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TORCH | The Oxford Research Centre in the Humanities

Live Event: Living with Pandemics: Finding New Narratives

In conversation with Dr Erica Charters and Robin Gorna. TORCH Goes Digital! presents a series of weekly live events Big Tent - Live Events! Performance Week​
TORCH | The Oxford Research Centre in the Humanities

Live Event: Celebrating Tchaikovsky

TORCH Goes Digital! presents a series of weekly live events Big Tent - Live Events! Music Week
TORCH | The Oxford Research Centre in the Humanities

Live Event: In Conversation with Maaza Mengiste

TORCH Goes Digital! presents a series of weekly live events Big Tent - Live Events!
Temple of Science
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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.
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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.
Temple of Science
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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.
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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.
Temple of Science

Episode 1 – Oxford's Pre-Raphaelite Natural History Museum

In the first episode of Temple of Science we find out how the Museum came to be, involving not only scientists but artists, architects and designers in one of the most original creative collaborations of the Victorian age.
TORCH | The Oxford Research Centre in the Humanities

Live Event: Invalids on the Move

Part of the Humanities Cultural Programme, one of the founding stones for the future Stephen A. Schwarzman Centre for the Humanities.
St Antony's looks at the World

St Antony's Looks at the World - Ep. 4 - Professor Archie Brown

For our fourth episode of St Antony's Looks at the World, we have Emeritus Fellow Professor Archie Brown discussing his latest book - 'The Human Factor: Gorbachev, Reagan, and Thatcher, and the End of the Cold War'.
Europe's Stories Project

10th Anniversary Dahrendorf Lecture and Colloquium 5. Europe's (his)story in schools, museums, theatre and foundations

What Stories Does Europe Tell? Contested Narratives, Complex Histories, Conflicted Union.
Europe's Stories Project

10th Anniversary Dahrendorf Lecture and Colloquium 4. Writing a history of Europe

What Stories Does Europe Tell? Contested Narratives, Complex Histories, Conflicted Union.
Europe's Stories Project

10th Anniversary Dahrendorf Lecture and Colloquium 3. The power and perils of narrative

What Stories Does Europe Tell? Contested Narratives, Complex Histories, Conflicted Union. With Andrew Hurrell (Oxford), Kalypso Nicolaidis (Oxford), Carolin Duttlinger (Oxford) Chair: Rasmus Nielsen (Oxford).
Europe's Stories Project

10th Anniversary Dahrendorf Lecture and Colloquium 2. Contested narratives of today's Europe

What Stories Does Europe Tell? Contested Narratives, Complex Histories, Conflicted Union.
Europe's Stories Project

10th Anniversary Dahrendorf Lecture and Colloquium 1.What do Europeans know? What do they care?

What Stories Does Europe Tell? Contested Narratives, Complex Histories, Conflicted Union. With Isabell Hoffmann (eupinions, Bertelsmann Foundation), Katrin Bennhold (New York Times), Christian Rauh (WZB), Daniel Judt (Oxford).
Journey of a Molecular Detective; David Sherratt

Jewish Treasures from Oxford Libraries

Join Rebecca Abrams in conversation with Samuel Fanous to discuss her riveting and beautiful new book, edited with César Merchan-Hamann, Jewish Treasures from Oxford Libraries. You can purchase the book https://bodleianshop.co.uk/products/jewish-treasures
Journey of a Molecular Detective; David Sherratt

Trinity: A Real Life Spy Story

Frank Close tells the story of Klaus Fuchs and the Bodleian Library. Trinity was the codename for the test explosion of the atomic bomb in New Mexico on 16 July 1945.
The Global Thinkers Series, Oxford

Dr Merze Tate on International Relations: Prof Cecelia Lynch

Prof Cecelia Lynch, of the University of California, Irvine, discusses the academic career of US foreign policy and disarmament expert Dr Merze Tate.
The Global Thinkers Series, Oxford

Life and thought of Vijaya Lakshmi Pandit: Prof Manu Bhagavan

Professor Manu Bhagavan, of Hunter College and CUNY, speaks on the life and work of Indian diplomat and politician Vijaya Lakshmi Pandit.
The Global Thinkers Series, Oxford

Gilberto Freyre - International Intellectual, Ancestor of Southern Theory: Professor Peter Burke and Dr Maria Lúcia Garcia Pallares-Burke

Prof Peter Burke and Dr Maria Lúcia Garcia Pallares-Burke of the University of Cambridge speak on Gilberto Freyre.

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