |
23 July, 2021 |
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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 |
23 July, 2021 |
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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 |
29 June, 2021 |
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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 |
25 June, 2021 |
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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 |
25 June, 2021 |
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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 |
18 June, 2021 |
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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 |
18 June, 2021 |
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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 |
16 June, 2021 |
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| Cre-AI-tivity: Blood in a Whatsapp message? |
This last in our trilogy explores data as the foundation of AI systems. We learn how this enables mapping individual learners' progress and benchmarking in a teaching context, but also how that data exchange raises ethical issues. |
Abigail Williams, Jussi Ängeslevä, Carl Schoenfeld |
28 May, 2021 |
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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 |
24 May, 2021 |
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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 |
21 May, 2021 |
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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 |
21 May, 2021 |
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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 |
21 May, 2021 |
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| Cre-AI-tivity: Hogwarts 4ever? |
The second in our trilogy of podcasts explores the role AI can play in story creation and development. We learn how machines can extend a fictional story world, as well as our interaction with it. |
Abigail Williams, Jussi Ängeslevä, Carl Schoenfeld |
17 May, 2021 |
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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 |
13 May, 2021 |
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| English folk tunes, borders, nationalism and race |
Dr Alice Little speaks with folk musicians and researchers Cohen Braithwaite- Kilcoyne, Nicola Beazley, Stewart Hardy, Tom Kitching, and Marie Bashiru about the borders of English folk music - regionally, racially, and conceptually. |
Alice Little, Cohen Braithwaite-Kilcoyne, Nicola Beazley, Stewart Hardy, Tom Kitching, Marie Bashiru |
10 May, 2021 |
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| Cre-AI-tivity: Make the machine work 4u |
First in a trilogy explores the impact of AI on story creation and reception. We learn how machines enable audiences to experience the humanity of fictional characters. Yet a ‘rhetoric of innovation’ gets in the way of understanding what is happening. |
Abigail Williams, Jussi Ängeslevä, Carl Schoenfeld |
6 May, 2021 |
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| English folk tunes in performance today |
Musicians Sam Sweeney, Rob Harbron, and Alan Lamb join Dr Alice Little to discuss English folk music in performance today. |
Sam Sweeney, Rob Harbron, Alan Lamb, Alice Little |
3 May, 2021 |
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| A history of English folk tunes |
Dr Alice Little speaks with folk musicians and music collectors Jeremy Barlow, Matt Coatsworth, and Becky Price about the history of English folk music, and what makes it so 'English'. |
Alice Little, Jeremy Barlow, Matt Coatsworth, Becky Price |
26 April, 2021 |
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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 |
19 April, 2021 |
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| Animal Eyes on the Planet (3/3): The Aesthetics of an Intangible World |
In this third and last podcast Berlin and the Oxford creative collaboration on Climate Crisis Thinking we work with the Japan’s indigenous Ainu culture and history to explore how artists can respond to intangible aspects of the world and express them. |
Amanda Power, Nina Fischer, Hana Yoo, Eiko Soga, Stella Krämer Horta, Dalis Pachenco, Lisa Maria Steppacher, Lilli Kuschel |
12 April, 2021 |
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| The Sound of Contagion 2/3 |
The “Sound of Contagion” explores what a society of contagion can sound like and how technology can illuminate 2020 pandemic and others throughout history. |
Chelsea Haith, Robert Laidlow, Wenzel Mehnert |
26 March, 2021 |
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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 |
23 March, 2021 |
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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 |
22 March, 2021 |
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