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Episode Title	Description	People	Date
Why should we study Shakespeare?	Dr Emma Smith of Hertford College, Oxford, discusses her current research and proposes why we should still study Shakespeare.	Emma Smith, Ilana Lassman	31 July, 2013
A behavioural perspective of translating evidence to policy and practice	Susan Michie, Professor of Health Psychology, UCL, gives a talk at Kellogg College for the Centre for Evidence Based Medicine.	Susan Michie	16 July, 2013
How Youtube is being used as a platform to share opinions and experiences of a controversial treatment for Multiple Sclerosis	Brandon O'Neill, DPhil Candidate, PCHS, gives a lecture on treating Multiple Sclerosis and how social media is being used to share experiences of patients.	Brandon O'Neill	16 July, 2013
Dr Carl Heneghan and John Balla discuss the evidence relating to diagnostics	Dr Carl Heneghan and John Balla discuss the evidence relating to diagnostics.	Carl Heneghan, John Balla	26 June, 2013
'New Wars' and the Horn of Africa	New wars and the Horn of Africa.	Peter Woodward	10 June, 2013
Peter D McDonald in conversation with Amit Chaudhuri	Peter D. McDonald talks to Amit Chaudhuri about his work as a novelist, critic and musician, focusing on his interest in the specificity of the many media he uses and on the challenge of thinking about cultural interconnectedness in new ways.	Peter McDonald, Amit Chaudhuri	5 June, 2013
Peter D McDonald in conversation with Antjie Krog	Peter D. McDonald talks to Antjie Krog about her relationship to Afrikaans, English and African languages, about the promise and perils of translation, and about the challenges of and for writing in a multilingual democracy.	Peter McDonald, Antjie Krog	4 June, 2013
Peter D McDonald in conversation with Derek Attridge	Peter D. McDonald and Derek Attridge reflect on their different approaches to the questions of literature and public value, and on the bearing this has for teaching and research today.	Peter McDonald, Derek Attridge	4 June, 2013
MSc in EBHC: Introduction to the Practice of Evidence-Based Health Care	Annette Pluddermann, Senior researcher DPCHS, gives an introduction to the Practice of Evidence-Based Health Care	Annette Pluddermann	28 May, 2013
War Crimes, Character, and Responsibility	A discussion of military ethics and war crimes.	Jessica Wolfendale	24 May, 2013
The global and Euro area crises: Will next time be different?	Sean Berrigan Director for Financial Stability and Monetary Affairs in DG ECFIN at the European Commission gives a seminar on the Euro crisis. Chaired by Max Watson of St Antony's College, Oxford.	Sean Berrigan, Max Watson	22 May, 2013
"Europe Nothing Left to Die for?" NATO's European Allies, Military Capabilities and Political Will	Drawing on her recent book, Janne Matlary addresses the question of burden-sharing in NATO and the role of the US's European allies.	Janne Matlary	17 May, 2013
Insurgencies: The Challenges of Intervention	Professor Beatrice Heuser looks at the systemic challenges of intervening in insurgency.	Beatrice Heuser	9 May, 2013
How to Clear a Room: Towards a Sociology of Contemporary Urban Combat	A discussion of the sociology of contemporary urban combat and professionalism in the military.	Anthony King	9 May, 2013
The 'Arab Spring' and Future Humanitarian Challenges	25 April 2013, Special lecture co-hosted by ELAC, the new Oxford Martin Programme on Human Rights for Future Generations and the Oxford Humanitarian Group by Yves Daccord (Director-General of the International Committee of the Red Cross, ICRC).	Yves Daccord	30 April, 2013
Peter D. McDonald in conversation with Arvind Krishna Mehrotra	Peter D. McDonald talks to Arvind Krishna Mehrotra about his work as a poet, critic and translator, focusing on the idea of triangulation and his interest in the intersections between languages and literary traditions.	Peter McDonald, Arvind Mehrotra	23 April, 2013
Political-Military Strategy-Making in Regional Command South Afghanistan	Drawing from his own experience, Todd Greentree discusses political-military strategy-making in regional Command South Afghanistan.	Todd Greentree	19 April, 2013
Where to Now for Just War Theory?	Professor Jeff McMahan (Rutgers) with Dr Janina Dill and Dr Hugo Slim (ELAC, Oxford) discuss the Just War theory for the Ethics, Law and Armed Conflict seminar series on 8th February 2013.	Hugo Slim, Jeff McMahan, Janina Dill	2 April, 2013
Critical Voices on the Responsibility to Protect	Dr Aidan Hehir (Director of the Security and International Relations Programme, University of Westminster) and Dr Ann-Christin Raschdorf (Former Visiting Fellow, ELAC 2011), are chaired by Professor Jennifer Welsh on 9th November 2012.	Aidan Hehir, Ann-Christin Raschdorf, Jennifer Welsh	26 March, 2013
Careers Seminar 2013	A careers event organised by Lucy Hawkins (Careers Service) and Rachel Woodruff, (History of Art Dept) with speakers from the Arts and Heritage sectors, including recent alumni of the Department, providing insights into their careers.	Lucy Hawkins, Ruth Millington, Holly Harris, Katharine Arnold, Toby Monk, Lucy Phillips	14 March, 2013
Torture and Human Dignity	25 Jan 2013, ELAC/Oxford Martin HRFG Programme Discussion Event with Professors David J. Luban, Jeremy Waldron and Henry Shue, chaired by Dr David Rodin.	David Lubin, David Rodin, Jeremy Waldron, Henry Shue	11 March, 2013
The End of the Anglo-Saxon Era: Australia's Defence in the Asian Century	Professor Hugh White (Professor of Strategic Studies, Australian National University) on 30 Oct 2012, this talk is for the ELAC/CCW Seminar Series.	Hugh White	11 March, 2013
International Order and Violent Extremism: Lessons from Sri Lanka	Professor Sir Adam Roberts (President, British Academy and Emeritus Professor of International Relations, Oxford) gives a talk for the ELAC/CCW Seminar Series on 23 Oct 2012.	Sir Adam Roberts	11 March, 2013
Legitimate Targets? The Partial Effectiveness of International Law in US Air Warfare	Dr Janina Dill, Department of International Relations, Oxford University, gives a talk about US Air Warfare and International Law, organised by the Changing Character of War programme, Oxford University.	Janina Dill	4 March, 2013
'Careful What you Wish For': Peace, Military Literacy, and the Future of the Use of Force in G-8 Countries	Professor Ivan Arreguin-Toft, Blavatnik School of Government, Oxford University, gives a talk about the future of Military force in G-8 countries, organised by the Changing Character of War programme, Oxford University.	Ivan Arreguin-Toft	4 March, 2013
Private Maritime Security and the Introduction of an International Regulatory Structure	Peter Cook, Founder and Security Director of the Security Association for the Maritime Industry (SAMI), gives a talk on Maritime Security, organised by the Changing Character of War programme, Oxford University.	Peter Cook	4 March, 2013
Research Seminar: Francis Vernon, the Early Royal Society and the First English Encounter with Greek Architecture	This lecture was delivered at the University Of Oxford History Of Art Department's Research Seminar series by Dr Matthew Walker, History of Art Department, University of Oxford.	Matthew Walker	20 February, 2013
Slade Lectures 2009: Week 6: Organicism: National Energy and Natural Flux	Sixth lecture from the series "Style versus the State: Naturalism and Avant-gardism in Third Republic France, 1880-1900" given by Professor Richard Thomson as part of the annual Slade Art Lectures.	Richard Thomson	18 February, 2013
Slade Lectures 2009: Week 5: The 'Populaire': Identifying or Imagining Art from Below	Fifth lecture from the series "Style versus the State: Naturalism and Avant-gardism in Third Republic France, 1880-1900" given by Professor Richard Thomson as part of the annual Slade Art Lectures.	Richard Thomson	18 February, 2013
Slade Lectures 2009: Week 4: The Caricatural: Visual Humour and Subversive Style	Fourth lecture from the series "Style versus the State: Naturalism and Avant-gardism in Third Republic France, 1880-1900" given by Professor Richard Thomson as part of the annual Slade Art Lectures.	Richard Thomson	18 February, 2013
Slade Lectures 2009: Week 3: Naturalism: Flexibility or Failure of Style?	Third lecture from the series "Style versus the State: Naturalism and Avant-gardism in Third Republic France, 1880-1900" given by Professor Richard Thomson as part of the annual Slade Art Lectures.	Richard Thomson	18 February, 2013
Slade Lectures 2009: Week 2: Naturalism at the Service of the Republic	Second lecture from the series "Style versus the State: Naturalism and Avant-gardism in Third Republic France, 1880-1900" given by Professor Richard Thomson as part of the annual Slade Art Lectures.	Richard Thomson	18 February, 2013
Slade Lectures 2009: Week 1: Defining the Dominant Naturalism	First lecture from the series "Style versus the State: Naturalism and Avant-gardism in Third Republic France, 1880-1900" given by Professor Richard Thomson as part of the annual Slade Art Lectures.	Richard Thomson	18 February, 2013
Slade Lectures 2009: Week 8: Naturalism Strikes Back: Tradition, Consensus, Rupture	Eighth lecture from the series "Style versus the State: Naturalism and Avant-gardism in Third Republic France, 1880-1900" given by Professor Richard Thomson as part of the annual Slade Art Lectures.	Richard Thomson	18 February, 2013
Slade Lectures 2009: Week 7: Repudiating Naturalism: the Avant-garde Seeking Style	Seventh lecture from the series "Style versus the State: Naturalism and Avant-gardism in Third Republic France, 1880-1900" given by Professor Richard Thomson as part of the annual Slade Art Lectures.	Richard Thomson	18 February, 2013
A Queer-Like Smell	Best-selling author Val McDermid gives the 4th annual Oxford University lecture for LGBT History Month about her own experiences as a gay woman.	Val McDermid	7 February, 2013
A Welcome to the Programme in Evidence-Based Health Care	Dr Carl Heneghan, the Director of the Centre of Evidence-Based Medicine, gives a brief welcome to the Programme in Evidence-Based Health Care.	Carl Heneghan	7 February, 2013
An introduction to the Masters in Evidence-Based Health Care	Sharon Mickan, a Knowledge Translation Fellow in the Centre for Evidence Based Medicine, gives an introduction to the Masters in Evidence-Based Health Care.	Sharon Mickan	7 February, 2013
Europe: still a common vision?	Dr Wolfgang Schäuble (German Federal Minister of Finance) delivers a lecture for the European Studies Centre, St Antony's College on 29th October 2012.	Wolfgang Schäuble, Chris Patten, Othon Anistasakis, Margaret MacMillan	3 December, 2012
Addressing the crisis in Europe and the global economy: Lessons from the 1920s and 1930s?	A lecture at the St Anthony's College Oxford, European Studies Centre, given by Professor's David Vines and Patricia Clavin chaired by Maxwell Watson on 28th November 2012.	Maxwell Watson, David Vines, Patricia Clavin	3 December, 2012
Rousseau's copy of La Lettre à d'Alembert	Short podcast looking at Enlightenment philosopher Rousseau's copy of La Lettre à d'Alembert, housed in the Bodleian Library.	Nathalie Ferrand	23 November, 2012
Rousseau: Archive et Invention.	Professor Nathalie Ferrand (École Normale Supérieure Paris) gives the 2012 Besterman Lecture for the Voltaire Foundation. This lecture is in French.	Nathalie Ferrand	23 November, 2012
The Merchant of Venice	This lecture on The Merchant of Venice discusses the ways the play's personal relationships are shaped by models of financial transaction, using the casket scenes as a central example.	Emma Smith	20 November, 2012
Radiation and Reason	Professor Wade Allison gives a talk about his book 'Radiation and Reason; The Impact of Science on a Culture of Fear'.	Wade Allison	14 November, 2012
Taming of the Shrew	Emma Smith uses evidence of early reception and from more recent productions to discuss the question of whether Katherine is tamed at the end of the play.	Emma Smith	9 November, 2012
A Midsummer Night's Dream	This lecture on A Midsummer Night's Dream uses modern and early modern understandings of dreams to uncover a play less concerned with marriage and more with sexual desire.	Emma Smith	5 November, 2012
Much Ado About Nothing	Emma Smith asks why the characters are so quick to believe the self-proclaimed villain Don John, drawing on gender and performance criticism to think about male bonding, the genre of comedy, and the impulses of modern performance.	Emma Smith	30 October, 2012
01. Demographic Challenges for the 21st Century	Professor David Coleman gives the first lecture in his Demographic Trends and Problems of the Modern World series.	David Coleman	26 October, 2012
02. Numbering the people: the Census, Vital Registration and Population Registers	Professor David Coleman gives the second lecture on Demographics, where he looks at different ways in which governments and demographers have collected population data.	David Coleman	26 October, 2012
The Possibility of Religious-Secular Ethical Engagement Debate 1: Abortion	The Possibility of Religious-Secular Ethical Engagement: Abortion.	Charles Camosy, Julian Savulescu	24 October, 2012
Hamlet	The fact that father and son share the same name in Hamlet is used to investigate the play's nostalgia, drawing on biographical criticism and the religious and political history of early modern England.	Emma Smith	23 October, 2012
As You Like It	Asking 'what happens in As You Like It', this lecture considers the play's dramatic structure and its ambiguous use of pastoral, drawing on performance history, genre theory, and eco-critical approaches.	Emma Smith	23 October, 2012
The Possibility of Religious-Secular Ethical Engagement Debate 2: Euthanasia	The Possibility of Religious-Secular Ethical Engagement: Euthanasia.	Charles Camosy, Julian Savulescu	23 October, 2012
Great Writers Inspire Great Writing	Alex Pryce considers how writers are readers, influenced and inspired by the works of other writers.	Alex Pryce	19 September, 2012
5c. Of the Ancient and Modern Philosophies	Third and Final part of Lecture 5 of Peter Millican's series on David Hume's Treatise on Human Nature Book One. Of the Skeptical and Other Systems of Philosophy.	Peter Millican	1 August, 2012
5b. Of Skepticism with Regard to the Senses	Second part of Lecture 5 of Peter Millican's series on David Hume's Treatise on Human Nature Book One. Of the Skeptical and Other Systems of Philosophy.	Peter Millican	1 August, 2012
5a. Of Skepticism with Regard to Reason	First part of Lecture 5 of Peter Millican's series on David Hume's Treatise on Human Nature Book One. Of the Skeptical and Other Systems of Philosophy.	Peter Millican	1 August, 2012
4f. The Point of Hume's Analysis of Causation	Sixth part of Lecture 4 of Peter Millican's series on David Hume's Treatise on Human Nature Book One. Of Knowledge and Probability.	Peter Millican	1 August, 2012
4e. Understanding Hume on Causation	Fifth part of Lecture 4 of Peter Millican's series on David Hume's Treatise on Human Nature Book One. Of Knowledge and Probability.	Peter Millican	1 August, 2012
4d. Of the Necessary Connection	Fourth part of Lecture 4 of Peter Millican's series on David Hume's Treatise on Human Nature Book One. Of Knowledge and Probability.	Peter Millican	1 August, 2012
4c. Belief and Probability	Third part of Lecture 4 of Peter Millican's series on David Hume's Treatise on Human Nature Book One. Of Knowledge and Probability.	Peter Millican	1 August, 2012
4a. Relations, and a Detour to the Causal Maxim	First part of Lecture 4 of Peter Millican's series on David Hume's Treatise on Human Nature Book One. Of Knowledge and Probability.	Peter Millican	1 August, 2012
4b. The Argument Concerning Induction	Second part of Lecture 4 of Peter Millican's series on David Hume's Treatise on Human Nature Book One. Of Knowledge and Probability.	Peter Millican	1 August, 2012
3b. Space and Time	Second part of Lecture 3 of Peter Millican's series on David Hume's Treatise on Human Nature Book One. Abstract Ideas, Space and Time.	Peter Millican	1 August, 2012
3a. Hume's Theory of General (or Abstract) Ideas	First part of Lecture 3 of Peter Millican's series on David Hume's Treatise on Human Nature Book One. Abstract Ideas, Space and Time.	Peter Millican	1 August, 2012
2. Hume's Theory of Relations	Lecture 2 of Peter Millican's series on David Hume's Treatise on Human Nature Book One.	Peter Millican	1 August, 2012
1c. Hume's Faculty Psychology	Third part of lecture one of Peter Millican's series on David Hume's Treatise on Human Nature Book One.	Peter Millican	1 August, 2012
1b. The Theory of Ideas	Second part of lecture one of Peter Millican's series on David Hume's Treatise on Human Nature Book One.	Peter Millican	1 August, 2012
1a. Hume's Theory of Ideas and the Faculties	First part of lecture one of Peter Millican's series on David Hume's Treatise on Human Nature Book One.	Peter Millican	1 August, 2012
Physics and Philosophy: An Introduction	On the inextricable links between physics and philosophy and the ways in which one can lead to the other - how they complement each other in answering the big questions.	Ankita Anirban	30 July, 2012
From Argument to Experiment	Dr Christopher Palmer on the historical ties between physics and philosophy - from ancient philosophical thought through to the scientific revolution and the pioneers of modern physics.	Christopher Palmer, Ankita Anirban	30 July, 2012
Space and Time	Prof. Frank Arntzenius on whether space and time are absolute entities or simply relational properties derived from the idea of motion - an old debate between Newton and Leibniz, carried on today.	Frank Arntzenius, Ankita Anirban	30 July, 2012
Quantum Paradoxes	Prof. Vlatko Vedral on the mind-boggling and paradoxical nature of quantum mechanics and its consequences on modern technology - the possibilities of superfast computing and teleportation.	Vlatko Vedral, Ankita Anirban	30 July, 2012
Parallel Worlds	Dr. David Wallace on the many-worlds theory, an explanation of the baffling results that quantum mechanics provides us with - and that there may be more worlds than just our own.	David Wallace, Ankita Anirban	30 July, 2012
Consciousness and Computability	Prof. Sir Roger Penrose on the idea of artificial intelligence and whether consciousness can be replicated by a computer - a discussion of new physics which may take us closer to explaining the mind.	Roger Penrose, Ankita Anirban	30 July, 2012
The Impact of European Court of Human Rights' Decisions and Turkish Code Reforms Pertaining to the Headscarf on Islamist Women in Turkey: Enabling Emancipation or Legitimizing Discrimination?	Sarah Ficher, (American University), gives a talk for the Legal Reform and Political Change Affecting Women in the MENA Region held on Tuesday 12 June, 2012 in St Antony's College.	Sarah Ficher	20 July, 2012
What is a Classic? English Graduate Conference 2012 Panel Debate, Talk 3	Baroness Helena Kennedy QC, draws on her experience as a trustee of the Booker Prize and as a judge for many other literary prizes to offer a response to the question, 'What is a Classic?'.	Helena Kennedy	19 July, 2012
11. Does Government belong in the bedroom?	There are many examples, from the ancient world to Nazi Germany, of attempts to protect or to increase the birth rate and hence population size. Slides to accompany Prof David Coleman's talk on birth control from governments.	David Coleman	18 July, 2012
10. Who's afraid of population decline?	Fear of population decline has haunted states ever since states existed. Population size was the basis of the power, security and prosperity of any political entity. Slides to accompany Professor David Coleman's on the fear of population decline.	David Coleman	16 July, 2012
09. Bringing down the birth rate - family planning in the developing world	Traditionally, high birth rates were high. But as they were balanced by high death rates, population growth rates were usually very low. Prof David Coleman looks at family planning in the developing world.	David Coleman	12 July, 2012
08. After the demographic transition in the developing world	Fertility in all but 12 countries in the world is now falling. Where will it stop? In this talk, Prof David Coleman looks at the demographic transition in the developing world.	David Coleman	10 July, 2012
'Maritime Security in the Indian Ocean' and 'A New Era: The Iranian Navy, Strategy Expansion and Soft Power'	Cdre Keith Winstanley (CCW RN Hudson Fellow) and Cdr Tracy Vincent (CCW US Navy Hudson Fellow give talks for the ELAC/CCW seminar series on 12 June 2012. Introduced by Dr Jan Lemnitzer.	Keith Winstanley, Tracy Vincent, Jan Lemnitzer	2 July, 2012
Melina Mercouri's cultural activity and its continuation: Europe-economy and the power of culture	Spyros Mercouris delivers a lecture on 7 June 2012 at St Antony's College, University of Oxford.	Spyros Mercouris	19 June, 2012
Balancing Reason and Revelation: The Status of Women in the Jurisprudence of Ayatullah Yusuf Sani'i.	Concluding lecture from the Legal Reform and Political Change Affecting Women in the MENA Region conference by Saiyad Ahmad (American University Cairo).	Saiyad Ahmad	13 June, 2012
Political reconciliation as women's democratic citizenship: Women's rights-claiming around the drafting of a new constitution in Turkey	Part of the Legal Reform and Political Change Affecting Women in the MENA Region conference: Politicizing Women and Women's Issues by Burcu Ozcelik (University of Cambridge):.	Burcu Ozcelik	13 June, 2012
Before the 'Days of Rage': Registers of Bahraini Women's Activism	Part of the Legal Reform and Political Change Affecting Women in the MENA Region conference: Politicizing Women and Women's Issues by Nova Robinson (Rutgers University, the State University of New Jersey).	Nova Robinson	13 June, 2012
Changing state-society relations in Morocco through family law reform: 'the state enters the home of the citizen'.	Part of the Legal Reform and Political Change Affecting Women in the MENA Region conference: Legal Reforms in Theory and Practice by Dörthe Engelcke (University of Oxford):.	Dörthe Engelcke	13 June, 2012
Custody regulations in the United Arab Emirates: Legal reforms and social realities.	Part of the Legal Reform and Political Change Affecting Women in the MENA Region conference: Legal Reforms in Theory and Practice by Lena-Maria Möller (Max-Planck-Institute Hamburg).	Lena-Maria Möller	13 June, 2012
Comparing family law reform in the MENA: Reflections on regional patterns following economic globalization.	Part of the Legal Reform and Political Change Affecting Women in the MENA Region confernce: Legal Reforms in Theory and Practice by Rania Maktabi (Ostfold University College).	Rania Maktabi	13 June, 2012
Imagining NATO: Past and Present Futures for the Western Alliance	Dr Kristian Søby Kristensen (Copenhagen/ CCW Visiting Fellow) gives a talk for the ELAC/CCW Seminar Series on 6 June 2012.	Kristian Søby Kristensen	11 June, 2012
One War at a Time: Britain, the War of 1812 and the Defeat of Napoleon	Professor Andrew Lambert, Laughton Professor of Naval History, King's College London, gives a talk for the ELAC/CCW seminar series.	Andrew Lambert	6 June, 2012
How Universal is Liberalism?	Professor Ronald Dworkin, New York University, delivers the 2012 Ralf Dahrendorf Memorial Lecture, with response from Professor Sir Adam Roberts, President of the British Academy.	Ronald Dworkin, Timothy Garton Ash, Adam Roberts	30 May, 2012
Common moral arguments: 'morality? It's all a matter of opinion'	Final of nine short introductory podcasts on Bioethics by Marianne Talbot.	Marianne Talbot	29 May, 2012
Common moral arguments: 'it's too risky' (the Precautionary Principle)	Eighth of nine short introductory podcasts on Bioethics by Marianne Talbot.	Marianne Talbot	29 May, 2012
Common moral arguments: 'it's not natural' and 'it's disgusting'	Seventh of nine short introductory podcasts on Bioethics by Marianne Talbot.	Marianne Talbot	29 May, 2012
Induction	Sixth of nine short introductory podcasts on Bioethics by Marianne Talbot.	Marianne Talbot	29 May, 2012
Deduction	Fifth of nine short introductory podcasts on Bioethics by Marianne Talbot.	Marianne Talbot	29 May, 2012
Arguments	Fourth of nine short introductory podcasts on Bioethics by Marianne Talbot.	Marianne Talbot	29 May, 2012
Utilitarianism	Third of nine short introductory podcasts on Bioethics by Marianne Talbot.	Marianne Talbot	29 May, 2012
Deontology	Second of nine short introductory podcasts on Bioethics by Marianne Talbot.	Marianne Talbot	29 May, 2012