| Abraham and Moses as Entrepreneurs: Educating for the Future with Narratives of the Past |
How does the global entrepreneurial discourse, which advocates for a neoliberal, individualistic, and future-oriented identity, intersects with a state education system that seeks to establish a collectivist and ethno-national identity? |
Sari R. Alfi Nissan |
22 November, 2024 |
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| Synagogues in Israeli Urban Internal Frontiers as Symbols of Sovereignty |
Israeli synagogues in mixed cities following the 1948 war, and their sovereign role |
David Borabeck |
15 November, 2024 |
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| The Hubble Tension |
Professor Prateek Agrawal discusses the ongoing crisis in cosmology regarding the measurement of the Hubble parameter by two separate probes in this Morning of Theoretical Physics talk from 9th November, 2024 |
Prateek Agrawal |
15 November, 2024 |
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| Cosmic strings and gravitational waves from the early Universe |
Professor Edward Hardy discusses how the network of cosmic strings that occurs in some theories of the early Universe evolves and emits gravitational waves in this Morning of Theoretical Physics talk from 9th November, 2024. |
Edward Hardy |
15 November, 2024 |
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| The European Union |
How does the European Union conduct its foreign policy in a turbulent world? |
Jan Eijking, Nicholas Westcott |
11 November, 2024 |
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| Greenpeace |
Climate change is one of the most pressing issues of our times. One of the most important organisations dedicated to the topic is Greenpeace. How has Greenpeace dealt with shocks in the past, and what is the future of climate activism in a turbulent world |
Jan Eijkin, Kumi Naidoo |
11 November, 2024 |
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| The Organisation for Economic Cooperation and Development |
The growing membership of the OECD today accounts for 41.1% of global GDP. This powerful organisation is dedicated to stimulating economic growth and setting international standards. But what does the OECD do exactly? How has it dealt with past crises? |
Jan Eijking, Mari Kiviniemi |
11 November, 2024 |
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| The World Health Organisation |
What is the future of global public health? |
Jan Eijking, Ilona Kickbusch |
11 November, 2024 |
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| Consciousness in Humans and in Other Things |
How do conscious experiences arise from brains and bodies? What is the ‘self’? Anil Seth sheds light on these questions through the idea of the brain as an embodied ‘prediction machine’. The Charles Simonyi Lecture 2024. |
Anil Seth, Marcus du Sautoy |
7 November, 2024 |
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| Tahrir, Gaza, and beyond: revolution, liberation, and praxis |
Researcher and writer, Rusha Latif, gives a talk based on her new book ‘Tahrir’s Youth: Leaders of a Leaderless Revolution’ |
Rusha Latif, Walter Armbrust |
31 October, 2024 |
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| From the Cradle to the Street: Family and the 1979 Revolution in Iran |
Professor Naghmeh Sohrabi, Charles (Corky) Goodman Professor of Middle East History and Director for Research at the Crown Center for Middle East Studies, Brandeis University, describes the role of the family in the 1979 Revolution in Iran. |
Naghmeh Sohrabi, Maryam Alemzadeh |
31 October, 2024 |
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| The challenges of writing Middle East history after 7 October: from Gaza to the climate crisis |
Dr Ibrahim Al-Marashi reflects on the process of researching and writing the latest edition of his book, ‘A Concise History of the Middle East’. |
Ibrahim al-Marashi, Eugene Rogan |
25 October, 2024 |
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| Why digital health and care interventions fail and what we can do about it |
Unfortunately, many digital health interventions fail to realize their potential. Although there is no recipe for success, there are ways in which developers, implementers, and adopters can help to maximize successful implementation, adoption, and scaling |
Professor Kathrin Cresswell |
25 October, 2024 |
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| The Portus Magnus of Alexandria: 25 years of underwater archaeological research |
The ancient Portus Magnus of Alexandria with its sunken royal quarter was once home to historical figures Cleopatra VII and Mark Antony. Franck Goddio discusses his many years of exploration at the site and some key discoveries. |
Franck Goddio, Damian Robinson |
22 October, 2024 |
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| Underwater archaeology: 20 years of collaboration between OCMA and IEASM |
Egypt's sunken ancient cities have been the fieldwork project of the European Institute for Underwater Archaeology (IEASM) since 1992. Franck Goddio discusses key finds and the creation of Oxford Centre for Maritime Archaeology. |
Franck Goddio, Damian Robinson |
21 October, 2024 |
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| Joseph Boyle |
Meet Worcester's Sustainability Research Assistant. |
Joseph Boyle, David Isaac |
8 October, 2024 |
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| Asymmetrical Sympathies: the Global North’s Response to Protection Seekers |
Why are some countries across the Global North more open and accepting towards refugees than others? How can asymmetrical sympathies and differential treatments be better understood? We search for answers with an expert panel. |
Isabelle Lemay, Bridget Anderson, Rob McNeil, Jacqui Broadhead |
23 August, 2024 |
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| Kenneth Lonergan |
Meet director and screenwriter Kenneth Lonergan. |
Kenneth Lonergen, David Isaac |
23 August, 2024 |
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| AI and the Future of Audio. Episode 3 - Meet NAT, the AI-generated presenter offering soft news to Mexican audiences |
Mexican news organisation 'Grupo Fórmula' has created an AI news anchor to attract younger audiences. Host Gretel Kahn spoke with Oswaldo Aguilar Castro, Director of Technology and AI Infrastructure. |
Oswaldo Aguilar Castro, Gretel Kahn |
6 August, 2024 |
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| Integrating Disability Across the Community |
Watch the replay of the Social Sciences Division's Inaugural EDI lecture, an inspiring event, delving into the heart of disability justice and culture with Rosemarie Garland-Thomson, Professor of English and Bioethics at Emory University. |
Rosemarie Garland-Thomson, Jonathan Herring |
2 August, 2024 |
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| The Making of the Modern Muslim State: Islam and Governance in the Middle East and North Africa |
Professor Malika Zeghal (Harvard University) presents her new book 'The Making of the Modern Muslim State: Islam and Governance in the Middle East and North Africa', an innovative analysis that traces the continuity of the state’s custodianship of Islam. |
Malika Zeghal |
30 July, 2024 |
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| The future of Particle Physics |
Professor Daniela Bortoletto, Head of Particle Physics at University of Oxford, considers future advancements in particle physics and the ongoing quest to understand the universe's fundamental nature. |
Daniela Bortoletto |
30 July, 2024 |
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| Neutrino oscillations |
Professor Paul Harrison (University of Warwick) discusses the life and work of Don Perkins, focusing on neutrino oscillations. He reminisces about meeting Perkins in 1994 and the theoretical framework they developed together. |
Paul Harrison |
26 July, 2024 |
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| Cosmic Rays / Dark Matter |
Professor Jocelyn Monroe (Particle Physics, University of Oxford) discusses cosmic rays, dark matter, and the work of Don Perkins, focusing on the tools of particle astrophysics. |
Jocelyn Monroe |
26 July, 2024 |
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| Neutrinos at Soudan and proton decay |
Join Professor Mark Thomson on a journey through particle physics from his early days in proton decay experiments to roles in major neutrino projects like MINOS and DUNE, and the profound implications of particle physics research. |
Mark Thomson |
26 July, 2024 |
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| Don Perkins and Neutral Currents |
Professor Deiter Haidt, Don Perkin's collaborator on the Gargamelle project at CERN, details the seminal contributions of Don Perkins to neutrino physics and the Standard Model. |
Dieter Haidt |
19 July, 2024 |
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| The early years: Bristol, Emulsions, Pion discovery |
Professor Brian Foster (Experimental Physics at University of Oxford) explores the early years of Don Perkins in particle physics, his pion discovery, and his lasting impact on the field and cancer therapy. |
Brian Foster |
19 July, 2024 |
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| Don Perkins and Charged Currents |
Professor Chris Llewelyn-Smith provides a detailed account of Don Perkins' contributions to particle physics, his role as a leading figure, and his impact on the field through his work on neutrino interactions and particle physics. |
Chris Llewelyn-Smith |
19 July, 2024 |
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| Hunger Artistry: Kafka and the Art of Starvation |
Kafka’s provocative story “The Hunger Artist” explores starvation, art, and the nature of human existence. Experts discuss the story and its reception. |
Peter Boxall, Ankhi Mukherjee, Meindert Peters, Karen Leeder, Alys Moody |
10 July, 2024 |
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| Asian Territorial Deity Cosmologies as Vehicles for the Transmission of Buddhadharma (Oxford Treasure Seminar Series) |
Robert Mayer's analysis of Guru Chowang's enduring connection between territorial deity cosmologies and the preservation of hidden teachings in Tibetan Buddhism |
Robert Mayer |
5 July, 2024 |
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| Nāgas and relic treasures in the Mahāvaṃsa (Oxford Treasure Seminar Series) |
Kristin Scheible uncovers the hidden role of nāgas in defining Buddhist treasures and explores their surprising significance in safeguarding sacred relics through early texts |
Kristin Scheible |
5 July, 2024 |
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| Modernist Photobooks, Propaganda and the Everyday |
Associate Professor Donna West Brett gives a lecture on the collection of photobooks donated to the Bodleian Library in 2020 by Sir Charles Chadwyck-Healey. |
Donna West Brett |
3 July, 2024 |
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| The Future of War and Peace |
Professor Jean-Marie Guéhenno explores how societal changes, globalisation, technology and power dynamics are shaping the landscape of conflict and peace to a packed Rhodes House auditorium. |
Jean-Marie Guéhenno |
28 June, 2024 |
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| The changing dynamics of mixed health systems in low and middle-income countries (LMIC) |
Professor Kabir Sheikh discusses how social trends shape health systems in low- and middle-income countries, focusing on the complex mix of public-private, traditional-modern, and digital-nondigital axes. |
Kabir Sheikh |
26 June, 2024 |
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| Some generalizations about the shape and geographical spread of Latin textual traditions |
Episode 4 of the Lyell lectures 2024 delivered by Professor Stephen Oakley. |
Stephen Oakley |
20 June, 2024 |
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| What happens when incunables replace manuscripts? |
Episode 4 of the Lyell lectures 2024 delivered by Professor Stephen Oakley. |
Stephen Oakley |
20 June, 2024 |
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| Cross-fertilization and the limits of the genealogical method: the case of Catullus |
Episode 3 of the Lyell lectures 2024 delivered by Professor Stephen Oakley. |
Stephen Oakley |
20 June, 2024 |
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| The transmission of the Corpus Cyprianum and Pontius’ Life of Cyprian |
Episode 2 of the Lyell lectures 2024 delivered by Professor Stephen Oakley. |
Stephen Oakley |
20 June, 2024 |
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| The transmission of Julius Caesar’s Civil War |
Episode 1 of the Lyell lectures 2024 delivered by Professor Stephen Oakley. |
Stephen Oakley |
18 June, 2024 |
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| The Successive Avatars of the Heart Essence of the Ḍākinī: Termas as Continuous Revelation (Oxford Treasure Seminar Series) |
Team presentation on the project "For a Critical History of the Northern Treasures" (FCHNT) |
For a Critical History of the Northern Treasures (FCHNT) |
13 June, 2024 |
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| Concealed Prosperity: Why People and Territorial Deities Need Treasures (Oxford Treasure Seminar Series) |
This talk explores the intricate cosmology of territorial deities in Tibet and related concepts of land, prosperity, and fecundity, as well as sociality and socio-political organisation |
Anna Sehnalova |
13 June, 2024 |
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| Limits and Alternative Approaches to Peacemaking |
The liberal peace is gone and is not coming back. This presentation attempts to sketch some of the new (or perhaps more prominent) actors and approaches that are taking its place. |
Roger Mac Ginty |
12 June, 2024 |
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| Navigating Climate and Peace |
Conflict prevention is vital in Sudan and the Sahel. Conflict drivers include climate and bad governance. Round Lake Chad, 48% of youths joining Boko Haram sought money and prestige after losing livelihoods as the lake shrinks. |
Nisreen Elsaim |
12 June, 2024 |
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| Global Fragmentation and its Impact on Peace Processes |
Dr Mateja Peter introduces PeaceRep, a new data collection effort. |
Mateja Peter |
12 June, 2024 |
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| New actors and changes? |
Dr Richard Baltrop provides some observations from peace processes in Africa and the Middle East. |
Richard Baltrop |
12 June, 2024 |
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| AI and Peace and Security: the opportunities and challenges |
Sam Daws with some observations on the efforts of the UN, regional organisations and national governments to govern and provide ethical frameworks for AI, and what pivotal and innovative technology means for multilateral governance. |
Sam Daws |
12 June, 2024 |
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| The Private Sector and Pathways to Peace-building |
The responsibilties of business are shifting on issues such as human rights, labour conditions, climate change, social and economic inclusion and systemic integrity. Dr Isabella Bunn introduces a paper providing an overview of several key initiatives. |
Isabella Bunn |
12 June, 2024 |
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| ‘Franz Kafka’s ‘Metamorphosis’: Insects and Disgust and Repulsion’ |
Franz Kafka exploited people’s disgust at insects as his protagonist, Greger Samsa, was transformed into a giant insect. Is this disgust innate, widely shared or justified and what are the consequences for our treatment of insects? |
Liam Crowley, Rosemary Gillespie, Clair Linzey, Geraldine Wright |
12 June, 2024 |
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| Dealing with Intractable Conflicts by De-escalation and the Initiation of an Incremental Procedural Process |
Highly escalated conflicts between groups are characterised by deep animosities and contradicting demands, thus posing enormous challenges for conflict resolution. Daniel Schaefer's proposal envisages an incremental approach. |
Daniel Schaefer |
12 June, 2024 |
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| Tuberculosis: vaccines, diagnostics and experience |
Kafka died in 1924 of tuberculosis, which remains one of the world’s deadliest infectious diseases. This talk looks at the various aspects of tuberculosis from candidate vaccines, the role of genetics in TB treatments and the perspective of a patient. |
Helen McShane, Philip Fowler |
12 June, 2024 |
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| Chirality in living systems |
Prof Alexander Mietke discusses recent findings in this field that have linked chirality in living systems to the formation of a left-right body axis in organisms and to a new kind of elasticity that is found in crystals formed by starfish embryos. |
Alexander Mietke |
11 June, 2024 |
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| Imaging living systems |
Dr Adrien Hallou presents a new methodology called 'spatial mechano-transcriptomics', which allows the simultaneous measurement of the mechanical and transcriptional states of cells in a multicellular tissue at single cell resolution. |
Adrien hallou |
11 June, 2024 |
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| Statistical physics of living systems |
Professor Julia Yeomans describes how mechanical models are being extended to incorporate the unique properties of living systems |
Julia Yeomans |
11 June, 2024 |
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| The Loneliest Revolution: A Memoir of Solidarity and Struggle in Iran |
Ali Mirsepassi in conversation with Stephanie Cronin about his new book |
Ali Mirsepassi, Stephanie Cronin |
6 June, 2024 |
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| Kafka’s Metamorphosis |
An in-depth exploration of the theme of transformation in Kafka's "The Metamorphosis". Why does Kafka's story still resonate today? |
Carolin Duttlinger, Bary Murnane, Karen Leeder |
3 June, 2024 |
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| Dancing "The Metamorphosis" |
One of the most striking transformations of Kafka's most famous story is into an acclaimed performance for the Royal Ballet. |
Meindert Peters, Karen Leeder |
3 June, 2024 |
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| Kafka and Humour |
Award-winning comedian David Baddiel discusses the kinds of humour that operate in Kafka and how laughter and nightmare are often closer than you think |
David Baddiel, Karen Leeder |
3 June, 2024 |
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| Kafka and Comics |
Kafka's "The Metamorphosis" has been translated into many languages and forms. This podcast explores Peter Kuper's graphic novel. |
Alexandra Lloyd, Karen Leeder |
3 June, 2024 |
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| Kafka and Race |
The transformation that takes place in "The Metamorphosis" has been referenced in any number of recent works by writers that explore issues of race, otherness and power. |
Kirstin Gwyer, Karen Leeder |
3 June, 2024 |
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| Kafka and Ecology |
Although Kafka does not treat environmental issues directly, his work has much to say about time, scale, uncertainty, inside and out and ecology in a broader sense, along our own position in a fragile world. |
Conor Brennan, Karen Leeder |
3 June, 2024 |
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| Kafka and Illness |
Using Kafka's "The Metamorphosis" as a starting point, this memoir of MS examines a range of lives and works to think through how illness challenges identity and how literature can help find a way through. |
Robert Douglas-Fairhurst, Karen Leeder |
3 June, 2024 |
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| The Brazilian Kafka: Clarice Lispector |
Dubbed "the Brazilian Kafka", the writer Clarice Lispector wrote an experimental text that seems to echo the "Metamorphosis" in a number of ways. |
Claire Williams, Karen Leeder |
3 June, 2024 |
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| J. M. Coetzee and Kafka |
Nobel-prize winning author J. M. Coetzee has continued to reflect on and respond to Kafka in different ways throughout his life and work. |
Elleke Boehmer, Karen Leeder |
3 June, 2024 |
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| Two Czech Reflections on Greta Samsa |
The figure of the sister, Greta Samsa, in Kafka's story "The Metamorphosis" has fascinated writers and thinkers since the story was written. |
Rajendra Chitnis, Karen Leeder |
3 June, 2024 |
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| Writing Back: Spanish Literature |
Two important works of modern Spanish literature both take their cue from Kafka's letters to his companion, the Czech writer, journalist and translator Milena Jesenska. |
Daniela Omlor, Karen Leeder |
3 June, 2024 |
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| Writing Back: Russian Literature |
Although Kafka and his work was frowned on behind the iron curtain, his works had a remarkable subterranean currency. This podcast takes its cue from Kafka's story "The Judgement" to discuss the "letters" written back to Kafka from today's Russia. |
Sophia Buck, Karen Leeder |
3 June, 2024 |
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| The UK’s development strategy and the new economic and geopolitical challenges |
The Minister for Development and Africa, Andrew Mitchell MP, will join us to discuss how to address these challenges as well as seize new opportunities. |
Andrew Mitchell, Stefan Dercon, Emily Jones, Ricardo Soares de Oliveira |
30 May, 2024 |
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| Sleep, Insomnia and Wellbeing: Historical Perspectives |
The Sleep and the Rhythms of Life Network welcomed Brigitte Steger (Japanese Studies, Cambridge) and Megan Leitch (English Literature, Cardiff, and President of the International Arthurian Society British Branch) to present two papers. |
Brigitte Steger, Megan Leitch |
22 May, 2024 |
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| Book talk: 'Not the end of the world: how we can be the first generation to build a sustainable planet' |
Hannah Ritchie discusses her new book 'Not the end of the world' with Prof Charles Godfray. |
Hannah Ritchie, Charles Godfray |
20 May, 2024 |
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| The Damascus Events Book Launch, Oxford |
Book Launch for "The Damascus Events: the 1860 Massacre and the Destruction of the Old Ottoman World" By Eugene Rogan, Published in hardback by Allen Lane, 2 May 2024. |
Eugene Rogan |
17 May, 2024 |
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| Pirates, Poets, and "Plagiarism" |
How Lord Byron translated, and was translated by, Greek poetry and reality. |
Alicia Stallings |
17 May, 2024 |
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| 2024 Disability Lecture: Changing the disability narrative - from unseen to understood |
Oxford and Harvard alumna Beth Kume-Holland shares her personal journey from Oxford undergraduate and researcher to award-winning CEO and international disability rights advocate. |
Beth Kume-Holland, Sarah Stephenson-Hunter, Irene Tracey |
16 May, 2024 |
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| Strachey Lecture: The Computer in the Sky |
The talk will emphasize the diversity of mathematical tools necessary for understanding blockchain protocols and their applications |
Tim Roughgarden |
16 May, 2024 |
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| BHM Lecture 2023: Ann Pratt, Mary Seacole, and Questioning British History |
Dr Christienna Fryar, writer and independent historian of Britain and the Caribbean, tells the stories of two mixed-race Jamaican women and questions the fraught relationship between British history and Black British history. |
Christienna Fryar, Tim Soutphommasane |
14 May, 2024 |
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| Reflections on Tunisian Women's Continued Fight for Respect, Dignity and Rights: Focus on Women in the Labour Movement |
MEC Women's Rights Research Seminar delivered by Dr Heba El-Shazli (George Mason University) Chaired by Dr Maryam Alemzadeh (St Antony's College) |
Heba El-Shazli, Maryam Alemzadeh |
14 May, 2024 |
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| The Poetics of Text Reuse |
The Poetics of Text Reuse: Digital Intertextuality in the Eighteenth-century Archive |
Glenn Roe |
10 May, 2024 |
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| The United Nations and the Question of Palestine |
Professor Ardi Imseis new book explores the UN’s management of the longest-running problem on its agenda, critically assessing tensions between the Organisation’s position and international law. |
Ardi Imseis, Eugene Rogan |
7 May, 2024 |
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| Healthcare Within a Humanitarian Crisis: Experiences from Gaza |
Mr Khaled Dawas shares his recent experiences of working in Gaza as a surgeon providing emergency care. |
Khaled Dawas, Brenda Kelly, Jane Crawley |
29 April, 2024 |
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| Artificial Intelligence and Health Security, managing the risks |
Professor Karl Roberts, University of New England, NSW, Australia gives a talk on generative AI and large language models as applied to healthcare. |
Karl Roberts |
17 April, 2024 |
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| Exploring Chaucer Here and Now |
In this webinar, Professor Marion Turner introduces some of the themes of Chaucer Here and Now, the exhibition currently on view at the Weston Library. |
Marion Turner |
5 April, 2024 |
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| Politics, Innovation and Change: The Path to Net Zero |
Professor Nick Watts explores net zero in the context of health care. |
Nick Watts |
3 April, 2024 |
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| 'The hooly blisful martir for to seke' Manuscripts with Chaucer’s pilgrims |
Chaucer’s Canterbury Tales tell the story of pilgrims 'from every shires ende / Of Engelond to Caunterbury they wende’. Experience these journeys, both real and imagined, through medieval manuscripts from the Bodleian collection live under the visualiser. |
Alison Ray, Andrew Dunning |
3 April, 2024 |
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| The Vagueness of Demandingness Objections |
A St Cross Special Ethics Seminar, recorded at St Cross College, Oxford in February 2024. |
Marcel van Ackeren |
28 March, 2024 |
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| Diaspora Communities: Powerful Partners Driving Change |
What makes diaspora communities unique? We learn about the roles of diasporas, contributions to development and humanitarian initiatives across the globe and unpack how people living in diaspora drive change in their communities. |
Alan Gamlen, Larisa Lara, Martin Russell, Rob McNeil, Jacqui Broadhead, Delphine Boagey |
20 March, 2024 |
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| The Miracle of Quantum Error Correction |
In this talk, Benedikt Placke introduces QEC and explains how the unique interplay between the classical and the quantum world enables us to efficiently correct errors effecting such systems. |
Benedikt Placke |
15 March, 2024 |
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| Simulating physics beyond computer power |
In this talk Alessio Lerose discusses the seminal idea of simulating Nature via a controllable quantum system rather than a classical computer. He discusses recent advances that brought us closer to the ultimate goal of a universal quantum simulator. |
Alessio Lerose |
15 March, 2024 |
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| A liquid of quarks and gluons |
Jasmine Brewer covers recent progress on studying the properties of the quark-gluon plasma, and describe how we can capitalize on lessons learned from high-energy physics to provide new insights on this novel material. |
Jasmine Brewer |
15 March, 2024 |
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| 2023 Annual Uehiro Lectures in Practical Ethics: Knowledge and Achievement as Public Policy Goals (3 of 3) |
A recording of the third and final of Professor Hurka's rescheduled lectures, series title Knowledge and Achievement: Their Value, Nature, and Public Policy Role |
Thomas Hurka |
15 March, 2024 |
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| 2023 Annual Uehiro Lectures in Practical Ethics: Degrees of Value in Knowledge and Achievement (2 of 3) |
A recording of the second of Professor Hurka's rescheduled lectures, series title "Knowledge and Achievement: Their Value, Nature, and Public Policy Role" |
Thomas Hurka |
15 March, 2024 |
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| 2023 Annual Uehiro Lectures in Practical Ethics: Knowledge and Achievement as Organic Goods (1 of 3) |
A recording of the first of Professor Hurka's rescheduled lectures, series title "Knowledge and Achievement: Their Value, Nature, and Public Policy Role" |
Thomas Hurka |
15 March, 2024 |
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| Webs of oppression’ in everyday organizing in Palestine: An Intersectional Feminist Analysis |
This talk delves into the multifaceted challenges Palestinian women activists face, revealing how intersecting oppressions within a settler-colonized society shape their organizing efforts and experiences, challenging singular analyses of patriarchy. |
Amal W Nazzal, Maryam Alemzadeh |
7 March, 2024 |
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| The Gender Effect in Intra-Party Meritocracy (with Rabia Kutlu) |
This lecture explores how parliamentary activity affects the candidacy list placements of MPs in closed-list PR systems, particularly focusing on the interaction between gender and candidacy list decisions. |
Rabia Kutlu, Tugba Bozcaga, Maryam Alemzadeh |
7 March, 2024 |
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| The International Monetary Fund |
How does the global financial system cope with a turbulent world? |
Jan Eijking, Maurice Obstfeld |
28 February, 2024 |
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| Is a Binational State Possible After 7 October? |
In this podcast, Oxford Emeritus Professor Avi Shlaim compares notes with Exeter University Professor Ilan Pappé on the prospects for a binational state in the aftermath of the events of 7 October and the Gaza War. |
Ilan Pappe, Avi Shlaim |
28 February, 2024 |
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| An Adaptive Targeted Field Experiment: Job Search Assistance for Refugees in Jordan |
How can different kinds of policy help refugees and other displaced populations find work? This project focuses on three interventions designed to improve formal employment outcomes for Syrian refugees and local jobseekers in Jordan. |
Stefano Caria, Max Kasy, Simon Quinn |
22 February, 2024 |
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| Mr Eugenides after the Burning of Smyrna: George Seferis and The Waste Land |
A.E. Stallings gave a lecture as the Oxford Professor of Poetry on 15 February 2024. She talked on Mr Eugenides after the Burning of Smyrna: George Seferis and The Waste Land |
Alicia Stallings |
20 February, 2024 |
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| United Nations Peacekeeping |
UN peacekeeping expert Renata Dwan shares first-hand experience with peacekeeping in Mali, peacekeeping after the Arab Spring, and how peacekeeping was affected by the 2008 financial crisis. |
Renata Dwan, Jan Eijking |
20 February, 2024 |
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| Artivism and Migration |
Intersections of art and activism are used as a tool to promote diversity, address human rights and make calls to action in contexts of migration. What is artivism and how can it support individuals to tell their own stories? |
Salma Zulfiqar, Natalia Federenko, Ruth Nyabuto, Rob McNeil, Jacqui Broadhead, Delphine Boagey |
20 February, 2024 |
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| Panel Discussion: Recognizing Palestinian Statehood: European views |
A discussion of European initiatives to recognize the State of Palestine to advance the prospects for a two-state solution. |
Alon Liel, Haizam Amirah-Fernández, Chris Doyle |
19 February, 2024 |
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| Genocide and Accountability in Gaza: The Limits and Potential of International Law |
Prof Noura Erakat explores the significance of South Africa's application of the Convention on the Prevention and Punishment of the Crime of Genocide in the Gaza Strip before the International Court of Justice, and the Court's decision to hear the case. |
Noura Erakat |
14 February, 2024 |
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