| Late Victorian into Modern |
Book at Lunchtime, Late Victorian into Modern |
Laura Marcus, Kirsten Shepherd-Barr, Michael Bentley, Charlotte Jones, Philip Bullock |
8 December, 2017 |
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| Autonomy, Community, Destiny: Re-Imagining Disability |
The second seminar in the Disability and Curriculum Diversity series at TORCH |
Elizabeth Frood, Dom Hyams, Marie Tidball |
7 December, 2017 |
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| Work, Time and Stress: Historical and Contemporary Perspectives |
Stress & overwork in both education and professional life in the Victorian era and the 'dynamic' nature of disability and the impact of the stresses of modern life has. |
Sally Shuttleworth, Marie Tidball |
7 December, 2017 |
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| Me and My Beliefs: Challenges of Identity and Society |
Me and My Beliefs: Challenges of Identity and Society held on 28 November 2017 |
Libby Lane, Jas' Elsner, Shaista Aziz, Elleke Boehmer |
6 December, 2017 |
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| Imagining the Divine: Art and the Rise of World Religions |
Book at Lunchtime held on 8th November 2017. |
Gervase Rosser, Georgi Parpulov, Stefanie Lenk, Kate Cooper, Mallica Kumbera Landrus |
27 November, 2017 |
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| Conflict and Community: Panel-led Workshop 2 |
Mobilising the wide-ranging expertise of the speakers, this workshop explored questions of narrative, community and the special commemorative needs that arise in the wake of civil war and terrorism. |
Rachel Seiffert, Lyndsey Stonebridge, Harvey Whitehouse, Helen Small, Elleke Boehmer |
24 November, 2017 |
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| Poetry and Life-Writing: Panel-led Workshop 1 |
Bringing together experts working at the intersection of literature, human rights, foreign policy and peace initiatives, this workshop explored the role of poetry and life-writing in post-war healing. |
Dunya Mikhail, Philippe Sands, Lord John Alderdice, Jeremy Treglown, Elleke Boehmer |
21 November, 2017 |
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| Aminatta Forna speaks to Catherine Gilbert |
Aminatta Forna OBE, author of The Devil that Danced on the Water, talks to Dr Catherine Gilbert about silence, narrative and resilience in Sierra Leone. |
Aminatta Forna, Catherine Gilbert |
21 November, 2017 |
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| Philippe Sands speaks to Kate McLoughlin |
Philippe Sands, QC, international human rights lawyer and author of East West Street, talks to Kate McLoughlin about the law-court as a place of commemoration and what he came to understand outside the city of Lviv. |
Philippe Sands, Kate McLoughlin |
21 November, 2017 |
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| Dunya Mikhail speaks to Alex Donnelly |
Iraqi-American poet Dunya Mikhail talks to Alex Donnelly about commemoration, reconnection and poetry as 'a museum of feeling'. |
Dunya Mikhail, Alex Donnelly |
21 November, 2017 |
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| Jeremy Treglown speaks to Alex Donnelly |
Professor Jeremy Treglown and Alex Donnelly discuss the politics of commemoration and the challenges of remembrance for both veterans and civilians. |
Jeremy Treglown, Alex Donnelly |
21 November, 2017 |
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| Interview with Lord John Alderdice |
Lord John Alderdice (Liberal Democrat peer and Director of the Centre for the Resolution of Intractable Conflict (CRIC)) talks to Johana Musalkova and Rita Phillips. |
Lord John Alderdice, Johana Musalkova, Rita Phillips |
20 November, 2017 |
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| Memoir and Memory: Aminatta Forna in Conversation with Elleke Boehmer |
Launch event for the Mellon-Sawyer Seminar Series. Aminatta Forna, OBE (novelist and memoirist, Lannan Visiting Professor of Poetics at Georgetown University) in conversation with Elleke Boehmer (Professor of World Literature in English, Oxford). |
Aminatta Forna, Elleke Boehmer |
20 November, 2017 |
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| Representing the Dead |
Book at Lunchtime event |
Helen Swift, jessica Goodman, Philip Bullock, Neil Kenny, Michele Aaron |
26 October, 2017 |
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| Hidden Beneath the Surface: Untold Tales of Neurodivergence and Mental Difference in Oxford |
World Mental Health Day 2017 |
Dan Holloway, Miranda Reilly, Sonia Boue, Marie Tidball |
18 October, 2017 |
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| Unflattening |
With Nick Sousanis |
Nick Sousanis, Dominic Davies, Segolene Tarte |
5 September, 2017 |
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| Disaster Drawn: Comics and Picturing Violence |
Keynote lecture by Hilary Chute as part of the Documenting Trauma conference. |
Hilary Chute |
5 September, 2017 |
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| The Future of Heritage |
Join our panel of experts as they discuss the opportunities and threats facing heritage today, and debate their own visions of a sector fit for the 21st century and beyond |
Helen Ghosh, Carole Souter, Sandy Nairne, Peter Mandler, Dan Hicks, John Orna-Orstein |
27 July, 2017 |
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| Gender and Authority Seminar 5: Annika Forkert (University of Bristol) |
Seminar held at the University of Oxford, 16 November 2016. |
Annika Forkert |
25 July, 2017 |
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| Thinking the Beyond of Crisis |
Professor Simon Glendinnning (London School of Economics) delivered the keynote address on 'Thinking the Beyond of Crisis' at the TORCH Crisis, Extremes, and Apocalypse event 'Rethinking Crisis'. |
Simon Glendinning |
18 July, 2017 |
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| Fascism, Fake News, and the Nature of Social Extremophilia |
With Luciano Floridi (University of Oxford). |
Luciano Floridi |
18 July, 2017 |
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| Complexity in our multiple identities: the 2017 Disability Lecture |
University of Oxford Annual Disability Lecture |
Dan Holloway, Torø Graven, Rebecca Surender, Marie Tidball, Caroline Moughton |
10 July, 2017 |
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| Migration, Memory and Identity |
Part of the Humanities & Identities Lunchtime Seminar Series |
Laura van Broekhoven, Elleke Boehmer, Karma Nabulsi, Gayle Lonergan |
7 July, 2017 |
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| Disability Narratives and Histories |
Launch event for the TORCH Disability and Curriculum Diversity series. |
Marie Tidball, Helen Hillman, Richard Sandell, Elleke Boehmer |
4 July, 2017 |
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| Music, Empathy and Cultural Understanding |
In this TORCH Talk, Professor Eric Clarke talks about 'Music, Empathy and Cultural Understanding' at the Ashmolean Museum's Supersonic LiveFriday. |
Eric Clarke |
4 July, 2017 |
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| Orchestral Musicians' Experiences: Inside Out |
In this TORCH Talk, Dr Cayenna Ponchione-Bailey presents on 'Orchestral Musicians' Experiences: Inside Out' at the Ashmolean Museum's Supersonic LiveFriday. |
Cayenna Ponchione-Bailey |
4 July, 2017 |
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| Images of Mithra |
Book at Lunchtime discussion |
Dominic Dalglish, Josephine Quinn, Elleke Boehmer, Robert Bracey, Peter Stewart, Richard Gordon |
3 July, 2017 |
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| Repositioning Women's Health Care: A Case Study on Women Who Survived Ebola in Sierra Leone |
Part of the Humanities & Identities Lunchtime Series |
Elleke Boehmer, Fatou Wurie |
27 June, 2017 |
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| Exploring Sicilian Epigraphy |
Sicilian schools study and research epigraphy in their museums. |
Kirsten Shepherd-Barr, Andrew Fairweather-Tall |
23 June, 2017 |
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| Italian Stories in Britain |
A project about talking to Italian communities in Britain and finding out what stories there are. |
Kirsten Shepherd-Barr, Matthew Reza |
23 June, 2017 |
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| Unsilencing the library: An exhibition at Compton Verney |
Research into how books make us feel. |
Kirsten Shepherd-Barr, Sophie Ratcliffe, Steven Parissien |
23 June, 2017 |
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| Recreating the music of an ancient Greek chorus: Euripides Orestes |
Research into ancient music. |
Kirsten Shepherd-Barr, Armand O Angour |
23 June, 2017 |
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| Storming Utopia |
The director from the Pegasus theatre in Oxford, talks about his upcoming theatre piece. |
Kirsten Shepherd-Barr, Wes Williams |
23 June, 2017 |
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| Literature and Silence |
Research into multiple Quaker congregations. |
Kirsten Shepherd-Barr, Kate McLoughlin |
23 June, 2017 |
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| Transforming The Operatic Voice |
Looking at the relationships between philosophy and the creative practice of music. |
Kirsten Shepherd-Barr, Toby Young |
23 June, 2017 |
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| How the Mouse Lost its Tail, Or, Lamarck's Dangerous Idea |
Speaker: Jessica Riskin (University of Stanford) |
Jessica Riskin |
19 June, 2017 |
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| Progress, Providence, Eschaton: Löwith, Blumenberg, and After |
Speaker: Jean-Claude Monond (ENS) |
Jean-Claude Monond |
19 June, 2017 |
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| Rescue in the Face of Danger: Benjamin, Goethe, Sebald |
Speaker: Carolin Duttlinger (University of Oxford) |
Carolin Duttlinger |
19 June, 2017 |
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| The Modern Epimetheus. Carl Schmitt's Marian Katechontism |
Speaker: Hjalmar Falk (Oxford/Gothenburg) |
Hjalmar Falk |
19 June, 2017 |
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| Ernst Kantorowicz and the Politics of Political Theology |
Speaker: Martin Ruehl (University of Cambridge) |
Martin Ruehl |
19 June, 2017 |
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| On Real and Imagined Catastrophes: Gershom Scholem's Sabbatinism |
Speaker: Amir Engel (Hebrew University) |
Amir Engel |
19 June, 2017 |
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| Surrealism’s Political-Theological Afterlife: Benjamin—Blumenberg—Taubes |
Speaker: Julia Ng (Goldsmith's) |
Julia Ng |
19 June, 2017 |
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| Humanities Knowledge Exchange Showcase |
Knowledge Exchange is the mutually beneficial sharing of ideas, data, experience, and expertise, and involves collaboration between researchers and external organisations or the public. |
Kirsten Shepherd-Barr, Toby Young, Kate McLoughlin |
19 June, 2017 |
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| Between Historiography and Literature: "Gershom Sholem's Intellectual Biography" |
Speaker: Amir Engel (Hebrew University) |
Amir Engel |
19 June, 2017 |
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| Performance of 'Night Dance (Fantasy)' |
Musicians Dan Hulme and Nick Fowler perform Night Dance (Fantasy) at a recent Live Friday event, held at the Ashmolean Museum on March 3rd 2017. |
Dan Hulme, Nick Fowler |
13 June, 2017 |
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| Britain's History and Memory of Transatlantic Slavery |
Book at Lunchtime seminar on Britain's History and Memory of Transatlantic Slavery, edited and written by Ryan Hanley (Fellow in History, University of Oxford). |
Bob Harris, Ryan Hanley, Padraic Scanlan, Sebabatso Manoeli, Kirsten Shepherd-Barr |
13 June, 2017 |
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| Everything in Everything: Anaxagoras's Metaphysics |
Book at Lunchtime discussion |
Anna Marmodoro, Elleke Boehmer, Naoya Iwata, Simona Aimar |
6 June, 2017 |
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| Volcanoes: Natural Disaster Narratives and the Environment in Caribbean Literature |
A panel discussion |
Elleke Boehmer, Imaobong Umoren, Richard Scholar, Anne Castro, Jemima Paine, Vanessa Lee |
5 June, 2017 |
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| Bruno Latour's Anti-sacrificial Politics |
Part of the Sacrifice Revisited event |
Martin Crowley |
22 May, 2017 |
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| Meanings of ‘Sacrifice’ in Brexit Mythology |
Part of the Sacrifice Revisited event |
Kalypso Nicolaidis |
22 May, 2017 |
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| Gandhi, Sacrifice and the Ambiguities of Non-Violence |
Part of the Sacrifice Revisited event |
Faisal Devji |
22 May, 2017 |
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| Consequentialist Extremism: Present Sacrifices for Future Dreams in the Justification of Violence |
Part of the Sacrifice Revisited event |
Jonathan Leader Maynard |
22 May, 2017 |
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| On Violence, Gender, and Sacrifice: Old Stories and New Reflections |
Part of the Sacrifice Revisited event |
Kimberley Hutchings |
22 May, 2017 |
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| Supporting Our Cause |
This lecture focuses on how branding and fundraising are fundamental to supporting the National Trust and Oxford University. |
Oliver Cox, Jackie Jordan, Susan Foster |
19 May, 2017 |
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| Heritage as Business |
Two speakers give their insights into the business of conservation and heritage. |
Hilary McGrady, Pegram Harrsion, Oliver Cox |
17 May, 2017 |
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| A Genre in Crisis: The Novel in 1940s France |
Professor Ann Jefferson discusses the French novel. |
Ann Jefferson |
17 May, 2017 |
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| InHabit: People, Places and Possessions |
Book at Lunchtime Seminar held on May 3rd 2017. |
Antony Buxton, Linda Hulin, Jane Anderson, Cathy Oakes, Oliver Cox, Elleke Boehmer |
10 May, 2017 |
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| Terminus or Renovation? Francis Bacon and crisis in early modern knowledge |
The TORCH Crisis, Extremes, and Apocalypse network hosted a talk on 'Terminus or Renovation? Francis Bacon and Crisis in Early Modern Knowledge' with Dr Richard Serjeantson (University of Cambridge) |
Richard Serjeantson |
10 May, 2017 |
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| Ernst Kantorowicz on Methods and Postage Stamps |
The TORCH Crisis, Extremes, and Apocalypse network hosted a talk on ''Ernst Kantorowicz on Methods and Postage Stamps' given by Professor Robert Lerner (Northwestern) |
Robert Lerner |
10 May, 2017 |
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| The Rise of Endless War |
The TORCH Crisis, Extremes, and Apocalypse network hosted a talk on 'The Rise of Endless War' with Professor Samuel Moyn (Harvard University). |
samuel moyn |
10 May, 2017 |
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| Robespierre and the Politicians' Terror |
The TORCH Crisis, Extremes, and Apocalypse network hosted a talk on 'Robespierre and the Politicians’ Terror' with Marisa Linton (Kingston University). |
Marisa Linton |
10 May, 2017 |
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| Dystopia Today |
The TORCH Crisis, Extremes, and Apocalyse network have hosted an event on 'Dystopia Today' with Greg Claeys (Royal Holloway, University of London). |
Greg Claeys |
10 May, 2017 |
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| Germs Revisited |
On Thursday 16 March 2017, Dr Emilie Taylor-Brown gave a talk with Dr Jamie Lorimer (School of Geography and the Environment) and Dr Nicola Fawcett (Medical Sciences Division) on the subject of Germs Revisited. |
Emilie Taylor-Brown, Jamie Lorimer, Nicola Fawcett, Kirsten Shepherd-Barr, Karen O'Brien |
25 April, 2017 |
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| TORCH Gender and Authority Research Network, Seminar 7, University of Oxford, 22 February 2017 |
Gender and Authority Seminar 7: Serena Alessi (British School at Rome) and Rachel Delman (University of Oxford). Music: 'Enigmatic' by bensound.com |
Adele Bardazzi, David Bowe, Natalya Din-Kariuki, Julia Caterina Hartley, Serena Alessi, Rachel Delman |
6 April, 2017 |
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| Whither Death? |
Helen Swift and Jessica Goodman discuss the one day conference 'Whither Death?' |
Helen Swift, jessica Goodman |
28 March, 2017 |
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| Miles Hewstone - What Does Diversity Mean to Me? |
Opening event in TORCH Headline Series exploring 'Humanities & Identities' |
Miles Hewstone |
28 March, 2017 |
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| Maria Misra - What Does Diversity Mean to Me? |
Opening event in TORCH Headline Series exploring 'Humanities & Identities' |
Maria Misra |
28 March, 2017 |
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| Marvin Rees - What Does Diversity Mean to Me? |
Opening event in TORCH Headline Series exploring 'Humanities & Identities' |
Marvin Rees |
28 March, 2017 |
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| Deborah Cameron - What Does Diversity Mean to Me? |
Opening event in TORCH Headline Series exploring 'Humanities & Identities |
Deborah Cameron |
28 March, 2017 |
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| Ellah Wakatama Allfrey - What Does Diversity Mean to Me? |
Opening event in TORCH Headline Series exploring 'Humanities & Identities' |
Ellah Wakatama Allfrey |
28 March, 2017 |
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| Jay Stewart - What Does Diversity Mean to Me? |
Opening event in TORCH Headline Series exploring 'Humanities & Identities' |
Jay Stewart |
28 March, 2017 |
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| Politics and Public Space in Contemporary Argentine Poetry |
Book at Lunchtime event. |
Ben Bollig, Bart van Es, Leigh A Payne, Eduardo Posada-Carbo, Maria Del Pilar Blanco |
21 March, 2017 |
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| Land, Outdoors and Nature |
Peter Nixon and Professor Heather Viles discuss the challenges and opportunities we face today in caring for and studying the natural environment. |
Peter Nixon, Heather Viles, Oliver Cox |
20 March, 2017 |
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| Our Collections and Their Audiences |
In this lecture Simon Murray and Dr Xa Sturgis discuss historic collections and their audiences, exploring the need – and means – of making historic collections relevant in the 21st century. |
Simon Murray, Xa Sturgis |
20 March, 2017 |
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| History, Vision, Ambition |
In this introductory lecture Dame Helen Ghosh and Professor Karen O'Brien discuss the history, current vision and future ambition of their respective organisations. |
Dame Helen Ghosh, Karen O’Brien |
20 March, 2017 |
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| Exodus, Reckoning, Sacrifice: Three Meanings of Brexit |
Lecture with Kalypso Nicolaidis (St Antony’s College). Respondent: Anand Menon (King’s College London) Convenors: Timothy Garton Ash and Kalypso Nicolaidis (St Antony’s College). |
Kalypso Nicolaidis, Anand Menon, Timothy Garton Ash |
3 March, 2017 |
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| Walter Benjamin Meets the Cosmics |
Professor Richard Wolin (CUNY) delivers a talk on 'Walter Benjamin Meets the Cosmics' for the TORCH Crisis, Extremes, and Apocalypse network. |
Richard Wolin |
28 February, 2017 |
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| Language, Crisis, and Affect |
The TORCH Crisis, Extremes, and Apocalypse network hosted a talk ‘Language, crisis and affect: Muted emotions in Heinrich von Kleist’s Michael Kohlhaas’ with Dr Tobias Heinrich (University of Oxford). |
Tobias Heinrich |
28 February, 2017 |
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| Living Bilingual |
Professor Elleke Boehmer (Director of TORCH) delivers a talk as part of the Creative Multilingualism and TORCH Bitesize Talks at Linguamania, Ashmolean Museum. |
Elleke Boehmer |
22 February, 2017 |
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| Bilingualism and the Internet |
Scott Hale (Senior Data Scientist) delivers a talk as part of the Creative Multilingualism and TORCH Bitesize Talks at Linguamania, Ashmolean Museum. |
Scott Hale |
22 February, 2017 |
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| A Tristan Tile in the Ashmolean |
Henrike Lähnemann (Professor of Medieval German Literature) delivers a talk as part of the Creative Multilingualism and TORCH Bitesize Talks at Linguamania, Ashmolean Museum. |
Henrike Lähnemann |
21 February, 2017 |
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| Do Objects Speak? |
Wen-chin Ouyang (Professor of Arabic and Comparative Literature at the School of Oriental and African Studies) delivers a talk as part of the Creative Multilingualism and TORCH Bitesize Talks at Lingumania. |
Wen-Chin Ouyang |
21 February, 2017 |
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| Musings from Cloud Cuckoo Land |
Dr Karen Park delivers a Creative Multilingualism and TORCH Bitesize talk as part of Linguamania |
Karen Park |
21 February, 2017 |
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| The Spirits of Crossbones Graveyard |
The book's author Sondra Hausner (Professor of Anthropology, University of Oxford) will explore the issues raised in her book. |
Sondra Hausner, Bridget Anderson, Diane Watt, Antonia Fitzpatrick |
10 February, 2017 |
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| Literature and the Public Good |
Part of the Book at Lunchtime series |
Rick Rylance, Jane Hiddleston, Timothy Michael, Ankhi Mukherjee, Helen Small, Kirsten Shepherd-Barr |
1 February, 2017 |
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| #NeverHillary vs #NeverTrump |
The US Election on Social Media Panel Discussion |
Philip N Howard, Gemma Joyce, Matthew Lee Anderson, Yin Yin Lu |
1 February, 2017 |
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| Equity and commissioning - Richard Sullivan |
Session 4: Equity and commissioning - Richard Sullivan |
Mark Sheehan, Richard Sullivan |
19 January, 2017 |
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| Equity and commissioning - Muir Gray |
Session 4: Equity and commissioning - Muir Gray |
Muir Gray, Mark Sheehan |
19 January, 2017 |
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| Data sharing and participation - Jonathan Montgomery |
Session 3: Data sharing and participation - Jonathan Montgomery |
Ingrid Slade, Jonathan Montgomery |
19 January, 2017 |
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| Data sharing and participation - Anna Middleton |
Session 3: Data sharing and participation - Anna Middleton |
Ingrid Slade, Anna Middleton |
19 January, 2017 |
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| Data sharing and participation - Mark Lawler |
Session 3: Data sharing and participation - Mark Lawler |
Mark Lawler, Ingrid Slade |
19 January, 2017 |
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| The human person and the communication of risk - Sian Rees |
Session 2: The human person and the communication of risk - Sian Rees |
Rob Horne, Sian Rees |
19 January, 2017 |
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| The human person and the communication of risk - Alastair Kent |
Session 2: The human person and the communication of risk - Alastair Kent |
Rob Horne, Alastair Kent |
19 January, 2017 |
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| The human person and the communication of risk - Joshua Hordern |
Session 2: The human person and the communication of risk - Joshua Hordern |
Joshua Hordern, Rob Horne |
19 January, 2017 |
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| The promise and the hype of 'personalised medicine' - John Tooke |
Session 1: The promise and the hype of 'personalised medicine' - John Tooke |
Joshua Hordern, John Tooke |
19 January, 2017 |
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| The promise and the hype of 'personalised medicine' - Steve Sturdy |
Session 1: The promise and the hype of 'personalised medicine' - Steve Sturdy |
Steve Sturdy, Joshua Horden |
19 January, 2017 |
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| The promise and the hype of 'personalised medicine' - Tim Maughan |
Session 1: The promise and the hype of 'personalised medicine' - Tim Maughan |
Tim Maughan, Joshua Hordern |
19 January, 2017 |
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| Highlights of Personalised Medicine |
Highlights of Personalised Medicine: the promise, the hype and the pitfalls |
Alastair Kent, Anna Middleton, Marion Lynch, Muir Gray |
19 January, 2017 |
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| Personalised Medicine, interview with Jonathan Montgomery |
Personalised Medicine: the promise, the hype and the pitfalls, a short interview with Jonathan Montgomery |
Jonathan Montgomery |
18 January, 2017 |
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| Personalised Medicine, interview with Anna Middleton |
Personalised Medicine: the promise, the hype and the pitfalls, a short interview with Anna Middleton |
Anna Middleton |
18 January, 2017 |
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