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Journey of a Molecular Detective; David Sherratt
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Modern Times: Photography in Britain 1800–1850

Geoffrey Batchen explores the first fifty years of photography in Britain.
Journey of a Molecular Detective; David Sherratt

North Sea Crossings: inside the exhibition

Discover the treasures that illustrate how exchanges between England and the Netherlands have shaped literature, book production and institutions such as the Bodleian itself, on either side of the North Sea.
Cai Guo-Qiang Gunpowder Art Symposium

Welcome and Introduction

Shelagh Vainker, Curator of Chinese Art and Exhibition Curator, gives the first talk in the symposium.
TORCH | The Oxford Research Centre in the Humanities

Women and Power: The Women who Shaped the National Trust – keynote by Hilary McGrady, Director-General, National Trust

‘Women and Power: The Women who Shaped the National Trust’ is the keynote by McGrady, Director-General, National Trust at the Women and Power conference which took place on the 6th and 7th March 2019.
TORCH | The Oxford Research Centre in the Humanities

Women and Power: Redressing the Balance – keynote by Annie Reilly, Head of Public Programmes, National Trust

'Women and Power: Redressing the Balance' is the opening keynote by Anne Reilly, Head of Public Programmes, National Trust at the Women and Power conference which took place on the 6th and 7th March 2019.
Staging History, 1780 to 1840

Staging History: favourite objects and concluding thoughts

The series concludes with each of the contributors discussing an object that particularly stands out for them from the exhibition items and what it reveals about staging history in this period.
Crossing Borders: Hebrew Manuscripts as a Meeting-place of Cultures

Conclusion to Crossing Borders

The conclusion to the Crossing Borders exhibition. The exhibition tells the story of how Jews, Christians and Muslims have contributed to the development of the book.
Crossing Borders: Hebrew Manuscripts as a Meeting-place of Cultures

Sciences

Piet looks at how the works of famous ancient thinkers such as Aristotle, Hippocrates, Euclid or Ptolemy traveled from culture to culture and formed the basis of Muslim, Christian and Jewish science and philosophy alike.
Crossing Borders: Hebrew Manuscripts as a Meeting-place of Cultures

User-produced Hebrew Prayer Books and Shared Iconography

Some Hebrew manuscripts were produced in Christian workshops, others were made by Jewish artists themselves for their own use. Piet looks at examples of these and explores the shared iconography between Christian and Jewish faiths, such as the unicorn.
Crossing Borders: Hebrew Manuscripts as a Meeting-place of Cultures

Hebrew Prayer Books for Public Use

Piet looks at the three great Bodleian mahzorim (large and elaborately decorated prayer books for the festivals), which were illuminated by Christian painters in collaboration with and under the supervision of Jewish scribes.
Crossing Borders: Hebrew Manuscripts as a Meeting-place of Cultures

Arabic Art Forms in Spanish Book Production

Piet explains Arabic design and illustration in Spanish books, looking in particular at the Kennicott Bible, produced in La Coruna, Spain, in 1476.
Crossing Borders: Hebrew Manuscripts as a Meeting-place of Cultures

From Roll to Codex

Piet explains codices, the oldest manuscripts in book form, looking in particular at a fragment of the Hebrew text of the book of Ecclesiasticus (ch. 40) from the Cairo Genizah, and the four Gospels in Syriac.
Crossing Borders: Hebrew Manuscripts as a Meeting-place of Cultures

Introduction to Crossing Borders

An introduction to the Crossing Borders exhibition. The exhibition tells the story of how Jews, Christians and Muslims have contributed to the development of the book.
Indian Traces in Oxford

Cornelia Sorabji: Jowett's protégée in Oxford 1889-1893

Professor Richard Sorabji (Wolfson College, Oxford) - Cornelia Sorabji: Jowett's protígíe in Oxford 1889-1893.
Indian Traces in Oxford

Repainting Ajanta: the global impact of the Frescoes and their copies

Dr Rupert Arrowsmith (UCL) - 'Repainting Ajanta: the global impact of the Frescoes and their copies.'.
Indian Traces in Oxford

Tracing Indian students at Oxford before the Second World War

Dr Sumita Mukherjee (Oxford) - 'Tracing Indian Students at Oxford before the Second World War'.
Indian Traces in Oxford

Indian imperial crossings and the Oxford hub

Professor Elleke Boehmer (Oxford) - 'Indian imperial crossings and the Oxford hub'.
Indian Traces in Oxford

Michael Madhusudan Datta (1824-1873): a young Bengali poet's exam script washes up on Albion's distant shore

Dr Alex Riddiford - "Michael Madhusudan Datta (1824-1873): a young Bengali poet's exam script washes up on Albion's distant shore." This reading was delivered by Anshuman Mondal.
Indian Traces in Oxford

Musings of Sir Mohammad Iqbal on the Place of Muslims in late Colonial India: Letters to Edward John Thompson, 1933-1934

Professor Humayun Ansari (RHUL) - 'Musings of Sir Mohammad Iqbal on the Place of Muslims in late Colonial India: Letters to Edward John Thompson, 1933-1934'.
Indian Traces in Oxford

Introduction and Reading

Opening of exhibition by Amitav Ghosh and a reading from his In an Antique Land. Introduced by Anshuman Mondal (Brunel).

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