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21 |
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'Kafka's Ape' and 'Words and Music' |
Interview with the creatives behind two shows inspired by Kafka's story 'A Report for an Academy' which explore race, migration, ageing and "humanimal" agency. |
Ed Gaughan, Karen Leeder, Tony Miyambo, Wes Williams |
07 Jun 2024 |
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20 |
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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 Aug 2021 |
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19 |
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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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18 |
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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 Jun 2021 |
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17 |
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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 |
25 Jun 2021 |
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16 |
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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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15 |
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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 Jun 2021 |
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14 |
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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 Mar 2021 |
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13 |
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Book at Lunchtime: Charles Dickens and the Properties of Fiction - The Lodger World |
TORCH Book at Lunchtime webinar on Charles Dickens and the Properties of Fiction: The Lodger World by Dr Ushashi Dasgupta. |
Ushashi Dasgupta, Jeremy Tabling, Sophia Psarra, Wes Williams |
10 Mar 2021 |
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12 |
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Book at Lunchtime: Sophocles – Antigone and other tragedies |
TORCH Book at Lunchtime event on Sophocles: Antigone and other tragedies by Professor Oliver Taplin. With panellists Professor Karen Leeder and Dr Lucy Jackson. |
Oliver Taplin, Karen Leeder, Lucy Jackson, Wes Williams |
01 Mar 2021 |
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11 |
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Book at Lunchtime: The Political Life of an Epidemic – Cholera, Crisis and Citizenship in Zimbabwe |
TORCH Book at Lunchtime webinar on The Political Life of an Epidemic – Cholera, Crisis and Citizenship in Zimbabwe written by Professor Simukai Chigudu. |
Simukai Chigudu, Sloan Mahone, Jon Schubert, Wes Williams |
04 Feb 2021 |
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10 |
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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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Book at Lunchtime: Iconoclasm as Child's Play |
Dr Joseph Moshenska, Associate Professor and Tutorial Fellow at University College, discusses his new book, Iconoclasm as Child's Play. |
Joseph Moshenska, Lorna Hutson, Alexandra Walsham, Kenneth Gross |
09 Nov 2020 |
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Humanities Cultural Programme Live Event: Katie Mitchell in conversation with Ben Whishaw |
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. 'Liveness'. |
Ben Whishaw, Katie Mitchell, Wes Williams |
04 Nov 2020 |
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7 |
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Imitating Authors |
Book at Lunchtime: Imitating Authors |
Colin Burrow, Wes Williams, Kathryn Murphy, Stephen Halliwell |
24 Feb 2020 |
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6 |
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Book at Lunchtime: Celebrity Culture and the Myth of Oceania |
An intriguing case study on how popular images of Oceania, mediated through a developing culture of celebrity, contributed to the formation of British identity both domestically and as a nascent imperial power in the eighteenth century. |
Ruth Scobie, Wes Williams, Ros Ballaster, Anna Senkiw |
10 Dec 2019 |
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5 |
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Lande: The Calais 'Jungle' and Beyond |
Book at Lunchtime seminar held on 16th October 2019. |
Dan Hicks, Sarah Mallet, Wes Williams, Leonie Ansems de Vries |
06 Oct 2019 |
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4 |
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Storming Utopia |
This event is an Oxford Public Engagement with Research and part of a Knowledge Exchange project. Organised by Professor Wes Williams (Faculty of Medieval and Modern Languages) and Richard Scholar (Faculty of Medieval and Modern Languages). |
Wes Williams, Richard Scholar, Amantha Edmead, Erin Maglaque |
14 Aug 2019 |
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3 |
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Art and Political Thought in Medieval England |
Book at Lunchtime: Art and Political Thought in Medieval England c.1150-1350 |
Laura Slater, Pippa Byrne, Jessica Berenbeim, Tim Farrant |
20 May 2019 |
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2 |
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Epic Performances from the Middle Ages into the Twenty-First Century |
A discussion about the book Epic Performances from the Middle Ages into the Twenty-First Century. Part of 'A Book at Lunchtime' series |
Oliver Taplin, Wes Williams, Olga Taxidou, Sarah Whatley |
06 Mar 2019 |
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Creative Commons |
Storming Utopia |
The director from the Pegasus theatre in Oxford, talks about his upcoming theatre piece. |
Kirsten Shepherd-Barr, Wes Williams |
23 Jun 2017 |
