The Oxford Research Centre in the Humanities (TORCH)
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TORCH is a nucleus of intellectual energy for the humanities and a place to develop new ideas and collaborations both within and beyond academia. Since its creation, TORCH has raised over £3 million in grants and philanthropy to support researchers to develop research projects. Launched in May 2013, TORCH provides an important opportunity for Oxford’s humanities scholars to collaborate with researchers across other disciplines, and institutions; work with academics across all stages of their academic careers; develop partnerships with public and private institutions; engage with wider audiences; and bring together academic research, diverse industries, and the performing arts. Public engagement with research is at the heart of TORCH's aims.
During 2018-19, TORCH hosted almost 400 events, with audiences of over 20,000 people. During 2019-20, TORCH hosted online events during COVID-restrictions, reaching audiences in person and then online of over 50,000 globally. Since 2013, TORCH has supported 400 researchers each year; 62 Knowledge Exchange Fellowships; over 50 seed-funded research networks and 10 research programmes.
The TORCH Director, Professor Wes Williams (wes.williams@seh.ox.ac.uk), welcomes questions about the centre and suggestions for research and wider engagement activities.
Series associated with The Oxford Research Centre in the Humanities (TORCH)
'Magic and the Sense of Place' Conference
African(a) and South Asian Philosophies
Alliance
Art and Action: The Intersections of Literary Celebrity and Politics
Death at the Museum
Diseases in Dialogue
Elgar’s The Dream of Gerontius: A Story in Five Places
Folk Tunes and Englishness
Gender and Authority
Is the playwright dead?
Literature, democracy and transitional justice
Medieval German Studies
MOVING, TEACHING, INSPIRING: The National Trust and University of Oxford in the 21st Century
Narrative Futures
Perceptions of Inequality: An Interdisciplinary Dialogue
Post-Conflict Landscapes
Post-War: Commemoration, Reconstruction, Reconciliation
Practice Makes… the Oxford Reimagining Performance Podcast
Putting magic in place: a knowledge exchange event
Race and Resistance: Understanding Bermuda Today
Sleep and the Rhythms of Life
Talking Sense
Teaching to Transgress
Textual Therapies
The Many Lives of Benjamin Disraeli
The Oxford Healthcare Values Partnership
The Oxford Sound Album
The Oxford/Berlin Creative Collaborations
TORCH Post-Show Conversations
TORCH | The Oxford Research Centre in the Humanities
Unconscious Memory
Unlocking Late Schumann
Valentine's Day at Oxford
Women in Oxford's History (Series One)
Women's Responses to the Reformation
| # | Episode Title | Description | People | Date | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 729 | Episode 1: Sleep, Light, Architecture | How can a neuroscientist and an architect help us to understand the world of sleep and the rhythms that govern our lives? | Russell Foster, Ian Ritchie, Sally Shuttleworth, Ruth Abrahams | 12 May 2023 | |
| 728 | 'Magic and the Sense of Place' Conference Day 3: 'Urban', 'Rome' and 'Placing the dead' | Talks from Alice Huxley, Amy Blakemore, Nancy Caciola and more, under the themes 'Urban', 'Rome' and 'Placing the dead'. | Alice Huxley, Todd Borlik, Amy Blakemore, Ellen Kushner | 20 Apr 2023 | |
| 727 | 'Magic and the Sense of Place' Conference Day 2: 'Making a Place', 'Between' and 'Getting Lost' | Talks from Caroline Tully, Elizabeth Garner, Gwendolyne Knight and more on the themes of 'Making a Place', 'Between' and 'Getting Lost'. | Gwendolyne Knight, Sophie Page, Karen Mahony, Alex Ukolov | 20 Apr 2023 | |
| 726 | 'Magic and the Sense of Place' Conference Day 1: Opening Session, plus 'Who Owns This Place?' and 'The New World'. | Opening Session featuring Ronald Hutton and Chris Gosden, plus talks under the topics 'Who Owns This Place?' and 'The New World'. | Andrew Chesnut, Dan Kline, Will Badger, Ronald Hutton | 20 Apr 2023 | |
| 725 | Acknowledgements | A special thank you to everyone involved in the podcast. | Torø Graven | 28 Mar 2023 | |
| 724 | (E10/10) The Missing Bean | Sitting outside, just to the right of the entrance, facing Lincoln College. | Torø Graven | 28 Mar 2023 | |
| 723 | (E9/10) Walking down Mansfield Road, Holywell Street, and Broad Street | From Queen Elizabeth House to Cornmarket Street, on the left-hand side. | Torø Graven | 28 Mar 2023 | |
| 722 | (E8/10) Walking in University Parks | From the back gate at St Anne’s College, in through North Gate, and along North Walk to Lazenbee’s Ground Walk, in the middle of North Walk. | Torø Graven | 28 Mar 2023 | |
| 721 | (E7/10) Oxford University Museum of Natural History | Sitting in the café on the gallery, at a table closest to the central court, just to the right of the till, facing the central court. | Torø Graven | 28 Mar 2023 | |
| 720 | (E6/10) Walking down Cornmarket Street | From Carfax Tower to George Street, on the left-hand side. | Torø Graven | 28 Mar 2023 | |
| 719 | (E5/10) Walking through Clarendon Centre | From Queen Street to Cornmarket Street, in the middle. | Torø Graven | 28 Mar 2023 | |
| 718 | (E4/10) Walking inside University Church of St. Mary the Virgin | Down the aisle and into the Nave, back along the north corridor, and out on High Street. | Torø Graven | 28 Mar 2023 | |
| 717 | (E3/10) Radcliffe Square on an early summer morning | Sitting outside at Vaults & Garden cafe, in the middle between the two entrances, facing Radcliffe Camera. | Torø Graven | 28 Mar 2023 | |
| 716 | (E2/10) Walking up Queen’s Lane and New College Lane | From High Street to Catte Street, on the left-hand side. | Torø Graven | 28 Mar 2023 | |
| 715 | (E1/10) Bell towers telling the time on Christ Church Meadow | Standing on Broad Walk, just to the left of Merton Grove, facing Christ Church Meadow. | Torø Graven | 28 Mar 2023 | |
| 714 | Introduction | Welcome to the Oxford Sound Album. | Torø Graven | 28 Mar 2023 | |
| 713 | Creative Commons | Practice Makes… The Multi-Hyphenate Career | Helen and Madeleine are joined by Frey Kwa Hawking, dramaturg and critic, and Hannah Greenstreet, playwright, critic, and academic, to talk about their varied career roles, how they interact, and why theatre matters to us. | Hannah Greenstreet, Frey Kwa Hawking, Helen Dallas, Madeleine Saidenberg | 09 Feb 2023 |
| 712 | Creative Commons | Practice Makes… Eighteenth-Century Theatre Today | David Taylor, specialist in eighteenth-century theatre, and Colin Blumenau, former Chief Executive and Artistic Director of the Theatre Royal, Bury St Edmunds, talk about performing eighteenth-century drama on the modern stage. | David Taylor, Colin Blumenau, Helen Dallas, Madeleine Saidenberg | 14 Nov 2022 |
| 711 | Creative Commons | Practice Makes… Documentary Theatre | Alecky Blythe, creator of verbatim company Recorded Delivery and writer of Our Generation, and Molly Flynn, who specialises in contemporary Ukrainian and Russian documentary theatre, talk about documentary theatre in the UK and Ukraine. | Alecky Blythe, Molly Flynn, Helen Dallas, Madeleine Saidenberg | 31 Oct 2022 |
| 710 | Creative Commons | Practice Makes… Disabled-Led Theatre | Jess Thom of Touretteshero and Hannah Simpson, author of Samuel Beckett and Disability Performance, discuss relaxed performance, accessibility, and the Touretteshero production of Beckett’s Not I. | Jess Thom, Hannah Simpson, Helen Dallas, Madeleine Saidenberg | 20 Oct 2022 |
| 709 | TORCH Post-Show Conversations: Scandaltown | Listen in as Caroline Taylor and Ruth Moore discuss a recent production of Mike Bartlett's 'Scandaltown' | Caroline Taylor, Ruth Moore | 10 Jul 2022 | |
| 708 | Creative Commons | TORCH Post-Show Conversations: Much Ado About Nothing | Listen in as Judith Buchanan and Emma Smith discuss a March 2022 RSC production of Much Ado About Nothing | Judith Buchanan, Emma Smith | 10 Jul 2022 |
| 707 | TORCH Post-Show Conversations: When We Dead Awaken | Listen in as Billy Barrett, Tzen Sam and Kirsten Shepherd-Barr discuss a recent production of Ibsen's 'When We Dead Awaken' | Kirsten Shepherd-Barr, Tzen Sam, Billy Barrett | 28 Jun 2022 | |
| 706 | TORCH Post-Show Conversations: Cyrano de Bergerac | Listen in as Nora Baker and Ruth Moore discuss a recent production of Cyrano de Bergerac | Nora Baker, Ruth Moore | 28 Jun 2022 | |
| 705 | TORCH Post-show Conversations: Private Lives | Listen in as Kirsten Shepherd-Barr and Sos Eltis discuss a recent production of Noel Coward's Private Lives | Kirsten Shepherd-Barr, Sos Eltis, Ruth Moore | 06 Jun 2022 | |
| 704 | Welcome and opening address by event hosts | Opening address from Kristin White and readings from the event hosts. | Kristin White, Wale Adebanwi, Stephen Tuck, Rajai Denbrook | 25 Jan 2022 | |
| 703 | Colonialism, Enslavement and Resistance | 1612 - 1834 Founding of Bermuda and the Fight for Freedom, talk 1 | Mike Jarvis | 25 Jan 2022 | |
| 702 | A Tale of Two Women: Sally Bassett, Mary Prince and the True Story of Slavery in Bermuda | Second talk on the 1612 - 1834 Founding of Bermuda and the Fight for Freedom panel, with ajala omodele. | Ajala Omodele | 25 Jan 2022 | |
| 701 | The Humanitarian Revolution and the Struggle for Human Rights | 1834 – 1959/71 Struggle for Desegregation: Post-emancipation, identity and immigration, talk 1 | Clarence Maxwell | 25 Jan 2022 | |
| 700 | A Consequence of Abolition: Racialised Policies | .1612 - 1834 Founding of Bermuda and the Fight for Freedom, talk 4 | Walton Brown | 25 Jan 2022 | |
| 699 | Black Power and Bermuda | 1834 – 1959/71 Struggle for Desegregation: Post-emancipation, identity and immigration, talk 1 | Quito Swan | 25 Jan 2022 | |
| 698 | Narratives of Resistance | 1834 – 1959/71 Struggle for Desegregation: Post-emancipation, identity and immigration, talk 2 | Kristy Warren | 25 Jan 2022 | |
| 697 | A Case Study in Black Internationalism: Bermuda as part of the Diasporic Civil Rights Struggle | 1834 – 1959/71 Struggle for Desegregation: Post-emancipation, identity and immigration, talk 3 | Theodore Francis | 24 Jan 2022 | |
| 696 | The Demographics of Bermuda: From the Deportation of Free Black People to Racist White Immigration Policies | 1834 – 1959/71 Struggle for Desegregation: Post-emancipation, identity and immigration, talk 4 | Lynne Winfield | 24 Jan 2022 | |
| 695 | The Portuguese Community In Bermuda | 1834 – 1959/71 Struggle for Desegregation: Post-emancipation, identity and immigration, talk 5 | Rui Desa | 24 Jan 2022 | |
| 694 | Race, Resistance and Fiction | 1959 – 2018 The Pursuit of Equality and Justice: Past and Present, talk 1 | Nicholas Tweed | 24 Jan 2022 | |
| 693 | Muslim Persistence in Establishing Islamic Community Life in Bermuda (1960 – present) | 1959 – 2018 The Pursuit of Equality and Justice: Past and Present, talk 2. | Radell Tankard | 24 Jan 2022 | |
| 692 | A Life of Resistance | 1959 – 2018 The Pursuit of Equality and Justice: Past and Present, talk 3 | Linda Bogle-Meinzer | 24 Jan 2022 | |
| 691 | Challenging Oppressive Working Conditions: The Bermuda Industrial Union | 1959 – 2018 The Pursuit of Equality and Justice: Past and Present, talk 4 | Derick Burgess | 24 Jan 2022 | |
| 690 | Final closing | Closing comments by Dr. Phyllis Curtis Tweed. | Nicholas Tweed, Phyllis Curtis Tweed | 24 Jan 2022 | |
| 689 | Introduction to 'Racialisation in (post)colonial Bermuda: Past and Present' | Racialisation in (post)colonial Bermuda: Past and Present, talk 1. | Kristy Warren | 24 Jan 2022 | |
| 688 | They Called Us Hoodlums: Media, Desegregation and the 1959 Bermuda Theatre Boycotts’ | Racialisation in (post)colonial Bermuda: Past and Present, talk 2. | Dana Selassie | 24 Jan 2022 | |
| 687 | Goin’ dahn de road’: Racialised dialect parody in Bermuda’ | Racialisation in (post)colonial Bermuda: Past and Present, talk 3. | Rosemary Hall | 24 Jan 2022 | |
| 686 | ‘MY NAME IS SUE’: The Mother of Mary Prince and the Racialised Abdication of Bermuda in the Authentication of Her History’ | Racialisation in (post)colonial Bermuda: Past and Present, talk 4. | LeYoni Junos | 18 Jan 2022 | |
| 685 | Memories Lost in the Triangle: An Exploration of Bermuda’s Social Conditioning Through Racial Amnesia’ | Racialisation in (post)colonial Bermuda: Past and Present, talk 5. | H. Alicia Kirby | 18 Jan 2022 | |
| 684 | ‘Bermuda gombey (re)connections: Covering and recovering indigeneity in the Black Atlantic’ | Racialisation in (post)colonial Bermuda: Past and Present, talk 6. | Sydney Hutchinson | 18 Jan 2022 | |
| 683 | 400 years of Courts in Bermuda, 1616-2016, Towards a Vision of Non-Racial Justice | Race, Law and History, talk 1 | Ian Kawaley, Chen Foley | 18 Jan 2022 | |
| 682 | The Story of the Slaveship, Enterprise | Race, Law and History, talk 2 | Ben Adamson | 13 Jan 2022 | |
| 681 | Post-Emancipation Legislation | Race, Law and History, talk 3 | Walton Brown | 13 Jan 2022 | |
| 680 | Legislation is essential but not always adequate | Race, Law and History, talk 4. | Venous Memari | 13 Jan 2022 | |
| 679 | The Intersection of Women’s Suffrage and Race Speaker name Kim Caines | Race, Law and History, talk 5. | Kimberley Caines | 13 Jan 2022 | |
| 678 | Second Class Citizens: First Class Men | Book reading 1. | Eva Hodgson | 13 Jan 2022 | |
| 677 | Island Flames: Murder, Execution and Racial Enmity – The Real Story of Bermuda’s 1977 Riots | Book reading 2. | Jonathan Smith | 13 Jan 2022 | |
| 676 | Choir No. 1 and Choir No. 2 and Dr E. F. Gordon: Hero of Bermuda’s Working Class | Book reading 3. | Dale Butler | 13 Jan 2022 | |
| 675 | Bermuda and The Struggle for Reform: Race, Politics and Ideology, 1944-1998 | Book reading 4. | Walton Brown Jr | 13 Jan 2022 | |
| 674 | Our Lady of Labour: Dr Barbara Ball | Book reading 5. | Ottiwell Simmons | 13 Jan 2022 | |
| 673 | Shackles of the Past by David Critchley | Book reading 6. | Wendy Davis Johnson | 13 Jan 2022 | |
| 672 | An excerpt from ‘The History of Mary Prince’ | Book reading 7. | Treasure Tannock | 13 Jan 2022 | |
| 671 | 'Poets in Purgatory' Video | Contemporary poets read from their translations of the Purgatorio and from their poems about Dante. | Jane Draycott, Steve Ellis, Andrew Fitzsimons, Lorna Goodison | 17 Dec 2021 | |
| 670 | How does climate crisis change the curriculum? | A Climate Crisis Thinking in the Humanities and Social Sciences event. Shifting the question from ‘how should climate change be put into the curriculum?’ to ‘how does it transform the curriculum?’ opens up the subject in new ways across the world. | Rahul Chopra, Kim Polgreen, Amanda Power, Steve Puttick | 15 Dec 2021 | |
| 669 | Episode 8: Liberatory orientations in African(a) and South Asian philosophies | In this episode, Aamir Kaderbhai (Mst Study of Religions), Heeyoung Tae (BA Philosophy, Politics, & Economics), and alicehank winham (MPhil Buddhist Studies) converse with Dr. Anatanand Rambachan (Professor of Religion at St. Olaf College), | Aamir Kaderbhai, Heeyoung Tae, alicehank winham, Anatanand Rambachan | 08 Dec 2021 | |
| 668 | Episode 7: The Limits of Academia with Professor Joy James | Professor Joy James is the Ebenezer Fitch Professor of Humanities at Williams College. In this episode, Carlotta Hartmann speaks to her about coming to philosophy and the limits of academia. | Joy James, Carlotta Hartmann | 23 Nov 2021 | |
| 667 | Episode 6: Tradition and modernity in African cultural philosophy | Scarlett Whelan and Kei Patrick interview Prof Ochieng’-Odhiambo and Zeyad el Nabolsy about attitudes to tradition, modernity and modernisation in the work of two African philosophers: Amilcar Cabral and Henry Odera Oruka. | Scarlett Whelan, Kei Patrick, Frederick Ochieng’-Odhiambo, Zeyad el Nabolsy | 19 Nov 2021 | |
| 666 | Episode 5: A Yogācāra Buddhist Theory of Metaphor and cross-cultural philosophy with Dr. Roy Tzohar | In this episode, MPhil Buddhist Studies students Cody Fuller and alicehankwinham interview Professor Tzohar (associate professor in the East and South Asian Studies Department at Tel Aviv University). | Cody Fuller, alicehankwinham, Roy Tzohar | 04 Nov 2021 | |
| 665 | Episode 4: Academic, Moral, and Spiritual Philosophy from the Ramakrishna Order | Dylan Watts (UG physics and philosophy) and Aamir Kaderbhai (MSt study of religion) interview Swami Medhananda, ordained monk of the Ramakrishna Order and Senior Research Fellow at the Ramakrishna Institute of Moral and Spiritual Education, Mysore, India | Dylan Watts, Aamir Kaderbha, Swami Medhananda | 04 Nov 2021 | |
| 664 | Episode 3: Approaches to South Asian philosophies | Aamir Kaderbhai and Heeyoung Tae interview Mini Chandran, Professor in the department of humanities and social sciences at the Indian Institute of Technology Kanpur, and Parimal Patil, Professor of Religion and Indian Philosophy at Harvard University. | Aamir Kaderbhai, Heeyoung Tae, Mini Chandran, Parimal Patil | 04 Nov 2021 | |
| 663 | It's True, It's True, It's True: Verbatim Theatre, Staging Sexual Assault, and Female Representation in the Arts | Breach Theatre's Billy Barrett and Ellice Stevens in conversation with Dr Hannah Simpson and Dr Sos Eltis | Hannah Simpson, Sos Eltis, Billy Barrett, Ellice Stevens | 03 Nov 2021 | |
| 662 | Episode 2: How students grapple with specialising in marginalised philosophies | How do you make marginalised philosophies accessible? What are the challenges to South Asian and African(a) philosophy specialists within Anglo-European universities? Find out more in this episode. | Srutokirti Basak, Aamir Kaderbhai, Jonathan Egid | 20 Oct 2021 | |
| 661 | Episode 1: How should we talk about South Asian and African(a) philosophies? inspiration with Dr. Adamson and Dr. Jeffers | Join Mansfield College History student Srutokirti Basak in a discussion with podcast hosts and writers of the comprehensive and trailblazing History of Indian and African(a) Philosophy podcast series Dr Peter Adamson and Dr Chike Jeffers. | Srutokirti Basak, Peter Adamson, Chike Jeffers | 20 Oct 2021 | |
| 660 | Mark Davies on 'Medley Manor' | Oxfordshire Local historian, Mark Davies, takes a look at the history of Medley Manor and its connections to empire as well as his own family history. | Mark Davies | 15 Sep 2021 | |
| 659 | The Diasporic Quartets: Identity and Aesthetics | Keynote lecture in the Diversity and the British String Quartet Symposium, day 3, held on 16th June 2021. Part of the Humanities Cultural Programme, one of the founding stones for the future Stephen A. Schwarzman Centre for the Humanities. | Des Oliver, Nina Whiteman | 02 Sep 2021 | |
| 658 | The string quartet takes residence: class, community, curricula | Keynote lecture in the Diversity and the British String Quartet Symposium, held on 14th June 2021. Part of the Humanities Cultural Programme, one of the founding stones for the future Stephen A. Schwarzman Centre for the Humanities. | Laura Tunbridge, Wiebke Thormählen | 02 Sep 2021 | |
| 657 | Art and Action: Benjamin Zephaniah in Conversation | Part of the Humanities Cultural Programme, one of the founding stones for the future Stephen A. Schwarzman Centre for the Humanities. | Benjamin Zephaniah, Elleke Boehmer, Malachi McIntosh, Wes Williams | 31 Aug 2021 | |
| 656 | Final Roundtable: Into the Hills | Diane Purkiss, University of Oxford, chairs the final roundtable discussion of the conference. | Diane Purkiss | 05 Aug 2021 | |
| 655 | Is there such a thing as an authentic myth? Folklore in heritage interpretation at prehistoric places | Susan Greaney (English Heritage), gives the second presentation in the sixth panel of the conference, Show and Tell: What is Real? Chaired by Oliver Cox. | Susan Greaney | 05 Aug 2021 | |
| 654 | Tangible and intangible heritage: exploring magic, folklore, and the supernatural in the places, spaces and collections of the National Trust | Sally Anne Huxtable (National Trust), gives the first presentation in the sixth panel of the conference, Show and Tell: What is Real? Chaired by Oliver Cox. | Sally Anne Huxtable | 05 Aug 2021 | |
| 653 | Telling Tales: Inspiring Creativity through the Myths, Legends and Folklore of England | Kate Armstrong and Hannah Keddie (English Heritage) give the third presentation in the fifth panel of the conference, Teaching and Learning, chaired by Oliver Cox. | Kate Armstrong, Hannah Keddie | 05 Aug 2021 | |
| 652 | Teaching the Folklore of British Landscapes | Owen Davies (Hertfordshire), gives the second presentation in the fifth panel of the conference, Teaching and Learning, chaired by Oliver Cox. | Owen Davies | 05 Aug 2021 | |
| 651 | Crowd-sourcing England's legends: The English Heritage Myths and Legends Map | Mary Bateman (English Heritage), gives the first talk in the fifth panel of the conference, Teaching and Learning, chaired by Oliver Cox. | Mary Bateman | 05 Aug 2021 | |
| 650 | Supernatural defences activated through death | Brian Hoggard (Folklorist), gives the first talk in the fourth panel of the conference, The Dark Side, chaired by Oliver Cox. | Brian Hoggard | 05 Aug 2021 | |
| 649 | Episode 4. The Birmingham Oratory: Elgar and Newman | Fr Guy Nicholls joins Dr Joanna Bullivant at The Oratory in Birmingham to discuss the origins of Elgar’s work in Cardinal Newman’s own poetry, charitable work, and love of music. | Joanna Bullivant, Guy Nicholls | 05 Aug 2021 | |
| 648 | Episode 3. The Firs and Birchwood Lodge: Natural Inspirations | Dr Joanna Bullivant visits Elgar’s Birthplace - The Firs - and Birchwood Lodge, where The Dream of Gerontius was written, and talks about the inspiration Elgar drew from the natural landscapes in these two locations. | Joanna Bullivant | 05 Aug 2021 | |
| 647 | Episode 2. St George’s Church, Worcester: Marginal Origins | Dr Joanna Bullivant is joined by Deacon Paul O’Connor to visit the Catholic church in which Elgar worshipped and acted as organist, and to discuss Elgar’s place in the history of Catholic Worcester. | Joanna Bullivant, Paul O’Connor | 05 Aug 2021 | |
| 646 | Episode 1. Worcester Cathedral: A Civic Legacy | Dr Joanna Bullivant explores the tumultuous history of Elgar’s The Dream of Gerontius, and speaks to Samuel Hudson, Director of Music at Worcester Cathedral, to learn about the importance of Elgar’s work in Worcester today. | Joanna Bullivant, Samuel Hudson | 05 Aug 2021 | |
| 645 | Panel 3 – The Land Remembers: Place as Keeper of Story questions | Questions and answers from the second panel of the seminar. Moderated by Alice Purkiss (National Trust Partnership and University of Oxford). | Alice Purkiss, Jenny Butler, Andrew Sneddon, Diane Purkiss | 04 Aug 2021 | |
| 644 | Remembering Irish witches | Andrew Sneddon (Ulster), gives the second talk in the third panel, The Land Remembers: Place as Keeper of Story. Chaired by Alice Purkiss. | Andrew Sneddon | 04 Aug 2021 | |
| 643 | Touching the Numinous: ‘fairy places’ in legend and experience of the Irish landscape | Jenny Butler (UC Cork), gives the first talk in the third panel, The Land Remembers: Place as Keeper of Story. Chaired by Alice Purkiss. | Jenny Butler | 04 Aug 2021 | |
| 642 | Mysterious Wales: between romanticism and tourism | Juliette Wood (Folklorist), gives the third talk in the second panel, Tales in Place: Change and Continuity. Chaired by Alice Purkiss. | Juliette Wood | 04 Aug 2021 | |
| 641 | Well, what about witches and wizards? | Lisa Tallis (Cardiff) gives the second talk in the second panel - Tales in Place: Change and Continuity - of the conference. Chaired by Alice Purkiss. | Lisa Tallis | 03 Aug 2021 | |
| 640 | Magic and Medicine in Early Roman Britain | Nicky Garland (Durham), gives the first talk in the second panel, Tales in Place: Change and Continuity, in the conference. Chaired by Alice Purkiss. | Nicky Garland | 03 Aug 2021 | |
| 639 | Panel 1 - Who Owns this Place? Pondering Identities Questions | Questions and answers from the first panel of the seminar. Moderated by Alice Purkiss (National Trust Partnership and University of Oxford). | Alice Purkiss | 26 Jul 2021 | |
| 638 | The Byland Abbey ghost stories: using the dead to bring a medieval monastery to life | Michael Carter (English Heritage) gives the second talk for the seminar. | Michael Carter | 26 Jul 2021 | |
| 637 | Book at Lunchtime: Jews, Liberalism, Antisemitism | Book at Lunchtime is a series of bite-sized book discussions held weekly during term-time, with commentators from a range of disciplines. The events are free to attend and open to all. | Abigail Green, Simon Levis Sullam, Adam Sutcliffe, Kei Hiruta | 23 Jul 2021 | |
| 636 | How sacred is an ancient sacred site? The interface between academics, heritage managers and modern Paganism | First talk of Panel 1 - Who Owns this Place? Pondering Identities, chaired by Alice Purkiss, talk by Ronald Hutton (Bristol). | Ronald Hutton | 23 Jul 2021 | |
| 635 | Book at Lunchtime: Born to Write | A TORCH Book at Lunchtime webinar on ‘Born to Write: Literary Families and Social Hierarchy in Early Modern France’ by Professor Neil Kenny. | Neil Kenny, Caroline Warman, Ceri Sullivan, Wes Williams | 29 Jun 2021 | |
| 634 | Book at Lunchtime: Porcelain - Poem on the Downfall of my City | TORCH Book at Lunchtime webinar on Porcelain: Poem on the Downfall of my City by Durs Grünbein, translated by Professor Karen Leeder. | Durs Grünbein, Karen Leeder, Edmund de Vaal, Patrick Major | 25 Jun 2021 | |
| 633 | Book at Lunchtime: China’s Good War | A TORCH Book at Lunchtime webinar on ‘China's Good War: How World War II is Shaping a New Nationalism’ by Professor Rana Mitter. | Rana Mitter, David Priestland, Vivienne Shue, Wes Williams | 25 Jun 2021 | |
| 632 | The Formula of Giving Heart: Panel Discussion and Conversation with the Artist | Part of the Humanities Cultural Programme, one of the founding stones for the future Stephen A. Schwarzman Centre for the Humanities. | Khaled Kaddal, Christopher Haworth, Darci Sprengel, Christabel Stirling | 18 Jun 2021 | |
| 631 | Under the Rainbow: Voices from Lockdown | TORCH Goes Digital! presents a series of weekly live events Big Tent - Live Events! Part of the Humanities Cultural Programme, one of the founding stones for the future Stephen A. Schwarzman Centre for the Humanities. | James Attlee, Marina Warner, Pablo Mukherjee, Wes Williams | 18 Jun 2021 | |
| 630 | Platforming Artists Podcasts: Andi Burton Marsh | 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. | Andi Burton Marsh, Shivaike Shah | 16 Jun 2021 |
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