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Tales of Love and History - James Ivory in Conversation |
Oscar-winning American film-maker James Ivory will talk about his experiences with the legendary Merchant Ivory productions, in partnership with producer Ismail Merchant and screenwriter Ruth Prawer Jhabvala. |
James Ivory, Richard Parkinson, Katherine Harloe, Jennifer Ingleheart |
18 Dec 2018 |
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Does love have a scent? |
Love is in the air - or is it? Companies are advertising that they can find you love through the power of scent! But are pheromones a chemical way to find your true love? Or is it just a myth? |
Tristram Wyatt |
06 Feb 2018 |
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Obsessed by Love: Erotic Magic, Delirious Love and Female Power in Mozambique |
Christian Groes-Green (Roskilde University Copenhagen) discusses the nature of being in love and how this is seen and discussed in Mozambique and written about in other African nations (6 March 2015) |
Christian Groes-Green |
27 May 2015 |
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Love and Math |
A public lecture given by Edward Frenkel, a professor at the University of California at Berkeley, talking around his best-selling book "Love and Math" followed by a conversation with Marcus du Sautoy and Q&A. |
Edward Frenkel, Marcus du Sautoy |
12 Jul 2014 |
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So many ways to love you: Negotiating love in a prison |
Rimple Metha (Jadavpur University, India) |
Rimple Metha |
31 Mar 2014 |
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Creative Commons |
If I could just stop loving you: Anti-love drugs and the ethics of a chemical break-up |
Emotional pain and difficulty in relationships is potentially dangerous and destructive. In this talk, I explore some of the potential uses and misuses of anti-love biotechnology from a scientific and ethical perspective. |
Brian Earp |
04 Dec 2012 |
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Creative Commons |
Who did Plato (not) love? |
Platonic love? Plato's main text on love, the Symposium, takes a broad look at what love means, offering a serious yet humorous, poignant and flippant, literary philosophical discussion of the topic, with some famous but also surprising outcomes. |
Cressida Ryan |
15 Feb 2011 |
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Creative Commons |
If marriage is a trade, then what price romance? |
Theatre was a forum for early twentieth-century feminists to challenge romantic ideals of marriage, arguing against society blocking women's access to alternative professions. Did one playwright solve the problem of selling seats without selling out? |
Sol Eltis |
15 Feb 2011 |
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Creative Commons |
Not only the lonely: the social implications of the rise of online dating |
Dr Hogan explores values towards online dating, relating them to whether one's friends have dated online and whether social network software or online personals are responsible for the continued rise in popularity of online dating. |
Bernie Hogan |
14 Feb 2011 |
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Creative Commons |
Swirls and secrets: the mysteries of Jonathan Swift's love letters |
In Swift's letters to his adored Stella, we see an elaborate combination of language and code to tease his reader but still communicate intimacy. The denial of full disclosure and the refusal to reveal all is part of the game of seduction. |
Abigail Williams |
14 Feb 2011 |
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An advert for the lecture series "Love and other things" |
This advert introduces a series of 4 talks on the subject of love and romance. The 10 minute talks took place at Oxford University on Valentine's day 2011. |
Ed Watkins |
14 Feb 2011 |
