| Clerics in the time of Tishreen |
The evolution of religion-civil society relations in post-2003 Iraq. |
Marsin Alshamary, Maryam Alemzadeh |
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| The spaghettification of stars by supermassive black holes: understanding one of nature’s most extreme events |
The spaghettification of stars by supermassive black holes: understanding one of nature’s most extreme events - Andrew Mummery |
Andrew Mummery |
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| Extreme value statistics and the theory of rare events |
Extreme value statistics and the theory of rare events - Francesco Mori |
Francesco Mori |
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| Inflation and the Very Early Universe |
Inflation and the Very Early Universe - Georges Obied |
Georges Obied |
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| Forms of Buddhist treasures (re)discovered in Kalmykia (Oxford Treasure Seminar Series) |
Valeriya Gazizova's talk on several cases of ‘treasure’ concealment and discoveries in the Buddhist society of postsocialist Kalmykia |
Valeriya Gazizova |
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| Exploring Rendawa’s Madhyamaka Legacy |
Drukgyel Tsering's talk on Rendawa Shonu Lodro (1349–1412), the famed teacher of Lama Tsongkhapa and important progenitor of Madhyamaka philosophy in Tibet |
Drukgyal Tsering |
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| The Rgyud sde spyi rnam ascribed to Rin chen bzang po (958–1055) and its authoritative sources |
Sonam Choden discusses Lo tsā ba Rin chen bzang po's composition of his "General Presentation of the Tantric Systems" and its authoritative sources |
Sonam Choden |
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| Anonymous and Onymous |
A professor of poetry talk by Alice Oswald - Hilary Term 2023 |
Alice Oswald, Lorna Hutson |
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| Christopher Reed |
Meet the Terra Foundation Visiting Professor of American Art. |
Christopher Reed, David Isaac |
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| A Weapon Is No Subordinate. Autonomous Weapons and the Scope of Superior Responsibility |
Dr. Alessandra Spadaro of Utrecht University outlines several challenges to the applicability of the doctrine of superior responsibility in the context of the use of autonomous weapons systems. |
Alessandra Spadaro |
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| One Hundred Years of International Administrative Law: Is the Employment Law at International Organizations Working? |
Peter Quayle argues employment law of international organizations tends towards incoherence, however, mapping international administrative law onto a larger framework of international organizations law can realize a more workable version of the law. |
Peter Quayle |
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| Allison Leslie |
Meet a Worcester College gardener. |
Allison Leslie, David Isaac |
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| Junior Deans |
Meet Worcester College's Junior Deans. |
Tika Ratna Malla, Ed Jones, David Isaac |
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| The struggle for Salafism in Egypt’s post-revolutionary period |
A Middle East Centre Seminar on Salafism. |
Stéphane Lacroix, Thomas Hegghammer |
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| Meandering Fortune-Graphs |
A professor of poetry talk by Alice Oswald - Michaelmas 2022. |
Alice Oswald |
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| Resurrecting the Caliphate: The Creed of Abraham and ISIS’s Hermeneutics of Power |
A talk with a focus on the contemporary militant group referred to by the acronym ISIS (or ISIL) and its views on the “caliphate.” |
Asma Afsaruddin, Eugene Rogan |
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| Understanding the impact of diet on health - Dr Keren Papier |
Have you wondered why something like red wine can be good for you according to one scientific paper, but bad for you in another? In this podcast, Dr Keren Papier explains how diet affects our health and why it is difficult to get accurate answers. |
Sanjula Singh, Keren Papier |
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| ARCHiOX - Seeing the Unseen in Bodleian Collections |
A research collaboration between the Bodleian Libraries and the Factum Foundation |
John Barrett, Adam Lowe, Jorge Cano, Andrew Irving, Richard Allen, Damien Bov, Jessica Hodgkinson, Jo Story, Alessandro Bianchi, Chiara Betti |
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| Strachey Lecture: Symmetry and Similarity |
An introduction to algorithmic aspects of symmetry and similarity, ranging from the fundamental complexity theoretic "Graph Isomorphism Problem" to applications in optimisation and machine learning |
Martin Grohe |
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| How Tibetans Received and Perceived the Yuan Edicts: Some Preliminary Observations |
This lecture highlights Tibetan responses to the Mongol imperial bureaucratic practices during the 14th century |
Penghao Sun, Trawang |
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| Theorizing Buddhist Revelation in the Great Lamp of the Dharma Dhāraṇī Scripture (Oxford Treasure Seminar Series) |
The Great Lamp of the Dharma Dhāraṇī Scripture and its theory on scriptual revelation in the Mahāyāna tradition. |
Ryan Overbey |
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| A typology of modes of revelations in Chinese religious history (Oxford Treasure Seminar Series) |
Vincent Goossaert's talk on the ritual production of revelation in Chinese religious history |
Vincent Goossaert |
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| One year after Putin's invasion, how is Ukrainian journalism faring? |
In this episode we discuss the tremendous toll that Russia's full-scale invasion has had on journalists and the news media in the country. |
Olga Tokariuk, Mitali Mukherjee |
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| Algeria: Politics and Society from the Dark Decade to the Hirak |
Dr Michael Willis' new book offers an explanation of this unexpected development known as the Hirak Movement, examining the political and social changes that have occurred in Algeria since the ‘dark decade’ of the 1990s |
Michael Willis, Eugene Rogan |
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| Evidence in Women's Health: Evaluating a community singing intervention for postnatal depression |
Dr Alexandra Burton reports on the SHAPER-PND study exploring singing's effect on postnatal depression in new mothers |
Alexandra Burton |
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| Jihad, Radicalism, and the New Atheism |
Professor Mohammad Khalil scrutinises the claim by New Atheists like Richard Dawkins that Islam is a fundamentally violent religion |
Mohammad Khalil, Eugene Rogan |
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| Shallow Cognizing for Self-Control over Emotion & Desire |
In the first St Cross Special Ethics Seminar of 2023, Dr Larry Lengbeyer explores 'shallow cognizing' as a form of self-control |
Lawrence Lengbeyer |
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| Reducing the risk of self-harm and suicide - Professor Keith Hawton |
Professor Keith Hawton discusses how we can help to prevent people from self-harming and dying by suicide at both an individual and population level. |
Keith Hawton, Sanjula Singh |
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| Tackling racism and inequalities in healthcare - Dr Mehrunisha Suleman |
Dr Mehrunisha Suleman talks about why tackling racism and inequalities in health and healthcare is so important, drawing on her research and experiences. |
Mehrunisha Suleman, Sanjula Singh |
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| Halving premature death - Professor Sir Richard Peto |
Professor Sir Richard Peto describes half a century of research seeking moderate reductions in big causes of death. |
Sanjula Singh, Richard Peto |
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| 6 - Professor Tarje Nissen-Meyer |
Geophysics Professor Tarje Nissen-Meyer talks about balancing (or not) a busy academic career and family life when you're deeply passionate about both. |
Professor Tarje Nissen-Meyer |
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| What should we expect from journalism in 2023? |
In this episode of our podcast we speak with the author of a report tracking the fundamental trends shaping journalism in the year ahead. |
Federica Cherubini, Nic Newman |
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| Friendship |
Associate Professor Nuha al-Sha’ar speaking on ‘Friendship in Islamic Ethical Political Thought: Foundations and Modern Implications’ // Associate Professor SherAli Tareen speaking on ‘Debating Hindu-Muslim Friendship After Empire’ |
Faisal Devji, Nuha al-Sha’ar, SherAli Tareen |
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| Geneva Declaration on Human Rights at Sea: Informal Lawmaking in Action? |
Natalie Klein, Professor at UNSW Sydney, presents on the Geneva Declaration on Human Rights at Sea, adopted in March 2022 as an initiative of UK charity Human Rights at Sea, and on the Declaration's lawmaking potential. |
Natalie Klein |
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| Violent environments? Towards a political ecology of international law |
Dr Eliana Cusato, postdoctoral fellow at the Amsterdam Center for International Law, presents an overview of the key arguments in her book, 'The Ecology of War and Peace: Marginalising Slow and Structural Violence in International Law'. |
Eliana Cusato |
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| Climate Litigation in International Organs and Courts: The Torres Strait Islanders case |
Monica Feria-Tinta discusses a landmark 2022 decision of the UN Human Rights Committee which found that Australia failed to protect indigenous Torres Strait Islanders against adverse impacts of climate change, in breach of human rights law. |
Monica Feria-Tinta |
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| Complicity in a War of Aggression |
Dr Nikola Hajdin outlines an analytical framework for criminal complicity in a war of aggression |
Nikola Hajdin |
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| Michael Willis on Recent Developments in the Maghreb |
Michael Willis joins Almanac to discuss his new book, Algeria: Politics and Society from the Dark Decade to the Hirak, recent developments in Tunisia and Morocco, and why studying the area “West of Cairo” is of critical importance to Middle East Studies. |
Matthew Smith, Michael Willis |
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| The Left |
Fadi Bardawil speaking on ‘Nation, Class, Community: Milestones on the path of the 1960s Lebanese New Left’. Nadia Bou Ali speaking on ‘Is the Heart for the East and Reason for the West? Mehdi Amel’s Critique of Edward Said’. |
Fadi Bardawil, Nadia Bou Ali, Faisal Devji |
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| ‘Power to the People?’: Citizens and the Everyday State in Early Postcolonial South Asia |
Sarah Ansari (Royal Holloway, University of London) speaks at the Oxford South Asian Intellectual History Seminar on 31 Oct 2022 |
Sarah Ansari |
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| Who are the Muslims? Savarkar on Indian Muslim Origin |
Luna Sabastian (Northeastern University- London) speaks at the Oxford South Asian Intellectual History Seminar on 7 Nov 2022. |
Luna Sabastian |
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| Variants of the Rudra Subjugation Myth: Contrasting Themes in the Legends of Mahākāla and Vajrabhairava |
Cameron Bailey's talk on wrathful deities and their myths |
Cameron Bailey |
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| Professor Lucie Cluver |
Georgina Ferry interviews Lucie Cluver, Professor of Child and Family Social Work, 7 July 2022. |
Lucie Cluver, Georgina Ferry |
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| Professor Carl Heneghan |
Georgina Ferry interviews Carl Heneghan, Professor of Evidence Based Medicine, 4 July 2022. |
Carl Heneghan, Georgina Ferry |
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| Professor Sunetra Gupta |
Georgina Ferry interviews Sunetra Gupta, Professor of Theoretical Epidemiology, 15 June 2022. |
Sunetra Gupta, Georgina Ferry |
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| Professor David Stuart |
Georgina Ferry interviews Sir David Stuart, Professor of Structural Biology, 10 June 2022. |
David Stuart, Georgina Ferry |
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| Professor Jennifer Beam Dowd |
Georgina Ferry interviews Jennifer Beam Dowd, Professor of Demography and Population Health, 26 May 2022. |
Jennifer Beam Dowd, Georgina Ferry |
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| Professor Fernanda Duarte |
Georgina Ferry interviews Fernanda Duarte, Associate Professor in Computational Organic Chemistry, 26 April 2022. |
Fernanda Duarte, Georgina Ferry |
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| Henry Chan |
Georgina Ferry interviews Henry Chan, DPhil Student, 26 April 2022. |
Henry Chan, Georgina Ferry |
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| Professor Meghana Pandit |
Georgina Ferry interviews Meghana Pandit, Chief Executive Officer at Oxford University Hospitals NHS Foundation Trust, 7 April 2022. |
Meghana Pandit, Georgina Ferry |
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| Professor Cathy Creswell |
Georgina Ferry interviews Cathy Creswell, Professor of Developmental Clinical Psychology, 7 April 2022. |
Cathy Creswell, Georgina Ferry |
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| Professor Naomi Allen |
Georgina Ferry interviews Naomi Allen, Professor in Epidemiology and Chief Scientist at the U.K. Biobank, 6 April 2022. |
Naomi Allen, Georgina Ferry |
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| Book Launch: Pacted Democracy in the Middle East: Tunisia and Egypt in Comparative Perspective |
A new theoretical framework for how democracy can emerge in the Middle East and wider Muslim world, where political conflicts over religion often predominate. |
Hicham Alaoui, Michael Willis |
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| Centres, Peripheries and New Histories of the Left in Iran |
How historians can gain new insights from global history, and how historians and histories of Iran can contribute |
Rasmus Elling, Stephanie Cronin |
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| Dissent |
Valerie Hoffman speaking on Charges of Radicalism: Ibāḍī–Wahhābī Polemics and Articulations of Identity. |
Valerie Hoffman, Faisal Devji, Usaama al-Azami |
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| Seeking Supremacy: The Pursuit of Judicial Power in Pakistan |
Book Launch with Yasser Kureshi |
Yasser Kureshi |
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| S1 Ep5: BOOKNESS with Justine Provino |
On the 30th anniversay of its publication, BOOKNESS talks to book conservator and PhD candidate Justine Provino about her research into the self-destructing book 'Agrippa'. |
Alice Evans, Jo Maddocks, Justine Provino |
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| Panel Discussion 'The age of the strongman: populism and authoritarianism in global politics' |
A discussion on leaders and populism with Lord Patten, Gideon Rachman, Margaret MacMillan and Ricardo Soares de Oliveira |
Lord Patten of Barnes, Gideon Rachman, Margaret MacMillan, Ricardo Soares de Oliveira |
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| The state of the African state: Where has it come from and where is it going |
Nick Westcott, Director of the Royal African Society, discusses the African State. |
Nick Westcott, Ricardo Soares de Oliveira |
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| Book talk: 'Butler to the world: how Britain became the servant of tycoons, tax dodgers, kleptocrats and criminals' |
In this event chaired by Ricardo Soares de Oliveira, Oliver Bullough discusses his best selling and critically acclaimed book, 'Butler to the World: How Britain Became the Servant of Tycoons, Tax Dodgers, Kleptocrats and Criminals'. |
Oliver Bullough, Ricardo Soares de Oliveira |
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| Inside Qatar: Hidden Stories from One of the Richest Nations on Earth |
A talk based on John McManus’s book, Inside Qatar: hidden stories from one of the richest nations on earth. |
John McManus, Eugene Rogan |
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| In the Shade of the Sunna: Salafi Piety in the 20th-Century Middle East |
Aaron Rock-Singer presents their latest book "In the Shade of the Sunna: Salafi Piety in the 20th-Century Middle East". |
Aaron Rock-Singer, Usaama al-Azami |
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| Why is trust in the government so vital during a pandemic? (Jamie Webb) |
During the pandemic, there were social gatherings in Number 10. This seriously undermined trust in government. But what exactly is trust? And why is trust so vital during a pandemic? Jamie Webb explains. |
Jamie Webb, David Edmonds |
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| Pandemics and inequality (Beth Kamunge-Kpodo and John Coggan) |
The pandemic had disproportionate impacts when measured by ethnicity, gender and geography. Beth Kamunge-Kpodo and John Coggan are both legal scholars, and both are interested in inequality. |
Beth Kamunge-Kpodo, John Coggan, David Edmonds |
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| Assessing public attitudes to both the pandemic and the government's response (Sarah Cunningham Burley) |
At the start of the covid pandemic there was little time for officials to consult the public. Sarah Cunningham Burley oversaw some public dialogues to assess public attitudes to the pandemic, and to the government’s response. |
Sarah Cunningham Burley, David Edmonds |
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| The use and misuse of health statistics and pandemic data (Melanie Smallman and James Wilson) |
During the height of the Covid pandemic we became accustomed to watching, listening to and reading about experts in health statistics. J. Wilson and M.Smallman have been researching the use, and sometimes misuse of pandemic data. |
Melanie Smallman, James Wilson, David Edmonds |
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| Who gets the vaccine first? (Jonny Pugh) |
Vaccines to combat Covid were developed in record time. Policy-makers then faced a tricky question. It was impossible to vaccinate everyone immediately: so who to inoculate first? Jonny Pugh says there were complex trade-offs. |
Jonny Pugh, David Edmonds |
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| Introducing the Pandemic Ethics Accelerator Programme (Ilina Singh) |
The Pandemic Ethics Accelerator programme was led by Ilina Singh, an Oxford Professor of Neuroscience and Society. In this interview she explains what the programme was, what it was designed to achieve and whether it succeeded. |
Ilina Singh, David Edmonds |
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| Neta Schramm - Zionist Neutral? The Sardonic Zionism of Yeshayahu Leibowitz and Ovadia Yosef |
Neta Schramm discusses the (non-ideological) "think Zionism" stances of two leading Israeli figures. |
Neta Schramm |
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| Axion Searches from Black Holes to the Basement |
Professor John March-Russell talks about the search possibilities for axions including many current and near future ultra-precise quantum `table top' experiments in the Beecroft basement. |
John March-Russell |
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| Axion Electrodynamics in Solid-State Materials |
Professor Siddharth Parameswaran gives the second talk on Axions. |
Siddharth Parameswaran |
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| The Axion: How Angles Become Particles |
Professor Joseph Conlon introduces the general idea of axions: particles associated to fields which are valued on a circle rather than a real line. |
Joseph Conlon |
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| All Necessary Measures? The United Nations and International Intervention in Libya |
Ian Martin presents his latest book on Libya: All Necessary Measures? The United Nations and International Intervention in Libya. |
Ian Martin |
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| The Making of the Modern Middle East |
A vivid and authoritative account of the making of the modern Middle East, from the BBC’s long-serving correspondent in the region. |
Jeremy Bowen, Eugene Rogan |
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| 5 - Shaharzad Akbar |
Human rights in Afghanistan - a feminist journey |
Shaharzad Akbar |
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| S1 Ep4: BOOKNESS with Stephen Emmerson |
BOOKNESS talks to poet and artist Stephen Emmerson about his book 'Translation of Die Aufzeichnungen des Malte Laurids Brigge', a paperback novel 'translated' into mushrooms. |
Alice Evans, Jo Maddocks, Stephen Emmerson |
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| Nemir Kirdar Memorial Event |
Memorial event for the late Mr Nemir Amin Kirdar (1936-2020). |
Roger Goodman, Margaret MacMillan, Eugene Rogan, Serra Kirdar, Yusef Abu Khadra, Mohammed Alardhi, Salman bin Hamad Al Khalifa |
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| S1 Ep3: BOOKNESS with Yiota Demetriou |
BOOKNESS talks to multi-media artist Yiota Demetriou about her book 'To You', a book made with thermal ink that requires the intimacy and heat of the reader's hands to reveal its text. |
Alice Evans, Jo Maddocks, Yiota Demetriou |
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| Unveiling the invisible belt: the shareholders of the Marconi Wireless Telegraph Company, 1897–1901 |
Drawing on a detailed survey of shareholders of the Marconi in 1897 and 1900, this lecture will trace an overall profile of the diverse categories of investors who dared to back this venture through it's experimental phase to becoming commercially viable. |
Dr. Anna Guagnini |
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| The Rise of Guru Yoga in Twelfth-Century Tibet |
Zim Pickens looks at the origins of guru or lama worship in Tibet, introducing us to the Indian antecedents and the Tibetan emphasis on the role and status of the lama. |
Zim Pickens |
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| S1 Ep2: BOOKNESS with Ben Denzer |
In the first episode in this series, BOOKNESS talks to book designer and artist Ben Denzer, about a book he has created from 20 slices of Kraft American cheese. |
Alice Evans, Jo Maddocks, Ben Denzer |
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| S1 Ep1: Welcome to BOOKNESS |
Welcome to BOOKNESS, a podcast from the Centre for the Study of the Book at the Bodleian Libraries exploring artists' books made of unusual materials… |
Alice Evans, Jo Maddocks, Chris Fletcher, Emma Smith, Adam Smyth |
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| 'Regression and Resistance: The Struggle for Women's Rights in Afghanistan' |
Shaharzad Akbar in conversation with Shazia Choudhry; convened by Mansfield College Principal, Helen Mountfield KC. |
Shaharzad Akbar, Shazia Choudhry, Helen Mountfield |
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| Gabriel Schwake - Dwelling on the Green Line: Privatize and Rule in Israel/Palestine |
Gabriel Schwake discusses his new book dealing with urban planning along the green line. |
Gabriel Schwake |
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| Strachey Lecture: Integrating Logic, Probability and Neuro-Symbolic Reasoning using Probabilistic Soft Logic |
An overview of work on probabilistic soft logic (PSL), an SRL framework for large-scale collective, probabilistic reasoning in relational domains and a description of recent work which integrates neural and symbolic (NeSy) reasoning. |
Lise Getoor |
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| 4 - Dr Natasha Robinson |
Post-doc researcher and education consultant Natasha Robinson talks about cultural identity, feminist turmoil in relationships and the constant fluctuation between drive and angst in academic work. |
Dr Natasha Robinson |
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| The Jocelyn Bell Burnell Lecture: The Real World of Forensic Anthropology |
Professor Dame Sue Black in conversation with Professor Stephen Blundell. Introduction by Helen Mountfield KC. |
Sue Black, Stephen Blundell, Helen Mountfield |
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| Sporadic, late-onset, and multi-stage diseases |
Dr Anthony Webster, University of Oxford gives a talk on combining mathematical modelling with big data statistics to distinguish between sporadic, late-onset, and multi-stage diseases. |
Anthony Webster |
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| Displacement: Tibetan Buddhist Contributions to the International Humanitarian Field |
Dr Kilby's talk explores Tibetan Buddhist perspectives on displacement that can inform the international humanitarian response to the displacement crisis |
Christina Kilby |
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| Albert Hourani’s Impact |
2022 is the 60th anniversary of the publication of Albert Hourani’s magnum opus Arabic Thought in the Liberal Age, 1798-1939. |
Matthew Smith, Charles Ough, Paul Dresch, Eugene Rogan, Marilyn Booth |
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| 3 - Mary Adeyemo |
Winner of a Vice-Chancellor's Diversity Award talks faith, loss, and culture shock |
Mary Adeyemo |
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| When does (or did) the Covid-19 pandemic end? |
Katrien Devolder interviews Erica Charters, Professor of the Global History of Medicine at the University of Oxford |
Erica Charters, Katrien Devolder |
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| How to understand, and interact with, AI |
Professor Peter Railton presents his take on how to understand, and interact with, AI |
Peter Railton, Katrien Devolder |
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| How should we teach evidence-based medicine in the 21st century? |
Dr Gordon Guyatt provides a guest talk on how we should teach evidence-based medicine in the 21st century |
Gordon Guyatt |
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| Freedom Between Order and Chaos: Reading a Political Satire From India |
Freedom Between Order and Chaos: Reading a Political Satire From India Jyotirmaya Sharma (University of Hyderabad) speaks at the Oxford South Asian Intellectual History Seminar on 16 May 2022. For queries, please contact seminar convenors at saih@history |
Jyotirmaya Sharma |
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| Queer Azaadi and the origins of Indian homonationalism in Kashmir |
In 2019, the Indian government unilaterally revoked the autonomy of the disputed region of Kashmir amidst one of the harshest and longest military blockades and communications blackouts in history of the region |
Anish Gawande |
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| 1 - Dame Hermione Lee |
Our first and so far only female president - heroes, milestones and 17 year old blunders |
Hermione Lee |
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| 2 - Tom Brennan |
Playwright and producer lands at Wolfson as Creative Arts Fellow for his first foray into the world of Oxford |
Tom Brennan |
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| Gut Instinct Ep. 6 - Cell-free DNA diagnostics for biliary strictures, diet and weight loss, and minimum unit price strategies for alcohol |
Another fun-filled episode from your favourite GI podcasters. From hepatobiliary disease to alcohol policy, luminal gastro to nutrition, we have something for everyone this episode. Enjoy! |
Michael Fitzpatrick, Tamsin Cargill |
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| 2022 Disability Lecture: Hands Off - navigating unwanted touch, consent and disability |
Dr Amy Kavanagh delivers the 2022 Annual Disability Lecture |
Amy Kavanagh |
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