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Episode Title	Description	People	Date
50 years of trans activism: a history of change for trans human rights in the UK	Professor Stephen Whittle, Professor of Equalities Law at Manchester Metropolitan University delivers the 2022 LGBT History Month Lecture, drawing on his own experiences.	Stephen Whittle, Clara Barker	15 March, 2022
Christl Donnelly and the Statistical End of Epidemics	Professor Christl Donnelly (Oxford and Imperial) and Dr Erica Charters discuss how statistical and mathematical epidemiology measure the end of epidemics, including BSE, Ebola, influenza, and Covid-19.	Christl Donnelly, Erica Charters	15 March, 2022
Carolyn Eastman on Yellow Fever in New York	Dr Carolyn Eastman (VCU) and Dr Erica Charters discuss how epidemics of yellow fever ended in 1790s New York, and the multiple ends of an epidemic for different parts of a society.	Carolyn Eastman, Erica Charters	15 March, 2022
Gut Instinct Ep. 3 - Keto vs Carbs and Livers vs Albumin	We review a few interesting papers from the world of nutrition science and hepatology, plus the usual assortment of bits and bobs from the gastro literature.	Michael Fitzpatrick, Tamsin Cargill	15 March, 2022
A Lament for the Earth	This episode will address the challenge to nature poetry.	Alice Oswald	14 March, 2022
A Debatable Empire	Mishka Sinha (University of Oxford) speaks at the Oxford South Asian Intellectual History Seminar on 7 February 2022	Mishka Sinha	11 March, 2022
B.R. Ambedkar's Sociophilia and Other Anti-Caste Sciences	J. Daniel Elam (University of Hong Kong) speaks at the Oxford South Asian Intellectual History Seminar on 28 February 2022.	J. Daniel Elam	11 March, 2022
How ‘Dynasty’ Became a Modern Global Concept: Intellectual Histories of Sovereignty and Property	Milinda Banerjee (University of St Andrews) speaks at the Oxford South Asian Intellectual History Seminar on 24 January 2022	Milinda Banerjee	11 March, 2022
Reflections on Gandhi’s Anti-Modernism	Akeel Bilgrami (Columbia University) speaks at the Oxford South Asian Intellectual History Seminar on 7 March 2022.	Akeel Bilgrami	11 March, 2022
Talking Ukraine with Olena Chervonik	A conversation between Professor Geoffrey Batchen and Ukrainian-born art history doctoral student Olena Chervonik, focusing on the history and culture of Ukraine.	Olena Chervonik, Geoff Batchen	10 March, 2022
Knowledge for bright ideas – how research can support innovative health systems	Guest lecturer Dr Nick Fahy is a research group director for health and wellbeing at RAND Europe, where he oversees research in such areas as health systems and healthcare innovation, and the behavioural and social determinants of health and wellbeing.	Nick Fahy	7 March, 2022
Grace Hartigan: Fashion or Painting?	In this talk Dr Saul Nelson analyses a single painting, Grace Hartigan’s 'The Persian Jacket' (1952), in order to draw a few conclusions about late modernism.	Saul Nelson, Alexandra Solovyev	4 March, 2022
In Sleep a King	This is a sleep-talk on the subject of waking up with Sonnet 87 (by Shakespeare) in the background. This talk was given by Alice Oswald on the 25th November 2021.	Alice Oswald	3 March, 2022
Media, Communications, and Public Opinion in Tajikistan	Irna Hofman (Oxford) Malik Kadirov (Media Analyst, Tajikistan) Salimjon Aioubov (Director of RFE/RL's Tajik Service) round table discussion	Irna Hofman, Malik Kadirov, Salimjon Aioubov, Faisal Devji	3 March, 2022
Sovereignty	Neguin Yavari speaking on ‘Islamic imperatives and Islamic rulers’, Samy Ayoub speaking on ‘Law and the Exercise of Power: Debates on Political Legitimacy and Authority in the 19th - 20th centuries Egypt’.	Neguin Yavari, Samy Ayoub, Faisal Devji, Usaama al-Azami	2 March, 2022
The Career and Communities of Zaynab Fawwaz: Feminist Thinking in Fin-de-siècle Egypt	Marilyn Booth speaking on her new book.	Marilyn Booth	2 March, 2022
Religion	Madawi al-Rasheed speaking on ‘Islamic Reform in Saudi Arabia between “the Violence of the Minority and the Apathy of the Majority”. Pascal Menoret speaking on ‘Graveyard of Clerics’.	Madawi al-Rasheed, Pascal Menoret, Faisal Devji, Usaama al-Azami	2 March, 2022
Caliphate	Elizabeth Alexandrin speaking on ‘Empire of the End Time: Fāṭimid Sovereignties in the 4th Century AH/11th Century CE’. Hüseyin Yilmaz speaking on ‘The Ottomans and the Question of the Caliphate'.	Elizabeth Alexandrin, Hüseyin Yilmaz, Faisal Devji, Usaama al-Azami	1 March, 2022
‘Uneasy lies the head that wears a crown’: Recent developments regarding the immunities of heads of state and government	Philippa Webb, Professor of Public International Law at King’s College London, gives a presentation on recent developments in English law in cases against current and former heads of state.	Philippa Webb	1 March, 2022
State Consent between Regionalism and Universalism: Particular Customary International Law before the International Court of Justice	Freya Baetens, Professor of Public International Law at Oslo University, gives a presentation on how the International Court of Justice has addressed claims based on ‘regional’ customary international law.	Freya Baetens	1 March, 2022
Researching South Asia: Climate Change	Aditya Ramesh, Nausheen Anwar, Camelia Dewan, Chitra Venkatramani, Nikhil Anand in discussion	Aditya Ramesh (Manchester) Nausheen Anwar (IBA, Karachi) Camelia Dewan (Oslo) Chitra Venkatramani (NUS) Nikhil Anand (UPenn)	1 March, 2022
Researching South Asia: Animals	Panel discussion on researching no human animals in South Asia	Ambika Aiyadurai, Naisargi Dave, Radhika Govindrajan, Muhammad Kavesh, Dolly Kikon	1 March, 2022
Researching South Asia: Bureaucracy	A panel discussion on the problems of research in South Asia.	Yamini Aiyar, Maira Hayat, Zehra Hashmi, Akshay Mangla	1 March, 2022
Douglass Day and the Colored Conventions Project: Nineteenth-Century Black Activism with Denise Burgher and Jim Casey	The Quill Project Conventions Podcast	Grace Mallon, Denise Burgher, Jim Casey	22 February, 2022
Justice and the Egalitarian Research Imperative	In his new book, 'For the Common Good: Philosophical Foundations of Research Ethics' (Oxford University Press), Prof Alex John London argues that there is a moral imperative to carry out research with human subjects...	Alex John London	18 February, 2022
Episode 7: Everywhere	In this final episode, Katrina talks to Leo, Alice and Aimee about how Oxford has nurtured their passion for the ancient world, what connects Lizzo to Classics, and how understanding the past can be a force for good.	Aimee Cousins, Leo Kershaw, Alice Main, Katrina Kelly	18 February, 2022
Obsessive Compulsive Disorder – too careful, too nice, and trying too hard	In this practical, myth-busting webinar for staff and students, Paul Salkovskis from the Department of Experimental Psychology explains how OCD works and what needs to happen to overcome it. A Q&A follows, chaired by Cathy Creswell.	Paul Salkovskis, Cathy Creswell	18 February, 2022
What would a sustainable economy look like?	Sir Dieter Helm discusses how we could shift to a sustainable economy.	Dieter Helm, Charles Godfray	17 February, 2022
The UN and the changing character of peacemaking: new tools and new thinking	A discussion on the need for the UN to refocus its mission and retool itself to address increased incidence of intra-State conflict.	Raja Karthikeya	16 February, 2022
Oxford Days II	Presentations from Professor David Sherratt’s Oxford Days – Part 2	Kim Nasmyth, Russell Brown, Jan Löwe, Christian Lesterlin, Dale Wigley	16 February, 2022
Oxford Days I	Presentations from Professor David Sherratt’s Oxford Days – Part 1	Bernard Hallet, François-Xavier Barre, Rodrigo Reyes-Lamothe, Anjana Badrinarayanan	16 February, 2022
Glasgow Days	Presentations from Professor David Sherratt’s Glasgow Days	Marshall Stark, Colin Stirling, Stephen Bell, Stephen Kowalczykowski, Neil Johnson	16 February, 2022
Sussex Days	Presentations from Professor David Sherratt’s Sussex Days	Mick Chandler, Claudio Stern, Gordon Dougan, Lorraine Symington	16 February, 2022
Branding: as intimate as it can get to the world of business	Join us in this episode to listen to Alejandro Arroyo Yamin talk about the past, present and future of branding; why it matters more than we realise, and why the term ‘branding’ doesn’t even begin to cover all that it stands for! Date of recording: 26/11.	Alejandro Arroyo Yamin, Andreas Finzel	15 February, 2022
"Downward Equalization”: A Gandhian Inversion of Dignity and Rights-Claims	Manu Samnotra (University of South Florida) speaks at the Oxford South Asian Intellectual History Seminar on 31 January 2022. For queries, please contact the seminar convenor at saih@history.ox.ac.uk	Manu Samnotra	11 February, 2022
Tajikistan: Politics After Civil War	A discussion with Suzanne Levi-Sanchez, Edward Lemon, Muhiddin Kabiri, Alim Sherzamonov	Suzanne Levi-Sanche, Edward Lemon, Muhiddin Kabiri, Alim Sherzamonov	8 February, 2022
Illusions of Autonomy: why Europe cannot provide for its security if the United States pulls back	How would Europe fare if the United States completely withdrew its security assurances and assistance? Dr Hugo Meijer argues that Europe would struggle to mount a collective, autonomous defence capacity vis-a-vis a resurgent Russia.	Hugo Meijer	8 February, 2022
The Fate of Colonial Elites in Post-Colonial Regimes: Evidence from the 1952 Egyptian Revolution	Dr Neil Ketchley in conversation with Professor Walter Armbrust about his current research.	Neil Ketchley, Walter Armbrust	3 February, 2022
Islam and the Arab Revolutions – the Ulama between Democracy and Autocracy	Join us as we listen to Dr Usaama al-Azami (Faculty of Oriental Studies, University of Oxford) in conversation about his new book, 'Islam and the Arab Revolutions, the Ulama between Democracy and Autocracy'.	Usaama al-Azami, Michael Willis	31 January, 2022
Researching South Asia: Kashmir	Round table discussion	Mona Bhan, Mohamad Junaid, Hafsa Kanjwal	27 January, 2022
Rule by Fear: Conceptualizing Democracy and Authoritarianism in Pakistan	Ammar Ali Jan (Haqooq-e-Khalq Movement) speaks at the Oxford South Asian Intellectual History Seminar on 17 January 2022. For queries, please contact the seminar convenor at saih@history.ox.ac.uk.	Ammar Ali Jan	27 January, 2022
Russian Strategy in the Social Media Battlefield	What strategies do states and nonstate actors use when engaging in disinformation and malign manipulation of the information environment? What do they do and why, and how successful is it? And what can be done to combat it?	David Gioe	26 January, 2022
Colonialism, Enslavement and Resistance	1612 - 1834 Founding of Bermuda and the Fight for Freedom, talk 1	Mike Jarvis	25 January, 2022
Welcome and opening address by event hosts	Opening address from Kristin White and readings from the event hosts.	Kristin White, Wale Adebanwi, Stephen Tuck, Rajai Denbrook, Lisa Reed, Phyllis Curtis-Tweed	25 January, 2022
A Tale of Two Women: Sally Bassett, Mary Prince and the True Story of Slavery in Bermuda	Second talk on the 1612 - 1834 Founding of Bermuda and the Fight for Freedom panel, with ajala omodele.	Ajala Omodele	25 January, 2022
Narratives of Resistance	1834 – 1959/71 Struggle for Desegregation: Post-emancipation, identity and immigration, talk 2	Kristy Warren	25 January, 2022
Black Power and Bermuda	1834 – 1959/71 Struggle for Desegregation: Post-emancipation, identity and immigration, talk 1	Quito Swan	25 January, 2022
A Consequence of Abolition: Racialised Policies	.1612 - 1834 Founding of Bermuda and the Fight for Freedom, talk 4	Walton Brown	25 January, 2022
The Humanitarian Revolution and the Struggle for Human Rights	1834 – 1959/71 Struggle for Desegregation: Post-emancipation, identity and immigration, talk 1	Clarence Maxwell	25 January, 2022
Coping with grief after a bereavement	In this practical, myth-busting webinar, Department of Experimental Psychology researcher Dr Kirsten Smith discusses the processes that can block the natural resolution of grief as well as some evidence-based suggestions for managing them.	Kirsten Smith, Cathy Creswell	25 January, 2022
Talk 4: Textiles from East to West: case studies from the Leiden collections	Building on earlier talks in the series that explored the uses of textiles in library collections, this talk focuses on examples of textiles in manuscript bindings in the Oriental collections of Leiden University Library.	Karin Scheper, Alice Evans	24 January, 2022
Six Faces of Globalization: Who Wins, Who Loses, and Why It Matters	Nicolas Lamp, Queen’s University, Canada gives a presentation to the Public International Law Discussion Group.	Nicolas Lamp	24 January, 2022
The Demographics of Bermuda: From the Deportation of Free Black People to Racist White Immigration Policies	1834 – 1959/71 Struggle for Desegregation: Post-emancipation, identity and immigration, talk 4	Lynne Winfield	24 January, 2022
A Case Study in Black Internationalism: Bermuda as part of the Diasporic Civil Rights Struggle	1834 – 1959/71 Struggle for Desegregation: Post-emancipation, identity and immigration, talk 3	Theodore Francis	24 January, 2022
The Portuguese Community In Bermuda	1834 – 1959/71 Struggle for Desegregation: Post-emancipation, identity and immigration, talk 5	Rui Desa	24 January, 2022
Muslim Persistence in Establishing Islamic Community Life in Bermuda (1960 – present)	1959 – 2018 The Pursuit of Equality and Justice: Past and Present, talk 2.	Radell Tankard	24 January, 2022
Race, Resistance and Fiction	1959 – 2018 The Pursuit of Equality and Justice: Past and Present, talk 1	Nicholas Tweed	24 January, 2022
Goin’ dahn de road’: Racialised dialect parody in Bermuda’	Racialisation in (post)colonial Bermuda: Past and Present, talk 3.	Rosemary Hall	24 January, 2022
They Called Us Hoodlums: Media, Desegregation and the 1959 Bermuda Theatre Boycotts’	Racialisation in (post)colonial Bermuda: Past and Present, talk 2.	Dana Selassie	24 January, 2022
Introduction to 'Racialisation in (post)colonial Bermuda: Past and Present'	Racialisation in (post)colonial Bermuda: Past and Present, talk 1.	Kristy Warren	24 January, 2022
Final closing	Closing comments by Dr. Phyllis Curtis Tweed.	Nicholas Tweed, Phyllis Curtis Tweed	24 January, 2022
Challenging Oppressive Working Conditions: The Bermuda Industrial Union	1959 – 2018 The Pursuit of Equality and Justice: Past and Present, talk 4	Derick Burgess	24 January, 2022
A Life of Resistance	1959 – 2018 The Pursuit of Equality and Justice: Past and Present, talk 3	Linda Bogle-Meinzer	24 January, 2022
Yamunaparyatan: Journeying and Religious Conversion	Part of the International conference on Maharashtra in September 2021 - Deepra Dandekar, Leibnitz Zentrum Moderner Orient, Berlin, Germany	Deepra Dandekar	21 January, 2022
The cycle of devotion: circulation in pilgrimage, procession, and Darshan’s circuit in the Vithoba’s cult	Part of the International conference on Maharashtra in September 2021 - Eric Ferrie, Independent Scholar, Paris, France	Eric Ferrie	21 January, 2022
कृषितंत्रज्ञानाचे आदान प्रदान	Part of the International conference on Maharashtra in September 2021 - Pankaj Jaiswal, SPPU, Pune	Pankaj Jaiswal	21 January, 2022
Debating Sexuality: Morality in the Early-Twentieth-Century Marathi Literary Culture	Part of the International conference on Maharashtra in September 2021 - Rahul Sarwate, University of Ahmadabad	Rahul Sarwate	21 January, 2022
Marx Comes to Maharashtra: Javdekar, Satyagrahi Samajwad and the shaping of Transnational Emancipatory Thought Zones	Part of the International conference on Maharashtra in September 2021 - Rajeshwari Deshpande, SPPU, Pune	Rajeshwari Deshpande	21 January, 2022
Prabodhankar Thackeray: a paradoxical instigator of plurality in the Non-Brahmin Print sphere	Part of the International conference on Maharashtra in September 2021 -Suraj Thube, University of Oxford	Suraj Thube	21 January, 2022
Martin Vessey	Derek Hockaday interviews Martin Vessey, Emeritus Professor of Public Health, 4 June 2014	Martin Vessey, Derek Hockaday	20 January, 2022
Mike Dunnill	Derek Hockaday interviews Mike Dunnill, researcher, pathologist and former Director of Clinical Studies,10 February 2012.	Mike Dunnill, Derek Hockaday	20 January, 2022
Ann Taylor	Derek Hockaday interviews Ann Taylor, researcher and physiologist, 20 January 2016.	Ann Taylor, Derek Hockaday	20 January, 2022
Shimaga Reforms: Mapping Idea(s) of Obscenity in Colonial Maharashtra	Part of the International conference on Maharashtra in September 2021 - Madhura Damle, Presidency University, Kolkata	Madhura Damle	18 January, 2022
Circulation of thought processes as reflected in medieval temple sculptures in Maharashtra.	Part of the International conference on Maharashtra in September 2021 - Kumud Dileep Kanitkar, Independent Scholar, Mumbai	Kumud Dileep Kanitkar	18 January, 2022
‘Sarudar khamb ani mahirapi’ among other things – Acculturation in the Architecture of eighteenth century Maharashtra	Part of the International conference on Maharashtra in September 2021 - Chetan Sahasrabuddhe, BN College of Architecture, Pune	Chetan Sahasrabuddhe	18 January, 2022
Mobility into Power of the Dalit-Women Sarpanchs and a Comparison with the Upper Caste- Male Sarpanchs in Maharashtra: A Story of Two Extremes on the Spectrum.	Part of the International conference on Maharashtra in September 2021 - Dhanmanjiri Sathe, Azeem Premji University, Bangalore	Dhanmanjiri Sathe	18 January, 2022
Circulation of Concepts in Ancient Western India: Some Case Studies	Part of the International conference on Maharashtra in September 2021 - Manjiri Bhalerao, Tilak Maharashtra Vidyapeeth, Pune	Manjiri Bhalerao	18 January, 2022
Countering the Visual Modern: A Case Study of A Periodical and A Public Sculpture	Part of the International conference on Maharashtra in September 2021 - Noopur Desai, Asia Art Archive in India, New Delhi	Noopur Desai	18 January, 2022
Resettling of the Learned Brahmanas of ancient Karad: An Epigraphical Analysis	Part of the International conference on Maharashtra in September 2021 - Rupali Mokashi, Ulhasnagar, Thane	Rupali Mokashi	18 January, 2022
Circulation of Communalism: The study of cow protection movement in Maharashtra (1890-1947)	Part of the International conference on Maharashtra in September 2021 - Devkumar Ahire, SPPU, Pune	Devkumar Ahire	18 January, 2022
Like Ink on the Water: Examining a Medieval Genealogical Document from	Part of the International conference on Maharashtra in September 2021 - Durga Kale, University of Calgary, Canada	Durga Kale	18 January, 2022
Trade, Circulation of Commodities and Transition in urban patterns in Deccan and Konkan towns in 17th& 18th Century	Part of the International conference on Maharashtra in September 2021 - Neelambari Bharat Jagtap, Shivaji University, Kolhapur	Neelambari Bharat Jagtap	18 January, 2022
Memories Lost in the Triangle: An Exploration of Bermuda’s Social Conditioning Through Racial Amnesia’	Racialisation in (post)colonial Bermuda: Past and Present, talk 5.	H. Alicia Kirby	18 January, 2022
‘MY NAME IS SUE’: The Mother of Mary Prince and the Racialised Abdication of Bermuda in the Authentication of Her History’	Racialisation in (post)colonial Bermuda: Past and Present, talk 4.	LeYoni Junos	18 January, 2022
400 years of Courts in Bermuda, 1616-2016, Towards a Vision of Non-Racial Justice	Race, Law and History, talk 1	Ian Kawaley, Chen Foley	18 January, 2022
‘Bermuda gombey (re)connections: Covering and recovering indigeneity in the Black Atlantic’	Racialisation in (post)colonial Bermuda: Past and Present, talk 6.	Sydney Hutchinson	18 January, 2022
What should we expect for journalism in 2022?	In this episode of Future of Journalism, we speak to the author of our recent annual Trends and Predictions report to see what is driving the news industry forward in the near term and what opportunities exist on the horizon.	Federica Cherubini, Nic Newman	17 January, 2022
Exploring the treetops with Tim Kovar	In this episode, Julia and Sofia talk to tree climber Tim Kovar about trees, inclusivity and connecting people with nature.	Tim Kovar, Sofia Castello y Tickell, Julia Migne	17 January, 2022
A Behavioral Analysis of Humanitarian Negotiations	Professor Anne van Aaken, University of Hamburg, Germany, gives a talk for the Public International Law seminar series (11/11/2021).	Anne van Aaken	17 January, 2022
'The Function of Equity in International Law	Professor Catharine Titi, French National Centre for Scientific Research (CNRS)-CERSA, University Paris II Panthéon-Assas, France, gives a talk for the Public International Law seminar series. (4/11/2021)	Catharine Titi	17 January, 2022
2022 New Year’s Episode	The entire Almanac team gets together to discuss what they believe was the most important event in the region over the past year, something they are watching for in the region in 2022, and their favorite book on the Middle East.	Piotr Schulkes, Guy Fiennes, Isabella Cibelli Du Terroil, Oliver Franks, Kalyani Nedungadi, Matthew Smith, Adam Abdalla	17 January, 2022
Tactical Admissions in International Litigation	A presentation by Professor Stefan Talmon on Tactical Admissions in International Litigation, delivered to the Public International Law Discussion Group.	Stefan Talmon	17 January, 2022
‘Government of Order’: Summary Executions & Official Impunity in Company India (c. 1818-1825)	Part of the International conference on Maharashtra in September 2021 - Nishant Gokhale, University of Cambridge	Nishant Gokhale	14 January, 2022
Legal Categories, Approaches and Responses to Kidnapping and Forced Marriages in Early Modern Marathi Documents	Part of the International conference on Maharashtra in September 2021 - Prashant, University of Exeter, UK	Prashant	14 January, 2022
Circulation of silver coins in the transition from Maratha to British rule	Part of the International conference on Maharashtra in September 2021 - Michihiro Ogawa, University of Tokyo, Japan	Michihiro Ogawa	14 January, 2022
मराठ्यांचे नजराणे	Part of the International conference on Maharashtra in September 2021 - Rahul Magar, SPPU, Pune	Rahul Magar	14 January, 2022
Choir No. 1 and Choir No. 2 and Dr E. F. Gordon: Hero of Bermuda’s Working Class	Book reading 3.	Dale Butler	13 January, 2022
Island Flames: Murder, Execution and Racial Enmity – The Real Story of Bermuda’s 1977 Riots	Book reading 2.	Jonathan Smith	13 January, 2022
Second Class Citizens: First Class Men	Book reading 1.	Eva Hodgson	13 January, 2022
The Intersection of Women’s Suffrage and Race Speaker name Kim Caines	Race, Law and History, talk 5.	Kimberley Caines	13 January, 2022