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Episode Title	Description	People	Date
Sharks, Death, Surfers	Melissa McCarthy (1994) on her book, Sharks, Death, Surfers	Melissa McCarthy	2 February, 2021
Etiquette	Isabel Parkinson (2015) on her debut novel, Etiquette	Isabel Parkinson	27 January, 2021
Coronavirus and ‘Disease X’	Professor Peter Millican interviews the Oxford scientists working at the forefront of research into Disease X	Peter Millican, Sarah Gilbert, Peter Horby, Jimmy Whitworth, John Bell, Erica Charters	14 January, 2021
Ebola	Professor Peter Millican begins the final episode of this series in 2014, at the onset of the Ebola outbreak in West Africa.	Peter Millican, Kevin Decock, Katie Ewer, Brian Angus, Blanche Oguti	14 January, 2021
HIV/AIDS	In the ninth episode of our History of Pandemics season, Professor Peter Millican leaves the perils of influenza behind, only to discover an entirely new virus: HIV.	Peter Millican, Harold Jaffe, John Frater, Kevin Decock, Jimmy Whitworth	14 January, 2021
The 'Spanish' Flu	Professor Peter Millican arrives in the twentieth century, during the last years of the Great War, to a pandemic which you may have read a lot about during the early coverage of our current COVID outbreak.	Peter Millican, John Oxford, Brian Angus, Claas Kirchhelle	14 January, 2021
'Russian' Flu: the pandemic that wasn't?	In this episode, Professor Peter Millican discusses a controversial outbreak...	Peter Millican, Julia Mannherz, Claas Kirchhelle, Brian Angus, Blanche Oguti	14 January, 2021
Cholera	Professor Peter Millican makes it to the nineteenth century to discuss the achievements of John Snow	Peter Millican, Claas Kirchhelle, Brian Angus, Blanche Oguti	14 January, 2021
Singing Together; Apart: Gregorian Chant Workshop – Song of Simeon	In this online choir workshop you will learn to sing along with a simple voice part from the Candlemas Nunc Dimittis and see the 15th-century manuscript from the Cistercian nunnery of Medingen where the music is preserved in the Bodleian Libraries	Henrike Lähnemann, Nick Swarbrick, Andrew Dunning, Alexandra Burgar, Jasmine Lowe, Timothy Powell	15 December, 2020
The Role of Prophecies in the Construction of the Geluk Tradition	In this talk, Michael Ium explores the role of prophecies in the legitimation and construction of the Geluk tradition.	Michael Ium	3 December, 2020
Smallpox, and Jenner	Welcome to the eighteenth century, at a point when Europe is going through another major smallpox outbreak, a disease that by this point has been plaguing populations around the globe for centuries.	Peter Millican, Claas Kirchhelle, Brian Angus, Blanche Oguti, Erica Charters	1 December, 2020
The Great Plague	in the final plague episode of the series, Professor Peter Millican talks to his guests about the last major outbreak of this horrific disease in seventeenth-century England.	Peter Millican, Paul Slack, Emma Smith, Kees Windland	1 December, 2020
The Black Death	Professor Peter Millican arrives in the fourteenth century and meets history's most notorious plague outbreak.	Peter Millican, Samuel Cohn, Blanche Oguti	1 December, 2020
The Plague of Justinian	Welcome to the Eastern Roman Empire in the sixth century. This time, Professor Peter Millican discusses a plague that historians and medical experts agree was likely the first plague pandemic humanity experienced.	Peter Millican, Michael McCormick, Abigail Buglass	1 December, 2020
Athens: the first plague?	Join Professor Peter Millican in 5th century Athens, a crowded city in the midst of a siege, where a devastating disease had just erupted.	Peter Millican, Tim Rood, Brian Angus, Blanche Oguti, Nicolette D'Angelo	1 December, 2020
Liu pin fo lou (Building of Six Classes of Sutra and Tantra), the Tibetan Buddhist pantheon in the Forbidden City	Ziyi Shao takes us to the reign of the Qianlong Emperor and will show us around the Fan hua lou (Hall of Buddhist Efflorescence), one of the most complex and prominent Buddhist monuments in the Forbidden city	Ziyi Shao	26 November, 2020
Verse and Prose in Fantasy Literature	An analysis of two forms that dominate fantasy literature.	Katherine Olley	24 November, 2020
Guy Gavriel Kay	A short introduction to the writer Guy Gavriel Kay.	Katherine Olley	24 November, 2020
Presidential Campaigns stops in Ghana	For this seminar we hosted George Bob-Milliar (Kwame Nkrumah University of Science and Technology). Professor Bob-Milliar's lecture is titled Presidential Campaigns stops in Ghana.	George Bob-Milliar	19 November, 2020
2020 Annual Uehiro Lectures in Practical Ethics (3/3): The case for an unfunded pay as you go (PAYG) pension	Professor Michael Otsuka (London School of Economics) delivers the final of three public lectures in the series 'How to pool risks across generations: the case for collective pensions'	Michael Otsuka	17 November, 2020
2020 Annual Uehiro Lectures in Practical Ethics (2/3): The case for collective defined contribution (CDC)	Professor Michael Otsuka (London School of Economics) delivers the second of three public lectures in the series 'How to pool risks across generations: the case for collective pensions'	Michael Otsuka	17 November, 2020
2020 Annual Uehiro Lectures in Practical Ethics (1/3): The case for a funded pension with a defined benefit (DB)	Professor Michael Otsuka (London School of Economics) delivers the first of three public lectures in the series 'How to pool risks across generations: the case for collective pensions'	Michael Otsuka	17 November, 2020
Panel Discussion 4: Working to Establish Tomorrow's Names	Taous Dahmani chairs a discussion with Fiona Rogers, Max Houghton and Anna Fox	Taous Dahmani, Fiona Rogers, Max Houghton, Anna Fox	17 November, 2020
Panel Discussion 3: Feminist Multi-taskers: Being a Photographer, a Writer and a Curator	Taous Dahmini chairs a discussion with Patrizia Di Bello and Deborah Cherry	Taous Dahmani, Patrizia Di Bello, Deborah Cherry	17 November, 2020
Panel Discussion 2: Unveiling the Archive, Revealing Photographers	Taous Dahmini chairs a discussion with Erika Lederman and Jessica Sutcliffe	Taous Dahmani, Jessica Sutcliffe, Erika Lederman	17 November, 2020
Panel Discussion 1: Historiography's Origin Stories	Taous Dahmani chairs a discussion with Val Williams	Taous Dahmani, Val Willams	17 November, 2020
Fast Forward: Women in Photography	Anna Fox gives an overview of Fast Forward - a research project designed to promote and engage with women in photography across the globe.	Anna Fox	13 November, 2020
David Beeson	David Beeson, Professor in Molecular Neurosciences, talks with Stanley Ulijaszek	David Beeson, Stanley Ulijaszek	13 November, 2020
Adriana X Jacobs	Adriana X Jacobs, Associate Professor and Cowley Lecturer in Modern Hebrew Literature in conversation with Stanley Ulijaszek	Adriana X Jacobs, Stanley Ulijaszek	13 November, 2020
Write or be Written Off: the work of Jo Spence (1934-1992) as photography 'theory'	Patrizia Di Bello discusses the work of Jo Spence as a writer, organiser and photographer	Patrizia Di Bello	13 November, 2020
The Isabel Project: Uncomvering 19th Century Institutional Photographers, One Woman at a Time	Erika Lederman talks about her practice and the work of the V & A museum's first in house photographer, Isabel Cowper.	Erika Lederman	13 November, 2020
Of parasites, dinosaurs, and other model animals	Elaine Charwat has been on a journey into the attic storerooms behind the scenes of the Museum to discover 19th-century wax models of parasites.	Elaine Charwat, Mark Carnall, Péter Molnár	11 November, 2020
Humanity, Inclusive Positivism and the Law of Armed Conflict	Humanitarian personnel from time to time find themselves transporting desperate civilian residents forced out of besieged areas into long-term or even permanent displacement	Nobuo Hayashi	6 November, 2020
Looking back; Moving Forwards: The History of Black Lives Matter	Wolfson College marks Black History Month 2020 with an engaging discussion with Britain's foremost experts on the history of black lives and communities in Britain.	Olivette Otele, Hakim Adi	5 November, 2020
Somali Kinship and Bureaucratic Governance at Dagahaley Refugee Camp in Kenya	For this seminar we hosted Fred Ikanda from Maseno University. Professor Ikanda's spoke about his research and fieldwork experiences with the Dagahaley Refugee Camp.	Fred Ikanda	5 November, 2020
Buddhism and the Rise of ‘the Tibetans’ (bod pa): Religion, Myth and the Promotion of Ethnicity in the Pre-modern Period	Apropos 'the Tibetans': Reinier Langelaar's talk focuses on the mythical origins and the promotion of ethnicity in historical Tibet	Reinier Langelaar	5 November, 2020
Human Remains in Tibetan Material Religion: An object centered approach	Ayesha Fuentes shares a unique and interdisciplinary insight into art conservation of human remains in Tibetan material religion	Ayesha Fuentes	29 October, 2020
Sacred Trash, Trash Talks, And Personhood	Bo Wang discussing the practice of depositing garments as offerings to sacred mountains in Eastern Tibet	Bo Wang	29 October, 2020
The Helen Muspratt Archive	Jessica Sutcliffe, the daughter of photographer, Helen Muspratt, give a short talk on her mother's life and career.	Jessica Sutcliffe	26 October, 2020
Our Own Way in This Part of the World: Biography of an African Community, Culture, and Nation	For this seminar today we hosted Kwasi Konadu (Colgate University). Professor Konadu, Colgate University, spoke about his book, Our Own Way in This Part of the World: Biography of an African Community, Culture, and Nation.	Kwasi Konadu	23 October, 2020
To the Volcano and Other Stories	Elleke Boehmer (University of Oxford) in conversation with Wale Adebanwi (University of Oxford)	Wale Adebanwi, Elleke Boehmer	16 October, 2020
The Terra Lectures in American Art Part 1: Regarding the Portrait: The Primers	Professor Amy M. Mooney, Terra Foundation Visiting Professor in American Art Hosted by TORCH. Moderator; Alastair Wright: Alastair Wright is Head of the History of Art Department and Tutorial Fellow in Art History at St John’s College, Oxford.	Amy M. Mooney	16 October, 2020
The Terra Lectures in American Art Part 3: Regarding the Portrait: The Progressives	Professor Amy M. Mooney, Terra Foundation Visiting Professor in American Art Hosted by TORCH. Moderator: Melanie Chambliss, Assistant Professor in the Humanities, History, and Social Sciences Department at Columbia College Chicago.	Amy M. Mooney	16 October, 2020
The Terra Lectures in American Art Part 2: Regarding the Portrait: The Photographers	Professor Amy M. Mooney, Terra Foundation Visiting Professor in American Art. Hosted by TORCH. Moderator: Professor Deborah Willis, Department of Photography and Imaging at the Tisch School of the Arts at New York University.	Amy M. Mooney	16 October, 2020
The Terra Lectures in American Art Part 4: Regarding the Portrait: The Pragmatists	Professor Amy M. Mooney, Terra Foundation Visiting Professor in American Art Hosted by TORCH.	Amy M. Mooney	16 October, 2020
The First Tibetan Block Print: The Khara-Khoto Collection of Precious Dhāraṇīs with the Emperor's Postscript	Alla Sizova discusses the role of translation activities in the spread of Buddhism in the 12th century and outlines the extent of Tibetan influence on the Tangut culture.	Alla A. Sizova	15 October, 2020
The Golden Age of French Writing Masters?	Professor Marc Smith, Professeur de Paléographie, The Ecole Nationale des Chartes, Paris delivers the 4th lecture in this years Lyell Lecture series	Marc Smith	9 October, 2020
Renaissance Calligraphy from Pen to Press and Back	Professor Marc Smith, Professeur de Paléographie, The Ecole Nationale des Chartes, Paris delivers the 3rd lecture in this years Lyell Lecture series	Marc Smith	6 October, 2020
In At The Deep End	Alex Gunz (1994, PPE) on his novel, In At The Deep End	Alex Gunz	2 October, 2020
Bibliography and the Life Cycles of Writing Books	The 2nd lecture in the 2020 series delivered by Professor Marc Smith, Professeur de Paléographie, The Ecole Nationale des Chartes, Paris	Marc Smith	1 October, 2020
Episode 5 – Babylon: Natural Theology versus Scientific Naturalism	When Museum opened in 1860, a new secular approach to science was on the rise. In the final episode of Temple of Science we see how ‘natural theology’ responded to the challenges of Charles Darwin’s theories of evolution and natural selection.	John Holmes	1 October, 2020
Episode 4 – Chambers of the Ministering Priests: Building Scientific Disciplines	The Museum was founded on the principle that art should be used to teach science and to inspire generations of scientists. In episode 4 of Temple of Science we see how this was put into practice in some of the building’s less familiar spaces.	John Holmes	1 October, 2020
Episode 3 – The Sanctuary of the Temple of Science: The Central Court	The central court of the Museum was described by one founder as ‘the sanctuary of the Temple of Science’. In this episode we see how every detail of this unique space was carefully planned and crafted to form a comprehensive model of natural science.	John Holmes	1 October, 2020
Episode 2 – 'God’s Own Museum': The Façade	In episode 2 of Temple of Science, we take a closer look at the decoration on the outside of the Museum building, which captures the vitality of nature, presented in Victorian Oxford as the study of God’s creation.	John Holmes	1 October, 2020
Exiles From Paris	Brigitte Adès (1982) on her novel, Exiles From Paris	Brigitte Ades	1 October, 2020
The Cry of the Lake	Charlie Tyler (1993) on her debut novel, The Cry of the Lake	Charlie Tyler	30 September, 2020
Writing Models and the Formation of National Scripts	The first lecture in the Lyell Lecture 2020 series delivered by Professor Marc Smith - Professeur de Paléographie, The Ecole Nationale des Chartes, Lyell Reader in Bibliography 2020	Marc Smith, Richard Ovenden	29 September, 2020
Covid-19: who should be vaccinated first?	Katrien Devolder interviews Alberto Giubilini.	Alberto Giubilini, Katrien Devolder	24 September, 2020
The Risks of Coronavirus Contact Tracing Apps	Katrien Devolder interviews Associate Professor Carissa Véliz.	Carissa Véliz, Katrien Devolder	24 September, 2020
Why Parental Status Matters When Allocating Scarce Medical Resources	Katrien Devolder interviews Moti Gorin.	Moti Gorin, Katrien Devolder	24 September, 2020
Live Event: This is Shakespeare - Prof Emma Smith in conversation with Erica Whyman OBE	Part of the Humanities Cultural Programme, one of the founding stones for the future Stephen A. Schwarzman Centre for the Humanities.	Emma Smith, Erica Whyman	15 September, 2020
OxPeace 2020: Opening and keynote address on 'Feminine Peace, Human Security'	Dr Liz Carmichael MBE opens the OxPeace 2020 Conference; Teohna Williams gives keynote on “Feminine Peace, Human Security”	Liz Carmichael, Teohna Williams	6 September, 2020
OxPeace 2020: Twenty Years of UNSCR 1325	Sanam Naraghi-Anderlini MBE gives the keynote address on 'Twenty Years of UNSCR 1325' at the OxPeace 2020 conference.	Sanam Naraghi-Anderlini	6 September, 2020
OxPeace 2020: Using the PA-X Database to Understand Gender Perspectives in Peace Agreements	Dr Kevin McNicholl presents 'Using the PA-X Database to Understand Gender Perspectives in Peace Agreements' at the OxPeace 2020 conference.	Kevin McNicholl	6 September, 2020
OxPeace 2020: Women's participation in peacebuilding and mediation	Quhramaana Kakar presents 'Women's participation in peacebuilding and mediation' at the OxPeace 2020 conference.	Quhramaana Kakar	6 September, 2020
OxPeace 2020: UNSCR 1325 and the Experience of Women in Sudan	Dr Suad Musa presents 'UNSCR 1325 and the Experience of Women in Sudan' at the OxPeace 2020 conference.	suad musa	6 September, 2020
OxPeace 2020: Uniformed Women in South Sudan	Captain Sophie Piper presents 'Uniformed Women in South Sudan' at the 2020 OxPeace conference.	Sophie Piper	6 September, 2020
OxPeace 2020: Seeking Justice for Victims of Sexual Violence in Conflict	Baroness Helić presents 'Seeking Justice for Victims of Sexual Violence in Conflict' at the 2020 OxPeace conference.	Arminka Helic	6 September, 2020
Feed the birds?	What do birds like eating and what decisions do they have to make when visiting a bird feeder?	Lindsay Turnbull, Friederike Hillemann, Annette Fayet	28 July, 2020
What Tolkien learnt from 'Beowulf': Representations of Evil	Monsters and evil in Tolkien	Rafael J. Pascual	16 July, 2020
Interview with a Vampire	Find out how plants like mistletoe and hayrattle extract resources from their hosts and how hayrattle engages in a game of rock, paper, scissors, that makes managing meadows a whole lot easier.	Lindsay Turnbull	10 July, 2020
Interview with Water	This is the first ever online lecture by a Professor of Poetry at Oxford. In the lecture, Alice Oswald explores the strange connection between water and grief.	Alice Oswald	8 July, 2020
Much ado about mothing	Dedicated to moths, this episode explores how and why these unsung heroes deserve more attention.	Lindsay Turnbull, Doug Boyes, Ben Sheldon	30 June, 2020
'Healing Our Divided Society': The Kerner Commission at 50	This presentation and discussion, features Gary Younge (University of Manchester) Alan Curtis (Eisenhower Foundation) on the legacies and lessons of the Kerner Commission and their relevance to the current American moment.	Mitch Robertson, Alan Curtis, Gary Younge	30 June, 2020
Fictional Facts or Factual Fiction? The Social Reality behind Kha stag ʼDzam yag’s "Diary" and Lhag pa Don grub’s "Life of a mule driver"	Fictional Facts or Factual Fiction? Lucia Galli's talk on self-representation and the social reality behind two Tibetan memoirs	Lucia Galli	4 June, 2020
Past the Peak of the Coronavirus Pandemic: Triage of Non-Covid-19 patients	Katrien Devolder interviews Dominic Wilkinson.	Dominic Wilkinson, Katrien Devolder	1 June, 2020
The Nechung Oracle and the Construction of Identity in the Tibetan Diaspora	The Oracle in Exile: Pema Choedon's talk on the Nechung Oracle and identity construction in the Tibetan Diaspora	Pema Choedon	28 May, 2020
Sylvia Townsend Warner	Carolyne Larrington introduces the writing of Sylvia Townsend Warner.	Carolyne Larrington	26 May, 2020
Why is the world green?	Lindsay searches for the truth about our verdant green world and tackles a mystery about her rose-bushes: who ate all the greenfly?	Lindsay Turnbull	24 May, 2020
The Mortality of the Dalai Lama and its Scriptural Sources: A Study in Tibetan Buddhist Political Theology	I am currently focusing on the problem of the Dalai Lama’s mortality that is, the question of how to come to terms with his suffering and death, in light of the association between Tibetan kingship and the deity Avalokiteśvara.	Ian MacCormack	21 May, 2020
Preliminary Practices: Bloody Knees, Calloused Palms and the Transformative Nature of Women’s Labor	The Preliminary Practices not only initiate practitioners into a specific tradition, but also more fundamentally, into Vajrayana Buddhism as it is practiced in contemporary Tibet.	Kati Fitzgerald	14 May, 2020
Ursula K. Le Guin	A brief introduction to the writer Ursula K. Le Guin.	Caroline Batten	13 May, 2020
T. H. White	A brief introduction to the writer T. H. White.	Gabriel Schenk	12 May, 2020
Diana Wynne Jones	A brief introduction to the writer Diana Wynne Jones.	Gabriel Schenk	12 May, 2020
Why 'Game of Thrones' Matters	'Game of Thrones' and storytelling.	Carolyne Larrington	12 May, 2020
Re-Enchanted: The Rise of Children’s Fantasy Literature in the Twentieth Century	A guest lecture by Dr Maria Cecire (Bard College) discussing children's fantasy literature.	Maria Cecire	12 May, 2020
Interview: Catherine Butler	An Interview with Dr Catherine Butler, author of the book 'Four British Fantasists'.	Catherine Butler, Will Brockbank	12 May, 2020
Alan Garner	A brief introduction to the British fantasy writer, Alan Garner.	Felix Taylor	12 May, 2020
Approaching Fantasy Literature	A short introduction to reading and studying fantasy literature.	Stuart Lee	12 May, 2020
H. P. Lovecraft	A brief introduction to the writer, H. P. Lovecraft.	Stuart Lee	12 May, 2020
Seeds of Change	In this episode we take a look at the strange life-cycle of ferns and find out why they are so dependent on water.	Lindsay Turnbull	10 May, 2020
Writing about the Nechung Oracle	Christopher Bell's talk about oracles, protector deities, and other mysteries	Christopher Bell	7 May, 2020
May Morning, Oxford 1993	Thousands gather on the High Street on May Morning, Oxford 1993.	Charles Beesley	1 May, 2020
Is it Permissible for Healthcare Workers to Stop Working if They Lack PPE?	Katrien Devolder interviews Udo Schüklenk.	Udo Schuklenk, Katrien Devolder	23 April, 2020
How the Coronavirus Pandemic Exacerbates Existing Inequalities	An interview with Dr Agomoni Ganguli-Mitra.	Agomoni Ganguli-Mitra, Katrien Devolder	21 April, 2020
Stinker!	In this episode we look at the cuckoo pint, which has an unusual flower with the central part, called a spadix, releasing a stench that to our nostrils is quite revolting.	Lindsay Turnbull	20 April, 2020
Queen Bee	Learn how to identify common garden bees and find out why they never seem to stay still.	Lindsay Turnbull	20 April, 2020
Triage in an Italian ICU During the Coronavirus Pandemic	An interview with Dr Marco Vergano.	Marco Vergano, Katrien Devolder	20 April, 2020
Tackling the Cause of the Coronavirus Pandemic	An interview with Professor Peter Singer.	Peter Singer, Katrien Devolder	20 April, 2020
Conflict and Wellbeing Deprivation in sub-Saharan Africa	Ricardo Nogales gives a talk for the Changing Character of War seminar series.	Ricardo Nogales	16 April, 2020