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Episode Title	Description	People	Date
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
Legislation is essential but not always adequate	Race, Law and History, talk 4.	Venous Memari	13 January, 2022
Post-Emancipation Legislation	Race, Law and History, talk 3	Walton Brown	13 January, 2022
The Story of the Slaveship, Enterprise	Race, Law and History, talk 2	Ben Adamson	13 January, 2022
Bermuda and The Struggle for Reform: Race, Politics and Ideology, 1944-1998	Book reading 4.	Walton Brown Jr	13 January, 2022
Our Lady of Labour: Dr Barbara Ball	Book reading 5.	Ottiwell Simmons	13 January, 2022
Shackles of the Past by David Critchley	Book reading 6.	Wendy Davis Johnson	13 January, 2022
Britain's long-running 'skills crisis': why can't we fix it? and what would it take to do so?	Alison Wolf, Ian Stuart and Sir Chris Husbands join Sir Paul Collier to discuss vocational skills and the economy.	Alison Wolf, Ian Stuart, Chris Husbands	7 January, 2022
Reflections: How do we move forward with the Collections Development Policy?	Bessie, Megan, and Jip conclude this series by reflecting on the process of examining the Collections Development Policy. What can we take forward? Are changes too idealistic? Is there any hope for the future of museum policy?	Bessie Woodhouse, Jip Borm, Megan Mahon	6 January, 2022
Pathways Forward with Dr. Laura van Broekhoven	Jip and Bessie are joined again by the Director of the Pitt Rivers Museum, Dr. Laura van Broekhoven. This time we discuss looking forward to the future of the museum and its collections policy.	Jip Borm, Bessie Woodhouse, Laura van Broekhoven	6 January, 2022
Museums and Living Objects with Carey Newman	Megan and Alexis are joined by master carver Carey Newman to discuss the social and cultural lives of museum objects, and the ways museums can better engage with them.	Carey Newman, Megan Mahon, Alexis Forer	6 January, 2022
Funding, Possibilities and The Arts Council with Liam Wiseman	Megan and Bessie are joined by Liam Wiseman, then Museums Relationship Manager for the South East, to discuss funding and the possibilities of de-colonial practice.	Megan Mahon, Bessie Woodhouse, Liam Wiseman	6 January, 2022
Accessibility and The Public with Beth McDougall	Jip is joined by Beth McDougall, Families and Communities Officer for the Pitt Rivers Museum, to discuss the idea of the public and the museum's Access Policy.	Jip Borm, Beth McDougall	6 January, 2022
Comparing Decolonial Practices with Dr. Gina Borromeo and Jan Howard	Jip and Megan are joined by Dr. Gina Borromeo and Jan Howard, curators at the Rhode Island School of Design, to discuss comparisons between how institutions approach decolonial practice, the barriers they face and how policy can reflect practice.	Gina Borromeo, Jip Borm, Megan Mahon	6 January, 2022
Art and Indigenous Voices with Eiko Soga	Alexis and Jip are joined by Eiko Soga, a Japanese artist and researcher, to learn how art can play a role in making collections accessible and how it can help museums connect with the voices of peoples behind museum collections.	Eiko Soga, Jip Borm, Alexis Forer	6 January, 2022
Indigenous Futures and Museums with Solomon Enos	Alexis and Megan are joined by Solomon Enos, an Indigenous artist from Hawai’i, to discuss the ways that museum policies can better engage with contemporary Indigenous artists and depict Indigenous futures.	Solomon Enos, Megan Mahon, Alexis Forer	6 January, 2022
The Museum and Communities with Jaalen Edenshaw	Alexis and Bessie are joined by Jaalen Edenshaw, a Haida artist, to discuss the relationship between the museum, the origins of its collections and communities today.	Bessie Woodhouse, Jaalen Edenshaw, Alexis Forer	6 January, 2022
Strachey Lecture: Mixed Signals	Mixed Signals: audio and wearable data analysis for health diagnostics	Cecilia Mascolo	6 January, 2022
Dr. Laura van Broekhoven on Accreditation and the Impacts of Policy	Jip and Bessie are joined by the Director of the Pitt Rivers Museum, Dr. Laura van Broekhoven. In this episode, we discuss the impacts of the policy, museum accreditation, and Laura's work at the museum and beyond.	Laura van Broekhoven	4 January, 2022
Mission Statements and Decolonial Practice with Dr. Cara Krmpotich	Bessie and Megan are joined by Dr. Cara Krmpotich, museum anthropologist and Associate Professor of Museum Studies at the University of Toronto to delve into the role of mission statements and how to approach applying decolonial practice in museums.	Bessie Woodhouse, Megan Mahon	4 January, 2022
Policy and Practice with Faye Belsey	‘The future of collection doesn’t have to be the past.’ Jip and Alexis are joined by Faye Belsey, Deputy Head of Object Collections at the Pitt Rivers Museum, to discuss the relationship between collections policy and everyday practice in the museum.	Jip Borm, Faye Belsey, Alexis Forer	4 January, 2022
Introduction: What is this Policy anyway?	Bessie, Alexis, Jip and Megan explore the themes presented in the museum’s Collections Development Policy. Why does it say so little about repatriation? Who is the widest possible public? And what even is preservation?	Bessie Woodhouse, Jip Borm, Megan Mahon, Alexis Forer	4 January, 2022
So Near Yet So Far: Marathi Speakers in Belgaum, Karnataka	Part of the International conference on Maharashtra in September 2021 - Gopa Sabharwal, University of Delhi	Gopa Sabharwal	21 December, 2021
From Russia to Bombay, from Bombay to Soviet Union and back: The journey of Annabhau Sathe’s Maza Russia cha Pravas.	Part of the International conference on Maharashtra in September 2021 - Anagha Bhat Behere, SPPU, Pune	Anagha Bhat Behere	21 December, 2021
Embodied Circulation of an Icon: The case of Janata Raja	Part of the International conference on Maharashtra in September 2021 - Aishwarya Walvekar, JNU, New Delhi	Aishwarya Walvekar	21 December, 2021
त्यांनी पाहिलेली विलायत: मराठी प्रवाशांनी १८६७ ते १९४७ या काळात लिहिलेल्या इंग्लंडच्या प्रवासवर्णनांचा सामाजिक अभ्यास	Part of the International conference on Maharashtra in September 2021 - Aditya Panse, Independent scholar, London	Aditya Panse	21 December, 2021
Travelling Santas, Circulation and Formation of ‘the Multilingual Local’ of World Literature in the early modern Marathi	Part of the International conference on Maharashtra in September 2021 - Sachin Ketkar, MS University, Vadodara	Sachin Ketkar	21 December, 2021