| Episode 4: Midlands |
In this episode, we talk about coming to Classics without any ancient languages; Bertie’s first love and how Classics took her into the world of Facebook… |
Alexander Moore, Eleanor Newman, Roberta Thomson, Katrina Kelly |
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| "Emptiness: Ways of Seeing" Conference 2021 - Roundtable 1: Emptiness, Space, Capital and the State |
Considering the contours of emptiness by examining the shifting relationships between people, place, capital and the state. |
Volodymyr Artiukh, Dace Dzenovska, Saskia Sassen, Johanna Bockman, Don Kalb, Martin Demant Frederiksen |
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| "Emptiness: Ways of Seeing" Conference 2021. Roundtable 2: On the Edge: Life along the Russia-China border |
A book discussion with Franck Billé and Caroline Humphrey |
Dominic Martin, Caroline Humphrey, Franck Billé, Madeleine Reeves, Allessandro Rippa, Natalia Ryzhova |
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| 5. Democracy | The Europe’s Stories Podcast |
Today, we talk with Sophie Vériter and Josef Lolacher about the core of the European project - democracy. |
Sophie Vériter, Josef Lolacher, Ana Martins, Lucas Tse |
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| Capturing Genius: Editing Isaiah Berlin |
Howard Burton talks to Henry Hardy, Fellow of Wolfson and author of ‘In Search of Isaiah Berlin: A Literary Adventure’, about being the principal editor of one of the twentieth century’s most captivating public intellectuals |
Henry Hardy, Howard Burton |
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| Fantasy Creatures |
Dr Caroline Batten and Dr Megan Cavell discuss fantastic animals in fantasy text |
Caroline Batten, Megan Cavell |
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| Roots to Seeds: the evolution of plant science |
Join Professor Stephen Harris (Curator of Roots to Seeds at the Bodleian Library) and Dr Chris Thorogood, (Oxford Botanic Garden and Harcourt Arboretum) as they discuss the past, present and future of botanical research and teaching. |
Stephen Harris, Chris Thorogood, Helen Cook |
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| Is Jin Yong 'China's Tolkien'? |
A comparison of the Hong Kong author Jin Yong and J. R. R. Tolkien |
Jonathan Hui |
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| A Conversation with Katherine Langrish |
Dr Caroline Batten chats with author Katherine Langrish about her book 'From Spare Oom to War Drobe' |
Caroline Batten, Katherine Langrish |
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| Faith in fantasy literature |
A short discussion of the role of faith in fantasy literature |
Katherine Olley |
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| Brian McClellan |
A discussion of the writer Brian McClellan. |
Katherine Olley |
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| Arthur Rackham at Trinity College |
Emma Sillett, Trinity College Librarian, and Dr Caroline Batten explore the Danson Library's collection of rare Arthur Rackham fantasy illustrations. |
Emma Sillett, Caroline Batten |
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| Folktales' for an Elite Audience |
Discussing the text and images of MS. Ouseley Add. 1 |
Nasrin Askari |
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| Making Manuscripts for a Prince of the Black Sheep |
Overview of Bahari Fellowship examining the codicology and context of the Bodleian Library’s collection of manuscripts made for the 15th century Turkman patron Prince Pir Budaq |
Anita Chowdry |
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| Books, Bags and Boxes |
Islamic manuscripts were often kept in protective bags and other enclosures, which are an integrated, though understudied part of their physical and historic appearance. |
Karin Scheper |
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| Poetry (and Prose) in Motion: Illuminated Manuscripts from Late Fourteenth-Century Shiraz |
A short talk about illuminated manuscripts produced in late fourteenth-century Shiraz, including several in the Bodleian Collections and elsewhere |
Cailah Jackson |
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| The Future of the Past: poetry, portraiture, and the reception of antiquity in a Timurid Shahnama |
This talk focuses on fifteenth-century paintings and poetry inserted into the Shahnama of Ibrahim Sultan (Bodleian Library MS. Ouseley Add. 176) in order to explore the correlation between portraiture and historical self-awareness |
Peyvand Firouzeh |
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| Studying the Pādshāhnāmas (Books of the Emperor) Manuscripts in the Special Collection of the Bodleian Library |
The talk presents overviews of the three Persian Manuscripts of the Padshahnama MS Elliot 368, MS Caps ORD 1-3 & MS Fraser 138, preserved in the Special Collections of the Bodleian Library ,Oxford |
Gulfishan Khan |
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| The Bodleian’s Akhbār-i Barmakiyān: Tales on Super Heroes from Afghanistan and Iraq |
A short talk given at the Persian Art of the Book conference |
Arezou Azad |
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| Illustrated Manuscript of Persian Translation of One Thousand and One Nights |
A discussion of the Persian translations of the Thousand and One Nights in the World, focusing on the illustrated version kept in the Golestān Palace (Tehran) and the image-less version kept in the Bodleian Library (Oxford). |
Ali Boozari |
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| C. S. Lewis and 'The Wind in the Willows' |
A discussion of the influence of 'The Wind in the Willows' on fantasy writers - notably C. S. Lewis |
Simon Horobin |
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| Medical Racism: Protecting ourselves, our families and our communities |
A joint panel discussion organised by the University of Oxford and the University of Kent BME/BAME Staff Networks. |
Dame Elizabeth Anionwu, Winston Morgan, Mohammed Sakel, Roberta Babb, Aadil El-Turabi |
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| The Last of the Titans |
This talk explores the myth underlying the action in John Wyndham's `The Kraken Wakes'. |
Jane Bliss |
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| A Walk around C. S. Lewis's Oxford |
A biographical tour of C. S. Lewis's Oxford |
Simon Horobin |
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| William Morris and E. R. Eddison Collections at the Bodleian |
An interview with Rachael Marsay about the William Morris and E. R. Eddison collections at the Bodleian Library |
Rchael Marsay, Stuart Lee |
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| Elizabeth Knox |
A discussion of the writer Elizabeth Knox |
Alicia Smith |
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| The Saga of Eric the Unlucky |
The Saga of Eric the Unlucky examines Rider Haggard's use of medieval narrative techniques in his novel Eric Brighteyes. |
Jane Bliss |
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| Mathemalchemy: a mathematical and artistic adventure |
This lecture is a visual treat as Ingrid Daubechies celebrates the joy, creativity and beauty of mathematics. |
Ingrid Daubechies |
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| I is a Strange Loop - written and performed by Marcus du Sautoy and Victoria Gould |
From the creative ensemble behind Complicité’s sensational A Disappearing Number, this two-hander unfolds to reveal an intriguing take on mortality, consciousness and artificial life. |
Marcus du Sautoy, Victoria Gould, Simon McBurney |
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| Edward Lear and Fantasy |
Jasmine Jagger provides a short introduction to Edward Lear. |
Jasmine Jagger |
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| An Interview with Elizabeth Knox |
An Interview with Elizabeth Knox, author of 'The Absolute Book' |
Carolyne Larrington, Elizabeth Knox |
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| A Conversation With R. F. Kuang |
Carolyne Larrington and Caroline Batten interview Rebecca F. Kuang. |
R. F. Kuang, Carolyne Larrington, Caroline Batten |
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| Werewolves in Medieval Literature vs Modern TV |
A discussion of werewolves in medieval and modern representations. |
Minjie Su |
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| Desiring Dragons: Creative and Critical Responses to the Dragon in Beowulf |
Laura Varnam discusses dragons in fantasy literature. |
Laura Varnam |
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| 2021 Disability Lecture: The intersections of disability, science and academia |
Dr Hamied Haroon explores the intersections of disability, science and academia. All views expressed in the lecture are the speaker’s own. |
Hamied Haroon, Sarah Stephenson-Hunter, Louise Richardson, Catherine Walter, Jasleen Jolly |
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| General Linguistics Seminar: TT21 Week 7 |
Formal Aspects of Underspecified Features (Professor Ron Kaplan, Stanford University) |
Ron Kaplan |
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| General Linguistics Seminar: TT21 Week 5 |
Variability in Breton gender and mutation: the impact of language decline and revitalisation on morphology (Dr Holly Kennard, University of Oxford) |
Holly Kennard |
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| General Linguistics Seminar: TT21 Week 3 |
Conversations with strangers: Explorations in the syntax of English (William Labov, University of Pennsylvania) |
William Labov |
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| Morte D'Arthur Murals in the Oxford Union |
A visual discussion of the Morte D'Arthur murals in the library of the Oxford Union. |
Tom Corrick, Caroline Batten |
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| Maria Dahvana Headley on Beowulf |
Author Maria Dahvana Headley reads from her 2018 novel The Mere Wife, is interviewed by Prof. Carolyne Larrington, and shares drafts from her 2020 translation of Beowulf. This lecture was recorded live at St John’s College, Oxford in November 2018. |
Carolyne Larrington, Maria Dahvana Headley, David Clark |
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| George MacDonald |
An introduction to the Victorian fantasist and fairy tale author George MacDonald, who convinced Lewis Carroll to publish Alice's Adventures in Wonderland, inspired C. S. Lewis' Christian writings, and may even have influenced Tolkien's Elves. |
Caroline Batten, Clare Mulley |
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| Old Norse in the New World: The Mythology and Politics of Immigration and Neil Gaiman's 'American Gods' |
A talk on Neil Gaiman's 'American Gods'. |
Heather O'Donoghue |
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| Discworld - and the Modern University |
A short talk introducing Terry Pratchett's Discworld novels and how they reflect the modern University. |
Andrew Shamel |
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| Susan Cooper |
A short talk on Susan Cooper. |
Tom Morcom |
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| Violet Needham |
Jane Bliss introduces listeners to the work of Violet Needham, a prolific but little-remembered children’s fantasy author, whose book 'The Woods of Windri' draws on the tropes of medieval romances in fascinating ways.ays. |
Jane Bliss |
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| Daoxuan and Chinese Fantasy Literature |
A short talk on Daoxuan and medieval Chinese fantasy. |
Nelson Landry |
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| Tolkien Archive and Exhibition at Bodleian (Part 2) |
An interview with Catherine McIlwaine on the Tolkien archive at Bodley and the exhibition of 2018 - Part 2 |
Catherine McIlwaine, Stuart Lee |
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| Singing together; apart: drama and medieval chant |
As both audience members and actors, you will learn to sing the classic Easter sequence hymn 'Victimae paschali laudes' ('Praises to the paschal victim') and see how it formed part of a medieval play. |
Henrike Lähnemann, Andrew Dunning, Zachary Guiliano, Nick Swarbrick, Marlene Schilling, Carolin Gluchowski |
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| Claudia Piñeiro in Conversation |
The writer Claudia Piñeiro, one of the most widely acclaimed Argentine authors of recent years, talks about her work with Ben Bollig of the Spanish sub-Faculty of the University of Oxford. |
Claudia Piñeiro, Ben Bollig |
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| Tolkien Archive and Exhibition at Bodleian (Part 1) |
An interview with Catherine McIlwaine on the Tolkien archive at Bodley and the exhibition of 2018 - Part 1. |
Catherine McIlwaine, Stuart Lee |
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| Meet the Manuscripts: hidden treasures of medieval illumination |
Matthew Holford, Tolkien Curator of Medieval Manuscripts, and Martin Kauffmann, Head of Early and Rare Collections, in conversation about the artists, patrons and significance of three extraordinary manuscripts. |
Martin Kauffmann, Matthew Holford |
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| Why Go on Pilgrimage? Geomancy and the Transformational Powers of Sacred Places in Tibetan Buddhism and Bon |
This presentation considers the association between pilgrimage and healing in Tibet through an exploration of the process whereby natural sites are imbued with meaning |
Charles Ramble |
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| Reading khrims Between the Lines: The Rise of Legality in 13th Century Central Tibet |
Daniel introduces us to the term khrims and looks at the “rise of legality” in 13th century Central Tibet. |
Daniel Wojahn |
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| The African Union and Post-Coup Intervention in Madagascar |
In this seminar we hosted Antonia Witt of the Peace Research Institute Frankfurt. Their lecture is titled The African Union and Post-Coup Intervention in Madagascar. |
Antonia Witt |
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| Virūpa is Virūpākṣa: Towards an Indo-Tibetan Siddha Corpus |
Westin Harris opens the dialogue between Tibetan, Nāth and Yoga studies centred around the figure of Virūpa |
Westin Lee Harris |
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| 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 |
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| 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 |
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| Hydrodynamics of Quantum Many-Body Systems Out of Equilibrium |
Can we apply hydrodynamics to systems with extensively many conservation laws |
Bruno Bertini |
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| Why Hydrodynamics? |
What is hydrodynamics and why does it apply over 20 orders of magnitude in energy and length. |
Steve Simon, Julia Yeomans |
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| 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 |
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| 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 |
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| 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 |
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| 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 |
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| 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 |
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| 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 |
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| 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 |
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| 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 |
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| LGBT+ History Month with Corinne Humphreys & Michael Gunning |
Watch the 2021 LGBT History Month lecture with Stonewall Sport Champions |
Corinne Humphreys, Michael Gunning |
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| Translation and Retranslation: priorities, discoveries, pleasures |
TORCH Goes Digital! presents a series of weekly live events Big Tent - Live Events! Part of the Humanities Cultural Programme, one of the founding stones for the future Stephen A. Schwarzman Centre for the Humanities. |
Sasha Dugdale, Oliver Ready, Wes Williams |
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| 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 |
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| The Mongolian Kanjur - Should Tibetologists Care? |
Kirill Alekseev presents his latest research on the Mongolian Kanjur and its ramifications in Tibetan Studies |
Kirill Alekseev |
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| 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 |
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| Among the Supporting Cast |
Sir Timothy Sainsbury (1953) on his memoir, Among the Supporting Cast. |
Sir Timothy Sainsbury |
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| 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 |
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| '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 |
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| 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 |
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| 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 |
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| 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 |
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| A subject ‘for Honours men’: women in the early School of Geography |
A look at early women geography students at Oxford |
Elizabeth Baigent |
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| Women of the Bodleian: personal stories behind progressive steps |
A look at the early women librarians of the Bodleian Library |
Anne Lawrence |
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| 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 |
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| 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 |
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| The most woman-studentish? Somerville College and student life |
A look at early women students at Somerville College Oxford |
Mo Moulton |
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| All but absent from history? Women in the Oxford Dictionary of National Biography |
Womens roles in the Oxford Dictionary of National Biography |
Jane Garnett |
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| ‘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 |
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| 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 |
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| Women in the Oxford English Dictionary |
A fascinating insight into the role of women in the Oxford English Dictionary |
Charlotte Brewer |
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| Introduction |
Richard Ovenden, head of the Bodleian Library, gives a short introduction to the event |
Richard Ovenden |
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| 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 |
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| 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 |
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| Mainstream |
Nathan Evans (1993) explores the anthology Mainstream |
Nathan Evans |
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| How to prevent future pandemics |
Katrien Devolder and Jeff Sebo on factory farms as breeding grounds for pandemics |
Jeff Sebo, Katrien Devolder |
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| 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 |
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| 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 |
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| 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 |
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| 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 |
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| 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 |
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| Sharks, Death, Surfers |
Melissa McCarthy (1994) on her book, Sharks, Death, Surfers |
Melissa McCarthy |
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| Etiquette |
Isabel Parkinson (2015) on her debut novel, Etiquette |
Isabel Parkinson |
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| Coronavirus and ‘Disease X’ |
Professor Peter Millican interviews the Oxford scientists working at the forefront of research into Disease X |
Peter Millican, Sarah Gilbert, Peter Horby, Jimmy Whitworth, John Bell, Erica Charters |
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