| ‘Treasures’ (gter ma) and treasure-finders in Yungdrung Bön: a Tibetan tradition spanning a thousand years (Oxford Treasure Seminar Series) |
This talk presents an outline of the Yungdrung Bön ’Treasure’ tradition |
Per Kværne |
9 August, 2023 |
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| The Conflict in Syria, A Personal Story |
Dr Haytham Alhamwi draws on his personal experiences to explain the story of the conflict in Syria. |
Haytham Alhamwi |
9 August, 2023 |
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| Israel's Covert Diplomacy in the Middle East |
This lecture explores Israel’s secret relations with its neighbors during the years 1948-2022. |
Elie Podeh, Eugene Rogan |
3 August, 2023 |
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| Professor Sara Khalid |
Georgina Ferry interviews Sara Khalid, Associate Professor, 31 March 2023. |
Sara Khalid, Georgina Ferry |
1 August, 2023 |
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| Professor David Eyre |
Georgina Ferry interviews David Eyre, Professor of Infectious Diseases, 28 March 2023. |
David Eyre, Georgina Ferry |
1 August, 2023 |
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| Yi-Chun Wang |
Georgina Ferry interviews Yi-Chun Wang, Research Scientist and PhD Student, 24 March 2023. |
Yi-Chun Wang, Georgina Ferry |
1 August, 2023 |
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| Dr Claas Kirchhelle |
Georgina Ferry interviews Claas Kirchhelle, former Honorary Fellow in Vaccine History (Oxford Vaccine Group/Oxford Martin School), 22 March 2023. |
Claas Kirchhelle, Georgina Ferry |
1 August, 2023 |
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| Elizabeth Stafford |
Georgina Ferry interviews Elizabeth Stafford, Clinical Research Nurse Manager, 22 March 2023. |
Elizabeth Stafford, Georgina Ferry |
1 August, 2023 |
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| Sam Foster |
Georgina Ferry interviews Sam Foster, former Chief Nursing Officer (Oxford University Hospitals NHS Trust), 22 March 2023. |
Sam Foster, Georgina Ferry |
1 August, 2023 |
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| Professor Mary Daly |
Georgina Ferry interviews Mary Daly, Professor of Sociology and Social Policy, 20 March 2023. |
Mary Daly, Georgina Ferry |
1 August, 2023 |
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| Sumali Bajaj |
Georgina Ferry interviews Sumali Bajaj, DPhil student (Department of Biology), 17 March 2023. |
Sumali Bajaj, Georgina Ferry |
1 August, 2023 |
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| Dr Andrew Brent |
Georgina Ferry interviews Andrew Brent, Consultant in Infectious Diseases & General Internal Medicine and Deputy Chief Medical Officer (Oxford University Hospitals NHS Foundation Trust), 17 March 2023. |
Andrew Brent, Georgina Ferry |
1 August, 2023 |
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| Cheaters Dilemma: Iraq, WMD and the path to the 2003 war |
Why did Iraq fail to prove its WMD absence before the 2003 invasion? This seminar examines new evidence from Iraq and United Nations sources to shed light on the internal debates leading up to the 2003 war. |
Målfrid Braut-Hegghammer, Neil Ketchley |
11 July, 2023 |
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| The Popular Mobilisation Units and their Pursuit of Power and Legitimacy within the Iraqi State |
This talk examines the Shi‘ite political parties linked to Iraq's Popular Mobilisation Units (PMU) and their influence over the state, exploring their strategies for legitimacy in politics, religion, and society. |
Inna Rudolf, Maryam Alemzadeh |
11 July, 2023 |
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| The Iraq Invasion and Transnational Jihadism |
This talk explores the impact of the US-led invasion of Iraq in 2003 on militant Islamism using new evidence. |
Thomas Hegghammer, Neil Ketchley |
11 July, 2023 |
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| Dr Xin Xu |
Georgina Ferry interviews Xin Xu, Research Fellow at the Centre for Global Higher Education (CGHE) and Junior Research Fellow (Kellogg College), 15 March 2023. |
Xin Xu, Georgina Ferry |
5 July, 2023 |
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| Professor Kate Orkin |
Georgina Ferry interviews Kate Orkin, Associate Professor in Economics and Public Policy, 15 March 2023. |
Kate Orkin, Georgina Ferry |
5 July, 2023 |
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| Professor Daniel Prieto-Alhambra |
Georgina Ferry interviews Daniel Prieto-Alhambra, Professor of Pharmaco- and Device Epidemiology, 14 March 2023. |
Daniel Prieto-Alhambra, Georgina Ferry |
5 July, 2023 |
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| Dr Rajarshi Banerjee |
Georgina Ferry interviews Rajarshi Banerjee, CEO Perspectum and former student of Oxford Medical School, 14 March 2023. |
Rajarshi Banerjee, Georgina Ferry |
5 July, 2023 |
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| Tony Brett |
Georgina Ferry interviews Tony Brett, Director of Medical Sciences Division IT Services, 28 February 2023. |
Tony Brett, Georgina Ferry |
5 July, 2023 |
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| Professor Sheetal Silal |
Georgina Ferry interviews Sheetal Silal, Associate Professor (Department of Statistical Sciences, University of Cape Town) and Honorary Visiting Research Fellow in Tropical Disease Modelling (Nuffield Department of Medicine), 28 February 2023. |
Sheetal Silal, Georgina Ferry |
5 July, 2023 |
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| Dr Ane Ogbe |
Georgina Ferry interviews Ane Ogbe, former Senior Immunologist (Frater Lab) and Group Leader (Evox Therapeutics), 23 Febrauary 2023. |
Ane Ogbe, Georgina Ferry |
5 July, 2023 |
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| Professor Nicole Zitzmann |
Georgina Ferry interviews Nicole Zitzmann, Professor of Virology and Principal Investigator (Department of Biochemistry), 22 February 2023. |
Nicole Zitzmann, Georgina Ferry |
5 July, 2023 |
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| Dr Chia Chen (Jane) Hsu |
Georgina Ferry interviews Chia Chen (Jane) Hsu, Chief Operating Officer (SimCell) and former postdoctoral researcher (Institute of Biomedical Engineering), 20 February 2023. |
Chia Chen (Jane) Hsu, Georgina Ferry |
5 July, 2023 |
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| Chris Price |
Georgina Ferry interviews Chris Price, Divisional Registrar and Chief Operating Officer for Medical Sciences, 8 February 2023. |
Chris Price, Georgina Ferry |
5 July, 2023 |
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| Analysis of Pigments on Painted Byzantine and Japanese Manuscripts |
An introduction to the analysis of painted Byzantine and Japanese manuscripts by the Bodleian Libraries' new Heritage Scientist. |
Kate Fulcher |
4 July, 2023 |
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| Speedy or sloppy?: The opportunities and challenges of rapid qualitative research |
Using a variety of examples of fast and slow qualitative research this talk explores the affordances of rapid methods, and help researchers decide if and where to use them in their own work. |
Anna Dowrick |
30 June, 2023 |
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| Harmohinder Bahl |
Meet Worcester's Home Bursar. |
Harmohinder Bahl, David Isaac |
27 June, 2023 |
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| Queer Bibliography: A Discussion |
What is queer bibliography? How does it intersect with other critical bibliographies, (feminist, Black and liberation bibliography)? How does it relate to traditional bibliographic practice? What opportunities might queer methods and approaches provide? |
Sarah Pyke, James Sargan, Adam Smyth |
26 June, 2023 |
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| Along The Path To Gandhi's Neighbor |
Ajay Skaria - University of Minnesota, speaks at the Oxford South Asian Intellectual History Seminar on 1 May 2023. |
Ajay Skaria |
16 June, 2023 |
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| 2023 Disability Lecture: Going beyond standards in technology and accessibility |
Dr Jessica Boland shares her experiences as a hard-of-hearing/deaf academic in science and technology, and her passion for improving accessibility in higher education. |
Jessica Boland, Tim Soutphommasane, Sarah Stephenson-Hunter |
14 June, 2023 |
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| Realist inquiry in global health practice: trials, tribulations (& triumphs?) |
Dr Sara Van Belle, Institute of Tropical Medicine, Antwerp gives a talk on the practice of realist inquiry in global health. |
Sara Van Belle |
8 June, 2023 |
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| Choreographing Sophocles |
A podcast episode with Leo Aylen and David Wiles |
Leo Aylen, David Wiles |
5 June, 2023 |
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| How the weird and wonderful properties of magnetised laser plasmas could ignite fusion-energy research |
Archie Bott explains how a promising scheme for fusion relies on a novel feature of hot laser-plasmas: introducing a magnetic field of the correct strength alters the plasma’s fundamental properties in a highly counterintuitive yet beneficial manner. |
Archie Bott |
2 June, 2023 |
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| Stellarators: twisty tokamaks that could be the future of fusion |
Georgia Acton introduces stellarators, discusses the features that distinguish them from tokamaks, highlight the challenges we currently face, and discusses how we might overcome them. |
Georgia Acton |
2 June, 2023 |
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| Magnetic confinement fusion: Science that’s hotter than a Kardashian Instagram post |
Michael Barnes introduces the basic concepts behind magnetic confinement fusion, he describes why it is so challenging and discusses possibilities for the future. |
Michael Barnes |
2 June, 2023 |
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| Shaping legacies |
Lecture 5 of the 2023 Lyell lecture series |
Ann M Blair |
1 June, 2023 |
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| Complicating attributions |
Lecture 4 of the 2023 Lyell lecture series |
Ann M Blair |
1 June, 2023 |
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| Mechanical and intellectual |
Lecture 3 of the 2023 Lyell lecture series |
Ann M Blair |
1 June, 2023 |
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| Invisible and visible |
Lecture 2 of the 2023 Lyell lecture series |
Ann M Blair |
1 June, 2023 |
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| Amanuenses in the longue durée |
Lecture 1 of the 2023 Lyell lecture series |
Ann M Blair |
1 June, 2023 |
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| Testing usability and impact of the OxRisk prediction models |
Professor Seena Fazel, University of Oxford gives a talk on recent advances in prognostic modelling in psychiatry. |
Seena Fazel |
22 May, 2023 |
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| Alcohol and cardiovascular disease: Is moderate drinking really beneficial for cardiovascular disease? |
Dr Derrick Bennett, University of Oxford gives a talk on the epidemiological evidence of alcohol and cardiovascular disease. |
Derrick Bennett |
22 May, 2023 |
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| Pakistan: Political Economy of an Elite Captured State |
Miftah Ismail Pakistan’s former Minister of Finance gives a lecture |
Miftah Ismail |
19 May, 2023 |
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| Slade Lecture Series 2023: Defiant Sculpture: Isek Bodys Kingelez and Mobutu Sese-Seko’s Authenticité, 1990s |
Professor Chika Okeke-Agulu argues that the extravagant hypermodernity of Isek Bodys Kingelez’s architectural sculptures, as with segments of popular arts, constitute a distinctive form of imaginative resistance to official culture under Mobutu. |
Chika Okeke-Agulu |
18 May, 2023 |
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| Slade Lecture Series 2023: Drawing the Line: Obiora Udechukwu and Nigeria’s Smiling General 1980s-1990s |
In the 1980’s, the painter and poet Obiora Udechukwu (b. 1946), a leading figure of the Nsukka School, was at the height of his powers, with drawings and paintings celebrated for their lyrical power and trenchant social commentary. |
Chika Okeke-Agulu |
18 May, 2023 |
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| Slade Lecture Series 2023: Prison Drawing: Ibrahim El Salahi in Al Nimeiry’s Sudan, 1970s |
In this lecture, Professor Chika Okeke-Agulu focuses on the calligraphic figuration of Ibrahim El Salahi (b. 1930), the country’s leading modernist and onetime political prisoner. |
Chika Okeke-Agulu |
18 May, 2023 |
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| Slade Lecture Series 2023: To speak in Parables: Dumile Feni in Hendrik Verwoerd’s South Africa, 1960s |
Chika Okeke-Agulu examines art & politics in 1960s South Africa paying particular attention to Hendrik Verwoerd, the self-styled “Great Induna,” & architect of Apartheid, whose assassination in 1966 slowed the triumphant march of Afrikaner racist ideology |
Chika Okeke-Agulu |
18 May, 2023 |
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| Slade Lecture Series 2023: Gazbia Sirry and Egyptian artists in the Nasserite State, 1950s-1960s |
Professor Chika Okeke-Agulu follows the formal and tonal shifts in Gazbia Sirry’s work as it responded to, and was shaped by Nasser’s and post-revolutionary Egypt’s political fortunes. |
Chika Okeke-Agulu |
18 May, 2023 |
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| Sūtra in Early Buddhist Treasure Texts (Oxford Treasure Seminar Series) |
Reinier Langelaar’s talk on early Tibetan treasure literature’s influences, inspirations, and narrative themes |
Reinier Langelaar |
15 May, 2023 |
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| Helen Parish |
Meet Worcester's Senior Tutor. |
Helen Parish, David Isaac |
15 May, 2023 |
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| Russia and Christian nationalism: the background of a conflict |
How the global resurgence of traditionalist, religion-based nationalism relates to the specifics of the present conflict between Russia and Ukraine. |
Rowan Williams |
12 May, 2023 |
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| Exiting Russia: the effects of multinational withdrawal |
Can corporate action contribute to human rights, peace, and conflict prevention? |
Bennett Freeman |
12 May, 2023 |
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| The Global Food Crisis and the Ukraine War |
Exploring the three elements that intersect and contribute to the global food crisis. |
Alex de Waal |
12 May, 2023 |
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| The early medieval history of Ukraine: mythology and historical logics |
The history of early Slavs as a point for debunking historical misconceptions that benefit one state at the expense of another. |
Andrii Pastushenko |
12 May, 2023 |
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| Ukraine and the fragmentation of world order |
Using the unfolding crisis of the Ukraine war as a lens to consider the drivers of conflict and transformation in the contemporary world order. |
Luke Cooper |
12 May, 2023 |
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| Being a Social Entrepreneur in a War Zone |
How did I evacuate over 30,000 women and children from the warzone, not knowing Ukraine and not speaking a word of Ukrainian? I drew on my business, political and organisation skills to move quickly to save thousands of lives. This is my story. |
Brooks Newmark |
12 May, 2023 |
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| The work of the media during the Russian-Ukrainian war |
How the media in Ukraine transitioned to covering the war with the beginning of the full-scale Russian invasion. |
Yaroslava Bukhta |
12 May, 2023 |
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| Understanding the Ukraine's Grassroots in the Russia-Ukraine War |
The need to consider grassroots nuances in Ukraine in order to understand the Russia-Ukraine war, and possible strategies for peace going forward. |
Marnie Howlett |
12 May, 2023 |
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| Sleep, Light, Architecture |
How can a neuroscientist and an architect help us to understand the world of sleep and the rhythms that govern our lives? |
Russell Foster, Ian Ritchie, Sally Shuttleworth, Ruth Abrahams, Madeleine Morris |
12 May, 2023 |
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| International crimes in Ukraine |
Who can be held accountable and how? |
Federica D’Alessandra |
4 May, 2023 |
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| Components for Sustainable Peace in Ukraine |
What are the necessary components of a peace process for Ukraine? Carne addresses that any such process must involve groups on the ground, such as those from the Donbass or Crimea, if it is to be effective and sustained in the long term. |
Carne Ross |
4 May, 2023 |
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| Making wood type then and now |
Thomas Gravemaker explores the history of wood type printing as well as his own recent manufacture using digital design and a CNC router. |
Thomas Gravemaker |
19 April, 2023 |
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| Modern Times: Photography in Britain 1800–1850 |
Geoffrey Batchen explores the first fifty years of photography in Britain. |
Geoffrey Batchen |
6 April, 2023 |
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| Professor José Villar |
Georgina Ferry interviews José Villar, Professor of Perinatal Medicine, 8 November 2022. |
José Villar, Georgina Ferry |
30 March, 2023 |
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| Dr Adam Ritchie |
Georgina Ferry interviews Adam Ritchie, Senior Vaccine Programme Manager, 31 October 2022. |
Adam Ritchie, Georgina Ferry |
30 March, 2023 |
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| Professor Martin Landray |
Georgina Ferry interviews Sir Martin Landray, Professor of Medicine and Epidemiology, 27 October 2022. |
Martin Landray, Georgina Ferry |
30 March, 2023 |
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| Professor Richard Cornall |
Georgina Ferry interviews Richard Cornall, Head of the Nuffield Department of Medicine, 26 October 2022. |
Richard Cornall, Georgina Ferry |
30 March, 2023 |
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| Professor Marian Knight |
Georgina Ferry interviews Marian Knight, Professor of Maternal and Child Population Health, 13 October 2022. |
Marian Knight, Georgina Ferry |
30 March, 2023 |
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| Tracey Mustoe |
Georgina Ferry interviews Tracey Mustoe, University Biological Safety Officer, 21 September 2022. |
Tracey Mustoe, Georgina Ferry |
30 March, 2023 |
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| Professor John Bell (part three) |
Georgina Ferry interviews Sir John Bell, Regius Professor of Medicine, 21 September 2022. |
John Bell, Georgina Ferry |
30 March, 2023 |
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| Professor Lisa White |
Georgina Ferry interviews Lisa White, Professor of Modelling in Epidemiology at the Big Data Institute, 13 September 2022. |
Lisa White, Georgina Ferry |
30 March, 2023 |
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| Dr Max Roser |
Georgina Ferry interviews Max Roser, Director of the Oxford Martin Programme on Global Development, 2 September 2022. |
Max Roser, Georgina Ferry |
30 March, 2023 |
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| Dr Carina Joe |
Georgina Ferry interviews Carina Joe, Senior Postdoctoral Research Scientist in Vaccine Development, 1 September 2022. |
Carina Joe, Georgina Ferry |
30 March, 2023 |
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| Professor William James |
Georgina Ferry interviews William James, Professor of Virology, 18 August 2022. |
William James, Georgina Ferry |
30 March, 2023 |
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| Professor Alain Townsend |
Georgina Ferry interviews Alain Townsend, Professor of Molecular Immunology, 16 August 2022. |
Alain Townsend, Georgina Ferry |
30 March, 2023 |
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| Professor John Bell (part two) |
Georgina Ferry interviews Sir John Bell, Regius Professor of Medicine, 28 April 2022. |
John Bell, Georgina Ferry |
30 March, 2023 |
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| Professor Aris Katzourakis |
Georgina Ferry interviews Aris Katzourakis, Professor of Evolution and Genomics, 27 January 2022. |
Aris Katzourakis, Georgina Ferry |
30 March, 2023 |
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| Acknowledgements |
A special thank you to everyone involved in the podcast. |
Torø Graven |
28 March, 2023 |
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| (E10/10) The Missing Bean |
Sitting outside, just to the right of the entrance, facing Lincoln College. |
Torø Graven |
28 March, 2023 |
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| (E9/10) Walking down Mansfield Road, Holywell Street, and Broad Street |
From Queen Elizabeth House to Cornmarket Street, on the left-hand side. |
Torø Graven |
28 March, 2023 |
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| (E8/10) Walking in University Parks |
From the back gate at St Anne’s College, in through North Gate, and along North Walk to Lazenbee’s Ground Walk, in the middle of North Walk. |
Torø Graven |
28 March, 2023 |
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| (E7/10) Oxford University Museum of Natural History |
Sitting in the café on the gallery, at a table closest to the central court, just to the right of the till, facing the central court. |
Torø Graven |
28 March, 2023 |
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| (E6/10) Walking down Cornmarket Street |
From Carfax Tower to George Street, on the left-hand side. |
Torø Graven |
28 March, 2023 |
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| (E5/10) Walking through Clarendon Centre |
From Queen Street to Cornmarket Street, in the middle. |
Torø Graven |
28 March, 2023 |
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| (E4/10) Walking inside University Church of St. Mary the Virgin |
Down the aisle and into the Nave, back along the north corridor, and out on High Street. |
Torø Graven |
28 March, 2023 |
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| (E3/10) Radcliffe Square on an early summer morning |
Sitting outside at Vaults & Garden cafe, in the middle between the two entrances, facing Radcliffe Camera. |
Torø Graven |
28 March, 2023 |
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| (E2/10) Walking up Queen’s Lane and New College Lane |
From High Street to Catte Street, on the left-hand side. |
Torø Graven |
28 March, 2023 |
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| (E1/10) Bell towers telling the time on Christ Church Meadow |
Standing on Broad Walk, just to the left of Merton Grove, facing Christ Church Meadow. |
Torø Graven |
28 March, 2023 |
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| Introduction |
Welcome to the Oxford Sound Album. |
Torø Graven |
28 March, 2023 |
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| Book Launch: Locked Out of Development: Insiders and Outsiders in Arab Capitalism |
Dr Hertog presents the key arguments of his new short monograph “Locked Out of Development: Insiders and Outsiders in Arab Capitalism” published by Cambridge University Press. |
Steffen Hertog, Neil Ketchley |
23 March, 2023 |
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| Nations Ascendant: Towards a Global Intellectual History of Self Determination |
Zaib un Nisa Aziz (University of South Florida, Tampa) speaks at the Oxford South Asian Intellectual History Seminar on 13 March 2023. For queries, please contact seminar convenor at saih@history.ox.ac.uk |
Zaib un Nisa Aziz |
23 March, 2023 |
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| Anat Scolnicov - The Israel Supreme Court Religion and the Relationship of State and Religion in Israel |
On judicial independence in Israel |
Anat Scolnicov |
23 March, 2023 |
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| Amos Morris-Rich - The Fusion of Zionism and Science: The First Two Decades - And the Present Day? |
On Zionism's relation to Science |
Amos Morris-Reich |
23 March, 2023 |
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| #8 Social Justice & Desire | with Cara Addleman |
PPE Student, Cara Addleman, discusses her prize-winning essay. |
Martin Dunkley Smith, Cara Addleman |
22 March, 2023 |
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| Zoe Campbell |
Meet Worcester's Outreach & Access Officer. |
Zoe Campbell, David Isaac |
22 March, 2023 |
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| Uncivil Liberalism and the Globalisation of Dadabhai Naoroji’s Ideas of Sociality |
Vikram Visana (University of Leicester) speaks at the Oxford South Asian Intellectual History Seminar on 7 March 2023. |
Vikram Visana |
20 March, 2023 |
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| Exploring relationships between theory of practice and practice by looking at the Abhisamayālaṃkāra in Gelukpa scholasticism |
Chandra Ehm's investigation into the foundations of the Geluk monastic curriculum |
Chandra Ehm |
17 March, 2023 |
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| The Transformation of Nyingma Identity: Some Key Developments in Contemporary Nyingma Monastic Education |
Nicholas Hobhouse on Developments in Contemporary Nyingma Monastic Education |
Nicholas Hobhouse |
17 March, 2023 |
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| Is AI bad for democracy? Analyzing AI’s impact on epistemic agency |
Professor Mark Coeckelbergh considers whether AI poses a risk for democracy n this St Cross Special Ethics Seminar |
Mark Coeckelbergh |
13 March, 2023 |
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