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Creative Commons |
The Devaki Jain Lecture - Empowered voices: Jordanian women shaping their future |
The Middle East Centre was honoured to host the 2025 Devaki Jain Lecture. This year’s lecture was delivered by Rana Husseini, Jordanian activist, journalist and author. |
Rana Husseini, Eugene Rogan |
30 May 2025 |
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Liberation Theology in Palestine |
A paper delivered by Rev. Dr Mitri Alraheb at the Palestine Research Centre symposium held at the MEC on Friday 9 May 2025. This paper was part of a panel chaired by Professor Eugene Rogan. |
Mitri Alraheb, Eugene Rogan |
27 May 2025 |
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Towards an Inclusive Narrative, History, and Methodology |
A paper delivered by Dr Hamdan Taha at the Palestine Research Centre symposium held at the MEC on Friday 9 May 2025. This paper was part of a panel chaired by Professor Eugene Rogan. |
Hamdan Taha, Eugene Rogan |
27 May 2025 |
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The Archaeology and History of Palestine - Book introduction |
A paper delivered by Dr Iman Saca at the Palestine Research Centre symposium held at the MEC on Friday 9 May 2025. This paper was part of a panel chaired by Professor Eugene Rogan. |
Iman Saca, Eugene Rogan |
22 May 2025 |
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History of the British Mandate in Palestine |
A paper delivered by Dr Issam Nassar at the Palestine Research Centre symposium held at the MEC on Friday 9 May 2025. This paper was part of a panel chaired by Professor Eugene Rogan. |
Issam Nassar, Eugene Rogan |
22 May 2025 |
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New Critical Assessment of the Archaeology and History of Palestine During the Early and Middle Islamic Periods |
A paper delivered by Dr Mahmoud Hawari at the Palestine Research Centre symposium held at the MEC on Friday 9 May 2025. This paper was part of a panel chaired by Professor Eugene Rogan. |
Mahmoud Hawari, Eugene Rogan |
22 May 2025 |
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Palestine Research Centre symposium at the MEC – Opening remarks |
Speech delivered by H.E. Dr Mohammad Shtayyeh, Chairman of the Palestine Research Centre and former Palestinian Prime Minister, at a symposium held at the MEC on Friday 9 May 2025. |
Mohammad Shtayyeh, Eugene Rogan |
22 May 2025 |
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East of Empire: Egypt, India, and the World between the Wars |
In this joint seminar with the Asian Studies Centre, Dr Erin MB O’Halloran, University of Cambridge, presents her new book 'East of Empire' (2025 Stanford University Press). Chaired by Professor Faisal Devji (St Antony’s College). |
Erin O'Halloran, Faisal Devji |
08 May 2025 |
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The chaos (fawḍà) Bashshar al-Asad warned against – Damascus University 10th November 2005 – and present-day Syria |
On Friday 21 February 2025, Professor Johannes Waardenburg gave the Middle East Centre’s Friday seminar |
Johannes Waardenburg, Walter Armbrust |
06 Mar 2025 |
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The Trial that Shook Britain: How a Court Martial Hastened Acceptance of Indian Independence |
Book talk with Ashis Ray |
Ashis Ray |
04 Dec 2024 |
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Writing Middle Eastern Lives: Biography in Modern Arab History |
Sonja Mejcher-Atassi, author of ‘An Impossible Friendship’, Marilyn Booth, author of ‘The Career and Communities of Zaynab Fawwaz’, and Peter Hill, author of ‘Prophet of Reason’, discuss the writing of biography in modern Middle Eastern history. |
Sonja Mejcher-Atassi, Marilyn Booth, Peter Hill, Eugene Rogan |
29 Nov 2024 |
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Tahrir, Gaza, and beyond: revolution, liberation, and praxis |
Researcher and writer, Rusha Latif, gives a talk based on her new book ‘Tahrir’s Youth: Leaders of a Leaderless Revolution’ |
Rusha Latif, Walter Armbrust |
31 Oct 2024 |
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From the Cradle to the Street: Family and the 1979 Revolution in Iran |
Professor Naghmeh Sohrabi, Charles (Corky) Goodman Professor of Middle East History and Director for Research at the Crown Center for Middle East Studies, Brandeis University, describes the role of the family in the 1979 Revolution in Iran. |
Naghmeh Sohrabi, Maryam Alemzadeh |
31 Oct 2024 |
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The challenges of writing Middle East history after 7 October: from Gaza to the climate crisis |
Dr Ibrahim Al-Marashi reflects on the process of researching and writing the latest edition of his book, ‘A Concise History of the Middle East’. |
Ibrahim al-Marashi, Eugene Rogan |
25 Oct 2024 |
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Interview with Robert Bracey on South Asian Coin Collections in the British Museum by Shreya Gupta |
This interview discusses the afterlives of coin collections from South Asia held in UK museums today. |
Robert Bracey, Shreya Gupta |
31 Jul 2024 |
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Stepping in, helping out, competing with…? State and civic actors in Ukraine’s wartime heritage work |
Dr. Vonnak reflects on how socio historical events impact the definition, preservation, and sometimes neglect of cultural heritage. She draws from her extensive field work in Ukraine over the past eight years. |
Diana Vonnak, Dora Duo |
25 Jan 2024 |
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Hegel's Enlightenment |
Professor Richard Bourke delivers the 2023 Annual Besterman Lecture. |
Richard Bourke |
14 Nov 2023 |
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Pakistan & India: Common Origins, Divergent Trajectories |
Pervez Hoodbhoy seminar given as part of the Modern South Asian Seminar series in October 2023 |
Pervez Hoodbhoy |
26 Oct 2023 |
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Slade Lecture Series 2023: Drawing the Line: Obiora Udechukwu and Nigeria’s Smiling General 1980s-1990s |
In the 1980’s, the painter and poet Obiora Udechukwu (b. 1946), a leading figure of the Nsukka School, was at the height of his powers, with drawings and paintings celebrated for their lyrical power and trenchant social commentary. |
Chika Okeke-Agulu |
18 May 2023 |
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Slade Lecture Series 2023: To speak in Parables: Dumile Feni in Hendrik Verwoerd’s South Africa, 1960s |
Chika Okeke-Agulu examines art & politics in 1960s South Africa paying particular attention to Hendrik Verwoerd, the self-styled “Great Induna,” & architect of Apartheid, whose assassination in 1966 slowed the triumphant march of Afrikaner racist ideology |
Chika Okeke-Agulu |
18 May 2023 |
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Slade Lecture Series 2023: Gazbia Sirry and Egyptian artists in the Nasserite State, 1950s-1960s |
Professor Chika Okeke-Agulu follows the formal and tonal shifts in Gazbia Sirry’s work as it responded to, and was shaped by Nasser’s and post-revolutionary Egypt’s political fortunes. |
Chika Okeke-Agulu |
18 May 2023 |
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The early medieval history of Ukraine: mythology and historical logics |
The history of early Slavs as a point for debunking historical misconceptions that benefit one state at the expense of another. |
Andrii Pastushenko |
12 May 2023 |
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Making wood type then and now |
Thomas Gravemaker explores the history of wood type printing as well as his own recent manufacture using digital design and a CNC router. |
Thomas Gravemaker |
19 Apr 2023 |
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The Women behind "the Few" - Interview with Dr Sarah-Louise Miller |
Interview with Dr Sarah-Louise Miller about the role of the WAAF in British air intelligence. |
Joseph Quinn, Sarah-Louise Miller |
11 Apr 2023 |
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Modern Times: Photography in Britain 1800–1850 |
Geoffrey Batchen explores the first fifty years of photography in Britain. |
Geoffrey Batchen |
06 Apr 2023 |
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Building the digital archive |
A short interview with the project's technical lead, Catherine Conisbee, on building the digital archive. |
Catherine Conisbee |
23 Mar 2023 |
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A Postcard from Hitler |
The Project Lead, Dr Stuart Lee, discusses his most memorable finds on previous crowdsourcing projects |
Stuart Lee |
08 Feb 2023 |
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Introducing 'Their Finest Hour' |
A brief introduction by the project team to 'Their Finest Hour' |
Stuart Lee, Matthew Kidd, Joseph Quinn |
23 Jan 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 Nov 2022 |
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Albert Hourani’s Impact |
2022 is the 60th anniversary of the publication of Albert Hourani’s magnum opus Arabic Thought in the Liberal Age, 1798-1939. |
Matthew Smith, Charles Ough, Paul Dresch, Eugene Rogan |
17 Oct 2022 |
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Immigration to Innovation |
We take a tour round the Taking Care of Business exhibition at the Migration Museum and hear about new research into refugee entrepreneurialism. |
Aditi Anand, Gilda Borriello |
06 Sep 2022 |
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OxPeace 2022 Session 4: Part 2 |
Professor Cedric de Coning presents "Adaptive Peace: Coping with Complex Systems in Transition." |
Cedric de Coning |
10 Jun 2022 |
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North Sea Crossings: inside the exhibition |
Discover the treasures that illustrate how exchanges between England and the Netherlands have shaped literature, book production and institutions such as the Bodleian itself, on either side of the North Sea. |
Sjoerd Levelt, Ad Putter |
14 Apr 2022 |
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Statistics, ethical and unethical: Some historical vignettes |
David Steinsaltz gives a lecture on the ethical issues in statistics using historical examples. |
David Steinsaltz |
05 Apr 2022 |
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Creative Commons |
Talking Ukraine with Olena Chervonik |
A conversation between Professor Geoffrey Batchen and Ukrainian-born art history doctoral student Olena Chervonik, focusing on the history and culture of Ukraine. |
Olena Chervonik, Geoff Batchen |
10 Mar 2022 |
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Emma Smith interviews James Hawes |
James Hawes, novelist and micro-historian of The Shortest History of England and The Shortest History of Germany, talks about agents and editors, his role in the worst film ever made, and playing the French horn on the roof of Hertford’s library. |
Emma Smith, James Hawes |
21 Oct 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 Oct 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 Oct 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 |
05 Aug 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 |
05 Aug 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 |
05 Aug 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 |
05 Aug 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 |
05 Aug 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 |
05 Aug 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 |
05 Aug 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 Jul 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 |
23 Jul 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 Jun 2021 |
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"Our History": The Everyday Social and the Sense of Historical Touch |
Sundar Sarukkai (Centre for Society and Policy, IISc) speaks at the Oxford South Asian Intellectual History Seminar on 10 May 2021. For more information on the event, see here. For queries, please contact the seminar convenor at saih@history.ox.ac.uk. |
Sundar Sarukkai |
17 Jun 2021 |
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The Dead Speak: Identity, Autochthony and the Occult in Kenya’s Western Highlands |
In this seminar we hosted David Anderson of Warwick University as he presented on "The Dead Speak: Identity, Autochthony and the Occult in Kenya’s Western Highlands". |
David Anderson |
12 Mar 2021 |
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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 |
01 Mar 2021 |
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History, politics, and Anecdotes with Eugene Rogan |
Piotr Schulkes and Eugene Rogan discuss the importance of history in contemporary Middle Eastern politics, how the West discusses the region, and a number of stories from Rogan’s time at Oxford. |
Piotr Schulkes, Eugene Rogan |
22 Feb 2021 |
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Delusional states: Love, Citizenship and Resistance in Gilgit-Baltistan |
This talk examines the emotional and intimate logics of occupation, citizenship, and state-making in Gilgit-Baltistan, a contested borderland between India and Pakistan that forms part of the Kashmir dispute. |
Nosheen Ali |
10 Feb 2021 |
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A Contrapuntal History of Hindustan |
Manan Amend (Columbia), gives a talk for the Asian Studies Centre seminar series. |
Manan Amend |
04 Feb 2021 |
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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 |
28 Jan 2021 |
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Coronavirus and ‘Disease X’ |
Professor Peter Millican interviews the Oxford scientists working at the forefront of research into Disease X |
Peter Millican, Sarah Gilbert, Peter Horby, Jimmy Whitworth |
14 Jan 2021 |
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Ebola |
Professor Peter Millican begins the final episode of this series in 2014, at the onset of the Ebola outbreak in West Africa. |
Peter Millican, Kevin Decock, Katie Ewer, Brian Angus |
14 Jan 2021 |
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HIV/AIDS |
In the ninth episode of our History of Pandemics season, Professor Peter Millican leaves the perils of influenza behind, only to discover an entirely new virus: HIV. |
Peter Millican, Harold Jaffe, John Frater, Kevin Decock |
14 Jan 2021 |
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The 'Spanish' Flu |
Professor Peter Millican arrives in the twentieth century, during the last years of the Great War, to a pandemic which you may have read a lot about during the early coverage of our current COVID outbreak. |
Peter Millican, John Oxford, Brian Angus, Claas Kirchhelle |
14 Jan 2021 |
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'Russian' Flu: the pandemic that wasn't? |
In this episode, Professor Peter Millican discusses a controversial outbreak... |
Peter Millican, Julia Mannherz, Claas Kirchhelle, Brian Angus |
14 Jan 2021 |
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Cholera |
Professor Peter Millican makes it to the nineteenth century to discuss the achievements of John Snow |
Peter Millican, Claas Kirchhelle, Brian Angus, Blanche Oguti |
14 Jan 2021 |
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Reynard the Fox |
In this BodCast from the Friends of the Bodleian, Professor Dame Marina Warner interviews Anne Louise Avery, writer and art historian, on the subject of Avery's recent book, Reynard the Fox https://bodleianshop.co.uk/products/reynard-the-fox |
Dame Marina Warner, Anne Louise Avery |
09 Dec 2020 |
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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 |
07 Dec 2020 |
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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 |
30 Nov 2020 |
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Creative Commons |
Jeko Khere So Khaye (He who tills has the right to eat); 'development' and the politics of agrarian reform in late 1940s and early 1950s in Sindh |
Sarah Ansari (Royal Holloway) gives a talk for the Asian Studies Centre seminar series. |
Sarah Ansari |
26 Nov 2020 |
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Avi Shlaim on Revisionist History and Israel |
Piotr Schulkes and Avi Shlaim, Fellow of the British Academy, sit down to discuss Israel’s New Historians; who they are, what they believe, and the popular reception to it. |
Avi Shlaim, Piotr Schulkes |
20 Nov 2020 |
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Global histories of hierarachy? Reflections from India on Caste, race and the Black Lives Matter movement |
Nayanika Mathur (Oxford) and Rosalind O'Hanlon (Oxford) give a talk for the Modern South Asian Studies seminars on the Black Lives Matter movement. |
Nayanika Mathur, Rosalind O'Hanlon |
11 Nov 2020 |
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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 |
10 Nov 2020 |
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Transnational Francoism |
Bàrbara Molas discusses Transnational Francoism: The British and The Canadian Friends of National Spain as part of the TORCH Network Conversations in Identity, Ethnicity and Nationhood. Bàrbara Molas is a PHD Candidate in History at York University |
Bàrbara Molas |
23 Oct 2020 |
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Live Event: Imagined Journeys: Pilgrimage, Diplomacy, and Colonialism in Medieval Europe |
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. |
Marion Turner, Matthew Kneale |
21 Oct 2020 |
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Live Event: White Rose - Voices of the German Resistance |
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. |
Alex Lloyd, John Herring |
19 Oct 2020 |
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Live Event: Living with Pandemics: Finding New Narratives |
In conversation with Dr Erica Charters and Robin Gorna. TORCH Goes Digital! presents a series of weekly live events Big Tent - Live Events! Performance Week |
Erica Charters, Robin Gorna |
13 Oct 2020 |
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Live Event: Celebrating Tchaikovsky |
TORCH Goes Digital! presents a series of weekly live events Big Tent - Live Events! Music Week |
Leah Broad, Philip Bullock |
06 Oct 2020 |
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Live Event: In Conversation with Maaza Mengiste |
TORCH Goes Digital! presents a series of weekly live events Big Tent - Live Events! |
Elleke Boehmer, Maaza Mengiste, Richard Reid, Birhanu T. Gessese |
06 Oct 2020 |
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Episode 5 – Babylon: Natural Theology versus Scientific Naturalism |
When Museum opened in 1860, a new secular approach to science was on the rise. In the final episode of Temple of Science we see how ‘natural theology’ responded to the challenges of Charles Darwin’s theories of evolution and natural selection. |
John Holmes |
01 Oct 2020 |
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Episode 4 – Chambers of the Ministering Priests: Building Scientific Disciplines |
The Museum was founded on the principle that art should be used to teach science and to inspire generations of scientists. In episode 4 of Temple of Science we see how this was put into practice in some of the building’s less familiar spaces. |
John Holmes |
01 Oct 2020 |
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Episode 3 – The Sanctuary of the Temple of Science: The Central Court |
The central court of the Museum was described by one founder as ‘the sanctuary of the Temple of Science’. In this episode we see how every detail of this unique space was carefully planned and crafted to form a comprehensive model of natural science. |
John Holmes |
01 Oct 2020 |
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Episode 2 – 'God’s Own Museum': The Façade |
In episode 2 of Temple of Science, we take a closer look at the decoration on the outside of the Museum building, which captures the vitality of nature, presented in Victorian Oxford as the study of God’s creation. |
John Holmes |
01 Oct 2020 |
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Episode 1 – Oxford's Pre-Raphaelite Natural History Museum |
In the first episode of Temple of Science we find out how the Museum came to be, involving not only scientists but artists, architects and designers in one of the most original creative collaborations of the Victorian age. |
John Holmes |
29 Sep 2020 |
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Live Event: Invalids on the Move |
Part of the Humanities Cultural Programme, one of the founding stones for the future Stephen A. Schwarzman Centre for the Humanities. |
Sally Shuttleworth, Erica Charters, Philip Bullock |
15 Sep 2020 |
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St Antony's Looks at the World - Ep. 4 - Professor Archie Brown |
For our fourth episode of St Antony's Looks at the World, we have Emeritus Fellow Professor Archie Brown discussing his latest book - 'The Human Factor: Gorbachev, Reagan, and Thatcher, and the End of the Cold War'. |
Archie Brown, Julie Newton |
26 Aug 2020 |
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10th Anniversary Dahrendorf Lecture and Colloquium 5. Europe's (his)story in schools, museums, theatre and foundations |
What Stories Does Europe Tell? Contested Narratives, Complex Histories, Conflicted Union. |
Steffen Sammler, Constanze Itzel, Katie Ebner-Landy, Michael Schwarz |
10 Jun 2020 |
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10th Anniversary Dahrendorf Lecture and Colloquium 4. Writing a history of Europe |
What Stories Does Europe Tell? Contested Narratives, Complex Histories, Conflicted Union. |
Ian Kershaw, Andreas Wirsching, Margaret MacMillan, Paul Betts |
10 Jun 2020 |
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10th Anniversary Dahrendorf Lecture and Colloquium 3. The power and perils of narrative |
What Stories Does Europe Tell? Contested Narratives, Complex Histories, Conflicted Union. With Andrew Hurrell (Oxford), Kalypso Nicolaidis (Oxford), Carolin Duttlinger (Oxford) Chair: Rasmus Nielsen (Oxford). |
Andrew Hurrell, Kalypso Nicolaidis, Carolin Duttlinger, Rasmus Kleis Nielsen |
10 Jun 2020 |
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10th Anniversary Dahrendorf Lecture and Colloquium 2. Contested narratives of today's Europe |
What Stories Does Europe Tell? Contested Narratives, Complex Histories, Conflicted Union. |
Andras Lanczi, Slawomir Sierakowski, Damian Boeselager, Gisela Stuart |
10 Jun 2020 |
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10th Anniversary Dahrendorf Lecture and Colloquium 1.What do Europeans know? What do they care? |
What Stories Does Europe Tell? Contested Narratives, Complex Histories, Conflicted Union. With Isabell Hoffmann (eupinions, Bertelsmann Foundation), Katrin Bennhold (New York Times), Christian Rauh (WZB), Daniel Judt (Oxford). |
Isabell Hoffmann, Katrin Bennhold, Christian Rauh, Daniel Judt |
10 Jun 2020 |
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Jewish Treasures from Oxford Libraries |
Join Rebecca Abrams in conversation with Samuel Fanous to discuss her riveting and beautiful new book, edited with César Merchan-Hamann, Jewish Treasures from Oxford Libraries. You can purchase the book https://bodleianshop.co.uk/products/jewish-treasures |
Rebecca Abrams, Samuel Fanous |
08 Jun 2020 |
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Trinity: A Real Life Spy Story |
Frank Close tells the story of Klaus Fuchs and the Bodleian Library. Trinity was the codename for the test explosion of the atomic bomb in New Mexico on 16 July 1945. |
Frank Close |
29 Apr 2020 |
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Dr Merze Tate on International Relations: Prof Cecelia Lynch |
Prof Cecelia Lynch, of the University of California, Irvine, discusses the academic career of US foreign policy and disarmament expert Dr Merze Tate. |
Cecelia Lynch, Louise Richardson |
21 Apr 2020 |
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Life and thought of Vijaya Lakshmi Pandit: Prof Manu Bhagavan |
Professor Manu Bhagavan, of Hunter College and CUNY, speaks on the life and work of Indian diplomat and politician Vijaya Lakshmi Pandit. |
Manu Bhagavan |
21 Apr 2020 |
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Gilberto Freyre - International Intellectual, Ancestor of Southern Theory: Professor Peter Burke and Dr Maria Lúcia Garcia Pallares-Burke |
Prof Peter Burke and Dr Maria Lúcia Garcia Pallares-Burke of the University of Cambridge speak on Gilberto Freyre. |
Peter Burke, Maria Lúcia Garcia Pallares-Burke |
21 Apr 2020 |
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International Thought of Joaquim Nabuco: Prof Leslie Bethell |
Professor Leslie Bethell of the University of Oxford traces the life and internationalist thought of Joaquim Nabuco. |
Leslie Bethell |
21 Apr 2020 |
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Jawaharlal Nehru on International Relations: Prof Judith Brown |
Professor Judith Brown discusses the international thought of India's first Prime Minister, Jawaharlal Nehru. |
Judith Brown |
21 Apr 2020 |
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The International Thought of Muhammad Ali Jinnah: Dr Faisal Devji |
Dr Faisal Devji from the University of Oxford speaks on the international thought of Muhammad Ali Jinnah. |
Faisal Devji |
21 Apr 2020 |
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2020 Colin Ford Lecture |
Professor Larry Schaaf delivers the 2020 Colin Ford Lecture, providing a fascinating insight into his work on The William Henry Fox Talbot Catalogue Raisonne. |
Larry Schaaf |
14 Feb 2020 |
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Book Launch - Utopia and Civilisation in the Arab Nahda |
Peter Hill (Northumbria University, Newcastle-upon-Tyne), gives a talk on his new book, Utopia and Civilisation in the Arab Nahda. Chaired by Professor Eugene Rogan (St. Antony's College, Oxford). |
Peter Hill |
12 Feb 2020 |
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Why is contemporary Africa poor: insights from archaeology and deep history |
Professor Shadreck Chirikure, University of Cape Town, gives a talk for on using archaeology to learn about present day Africa. |
Shadreck Chirikure |
11 Feb 2020 |
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Beyond the Binary: Gender, Sexuality, Power - Introduction |
Introduction to Beyond the Binary: Gender, Sexuality, Power podcast series. |
Jozie Kettle |
06 Jan 2020 |
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Beyond the Binary: Gender, Sexuality, Power Episode 1: Museums, beadwork and Indigenous agency |
Jozie Kettle (Pitt Rivers Museum), talks to Dan Laurin about his involvement in the 2020 exhibition Beyond the Binary: Gender, Sexuality, Power. |
Dan Laurin, Jozie Kettle |
06 Jan 2020 |
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Christian Sahner |
Islamic Historian Christian Sahner in conversation with Stanley Ulijaszek |
christian sahner, Stanley Ulijaszek |
16 Dec 2019 |
