| Ebola |
Professor Peter Millican begins the final episode of this series in 2014, at the onset of the Ebola outbreak in West Africa. |
Peter Millican, Kevin Decock, Katie Ewer, Brian Angus, Blanche Oguti |
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| HIV/AIDS |
In the ninth episode of our History of Pandemics season, Professor Peter Millican leaves the perils of influenza behind, only to discover an entirely new virus: HIV. |
Peter Millican, Harold Jaffe, John Frater, Kevin Decock, Jimmy Whitworth |
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| The 'Spanish' Flu |
Professor Peter Millican arrives in the twentieth century, during the last years of the Great War, to a pandemic which you may have read a lot about during the early coverage of our current COVID outbreak. |
Peter Millican, John Oxford, Brian Angus, Claas Kirchhelle |
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| 'Russian' Flu: the pandemic that wasn't? |
In this episode, Professor Peter Millican discusses a controversial outbreak... |
Peter Millican, Julia Mannherz, Claas Kirchhelle, Brian Angus, Blanche Oguti |
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| Cholera |
Professor Peter Millican makes it to the nineteenth century to discuss the achievements of John Snow |
Peter Millican, Claas Kirchhelle, Brian Angus, Blanche Oguti |
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| Singing Together; Apart: Gregorian Chant Workshop – Song of Simeon |
In this online choir workshop you will learn to sing along with a simple voice part from the Candlemas Nunc Dimittis and see the 15th-century manuscript from the Cistercian nunnery of Medingen where the music is preserved in the Bodleian Libraries |
Henrike Lähnemann, Nick Swarbrick, Andrew Dunning, Alexandra Burgar, Jasmine Lowe, Timothy Powell |
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| 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 |
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| Smallpox, and Jenner |
Welcome to the eighteenth century, at a point when Europe is going through another major smallpox outbreak, a disease that by this point has been plaguing populations around the globe for centuries. |
Peter Millican, Claas Kirchhelle, Brian Angus, Blanche Oguti, Erica Charters |
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| The Great Plague |
in the final plague episode of the series, Professor Peter Millican talks to his guests about the last major outbreak of this horrific disease in seventeenth-century England. |
Peter Millican, Paul Slack, Emma Smith, Kees Windland |
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| The Black Death |
Professor Peter Millican arrives in the fourteenth century and meets history's most notorious plague outbreak. |
Peter Millican, Samuel Cohn, Blanche Oguti |
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| The Plague of Justinian |
Welcome to the Eastern Roman Empire in the sixth century. This time, Professor Peter Millican discusses a plague that historians and medical experts agree was likely the first plague pandemic humanity experienced. |
Peter Millican, Michael McCormick, Abigail Buglass |
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| Athens: the first plague? |
Join Professor Peter Millican in 5th century Athens, a crowded city in the midst of a siege, where a devastating disease had just erupted. |
Peter Millican, Tim Rood, Brian Angus, Blanche Oguti, Nicolette D'Angelo |
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| Liu pin fo lou (Building of Six Classes of Sutra and Tantra), the Tibetan Buddhist pantheon in the Forbidden City |
Ziyi Shao takes us to the reign of the Qianlong Emperor and will show us around the Fan hua lou (Hall of Buddhist Efflorescence), one of the most complex and prominent Buddhist monuments in the Forbidden city |
Ziyi Shao |
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| Verse and Prose in Fantasy Literature |
An analysis of two forms that dominate fantasy literature. |
Katherine Olley |
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| Guy Gavriel Kay |
A short introduction to the writer Guy Gavriel Kay. |
Katherine Olley |
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| Presidential Campaigns stops in Ghana |
For this seminar we hosted George Bob-Milliar (Kwame Nkrumah University of Science and Technology). Professor Bob-Milliar's lecture is titled Presidential Campaigns stops in Ghana. |
George Bob-Milliar |
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| 2020 Annual Uehiro Lectures in Practical Ethics (3/3): The case for an unfunded pay as you go (PAYG) pension |
Professor Michael Otsuka (London School of Economics) delivers the final of three public lectures in the series 'How to pool risks across generations: the case for collective pensions' |
Michael Otsuka |
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| 2020 Annual Uehiro Lectures in Practical Ethics (2/3): The case for collective defined contribution (CDC) |
Professor Michael Otsuka (London School of Economics) delivers the second of three public lectures in the series 'How to pool risks across generations: the case for collective pensions' |
Michael Otsuka |
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| 2020 Annual Uehiro Lectures in Practical Ethics (1/3): The case for a funded pension with a defined benefit (DB) |
Professor Michael Otsuka (London School of Economics) delivers the first of three public lectures in the series 'How to pool risks across generations: the case for collective pensions' |
Michael Otsuka |
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| Panel Discussion 4: Working to Establish Tomorrow's Names |
Taous Dahmani chairs a discussion with Fiona Rogers, Max Houghton and Anna Fox |
Taous Dahmani, Fiona Rogers, Max Houghton, Anna Fox |
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| Panel Discussion 3: Feminist Multi-taskers: Being a Photographer, a Writer and a Curator |
Taous Dahmini chairs a discussion with Patrizia Di Bello and Deborah Cherry |
Taous Dahmani, Patrizia Di Bello, Deborah Cherry |
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| Panel Discussion 2: Unveiling the Archive, Revealing Photographers |
Taous Dahmini chairs a discussion with Erika Lederman and Jessica Sutcliffe |
Taous Dahmani, Jessica Sutcliffe, Erika Lederman |
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| Panel Discussion 1: Historiography's Origin Stories |
Taous Dahmani chairs a discussion with Val Williams |
Taous Dahmani, Val Willams |
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| Fast Forward: Women in Photography |
Anna Fox gives an overview of Fast Forward - a research project designed to promote and engage with women in photography across the globe. |
Anna Fox |
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| David Beeson |
David Beeson, Professor in Molecular Neurosciences, talks with Stanley Ulijaszek |
David Beeson, Stanley Ulijaszek |
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| Adriana X Jacobs |
Adriana X Jacobs, Associate Professor and Cowley Lecturer in Modern Hebrew Literature in conversation with Stanley Ulijaszek |
Adriana X Jacobs, Stanley Ulijaszek |
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| Write or be Written Off: the work of Jo Spence (1934-1992) as photography 'theory' |
Patrizia Di Bello discusses the work of Jo Spence as a writer, organiser and photographer |
Patrizia Di Bello |
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| The Isabel Project: Uncomvering 19th Century Institutional Photographers, One Woman at a Time |
Erika Lederman talks about her practice and the work of the V & A museum's first in house photographer, Isabel Cowper. |
Erika Lederman |
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| Of parasites, dinosaurs, and other model animals |
Elaine Charwat has been on a journey into the attic storerooms behind the scenes of the Museum to discover 19th-century wax models of parasites. |
Elaine Charwat, Mark Carnall, Péter Molnár |
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| Humanity, Inclusive Positivism and the Law of Armed Conflict |
Humanitarian personnel from time to time find themselves transporting desperate civilian residents forced out of besieged areas into long-term or even permanent displacement |
Nobuo Hayashi |
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| Looking back; Moving Forwards: The History of Black Lives Matter |
Wolfson College marks Black History Month 2020 with an engaging discussion with Britain's foremost experts on the history of black lives and communities in Britain. |
Olivette Otele, Hakim Adi |
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| Somali Kinship and Bureaucratic Governance at Dagahaley Refugee Camp in Kenya |
For this seminar we hosted Fred Ikanda from Maseno University. Professor Ikanda's spoke about his research and fieldwork experiences with the Dagahaley Refugee Camp. |
Fred Ikanda |
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| Buddhism and the Rise of ‘the Tibetans’ (bod pa): Religion, Myth and the Promotion of Ethnicity in the Pre-modern Period |
Apropos 'the Tibetans': Reinier Langelaar's talk focuses on the mythical origins and the promotion of ethnicity in historical Tibet |
Reinier Langelaar |
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| Human Remains in Tibetan Material Religion: An object centered approach |
Ayesha Fuentes shares a unique and interdisciplinary insight into art conservation of human remains in Tibetan material religion |
Ayesha Fuentes |
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| Sacred Trash, Trash Talks, And Personhood |
Bo Wang discussing the practice of depositing garments as offerings to sacred mountains in Eastern Tibet |
Bo Wang |
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| The Helen Muspratt Archive |
Jessica Sutcliffe, the daughter of photographer, Helen Muspratt, give a short talk on her mother's life and career. |
Jessica Sutcliffe |
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| Our Own Way in This Part of the World: Biography of an African Community, Culture, and Nation |
For this seminar today we hosted Kwasi Konadu (Colgate University). Professor Konadu, Colgate University, spoke about his book, Our Own Way in This Part of the World: Biography of an African Community, Culture, and Nation. |
Kwasi Konadu |
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| To the Volcano and Other Stories |
Elleke Boehmer (University of Oxford) in conversation with Wale Adebanwi (University of Oxford) |
Wale Adebanwi, Elleke Boehmer |
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| The Terra Lectures in American Art Part 1: Regarding the Portrait: The Primers |
Professor Amy M. Mooney, Terra Foundation Visiting Professor in American Art Hosted by TORCH. Moderator; Alastair Wright: Alastair Wright is Head of the History of Art Department and Tutorial Fellow in Art History at St John’s College, Oxford. |
Amy M. Mooney |
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| The Terra Lectures in American Art Part 3: Regarding the Portrait: The Progressives |
Professor Amy M. Mooney, Terra Foundation Visiting Professor in American Art Hosted by TORCH. Moderator: Melanie Chambliss, Assistant Professor in the Humanities, History, and Social Sciences Department at Columbia College Chicago. |
Amy M. Mooney |
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| The Terra Lectures in American Art Part 2: Regarding the Portrait: The Photographers |
Professor Amy M. Mooney, Terra Foundation Visiting Professor in American Art. Hosted by TORCH. Moderator: Professor Deborah Willis, Department of Photography and Imaging at the Tisch School of the Arts at New York University. |
Amy M. Mooney |
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| The Terra Lectures in American Art Part 4: Regarding the Portrait: The Pragmatists |
Professor Amy M. Mooney, Terra Foundation Visiting Professor in American Art Hosted by TORCH. |
Amy M. Mooney |
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| The First Tibetan Block Print: The Khara-Khoto Collection of Precious Dhāraṇīs with the Emperor's Postscript |
Alla Sizova discusses the role of translation activities in the spread of Buddhism in the 12th century and outlines the extent of Tibetan influence on the Tangut culture. |
Alla A. Sizova |
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| The Golden Age of French Writing Masters? |
Professor Marc Smith, Professeur de Paléographie, The Ecole Nationale des Chartes, Paris delivers the 4th lecture in this years Lyell Lecture series |
Marc Smith |
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| Renaissance Calligraphy from Pen to Press and Back |
Professor Marc Smith, Professeur de Paléographie, The Ecole Nationale des Chartes, Paris delivers the 3rd lecture in this years Lyell Lecture series |
Marc Smith |
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| In At The Deep End |
Alex Gunz (1994, PPE) on his novel, In At The Deep End |
Alex Gunz |
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| Bibliography and the Life Cycles of Writing Books |
The 2nd lecture in the 2020 series delivered by Professor Marc Smith, Professeur de Paléographie, The Ecole Nationale des Chartes, Paris |
Marc Smith |
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| Episode 5 – Babylon: Natural Theology versus Scientific Naturalism |
When Museum opened in 1860, a new secular approach to science was on the rise. In the final episode of Temple of Science we see how ‘natural theology’ responded to the challenges of Charles Darwin’s theories of evolution and natural selection. |
John Holmes |
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| Episode 4 – Chambers of the Ministering Priests: Building Scientific Disciplines |
The Museum was founded on the principle that art should be used to teach science and to inspire generations of scientists. In episode 4 of Temple of Science we see how this was put into practice in some of the building’s less familiar spaces. |
John Holmes |
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| Episode 3 – The Sanctuary of the Temple of Science: The Central Court |
The central court of the Museum was described by one founder as ‘the sanctuary of the Temple of Science’. In this episode we see how every detail of this unique space was carefully planned and crafted to form a comprehensive model of natural science. |
John Holmes |
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| Episode 2 – 'God’s Own Museum': The Façade |
In episode 2 of Temple of Science, we take a closer look at the decoration on the outside of the Museum building, which captures the vitality of nature, presented in Victorian Oxford as the study of God’s creation. |
John Holmes |
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| Exiles From Paris |
Brigitte Adès (1982) on her novel, Exiles From Paris |
Brigitte Ades |
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| The Cry of the Lake |
Charlie Tyler (1993) on her debut novel, The Cry of the Lake |
Charlie Tyler |
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| Writing Models and the Formation of National Scripts |
The first lecture in the Lyell Lecture 2020 series delivered by Professor Marc Smith - Professeur de Paléographie, The Ecole Nationale des Chartes, Lyell Reader in Bibliography 2020 |
Marc Smith, Richard Ovenden |
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| Covid-19: who should be vaccinated first? |
Katrien Devolder interviews Alberto Giubilini. |
Alberto Giubilini, Katrien Devolder |
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| The Risks of Coronavirus Contact Tracing Apps |
Katrien Devolder interviews Associate Professor Carissa Véliz. |
Carissa Véliz, Katrien Devolder |
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| Why Parental Status Matters When Allocating Scarce Medical Resources |
Katrien Devolder interviews Moti Gorin. |
Moti Gorin, Katrien Devolder |
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| Live Event: This is Shakespeare - Prof Emma Smith in conversation with Erica Whyman OBE |
Part of the Humanities Cultural Programme, one of the founding stones for the future Stephen A. Schwarzman Centre for the Humanities. |
Emma Smith, Erica Whyman |
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| OxPeace 2020: Opening and keynote address on 'Feminine Peace, Human Security' |
Dr Liz Carmichael MBE opens the OxPeace 2020 Conference; Teohna Williams gives keynote on “Feminine Peace, Human Security” |
Liz Carmichael, Teohna Williams |
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| OxPeace 2020: Twenty Years of UNSCR 1325 |
Sanam Naraghi-Anderlini MBE gives the keynote address on 'Twenty Years of UNSCR 1325' at the OxPeace 2020 conference. |
Sanam Naraghi-Anderlini |
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| OxPeace 2020: Using the PA-X Database to Understand Gender Perspectives in Peace Agreements |
Dr Kevin McNicholl presents 'Using the PA-X Database to Understand Gender Perspectives in Peace Agreements' at the OxPeace 2020 conference. |
Kevin McNicholl |
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| OxPeace 2020: Women's participation in peacebuilding and mediation |
Quhramaana Kakar presents 'Women's participation in peacebuilding and mediation' at the OxPeace 2020 conference. |
Quhramaana Kakar |
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| OxPeace 2020: UNSCR 1325 and the Experience of Women in Sudan |
Dr Suad Musa presents 'UNSCR 1325 and the Experience of Women in Sudan' at the OxPeace 2020 conference. |
suad musa |
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| OxPeace 2020: Uniformed Women in South Sudan |
Captain Sophie Piper presents 'Uniformed Women in South Sudan' at the 2020 OxPeace conference. |
Sophie Piper |
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| OxPeace 2020: Seeking Justice for Victims of Sexual Violence in Conflict |
Baroness Helić presents 'Seeking Justice for Victims of Sexual Violence in Conflict' at the 2020 OxPeace conference. |
Arminka Helic |
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| Feed the birds? |
What do birds like eating and what decisions do they have to make when visiting a bird feeder? |
Lindsay Turnbull, Friederike Hillemann, Annette Fayet |
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| What Tolkien learnt from 'Beowulf': Representations of Evil |
Monsters and evil in Tolkien |
Rafael J. Pascual |
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| Interview with a Vampire |
Find out how plants like mistletoe and hayrattle extract resources from their hosts and how hayrattle engages in a game of rock, paper, scissors, that makes managing meadows a whole lot easier. |
Lindsay Turnbull |
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| Interview with Water |
This is the first ever online lecture by a Professor of Poetry at Oxford. In the lecture, Alice Oswald explores the strange connection between water and grief. |
Alice Oswald |
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| Much ado about mothing |
Dedicated to moths, this episode explores how and why these unsung heroes deserve more attention. |
Lindsay Turnbull, Doug Boyes, Ben Sheldon |
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| 'Healing Our Divided Society': The Kerner Commission at 50 |
This presentation and discussion, features Gary Younge (University of Manchester) Alan Curtis (Eisenhower Foundation) on the legacies and lessons of the Kerner Commission and their relevance to the current American moment. |
Mitch Robertson, Alan Curtis, Gary Younge |
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| Fictional Facts or Factual Fiction? The Social Reality behind Kha stag ʼDzam yag’s "Diary" and Lhag pa Don grub’s "Life of a mule driver" |
Fictional Facts or Factual Fiction? Lucia Galli's talk on self-representation and the social reality behind two Tibetan memoirs |
Lucia Galli |
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| Past the Peak of the Coronavirus Pandemic: Triage of Non-Covid-19 patients |
Katrien Devolder interviews Dominic Wilkinson. |
Dominic Wilkinson, Katrien Devolder |
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| The Nechung Oracle and the Construction of Identity in the Tibetan Diaspora |
The Oracle in Exile: Pema Choedon's talk on the Nechung Oracle and identity construction in the Tibetan Diaspora |
Pema Choedon |
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| Sylvia Townsend Warner |
Carolyne Larrington introduces the writing of Sylvia Townsend Warner. |
Carolyne Larrington |
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| Why is the world green? |
Lindsay searches for the truth about our verdant green world and tackles a mystery about her rose-bushes: who ate all the greenfly? |
Lindsay Turnbull |
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| The Mortality of the Dalai Lama and its Scriptural Sources: A Study in Tibetan Buddhist Political Theology |
I am currently focusing on the problem of the Dalai Lama’s mortality that is, the question of how to come to terms with his suffering and death, in light of the association between Tibetan kingship and the deity Avalokiteśvara. |
Ian MacCormack |
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| Preliminary Practices: Bloody Knees, Calloused Palms and the Transformative Nature of Women’s Labor |
The Preliminary Practices not only initiate practitioners into a specific tradition, but also more fundamentally, into Vajrayana Buddhism as it is practiced in contemporary Tibet. |
Kati Fitzgerald |
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| Ursula K. Le Guin |
A brief introduction to the writer Ursula K. Le Guin. |
Caroline Batten |
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| T. H. White |
A brief introduction to the writer T. H. White. |
Gabriel Schenk |
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| Diana Wynne Jones |
A brief introduction to the writer Diana Wynne Jones. |
Gabriel Schenk |
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| Why 'Game of Thrones' Matters |
'Game of Thrones' and storytelling. |
Carolyne Larrington |
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| Re-Enchanted: The Rise of Children’s Fantasy Literature in the Twentieth Century |
A guest lecture by Dr Maria Cecire (Bard College) discussing children's fantasy literature. |
Maria Cecire |
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| Interview: Catherine Butler |
An Interview with Dr Catherine Butler, author of the book 'Four British Fantasists'. |
Catherine Butler, Will Brockbank |
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| Alan Garner |
A brief introduction to the British fantasy writer, Alan Garner. |
Felix Taylor |
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| Approaching Fantasy Literature |
A short introduction to reading and studying fantasy literature. |
Stuart Lee |
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| H. P. Lovecraft |
A brief introduction to the writer, H. P. Lovecraft. |
Stuart Lee |
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| Seeds of Change |
In this episode we take a look at the strange life-cycle of ferns and find out why they are so dependent on water. |
Lindsay Turnbull |
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| Writing about the Nechung Oracle |
Christopher Bell's talk about oracles, protector deities, and other mysteries |
Christopher Bell |
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| May Morning, Oxford 1993 |
Thousands gather on the High Street on May Morning, Oxford 1993. |
Charles Beesley |
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| Is it Permissible for Healthcare Workers to Stop Working if They Lack PPE? |
Katrien Devolder interviews Udo Schüklenk. |
Udo Schuklenk, Katrien Devolder |
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| How the Coronavirus Pandemic Exacerbates Existing Inequalities |
An interview with Dr Agomoni Ganguli-Mitra. |
Agomoni Ganguli-Mitra, Katrien Devolder |
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| Stinker! |
In this episode we look at the cuckoo pint, which has an unusual flower with the central part, called a spadix, releasing a stench that to our nostrils is quite revolting. |
Lindsay Turnbull |
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| Queen Bee |
Learn how to identify common garden bees and find out why they never seem to stay still. |
Lindsay Turnbull |
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| Triage in an Italian ICU During the Coronavirus Pandemic |
An interview with Dr Marco Vergano. |
Marco Vergano, Katrien Devolder |
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| Tackling the Cause of the Coronavirus Pandemic |
An interview with Professor Peter Singer. |
Peter Singer, Katrien Devolder |
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| Conflict and Wellbeing Deprivation in sub-Saharan Africa |
Ricardo Nogales gives a talk for the Changing Character of War seminar series. |
Ricardo Nogales |
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| Unpacking the Refugees-Terrorism Nexus |
Sara Polo, University of Essex, gives a talk for the Changing Character of War seminar series. |
Sara Polo |
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| The Russian Understanding of War |
Oscar Jonsson, Stockholm Free World Forum, gives a talk for the Changing Character of War Programme. |
Oscar Jonsson |
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| Terrorism and Recent Developments in Human Rights |
Lord John Alderdice gives a talk for the Changing Character of War seminar series. |
John Alderdice |
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