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# Episode Title Description People Date
1 Capturing Genius: Editing Isaiah Berlin Howard Burton talks to Henry Hardy, Fellow of Wolfson and author of ‘In Search of Isaiah Berlin: A Literary Adventure’, about being the principal editor of one of the twentieth century’s most captivating public intellectuals Henry Hardy, Howard Burton 30 Sep 2021
2 Creative Commons Pluralism and Human Rights The 2014 Isaiah Berlin lecture was given by highly respected philosopher and crossbench peer, Baroness Onora O’Neill. The Lecture was introduced by the President of Wolfson College, Dame Hermione Lee. Onora O'Neill 28 May 2014
3 Anna Akhmatova reading her poems about Isaiah Berlin in Oxford in 1965 This podcast is in Russian. This short recording includes 'Cinque' and other poems inspired by the poet's meetings with Isaiah Berlin. Anna Akhmatova 23 May 2014
4 Reasoning and Disagreement Nobel Prize winner Amaryta Sen delivers theh 2011 Isaiah Berlin Lecture on Reasoning and Disagreement. Amartya Sen 08 Jun 2011
5 A Very Personal Impression: Isaiah Berlin This talk was given at Wolfson College on 28 May 2009 as part of the 'Lives and Works' series of lectures Alan Ryan 03 Jun 2009
6 A Fire at Sea (1957) Isaiah Berlin introduces and reads his translation of Russian novelist Ivan Turgenev's short story 'A Fire at Sea', in which Turgenev recounts an embarrassing episode from his youth. Originally broadcast on the BBC Third Programme on 23 July 1957. Isaiah Berlin 15 Apr 2009
7 Isaiah Berlin and the Challenge of Multiculturalism Part 2 Professor Timothy Garton Ash, Professor of European Studies in the University of Oxford and Isaiah Berlin Professorial Fellow at St Antony’s College, Oxford gave a lecture entitled 'Isaiah Berlin and the Challenge of Multiculturalism'. Timothy Garton Ash 03 Jul 2008
8 Isaiah Berlin and the Challenge of Multiculturalism Part 1 Professor Timothy Garton Ash, Professor of European Studies in the University of Oxford and Isaiah Berlin Professorial Fellow at St Antony’s College, Oxford gave a lecture entitled 'Isaiah Berlin and the Challenge of Multiculturalism'. Timothy Garton Ash 03 Jul 2008