| Staging Shakespeare |
Acting Masterclass: 'Pyramus, you begin' |
A practical Masterclass with Greg Doran from the Royal Shakespeare Company looking at what clues Shakespeare puts into the verse for the actor. Students from Oxford University Drama Society rehearse Romeo and Juliet in front of an audience. |
Gregory Doran |
7 June, 2013 |
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| Humanitas - Visiting Professorships at the Universities of Oxford and Cambridge |
Acting Masterclass: "Lend me your ears" |
A practical Masterclass with Greg Doran from the Royal Shakespeare Company on how Shakespeare spins rhetoric for the actor, with Sam Leith, journalist and writer, and author of 'You Talkin' to Me'. Students from Oxford University Drama Society take part. |
Gregory Doran, Sam Leith |
7 June, 2013 |
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| Staging Shakespeare |
Acting Masterclass: "Lend me your ears" |
A second Masterclass on how Shakespeare spins rhetoric for the actor, with Sam Leith, journalist and writer, and author of 'You Talkin' to Me'. Students from Oxford University Drama Society will take part in the masterclass with an audience. |
Gregory Doran, Sam Leith |
7 June, 2013 |
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| Humanitas - Visiting Professorships at the Universities of Oxford and Cambridge |
Acting Masterclass: 'Pyramus, you begin' |
A practical Masterclass looking at what clues Shakespeare puts into the verse for the actor. Students from Oxford University Drama Society will take part in the masterclass with an audience. |
Gregory Doran |
7 June, 2013 |
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| Uehiro Oxford Institute |
2nd St Cross Seminar TT13: Ethics In Finance: A New Financial Theory For A Post-Financialized World |
The lecture describes why financial theory and teaching has ignored ethics, viewing moral values as irrelevant. We trace the reason for the neglect of ethics back to assumptions made by Modern Finance Theory, the en courant theory in finance. |
Dr Kara Tan Bhala |
6 June, 2013 |
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| MSc Migration Studies |
Panel discussion: Why do people migrate? |
This podcast presents a panel discussion on 'why people migrate', convened as part of the introductory lecture of this MSc course. |
Carlos Vargas-Silva, Bridget Anderson, Franck Düvell, Mette Berg, Cathryn Costello, Sarah Spencer |
5 June, 2013 |
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| The Ockham Lecture - The Merton College Physics Lecture |
The 1st Ockham Debate: The Problem of Quantum Measurement |
According to the 'standard' quantum theory, states evolve with certainty between measurements, but 'collapse' randomly when we measure them. But what is measurement? And why does it (appear to) enjoy a privileged position in the theory? |
James Binney, Simon Saunders |
5 June, 2013 |
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| Reuters Institute for the Study of Journalism |
Reporting the UK to Germany |
John F Jungclaussen, Die Zeit, UK Correspondent, gives a talk for the RISJ seminar series on reporting UK news to the German news media. |
John F Jungclaussen |
4 June, 2013 |
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| Reuters Institute for the Study of Journalism |
'A walk on the Dark Side': the changing face of corporate communications |
Tim Burt, former media editor at the FT and author of 'Dark Art: the changing face of public relations' gives a talk for the RISJ seminar series on Public Relations and the media. |
Tim Burt |
4 June, 2013 |
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| Oxford Physics Short Talks and Introductions |
Extra-solar planets: from science-fiction to reality |
Since the discovery of the first extra-solar planet in the '90s, our perspective of the Universe has changed. Over the last two decades a whole host of exotic planet systems have been found, including analogues of famous science-fiction-worlds. |
Ruth Angus |
4 June, 2013 |
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| Stargazing |
Extra-solar planets: from science-fiction to reality |
Since the discovery of the first extra-solar planet in the '90s, our perspective of the Universe has changed. Over the last two decades a whole host of exotic planet systems have been found, including analogues of famous science-fiction-worlds. |
Ruth Angus |
4 June, 2013 |
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| Foundation for Law, Justice and Society |
Implementing "Sharia" in Syria's liberated areas |
Dr Thomas Pierret, Lecturer in Contemporary Islam, University of Edinburgh, gives a talk for the Law, Religion and Social Order: Unpacking the Promise of Sharia workshop held on 17th May 2013. |
Thomas Pierret |
3 June, 2013 |
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| Foundation for Law, Justice and Society |
Sharia law and Muslim legal mythology |
Professor Robert Gleave, Professor of Arabic Studies at Exeter University, will be opening a workshop on Sharia Law with a lecture; Sharia law and Muslim legal mythology. |
Robert Gleave |
3 June, 2013 |
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| Foundation for Law, Justice and Society |
Comparing Sharia with the Modern Constitutions |
Siraj Khan, Research Fellow, Max Planck Foundation for International Peace and the Rule of Law, gives a talk for the Law, Religion and Social Order: Unpacking the Promise of Sharia workshop held on 17th May 2013. |
Siraj Khan |
3 June, 2013 |
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| Uehiro Oxford Institute |
Folk Psychology, the Reactive Attitudes and Responsibility |
In this talk we first argue that the reactive attitudes originate in very fast non-voluntary processes involving constant facial feedback. In the second part we examine the supposed constitutive relation between the reactive attitudes and responsibility. |
Jeanette Kennett |
30 May, 2013 |
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| Centre on Migration, Policy and Society (COMPAS) |
Lives in Limbo; Immigration, Schooling, and the and the Transition to Illegality |
The recent political debates in the United States have raised awareness of the untenable situation facing more than 2.1 million undocumented immigrant children and young adults who have lived in the U.S. since childhood. |
Roberto G Gonzales |
29 May, 2013 |
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| Centre on Migration, Policy and Society (COMPAS) |
Feeling like a citizen, living as a denizen: deportees' sense of belonging |
In the United States, the right to territorial belonging is the only inalienable right U.S. citizens have, and this right is exclusive to U.S. citizens. |
Tanya Golash Boza |
29 May, 2013 |
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| Centre on Migration, Policy and Society (COMPAS) |
Campzenship: rethinking the camp as a political space |
Nando Sigona, University of Birmingham, gives a talk for the COMPAS seminar series. |
Nando Sigona |
29 May, 2013 |
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| Centre on Migration, Policy and Society (COMPAS) |
Citizenship Shadow; Obscene Inclusion, Abject Belonging, or, the Regularities of Migrant Irregularity |
This talk introduces the proposition that citizenship and alienage (or migrant status) may be best understood as two key figures of a spectrum of bordered identities. |
Nicholas de Genova |
29 May, 2013 |
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| Centre on Migration, Policy and Society (COMPAS) |
Care, Markets and Migration in European Welfare States: Why the study of migration is important to social policy and vice versa |
Fiona Williams looks at different approaches taken by social policy to race, ethnicity, and migration, and proposes implications for social justice that emerge. |
Fiona Williams |
29 May, 2013 |
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| Centre on Migration, Policy and Society (COMPAS) |
Decades of Migration and 'Europe' in Question |
Nicholas de Genova examines what Europe is and means through the existence of migrants. |
Nicholas de Genova |
29 May, 2013 |
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| Centre on Migration, Policy and Society (COMPAS) |
Migration and inter-generational replacement in Britain and Europe |
Chris Wilson discusses replacement migration in Britain and Europe, from a demography perspective, explaining a newly developed system for looking replacement ratios. |
Chris Wilson |
29 May, 2013 |
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| TORCH | The Oxford Research Centre in the Humanities |
TORCH Launch |
The highlights of the launch event for The Oxford Research Centre in the Humanities (TORCH). |
Jonathan Bate, Clare Copeland, Andrew Hamilton, Marcus du Sautoy, Imaobong Umoren, Shearer West, Abigail Williams |
29 May, 2013 |
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| Law Faculty Podcasts |
Why Sentencing Matters |
Professor Andrew Ashworth - Roger Hood Annual Public Lecture Series - 23 May 2013. |
Andrew Ashworth |
29 May, 2013 |
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| Centre on Migration, Policy and Society (COMPAS) |
In Defense of the Migrant Workers Convention: Standard Setting for Contemporary Migration |
Bernard Ryan discusses the possibilities of the Migrant Workers Convention, the relevant committee and its work. |
Bernard Ryan |
28 May, 2013 |
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| Centre on Migration, Policy and Society (COMPAS) |
Border Regimes and Human Rights |
David Miller examines the effects and results of border regimes on human rights, from a political philosophy perspective. He states that border regimes are damaging in terms of human rights. |
David Miller |
28 May, 2013 |
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| Centre on Migration, Policy and Society (COMPAS) |
Do Human Rights Treaties Help or Hurt Asylum-Seekers?: The U.K. Case |
Stephen Meili looks at how human rights treaties are applied in the UK court systems to applications by asylum seekers. |
Stephen Meili |
28 May, 2013 |
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| Centre on Migration, Policy and Society (COMPAS) |
Integrating the human rights of migrants into the global governance of migration: the 2013 High-Level Dialogue and beyond |
Oberoi discusses the process of migration being governed with a focus on human rights. |
Pia Oberoi |
28 May, 2013 |
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| Centre on Migration, Policy and Society (COMPAS) |
The Price of Rights. Labour immigration policy and the rights of migrant workers |
Martin Ruhs outlines the findings of his new book 'The Price of Rights', discussing the trade off between openness to migrants and access to rights. |
Martin Ruhs |
28 May, 2013 |
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| Humanitas - Visiting Professorships at the Universities of Oxford and Cambridge |
Our Religious Traditions in a long Historical Perspective |
Professor Abdou Filali-Ansary gives a lecture for the Humanitas lecture series on Interfaith Studies. |
Abdou Filali-Ansary |
28 May, 2013 |
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| Humanitas - Visiting Professorships at the Universities of Oxford and Cambridge |
Michael Winterbottom in Conversation: Genres, Adaptation and Contemporary Cinema |
Filmmaker Michael Winterbottom gives a talk for the Humanitas lecture series on Film and Television. |
Michael Winterbottom, Eugene Rogan, Laura Marcus, Andrew Klevan, Nikolaj Lubeckle |
28 May, 2013 |
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| Evidence-Based Health Care |
MSc in EBHC: Introduction to the Practice of Evidence-Based Health Care |
Annette Pluddermann, Senior researcher DPCHS, gives an introduction to the Practice of Evidence-Based Health Care |
Annette Pluddermann |
28 May, 2013 |
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| Humanitas - Visiting Professorships at the Universities of Oxford and Cambridge |
Film Workshop: the cinema of Michael Winterbottom |
Filmmaker Michael Winterbottom hosts a workshop on Film for the Humanitas lecture series on Film and Television. |
Michael Winterbottom |
28 May, 2013 |
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| Humanitas - Visiting Professorships at the Universities of Oxford and Cambridge |
The Hidden Power of the Re-Creative Process in Music |
Imogen Cooper, 'Recognized worldwide as a pianist of virtuosity and poetic poise', gives a lecture for the Humanitas lecture series on Classical Music and Music Education. |
Imogen Cooper |
28 May, 2013 |
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| Humanitas - Visiting Professorships at the Universities of Oxford and Cambridge |
Resisting Apologetics: What can we learn from Ibn Rushd and our contemporaries? |
Professor Abdou Filali-Ansary gives a lecture for the Humanitas lecture series on Interfaith Studies. |
Abdou Filali-Ansary |
28 May, 2013 |
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| Humanitas - Visiting Professorships at the Universities of Oxford and Cambridge |
Performance - interpretation or identification? Symposium |
Symposium with Imogen Cooper actor, Simon Callow, musicologist, Professor Eric Clarke and Professor Jason Stanyek. |
Imogen Cooper, Simon Callow, Eric Clarke, Jason Stanyek |
28 May, 2013 |
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| Humanitas - Visiting Professorships at the Universities of Oxford and Cambridge |
One Century of 'Liberal islam': Where do we find ourselves now? |
Professor Abdou Filali-Ansary gives a lecture for the Humanitas lecture series on Interfaith Studies. |
Abdou Filali-Ansary |
28 May, 2013 |
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| Humanitas - Visiting Professorships at the Universities of Oxford and Cambridge |
Two Concepts of Sharia? |
Professor Abdou Filali-Ansary gives a lecture for the Humanitas lecture series on Interfaith Studies. |
Abdou Filali-Ansary |
28 May, 2013 |
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| Humanitas - Visiting Professorships at the Universities of Oxford and Cambridge |
Thinking on one's feet and Museums: experience versus numbers |
Double inaugural lecture with William Kentridge and Ivo Mesquita, chaired by Seamus Perry. |
William Kentridge, Ivo Mesquita, Seamus Perry |
28 May, 2013 |
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| Humanitas - Visiting Professorships at the Universities of Oxford and Cambridge |
Marshall G S Hodgson, Islam and World History |
Professor Sir Christopher Bayly gives a talk for the Humanitias lecture series in Historiography with a response from Dr Faisal Devji. |
Sir Christopher Bayly, Faisal Devji |
28 May, 2013 |
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| Humanitas - Visiting Professorships at the Universities of Oxford and Cambridge |
Symposium - The New History of Scientific Experience: Observing, Experimenting, Collecting, Representing and Reading in Early Modern Europe |
With Professor Lorraine Daston, Dr Simon Werrett (UCL), Dr Rhodri Lewis (Oxford), Dr Sachiko Kusukawa (Cambridge) and Prof Martin Mulsow (Erfurt), chaired by Prof Laurence Brockliss (Oxford). |
Lorraine Daston, Simon Werrett, Rhodri Lewis, Sachiko Kusukawa, Martin Mulsow, Laurence Brockliss |
28 May, 2013 |
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| Humanitas - Visiting Professorships at the Universities of Oxford and Cambridge |
Albert Hourani Revisited: Arabic and Indian thought in the Liberal Age |
Professor Sir Christopher Bayly gives a talk for the Humanitas Lecture series on Historigraphy. |
Sir Christopher Bayly |
28 May, 2013 |
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| Humanitas - Visiting Professorships at the Universities of Oxford and Cambridge |
Pictures and Texts |
A symposium with William Kentridge, Ivo Mesquita and Estrella de Diego Otero, chaired by Shearer West on Thursday 9 May 2013 in the Grove Auditorium, Magdalen College, Oxford. |
William Kentridge, Ivo Mesquita, Estrella de Diego Otero, Shearer West |
28 May, 2013 |
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| Humanitas - Visiting Professorships at the Universities of Oxford and Cambridge |
Inaugural Lecture - Nature's Revenge: A History of Risk, Responsibility, and Reasonableness |
Director of the Max Planck Institute for the History of Science: Professor Lorraine Daston gives her inaugural lecture at Merton College. |
Lorraine Daston |
28 May, 2013 |
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| Humanitas - Visiting Professorships at the Universities of Oxford and Cambridge |
In Conversation: Writing the History of Reason |
Professor Lorraine Daston in conversation with Professor Sally Shuttleworth. |
Lorraine Daston, Sally Shuttleworth, John Christie |
28 May, 2013 |
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| Uehiro Oxford Institute |
Uehiro Seminar: The current laws on drugs and alcohol - ineffective, dishonest and unethical? |
Nutt argues that there are serious ethical implications for a simplistic prohibitionist approach to drugs and suggests alternative strategies that might be used. |
David Nutt |
27 May, 2013 |
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| Oriel College Chapel Services |
Resurrecting Hope: Murder, Mystery and Redemption |
Sermon preached on 5th May 2013 in Oriel College Chapel by The Revd Sharon Jones. |
Sharon Jones |
27 May, 2013 |
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| Oriel College Chapel Services |
The Horror or the Glory?: Terence Malick's The Thin Red Line |
Sermon preached at Oriel College Chapel on 26 May 2013 by the Regius Professor of Moral and Pastoral Theology on the theological questions posed by Malick's film. |
Nigel Biggar |
27 May, 2013 |
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| Refugee Studies Centre |
Evidence about torture in the UK asylum system |
Public Seminar Series, Trinity term 2013. Seminar by Dr Toby Kelly (University of Edinburgh) recorded on 15 May 2013 at the Oxford Department of International Development, University of Oxford. |
Toby Kelly |
24 May, 2013 |
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| Refugee Studies Centre |
Constitutionalism, ethnicity and minority rights in Africa: a legal appraisal from the Great Lakes region |
Public Seminar Series, Trinity term 2013. Seminar by Dr Jeremie Gilbert (University of East London) recorded on 22 May 2013 at the Oxford Department of International Development, University of Oxford. |
Jeremie Gilbert |
24 May, 2013 |
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| Open Science |
Rigour and Openness in 21st Century Science Closing Keynote speech |
Closing Keynote speech by Rt Hon David Willetts, Minister for Universities and Science, at the Rigour and Openness in 21st Century Science conference held at Oxford on the 11th and 12th April 2013. |
David Willets |
24 May, 2013 |
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| TORCH | The Oxford Research Centre in the Humanities |
HiCor: a Cross-Disciplinary Network for History and Corpus Linguistics |
Gabor Mihaly Toth talks about a network of corpus linguists, computational linguists, and historians who are aiming to study how the resources, tools and methods of corpus linguistics can be used to address important historical research questions. |
Gabor Mihaly Toth |
24 May, 2013 |
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| TORCH | The Oxford Research Centre in the Humanities |
Race and Resistance Across Borders in the Long Twentieth Century |
Elleke Boehmer and Imaobong Umoren talk about their research network which is investigating how twentieth-century activists, artists and intellectuals challenged racially oppressive hierarchies and sought to achieve equality. |
Elleke Boehmer, Imaobong Umoren |
24 May, 2013 |
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| TORCH | The Oxford Research Centre in the Humanities |
Ancient Dance in Modern Dancers |
Sophie Bocksberger, Berrow Scholar, Classics, talks about collaborative workshops involving classical historians, professionally-trained dancers, and anthropologists to create "reconstructive" performances of the Roman dance form tragoedia saltata. |
Sophie Bocksberger |
24 May, 2013 |
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| TORCH | The Oxford Research Centre in the Humanities |
Early Modern Catholicism Network |
Clare Copeland and Jan Machielsen talk about a new hub to encourage, enhance, and promote research touching on all aspects of early modern Catholicism from across the academic disciplines. |
Jan Machielsen, Clare Copeland |
24 May, 2013 |
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| St John's College |
Dyslexia, Language and Learning to Read |
Eminent psychologist and President of St John's, Professor Margaret Snowling talks about her research for the Founder's Lecture 2013. |
Margaret Snowling |
23 May, 2013 |
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| The Bodleian Libraries (BODcasts) |
Richard Wagner: 200 Today |
Lecturer and conductor Dr Paul Coones delivers a lecture celebrating the 200th birthday of Richard Wagner. The talk is preceded by Siegried's Horn Call played by Sophie Dillon and includes the rarely performed Kinder-Katechismus zu Kosel's Geburtstag. |
Paul Coones |
22 May, 2013 |
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| Oxford Martin School: Public Lectures and Seminars |
Resource stewardship - can we develop a new common sense morality? |
With Professor Myles Allen, Co-Director, Oxford Martin Programme on Resource Stewardship. You can show people all the evidence in the world about climate change, but if the policy debate is framed in an intractable way, it won't make any difference. |
Myles Allen, Ian Goldin |
22 May, 2013 |
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| Oxford Martin School: Public Lectures and Seminars |
The Future of Energy and Transport |
With Elon Musk, CEO and Product Architect of Tesla Motors and the CEO/CTO of Space Exploration Technologies (SpaceX). |
Elon Musk |
22 May, 2013 |
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| Oxford Martin School: Public Lectures and Seminars |
Killing with computers - the ethics of autonomous and remote controlled weapon |
Remote controlled and autonomous robotic weapons are bringing new levels of complexity to modern warfare. It's when such robots are designed as lethal weapons that the threshold for moral justification gets higher. |
Alex Leveringhaus, Dapo Akande, Bennett Foddy |
22 May, 2013 |
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| Oxford Martin School: Public Lectures and Seminars |
Ethics and infectious disease - navigating the moral maze of pandemic control |
With Professor Paul Klenerman Principal Investigator, Institute for Emerging Infections. |
Paul Klenerman, Bennertt Foddy |
22 May, 2013 |
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| Oxford Martin School: Public Lectures and Seminars |
Innovation or stagnation - Oxford Union Debate |
The Innovation Enigma - Is the current growth crisis a result of decades of technological stagnation in a risk-averse society? |
Ian Goldin, Peter Thiel, Seung-yoon Lee, Mark Shuttleworth, Kenneth Rogoff, Garry Kasparov |
22 May, 2013 |
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| Oxford Martin School: Public Lectures and Seminars |
Ethics and plant science - improving food yields in a changing environment |
With Professor Liam Dolan and Professor Jane Langdale, Co-Directors, Plants for the 21st Century Institute. |
Liam Dolan, Jane Langdale, Julian Savulescu |
22 May, 2013 |
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| Oxford Martin School: Public Lectures and Seminars |
The Transformation of Humankind |
With Dr James Martin, Founder, Oxford Martin School. |
Andrew Hamilton, Ian Goldin, James Marrow |
22 May, 2013 |
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| Oxford Martin School: Public Lectures and Seminars |
Reviving the Spirit of Innovation |
With Kary Kasparov, world chess champion, writer and political activist. The world we live in now is very different from the one that was imagined 50 years ago. |
Gary Kasparov, Ian Goldin |
22 May, 2013 |
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| Rewley House Research Seminars |
Decay |
The presentations focus on the importance of disappearance as much as appearance, presence as well as absence, and growth in the guise of degeneration, arguing from difference perspectives for the importance of malaise or corrosion as a subject of study. |
David Howard, Martin Neubert, Robert Vanderplank, Tara Stubbs |
22 May, 2013 |
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| Kellogg College |
Decay |
The presentations focus on the importance of disappearance as much as appearance, presence as well as absence, and growth in the guise of degeneration, arguing from difference perspectives for the importance of malaise or corrosion as a subject of study. |
David Howard, Martin Neubert, Robert Vanderplank, Tara Stubbs |
22 May, 2013 |
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| Mansfield College |
Development in Practice: Rule of Law, Transitional Justice, and Human Rights |
Helen Clark, UNDP administrator gives a talk on development work and the advancement of human rights for the 2013 Hands Lecture. |
Helen Clark |
22 May, 2013 |
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| Theology Faculty |
Biblical Criticism and the Decline of America's Biblical Civilisation, 1865-1918: 2013 Astor Lecture |
The Faculty of Theology and Religion will host Professor Mark Noll (University of Notre Dame) as the Astor Lecturer in Trinity Term 2013. |
Mark Noll |
22 May, 2013 |
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| Theology Faculty |
What Makes a Belief Believable? Graham Ward Inaugural Lecture |
Graham Ward is the Regius Professor Divinity, Christ Church, University of Oxford and a Canon of the Cathedral. Here, he gives his inaugural lecture as Regius Professor of Divinity on What makes a belief believable. |
Graham Ward |
22 May, 2013 |
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| UKERC Energy Workshops |
SPLiCE: Sustainable Pathways to Low Carbon Energy (Scoping Workshop) Part Two National Ecosystem Assessment |
To scope out an ambitious research programme (SPLiCE) that would identify how the transition to a low carbon energy system can be made in a sustainable way. With Ian Bateman, UEA. |
Ian Bateman |
22 May, 2013 |
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| Politics and International Relations Podcasts |
Constructivism and the Turn to Practice |
Iver Neumann (Montague Burton Professor of International Relations, LSE) discusses 'Constructivism and the Turn to Practice' in the 'Future of Constructivist Research in International Relations' conference (30 April 2013). |
Iver Neumann, Quentin Bruneau, Todd Hall |
22 May, 2013 |
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| UKERC Energy Workshops |
The Future of the UK Gas Network: Part one The UK Energy Research Centre |
With Jim Watson, UKERC. The purpose of this talk is to examine research and policy issues surrounding the future of the UK gas network from a range of perspectives, including government, industry and academia. |
Jim Watson |
22 May, 2013 |
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| UKERC Energy Workshops |
Sparks Symposium: Interdisciplinary Research, Communication and Dissemination Part one Assessing Interdisciplinary Research |
With Catherine Lyall, University of Edinburgh, The aim of the symposium is to offer advice, training, tools and best practices to participants undertaking or considering interdisciplinary energy research. |
Catherine Lyall |
22 May, 2013 |
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| UKERC Energy Workshops |
SPLiCE: Sustainable Pathways to Low Carbon Energy (Scoping Workshop) Part 1: Legal and Energy Policy Context |
To scope out an ambitious research programme (SPLiCE) that would identify how the transition to a low carbon energy system can be made in a sustainable way. With Tom Bain (DECC). |
Tom Bain |
22 May, 2013 |
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| Politics and International Relations Podcasts |
The Role of Agency in Constructivism |
Kathryn Sikkink (Blavatnik School of Government) discusses 'The Role of Agency in Constructivism' in the 'Future of Constructivist Research in International Relations' conference (30 April 2013). |
Kathryn Sikkink, Max Thompson, Duncan Snidal |
22 May, 2013 |
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| UKERC Energy Workshops |
Low Carbon Heat: Research Gaps and Opportunities: Part one Heat and the City |
With Jan Webb, University of Edinburgh. A two-day UKERC Meeting Place event to bring together experts from academia, consultancy and industry to discuss low carbon heat. |
Jan Webb |
22 May, 2013 |
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| Politics and International Relations Podcasts |
Constructivism and the Study of Global IR |
Amitav Acharya (UNESCO Chair in Transnational Challenges and Governance, American University) discusses 'Constructivism and the Study of Global IR' in the 'Future of Constructivist Research in International Relations' conference (30 April 2013). |
Amitav Acharya, Vinicius Rodrigues Vieira, Kalypso Nicolaidis |
22 May, 2013 |
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| UKERC Energy Workshops |
The Future of the UK Gas Network: Part two Scenarios for the future of the network |
With Paul Dodds, UCL. The purpose of this talk is to To examine research and policy issues surrounding the future of the UK gas network from a range of perspectives, including government, industry and academia. |
Paul Dodds |
22 May, 2013 |
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| Politics and International Relations Podcasts |
Are legal norms distinctive and what do they add to the analysis of political change? |
Martha Finnemore (The George Washington University) discusses 'Are legal norms distinctive and what do they add to the analysis of political change?' in the 'Future of Constructivist Research in International Relations' conference (30 April 2013). |
Martha Finnemore, Travers McLeod, Andrew Hurrell |
22 May, 2013 |
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| UKERC Energy Workshops |
Sparks Symposium: Interdisciplinary Research, Communication and Dissemination Part two Why Social Scientists Should Engage with Natural Scientists |
With Philip Lowe, Newcastle University. The aim of the symposium is to offer advice, training, tools and best practices to participants undertaking or considering interdisciplinary energy research. |
Philip Lowe |
22 May, 2013 |
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| Uehiro Oxford Institute |
Uehiro Special Double Seminar: Enhancement |
Associate Professor Rob Sparrow (Monash) and PhD student Chris Gyngell (ANU) present talks on the topic of human enhancement. |
Rob Sparrow, Chris Gyngell |
22 May, 2013 |
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| Building Peace 2010 to 2019 |
OxPeace 2013: Peacebuilding through Biodiversity: Session 2B Environmental Peacebuilding |
Chris Naylor, A Rocha, gives a talk for the OxPeace 2013 conference: The Future of Peace Building. |
Chris Naylor |
21 May, 2013 |
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| Building Peace 2010 to 2019 |
OxPeace 2013: Olive Tree Scholarship Program: Session 1B: Universities and Peacebuilding |
Yoav Bornstein and Elizabeth Jadon (Israel/Palestine) gives a talk for the OxPeace 2013 conference: The Future of Peace Building. |
Yoav Bornstein, Elizabeth Jadon |
21 May, 2013 |
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| Building Peace 2010 to 2019 |
OxPeace 2013: Tigris and Euphrates as intruments of peace: the Marshes, Iraq: Session 2B Environmental Peacebuilding |
Azzam Alwash, Iraq, gives a talk for the OxPeace 2013 conference: The Future of Peace Building. |
Azzam Alwash |
21 May, 2013 |
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| Building Peace 2010 to 2019 |
OxPeace 2013: African Peacebuilding Network: Session 2A UN Peacekeeping and Peacebuilding |
Cyril Obi gives a talk for the OxPeace 2013 conference: The Future of Peace Building. |
Cyril Obi |
21 May, 2013 |
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| Building Peace 2010 to 2019 |
OxPeace 2013: Local Ownership of UN Peacebuilding in the DRC: Session 2A UN Peacekeeping and Peacebuilding |
Sarah von Billerbeck gives a talk for the OxPeace 2013 conference: The Future of Peace Building. |
Sarah von Billerbeck |
21 May, 2013 |
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| Building Peace 2010 to 2019 |
OxPeace 2013: UN Peacekeeping Radio: Session 2A UN Peacekeeping and Peacebuilding |
Sacha Meuter gives a talk for the OxPeace 2013 conference: The Future of Peace Building. |
Sacha Meuter |
21 May, 2013 |
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| Building Peace 2010 to 2019 |
OxPeace 2013: Illicitily Governed Spaces: drugs, conflict and peace in Columbia Session 1A: Counter-Terrorism and Peacebuilding |
Annette Idler, gives a talk for the OxPeace 2013 conference: The Future of Peace Building. |
Annette Idler |
21 May, 2013 |
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| Building Peace 2010 to 2019 |
OxPeace 2013: University cooperation to promote reconciliation Session 1B: Universities and Peacebuilding |
Massimo Caneva, University of Rome, gives a talk for the OxPeace 2013 conference: The Future of Peace Building. |
Massimo Caneva |
21 May, 2013 |
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| Building Peace 2010 to 2019 |
OxPeace 2013: Evolving an Integrated Approach to Peacebuilding in the UN |
Dr Carolyn McAskie OC, University of Ottawa, first UN Asst SG for Peacebuilding and head of the UN Peacebuilding Commission gives the first keynote on how the UN has spent over a decade and a half realizing an integrated approach to peacebuilding. |
Carolyn McAskie |
21 May, 2013 |
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| Building Peace 2010 to 2019 |
OxPeace 2013: Peacebuilding and the 'unmanned' military drones Session 1A: Counter-Terrorism and Peacebuilding |
Alexander Leveringhaus gives a talk for the OxPeace 2013 conference: The Future of Peace Building. |
Alexander Leveringhaus |
21 May, 2013 |
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| Building Peace 2010 to 2019 |
OxPeace 2013: The Economic Dynamics of Conflict in Somalia 1993-2009 Session 1A: Counter Terrorism and Peacebuilding |
Anja Shortland, University of Rome, gives a talk for the OxPeace 2013 conference: The Future of Peace Building. |
Anja Shortland |
21 May, 2013 |
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| Translational Medicine |
Psychiatric genetics |
Professor Jonathan Flint talks about his research on psychiatric genetics. |
Jonathan Flint |
21 May, 2013 |
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| Translational and Clinical |
Development of chemical probes |
Professor Stefan Knapp tells us how the development of chemical probes helps us to find new drugs. |
Stefan Knapp |
21 May, 2013 |
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| Translational Medicine |
Development of chemical probes |
Professor Stefan Knapp tells us how the development of chemical probes helps us to find new drugs. |
Stefan Knapp |
21 May, 2013 |
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| Genetics |
Psychiatric Genetics |
Every psychiatric disorder has a genetic contribution. Although anxiety and depression are very common diseases, current treatments are not very good. |
Jonathan Flint |
21 May, 2013 |
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| Centre on Migration, Policy and Society (COMPAS) |
What are the migration pathways of UK graduates? |
It is often assumed that the pathway from home to university and onwards to the labour market is a linear upward trajectory, ultimately resulting in improved opportunities and social betterment. |
Joanna Sage |
20 May, 2013 |
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| Centre on Migration, Policy and Society (COMPAS) |
With a lot of help from my friends: How do migrants use social networks to access jobs? |
This briefing provides a descriptive analysis of the role of social networks in the labour market, comparing immigrant and native men in the UK. The speakers will explore the determinants of using social networks as a channel for looking for jobs. |
Jackie Wahba |
20 May, 2013 |
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| Centre on Migration, Policy and Society (COMPAS) |
Are potential supporters of the English Defence League economic losers, protestors, Islamophobes or xenophobes? |
n recent years several European states have seen the emergence of 'counter-Jihad' movements, which in contrast to the established populist radical right eschew electoral politics and put stronger emphasis on mobilizing opposition to Islam and Muslims. |
Matthew Goodwin |
20 May, 2013 |
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