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Oxford Reads Kafka |
A collective public reading of 'Metamorphosis' to celebrate the 100-year anniversary of Franz Kafka’s death. Bringing together literary figures, civic leaders and University academics and students, this event celebrates the power of Kafka’s voice today. |
Lemn Sissay, Ben Okri, Lisa Appignanesi, Helen McShane |
12 Jun 2024 |
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Introduction |
Richard Ovenden, head of the Bodleian Library, gives a short introduction to the event |
Richard Ovenden |
02 Mar 2021 |
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Women and Power: The Women who Shaped the National Trust – keynote by Hilary McGrady, Director-General, National Trust |
‘Women and Power: The Women who Shaped the National Trust’ is the keynote by McGrady, Director-General, National Trust at the Women and Power conference which took place on the 6th and 7th March 2019. |
Hilary McGrady |
07 Mar 2019 |
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Women and Power: Changing the Stories We Tell Ourselves – keynote by Melissa Benn, Writer and Campaigner |
'Women and Power: Changing the Stories We Tell Ourselves’ is the keynote by the writer and campaigner Melissa Benn at the Women and Power conference which took place on the 6th and 7th March 2019. |
Melissa Benn, Senia Paseta |
06 Mar 2019 |
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Women and Power: Redressing the Balance – keynote by Annie Reilly, Head of Public Programmes, National Trust |
'Women and Power: Redressing the Balance' is the opening keynote by Anne Reilly, Head of Public Programmes, National Trust at the Women and Power conference which took place on the 6th and 7th March 2019. |
Annie Reilly, Alice Purkiss |
06 Mar 2019 |
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Creative Commons |
Jon Stainsby speaks to Johana Muskalova |
Jon Stainsby talks to Johana Muskalova about the relationship between music and commemoration and his experience as a performer. |
Jon Stainsby, Johana Musalkova |
31 Jul 2018 |
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Creative Commons |
Anna Leese speaks to Niall Munro |
Anna Leese speaks to Niall Munro about her personal connections to commemorations of war and the performance of commemorative music. |
Anna Leese, Niall Munro |
31 Jul 2018 |
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Creative Commons |
Simon Over speaks to Rita Phillips |
Conductor Simon Over talks to Rita Phillips about the performance of commemorative musical works. |
Simon Over, Rita Phillips |
31 Jul 2018 |
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Creative Commons |
Interview with Lord William Wallace |
Lord William Wallace, member of the Parliament Choir, talks to Professor Kate McLoughlin about the centenary commemorations of the First World War. |
William Wallace, Kate McLoughlin |
30 Jul 2018 |
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'The Marrow of the Tragedy is Concentrated in the Hospitals': Negotiating Trauma and Resilience in the Narratives of Medical Personnel in the Great War |
The closing keynote by Dr Jane Potter illuminates how medics and nurses charged with treating the war wounded responded to and processed their experiences, analysing the stories these healers left behind and the silent spaces within them. |
Jane Potter |
21 Oct 2016 |
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Public or Private? Personal Correspondence during the Great War |
In the first keynote of the conference, Professor John Horne (Trinity College Dublin, University of Oxford) explores the convergence of the public and private spheres during the Great War through the practice of letter-writing. |
John Horne |
21 Oct 2016 |
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Creative Commons |
Les Permissionnaires |
A look at the different experiences of service leave during the First World War (in French). |
Emmanuelle Cronier |
20 Feb 2013 |
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Creative Commons |
Soldiers on Leave |
A look at the different experiences of service leave during the First World War. |
Emmanuelle Cronier |
20 Feb 2013 |
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Creative Commons |
The Historian and the Centenary |
Important questions, problems, and challenges pertaining to the role historians and scholars will play in the centenary of the First World War. |
Pierre Purseigle |
29 Oct 2012 |
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Creative Commons |
Why are we still trying to understand the outbreak of World War One? |
In this St John's College Research Centre 2012 Annual Lecture, Professor Margaret MacMillan examines the reasons why this question has remained important over the last 100 years and suggests some possible explanations for the outbreak of the war. |
Margaret MacMillan |
29 Oct 2012 |
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100 Years of 'Struggle' Between the Polity and the Market in South Africa (African History and Politics Seminar) |
'A Luta Continua! Reflections on 100 Years of "Struggle" Between the Polity and the Market in South Africa', presented by Dr Jesmond Blumenfeld (Brunel). |
Jesmond Blumenfeld |
29 Jan 2011 |
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Lecture 15: Engineering for Sustainable Development |
Professor Roland Clift, CBE on "Engineering for Sustainable Development". |
Roland Clift |
19 Aug 2008 |
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Lecture 14: Innovation, Spin-out Companies and Nanotechnology |
Professor Peter Dobson on "Innovation, Spin-out Companies and Nanotechnology". |
Peter Dobson |
12 Aug 2008 |
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Lecture 13: Designing for Strength: A Century of Solid Mechanics Research in Oxford |
Professor Carlos Ruiz on "Designing for Strength: A Century of Solid Mechanics Research in Oxford". |
Carlos Ruiz |
05 Aug 2008 |
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Lecture 12: The Centenary Lubbock Lecture |
Lord Browne of Madingley, President of the Royal Academy of Engineering "On being an engineer". |
John Browne |
13 Jun 2008 |
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Lecture 11: History of the Department of Engineering Science |
Dr Alastair Howatson on the "History of the Department of Engineering Science". |
Alastair Howatson |
10 Jun 2008 |
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Lecture 10: Advances in Biomedical Engineering |
Professor Lionel Tarassenko on "Advances in Biomedical Engineering". |
Lionel Tarassenko |
10 Jun 2008 |
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Lecture 8: An Early Structural Engineering Problem: the Oxford Connection |
Professor Guy Houlsby on "An Early Structural Engineering Problem: the Oxford Connection". |
Guy Houlsby |
10 Jun 2008 |
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Lecture 7: Engineers at War |
Lieutenant Colonel (Retd) Christopher Pugsley on "Engineers at War". |
Christopher Pugsley |
10 Jun 2008 |
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Lecture 6: Hydraulic Engineering - How We Use Hydraulics to Solve Real Life Engineering Problems |
Dr Jane Smallman on "Hydraulic Engineering - How We Use Hydraulics to Solve Real Life Engineering Problems". |
Jane Smallman |
10 Jun 2008 |
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Lecture 4: "The Greatest Mechanick of this Present Age": Dr Robert Hooke and the Origins of Engineering Science in Oxford |
Dr Allan Chapman on '"The Greatest Mechanick of this Present Age": Dr Robert Hooke and the Origins of Engineering Science in Oxford'. |
Allan Chapman |
10 Jun 2008 |
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Lecture 3: Keep it cool! 38 years of gas-turbine research |
Professor Martin Oldfield on 'Keep it cool! 38 years of gas-turbine research'. |
Martin Oldfield |
10 Jun 2008 |
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Lecture 1: Introduction to the Jenkin Lecture |
Patron of the Centenary, Lord Jenkin of Roding's inaugural Centenary lecture. |
Patrick Jenkin |
10 Jun 2008 |
