The Oxford Research Centre in the Humanities (TORCH)

TORCH is a nucleus of intellectual energy for the humanities and a place to develop new ideas and collaborations both within and beyond academia. Since its creation, TORCH has raised over £3 million in grants and philanthropy to support researchers to develop research projects. Launched in May 2013, TORCH provides an important opportunity for Oxford’s humanities scholars to collaborate with researchers across other disciplines, and institutions; work with academics across all stages of their academic careers; develop partnerships with public and private institutions; engage with wider audiences; and bring together academic research, diverse industries, and the performing arts. Public engagement with research is at the heart of TORCH's aims. During 2018-19, TORCH hosted almost 400 events, with audiences of over 20,000 people. During 2019-20, TORCH hosted online events during COVID-restrictions, reaching audiences in person and then online of over 50,000 globally. Since 2013, TORCH has supported 400 researchers each year; 62 Knowledge Exchange Fellowships; over 50 seed-funded research networks and 10 research programmes. The TORCH Director, Professor Wes Williams (wes.williams@seh.ox.ac.uk), welcomes questions about the centre and suggestions for research and wider engagement activities.

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Title	Description	People	Date
Ibsen, Scandinavia, and the Making of a World Drama: A Book At Lunchtime	Henrik Ibsen's drama is the most prominent and lasting contribution of the cultural surge seen in Scandinavian literature in the later nineteenth century.	Narve Fulsas, Tore Rem, Peter McDonald, Kirsten Shepherd-Barr, Julia Mannherz	21 January, 2019
The Heterarchical Director - A Model of Authorship for the Twenty-First Century	The keynote talk for 'Collaboration in Theatre symposium' at the University of Oxford, 19 October 2018.	Duška Radosavljević	18 December, 2018
Tales of Love and History - James Ivory in Conversation	Oscar-winning American film-maker James Ivory will talk about his experiences with the legendary Merchant Ivory productions, in partnership with producer Ismail Merchant and screenwriter Ruth Prawer Jhabvala.	James Ivory, Richard Parkinson, Katherine Harloe, Jennifer Ingleheart	18 December, 2018
Smart People Work Everywhere - using your research skills outside academia	A panel discuss using your research degree outside academia.	Carole Souter, Philip Bullock, Kate Williams, Mark Byford, Michael Pye	18 December, 2018
Making Oscar Wilde	A Book at Lunchtime seminar with Michele Mendelssohn, literary critic and cultural historian. Dr Sos Eltis (Brasenose, Oxford), Dr Charles Foster (Green Templeton, Oxford), Chaired by Professor Dame Hermione Lee (Wolfson, Oxford).	Michèle Mendelssohn, Sos Eltis, Charles Foster, Dame Hermione Lee	14 December, 2018
Forward with Classics	A Book at Lunchtime seminar with Dr Arlene Holmes-Henderson, Steven Hunt, Dr Mai Musie, Dr Peter Jones (Co-founder, Classics for All), Dr Alex Pryce (Head of Student Recruitment, Oxford), Chaired by Professor Fiona Macintosh (St Hilda's Oxford).	Arlene Holmes-Henderson, Steven Hunt, Mai Musié, Peter Jones, Alex Pryce, Fiona Macintosh	14 December, 2018
Remembering the Jagiellonians	A Book at Lunchtime seminar with Natalia Nowakowska, Somerville College, University of Oxford, Professor Julia Mannherz (Oriel, Oxford) Professor Hannah Skoda (St John’s, Oxford) Chaired by Professor Katherine Lebow (Christ Church, Oxford).	Natalia Nowakowska, Julia Mannherz, Hannah Skoda, Katherine Lebow	14 December, 2018
Reading Beyond the Code	A Book at Lunchtime Seminar with Terrence Cave, Deirdre Wilson, Ben Morgan (Worcester College, Oxford), Professor Robyn Carston (Linguistics, UCL). Chaired by Professor Philip Bullock (TORCH Director).	Terrence Cave, Deirdre Wilson, Ben Morgan, Robyn Carston, Philip Bullock	14 December, 2018
Remembrance: A Concert	Excerpts from the Remembrance Concert, which marked the conclusion of the Post-War: Commemoration, Reconstruction, Reconciliation seminar series.	Simon Over, Augusta Holmès, Anthony Ritchie, Annabel Drummond, Anna Leese, Jon Stainsby, Tessa Petersen, City Choir Dunedin, The Parliament Choir, Southbank Sinfonia	14 December, 2018
Computational Literary Studies and Mental Health	A project combining English literature, experimental psychology, and computational linguistics, with a focus on entropy, abstraction, and mental health.	James Carney, Emily Troscianko	12 September, 2018
What Does Disney do to Mental Health?	Exploring the dangers of Disney’s take on poverty, mental health, and relationships.	Jenifer Fisher, Nikki York, Emily Troscianko	12 September, 2018
Combating Fat Stigma Through Narrative	A series of narrative workshops helping make life better for fat people.	Rachel Fox, Kelly Park, Emily Troscianko	12 September, 2018
Why Public Health Needs Narrative	An introduction to an often overlooked context for using narrative in healthcare: public health.	Lise Saffran, Emily Troscianko	12 September, 2018
Procès, fiction, document: La reconstruction de la littérature en Europe après 1945	This paper explores the relationship between testimony and fiction in the context of transitional justice, by comparing three 1950 European literary works which use the form of interrogation, investigation, and trial.	Philippe Roussin	3 September, 2018
Dissident Writing, Law and Transitional Justice in Tunisia	The paper explores selected testimonies and memoirs by survivors of state repression in Tunisia, in order to discuss whether their role is to be considered reformist or revolutionary after the liberation of narrative in 2011.	Mohamed-Salah Omri	3 September, 2018
Voices of Suffering: The Incorporation of Victim Testimony in Judgements of the ICTY	This paper examines the use of victim testimony by the UN International Criminal Tribunal for the former Yugoslavia, discussing the role of ‘humanitarian narratives’ in our understanding of the wars of Yugoslav succession.	Christian Axboe Nielsen	3 September, 2018
Literature and Transitional Justice After the Rwandan Genocide: Veronique Tadjo’s The Shadow of Imama	This paper discusses the problems of literary memorialization and quest for truth in the aftermath of the Rwandan genocide as addressed by Veronique Tadjo’s The Shadow of Imana.	Brendon Nicholls	3 September, 2018
Victims’ Narratives in the Colombian Peace Process	This paper analyses how victims’ voices were heard during the peace negotiations and in the implementation of the 2016 peace accord between the FARC guerrilla and the Colombian government.	Annelen Micus	3 September, 2018
The Irreverence of Bones: Reclaiming Trashed Lives in the Aftermath of Violence in Adios Ayacucho (1984) and Insensatez (2004)	By analysing two Latin American fictional narratives, this paper explores the metaphors of humanity as waste and memory as cleansing in the context of transitional justice.	Daniel O Mosquera	3 September, 2018
Alternative Account, Mourning Family and Transformation into Life: Three Contemporary Artworks related to the Event of 28 February 1947 in Taiwan	The paper discusses three contemporary Taiwanese artworks related to the tragic events of 28 February in Taiwan, presenting their emphasis on victims as crucial in understanding the process of transitional justice.	Lin Chi-Ming	3 September, 2018
Une démocratie sans justice transitionnelle: refoulement, silence et oubli dans le pacte de dénégation de l’Espagne de la transition	This paper is a study of transitional justice in Spain after the Francoist dictatorship, a process of reconciliation based on the denial of the regime’s genocidal violence.	Jesús Izquierdo Martín	3 September, 2018
Tolérance et justice dans le monde arabe, hier et aujourd’hui	The paper discusses the concept of tolerance in Arabic philosophy, literature and religion, foregrounding this value as an important objective of transitional justice in the Arab world.	Mohsen ElKhouni	3 September, 2018
Literacy and Democracy: Transitional Justice in South Africa	The paper explores the work of several intellectuals reflecting on South Africa’s transition to democracy, considering how the question of literacy precedes any discussion about literature and democracy.	Carrol Clarkson	3 September, 2018
Susie Campbell speaks to Niall Munro	Susie Campbell talks to Niall Munro about her experience as poet-in-residence during the Post-War seminar series 2017-18.	Susie Campbell, Niall Munro	6 August, 2018
A Crack of Light: Poetry Reading	Poems of commemoration, reconstruction and reconciliation from the Post-War series' poets-in-residence.	Susie Campbell, Mariah Whelan, Sue Zatland, Patrick Toland	6 August, 2018
Alex Donnelly speaks to Niall Munro	Alex Donnelly talks to Niall Munro about his work on the ecology of conflict, the interpretative role of academic research, and his interest in the 'lone voices' in poetry.	Alex Donnelly, Niall Munro	31 July, 2018
Jon Stainsby speaks to Johana Muskalova	Jon Stainsby talks to Johana Muskalova about the relationship between music and commemoration and his experience as a performer.	Jon Stainsby, Johana Musalkova	31 July, 2018
Anna Leese speaks to Niall Munro	Anna Leese speaks to Niall Munro about her personal connections to commemorations of war and the performance of commemorative music.	Anna Leese, Niall Munro	31 July, 2018
Simon Over speaks to Rita Phillips	Conductor Simon Over talks to Rita Phillips about the performance of commemorative musical works.	Simon Over, Rita Phillips	31 July, 2018
Anthony Ritchie speaks to Catherine Gilbert	Composer Anthony Ritchie talks to Catherine Gilbert about the relationship between music, war and remembrance in his oratorio Gallipoli to the Somme.	Anthony Ritchie, Catherine Gilbert	31 July, 2018
Interview with Lord William Wallace	Lord William Wallace, member of the Parliament Choir, talks to Professor Kate McLoughlin about the centenary commemorations of the First World War.	William Wallace, Kate McLoughlin	30 July, 2018
John Dunston speaks to Kate McLoughlin	John Dunston and Kate McLoughlin explore varieties of religious silence and the relationship between silence and commemoration.	John Dunston, Kate McLoughlin	30 July, 2018
Lydia Wilson speaks to Alex Donnelly	Lydia Wilson talks to Alex Donnelly about commemoration as a narrative for the future in the Middle East	Lydia Wilson, Alex Donnelly	30 July, 2018
Mahinda Deegalle speaks to Catherine Gilbert	Mahinda Deegalle talks to Catherine Gilbert about the application of Buddhist values in post-conflict societies.	Mahinda Deegalle, Catherine Gilbert	30 July, 2018
Interview with Dr Adrian Gregory	Adrian Gregory speaks to Johana Musalkova and Rita Phillips about the role of silence in public commemoration.	Adrian Gregory, Johana Musalkova, Rita Phillips	30 July, 2018
Global Hungers: The Problem of Poverty in Postcolonial Literature - Part 2	A One-Day International Conference held at the Faculty of English, University of Oxford, on June 25, 2018.	Gayatri Chakravorty Spivak, Ros Ballaster, Ankhi Mukherjee, Robert J. C. Young	26 July, 2018
Global Hungers: The Problem of Poverty in Postcolonial Literature - Part 1	A One-Day International Conference held at the Faculty of English, University of Oxford, on June 25, 2018.	Gayatri Chakravorty Spivak, Ros Ballaster, Ankhi Mukherjee, Robert J. C. Young	18 July, 2018
Cultural Citizenship in India: Politics, Power and Media	Cultural Citizenship in India argues that citizenship is an ongoing and evolving discursive project. Further, it studies the role of culture and different media in the process of citizen-making by taking postcolonial India as its case study.	Lion König, Polly O'hanlon, Sundas Ali, Peter Frankopan	13 July, 2018
The Rest is Silence: Panel-led Workshop 2	This workshop considered the practice, meaning and impact of silence, and the discussion was chaired by a practitioner of acoustic, site-specific composition.	Adrian Gregory, Mahinda Deegalle, Lydia Wilson, John Dunston, Paul Whitty	29 June, 2018
Reni Eddo-Lodge in conversation with Rebecca Surender	Reni Eddo-Lodge (author of Why I'm No Longer Talking to White People About Race and winner of the Jhalak Prize 2018), in conversation with Dr Rebecca Surender (Pro Vice-Chancellor and Advocate for Diversity, University of Oxford).	Reni Eddo-Lodge, Rebecca Surender	28 June, 2018
Jonathan Dove speaks to Kate McLoughlin	Composer Jonathan Dove talks to Kate McLoughlin about commemorating through music and music’s power to make us remember in the wake of individual and mass loss.	Jonathan Dove, Kate McLoughlin	18 June, 2018
Interview with Dr Peter Grant	Peter Grant talks to Johana Musalkova and Rita Phillips about the link between collective memory and popular music, exploring examples of artists who attempt to challenge dominant national narratives.	Peter Grant, Johana Musalkova, Rita Phillips	18 June, 2018
Laura Hassler speaks to Kate McLoughlin	Laura Hassler, Founding Director of Musicians without Borders, talks to Kate McLoughlin about her vision for the organisation and music’s potential in giving voice, recognition and empowerment to post-conflict communities.	Laura Hassler, Kate McLoughlin	18 June, 2018
Rihab Azar speaks to Niall Munro	Musician Rihab Azar talks to Niall Munro about her quest to find new ways of empowering and connecting communities through music and how music functions as a ‘resistance act’ in situations of (post-)conflict.	Rihab Azar, Niall Munro	18 June, 2018
Lost in Print? Linton Kwesi Johnson and the Reggae Music Archive	Louisa Layne investigates the reggae music archive, exploring music and poetry through Linton Kwesi Johnson’s dub club.	Louisa Layne	13 June, 2018
Lost and Found: Till Damaskus III	Travel back with Leah Broad to 1926 and hear recently found music by Swedish composter Ture Rangstrom, composed for a Strindberg play.	Leah Broad	13 June, 2018
The Monk, the Memorist, the Mushroom and the MRI	Discover how we create and store ideas, and how modern neuroscience process 16th century theories on memory.	Dan Holloway	13 June, 2018
A Lost Victorian Utopia: Living to 100	An exploration of a Victorian blue-print for a city of health and happiness, where everyone could live to 100.	Sally Shuttleworth	13 June, 2018
Thomas Aquinas on Bodily Identity	Book at Lunchtime, Thomas Aquinas on Bodily Identity	Philip Bullock, Antonia Fitzpatrick, Cecilia Trifogli, William Wood, Emily Corran	12 June, 2018
Artist Talk: Made in Imagination	Find out how Anne Griffiths’ work, Lost in Imagination, reimagines intriguing objects lost within the Pitt Rivers archive.	Anne Griffiths	6 June, 2018
Identity beyond Borders: Ethnicity in the American Pacific	Evan Matsuyama gives a short talk on Japanese mortality, identity, and ethnicity in the Nikkei struggle against mass incarceration during World War II.	Evan Matsuyama	6 June, 2018
Lost and Found: The story of a Museum store	Andrew Hughes gives a short talk on the discovery unusual things lost and found during a move of 100,000 Pitt Rivers Museum objects.	Andrew Hughes	6 June, 2018
Rihab Azar – Oud Performance	Syrian musician Rihab Azar gives a short performance at the Music and Memory workshop.	Rihab Azar	25 May, 2018
What made a Jewish country home Jewish?	Leora Auslander (University of Chicago) gives the keynote talk for the JCH conference.	Leora Auslander	23 May, 2018
Philip Sassoon: perfectionism and the English country house	Jane Stevenson (University of Oxford) gives a talk for the JCH conference's fifth panel; Building New.	Jane Stevenson	23 May, 2018
Charles-de-Gaulle – The castle of Ferrières, an emblematic house	Pauline Prevost-Marcilhacy (Université gives a talk for the JCH conference's fifth session; Building New.	Pauline Prevost-Marcilhacy	23 May, 2018
Renaissance as locus: Bakst and the imaginary chateau in the Sleeping Beauty panels	Olga Medvedkova (CNRS) gives a talk for the JCH conference's fourth session; The Anglo-French Connection.	Olga Medvedkova	23 May, 2018
The Sterns, the Singers and Cross-Cultural Exchanges	Tom Stammers (University of Durham) gives a talk for the JCH conference's fourth session; The Anglo-French Connection.	Tom Stammers	23 May, 2018
In Walpole’s footsteps - Braham and Stern at Strawberry Hill	Silvia Davoli (Strawberry Hill House) and Nino Strachey (National Trust) gives a talk for the JCH conference's fourth session; The Anglo-French Connection.	Silvia Davoli	23 May, 2018
Schloss Freienwalde: a Jewish restoration of a Prussian legacy	Martin Sabrow (ZZF Potsdam/ Humboldt University) gives a talk for the JCH conference's third session; The Political World of the Jewish Country House.	Martin Sabrow	23 May, 2018
Disraeli at Hughenden - A Fish out of Water?	Todd Endelman (University of Michigan) gives a talk for the JCH conference's third session; The Political World of the Jewish Country House.	Todd Endelman	23 May, 2018
Sommerfrische, Connoisseurship, Scandal and the Temporary in the Jewish Country House in Austria: Baron Nathaniel Rothschild’s castle in Reichenau and Dr. Josef Kranz’ Villa Raach	Mimi Schmidt (Jindal Global University) gives a talk for the JCH conference's second session; Villas and Chateaux.	Mimi Schmidt	23 May, 2018
Torre Alfina: A Cahen d’Anvers Manor in Italy	Alice Legé (University of Amiens/University of Milan) gives a talk for the JCH conference's second session; Villas and Chateaux.	Alice Lege	23 May, 2018
Gunnersbury Park, 1835-1925: a Rothschild Family Villa	Diana Davis gives a talk for the JCH conference's second panel, Villas and Chateaux.	Diana Davis	23 May, 2018
Property and Jewish Self-Fashioning in Provincial Austria	Lisa Silverman (University of Wisconsin-Milwaukee) gives a talk for the JCH conference's first conference The Lure of the Land.	Lisa Silverman	23 May, 2018
Places, Symbols and Images of an Elite: the Country Houses of the Italian Jewish Nobility	Paolo Pellegrini (Scuola di Archivistica, Paelografica e Diplomatica dell'Archivio di Stato di Perugia) gives a talk for the JCH conference's first session; The Lure of the Land.	Paolo Pellegrini	23 May, 2018
Creolizing Country Homes and the Dutch Jewish Pastoral	Laura Leibmann (Reed College) gives a talk for the JCH conference's first panel, The Lure of the Land.	Laura Leibmann	23 May, 2018
Jewish Country Houses Conference Welcome and Opening Remarks	Abigail Green (Oxford) introduces the conference, held in the Radcliffe Humanities Building on 5th March 2018.	Abigail Green	23 May, 2018
Art and Emergency	Book at Lunchtime, Art and Emergency	Emilia Terracciano, Partha Mitter, Lion König, Naiza Khan	22 May, 2018
Music and Memory: Panel-led Workshop 1	This workshop brought together musicians and scholars to elicit the distinct contribution of music – as opposed to silence and non-musical sound – to commemoration and healing.	Kate Kennedy, Peter Grant, Laura Hassler, Rihab Azar	21 May, 2018
Music and Memory: Jonathan Dove in Conversation with Kate Kennedy	Award-winning composer Jonathan Dove talks to Dr Kate Kennedy about the relationship of his music to war and remembrance.	Jonathan Dove, Kate Kennedy	21 May, 2018
In search of the Phoenicians	Book at Lunchtime, In search of the Phoenicians	Josephine Quinn, Hindy Najman, Stephanie Dalley, John Watts	10 May, 2018
Charles Gurrey speaks to Niall Munro	Sculptor and carver Charles Gurrey talks to Niall Munro about the importance of context, text and material in his design of commemorative sculptures.	Charles Gurrey, Niall Munro	24 April, 2018
Silke Arnold-de Simine speaks to Catherine Gilbert	Dr Silke Arnold-de Simine talks to Dr Catherine Gilbert about new forms of testimony, the limits of empathy and the need to understand processes of exclusion and dehumanisation.	Silke Arnold-de Simine, Catherine Gilbert	24 April, 2018
Pfarrerin Dr Cornelia Kulawik speaks to Kate McLoughlin	Pfarrerin Dr Cornelia Kulawik, Pastor of Evangelische Kirchengemeinde Berlin-Dahlem, and Kate McLoughlin discuss changing modes of commemoration in Germany and the role of the church in reconciliation past and present.	Cornelia Kulawik, Kate McLoughlin	24 April, 2018
The Very Revd John Witcombe speaks to Rita Phillips	The Very Reverend John Witcombe, Dean of Coventry Cathedral, talks to Rita Phillips about the Coventry Cross of Nails and the power of such symbols in building solidarity in post-conflict societies around the world.	John Witcombe, Rita Phillips	24 April, 2018
Photography and Tibet	Author, Clare Harris, talks about her book on photography in Tibet - a place that has for centuries been a source of fascination for outsiders and a captivating yet troublesome subject for photographers.	Clare Harris, Thupten Kelsang, Elizabeth Edwards, Geraldine Johnson	5 April, 2018
Grave Stones: Panel-led Workshop 2	This workshop explored the significance of plastic commemoration, both sacred and secular, focusing on places of worship, funerary sites and sculpture, and memorial monuments.	Cornelia Kulawik, John Witcombe, Silke Arnold-de Simine, Charles Gurrey, Joshua Hordern	28 March, 2018
Daniel Libeskind speaks to Niall Munro	Architect Daniel Libeskind talks to Niall Munro about civic responsibility, the shock of memory and the role of the monument as a bridge between the past and the future.	Daniel Libeskind, Niall Munro	28 March, 2018
Mark Johnston speaks to Alex Donnelly	Mark Johnston talks to Alex Donnelly about the work of the Australian National Veterans Arts Museum and the importance of an arts engagement approach to commemoration in improving the well-being of veterans and their families.	Mark Johnston, Alex Donnelly	28 March, 2018
Jane Potter speaks to Kate McLoughlin	Dr Jane Potter, Reader in Arts at Oxford Brookes University, talks to Kate McLoughlin about textual and material commemorative cultures and the central role of words and language in the reconstruction and renegotiation of memory.	Jane Potter, Kate McLoughlin	28 March, 2018
Chrissie Steenkamp speaks to Johana Musalkova	Dr Chrissie Steenkamp talks to Johana Musalkova about community-based and nationally-driven practices of commemoration in South Africa and Northern Ireland.	Chrissie Steenkamp, Johana Musalkova	28 March, 2018
Gabe Moshenska speaks to Rita Phillips	Archaeologist Dr Gabe Moshenska talks to Rita Phillips about democratic forms of commemoration and the public responsibility of researchers in empowering people to take control of their own narratives, history and heritage.	Gabe Moshenska, Rita Phillips	28 March, 2018
Emma Login speaks to Dahmicca Wright	Dr Emma Login talks to poet-in-residence Dahmicca Wright about Historic England's First World War Memorials Programme, 'memorial mania', and the recent shift from community-based to national forms of remembrance.	Emma Login, Dahmicca Wright	28 March, 2018
Tony Horwitz speaks to Niall Munro	Author and journalist Tony Horwitz talks to Niall Munro about the sesquicentennial commemorations of the American Civil War, the complexity of reconstruction in the American South, and re-enactment as a way of connecting with the past.	Tony Horwitz, Niall Munro	28 March, 2018
Museums and National Identity: Panel-led Workshop 1	This workshop explored the role of museums and memorial sites, drawing cross-cultural comparisons and investigating the relationship between post-war commemoration and national identity.	Mark Johnston, Emma Login, Christina Steenkamp, Gabriel Moshenska, Tony Horwitz, Jane Potter	2 March, 2018
A Celebration of the Centenary of the Birth of Olive Gibbs	100 years since the Representation of the People Act, the act which gave women the vote.	Susanna Pressel, Liz Woolley, Bruce Kent, Simon Gibbs, Christine Simm	26 February, 2018
Daniel Libeskind: Architecture and Memory	In this lecture, architect Daniel Libeskind shares his creative process and thinking for many of his most prominent buildings including the Jewish Museum Berlin and the Military History Museum in Dresden.	Daniel Libeskind	26 February, 2018
Ethnicised Religion and Sacralised Ethnicity in the Past and the Present	An expert panel discusses the phenomenon of ethnicisation of religious identifications focussing especially on the nexus of religious, ethnic and national identifications in colonial, anti-colonial and postcolonial settings from Ireland to South Asia.	Elisabeth Bolorinos Allard, Faisal Devji, Peter Leary, Ilya Afanasyev	22 February, 2018
Valuing Women With Disabilities	Valuing Women With Disabilities: Infantilised, Medicalised, Pauperised?	Marie Tidball, Helen Brookman, Julie Jaye Charles	21 February, 2018
James Joyce and the Phenomenology of Film	Book at Lunchtime, James Joyce and the Phenomenology of Film	Katherine Morris, Ulrika Maude, Jeri Johnson, Cleo Hanaway-Oakley, Philip Bullock	16 February, 2018
Does love have a scent?	Love is in the air - or is it? Companies are advertising that they can find you love through the power of scent! But are pheromones a chemical way to find your true love? Or is it just a myth?	Tristram Wyatt	6 February, 2018
A History of Algeria	James McDougall presents an expansive new account of the modern history of Africa's largest country	James McDougal, Eugene Rogan, Laleh Khalili, Robert Gildea, Philip Bullock	25 January, 2018
Imagining the Divine: Art and the Rise of World Religions	Mary Beard and Neil MacGregor in conversation	undefined	24 January, 2018
Becoming / Unbecoming	With comics artist Una	Una	18 December, 2017
Interview with Harvey Whitehouse	Harvey Whitehouse, Professor of Social Anthropology at the University of Oxford, talks to Alex Donnelly and Johana Musalkova about shared responses to experiences of suffering and the potential role of commemoration in achieving social cohesion.	Harvey Whitehouse, Alex Donnelly, Johana Musalkova	12 December, 2017
Unlocking the Church	Book at Lunchtime, Unlocking the Church	William Whyte, Dan Hicks, Julia Smith, Mark Chapman	11 December, 2017
Rachel Seiffert speaks to Catherine Gilbert	Novelist Rachel Seiffert talks to Dr Catherine Gilbert about the ritual of memory and the possibilities of fiction as a response to a difficult past.	Rachel Seiffert, Catherine Gilbert	8 December, 2017
Lyndsey Stonebridge speaks to Rita Phillips	Lyndsey Stonebridge, Professor of Modern Literature and History at the University of East Anglia, talks to Rita Phillips about literary humanitarianism and the ethics of empathy.	Lyndsey Stonebridge, Rita Phillips	8 December, 2017
Elleke Boehmer speaks to Kate McLoughlin	Elleke Boehmer talks to Kate McLoughlin about her most recent novel, The Shouting in the Dark, the language of reconciliation in South Africa, and the creative potential for the work of both fiction and literary criticism.	Elleke Boehmer, Kate McLoughlin	8 December, 2017

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