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| 10001 | FMR 58 Humans and animals in refugee camps - Humans and animals in refugee camps | More research is needed, across disciplines, to better understand the important and varied roles that animals play in the lives of people in refugee camps. | Benjamin Thomas White | 05 Jul 2018 | |
| 10002 | FMR 58 Humans and animals in refugee camps - The role of livestock in refugee-host community relations | In South Sudan, tensions arose when refugees arrived with their livestock, disrupting the existing relationships between the local population and nomadic peoples. | Charles Hoots | 05 Jul 2018 | |
| 10003 | FMR 58 Humans and animals in refugee camps - Working equids in refugee camps | Refugee camps offer good opportunities for cooperation between humanitarian and animal welfare organisations for the benefit of displaced people and their working animals. | Patrick J Pollock | 05 Jul 2018 | |
| 10004 | FMR 58 Humans and animals in refugee camps - Sheltering animals in refugee camps | Animals play an important role in many people’s lives in displacement. Camp planners and managers need to take animals’ needs into greater account in order for displaced people to continue to benefit from this interaction. | Lara Alshawawreh | 05 Jul 2018 | |
| 10005 | FMR 58 Humans and animals in refugee camps - Understanding risk in human–animal interactions | There needs to be better understanding not only of the importance of animals in the lives of displaced people but also of the potential risks incurred by human–animal interactions and how best to mitigate these risks. | Sara Owczarczak-Garstecka | 05 Jul 2018 | |
| 10006 | Creative Commons | Susie Campbell speaks to Niall Munro | Susie Campbell talks to Niall Munro about her experience as poet-in-residence during the Post-War seminar series 2017-18. | Susie Campbell, Niall Munro | 06 Aug 2018 |
| 10007 | Creative Commons | A Crack of Light: Poetry Reading | Poems of commemoration, reconstruction and reconciliation from the Post-War series' poets-in-residence. | Susie Campbell, Mariah Whelan, Sue Zatland, Patrick Toland | 06 Aug 2018 |
| 10008 | FMR 58 Humans and animals in refugee camps - A field study of migration and adversity | The migratory journeys of birds can reflect the same complexity of issues that trigger and affect human displacement. | Derek Robertson | 06 Aug 2018 | |
| 10009 | FMR 58 Humans and animals in refugee camps - Animal and human health in the Sahrawi refugee camps | Health challenges in the Sahrawi refugee camps in the Algerian desert are faced by both human and animal populations, and therefore responses must function for the benefit of both. | Giorgia Angeloni, Jennifer Carr | 06 Aug 2018 | |
| 10010 | How to make a trillion dollars | Can cryptocurrencies make the first trillionaire? Between September 2017 and January 2018 the price of bitcoin rocketed to around $13,000. One MBA student, Mike Wigrizer, was not only betting on bitcoin but also created his own cryptocurrency. | Michael Wigrizer | 21 Aug 2018 | |
| 10011 | Future proofing banks | How would you like to have your own personal banker? The traditional model of banks as a store of value and source of liquidity, and of bankers as trusted personal financial advisors, is under threat like never before. | Steve Gotz, Alec Mclauren | 21 Aug 2018 | |
| 10012 | Teaching the Codex 13: 2017 Summary | Teresa Webber (Cambridge) gives closing remarks at the 2017 Teaching the Codex Colloquium. | Teresa Webber | 28 Aug 2018 | |
| 10013 | Teaching the Codex 12: Continental and Anglophone Approaches 2 | Marigold Norbye speaks at the 2017 Teaching the Codex colloquium about learning palaeography at the École des chartes. | Marigold Norbye | 28 Aug 2018 | |
| 10014 | Teaching the Codex 11: Continental and Anglophone Approaches 1 | Daniel Sawyer (Oxford) speaks at the 2017 Teaching the Codex Colloquium about the teaching of palaeography and codicology in Oxford’s Faculty of English. | Daniel Sawyer | 28 Aug 2018 | |
| 10015 | Teaching the Codex 10: Manuscripts and Outreach 4 | Pauline Souleau (Oxford) speaks at the 2017 Teaching the Codex Colloquium about the Manuscript Outreach Network and the Wadham-Luton Access Project. | Pauline Souleau | 28 Aug 2018 | |
| 10016 | Teaching the Codex 9: Manuscripts and Outreach 3 | Anna Boeles Rowland (Oxford) speaks at the 2017 Teaching the Codex Colloquium about the Manuscript Outreach Network. Introduction by Pauline Souleau (Oxford). | Anna Boeles Rowland, Pauline Souleau | 28 Aug 2018 | |
| 10017 | Teaching the Codex 8: Manuscripts and Outreach 2 | Sian Witherden (Oxford) speaks at the 2017 Teaching the Codex Colloquium about palaeography and undergraduate engagement. Introduction by Pauline Souleau (Oxford). | Sian Witherden, Pauline Souleau | 28 Aug 2018 | |
| 10018 | Teaching the Codex 7: Manuscripts and Outreach 1 | Sarah Laseke (Leiden, Oxford) speaks at the 2017 Teaching the Codex Colloquium about a public engagement approach to teaching palaeography. Introduction by Pauline Souleau (Oxford). | Sarah Laseke, Pauline Souleau | 28 Aug 2018 | |
| 10019 | Teaching the Codex 6: Teaching Art History in Manuscripts | Spike Bucklow (Cambridge) speaks at the 2017 Teaching the Codex Colloquium about the materiality of manuscript images. Introduction by Emily Guerry (Kent). | Spike Bucklow, Emily Guerry | 28 Aug 2018 | |
| 10020 | Medicine and Art | Professor David Cranston takes us on a little trip through art and medicine using illustrations of works that portray the changing role of medicine in society. | David Cranston | 28 Aug 2018 | |
| 10021 | Book Event: On the Arab Jew, Palestine, and Other Displacements | Jacqueline Rose (Birkbeck), Kfir Cohen (Van Leer Jerusalem Institute), Moshe Behar (The University of Manchester), Hakem Al-Rustom (Michigan), Ella Shohat (New York University) discuss at the book event. Chaired by Eugene Rogan (St Antony's College). | Jacqueline Rose, Kfir Cohen, Moshe Behar, Hakem Al-Rustom, Ella Shohat, Eugene Rogan | 28 Aug 2018 | |
| 10022 | Workshop: Memory, Memoirs, and History part 2 | Ella Shohat (New York University) and Avi Shlaim (St Antony's College) give the second of two workshops for the middle east centre. | Ella Shohat, Avi Shlaim | 28 Aug 2018 | |
| 10023 | Workshop: Memory, Memoirs, and History Part 1 | Ella Shohat (New York University) and Avi Shlaim (St Antony's College) give the first of two workshops for the middle east centre. | Ella Shohat, Avi Shlaim | 28 Aug 2018 | |
| 10024 | The Question of Judeo-Arabic: Nation, Partition, and the Linguistic Imaginary | Ella Shohat (New York University) gives a lecture for the middle east centre, chaired by Yaacov Yadgar (Stanley Lewis Professor of Israel Studies, St Anne's). Comments by Yuval Evri (SOAS). | Ella Shohat, Yaacov Yadgar, Yuval Evri | 28 Aug 2018 | |
| 10025 | Annual George Antonius Memorial Lecture - The Tunisian Revolution: Achievements and disillusions | Moncef Marzouki (Former President of the Republic of Tunisia, 2011-2014) gives the annual George Antonius Memorial Lecture. | Moncef Marzouki | 28 Aug 2018 | |
| 10026 | Women's Rights Research Seminar: Tale of two Omani women | Deena Al Asfoor (St Catherine's College) gives a talk for the Middle East Centre. Chaired by Nazila Ghanea (Kellogg College). | Deena Al Asfoor, Nazila Ghanea | 28 Aug 2018 | |
| 10027 | Party Balance, Partisan Polarization, and Policy Conflict: The Evolution of American Politics, 1932-2014 | The 2015 Winant Lecture in American Government. Byron Shafer is Hawkins Chair of Political Science at the University of Wisconsin-Madison. | Byron Shafer | 29 Aug 2018 | |
| 10028 | Procès, fiction, document: La reconstruction de la littérature en Europe après 1945 | This paper explores the relationship between testimony and fiction in the context of transitional justice, by comparing three 1950 European literary works which use the form of interrogation, investigation, and trial. | Philippe Roussin | 03 Sep 2018 | |
| 10029 | Dissident Writing, Law and Transitional Justice in Tunisia | The paper explores selected testimonies and memoirs by survivors of state repression in Tunisia, in order to discuss whether their role is to be considered reformist or revolutionary after the liberation of narrative in 2011. | Mohamed-Salah Omri | 03 Sep 2018 | |
| 10030 | Voices of Suffering: The Incorporation of Victim Testimony in Judgements of the ICTY | This paper examines the use of victim testimony by the UN International Criminal Tribunal for the former Yugoslavia, discussing the role of ‘humanitarian narratives’ in our understanding of the wars of Yugoslav succession. | Christian Axboe Nielsen | 03 Sep 2018 | |
| 10031 | Literature and Transitional Justice After the Rwandan Genocide: Veronique Tadjo’s The Shadow of Imama | This paper discusses the problems of literary memorialization and quest for truth in the aftermath of the Rwandan genocide as addressed by Veronique Tadjo’s The Shadow of Imana. | Brendon Nicholls | 03 Sep 2018 | |
| 10032 | Victims’ Narratives in the Colombian Peace Process | This paper analyses how victims’ voices were heard during the peace negotiations and in the implementation of the 2016 peace accord between the FARC guerrilla and the Colombian government. | Annelen Micus | 03 Sep 2018 | |
| 10033 | The Irreverence of Bones: Reclaiming Trashed Lives in the Aftermath of Violence in Adios Ayacucho (1984) and Insensatez (2004) | By analysing two Latin American fictional narratives, this paper explores the metaphors of humanity as waste and memory as cleansing in the context of transitional justice. | Daniel O Mosquera | 03 Sep 2018 | |
| 10034 | Alternative Account, Mourning Family and Transformation into Life: Three Contemporary Artworks related to the Event of 28 February 1947 in Taiwan | The paper discusses three contemporary Taiwanese artworks related to the tragic events of 28 February in Taiwan, presenting their emphasis on victims as crucial in understanding the process of transitional justice. | Lin Chi-Ming | 03 Sep 2018 | |
| 10035 | Une démocratie sans justice transitionnelle: refoulement, silence et oubli dans le pacte de dénégation de l’Espagne de la transition | This paper is a study of transitional justice in Spain after the Francoist dictatorship, a process of reconciliation based on the denial of the regime’s genocidal violence. | Jesús Izquierdo Martín | 03 Sep 2018 | |
| 10036 | Tolérance et justice dans le monde arabe, hier et aujourd’hui | The paper discusses the concept of tolerance in Arabic philosophy, literature and religion, foregrounding this value as an important objective of transitional justice in the Arab world. | Mohsen ElKhouni | 03 Sep 2018 | |
| 10037 | Literacy and Democracy: Transitional Justice in South Africa | The paper explores the work of several intellectuals reflecting on South Africa’s transition to democracy, considering how the question of literacy precedes any discussion about literature and democracy. | Carrol Clarkson | 03 Sep 2018 | |
| 10038 | All Souls Seminar: 'Shared Beginnings? The Role of Race' | Dr. Coretta Philips and Dr. Alpa Parmar London School of Economics and University of Oxford | Alpa Parmar, Coretta Philips | 02 Aug 2018 | |
| 10039 | Creative Commons | Computational Literary Studies and Mental Health | A project combining English literature, experimental psychology, and computational linguistics, with a focus on entropy, abstraction, and mental health. | James Carney, Emily Troscianko | 12 Sep 2018 |
| 10040 | Creative Commons | What Does Disney do to Mental Health? | Exploring the dangers of Disney’s take on poverty, mental health, and relationships. | Jenifer Fisher, Nikki York, Emily Troscianko | 12 Sep 2018 |
| 10041 | Creative Commons | Combating Fat Stigma Through Narrative | A series of narrative workshops helping make life better for fat people. | Rachel Fox, Kelly Park, Emily Troscianko | 12 Sep 2018 |
| 10042 | Creative Commons | Why Public Health Needs Narrative | An introduction to an often overlooked context for using narrative in healthcare: public health. | Lise Saffran, Emily Troscianko | 12 Sep 2018 |
| 10043 | Creative Commons | Studying the origins of human material culture in young chilldren | This Anthropology Departmental Seminar was delivered by Dr Eva Reindl (University of Oxford) on 2 February 2018 | Eva Reindl | 14 Sep 2018 |
| 10044 | Creative Commons | The grey area: fascism between the general and the particular | This Anthropology Departmental Seminar was delivered by Dr Paolo Heywood (University of Cambridge) on 25 May 2018 | Paolo Heywood | 14 Sep 2018 |
| 10045 | Creative Commons | Why Are There Always Candomblés? Situated Knowledges of Miscegenation and Syncretism in Brazil | This Anthropology Departmental Seminar was delivered by Professor Marcio Goldman (National Museum, Federal University of Rio de Janeiro, Brazil) on 11 May 2018 | Marcio Goldman | 14 Sep 2018 |
| 10046 | Creative Commons | How literary studies can help us understand eating disorders | This UBVO seminar was given by Emily Troscianko (The Oxford Research Centre in the Humanities) in May 2018 | Emily Troscianko | 17 Sep 2018 |
| 10047 | Creative Commons | The matter of being: knowing bodies and 'mental' health | This UBVO seminar was given by Grace Lucas (Centre for Maternal and Child Health, London University) in May 2018 | Grace Lucas | 17 Sep 2018 |
| 10048 | Creative Commons | What remains? Dancing archaeology | This UBVO seminar was given by Marie-Louise Crawley (Centre for Dance Research, Coventry University) in May 2018 | Marie-Louise Crawley | 17 Sep 2018 |
| 10049 | Creative Commons | My fat body: an axis for research | This UBVO seminar was given by independent artist Rebecca D. Harris on 17 May 2018 | Rebecca D. Harris | 17 Sep 2018 |
| 10050 | Creative Commons | What is Rational About Obesity? | This UBVO seminar was given by Professor Stanley Ulijaszek in May 2018 | Stanley Ulijaszek | 17 Sep 2018 |
| 10051 | Creative Commons | Framing Obesity as a Problem | This seminar was given by Professor Stanley Ulijaszek at the Center for Research on Human Nutrition in Paris in 2018 | Stanley Ulijaszek | 17 Sep 2018 |
| 10052 | Tolkien's turning point: Tolkien and the history of tongues | Tom Shippey's lecture will move from the detail to the (eventual) design of Tolkien's languages, and even the philosophical issues embedded in Tolkien's fiction. | Tom Shippey | 19 Sep 2018 | |
| 10053 | An Outdoor Pause: Skipping Stones, Splashes (and some tea to conclude) | The 6th and final session of the Hinshelwood 2018 chemistry lecture series | Lydéric Bocquet | 20 Sep 2018 | |
| 10054 | Ski Friction and the Alchemy of Waxing | The 5th session of the 2018 Hinshelwood lecture series | Lydéric Bocquet | 20 Sep 2018 | |
| 10055 | Creative Commons | Global Surgery: Paediatric Surgery Team | Medical student Ms Shannon Gunawardana talks about Oxplore, an outreach portal for schools and young people. | Kokila Lakhoo, Shannon Gunawardana, Kathryn Ford | 25 Sep 2018 |
| 10056 | Oxford Mathematics and the Clay Mathematics Institute Public Lectures: Roger Penrose - Eschermatics | In this lecture Roger Penrose uses M.C Escher's work to illustrate and explain important mathematical ideas and their connections to the visual arts. | Roger Penrose | 01 Oct 2018 | |
| 10057 | Fake News and the Politics of Truth | Fake news spread online is a clear danger to democratic politics. One aspect of that danger is obvious: it spreads misinformation. But other aspects, less often discussed, is that it also spreads confusion and undermines trust. | Michael Lynch | 08 Oct 2018 | |
| 10058 | Evidence-Based Manifesto for better healthcare | Professor Carl Heneghan gives a talk for the Evidence Based Healthcare series. | Carl Heneghan | 10 Oct 2018 | |
| 10059 | Yaacov Yadgar - The Nation-State bill and the meaning of Israel’s Jewish identity | Yaacov Yadgar discusses the recently passed Basic-Law: Israel the Nation State of the Jewish People, and discusses how it plays into Israel's Jewish Identity Crisis | Yaacov Yadgar | 10 Oct 2018 | |
| 10060 | How The Economist uses newsletters to drive engagement and subscription | Sunnie Huang, Newsletters Editor of the Economist talks about the strategy behind the publication's newsletters | Sunnie Huang | 12 Oct 2018 | |
| 10061 | Trailer: season one launching 22nd October! | Down winding streets, beyond the dreaming spires, inside the college walls, debates are happening - in every study room and lecture theatre - about the future of society. Futuremakers, from the University of Oxford, invites you to that debate. | Peter Millican | 16 Oct 2018 | |
| 10062 | Why punish perpetrators of mass atrocities? Reflections on peace, punishment and the ICC | Ever since the trial against the major war criminals of World War II before the International Military Tribunal at Nuremberg the institution of 'punishment' has been an integral part of the international legal system. | Florian Jeßberger | 16 Oct 2018 | |
| 10063 | A Birth Charm | Dphil student Sian Witherden introduces a 15th Century birthing charm, one of the items on display in the Designing English Exhibition | Sian Witherden | 18 Oct 2018 | |
| 10064 | How to record music on the page | Professor Henrike Lähnemann discusses how the challenge of recording music on the page was made in the late middle ages by inventing a musical notation system | Henrike Lähnemann | 18 Oct 2018 | |
| 10065 | Designing English Book Art Competition | Professor Daniel Wakelin discusses some of the inspired entries they received from contemporary book artists in response to the Designing English Exhibition | Daniel Wakelin | 18 Oct 2018 | |
| 10066 | A Tiny Book of Hours | MPhil Student, Kierri Price, introduces a tiny book of hours - a collection of prayers and devotional material from the late 1300s that would have been read at set intervals during the day. | Kierri Price | 18 Oct 2018 | |
| 10067 | Evidence-Informed Inspection? Research at Ofsted | A look at the role of research in developing the work of Ofsted as 'an intelligent inspectorate'. | Daniel Muijs | 22 Oct 2018 | |
| 10068 | David Nicholls Memorial Annual Lecture, 2018: Professor Diarmaid MacCulloch: 'The Politics of Sex and Gender in Christian History' | Professor Diarmaid MacCulloch, Kt, FBA, FSA, FRHistS, gives the 2018 David Nicholls Lecture, on the theme: 'The Politics of Sex and Gender in Christian History'. | Diarmaid MacCulloch | 22 Oct 2018 | |
| 10069 | Why Read Frankenstein in 2018? | Two hundred years after it was first published, Nick Groom explains the abiding appeal and extraordinary contemporary relevance of Mary Shelley’s novel Frankenstein. | Nick Groom | 22 Oct 2018 | |
| 10070 | Are all algorithms biased? | Our lives are increasingly shaped by automated decision-making algorithms, but do those have in-built biases? If so, do we need to tackle these, and what could happen if we don't? | Peter Millican, Sandra Wachter, Helena Webb, Brent Mittelstadt | 22 Oct 2018 | |
| 10071 | How will the automation of jobs likely progress? | In 2013 two Oxford academics published a paper entitled 'The Future of Employment: How Susceptible Are Jobs to Computerisation?', estimating that 47% of U.S. jobs were at risk of automation. | Peter Millican, Mike Osborne, Judy Stephenson, David Clifton | 22 Oct 2018 | |
| 10072 | What is the future for subject-based education research? | This seminar will provide an assessment of the development of research in subject-based education, and of its future prospects. Using geography education as an exemplar, it will offer a challenging critique of this field of research. | Graham Butt | 23 Oct 2018 | |
| 10073 | Addressing key challenges to the prohibition of torture and other cruel, inhuman or degrading treatment or punishment | The absolute prohibition of torture and other cruel, inhuman or degrading treatment or punishment is under considerable pressure. | Natasa Mavronicola | 23 Oct 2018 | |
| 10074 | Global Legal Epidemiology: Developing a Science Around Whether, When and How International Law Can Address Global Challenges | Professor Steven Hoffman discusses legal mechanisms available for coordinating international responses to transnational problems, their prospects, and their challenges. | Steven J Hoffman | 23 Oct 2018 | |
| 10075 | Criminology at the periphery: understanding police work in the remote Northern islands of Scotland | Dr Anna Souhami, Senior Lecturer at the University of Edinburgh School of Law, gives a talk for the Criminology seminar series on 11th October 2018. | Anna Souhami | 24 Oct 2018 | |
| 10076 | Creative Commons | What future for Israel and Palestine? | Dr Marwan Bishara (Academic Visitor, St Antony's College) gives a seminar for the Middle East Centre. Chaired by Eugene Rogan (St Antony's College). | Marwan Bishara, Eugene Rogan | 07 Dec 2018 |
| 10077 | Creative Commons | And then God created the Middle East and said let there be breaking news | Karl Sharro (architect, satirist and Middle East commentator), gives a seminar for the Middle East Studies Centre. Chaired by Walter Armbrust (St Antony's College). | Karl Sharro, Walter Armbrust | 07 Dec 2018 |
| 10078 | Yakov Rabkin - Israel: The Russian Connection | Yakov Rabkin (University of Montreal) discusses the roots of Israeli political culture in the Zionist beginnings in the Yiddish speaking regions of the Russian Empire. | Yakov Rabkin | 26 Oct 2018 | |
| 10079 | Can antibiotics make you pregnant? | Dr Jeffrey Aronson gives a talk for the Evidence Based Healthcare series. | Jeffrey Aronson | 29 Oct 2018 | |
| 10080 | The Search for Life on Earth, In Space and Time | Dr James Green, current Chief Scientist of NASA gives a talk on the how life may be distributed on Earth and in the Solar System with consideration of the age of our sun. | James Green | 29 Oct 2018 | |
| 10081 | History of evidence synthesis | Professor Mike Clarke gives a talk for the Evidence Based Healthcare series. | Mike Clarke | 29 Oct 2018 | |
| 10082 | Gender, Spectacle and Nation-making in Post-WWII Nigeria | ASC seminar by Judith Byfield (Cornell University). | judith byfield | 26 Oct 2018 | |
| 10083 | IAB Inauguration and Lecture by Nigerian Vice President Yemi Osinbajo | Prof Yemi Osinbajo inaugurates the ASC's new International Advisory Board with a lecture on 'The Challenges of Human Development in 21st Century Africa'. | yemi osinbajo | 26 Oct 2018 | |
| 10084 | Hawks and Doves in Sudan's Armed Conflict: Al-Hakkamat Baggara Women of Darfur | Suad Musa kicks off a new term of ASC seminars by launching her new book. | suad musa | 26 Oct 2018 | |
| 10085 | Unmaking the ocean | This talk will discuss elements of a research project that explores the evolution of the law of the sea over the course of the 20th century | Surabhi Ranganathan | 26 Oct 2018 | |
| 10086 | Is the banking sector about to change for ever? | AI is already playing a role in the finance sector, from fraud detection, to algorithmic trading, to customer service, and many within the industry believe this role will develop rapidly within the next few years. | Peter Millican, Stephen Roberts, Nir Vulkan, Jannes Klaas | 22 Oct 2018 | |
| 10087 | Creative Commons | Protecting whistleblowers and sources in the digital age | Julie Posetti, Senior Research Fellow at the Reuters Institute, talks about the threats to journalists using confidential sources, and practical steps and evolving frameworks to protect journalists and whistleblowers. | Julie Posetti | 18 Oct 2018 |
| 10088 | Children and Social Policy in Europe | A lecture given for the Meeting Minds Alumni Weekend 2018. | Mary Daly | 20 Sep 2018 | |
| 10089 | Old Norse | Eleanor Parker, Lecturer in Medieval English Literature, Brasenose College, Oxford, gives the fifth and final talk in the Tolkien: The Maker of Middle Earth lecture series. This lecture focuses on Tolkien and old norse. | Eleanor Parker | 31 Oct 2018 | |
| 10090 | Old English | Mark Atherton, Senior Lecturer in English, Regent's Park College, Oxford, gives the fourth talk in the Tolkien: The Maker of Middle Earth lecture series. This lecture focuses on Tolkien and old english. | Mark Atherton | 31 Oct 2018 | |
| 10091 | Gothic | Elizabeth Solopova, Lecturer in English Literature, Christ Church, Oxford. Tolkien wrote that he was 'fascinated' with the 'beautiful' Gothic language that he started to study at school, and his literary works attest to this interest. | Elizabeth Solopova | 31 Oct 2018 | |
| 10092 | Medieval Welsh | Tolkien once termed Welsh 'the elder language of the men of Britain'; this talk explores how the sounds and grammar of Welsh captured Tolkien's imagination and are reflected in Sindarin, one of the two major Elvish languages which he created. | Mark Williams (English Faculty) | 31 Oct 2018 | |
| 10093 | Middle English | This lecture is on Tolkien and middle english. Professor Carolyne Larrington, Tutorial Fellow in English Literature, St John's College, Oxford gives the first talk in the Tolkien: The Maker of Middle Earth lecture series. | Carolyne Larrington | 31 Oct 2018 | |
| 10094 | Research Seminar: Aesop, Velazquez and War | This lecture was delivered at the University of Oxford History of Art Department’s Research Seminar series by T.J Clark Professor Emeritus, UC Berkeley. | T.J Clark | 30 Oct 2018 | |
| 10095 | Lincoln Leads in Philosophy 2018 | Philosophy: 'Should there be limits on free speech?' | Alexander Prescott-Couch, Ian Brownhill, Benjamin Musachio, Lauren Malm | 05 Nov 2018 | |
| 10096 | Making Somaliland: Popular culture, identity and national consciousness | ASC seminar by Yusuf Kajura Serunkuma (Makerere University) | Yusuf Kajura Serunkuma | 05 Nov 2018 | |
| 10097 | Transactions: Revisiting how domination worked in colonial Africa | ASC seminar by Florence Bernault (Sciences Po) | Florence Bernault | 05 Nov 2018 | |
| 10098 | Breaking News: The Remaking of Journalism | Alan Rusbridger, former editor of the Guardian, talks about the newspaper industry, what makes good journalism, the role of social media and tech giants and the future of journalism. | Alan Rusbridger | 02 Nov 2018 | |
| 10099 | Is AI good for our health? | Join our host, philosopher Peter Millican, as he explores the topic "Is AI good for our health?" | Peter Millican, Alison Noble, Paul Leeson, Jessica Morley | 02 Nov 2018 | |
| 10100 | Creative Commons | Adults' experiences of trying to lose weight on their own: findings from three qualitative syntheses | Jamie Hartmann-Boyce is a Senior Researcher in Health Behaviours, based at the Nuffield Department of Primary Care Health Sciences, University of Oxford. Her work focusses on obesity and tobacco control and her particular interests lie in evidence synthes | Jamie Hartmann-Boyce | 06 Nov 2018 |
| 10101 | Roger Penrose in conversation with Hannah Fry - Oxford Mathematics Public Lectures | In our Oxford Mathematics London Public Lecture Roger Penrose in conversation with Hannah Fry reveals his latest research, a veritable chain reaction of universes, which he says has been backed by evidence of events that took place before the Big Bang. | Roger Penrose, Hannah Fry | 06 Nov 2018 | |
| 10102 | Causal models of developmental disorders | In studies in psychology and education it is essential to think clearly about causal mechanisms. In this seminar Professor Hulme will outline the use of path diagrams as tools for representing, reasoning about, and testing causal models. | Charles Hulme | 07 Nov 2018 | |
| 10103 | How 'gangsters' become jihadists (and why most don't): Bourdieu, criminology and the crime-terrorism nexus | Professor Sveinung Sandberg | Sveinung Sandberg | 06 Nov 2018 | |
| 10104 | FMR 59 - From the editors | In the 20 years since they were launched, the Guiding Principles on Internal Displacement have been of assistance to many States responding to internal displacement, and have been incorporated into many national and regional policies and laws. | Marion Couldrey, Jenny Peebles | 06 Nov 2018 | |
| 10105 | FMR 59 - Foreword: The 20th anniversary of the Guiding Principles – building solidarity, forging commitment | 2018 marks the 20th anniversary of the Guiding Principles on Internal Displacement. Much has been achieved over the past 20 years but with over 40 million people internally displaced, we need to ask ourselves: Where do we go from here? | Cecilia Jimenez-Damary | 06 Nov 2018 | |
| 10106 | FMR 59 - The GP20 Plan of Action: a rallying call to stakeholders | A new Plan of Action seeks to build momentum and encourage more strategic action on advancing policy and practice in the area of internal displacement. | Nadine Walicki, Elizabeth Eyster, Martina Caterina | 06 Nov 2018 | |
| 10107 | FMR 59 - Laws and policies on internal displacement: global adoption and gaps | A new Global Database on IDP Laws and Policies reveals the areas – both geographical and topical – in which provision remains insufficient. | Ileana Nicolau, Anaïs Pagot | 06 Nov 2018 | |
| 10108 | FMR 59 - Implementing the Guiding Principles at the domestic level | Examples from a number of States who have successfully implemented their own IDP laws and policies reveal several factors that can assist effective implementation. | Phil Orchard | 06 Nov 2018 | |
| 10109 | FMR 59 - Work in progress: the Guiding Principles in Georgia | The Guiding Principles enjoy a long history of support in Georgia. However, their successful implementation is still a work in progress. | Carolin Funke, Tamar Bolkvadze | 06 Nov 2018 | |
| 10110 | FMR 59 - The Kampala Convention and the right not to be arbitrarily displaced | The drafters of the Kampala Convention drew heavily on the Guiding Principles on Internal Displacement, while also taking account of the African context; this is particularly evident in its recognition of the right not to be arbitrarily displaced. | Romola Adeola | 06 Nov 2018 | |
| 10111 | FMR 59 - Language and the Guiding Principles | There needs to be more attention paid to the languages and communication needs of those at risk of, experiencing and recovering from internal displacement. A case-study from Nigeria brings the issues to life. | Ellie Kemp | 06 Nov 2018 | |
| 10112 | FMR 59 - Improving IDP data to help implement the Guiding Principles | Reliable, comprehensive data are vital for effective programming and practice. Data quality can be improved in many ways to better reflect the Guiding Principles and provide evidence to support their implementation. | Natalia Krynsky Baal, Laura Kivelä, Melissa Weihmayer | 06 Nov 2018 | |
| 10113 | FMR 59 - The Sustainable Development Goals and IDPs | Having adopted the Sustainable Development Goals, States must be helped to make their promise to ‘leave no one behind’ a reality for IDPs. | Greta Zeender | 06 Nov 2018 | |
| 10114 | FMR 59 - The importance of monitoring internal displacement | The 2030 Agenda for Sustainable Development acknowledges the link between internal displacement and development, and States should therefore be including internal displacement when monitoring progress towards their development goals. | Christelle Cazabat | 06 Nov 2018 | |
| 10115 | FMR 59 - Strengthening implementation of the Guiding Principles by affected States | Engaging with States affected by internal displacement by facilitating peer-to-peer exchanges on shared challenges and through tapping into the potential for mobilisation by sub-regional and regional forums can prompt national action. | Angela Cotroneo | 06 Nov 2018 | |
| 10116 | FMR 59 - Domesticating the Guiding Principles in Afghanistan | Over the past 20 years, many governments have developed legal and policy instruments to help incorporate the Guiding Principles into national legislation or policy frameworks. Achieving effective, meaningful implementation, however, is hard. | Nassim Majidi, Dan Tyler | 06 Nov 2018 | |
| 10117 | FMR 59 - Protecting property: the Iraqi experience | Protection of property rights on a fair and non-discriminatory basis within Iraq’s multi-ethnic society is central to the end of displacement and the start of durable solutions. | Sila Sonmez, Shahaan Murray, Martin Clutterbuck | 06 Nov 2018 | |
| 10118 | FMR 59 - The Guiding Principles and armed non-State actors | Direct humanitarian engagement with these actors is required in order to help them improve their understanding of and compliance with the Guiding Principles on Internal Displacement. | Carla Ruta, Heloise Ruaudel, Pascal Bongard | 06 Nov 2018 | |
| 10119 | FMR 59 - Addressing internal displacement in Ethiopia | Among various new initiatives in Ethiopia to address both the short- and long-term needs of IDPs, the Durable Solutions Working Group is making some progress, despite the challenging context. | Behigu Habte, Yun Jin Kweon | 06 Nov 2018 | |
| 10120 | FMR 59 - The Guiding Principles in international human rights courts | The Guiding Principles have potential to support and complement international human rights law on internal displacement but they have had little explicit consideration by international and regional human rights courts and commissions. | Deborah Casalin | 06 Nov 2018 | |
| 10121 | FMR 59 - A disaster approach to displacement: IDPs in the Philippines | In the absence of a national policy on internal displacement, the Philippines has used a disaster management framework to address displacement caused by terrorism-related conflict in Marawi City. | Reinna Bermudez, Francis Tom Temprosa, Odessa Gonzalez Benson | 06 Nov 2018 | |
| 10122 | FMR 59 - Planned relocation in Asia and the Pacific | Promising policy developments are underway in Asia and the Pacific to address climate and disaster-related displacement, yet the deeper governance structures required to embed protection are not yet in place, especially for planned relocation. | Jessie Connell, Sabira Coelho | 06 Nov 2018 | |
| 10123 | FMR 59 - Internal displacement beyond 2018: the road ahead | The statistics and the challenges around internal displacement are daunting. However, much has been learned since the Guiding Principles on Internal Displacement were launched in 1998. | Alexandra Bilak, Avigail Shai | 01 Nov 2018 | |
| 10124 | FMR 59 General - Lessons from the 1990s for Belize today | Belize is currently facing a refugee situation that in many ways is reminiscent of the Central American refugee crisis it dealt with, successfully, in the 1990s. Could lessons from the past be key to the most effective response today? | Janice Marshall, Kelleen Corrigan | 01 Nov 2018 | |
| 10125 | FMR 59 General - Gender and livelihoods in Myanmar after development-induced resettlement | Research on a resettlement programme in Myanmar underscores the pressing need for policymakers to understand the ways in which gender affects how different groups experience the impact of development-induced resettlement. | Gillian Cornish, Rebekah Ramsay | 01 Nov 2018 | |
| 10126 | FMR 59 General - Working with peer researchers in refugee communities | Refugee peer researchers can be a vital source of access, knowledge and assistance to refugee communities, and international researchers must consider how best to work collaboratively with them. | William Bakunzi | 01 Nov 2018 | |
| 10127 | FMR 59 General - Valuing local humanitarian knowledge: learning from the Central African Republic | The humanitarian community needs to better identify, collect, harness and disseminate the local humanitarian knowledge that is developed within protracted conflict settings by national NGOs. | Brigitte Piquard, Luk Delft | 31 Oct 2018 | |
| 10128 | FMR 59 General - The Global Summit of Refugees and the importance of refugee self-representation | In June 2018, 72 refugee representatives from 27 refugee-hosting countries gathered in Geneva for the first-ever Global Summit of Refugees. | The Global Summit of Refugees Steering Committee | 31 Oct 2018 | |
| 10129 | FMR 59 General - Assisting displaced people: a shared responsibility | Enyimba kwe nu. When we work together, we achieve more. | Iwuoha Chima Iwuoha | 30 Oct 2018 | |
| 10130 | FMR 59 General - Exclusion of local actors from coordination leadership in child protection | Despite multiple commitments to and much guidance on the desirability of local actors leading coordination at the national level, the reality is that they continue to be excluded. | Umar Abdullahi Maina, Daniel Machuor, Anthony Nolan | 30 Oct 2018 | |
| 10131 | More than meet the eye: Hyperspectral imaging | How many colours we see is limited by our eye, which contains only three types of colour sensors. Using advanced techniques, vision scientists can take images of this “invisible” information and make it visible. | Sérgio Nascimento | 06 Nov 2018 | |
| 10132 | Neurons code the colour we see | All activity in your brain – including those which mediates your perception of colour – is based on electrical messages between neurons. Vision scientists can measure these signals at the eye, and at the back of the brain. | Neil Parry | 06 Nov 2018 | |
| 10133 | Seeing neurons inside the living eye | Using techniques borrowed from astronomy, vision scientists can take high-resolution images of the retina, the fine layer of cells in the back of your eye. | Hannah Smithson, Laura Young | 06 Nov 2018 | |
| 10134 | Panel discussion: #TheDress – What do we know? | In early 2015, an image of a dress polarised the internet: Some people saw it as black-blue, and some as white-gold. Three years on, we revisit the dress and discuss how vision science can explain this phenomenon. | Manuel Spitschan, Anya Hurlbert, Karl Gegenfurtner, David Brainard | 06 Nov 2018 | |
| 10135 | Can we build AI with Emotional Intelligence? The 2018 Annual Charles Simonyi Lecture | Marcus du Sautoy and Professor Rosalind Picard for 2018's annual Simonyi Lecture: Can we build AI with Emotional Intelligence? | Marcus du Sautoy, Rosalind Picard | 09 Nov 2018 | |
| 10136 | Does AI have a gender? | Join our host, philosopher Peter Millican, as he explores the topics of gender and AI. | Peter Millican, Gina Neff, Carissa Véliz, Sian Brooke | 12 Nov 2018 | |
| 10137 | What Next for Social Policy | Professor Fiona Williams explores how contemporary social movements – especially those around gender, race, migration, disability, austerity and the environment – pose material, political and ethical questions as to how we are to live our lives. | Fiona Williams | 09 Nov 2018 | |
| 10138 | Transformations in news organisations | Anita Zielina, former Chief Product Officer of the Austrian Neue Zürcher Zeitung Media Group, and Visiting Fellow at the Reuters Institute, talks about how to implement change in news organisations. | Anita Zielina | 08 Nov 2018 | |
| 10139 | The Consequences of Brexit | Since the 24 June 2016, the politics of Brexit – in both the UK and the EU – has driven the negotiations and discussion surrounding the UK's departure from the EU. | Andrew Hood | 13 Nov 2018 | |
| 10140 | Book launch: Khalil Maleki -The Human Face of Iranian Socialism | Dr Homa Katouzian (Iran Heritage Foundation Research Fellow, St Antony's) gives a talk for the Middle East Centre. Chaired by Stephanie Cronin (St Antony's College). | Homa Katouzian | 13 Nov 2018 | |
| 10141 | A Rope from the Sky: The Making and Unmaking of the World's Newest State (South Sudan) | Zach Vertin (Princeton University) on a joint event with Sudanese Programme, African Studies Centre and the Centre for International Studies. Chaired by Dr Ahmed Al-Shahi (Sudanese Programme). | Zach Vertin | 13 Nov 2018 | |
| 10142 | Lords of the Desert: Britain’s struggle with America to dominate the Middle East | James Barr (King's College London) gives a talk for the Middle East Centre, chaired by Eugene Rogan (St Antony's College). | James Barr | 13 Nov 2018 | |
| 10143 | The Analogy between States and International Organizations | An analogy between States and international organizations has characterised the development of the law that applies to intergovernmental institutions on the international plane. | Fernando Bordin | 06 Nov 2018 | |
| 10144 | The Quantum and the Cosmos | The 17th Hintze Lecture, given by Professor Rocky Kolb, Arthur Holly Compton Distinguished Service Professor of Astronomy and Astrophysics, The University of Chicago. | Rocky Kolb | 14 Nov 2018 | |
| 10145 | Shashi Tharoor on Confronting the Colonial Present of the British Raj | In conversation with Kira Huju from the Oxford Working Group on Colonialism, Indian Member of Parliament Dr Shashi Tharoor discusses the need to confront the living legacies of the British Raj in UK society and universities. | Shashi Tharoor, Kira Huju | 14 Nov 2018 | |
| 10146 | Creative Commons | Adriana X Jacobs - A gift from Sinai: Translation and nation-building | Adriana Jacobs (Oxford) discusses the role of translation in the constitutive era of modern Hebrew literature. | Adriana X Jacobs | 16 Nov 2018 |
| 10147 | Live panel on digital engagement | In this live panel, we sit down with Resident Advisor founder Nick Sabine and fellow MBA slash film producer Yetunde Dada to discuss community engagement through digital media. | Nick Sabine, Yetu Dada | 16 Nov 2018 | |
| 10148 | BCorps: the future firm What is a bcorp? How do people know what this is | Can businesses lead the charge for social good? That is the idea behind B Corps, a movement of 2,500 businesses in 50 countries committed to having a positive impact in the world. | Michaelanne Butler, Charmain Love | 16 Nov 2018 | |
| 10149 | David Tal - The making of alliance: The making and history of US-Israel relationships | David Tal discusses the making and history of US-Israel relationships. | David Tal | 16 Nov 2018 | |
| 10150 | Creative Commons | The Future of the Monograph: An Open Access Forum | Panel Discussion to debate the proposed changes to the policy on Open Access for monographs in the next REF after REF 2021 which will have profound implications for researchers in the humanities and social sciences. | Richard Ovenden, Julia Smith, Helen Snaith, David Clark | 16 Nov 2018 |
| 10151 | 2018 Harmsworth Lecture - War, Race and Anti-Imperialism in Merze Tate’s International Thought | Professor Barbara Savage, (Pennsylvania), gives the 2018 Harmsworth lecture. | Barbara Savage | 19 Nov 2018 | |
| 10152 | From Ada Lovelace to Alan Turing, the birth of AI? | Many developments in science are achieved through people being able to ‘stand on the shoulders of giants’ and in the history of AI two giants in particular stand out. | Peter Millican, Ursula Martin, Andrew Hodges, Jacob Ward | 19 Nov 2018 | |
| 10153 | What now? Next steps on climate change | The Paris Agreement was a seminal moment in the world's struggle to fight climate change, but Christiana believes that the climate agreement was just a staging post in what remains a long, hard process. So what are the next steps? | Christiana Figueres | 19 Nov 2018 | |
| 10154 | Burma Boys: World War II, memory and popular culture in central Nigeria | ASC seminar by Oliver Owen (Oxford) | Oliver Owen | 16 Nov 2018 | |
| 10155 | OxPeace 2018: How Business affects the chance of peace: the upside – jobs; the downside – crooks; and what to do about them | Professor Sir Paul Collier delivers the 2018 OxPeace Conference Keynote lecture, discussing ‘How Business affects the chance of peace: the upside – jobs; the downside – crooks; and what to do about them.’ | Paul Collier | 16 Nov 2018 | |
| 10156 | OxPeace 2018: The economics of conflict versus the economics of peacebuilding and sustainable peace | Marcel Smits, Institute of Economics and Peace, discusses ‘The economics of conflict versus the economics of peacebuilding and sustainable peace’ at the 2018 Oxpeace Conference. | Marcel Smits | 16 Nov 2018 | |
| 10157 | OxPeace 2018: Private Sector and Peacebuilding: Lessons from Colombia | Andres Ucros presents his talk on ‘Private Sector and Peacebuilding: Lessons from Colombia’ at the 2018 Oxpeace Conference. | Andres Ucros | 16 Nov 2018 | |
| 10158 | OxPeace 2018: Progressive roles of business in the South African transition | Dr Liz Carmichael discusses the ‘Progressive roles of business in the South African transition’ at the 2018 Oxpeace Conference. | Liz Carmichael | 16 Nov 2018 | |
| 10159 | OxPeace 2018: The Role of Commercial Banks in Post-Conflict Peacebuilding: Anecdotal Evidence from the DRC | Dr Sarah von Billerbeck presents her talk titled the ‘The Role of Commercial Banks in Post-Conflict Peacebuilding: Anecdotal Evidence from the DRC’ at the 2018 Oxpeace Conference. | Sarah von Billerbeck | 16 Nov 2018 | |
| 10160 | OxPeace 2018: Strategy, Innovation and Peacebuilding: lessons from Northern Ireland | Eva Grosman gives a talk on ‘Strategy, Innovation and Peacebuilding: lessons from Northern Ireland’ at the 2018 Oxpeace Conference. | Eva Grosman | 16 Nov 2018 | |
| 10161 | OxPeace 2018: How to maximize business contributions to peace? Insights from a practitioner-researcher | Josie Lianna Kaye gives a talk titled ‘How to maximize business contributions to peace? Insights from a practitioner-researcher’ at the 2018 OxPeace Conference. | Josie Lianna Kaye | 16 Nov 2018 | |
| 10162 | OxPeace 2018: Equality and Business in Post-Conflict Northern Ireland: Building shared space and community | Tina McKenzie discusses ‘Equality and Business in Post-Conflict Northern Ireland: Building shared space and community’ at the 2018 Oxpeace Conference. | Tina McKenzie | 16 Nov 2018 | |
| 10163 | Fashioning Africa at Brighton Museum | ASC seminar by Edith Ojo (Brighton based arts freelancer) & Nicola Stylianou (MoDa, Middlesex University) | Edith Ojo, Nicola Stylianou | 08 Nov 2018 | |
| 10164 | Creative Commons | Creating More Peaceful Societies - Global Strategies to Reduce Interpersonal Violence by 50 Percent in 2040 | Manuel Eisner, University of Cambridge | Manuel Eisner | 20 Nov 2018 |
| 10165 | Managing People, Money and 'Corporate Culture' | Dr Ralph Walters gives the 2018 Bynum Tudor lecture. | Ralph Walters | 20 Nov 2018 | |
| 10166 | Orna Sasson-Levy - Gendered citizenship: The case of Women Breaking the Silence | Orna Sasson-Levy discusses the cast of women soldiers who decide to speak | Orna Sasson-Levy | 21 Nov 2018 | |
| 10167 | The Age-Eclipsing Effects of Environment and Input on L2 Attainment in Instructional Contexts | This seminar explores some myths about L2 attainment in instructional contexts, drawing on evidence from a five-year longitudinal study conducted in Switzerland and carried out by the speakers themselves. | Simone E Pfenninger, David Singleton | 20 Nov 2018 | |
| 10168 | Writing Rights in 1789 | Keith M Baker, professor of Early Modern European History at Stanford University, explains a Digital Humanities project mapping the debates on the constituent articles of the 1789 Declaration of the Rights of Man and of the Citizen. | Keith M Baker | 23 Nov 2018 | |
| 10169 | Damned if he Does and Damned if he Doesn't? Dilemmas and Decisions in Sir Gawain and the Green Knight | Simon Armitage lectures on the poem Sir Gawain and the Green Knight. | Simon Armitage | 23 Nov 2018 | |
| 10170 | Creative Commons | Rationing antibiotics in the face of drug resistance: ethical challenges, principles and pathways | Practical medical ethics symposium: Rationing responsibly in an age of austerity | Christian Munthe | 22 Nov 2018 |
| 10171 | Allocating organs: the US approach | Practical medical ethics symposium: Rationing responsibly in an age of austerity. | Thaddeus Mason Pope | 22 Nov 2018 | |
| 10172 | Creative Commons | Cost-equivalence: rethinking treatment allocation | Practical medical ethics symposium: Rationing responsibly in an age of austerity | Julian Savulescu | 22 Nov 2018 |
| 10173 | Empowered: Popular Feminism and Popular Misogyny | Is popular feminism adequate for tackling partriarchy and misogyny in society? Sarah Banet-Weiser, Head of the Department of Media and Communication, LSE, discusses this in light of the Weinstein allegations, the MeToo movement, 'incel' attacks and more. | Sarah Banet-Weiser | 20 Nov 2018 | |
| 10174 | Creative Commons | Moralising medicine: is it ethical to allocate treatment based on responsibility for illness? | Practical medical ethics symposium: Rationing responsibly in an age of austerity | Rebecca Brown | 22 Nov 2018 |
| 10175 | Creative Commons | Allocating intensive care beds and balancing ethical values | Practical medical ethics symposium: Rationing responsibly in an age of austerity | Dominic Wilkinson | 22 Nov 2018 |
| 10176 | Creative Commons | Crafting a human rights-based approach to HIV/AIDS for women in the Middle East | Dr Kamiar Alaei (Co-president, Institute for International Health and Education), gives a talk for the Middle East Studies Centre. | Kamiar Alaei | 26 Nov 2018 |
| 10177 | Creative Commons | Reconsidering Marshall Hodgson | Professor Edmund Burke III (UC Santa Cruz) gives a talk for the Middle East Studies Centre. | Edmund Burke III | 26 Nov 2018 |
| 10178 | Creative Commons | Book Launch: Christian Martyrs under Islam | Dr Christian C Sahner (Associate Professor of Islamic History, Faculty of Oriental Studies), talks about his new book, the discussants are Phil Booth (Faculty of Theology) and Professor Julia Bray (Oriental Institute). | Christian C Sahner, Phil Booth, Julia Bray | 26 Nov 2018 |
| 10179 | Creative Commons | Preventing Palestine: A Political History from Camp David to Oslo | Dr Seth Anziska (Mohamed S. Farsi-Polonsky Lecturer in Jewish-Muslim Relations, University College London), gives a talk for the Middle East Studies Centre. | Seth Anziska | 26 Nov 2018 |
| 10180 | Creative Commons | Between Love and Lineage: Elopement, Rights and Violence in an Afghan Valley | Dr Naysan Adlparvar (Yale University), gives a talk for the Middle East Studies Centre. | Naysan Adlparvar | 26 Nov 2018 |
| 10181 | Creative Commons | Iraq after the elections: A new beginning? | Panel discussion with Harith Hasan (Central European University), Hayder al-Khoei (University of Exeter), Renad Mansour (Chatham House) and chaired by Toby Matthiesen (St Antony's College). | Harith Hasan, Hayder al-Khoei, Renad Mansour, Toby Matthiesen | 07 Dec 2018 |
| 10182 | Has AI changed the way we find the truth? | Around the world, automated bot accounts have enabled some government agencies and political parties to exploit online platforms in dispersing fake messages. | Peter Millican, Rasmus Kleis Nielsen, Vidya Narayanan, Mimie Liotsiou | 06 Dec 2018 | |
| 10183 | Diplomacy for the 21st Century: An Asian Perspective | Wolfson College was honoured to have Koji Tsuruoka, Ambassador of Japan, to present this year's Wolfson Lecture Series in Diplomacy for the 21st Century. The lecture was introduced by College President Sir Tim Hitchens. | Koji Tsuruoka | 06 Dec 2018 | |
| 10184 | Magic, Healing, and Ethics in Tibetan Buddhism | The 4th Aris Lecture in Tibetan and Himalayan Studies was delivered by Dr Sam van Schaik (British Library) on 15th November 2018 at Wolfson College, Oxford. The lecture was introduced by Professor Ulrike Roesler. | Sam van Schaik | 06 Dec 2018 | |
| 10185 | The Fate of Pakistan - three ways in which things could really go wrong, and reasons for hope they may not | The 2018 Sarfraz Pakistan Lecture was delivered by nuclear physicist Dr Pervez Hoodbhoy on October 18th at Wolfson College, Oxford. The lecture was introduced by College President Sir Tim Hitchens. | Pervez Hoodbhoy | 06 Dec 2018 | |
| 10186 | Spectacular Diplomacy: Nero and the Reception of Tiridates of Armenia on the Bay of Naples | The 2018 Ronald Syme Lecture was delivered by Professor Kathleen Coleman, James Loeb Professor of the Classics at Harvard University, on 1st November. The lecture was introduced by Wolfson College President Sir Tim Hitchens. | Kathleen Coleman | 06 Dec 2018 | |
| 10187 | Travaux, Commentaries and Encyclopedias - how we write them and how we use them | The presentation will discuss the approaches to writing such reference works (based on the speaker's experience with the Update of the ICRC Commentaries to the 1949 Conventions, and the Max Planck Encyclopedia of International Procedural Law). | Liesbeth Lijnzaad | 05 Dec 2018 | |
| 10188 | How imperfect can a study be? | Professor Alan Silman is an epidemiologist and a rheumatologist and is the co-author of 'Epidemiological Studies: A Practical Guide', which is the recommended textbook for the module 'Introduction to Study Design and Research Methods'. | Alan Silman | 05 Dec 2018 | |
| 10189 | Creative Commons | Likely Terpsichore? (Fragments), a solo durational dance work | Created by APGRD Artist in Residence Marie-Louise Crawley | Marie-Louise Crawley | 04 Dec 2018 |
| 10190 | Creative Commons | Freedom Behind Bars: Indira Gandhi's Emergency | Public lecture by Professor Gyan Prakash (Princeton University) from 31 October 2018 | Gyan Prakash | 03 Dec 2018 |
| 10191 | Creative Commons | Love thy neighbour as you love thyself? | Alenka Zupancic's lecture on 'Love thy neighbour as theyself' from 6 November 2018 | Alenka Zupancic | 03 Dec 2018 |
| 10192 | Entropy from Entanglement | Siddharth Parameswaran, Associate Professor, Physics Department. | Siddharth Parameswaran | 03 Dec 2018 | |
| 10193 | Entropy: two short stories | John Chalker, Head of Theoretical Physics, gives a talk on entropy. | John Chalker | 03 Dec 2018 | |
| 10194 | Equity and quality of educationL Paradoxes from Hong Kong and Singapore | An exploration of equity and quality of education in Hong Kong and Singapore. | Maria Manzon | 03 Dec 2018 | |
| 10195 | Entropy: Gaining Knowledge by Admitting Ignorance | Alexander Schekochihin, Professor of Theoretical Physics, gives a talk on entropy. | Alexander Schekochihin | 03 Dec 2018 | |
| 10196 | QUADcast episode 1: Careers - an interview with Jonathan Black, Director of the Careers Service. | In this episode, Richard and Tabitha visit Jonathan Black, Director of the Careers Service here at the University to talk about the benefits our alumni can still receive from the service. | Jonathan Black | 03 Dec 2018 | |
| 10197 | Royal Bank of Canada Foundation Lecture: Reading French in 15th-century England | Julia Mattison (RBC Foundation-Bodleian Visiting Fellow at the Bodleian Libraries until 19 December 2018) gives a lecture on reading french in 15th century english. | Julia Mattison | 03 Dec 2018 | |
| 10198 | Marconi lecture 2018: Imperial Wave: how empire shaped the network of wireless in South Asia at the turn of the twentieth century | Dr Medha Saxena (Delhi, and Byrne Bussey Marconi Fellow), gives the 2018 annual Marconi lecture. | Medha Saxena | 03 Dec 2018 | |
| 10199 | 2018 Harmsworth Lecture - War, Race and Anti-Imperialism in Merze Tate's International Thought | Professor Barbara Savage, (Pennsylvania), gives the 2018 Harmsworth lecture. | Barbara Savage | 03 Dec 2018 | |
| 10200 | Isaiah Berlin on Liberty | Aileen Kelly, Emerita Reader at King's College, Cambridge, gave the 2018 annual Isaiah Berlin Lecture at Wolfson College, Oxford. The lecture, which was given on November 8th, was introduced by Sir Tim Hitchens. | Aileen Kelly | 30 Nov 2018 |