| 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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| 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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| We Rise (Together): Taking and Making Space for BIPOC Book Arts Creatives, Cultures, and Histories |
Tia Blassingame introduced her work leading the Book/Print Artist/Scholar of Color Collective (aka Book/Print Collective) and shared methods for supporting and empowering BIPOC book and print artists |
Tia Blassingame |
13 February, 2024 |
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| The Settler Movement, Political Impasses, and Beyond |
Dr Hagar Kotef from SOAS examines the current situation of Israeli settlers both in the West Bank and in the Cabinet to assess the impact of the settler movement in political options following the Gaza War. |
Hagar Kotef, Raihan Ismail |
12 February, 2024 |
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| Evidence-based strategies for suicide and self-harm prevention |
Professor Lennox sits down with Professor Seena Fazel, to discuss his work on better understanding the causes of suicide. |
Belinda Lennox, Seena Fazel |
8 February, 2024 |
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| Suicide prevention and mental health advocacy |
Professor Lennox speaks to Ben West, mental health campaigner, best-selling author and social media influencer, about suicide prevention. |
Belinda Lennox, Ben West |
8 February, 2024 |
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| The International Committee of the Red Cross |
In this first episode of Global Shocks, we speak to humanitarian leader Yves Daccord, former Director General of the International Committee of the Red Cross (ICRC) in Geneva. |
Yves Daccord, Jan Eijking |
7 February, 2024 |
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| Strachey Lecture: From classical to non-classical stochastic shortest path problems |
Professor Christel Baier delivers the Hillary Term 2024 Strachey Lecture |
Christel Baier |
6 February, 2024 |
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| Considering the Political Options in Gaza After Three Months of War |
In the opening meeting of the Middle East Centre’s Hilary Term seminar series, the Fellows of the Centre led a panel discussion to set out the agenda for the series examining the political options following the Gaza War. |
Eugene Rogan, Walter Armbrust, Maryam Alemzadeh, Raihan Ismail |
5 February, 2024 |
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| Fire and Wire in the Garden |
Irene speaks to Dr Chris Thorogood, the Head of Science at Oxford Botanic Garden, about the past, present and future of this extraordinary institution. |
Irene Tracey, Chris Thorogood |
2 February, 2024 |
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| Wellbeing in the workplace |
Professor Jan-Emmanuel De Neve, Director of Oxford's Wellbeing Research Centre, speaks to Irene about why wellbeing matters in the workplace. He also discusses some of the latest research findings coming out of the Wellbeing Research Centre. |
Irene Tracey, Jan-Emmanuel De Neve |
2 February, 2024 |
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| Women in STEM |
Irene speaks to DPhil student Misha Patel and Professor Sonia Antoranz Contera . They touch on their pathways into science as women, the importance of networks and what direction their work will take next. |
Irene Tracey, Misha Patel, Sonia Antoranz Contera |
2 February, 2024 |
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| Trailer: Global Shocks |
In a world facing multiple overlapping crises and wars, understanding how existing international institutions can tackle mounting global challenges is more crucial than ever. |
Jan Eijking |
31 January, 2024 |
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| Israeli Public Opinion and Political Options after 7 October |
Professor Yuli Tamir considers Israeli public opinion following the 7 October 2023 attack and the constraints that public opinion imposes on the political options moving forward. |
Yuli Tamir, Elizabeth Suzanne Kassab |
30 January, 2024 |
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| Modern Arab Kingship - Remaking the Ottoman Political Order in the Interwar Middle East |
Adam Mestyan argues that post-Ottoman Arab political orders were not, as many historians believe, products of European colonialism but of the process of "recycling empire." |
Adam Mestyan, Eugene Rogan |
25 January, 2024 |
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| Stories to Connect: The Reza Hosseini Memorial Lecture Series on the past and present of the Middle East |
Join Professor Ghassan Salamé for his Lecture on 'Lessons from 2003 Iraq: Twenty Years Later.' |
Ghassan Salamé, Eugene Rogan |
23 January, 2024 |
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| Reconsidering the 60s generation in the Arab world and beyond |
Professor Yoav di Capua offers a comprehensive empirical, theoretical, and methodological reassessment of the Arab 60s as a global pursuit with lessons that transcend the geography of the Middle East - the fruit of a decade of research on Arab thought. |
Yoav di Capua, Eugene Rogan |
23 January, 2024 |
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| What have the Arab Uprisings done to "Contemporary Arab Thought"? |
Professor Elizabeth Suzanne Kassab offers some reflections on the challenges that a post-2011 Arab critique might be facing. |
Elizabeth Suzanne Kassab, Eugene Rogan |
23 January, 2024 |
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| Municipal IDs and Local Citizenship |
For irregular migrants, the inability to provide proof of identity affects nearly every aspect of life. We explore cities that have introduced municipal ID cards to enhance social integration and enable access to key services. |
Myriam Cherti, Albert Gamarra, Rob McNeil, Jacqui Broadhead, Delphine Boagey |
18 January, 2024 |
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| Race, Rubber, Revolution: Haiti’s 1940s Revisited |
Professor Matthew Smith, University College London, provides a fascinating insight into the history of Haiti during the 1940s, reassessing the role of the Société Haïtiano-Américane de Développement Agricole (SHADA) in developing rubber plantations. |
Matthew J. Smith |
14 December, 2023 |
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| S2 Ep2: BOOKNESS with Kevin Steele |
BOOKNESS talks to graphic designer and book artist Kevin Steele about his pop-up book ‘The Movable Book of Letterforms’, which is on display in the Bodleian’s exhibition ‘Alphabet’s Alive!’ until the end of January 2024. |
Alice Evans, Jo Maddocks, Kevin Steele |
13 December, 2023 |
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| Social enterprisers and their role in addressing future challenges |
Adopting a critical perspective, Dr Orsolya Ihasz outlines what makes social enterprisers valuable, and how could they contribute to the creation of important services and products to marginalised and disenfranchised communities. |
Orsolya Ihasz |
12 December, 2023 |
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| Health Technology Assessment (HTA) in Resource-Constrained Settings: A Case Study of Ghana |
Dr Brian Adu Asare discusses Health Technology Assessment (HTA) using Ghana as a case study. |
Brian Adu Asare |
12 December, 2023 |
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| What kind of a problem is loneliness? Studying technology to understand policy concerns |
This talk by Dr Gemma Hughes is intended to show how problems, such as loneliness, can be understood and researched in multiple ways. |
Gemma Hughes |
12 December, 2023 |
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| Tolkien and Beowulf |
A talk by Dr Laura Varnam on Tolkien's long engagement with the Old English poem 'Beowulf' as part of the Tolkien 50th Commemoration seminar series. |
Laura Varnam |
11 December, 2023 |
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| A Heroic History of the Elves: Tolkien’s “lost” Mythology of England? |
A talk by PhD candidate Grace Khuri, University of Oxford, on Tolkien's Elvish history and English 'mythology', as part of the Tolkien 50th Commemoration seminar series. |
Grace Khuri |
11 December, 2023 |
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| Ecology - Chapter 10 |
Learn the key concepts in ecology and what makes populations change over time, with Professor Lindsay Turnbull from the University of Oxford |
Lindsay Turnbull |
1 December, 2023 |
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| Plants - Chapter 9 |
Plants are awesome, with photosynthesis being the most disruptive invention ever! Join Professor Lindsay Turnbull from the University of Oxford to understand why |
Lindsay Turnbull |
1 December, 2023 |
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| Vertebrates - Chapter 8 |
Take a guided tour of the biology and ancestry of the vertebrates with Professor Lindsay Turnbull from the University of Oxford |
Lindsay Turnbull |
1 December, 2023 |
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| Animals - Chapter 7 |
Take a whistle-stop tour of the Animal Kingdom with Professor Lindsay Turnbull from the University of Oxford |
Lindsay Turnbull |
1 December, 2023 |
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| Eukarotyes - Chapter 6 |
Explore the mysterious origins of the cells all multicellular organisms are made from - eukaryotic cells - with Professor Lindsay Turnbull from the University of Oxford |
Lindsay Turnbull |
1 December, 2023 |
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| Bacteria - Chapter 5 |
Learn about the microbiome, the amazing flexibility of bacteria, and why we have an antibiotic resistance crisis with Professor Lindsay Turnbull from the University of Oxford |
Lindsey Turnbull |
1 December, 2023 |
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| Energy in Cells - Chapter 4 |
Learn how cells generate energy by harnessing chemical reactions, with Professor Lindsay Turnbull from the University of Oxford |
Lindsay Turnbull |
1 December, 2023 |
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| Sexual Reproduction - Chapter 3 |
Almost all species use sex to reproduce, but biologists struggle to understand why; join Professor Lindsay Turnbull from the University of Oxford as she explains the costs and benefits |
Lindsay Turnbull |
1 December, 2023 |
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| Evolution - Chapter 2 |
Learn the theory of evolution in a simpler, more intuitive way than ever before with Professor Lindsay Turnbull from the University of Oxford |
Lindsay Turnbull |
1 December, 2023 |
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| Information in Cells - Chapter 1 |
Learn how cells use the information in DNA and the key components that make up a cell, with Professor Lindsay Turnbull from the University of Oxford |
Lindsey Turnbull |
1 December, 2023 |
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| The Dancing Master in Context: Playford’s publishing and music-making in 17th century England |
In this session, we explore what Playford’s publishing activities can tell us about how music was incorporated into different social environments in seventeenth-century English society and the role music played in peoples lives. |
Rebecca Herissone, Alice Little, Helen Cook |
30 November, 2023 |
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| Cash Transfer Grants in South Africa during the Covid-19 Pandemic: Work Behind the ESRC Outstanding Public Policy Impact Award 2023 |
The CSAE's Kate Orkin has won the ESRC award for Outstanding Public Policy Impact 2023. Stefan Dercon talks to Kate about the work behind the cash grant programme in South Africa during the Covid-19 pandemic that reached an extra 26.2 million people. |
Stefan Dercon, Kate Orkin |
28 November, 2023 |
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| Human security versus national security: have we lost our capacity for collective action? |
Achim Steiner, UNDP Administrator, explores the implications of growing paralysis, polarisation and uncertainty for a world in a race against time to achieve systemic and transformational change. |
Achim Steiner |
24 November, 2023 |
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| The United Nations and the prevention of mass atrocities in the 21st Century: some challenges and opportunities |
Adama Dieng, former Under-Secretary-General of the United Nations and Special Adviser on the Prevention of Genocide, July 2012 to July 2020, discusses the UN's role in the global collective responsibility to prevent genocide and other mass atrocities. |
Adama Dieng |
24 November, 2023 |
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| Unseen Beings and Tibetan Eco-Daemonology |
Erik Jampa Andersson's presentation delves into the intricate world of Tibetan eco-daemonology and advocates for a deeper understanding of Traditional Ecological Knowledge |
Erik Jampa Andersson |
24 November, 2023 |
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| The Bat Poet: Poetry as Echolocation |
A.E. Stallings gave her inaugural lecture as the Oxford Professor of Poetry on 20 November 2023. She talked on 'The Bat Poet: Poetry as Echolocation'. |
Alicia Stallings |
23 November, 2023 |
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| Hegel's Enlightenment |
Professor Richard Bourke delivers the 2023 Annual Besterman Lecture. |
Richard Bourke |
14 November, 2023 |
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| Strachey Lecture: How Can Algorithms Help to Protect our Privacy |
In this term's Strachey lecture, Professor Monika Henzinger gives an introduction to differential privacy with an emphasis on differential private algorithms that can handle changing input data. |
Monika Henzinger |
13 November, 2023 |
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| Recalibrating the Perspective on Tibetan and Himalayan History: Identity- and Nation-Building in Bhutan |
In this talk, Dr. Dagmar Schwerk presents the work-in-progress of her current research project, an investigation into identity- and nation-building in eighteenth-century Bhutan |
Dagmar Schwerk |
13 November, 2023 |
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| Emptiness, War and Migration |
In the UK, migration debates tend to be about the idea of fullness – concepts of arrivals, overcrowding, competition for resources – but what about emptiness? We learn why it is such an important part of understanding migration. |
Maria Gunko, Volodymyr Artiukh, Rob McNeil, Jacqui Broadhead, Delphine Boagey |
7 November, 2023 |
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| Time To Look Up – in conversation with Rt Hon Sir Alok Sharma about the climate crisis |
After a summer of extreme heatwaves, devastating wildfires and deadly flooding across the world, all made worse by climate change, the Rt Hon Sir Alok Sharma, President of COP26 in Glasgow 2021, will discuss the ongoing climate crisis. |
Alok Sharma, Charles Godfray |
31 October, 2023 |
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| Pakistan & India: Common Origins, Divergent Trajectories |
Pervez Hoodbhoy seminar given as part of the Modern South Asian Seminar series in October 2023 |
Pervez Hoodbhoy |
26 October, 2023 |
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| Automating Immigration in the Digital Age |
What do advancements in AI mean for immigration? We discuss the current and emerging practices of new technologies in the field, and explore developments in the use of predictive analytics, automated risk assessment and profiling. |
Derya Ozkul, Caterina Rodelli, Rob McNeil, Jacqui Broadhead, Delphine Boagey |
29 September, 2023 |
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| Zionism and the Jews of Iraq: A Personal Perspective |
Professor Avi Shlaim gives the George Antonius Memorial Lecture 2023, examining the Jewish exodus from Iraq in the aftermath of the 1948 Arab-Israeli war, and arguing the Zionist movement played an active part in the uprooting of Iraqi Jews. |
Avi Shlaim, Eugene Rogan |
19 September, 2023 |
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| Book Launch - Russia and the GCC 'The Case of Tatarstan's Paradiplomacy' |
Dr. Diana Galeeva introduces her book which examines the relations between the Gulf States and Russia from the Soviet era to the present day. |
Diana Galeeva, Roy Allison, Eugene Rogan |
7 September, 2023 |
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| Strachey Lecture: Use or Be Used - Regaining Control of AI |
It’s said that Henry Ford’s customers wanted “a faster horse”. If Henry Ford was selling us artificial intelligence today, what would the customer call for, “a smarter human”? |
Neil Lawrence |
4 September, 2023 |
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| 12 - Young Chan Kim |
As a Sir Henry Wellcome Fellow, Wolfson JRF, Lecturer and NHS doctor at the John Radcliffe, a father and a husband to a DPhil student, Young Chan Kim talks about keeping busy helps him balance it all. |
Young Chan Kim, Femke Gow |
25 August, 2023 |
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| 11 - Estelle Paulus |
DPhil Candidate and Vice Chair of General Meeting at Wolfson, Estelle studying sustainable food systems and is on a journey to make a real impact on the world. |
Estelle Paulus, Femke Gow |
25 August, 2023 |
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| Memorial in honour of Derek Hopwood OBE and Celia Kerslake |
The Director and Fellows of the Middle East Centre, St Antony’s College convened a memorial in honour of Derek Hopwood OBE, Emeritus Fellow in Middle Eastern Studies (1933-2020) and Celia Kerslake, Emeritus Fellow in Turkish (1946-2023). |
Eugene Rogan, Roger Goodman, Gina Rowland, Rosie MacGregor, Michael Willis, Dimitris Antoniou, Linda Schilcher, Laurent Mignon, Ahmed al-Shahi |
22 August, 2023 |
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| Indian Encounters with Early Photography: Camera, Cannon, and the ‘Exhibitionary Complex’ |
Sean Willcox: Indian Encounters with Early Photography: Camera, Cannon, and the ‘Exhibitionary Complex’ |
Sean Willcox |
20 August, 2023 |
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| Materiality and ‘Substance’: Talbot’s experiments in photomechanical printing |
Francesca Strobino: Materiality and ‘Substance’: Talbot’s experiments in photomechanical printing |
Francesca Strobino |
20 August, 2023 |
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| The early history of photography in relation to three notions of “fixity”: chemistry, politics, and meaning |
Chitra Ramalingam: The early history of photography in relation to three notions of “fixity”: chemistry, politics, and meaning. |
Chitra Ramalingam |
20 August, 2023 |
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| Early descriptions of the process of photography |
Michael Pritchard: Early descriptions of the process of photography. |
Michael Pritchard |
20 August, 2023 |
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| The global engagement of two British photographers, James William Newland (1810-57) and Louisa How (1821-93) |
Elisa deCourcy: The global engagement of two British photographers, James William Newland (1810-57) and Louisa How (1821-93). |
Elisa deCourcy |
20 August, 2023 |
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| John Herschel’s earliest photographic trials in 1839 |
Olena Chervonik: John Herschel’s earliest photographic trials in 1839. |
Olena Chervonik |
20 August, 2023 |
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| Photographic images published in books and newspapers show how early British photographers represented racial and class differences in their work |
Geoffrey Batchen: Photographic images published in books and newspapers show how early British photographers represented racial and class differences in their work |
Geoffrey Batchen |
20 August, 2023 |
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| Women’s Movements and Citizenship in the Middle East |
Women's Rights Research Seminar where guest speaker, Dr Roel Meijer (Guest Lecturer in Islam Studies, Radboud Universiteit) presents on Women’s movements and citizenship in the Middle East. |
Roel Meijer, Maryam Alemzadeh, Marilyn Booth |
9 August, 2023 |
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