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Journey of a Molecular Detective; David Sherratt

Wendy Olsen on teaching quantitative methods to social science students

Wendy Olsen discusses her experiences and views of what works well when teaching quantitative methods to undergraduate social science students, especially those in Sociology and Social Policy.

Robert Andersen on teaching quantitative methods to social science students

Robert Andersen discusses his experiences and views of what works well when teaching quantitative methods to undergraduate social science students, especially those in Sociology and Social Policy.

Brazilian serialities: imagining persons (24 May 2013)

In this Anthropology Departmental Seminar, Professor Joao de Pina-Cabral (University of Kent) discusses the creative use of personal names in Brazil.

Provocations for digital anthropology (30 May 2013)

David Zeitlyn discusses parallels between visual and digital anthropology and the dangers of historical myopia. It is too easy to disregard earlier parallels because of the mistaken claim that everything is new and different.

Looking forward looking back (18 May 2013)

Professor David Zeitlyn (University of Oxford) argues for a pluralisation of past, present and future. There are many unconnected or only partially connected literatures on time related issues.

Alternative Utopias and the Crisis of Imagination (20 June 2013)

Professor Alexander Kiossev (University of Sofia in Bulgaria)drawing on his background in cultural studies, spoke about the ways in which 'alternative utopias' can enable creative imaginaries for the types of futures we are able to realise or create.

Andy Field on teaching quantitative methods to social science students

Andy Field (University of Sussex) discusses his experiences and views of what works well when teaching quantitative methods to undergraduate social science students, especially with mixed ability and low motivation students.

3.6 Leveraging Social Science Tools to Understand the Digital Humanities

Dr Eric Meyer (Research Fellow, Oxford Internet Institute) delivers part 6/7 of the lecture "How has technology transformed access and dissemination?".

Alan Agresti on teaching quantitative methods to social science students

Alan Agresti discusses his experiences and views of what works well when teaching quantitative methods to undergraduate social science students.

Demographic Trends and Problems of the Modern World

11. Does Government belong in the bedroom?

There are many examples, from the ancient world to Nazi Germany, of attempts to protect or to increase the birth rate and hence population size. Slides to accompany Prof David Coleman's talk on birth control from governments.

10. Who's afraid of population decline?

Fear of population decline has haunted states ever since states existed. Population size was the basis of the power, security and prosperity of any political entity. Slides to accompany Professor David Coleman's on the fear of population decline.

09. Bringing down the birth rate - family planning in the developing world

Traditionally, high birth rates were high. But as they were balanced by high death rates, population growth rates were usually very low. Prof David Coleman looks at family planning in the developing world.

08. After the demographic transition in the developing world

Fertility in all but 12 countries in the world is now falling. Where will it stop? In this talk, Prof David Coleman looks at the demographic transition in the developing world.

Implementing a Research Culture in the NHS. Medical Anthropology at Oxford

The conference 'Medical Anthropology at Oxford: 10 Years at the Intersections', held at ICSA on 23-24 June 2011, marked the first ten years of Medical Anthropology at Oxford. This podcast by Olivier Bazin formed part of the first panel.

The self-management of misfortune by use of amulets and charms. Ethnicity and Identity Seminar

In this Ethnicity and Identity Seminar on 'Managing Disasters and Misfortune', Eric Edwards (Pitt Rivers Museum, University of Oxford) discusses 'The self-management of misfortune by use of amulets and charms' (3 February 2012).

There is no such thing as Dian cuisine. Anthropology Departmental Seminar

In this Anthropology Departmental Seminar, Jakob Klein (SOAS) discusses 'Food and locality in twenty-first century China' (11 March 2011).

Don't throw the baby out with the bathos. Anthropology Departmental Seminar:

In this Anthropology Departmental Seminar, Stephen Reyna (MPI-Halle) discussed 'regimes of truth in an anthropology of hypocrisy' (25 February 2011).

On the concept of cultural transmission. Anthropology Departmental Seminar

In this Anthropology Departmental Seminar, Roy Ellen (University of Kent) discusses 'On the concept of cultural transmission' (18 February 2011).

Re-Defining the Museal Object in Mao and post-Mao China. Anthropology Departmental Seminar

In this Anthropology Departmental seminar Michael Rowlands (University College London) discusses 'Re-Defining the Museal Object in Mao and post-Mao China'. 13 May 2011.

The evolutionary history and genetics of primate brain size

In this Institute of Cognitive and Evolutionary Seminar, Stephen Montgomery (University of Cambridge) discusses "The evolutionary history and genetics of primate brain size." 15 June 2011.

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