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| 11801 | Security and Development | Dr Anke Hoeffler, Centre for the Study of African Economies, Oxford University, gives the second plenary address. | Anke Hoeffler | 11 Jan 2021 | |
| 11802 | Strategic Peacebuilding for the 21st Century | Professor Scott Appleby, Kroc Institute for International Peace Studies, University of Notre Dame | Scott Appleby | 08 Jan 2021 | |
| 11803 | Oxpeace 2009: The Serious Study of Peace Introduction | At the morning plenary, Saturday 2 May, Revd Dr Liz Carmichael MBE (Oxford University, Theology) introduces the Conference. | Liz Carmichael | 08 Jan 2021 | |
| 11804 | Oxpeace 2009: The Serious Study of Peace Keynote | Professor Neil MacFarlane, Lester Pearson Professor of International Relations (Oxford) introduces Jonathan Powell to give the keynote address at the Conference dinner, on his experience of peacemaking and implementing peace in Northern Ireland. | Neil MacFarlane | 08 Jan 2021 | |
| 11805 | Tal Shamur (Cambridge): The emergence of melancholic citizenship at the urban periphery: The case of south Tel Aviv protest against global migration | Tal Shamur presents his work on the melancholic protest of Hatikva residents. | Tal Shamur | 19 Jan 2021 | |
| 11806 | In the Footsteps of Marie-Antoinette - Episode 1 | Catriona Seth, Marshal Foch Professor of French Literature at the University of Oxford, visits the Wallace Collection in London on the trail of objects that once belonged to Marie-Antoinette. | Catriona Seth, Helen Jacobsen | 15 Jan 2021 | |
| 11807 | Creative Commons | Seeing the Wood for the Trees (Part II) | We take a walk around a local park to admire more winter trees and see why conifers win over broadleaved trees as we move further North, but even they have to drop their needles during the winter in the farthest reaches of the Boreal forest. | Lindsay Turnbull | 25 Jan 2021 |
| 11808 | What should we expect for journalism in 2021? | In this episode of our podcast we delve into our survey of 234 digital leaders in 43 countries to look at the major trends that will influence journalism in the year ahead. | Frederica Cherubini, Nic Newman | 21 Jan 2021 | |
| 11809 | Political Crimes and Amnesties: Scope and Limitations to Transitions to Democracy | This talk was given as part of the Oxford Transitional Justice Research (OTJR) Seminar Series. | Renata Barbosa | 26 Jan 2021 | |
| 11810 | New Year’s Episode | The whole team gets together to discuss what their moment of note of 2020 was, what they are looking out for in 2021, and what their favourite book on the Middle East is. | Piotr Schulkes, Helena Murphy, Frederike Brockhoven, Max Randall, Rose Johnson, Hajar Meddah, Felix Walker, Michael Memari | 26 Jan 2021 | |
| 11811 | Etiquette | Isabel Parkinson (2015) on her debut novel, Etiquette | Isabel Parkinson | 27 Jan 2021 | |
| 11812 | 21st century technologies for tackling 21st century pandemics | Christophe Fraser of Oxford’s Big Data Institute, who advises the UK’s NHS COVID-19 Tracing app, and Prof Oliver Pybus discuss the opportunities and challenges of successfully applying new technologies to pandemics past, present, and future. | Christophe Fraser, Oliver Pybus | 26 Jan 2021 | |
| 11813 | 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 | |
| 11814 | January 2021 with special guest Professor Jasjit Ahluwalia | Jamie & Nicola review 4 new studies & interview Prof Jasjit Ahluwalia. | Jamie Hartmann-Boyce, Nicola Lindson, Jasjit Ahluwalia | 28 Jan 2021 | |
| 11815 | The Neuroscience of a Life Well-Lived | Professor Morten L. Kringlebach explains how recent advances in neuroimaging offer an insight into hedonia and eudaimonia, and draws out implications for neuropsychiatric disorders. | Morten L. Kringelbach | 27 Jan 2021 | |
| 11816 | Adam Sutcliffe: Light Unto the Nations - The Idea of Jewish Purpose and the Emergence of Zionism (Reconsidering Early Jewish Nationalist Ideologies Seminar) | Adam Sutcliffe (KCL) discusses how Zionist ideologues have viewed the notion of Jewish purpose. | Adam Sutcliffe | 27 Jan 2021 | |
| 11817 | The Idols of ISIS: From Assyria to the Internet | Episode 2, with Dr Faisal Devji, (St Antony’s College, Oxford), talks with Joshua Craze (University of Chicago) and writer Aaron Tugendhaft about Aaron's new book The Idols of ISIS: From Assyria to the Internet, University of Chicago Press 2020. | Faisal Devji, Joshua Craze, Aaron Tugendhaft | 18 Jan 2021 | |
| 11818 | The ages of globalization | Professor Jeff Sachs discusses his new book 'The Ages of Globalization' with Professor Ian Goldin. | Jeff Sachs, Ian Goldin | 01 Feb 2021 | |
| 11819 | Michael Parker and the COVID-19 response | St Cross College Fellow Michael Parker is Professor of Bioethics, Director of the Wellcome Centre for Ethics and Humanities and of the Ethox Centre, all at the University of Oxford. | Michael Parker, Stanley Ulijaszek | 01 Feb 2021 | |
| 11820 | Rana Mitter and the implications of COVID-19 for China | St Cross College Fellow Rana Mitter, Professor of the History and Politics of Modern China at the University of Oxford, in a conversation with Stanley Ulijaszek about China and the COVID-19 pandemic. | Rana Mitter, Stanley Ulijaszek | 01 Feb 2021 | |
| 11821 | In The Footsteps Of Marie-Antoinette - Episode 2 | Catriona Seth, visits Waddesdon Manor in Buckinghamshire, built in the 19th century by Baron Ferdinand de Rothschild, a great collector of 18th century decorative arts, especially objects associated with Marie-Antoinette. | Catriona Seth, Pippa Shirley, Rachel Jacobs, Mia Jackson | 15 Jan 2021 | |
| 11822 | The Role of Prophecies in the Construction of the Geluk Tradition | In this talk, Michael Ium explores the role of prophecies in the legitimation and construction of the Geluk tradition. | Michael Ium | 03 Dec 2020 | |
| 11823 | Anna Prashizky: Connecting Ethnicity and Space: The New Russian-Mizrahi-Mediterranean Pop Culture in Israel’s Periphery | Ann Prashizky discusses 'self orientalistation' by the 1.5 generation of FSU immigrants to Israel. | Anna Prashizky | 02 Feb 2021 | |
| 11824 | Fervent admiration and devotion: Exploring devotional literature in the collected works of the 3rd Dodrupchen | Renée Ford's introduction to the devotional literature in the collected works of the 3rd Dodrupchen composed in admiration of his late teacher Jamyang Khyentse Wangpo. | Renée Ford | 02 Feb 2021 | |
| 11825 | Sharks, Death, Surfers | Melissa McCarthy (1994) on her book, Sharks, Death, Surfers | Melissa McCarthy | 02 Feb 2021 | |
| 11826 | Dr Juliet Henderson on 'Decolonising Florence Park Street Names' | Dr Juliet Henderson and Florence Park community members discuss their new project to decolonise local street names. | Juliet Henderson | 04 Feb 2021 | |
| 11827 | Liz Woolley on 'Lord Nuffield and the city of Oxford' (longer version) | Local historian, Liz Woolley, takes a closer look at the role Lord Nuffield played in changing the city of Oxford's physical and social landscape. | Liz Woolley | 04 Feb 2021 | |
| 11828 | Creative Commons | A Contrapuntal History of Hindustan | Manan Amend (Columbia), gives a talk for the Asian Studies Centre seminar series. | Manan Amend | 04 Feb 2021 |
| 11829 | 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 | |
| 11830 | Creative Commons | More than a Morbid Quest: obituaries and mapping the invisible college of international lawyers | Luíza Leão Soares Pereira, Lecturer in International Law at the University of Sheffield, and Doctoral Candidate at the University of Cambridge, gives a talk for the Public International Law seminar series. | Luíza Leão Soares Pereira | 05 Feb 2021 |
| 11831 | Platforming Artists Podcasts: Francesca Amewudah-Rivers | Shivaike Shah hosts a podcast series with the artists and academics on the team in order to create a dialogue with potential audiences. The podcasts discuss the collaborations on Medea and explores the work of each guest beyond the ‘Medea’ project. | Francesca Amewudah-Rivers, Shivaike Shah | 05 Feb 2021 | |
| 11832 | In Conversation with Anne Boyd | Internationally-renowned composer Anne Boyd is in conversation with composer Thomas Metcalf, discussing her life and music ahead of a performance of her String Quartet No. 2 ’Play on the Water’ later this year. | Anne Boyd, Thomas Metcalf | 05 Feb 2021 | |
| 11833 | (Not) Aggregating Data: The Corcoran Memorial Lecture | Professor Kerrie Mengersen, Distinguished Professor of Statistics at Queensland University of Technology in the Science and Engineering Faculty, gives the The Corcoran Memorial Lecture, held on 21st January 2021. | Kerrie Mengersen | 05 Feb 2021 | |
| 11834 | Florence Nightingale Bicentennial Panel Session | The Florence Nightingale Bicentennial Lecture was followed by a Panel Session with Professor Deborah Ashby, Professor David Cox and Professor David Spiegelhalter. The Panel was chaired by Professor Jennifer Rogers about the role of statistics in society | Deborah Ashby, David Cox, David Spiegelhalter | 05 Feb 2021 | |
| 11835 | Anusocratie? Freemasonry, Sexual Transgression and Illicit Enrichment in Postcolonial Africa | In this seminar, Rogers Orock (University of Witwatersrand) and Peter Geschiere (University of Amsterdam) jointly provide a lecture titled: Anusocratie? Freemasonry, Sexual Transgression and Illicit Enrichment in Postcolonial Africa. | Rogers Orock and Peter Geschiere | 04 Feb 2021 | |
| 11836 | Florence Nightingale and the politicians’ pigeon holes: using data for the good of society | Professor Deborah Ashby, President of the RSS, gives the 2020 Florence Nightingale lecture. | Deborah Ashby, David Cox, David Spiegelhalter | 07 Jan 2021 | |
| 11837 | Rediscovering the Islamic Classics: How Editors and Print Culture Transformed an Intellectual Tradition | Join us for the third MEC Booktalk episode where Dr Usaama al-Azami talks with guest author Ahmed El Shamsy about his new book, Rediscovering the Islamic Classics: How Editors and Print Culture Transformed an Intellectual Tradition. | Ahmed El Shamsy, Usaama al-Azami | 07 Feb 2021 | |
| 11838 | The Worm that Turned | The species with the biggest biomass in any garden is almost certainly the earthworm. These humble denizens of our soil provide essential services by turning over soil and promoting plant growth. | Lindsay Turnbull, Peter Holland | 08 Feb 2021 | |
| 11839 | In The Footsteps Of Marie-Antoinette - Episode 3 | Catriona Seth, Marshal Foch Professor of French Literature at the University Of Oxford, heads for Paris in her pursuit of Marie-Antoinette. | Cecile Rives, Catriona Seth, Chantal Thomas | 15 Jan 2021 | |
| 11840 | Lebanon’s Economic and political crisis | Piotr Schulkes, Felix Walker, and Michael Memari cover the ongoing crises in Lebanon’s political and economic systems. | Michael Memari, Felix Walker, Piotr Schulkes | 09 Feb 2021 | |
| 11841 | 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 | |
| 11842 | Rethinking diet, weight and health policy in and after the COVID-19 pandemic | Prof Susan Jebb and Sir Charles Godfray discuss the possible implications of the pandemic on health policy and tackling obesity. | Susan Jebb, Charles Godfray | 09 Feb 2021 | |
| 11843 | University Classical Plays | Representatives from University College London and Oxford University discuss their respective classical plays, a rich university tradition for each which has been forced to adapt significantly during the Covid-19 pandemic. | David Bullen, Lewis Bentley, Elena Bashkova, Zoë De Barros, Marcus Bell, Alison Middleton | 17 Jan 2021 | |
| 11844 | Classics in Communities | A podcast with Arlene Holmes-Henderson and Mai Musié. | Mai Musié, Arlene Holmes-Henderson | 17 Jan 2021 | |
| 11845 | Beyond the Binary: Gender, Sexuality, Power - Introduction | Introduction to Beyond the Binary: Gender, Sexuality, Power podcast series. | Jozie Kettle | 06 Jan 2020 | |
| 11846 | Beyond the Binary: Gender, Sexuality, Power Episode 4: Queering Christianity and gender transition. | Olivia Sharrard (PRM) talks to Lance about changing representation in the Pitt Rivers museum, navigating life in Oxford and how they’ve ‘queered’ objects within the collections related to Christianity. | Lance Millar, Olivia Sharrard | 06 Jan 2020 | |
| 11847 | Beyond the Binary: Gender, Sexuality, Power Episode 3: Bacchus – queer party god of contradictions? | Jozie Kettle (Pitt Rivers Museum), talks to Harriet Haugvik and Cameron Wallis about their involvement in the 2020 exhibition Beyond the Binary: Gender, Sexuality, Power. Harriet and Cam explore Bacchus’ complex and intriguing connections to queerness. | Harriet Haugvik, Cameron Wallis, Jozie Kettle | 06 Jan 2020 | |
| 11848 | Beyond the Binary: Gender, Sexuality, Power Episode 2: Uncovering queerness within the collections | Jozie Kettle (Pitt Rivers Museum), talks to Mara Gold about her involvement in the 2020 exhibition Beyond the Binary: Gender, Sexuality, Power. | Mara Gold, Jozie Kettle | 06 Jan 2020 | |
| 11849 | 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 | |
| 11850 | Silences | Silences explores what we mean by silence and what silence means to us. Interweaving silences, sounds and voices, it reveals the rich pleasures and mysteries of experiences without noises or words. | Kate McLoughlin, Ariane Jeßulat, Sylee Gore, Thorsten Weigelt, Kirsten Reese, Fritz Schlueter, Alberto de Campo | 11 Feb 2021 | |
| 11851 | The Queen's Access Podcast: Episode 10 - Medicine | Kyla Thomas, Queen’s JCR Access and Outreach Rep, talks to Beinn Khulusi, Annie Roberts and Bethan Storey about applying for Medicine at Oxford and what it's like to study Medicine at Queen's. | Kyla Thomas, Beinn Khulusi, Annie Roberts, Bethan Storey | 18 Feb 2021 | |
| 11852 | Greek Tragedy at the National Theatre of Prague during the Nazi occupation (1939 – 1945) | Alena Sarkissian gives public lecture, subtitled 'Theatre as a space of Spiritual Contemplation', on Greek Tragedy in the Czech Republic under Nazi Occupation. | Alena Sarkissian | 12 Feb 2021 | |
| 11853 | Ken Loach in Conversation | TORCH Goes Digital! presents 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. | Ken Loach, Judith Buchanan | 12 Feb 2021 | |
| 11854 | An Expatriate Family in the Nigerian Civil War (Book Presentation and Discussion) | In this podcast we hear from Selina Molteno, Publisher, Oxford & Robin Cohen, Senior Research Fellow, Kellogg College, University of Oxford, as they discuss their lecture titled An Expatriate Family in the Nigerian Civil War. | Selina Molteno, Robin Cohen | 11 Feb 2021 | |
| 11855 | Death by Poisoning: Cautionary Narratives and Inter-Ethnic Accusations in Contemporary Sikkim | Kikee Bhutia talks about the contemporary discourses around ‘othering’ in Sikkim and analyse the region’s inter-ethnic challenges | Kikee Bhutia | 04 Feb 2021 | |
| 11856 | Gut Instinct Ep.1 - COVID and cancer, ACLF, and the downfall of biomarkers | The first episode! We talk through the impact of COVID-19 on colorectal cancer, transcriptomics in ACLF, the pitfalls of biomarker studies in IBD, microscopic colitis and cancer risk, HBV and PBC treatment, and more... | Michael Fitzpatrick, Tamsin Cargill | 12 Feb 2021 | |
| 11857 | Platforming Artists Podcasts: Azan Ahmed | Shivaike Shah hosts a podcast series with the artists and academics on the team in order to create a dialogue with potential audiences. The podcasts discuss the collaborations on Medea and explores the work of each guest beyond the ‘Medea’ project. | Azan Ahmed, Shivaike Shah | 09 Feb 2021 | |
| 11858 | The Caliphate of Man: Popular Sovereignty in Modern Islamic Thought | Join us for the fourth MEC Booktalk episode where Dr Usaama al-Azami talks with guest author Andrew March about his new book, The Caliphate of Man: The Invention of Popular Sovereignty in Modern Islamic Thought, published by Harvard University Press, 2021 | Usaama al-Azami, Andrew March | 16 Feb 2021 | |
| 11859 | How to prevent future pandemics | Katrien Devolder and Jeff Sebo on factory farms as breeding grounds for pandemics | Jeff Sebo, Katrien Devolder | 17 Feb 2021 | |
| 11860 | WillPlay: Chat, Play, Learn Shakespeare | This podcast explores WillPlay, an AI-powered reimagining of Shakespeare's plays for school students. | Abigail Williams, Felicity Brown, Rachael Hodge, Giles Lewin | 17 Feb 2021 | |
| 11861 | Dangerous proportions: Means and Ends in Non-Finite War | Professor Nehal Bhuta, University of Edinburgh and Dr Rebecca Mignot-Mahdavi, University of Amsterdam, give a talk for the Public International Law seminar series. | Nehal Bhuta, Rebecca Mignot-Mahdavi | 17 Feb 2021 | |
| 11862 | The Concept of Race in International Criminal Law - and Beyond | Carola Lingaas, VID Specialised University, gives a talk for the Public International Law seminar series. | Carola Lingaas | 17 Feb 2021 | |
| 11863 | Jamie Stern-Weiner: IHRA: The Politics of a Definition | Jamie Stern-Weiner (Oxford) traces the genesis and evolution of a controversial 'working definition' of antisemitism. | Jamie Stern-Weiner | 16 Feb 2021 | |
| 11864 | The Queen's Access Podcast: Episode 9 - Music | Kyla Thomas, Queen’s JCR Access and Outreach Rep, talks to Rhiannon Harris, Rachel Howe and Rowan Ireland about what it's like to be involved in music at Queen's, including the Eglesfield Music Society and the Queen's Chapel Choir. | Kyla Thomas, Rhiannon Harris, Rachel Howe, Rowan Ireland | 18 Feb 2021 | |
| 11865 | The Queen's Access Podcast: Episode 8 - Access and Outreach | Kyla Thomas, Queen’s JCR Access and Outreach Rep, talks to Julia Duddy and Jack Wilson about the various access initiatives that happen at Queen's and what it's like to be a Student Ambassador. | Kyla Thomas, Julia Duddy, Jack Wilson | 18 Feb 2021 | |
| 11866 | The Queen's Access Podcast: Episode 7 - Sports | Kyla Thomas, Queen’s JCR Access and Outreach Rep, talks to Hamish Smeaton, Katie Humphreys and Ying Wong about the different ways to be involved in sports in College and in the University as a whole. | Kyla Thomas, Hamish Smeaton, Katie Humphreys, Ying Wong | 18 Feb 2021 | |
| 11867 | The Queen's Access Podcast: Episode 6 - Food | Kyla Thomas, Queen’s JCR Access and Outreach Rep, talks to Katie Belok and Charlotte Murphy, current JCR Food Reps, about all things food at Queen's. | Kyla Thomas, Katie Belok, Charlotte Murphy | 18 Feb 2021 | |
| 11868 | The Queen's Access Podcast: Episode 5 - Leadership | Kyla Thomas, Queen’s JCR Access and Outreach Rep, talks to Isabelle Gibbons, former Vice President for the JCR, about what a JCR does, the elections process, and how you can be involved in student leadership. | Kyla Thomas, Isabelle Gibbons | 18 Feb 2021 | |
| 11869 | The Queen's Access Podcast: Episode 4 - Domestic Life | Kyla Thomas, Queen’s JCR Access and Outreach Rep, talks to Esme Weeks and Marte van der Graaf about all of the important things you need to know when living in college. | Kyla Thomas, Esme Weeks, Marte van der Graaf | 17 Feb 2021 | |
| 11870 | The Queen's Access Podcast: Episode 3 - Social Life | Kyla Thomas, Queen’s JCR Access and Outreach Rep, talks to Luke Geoghegan, Pandora McKenzie and Hannah Cole about social life within College and in Oxford more generally, and all things clubs and societies. | Kyla Thomas, Luke Geoghegan, Pandora McKenzie, Hannah Cole | 17 Feb 2021 | |
| 11871 | The Queen's Access Podcast: Episode 2 - Tutorials | Kyla Thomas, Queen’s JCR Access and Outreach Rep, talks to Francis Lawson, Jessica Wen and Austin Haynes about their experiences of the tutorial system and work in general at Oxford - and more specifically at Queen's. | Kyla Thomas, Francis Lawson, Jessica Wen, Austin Haynes | 17 Feb 2021 | |
| 11872 | The Queen's Access Podcast: Episode 1 - Welfare | Kyla Thomas, Queen’s JCR Access and Outreach Rep, talks to Seren Ford, Female Welfare rep for the JCR, about how Queen's supports the welfare of its students and what to do if you're in need of some help. | Kyla Thomas, Seren Ford | 17 Feb 2021 | |
| 11873 | The War Lawyers: The United States, Israel and Juridical Warfare | This talk was given as part of the Oxford Transitional Justice Research (OTJR) Seminar Series. | Craig Jones | 19 Feb 2021 | |
| 11874 | Dan Hicks discusses the impact of the COVID-19 pandemic on museums with Stanley Ulijaszek | Dan Hicks, British archaeologist and anthropologist discusses the impact of the COVID-19 pandemic on museums with Stanley Ulijaszek | Stanley Ulijaszek, Dan Hicks | 19 Feb 2021 | |
| 11875 | Climate Change and Human Rights Litigation: A Proposed New Line of Argument | Professor Martin Scheinin, Bonavero Institute of Human Rights, gives a talk for the Public International Law series. | Martin Scheinin | 19 Feb 2021 | |
| 11876 | Protein structure and AI: the excitement about the recent advance made by Google DeepMind’s AlphaFold Programme | Why is it important to understand the 3-D structures of protein, why are they difficult to construct, and what is the nature of AlphaFold’s advance? Why is this so exciting and what further advances in medicine and the other biosciences may result? | Yvonne Jones, Phil Biggin, Charles Godfray | 18 Feb 2021 | |
| 11877 | Transitional Justice Through the Lens of Art | This talk was given as part of the Oxford Transitional Justice Research (OTJR) Seminar Series. This panel discussion explores the role of art in transitional justice and the depiction of transitional justice through art. | Leslie Thomas, Bernadette Vivuya, Nadia Siddiqui | 18 Feb 2021 | |
| 11878 | The Justice of Visual Art - Creative State-Building in Times of Transition | This talk was given as part of the Oxford Transitional Justice Research (OTJR) Seminar Series. Art is a radical form of political participation in times of transition. | Eliza Garnsey | 18 Feb 2021 | |
| 11879 | Julian Savulescu and ethical issues associated with the COVID-19 pandemic | St Cross College Fellow Julian Savulescu, Uehiru Professor of Practical Ethics, University of Oxford, in conversation with Stanley Ulijaszek about ethics and the COVID-19 pandemic. | Julian Savulescu, Stanley Ulijaszek | 16 Feb 2021 | |
| 11880 | 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 | |
| 11881 | Two Visions of the International Rule of Law | Professor Monica Hakimi, University of Michigan, gives a talk for the PIL discussion series. | Monica Hakimi | 22 Feb 2021 | |
| 11882 | Data work: the hidden talent and secret logic fuelling artificial intelligence | Professor Gina Neff discusses artificial intelligence and data work, and the ethical and social implications of integrating these tools into organisations. | Gina Neff, Ian Goldin | 16 Feb 2021 | |
| 11883 | Iraq and Lebanon – Revolt Against Sectarianism? | Maha Yahya (PhD, Director, Malcolm H. Kerr Carnegie Middle East Centre) Maysoon Pachachi (Film director) give a talk for the Middle East Studies Centre. Chaired by Professor Eugene Rogan (St. Antony's College, Oxford). | Maha Yahya, Maysoon Pachachi, Eugene Rogan | 23 Feb 2021 | |
| 11884 | February 2021 with special guest Dr Rachna Begh | Jamie Hartmann-Boyce and Nicola Lindson discuss emerging evidence in e-cigarette research and interview Dr Rachna Begh. | Jamie Hartmann-Boyce, Nicola Lindson, Rachna Begh | 24 Feb 2021 | |
| 11885 | Mainstream | Nathan Evans (1993) explores the anthology Mainstream | Nathan Evans | 23 Feb 2021 | |
| 11886 | Achillefs Kapanidis on developing a new rapid test for COVID-19 | St Cross Fellow Achillefs Kapanidis talks with Stanley Ulijaszek about how his research group developed a new rapid test for SARS CoV2, the coronavirus responsible for COVID-19 | Achillefs Kapanidis, Stanley Ulijaszek | 04 Feb 2021 | |
| 11887 | Framing obesity as a problem | Stanley Ulijaszek (Professor of Human Ecology, University of Oxford) gave this presentation for the UBVO seminar series on 27 February 2020 | Stanley Ulijaszek | 25 Feb 2021 | |
| 11888 | Protein and meat as powerful symbols | Stanley Ulijaszek (Professor of Human Ecology, University of Oxford) gave this presentation at the UBVO seminar on 21 February 2020 | Stanley Ulijaszek | 25 Feb 2021 | |
| 11889 | Sustainability on stage: FoodTech and the spectacle of innovation | Tanja Schneider (University of St Gallen, Switzerland) gave this presentation for the UBVO seminar series on 12 March 2020 | Tanja Schneider | 25 Feb 2021 | |
| 11890 | Is obesity a choice? | Giles Yeo from the University of Cambridge gave this presentation for the UBVO seminar series on 30 January 2020 | Giles Yeo | 25 Feb 2021 | |
| 11891 | Height, weight and prostate cancer | Aurora Perez-Cornago (University of Oxford) gave this presentation for the UBVO seminar series on 23 January 2020 | Aurora Perez-Cornago | 25 Feb 2021 | |
| 11892 | Coffee, pure and simple: Rejection of milk and sugar by Brazilian specialty coffee consumers | Sabine Parrish (from the School of Anthropology and Museum Ethnography) gave this presentation for the UBVO seminar on 6 February 2020 | Sabine Parrish | 25 Feb 2021 | |
| 11893 | An eco-bio-socio-political approach to anaemia in Peru | Doreen Montag (Queen Mary College London) gave this presentation for the UBVO seminar on 13 February 2020 | Doreen Montag | 25 Feb 2021 | |
| 11894 | Reconsidering Early Jewish Nationalist Ideologies Seminar: Maja Gildin Zuckerman: The Pragmatism of Proto-Zionism: Tracing Jewish Nation-building through a Cultural Sociological Framework | Maya Gildin Zuckerman discusses a 1897 tour from London to Palestine as a moment in the Zionist meaning making process. | Maja Gilding Zuckerman | 23 Feb 2021 | |
| 11895 | The Recognition of a Right to be Rescued at Sea | Professor Seline Trevisanut, Utrecht University, gives a talk for the Public International Law discussion group series. | Seline Trevisanut | 26 Feb 2021 | |
| 11896 | Veridical Data Science for biomedical discovery: detecting epistatic interactions with epiTree | Bin Yu, Chancellor's Professor, Departments of Statistics and Electrical Engineering and Computer Science, UC Berkeley, gives a seminar for the Department of Statistics. | Bin Yu | 26 Feb 2021 | |
| 11897 | The Place of Religion After the Uprisings | Dr. Shadi Hamid (Brookings Institution; contributing writer, The Atlantic) and Professor Nadia Oweidat (Kansas State University) give a talk for the Middle East Centre Friday seminar series. Chaired by Dr Usaama al-Azami (St Antony's College). | Shadi Hamid, Nadia Oweidat, Usaama al-Azami | 26 Feb 2021 | |
| 11898 | Platforming Artists Podcasts: Simran Uppal | Shivaike Shah hosts a podcast series with the artists and academics on the team in order to create a dialogue with potential audiences. The podcasts discuss the collaborations on Medea and explores the work of each guest beyond the ‘Medea’ project. | Simran Uppal, Shivaike Shah | 26 Feb 2021 | |
| 11899 | The Intimate State: Teachers as Fault Line Between Repression and Revolution | In this seminar we hosted Jennifer Riggan as she gave a lecture entitled: The Intimate State: Teachers as Fault Line Between Repression and Revolution | Jennifer Riggan | 24 Feb 2021 | |
| 11900 | Finding Today’s Slaves: Lessons Learned From Over A Decade of Measurement in Modern Slavery | Professor Davina Durgana, award-winning international human rights statistician and professor with almost 15 years of experience developing leading global models to assess risk to modern slavery, gives a talk on their work on modern slavery. | Davina Durgana | 01 Mar 2021 | |
| 11901 | 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 | |
| 11902 | 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 | |
| 11903 | Lines by Alice Oswald | It's fifty years since the publication of From the Life and Songs of the Crow (by Ted Hughes). This is a lecture about lines and other sound barriers and how Crow flies straight through them. | Alice Oswald | 01 Mar 2021 | |
| 11904 | How to build a successful value-driven membership model | In this episode of our 'Future of Journalism' podcast, we look at the values that drive a thriving membership model at an Argentinean news site | Federica Cherubini, Chani Guyot | 26 Feb 2021 | |
| 11905 | Learning since our mothers day | Oxford's registrar gives a personal account of her mother's journey through education and early career, and the expectations for women at the time, and how that has shaped her own career. | Gill Aitken | 02 Mar 2021 | |
| 11906 | The architecture of women’s higher education in England, 1869–1914 | How University architecture reflects the presence of women and their perceived needs, and the generosity of female benefactors | Geoffrey Tyack | 02 Mar 2021 | |
| 11907 | Diversifying portraiture: women’s place in a project to change the representation of Oxford success | Alice Prochaska discusses the Diversifying Portraiture project designed by the Equality and Diversity Unit at Oxford University | Alice Prochaska | 02 Mar 2021 | |
| 11908 | A subject ‘for Honours men’: women in the early School of Geography | A look at early women geography students at Oxford | Elizabeth Baigent | 02 Mar 2021 | |
| 11909 | Women of the Bodleian: personal stories behind progressive steps | A look at the early women librarians of the Bodleian Library | Anne Lawrence | 02 Mar 2021 | |
| 11910 | The domestic work of women at Oxford colleges | A look at the history of the women service sector workers at Oxford Colleges and upon whom the comfortable academic life depended | Kathryne Crossley | 02 Mar 2021 | |
| 11911 | Women college principals and their views on degrees, 1879–1920 | Anne Keene explores the views of the 10 women principals of the 5 women's colleges estabished between 1879-1920 | Anne Keen | 02 Mar 2021 | |
| 11912 | The most woman-studentish? Somerville College and student life | A look at early women students at Somerville College Oxford | Mo Moulton | 02 Mar 2021 | |
| 11913 | 'The Lady Collationers': women and the study of medieval manuscripts in the Bodleian Libraries | A look at the careers of the Parker sisters known as the Lady Collationers | Hope Williard | 02 Mar 2021 | |
| 11914 | All but absent from history? Women in the Oxford Dictionary of National Biography | Womens roles in the Oxford Dictionary of National Biography | Jane Garnett | 02 Mar 2021 | |
| 11915 | ‘Must it be a man?’: the women who helped to make the Oxford English Dictionary | Peter Gilliver discusses the contribution women made to the Oxford English Dictionary | Peter Gilliver | 02 Mar 2021 | |
| 11916 | Women workers at OUP | A look back at women who worked at the Oxford University Press. Delivered by Peter Gilliver on behalf of Martin Maw | Martin Maw, Peter Gilliver | 02 Mar 2021 | |
| 11917 | Women in the Oxford English Dictionary | A fascinating insight into the role of women in the Oxford English Dictionary | Charlotte Brewer | 02 Mar 2021 | |
| 11918 | Introduction | Richard Ovenden, head of the Bodleian Library, gives a short introduction to the event | Richard Ovenden | 02 Mar 2021 | |
| 11919 | Towards a plasticity of the mind – New-ish ethical conundrums in dementia care, treatment, and research | A New St Cross Special Ethics Seminar with Dr David M Lyreskog. | David M Lyreskog | 01 Mar 2021 | |
| 11920 | Net zero – why and how? | The first discussion in the Oxford Net Zero Series, hosted by the Oxford Martin School, hones in on the fundamental motivation of the research programme: ‘Why net zero? | Myles Allen, Kaya Axelsson, Sam Fankhauser, Steve Smith | 01 Mar 2021 | |
| 11921 | A Revolution in Rhyme: Poetic Co-option under the Islamic Republic | Guest author Dr Fatemeh Shams (Assistant Professor of Modern Persian Literature, Department of Near Eastern Languages and Civilizations, University of Pennsylvania) talks with Booktalk host Dr Zuzanna Olszewska (University of Oxford). | Fatemeh Shams, Zuzanna Olszewska | 04 Mar 2021 | |
| 11922 | Layers of Protection: Everyday Life with Empowered Objects | In her talk, Inger Vasstveit discusses “empowered objects” - small Buddhist objects that people wear on their person - in relation to the broader socio-political and cosmological environment in India | Inger Vasstveit | 02 Mar 2021 | |
| 11923 | How can we amplify women's voices in journalism? | In this episode we speak to to three women journalists from Kyrgyzstan, India and Indonesia discuss female representation in the news media, why they got into journalism, and how to ensure women’s voices and interests are heard. | Meera Selva, Bermet Talant, Ipsita Chakravarty, Christine Franciska | 04 Mar 2021 | |
| 11924 | Being and Becoming African as a Permanent Work in Progress: Inspiration from Chinua Achebe’s Proverbs | In this seminar we hosted Professor Francis Nyamnjoh as he presented his lecture titled Being and Becoming African as a Permanent Work in Progress: Inspiration from Chinua Achebe’s Proverbs. | Francis Nyamnjoh | 05 Mar 2021 | |
| 11925 | Zero carbon energy systems | Join Nick Eyre and Steve Smith for a discussion on a renewable energy, energy efficiency and carbon emissions. | Nick Eyre, Steve Smith | 04 Mar 2021 | |
| 11926 | Libya: Past, Present and Future | Anas El Gomati (Sadeq Institute) and Mary Fitzgerald (King's College London) give a talk on Libya for the Middle East Centre seminar series. Chaired by Dr Usaama al-Azami (St Antony's College). | Anas El Gomati, Mary Fitzgerald | 09 Mar 2021 | |
| 11927 | Greed is dead: politics after individualism | Economists Paul Collier and John Kay discuss their book, Greed is Dead, with Sir Charles Godfray | Paul Collier, John Kay, Charles Godfray | 09 Mar 2021 | |
| 11928 | Among the Supporting Cast | Sir Timothy Sainsbury (1953) on his memoir, Among the Supporting Cast. | Sir Timothy Sainsbury | 10 Mar 2021 | |
| 11929 | The Pitt River's Catamaran | History DPhil student, Morgan Breene, contextualizes the catamaran displayed in the Pitt Rivers' Museum. Part of the Oxford and Empire series. | Morgan Breene | 10 Mar 2021 | |
| 11930 | 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 | |
| 11931 | Reconsidering Early Jewish Nationalist Ideologies Seminar: Elana Shapira: Berta Zuckerkandl and Her Circle: Austrian Nationalism and Zionism in Viennese Modernism | Elana Shapira discusses the tangled relationship between Austrian Nationalism and Zionism in Viennese Modernism | Elana Shapira | 09 Mar 2021 | |
| 11932 | 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 | |
| 11933 | Tunisia: Unfinished Revolutions (Held jointly with the British-Tunisian Society) | Hela Ammar (Artist) and Mohamed Kerrou (University of Tunis El Manar) give a talk for the Middle East Centre Friday Seminar Series. Chaired by Dr Michael Willis (St Antony's College, Oxford), the discussant was Professor Charles R H Tripp (SOAS). | Hela Ammar, Mohamed Kerrou, Michael Willis, Charles R H Tripp | 12 Mar 2021 | |
| 11934 | Matthew Snape on running COVID-19 vaccine trials | Matthew Snape discusses the running COVID-19 vaccine trials with Stanley Ulijaszek | matthew snape, Stanley Ulijaszek | 16 Mar 2021 | |
| 11935 | Distribution-dependent generalization bounds for noisy, iterative learning algorithms | Karolina Dziugaite (Element AI), gives the OxCSML Seminar on 26th February 2021. | Karolina Dziugaite | 17 Mar 2021 | |
| 11936 | Counter-Revolutions Vs. Counter-Marginalization Movements: (Re)Visiting the Online Tug-of-War a Decade After the Arab Spring | Dr Marc Owen Jones (Hamad Bin Khalifa University) and Dr Sahar Khamis (University of Maryland) give a talk for the MEC Friday Seminars Series. Chaired by Professor Walter Armbrust (St Antony’s College, Oxford). | Marc Owen Jones, Sahar Khamis, Walter Armbrust, Eugene Rogan | 17 Mar 2021 | |
| 11937 | The Mongolian Kanjur - Should Tibetologists Care? | Kirill Alekseev presents his latest research on the Mongolian Kanjur and its ramifications in Tibetan Studies | Kirill Alekseev | 16 Mar 2021 | |
| 11938 | Animal Eyes on the Planet (2/3): The Felt Knowledge of a More-Than-Human-World | In this second podcast from the Berlin and the Oxford creative collaboration on Climate Crisis Thinking we acquaint ourselves with the Japan’s indigenous Ainu culture and history. | Amanda Power, Nina Fischer, Eiko Soga, Lisa Maria Steppacher, Lilli Kuschel | 18 Mar 2021 | |
| 11939 | Invoking 'Transitional Justice' without a Transition: Reflections on Sri Lanka's Transitional Justice Programme, 2015-2019 | Kumaravadivel Guruparan gives a talk as part of the Oxford Transitional Justice Research (OTJR) Seminar Series. | Kumaravadivel Guruparan | 18 Mar 2021 | |
| 11940 | Kashmir and the State of Exception | Habeel Iqbal gives a talk as part of the Oxford Transitional Justice Research (OTJR) Seminar Series. | Habeel Iqbal | 18 Mar 2021 | |
| 11941 | Australian War Crimes in Afghanistan: National Mechanisms, Positive Complementarity and Command Responsibility | Douglas Guilfoyle gives a talk as part of the Oxford Transitional Justice Research (OTJR) Seminar Series. | Douglas Guilfoyle | 18 Mar 2021 | |
| 11942 | The Terra Lectures in American Art: Part 1: Performing Innocence: Belated | Professor Emily C. Burns, Terra Foundation Visiting Professor in American Art, gives the first in the series of The Terra Lectures in American Art: Performing Innocence: US Artists in Paris, 1865-1914. | Emily C. Burns, Peter Gibian | 18 Mar 2021 | |
| 11943 | Leading and teaching Evidence-Based Health Care | Professor Kamal Mahtani and David Nunan interview Professor Paul Glasziou, Director of the Institute for Evidence-Based Healthcare at Bond University, about his experience of leadership and his work in capacity building through teaching and supervision. | Kamal Mahtani, David Nunan, Paul Glasziou | 18 Mar 2021 | |
| 11944 | The Terra Lectures in American Art: Part 3; Performing Innocence: Primitive / Incipient | Professor Emily C. Burns, Terra Foundation Visiting Professor in American Art, gives the third in the series of The Terra Lectures in American Art: Performing Innocence: US Artists in Paris, 1865-1914. | Emily C. Burns, James Smalls | 15 Mar 2021 | |
| 11945 | The Terra Lectures in American Art: Part 2 Performing Innocence: Puritan | Professor c, Terra Foundation Visiting Professor in American Art, gives the second lecture in the The Terra Lectures in American Art: Performing Innocence: US Artists in Paris, 1865-1914 series. | Emily C. Burns, Wanda M. Corn | 15 Mar 2021 | |
| 11946 | The Terra Lectures in American Art: Part 4; Performing Innocence: Baby Nation | Professor Emily C. Burns, Terra Foundation Visiting Professor in American Art, gives the fourth in the series of The Terra Lectures in American Art: Performing Innocence: US Artists in Paris, 1865-1914. | Emily C. Burns, Alastair Wright | 15 Mar 2021 | |
| 11947 | Elahé Omidyar Mir-Djalali Annual Lecture - Iran and the Arab Uprisings: Opportunity Grasped or Squandered? | Sponsored in association with Elahé Omidyar Mir-Djalali, Founder and Chair, Roshan Cultural Heritage Institute. With Professor Anoush Ehteshami (Professor of International Relations in the School of Government and International Affairs, Durham University) | Anoush Ehteshami | 19 Mar 2021 | |
| 11948 | LGBT+ History Month with Corinne Humphreys & Michael Gunning | Watch the 2021 LGBT History Month lecture with Stonewall Sport Champions | Corinne Humphreys, Michael Gunning | 22 Mar 2021 | |
| 11949 | 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 | |
| 11950 | The Black Chicago Renaissance Women: Lives and Legacies in Music | Dr. Samantha Ege | Held on International Women's Day 2021, Part of the Humanities Cultural Programme, one of the founding stones for the future, Stephen A. Schwarzman Centre for the Humanities - in collaboration with Lincoln College, Oxford. | Samantha Ege | 22 Mar 2021 | |
| 11951 | Beyond zero: the role of negative emissions | What are the different ways to remove carbon dioxide from air? How much potential do they have, and how can we scale them up? Perhaps most importantly, will negative emissions be a vital addition to action on emissions or a costly distraction? | Tim Kruger, Steve Smith | 18 Mar 2021 | |
| 11952 | The stymieing effect of unresolved ethical issues on the conservation of biodiversity | In this presentation, Professor John Vucetich & Professor David MacDonald, will examine how the terms “ecosystem health” and “endangered species” are underdetermined to the point of being increasingly problematic for advancing real-world conservation | John Vucetich, David Macdonald | 18 Mar 2021 | |
| 11953 | Platforming Artists Podcasts: Fiona Macintosh | Shivaike Shah hosts a podcast series with the artists and academics on the team in order to create a dialogue with potential audiences. The podcasts discuss the collaborations on Medea and explores the work of each guest beyond the ‘Medea’ project. | Fiona Macintosh, Shivaike Shah | 23 Mar 2021 | |
| 11954 | Gut Instinct Ep. 2 - Long-term drains for ascites, the developing gut, and drugs for obesity | A smorgasbord of research for you this week; we discuss quantitative and qualitative data about long-term drains for ascites, an incredible atlas of the developing gut, drugs for obesity, fibrates for itch, and pharmacokinetics in pregnancy. | Michael Fitzpatrick, Tamsin Cargill | 19 Mar 2021 | |
| 11955 | Ashmolean Museum - Middle East Centre: Owning the Past: A troubled century of Anglo-Iraqi relations | A webinar that explores the complex history binding Iraq and the U.K. from the First World War through the mandate and creation of the Hashemite monarchy, and Britain’s role in the 2003 invasion of Iraq and its aftermath. | Eugene Rogan, Dina Rizk Khoury, Charles Tripp, Myfanwy Lloyd | 24 Mar 2021 | |
| 11956 | March 2021 with special guest Professor Caitlin Notley | Jamie Hartmann-Boyce and Nicola Lindson discuss emerging evidence in e-cigarette research and interview Professor Caitlin Notley. | Jamie Hartmann-Boyce, Nicola Lindson, Caitlin Notley | 24 Mar 2021 | |
| 11957 | The Sound of Contagion 2/3 | The “Sound of Contagion” explores what a society of contagion can sound like and how technology can illuminate 2020 pandemic and others throughout history. | Chelsea Haith, Robert Laidlow, Wenzel Mehnert | 26 Mar 2021 | |
| 11958 | Andrew Pollard and the Development of the Oxford-AstraZeneca COVID-19 vaccine | Andrew Pollard discusses the development of the COVID-19 Oxford-AstraZeneca vaccine with Stanley Ulijaszek | Andrew Pollard, Stanley Ulijaszek | 25 Mar 2021 | |
| 11959 | Singing Together; Apart: Gregorian Chant Workshop for Candlemas | Building on the repertoire from our previous workshop, we will add further pieces for Candlemas where everybody is invited to join in by singing the communal response | Henrike Lähnemann, Nick Swarbrick, Andrew Dunning | 29 Mar 2021 | |
| 11960 | Meet the Manuscripts: judging a book by its cover | The covers can tell us as much about a book as its contents. This workshop explores the secrets which bookbindings reveal about the uses and histories of medieval manuscripts. | Matthew Holford, Andrew Honey | 29 Mar 2021 | |
| 11961 | Making Cultures Count: Following the Mayi Kuwayu National Study of Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander Wellbeing | A UBVO seminar presented by Sarah Bourke (National Centre for Epidemiology and Population Health, The Australian National University) on 24 January 2019 | Sarah Bourke | 31 Mar 2021 | |
| 11962 | Connections in the Making and Meaning of the Art of Bhutan and Tibet in the 17 th and 18 th Centuries: A Study of the Wall Paintings at Tango Monastery | Pu Lan discusses her PhD project, which explores the 17th-century Monastery of Tango and how it illustrates the development of wall painting technology in Bhutan | Pu Lan | 31 Mar 2021 | |
| 11963 | The Geluk Domestication of Tantra | Brenton Sullivan presents his new book "Building a Religious Empire: Tibetan Buddhism, Bureaucracy, and the Rise of the Gelukpa" and discuss the third chapter, "Institutionalizing Tantra", in more detail | Brenton Sullivan | 31 Mar 2021 | |
| 11964 | Animal Eyes on the Planet (3/3): The Aesthetics of an Intangible World | In this third and last podcast Berlin and the Oxford creative collaboration on Climate Crisis Thinking we work with the Japan’s indigenous Ainu culture and history to explore how artists can respond to intangible aspects of the world and express them. | Amanda Power, Nina Fischer, Hana Yoo, Eiko Soga, Stella Krämer Horta, Dalis Pachenco, Lisa Maria Steppacher, Lilli Kuschel | 12 Apr 2021 | |
| 11965 | Booktalk episode 6: Rivals in the Gulf: Yusuf al-Qaradawi, Abdullah Bin Bayyah, and the Qatar-UAE Contest Over the Arab Spring and the Gulf Crisis | For our sixth episode of MEC Booktalk, guest author David Warren (Washington University in St Louis) discusses his recent book, Rivals in the Gulf, published by Routledge in January 2021. | David Warren, Usaama al-Azami | 12 Apr 2021 | |
| 11966 | Diversity of voices in journalism | In this episode of our 'Future of Journalism' podcast, we speak to Nikki Usher about journalism's challenges around equity, diversity and sustainability | Nikki Usher | 13 Apr 2021 | |
| 11967 | Platforming Artists Podcasts: Theophina Gabriel | Shivaike Shah hosts a podcast series with the artists and academics on the team in order to create a dialogue with potential audiences. The podcasts discuss the collaborations on Medea and explores the work of each guest beyond the ‘Medea’ project. | Theophina Gabriel, Shivaike Shah | 19 Apr 2021 | |
| 11968 | Debating the Law, Creating Gender - MEC Women's Rights Research Seminars | Professor Irene Schneider (Georg-August-Universität Göttingen), gives a talk for the MEC Women's Rights Research Seminars. Chaired by Professor Marilyn Booth (Magdalen College, Oxford) | Irene Schneider | 19 Apr 2021 | |
| 11969 | The Tinderbox documentary film discussion | Gillian Mosely (Film Director and Producer) joins Dr Anne Irfan, Professor Eugene Rogan and our Middle East Centre webinar audience to talk about her documentary film, The Tinderbox - Israel and Palestine: time to call time? | Gillian Mosely, Anne Irfan, Eugene Rogan | 20 Apr 2021 | |
| 11970 | Social Status and Recycling in Bronze Age China | What does recycling have to do with social standing in Bronze Age China? Dr Victoria Sainsbury discusses the recent work of the FLAME team, lead by Dr Ray Liu, on the metal work at Anyang, and how powerful people controlled how metal moved through society | Victoria Sainsbury | 20 Apr 2021 | |
| 11971 | Should we feed our pets a vegan diet? | Katrien Devolder and Josh Milburn discuss whether it's ethical - and possible - to feed our pets a vegan diet. | Josh Milburn, Katrien Devolder | 08 Apr 2021 | |
| 11972 | What is the 'Silmarillion'? | This lecture is an introduction to J.R.R. Tolkien's third major work, 'The Silmarillion' (1977), and considers its lengthy development in numerous prose and verse texts over fifty years. | Grace Khuri | 19 Apr 2021 | |
| 11973 | A history of English folk tunes | Dr Alice Little speaks with folk musicians and music collectors Jeremy Barlow, Matt Coatsworth, and Becky Price about the history of English folk music, and what makes it so 'English'. | Alice Little, Jeremy Barlow, Matt Coatsworth, Becky Price | 26 Apr 2021 | |
| 11974 | Oxford Mathematics Public Lecture. Jon Keating: From one extreme to another: the statistics of extreme events | Oxford University's Sedleian Professorship of Natural Philosophy is 400 years old in 2021. | Jon Keating | 28 Apr 2021 | |
| 11975 | Spacetime Singularities - Roger Penrose, Dennis Lehmkuhl and Melvyn Bragg | We are on board the Oxford Mathematics Space Probe for this Oxford Mathematics Public Lecture as we explore Black Holes with a Nobel Laureate, a Professor of the History and Philosophy of Physics & a broadcasting legend. | Roger Penrose, Melvyn Bragg, Dennis Lehmkuhl | 28 Apr 2021 | |
| 11976 | "वासाड गावाचा धनगर राजा": Ecological Refugees in Ancestral Grass-scape (Historical life space and changing socio-economic dynamics) | Saili Palande-Datar gives the fourth and final presentation on the second day of the Maharashtra Studies Conference. | Saili Palande-Datar | 28 Apr 2021 | |
| 11977 | Mobilizing transregional indigenous identities on cross-sectional borders | Bina Sengar gives the third presentation on the second day of the Maharashtra Studies Conference. | Bina Sengar | 28 Apr 2021 | |
| 11978 | Persian Cosmopolis and World Literature in Precolonial Marathi Literary Historiography | Sachin Ketkar gives the second presentation on the second day of the Maharashtra Studies Conference. | Sachin Ketkar | 28 Apr 2021 | |
| 11979 | Circuits of interchange and influence: The 1979 Rucha issue on Urdu and Marathi modernist poetry | Anjali Nerlekar gives the first talk on the second day of the Maharashtra Studies Conference. | Anjali Nerlekar | 28 Apr 2021 | |
| 11980 | Education, Nationalism and the Native Body: the Pradnya Pathshala Project | Rahul Sarwate gives the fourth presentation on the first day of the Maharashtra Studies Conference. | Rahul Sarwate | 28 Apr 2021 | |
| 11981 | सत्ता तुझी राणीबाई: Royals in Marathi Writings | Shraddha Kumbhojkar gives the third presentation for the first day of the Maharashtra Studies Conference. | Shraddha Kumbhojkar | 28 Apr 2021 | |
| 11982 | Like Milk and Sugar | Dominic Vendell gives the second presentation for the first day of the Maharashtra Studies Conference. | Dominic Vendell | 28 Apr 2021 | |
| 11983 | Fluid-gravity duality and hydrodynamics of black holes | Holography explains why black hole horizons have thermodynamic and hydrodynamic properties and inspires researchers to re-visit foundations and explore limits of relativistic hydrodynamics | Andrei Starinets, Julia Yeomans | 29 Apr 2021 | |
| 11984 | Hydrodynamics of Quantum Many-Body Systems Out of Equilibrium | Can we apply hydrodynamics to systems with extensively many conservation laws | Bruno Bertini | 29 Apr 2021 | |
| 11985 | Why Hydrodynamics? | What is hydrodynamics and why does it apply over 20 orders of magnitude in energy and length. | Steve Simon, Julia Yeomans | 29 Apr 2021 | |
| 11986 | April 2021 Cochrane living review of electronic cigarettes for smoking cessation update and questions | Jamie Hartmann-Boyce and Nicola Lindson discuss the April 2021 update to their Cochrane living review of electronic cigarettes for smoking cessation and respond to questions from listeners. | Jamie Hartmann-Boyce, Nicola Lindson | 29 Apr 2021 | |
| 11987 | How press freedom is threatened in Hungary and Poland | For World Press Freedom Day we look at the pressures on independent journalism in two EU countries | Meera Selva, Peter Erdelyi, Jakub Krupa | 29 Apr 2021 | |
| 11988 | English folk tunes in performance today | Musicians Sam Sweeney, Rob Harbron, and Alan Lamb join Dr Alice Little to discuss English folk music in performance today. | Sam Sweeney, Rob Harbron, Alan Lamb, Alice Little | 03 May 2021 | |
| 11989 | Stanley Ulijaszek discusses the impacts of COVID-19 Lockdown on Physical and Mental Health during COVID-19 | Stanley and his team at the Unit for BioCultural Variation and Obesity, University of Oxford, undertook an England-wide survey of the impacts of COVID-19 lockdown during the summer of 2020 on physical activity, food and eating, and mental health. | Stanley Ulijaszek | 05 May 2021 | |
| 11990 | Hart and Kelsen on International Law | Professor David Dyzenhaus, University of Toronto, currently a Guggenheim Fellow and a Visiting Fellow at All Souls, gives a talk for the Public International Law seminar series. | David Dyzenhaus | 05 May 2021 | |
| 11991 | Cre-AI-tivity: Make the machine work 4u | First in a trilogy explores the impact of AI on story creation and reception. We learn how machines enable audiences to experience the humanity of fictional characters. Yet a ‘rhetoric of innovation’ gets in the way of understanding what is happening. | Abigail Williams, Jussi Ängeslevä, Carl Schoenfeld | 06 May 2021 | |
| 11992 | Walter Benjamin’s Journalistic Networks | Walter Benjamin was not only a leading modernist thinker but also a versatile and prolific journalist. This podcast discusses his journalism as a creative laboratory for his cultural theory and as part of a wider network of people and ideas. | Carolin Duttlinger, Daniel Weidner, Carl Schoenfeld | 06 May 2021 | |
| 11993 | Hamid Dabashi in conversation about his new book:The Last Muslim Intellectual: The Life and Legacy of Jalal Al-e Ahmad | Hamid Dabashi (Hagop Kevorkian Professor of Iranian Studies and Comparative Literature at Columbia University in New York), gives a talk for the Middle East Studies Centre. | Hamid Dabashi | 07 May 2021 | |
| 11994 | The challenge of anti-microbial resistance | In conversation with Chris Dye, Sally Davies will explore the major challenge of anti-microbial resistance and discuss whether people’s greater appreciation of medical risk due to the pandemic will help the development of effective countermeasures. | Dame Sally Davies, Chris Dye | 15 Mar 2021 | |
| 11995 | Thinking again about the future and prospects for humanity | In conversation with Charles Godfray, Martin Rees will explore how the global experience of the COVID-19 pandemic might change the way societies and policymakers grapple with the major challenges of the 21st century. | Martin Rees, Charles Godfray | 15 Mar 2021 | |
| 11996 | English folk tunes, borders, nationalism and race | Dr Alice Little speaks with folk musicians and researchers Cohen Braithwaite- Kilcoyne, Nicola Beazley, Stewart Hardy, Tom Kitching, and Marie Bashiru about the borders of English folk music - regionally, racially, and conceptually. | Alice Little, Cohen Braithwaite-Kilcoyne, Nicola Beazley, Stewart Hardy, Tom Kitching, Marie Bashiru | 10 May 2021 | |
| 11997 | Between a rock and a wet place: putting carbon back into geological storage | The cycle of carbon between the Earth’s surface and its deep interior is a key component of our goldilocks planet. In this discussion Professor Mike Kendall, Professor Joe Cartwright and Dr Tom Kettlety will discuss CO2 storage in geologic reservoirs. | Mike Kendall, Joe Cartwright, Tom Kettlety | 07 May 2021 | |
| 11998 | National infrastructure for the recovery and the long term | In this conversation, Sir John Armitt, who is chair of the National Infrastructure Commission, joins Professor Jim Hall to explore the vision and practicalities of providing infrastructure systems that meets society’s goals. | John Armitt, Jim Hall | 07 May 2021 | |
| 11999 | Buddhism and Gender Perspectives in Sikkim: Historical and Contemporary Approaches | The talk explores the historical and contemporary influence of women in Sikkim from a Buddhist perspective | Marlene Erschbamer | 10 May 2021 | |
| 12000 | 004: Management - Like a Dog With a Bone | This episode looks at management. What’s it like working through a platform, where the principal colleague you’re working with is your smartphone? | Robbie Warin, Francis Scaife | 06 Apr 2021 |