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1 Creative Commons 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 0:19:43 Anja Shortland 21 May 2013
2 Creative Commons The 'Arab Spring' and Future Humanitarian Challenges 25 April 2013, Special lecture co-hosted by ELAC, the new Oxford Martin Programme on Human Rights for Future Generations and the Oxford Humanitarian Group by Yves Daccord (Director-General of the International Committee of the Red Cross, ICRC) 0:52:13 Yves Daccord 30 Apr 2013
3 Creative Commons MedicineAfrica Dr Alexander Finlayson tells us how MedicineAfrica aims to bring healthcare professionals around the world in a global expert network 0:06:12 Alexander Finlayson 29 Apr 2013
4 Capital's new frontier Dr Catherine Dolan of the Saïd Business School, Oxford, discusses 'yoghurt mamas, solar sisters and the remaking of 'unusable Africa' at the bottom of the pyramid'. An Anthropology Departmental Seminar from 15 February 2013. 0:47:18 Catherine Dolan 18 Apr 2013
5 Re-making the dead, uncertainty and the torque of human materials in northern Zimbabwe This Anthropology Departmental Seminar (8 February 2013) by Joost Fontein from the Department of Social Anthropology at Edinburgh focuses on northern Zimbabwe fieldwork and research 0:47:06 Joost Fontein 18 Apr 2013
6 The Biography of the Holy Ghost In this Anthropology Departmental Seminar (12 October 2012), Dr Ramon Sarró explores a prophetic landscape in Lower Congo 0:54:37 Ramon Sarró 18 Apr 2013
7 Creative Commons Recalibrating the Scales: The Difficult Marriage of Justice and Healing in Africa Gary Geddes, Award winning writer and author of 'Drink the Bitter Root: A search for justice and healing in Africa' gives a talk for the OTJR Seminar Series 0:39:57 Gary Geddes 26 Mar 2013
8 Growing up in the New South Africa Rachel Bray (Independent Scholar, Oxford) gives a talk for the African Studies seminar series on 7th March, 2013 1:18:49 Rachel Bray 11 Mar 2013
9 Creative Commons The return of garrison rule in the Ethiopian Ogaden, 2006-2012 Tobias Hagmann (Roskilde University) gives a talk for the African Studies Seminar Series on 28 February, 2013 1:00:16 Tobias Hagmann 11 Mar 2013
10 Human rights in Africa: opportunities and challenges The Bram Fischer Memorial Lecture 2013. Navi Pillay, United Nations High Commissioner for Human Rights gives a talk about human rights in Africa. 0:40:17 Navi Pillay 07 Mar 2013
11 The ANC in Exile Stephen Ellis (Free University, Amsterdam) gives a talk for the African Studies Centre seminar series on the African National Congress (ANC) 0:31:23 Stephen Ellis 25 Feb 2013
12 Creative Commons 'Now we are all workers.' The remaking of marginality on the streets of Addis Ababa's inner city Marco Di Nunzio (Université Libre de Bruxelles) gives a talk for the African Studies Centre seminar series on 7th February 2013 0:44:41 Marco Di Nunzio 13 Feb 2013
13 Creative Commons The British Army and Mau Mau, 1952-56 Huw Bennett (Aberystwyth University), gives a talk for the African Studies Centre seminar series on the British Army and Kenyan Mau Mau 1:00:28 Huw Bennett 04 Feb 2013
14 Creative Commons HIV and AIDS - Special lecture for Oxford AIDS Research Day 2012 Mark Heywood reflects on the impact of HIV and AIDS for the 4th Annual HIV / AIDS Student Research day. 0:45:35 Mark Heywood 27 Nov 2012
15 Creative Commons The citizenship market: trading identities in East Africa and the Great Lakes Public Seminar Series, Michaelmas term 2012. Seminar by Dr Katy Long (London School of Economics and Political Science) recorded on 24 October 2012 at the Oxford Department of International Development, University of Oxford. 0:55:07 Dr Katy Long 26 Oct 2012
16 Creative Commons Will Africa Harness its New Opportunities? Professor Paul Collier, Professor of Economics and Director of the Centre for the Study of African Economies, University of Oxford discusses the opportunities and challenges facing Africa. 0:32:18 Paul Collier 28 Jun 2012
17 Creative Commons 7. Is public housing a public bad? Externalities of Chicago's public housing demolitions Danielle H Sandler (UC Davis) provides a summary of the paper she presented during the 'Research on Urban Mass Housing' workshop, CSAE, 2012. 0:06:59 Danielle H sandler 25 Jun 2012
18 Creative Commons 6. Housing policy in Latin America: Ten myths Alan Gilbert (University College, London) provides a summary of the paper he presented at the 'Research on Urban Mass Housing' workshop, CSAE, 2012. 0:10:05 Alan Gilbert 25 Jun 2012
19 Creative Commons 5. Scaling up housing finance in Africa Maria Hoek-Smit (Wharton) provides a summary of her presentation at the 'Research on Urban Mass Housing' workshop, CSAE, 2012. 0:07:08 Maria Hoek-Smit 25 Jun 2012
20 Creative Commons 4. Living conditions, rents and their determinants in the slums of Nairobi and Dakar Sumila Gulyani (World Bank) provides a summary of the paper she presented during the 'Research on Urban Mass Housing' workshop, CSAE, 2012. 0:09:51 Sumila Gulyani 25 Jun 2012
21 Creative Commons 3. What can we learn from history? Dr Tim Leunig (Department of Economic History, London School of Economics) provides a summary of his presentation at the 'Research on Urban Mass Housing' workshop, CSAE, 2012. 0:08:55 Tim Leunig 25 Jun 2012
22 Creative Commons 2. Housing the Kenyan urban population: Challenges and policy options Eric Aligula (Kenyan Institute for Public Policy Research) provides a summary of the paper he presented at the 'Research on Urban Mass Housing' workshop, CSAE, 2012. 0:04:23 Eric Aligula 25 Jun 2012
23 Creative Commons 1. Research on Urban Mass Housing Paul Collier (Director, CSAE) provides a general background and aims for the 'Research on Urban Mass Housing' workshop, CSAE, 2012. 0:06:13 Paul Collier 25 Jun 2012
24 Creative Commons Extreme climatic events as drivers of early human behaviour in Africa? In this seminar for the Institute of Cognitive and Evolutionary Anthropology, Sallie Burrough of Oxford University's School of Geography and the Environment presents an environmental perspective from the Kalahari Desert (23/11/11) 0:35:53 Sallie Burrough 24 May 2012
25 Creative Commons 2012 Annual African Studies lecture. Diaspora and Spiritual Awakening: Religion and the Politics of Race and Empire in the Life of Kwame Nkrumah Emmanuel Akyeampong (Harvard) gives the 2012 Annual African Studies Centre Lecture 0:51:13 Emmanuel Akyeampong 22 May 2012
26 Creative Commons Surviving on the Margins: Youth and the Underground Oil Economy in the Niger Delta Paul Ugor (Birmingham) gives a talk for the African Studies Centre Seminar Series on 10th May 2012 0:54:13 Paul Ugor 15 May 2012
27 Creative Commons Somalia after the London Meeting: How Much Difference Does a Day Make? Laura Hammond (SOAS) gives a talk for the African Studies Seminar series. In association with the Horn of Africa Seminar 0:44:37 Laura Hammond 08 May 2012
28 Creative Commons Squatter movements in the Vaal Triangle Dr Noor Nieftagodien (University of Witwatersrand) gives a talk for the African Studies Centre on 8th March 2012 0:35:07 Noor Nieftagodien 12 Mar 2012
29 What Will Happen to African States? Africa's vast commodity reserves, young populations and nascent economies all indicate great potential for the continent in the future. But will Africa's governments and state institutions be able to make the most of these opportunities? 1:07:31 Paul Collier 07 Mar 2012
30 Creative Commons Buganda Nationalism in the 21st Century Dr Florence Brisset-Foucault, Research Associate, Cambridge, gives a talk for the African Studies Centre seminar series 0:45:51 Florence Brisset-Foucault 05 Mar 2012
31 Information Technologies and Marginalization in African Market Economies Laura Mann summarises her lecture on information technologies and marginalization in African market economies, part of the OII's Society and the Internet Lecture Series. 0:03:39 Laura Mann 28 Feb 2012
32 Creative Commons Kenya's Somalia Invasion: Security, Development and Humanitarian Assistance in Eastern Africa Professor David Anderson gives a talk for the African Studies Seminar series on 23rd February 2012 0:53:59 David Anderson 24 Feb 2012
33 Creative Commons Challenges of peace talks and mediation - Does it address the question of justice?' Betty Bigombe, Ugandan MP, State Minister for Water Resources, and Ugandan Peace Negotiator gives a talk for the OTJR seminar series on 7th February. Part of the Oak series on Amnesty 0:49:19 Betty Bigombe 21 Feb 2012
34 Creative Commons The Legitimation of Criminal Justice in Post-Genocide Rwanda: international, national and localised courts Dr Nikki Palmer (Oxford) gives a talk for the African Studies Centre seminar series on 8th February. 0:42:22 Nikki Palmer 21 Feb 2012
35 Creative Commons HIV and children in Africa Professor Sarah Rowland-Jones tells us about her work on HIV with children in Africa. 0:06:07 Sarah Rowland-Jones 07 Feb 2012
36 Creative Commons HIV and children in Africa by Sarah Rowland-Jones Professor Sarah Rowland-Jones tells us about her work on HIV with children in Africa. 0:06:07 Sarah Rowland-Jones 07 Feb 2012
37 Creative Commons The Politics of Ethnicity in Ethiopia: Actors, Power and Mobilisation under Ethnic Federalism Louise Aalen, Bergen University, gives a talk for the African Studies Seminar Series on 2nd February 2012 0:39:48 Louise Aalen 06 Feb 2012
38 Creative Commons Who Killed Dag Hammarskjöld? The UN, the Cold War, and White Supremacy in Africa Dr Susan Williams (Institute of Commonwealth Studies, London)gives a talk for the African Studies Centre Seminar Series on 19 January 0:41:51 Susan Williams 23 Jan 2012
39 Creative Commons The Killing Fields: The Impact of the Global Arms Trade on Africa Andrew Feinstein gives a talk for the African Studies Seminar series on the arms trade and its impact on Africa 1:00:36 Andrew Feinstein 29 Nov 2011
40 Dept Seminar: Spirit in Motion In this Anthropology Dept Seminar, Thomas Kirsch of Konstanz University, discusses the 'Morphology and Mobility of the Holy Spirit in Africa'. 14 October 2011. 0:42:49 Thomas Kirsch 29 Nov 2011
41 Creative Commons Zimbabwe's Fast Track Land Reform: Politics, Production and Accumulation Phillan Zamchiya (International Development/St Antonys), gives a talk for the African Studies Seminar Series 0:44:55 Phillan Zamchiya 18 Nov 2011
42 Creative Commons Potency and the Role of the Environment in KhoeSan medicine Chris Low, African Studies, Oxford, gives a talk for the African Studies Seminar Series 0:31:04 Chris Low 18 Nov 2011
43 Creative Commons African Local Knowledge: Natural, Biomedical and Supernatural Ideas about Livestock Health Karen Brown (Wellcome Unit for the History of Medicine) and William Beinart (African Studies/St Antony's) give a talk for the African Studies seminar series 0:26:45 Karen Brown, William Beinart 18 Nov 2011
44 Creative Commons The Shadow of the ICC: Positive Complementarity and the Situation in Kenya Professor Chandra Sriram (SOAS) gives a talk for the Ethics, Law and Armed Conflict/Changing Character of War Seminar Series. Introduced by Jennifer Welsh (Oxford) 0:35:32 Chandra Sriram 11 Nov 2011
45 Creative Commons Power, Ambition and Ideas in the political career of Apartheid Prime Minister H F Verwoerd Jonny Steinberg, (African Studies/St Antony's) gives a talk for the African Studies Centre Seminar Series 0:45:57 Jonny Steinberg 08 Nov 2011
46 Creative Commons The Ecology of Conflict: Human-Wildlife Conflict on the Hwange National Park Boundary, Zimbabwe' Andrew Loveridge (Wildlife Conservation Research Unit, Zoology) gives a talk for the St John's College Colloquium on Environmental Conflict and its Resolution (joint event with Oxpeace and Human Sciences) 0:18:13 Andrew Loveridge 31 Oct 2011
47 Creative Commons Ethnic violence, water scarcity and managing resources to promote peace Karen Witsenburg (Both ENDS and Max Plank Institute for Anthropology) gives a talk for the College Colloquium on Environmental Conflict and its Resolution (joint event with Oxpeace and Human Sciences) 0:23:30 Karen Witsenberg 31 Oct 2011
48 Cruising through Uncertainty: Mobile Phone Practices and the Politics of Respect in Southern Mozambique Julie Archambault (African Studies/St Annes College), gives a talk for the African Studies Centre 0:46:26 Julie Archambault 27 Oct 2011
49 ORENGA Special Lecture - Fashola's Lagos: the man, the method, the megacity Babatunde Fashola, Governor of Lagos State, Nigeria, gives a special lecture for the African Studies Centre. 0:27:11 Babatunde Fashola 27 Oct 2011
50 Humanitarian Intervention in Africa: History, Theory, Policy and Practice Meanings, definitions, and problems with humanitarian intervention from international relations and historical perspectives from a British Academy funded workshop on Humanitarian Intervention at Nuffield College, Oxford 21 June 2011. 0:47:37 Jennifer Welsh, Bronwen Everill, Josiah Kaplan, Nina Berman 09 Sep 2011
51 Creative Commons Celebrating Gavin Williams: The politics of oil and identity in Nigeria: A political economy of ethnic nationalism Kathryn Nwajiaku, Oxford, gives a talk on The politics of Oil and Ethnic Nationalism in Nigeria's Niger Delta as part of the Nigeria Economy and Society section of the Celebrating Gavin Williams Conference 0:18:09 Kathryn Nwajiaku 23 Aug 2011
52 Medical Anthropology at Oxford: Healing earth and sacred clay among the Mun, SW Ethiopia This presentation by doctoral candidate Kate Fayers-Kerr was delivered at the Medical Anthropogy at Oxford conference, 10 Years at the Intersections, June 2011. 0:19:44 Kate Fayers-Kerr 25 Jul 2011
53 Creative Commons Tropical Medicine in Kenya Professor Kevin Marsh tells us about his research on Tropical Medicine in Kenya. 0:03:57 Kevin Marsh 19 Jul 2011
54 Creative Commons Beyond Kampala: Taking Stock of the ICC: Current Issues and Future Prospects Third and final panel session of the Beyond Kampala conference. 0:42:31 Darryl Robinson, Phil Clark, Donald Ferencz 20 Jun 2011
55 Creative Commons Beyond Kampala: The State of State Practice on Aggression Second Panel session of the Beyond Kampala conference. 0:38:20 Astrid Reisinger Coracini, Robbie Manson, Bill Wilson, Deborah Ruiz Verduzco 20 Jun 2011
56 Creative Commons Beyond Kampala: What Happened in Kampala? First Panel session of the Beyond Kampala: The ICC, the Crime of Aggression, and the Future of the Court, held in St Anne's college on 13th May 2011 0:30:23 William Schabas, Noah Weisbord, Stefan Barriga, Jackson Maogoto 20 Jun 2011
57 Creative Commons Beyond Kampala: The ICC, the Crime of Aggression, and the Future of the Court - Keynote talk Keynote by Vice President Hans-Peter Kaul, Judge of the ICC, introduced by Benjamin Ferencz, Chief Prosecutor at the Einsatzgruppen case at the Nuremberg Trials. Part of the Beyond Kampala conference held in St Anne's College on 13th May 2011 0:40:07 Hans-Peter Kaul 20 Jun 2011
58 The Contribution of African Research to Migration Theory- Territory, Subjectivity and the Power of Movement The third IMI African Migrations Workshop was organised by IMI with the Institut Fondamental d'Afrique Noire (IFAN) at Cheikh Anta Diop University in Dakar. 0:25:53 Loren Landau 15 Jun 2011
59 Using Scenarios in Academic Research to Study the Future: Introduction The Global Migration Futures team will introduce some of its key findings on future migration in North Africa and Europe, arising from the project's recent second stakeholders workshop in Cairo. 0:17:26 Hein de Haas 02 Jun 2011
60 Worldliness, Citiness, Postcolonial Life and Thinking from the South Achille Mbembe, Professor of Social Theory, University of Stellenbosch, gives the second 2011 Africa Studies Annual lecture on 26th May 2011 0:46:43 Achille Mbembe 01 Jun 2011
61 'City, Art, Motion: Rethinking the "Now" in Johannesburg' (Annual Lecture 2011) Sarah Nuttal, Research Professor, Department of English, University of Stellenbosch, gives the first 2011 African Studies Annual Lecture on 26th May 2011 0:46:20 Sarah Nuttal 01 Jun 2011
62 Creative Commons Ethnicity, Power and Kinship. Female Chiefs in Tanzania, 1870-1940 Heide Schmidt, Professor of African Studies, University of Vienna, gives a talk for the African Studies Seminar series on 16th May, 2011 1:01:08 Heike Schmidt 23 May 2011
63 Creative Commons Re-framing peace building and controlling the state: The case if Ethiopia. OxPeace 2011 Iginio Gagliardone, Research Assistant, Centre for Government and Human Rights, Cambridge, gives the third talk in session three of the 2011 OxPeace Conference 0:14:23 Iginio Gagliardone 17 May 2011
64 Creative Commons Drugs, Destabilisation and UN policy in Guinea-Bissau: The role of Investigative Journalism. OxPeace 2011 Daniel Ruiz, PhD Candidate, Instituto Gutierrez Mellado, Madrid, gives the first talk in session three in the 2011 OxPeace Conference 0:14:22 Daniel Ruiz 17 May 2011
65 Women, Sports and Societies in Colonial and Postcolonial Africa (African History and Politics Seminar) As part of the Women's Sport in Africa conference (University of Oxford, 7 Mar 2011), Prof. Nauright (George Mason Univeristy) presents on historical research looking at sports in Africa, with a particular view to women's sport and his own work. 0:44:06 John Nauright 13 May 2011
66 Affective hunger: bread and famine in ethiopian christian spirituality Cressida Marcus gives a talk for the Unit for Biocultural Variation and Obesity (UBVO) seminar series 0:47:30 Cressida Marcus 06 Apr 2011
67 Dept Seminar: Why do Bayaka Pygmies sing so much? In this Anthropology Dept seminar (28 January 2011), Dr Jerome Lewis (University College London) examines the place and cultural transmission of music and sound to the Bayaka Pygmies of the Central African Republic and Congo. Includes examples. 1:01:37 Jerome Lewis 18 Mar 2011
68 Support Democracy Abroad: The Record in Africa Prof Thomas Carothers, Vice President for Studies, Carnegie Endowment for International Peace, Nuffield College, gives a talk for the Rothmere American Institute on 2nd Feb 2011 0:42:54 Thomas Carothers 14 Mar 2011
69 Creative Commons Politics and Genocide: Rwanda (African Studies Seminar) Dr Omar McDoom (London School of Economics) looks at a single community in southern Rwanda, using spatial mapping, in order to understand why some people chose to kill during the violence and others did not. 1:07:46 Omar McDoom 06 Mar 2011
70 Creative Commons Government and press relations in South Africa Seminar delivered by Professor Anton Harber, Caxton Professor of Journalism and Media Studies, University of the Witwatersrand, Johannesburg and visiting fellow, Reuters Institute for the Study of Journalism, University of Oxford. 0:39:55 Anton Harber 04 Mar 2011
71 Climate change and cultural transitions over the last 160,000 years in NW Africa Angela Vaughan, School of Archaeology, Oxford, talks at the 1st Oxford Interdisciplinary Desert Conference hosted by the School of Geography and the Environment, University of Oxford, on the 15-16 April 2010. 0:13:50 Angela Vaughan 24 Feb 2011
72 Creative Commons Using 1950s-1960s sources: the case of Soviet Policy in west Africa Fourth presentation of the Research Approaches to Former Soviet States: A Practical Introduction conference. Introduction by Jon Waterlow 0:13:42 Alessandro Iandolo 22 Feb 2011
73 The Consequences of Violent Politics in Zimbabwe: Norton in 2009 Jocelyn alexander gives a talk for the Hilary Term 2011 Oxford Transitional Justice Research Seminar Series on the 16th February 2011 0:41:10 Jocelyn Alexander 21 Feb 2011
74 The Future of Africa: Challenges and Opportunities Former UN Secretary General, Kofi Annan, gives the first in the 700th Exeter College Anniversary lecture series at the Sheldonian Theatre, Oxford on Africa; the challenges it faces and the opportunities it has 0:31:44 Kofi Annan 21 Feb 2011
75 Blood Disorders and Human Malaria Professor Sunetra Gupta explains the surprising relationship between blood disorders and malaria in humans. Could two blood disorders ever be better than one? Part of the Oxford Abridged series of short talks. 0:16:00 Sunetra Gupta 10 Feb 2011
76 Creative Commons The case of the slave ship Progresso: the Royal Navy, the trans-Atlantic slave trade and the Cape (African Studies Centre Seminar) Prof. Harries examines the surprising role the Cape played in the Trans-Atlantic slave trade and the challenges the Royal Navy was forced to deal with in stopping slave ships. 0:52:03 Patrick Harries 09 Feb 2011
77 Creative Commons RSC Astor Lecture: Gendered Violence and the Politics of Memory in Sudan's Conflict Zones This podcast was recorded at the Refugee Studies Centre's 2nd Astor Lecture which was on Tuesday 25th January 2011 at The Taylor Institute, University of Oxford. 0:56:35 Sondra Hale 26 Jan 2011
78 Creative Commons Malaria and Global Health Dr Climent Casals-Pascual tells us how new tools can help us diagnose and manage malaria more effectively. 0:07:42 Climent Casals-Pascual 02 Nov 2010
79 Creative Commons Malaria and Global Health by Climent Casals-Pascual Dr Climent Casals-Pascual explains how the development of new tools to diagnose and manage malaria more effectively will allow us to decrease the mortality of this condition. 0:07:42 Climent Casals-Pascual 02 Nov 2010
80 Creative Commons Malaria Vaccines Professor Adrian Hill talks about recent developments of vaccines against malaria. 0:05:25 Adrian Hill 18 Oct 2010
81 Creative Commons Malaria Vaccines by Adrian Hill Professor Adrian Hill has been studying the immune system and malaria susceptibility in African children for years. We asked him about his latest findings in the development of vaccines against malaria. 0:05:25 Adrian Hill 18 Oct 2010
82 Creative Commons Dr. Brian Angus on Tropical Medicine Writer and medical historian Conrad Keating talks to Dr. Brian Angus, Director of the Wellcome Trust UK Centre for Clinical Tropical Medicine in Oxford, about his interest in science and how this inspired him to work with infectious diseases in Africa. 0:23:38 Brain Angus, Conrad Keating 14 Sep 2010
83 An Africanist's Legacy: Responsibilised citizens? - Discourses and practices around care of the self among HIV positive people in Tanzania Presented by Dr Nadine Beckmann (Leeds) at 'An Africanist's Legacy - A Workshop in Celebration of the Work of David Parkin', held at the School of Anthropology, Oxford, 8-9 July 2010. 0:32:47 Nadine Beckmann 24 Aug 2010
84 Credit societies and the search for school fees in Uganda Presented at 'An Africanist's Legacy - A Workshop in Celebration of the Work of David Parkin' held at Oxford, 8-9 July 2010. Co-authored by Richard Vokes. 0:21:20 David Mills 24 Aug 2010
85 An Africanist's Legacy: Credit societies and the search for school fees in Uganda Presented by Dr David Mills (Oxford) at 'An Africanist's Legacy - A Workshop in Celebration of the Work of David Parkin' held at Oxford, 8-9 July 2010. Co-authored by Richard Vokes. 0:21:20 David Mills 24 Aug 2010
86 Pirates of Somalia Dr Sarah Percy and Dr Anja Shortland give a talk on Pirates of Somalia for the Extra-Legal Governance Institute 0:50:22 Sarah Percy, Anja Shortland 20 Aug 2010
87 Protection for Sale? War and the Transformation of Regulation on the Congo-Ugandan Border Timothy Raeymakers, University of Ghent gives a talk for the Extra-Legal Governance Institute on War and the Transformation of Regulation on the Congo-Ugandan Border 0:43:10 Timothy Raeymakers 18 Aug 2010
88 Rwanda and the Great Lakes: A personal view from the Oxfam Archive This podcast is the second part of a recording made on 25 August 2005 as part of the Oxfam Archive Oral History project and is an interview with Maurice Herson, he had many interesting and challenging times with Oxfam including in the Great Lakes crisis. 0:35:14 John Magrath, Maurice Herson 11 Aug 2010
89 Creative Commons Development as an Alien Culture: the purposes of governance in South Africa Dr Jonny Steinberg gives the 2010 Africa Studies Centre Annual lecture held on 11th June 2010, Nissan Lecture Theatre, St Antony's College, Oxford University 0:39:56 Jonny Steinberg 26 Jul 2010
90 Managing Transition: the National Peace Accord, South Africa, 1991-94 Delivered by Rev. Dr. Liz Carmichael MBE, Chaplain and Tutor in Theology, St John's College, University of Oxford; and Facilitator and Trainer under the National Peace Accord. Part of the Oxford Transitional Justice Research Seminar Series, Trinity 2010. 1:26:18 Liz Carmichael 21 Jun 2010
91 A Truth Commission Goes Abroad: Liberian Transitional Justice in New York Delivered by Dr. Jonny Steinberg, Author and Journalist; Visiting Fellow, African Studies Centre, University of Oxford. Part of the Oxford Transitional Justice Research Seminar Series, Trinity 2010. 1:25:44 Jonny Steinberg 21 Jun 2010
92 Uganda Roundtable: Researching the movements of and Ugandan military campaign against the Lord's Resistance Army in eastern Congo, southern Sudan and Central African Republic. A round table discussion led by Professor Ron Atkinson, Director of African Studies, University of South Carolina. Part of the Oxford Transitional Justice Research Seminar Series, Trinity 2010. 1:19:19 Ron Atkinson 21 Jun 2010
93 Creative Commons Intelligence and the Dhofar Insurgency: New Perspectives Prof Clive Jones (Leeds University) gives a talk for the Centre for Ethics, Law and Armed Conflict seminar series. 0:37:17 Clive Jones 14 Jun 2010
94 Strategic Shortfall: The Somalia Syndrome and the March to 9/11 Prof Robert Patman (Otago, New Zealand) gives a talk for the Centre for Ethics, Law and Armed Conflict seminar series. 0:45:13 Robert Patman 14 Jun 2010
95 Creative Commons Medicine without Frontiers: An Oxford physician-scientist working in Kenya. On one of Kevin Marsh's regular visits to Oxford, the historian Conrad Keating caught up with the world-renowned malariologist and asked him what initially drew him to tropical medicine... 0:23:31 Kevin Marsh, Conrad Keating 04 Jun 2010
96 Creative Commons Forging a New Frontier in Oxford Medicine The historian Conrad Keating continues his history of Oxford's groundbreaking contribution to health in the tropics by asking David Warrell what motivated him to work in Africa... 0:20:38 David Warrell, Conrad Keating 12 May 2010
97 Creative Commons The UN's role in Overcoming Development Challenges Special Lecture given by former Prime Minister of New Zealand and now Administrator of the United Nations Development Program the Rt Hon. Helen Clark. She is introduced by Director of the Global Economic Governance Program, Professor Ngaire Woods 0:43:27 Helen Clark, Ngaire Woods 11 Mar 2010
98 Creative Commons Beyond the Bottom Billion Prof. Paul Collier discusses the contradiction of resource rich countries with troubled economies, including how the harnessing of natural assets can go wrong, and what can be done to ensure their correct handling. 0:53:50 Paul Collier 30 Nov 2009
99 Annual Harrell-Bond Lecture 2009 (MP3 audio): Beyond Blankets: in search of political deals and durable solutions for the displaced This podcast was recorded at the Refugee Studies Centre's Annual Harrell-Bond Lecture which was on Wednesday 18th November 2009 at the Museum of Natural History, University of Oxford. 1:06:25 Jan Egeland 27 Nov 2009
100 Annual Harrell-Bond Lecture 2009 (iTunes Enhanced version): Beyond Blankets: in search of political deals and durable solutions for the displaced This podcast was recorded at the Refugee Studies Centre's Annual Harrell-Bond Lecture which was on Wednesday 18th November 2009 at the Museum of Natural History, University of Oxford. 1:06:25 Jan Egeland 27 Nov 2009
# Episode Title Description Duration People Date
1 Creative Commons MedicineAfrica Dr Alexander Finlayson tells us how MedicineAfrica aims to bring healthcare professionals around the world in a global expert network 0:06:12 Alexander Finlayson 29 Apr 2013
2 Human rights in Africa: opportunities and challenges The Bram Fischer Memorial Lecture 2013. Navi Pillay, United Nations High Commissioner for Human Rights gives a talk about human rights in Africa. 0:40:32 Navi Pillay 07 Mar 2013
3 Creative Commons Will Africa Harness its New Opportunities? Professor Paul Collier, Professor of Economics and Director of the Centre for the Study of African Economies, University of Oxford discusses the opportunities and challenges facing Africa. 0:32:18 Paul Collier 28 Jun 2012
4 Creative Commons 7. Is public housing a public bad? Externalities of Chicago's public housing demolitions Danielle H Sandler (UC Davis) provides a summary of the paper she presented during the 'Research on Urban Mass Housing' workshop, CSAE, 2012. 0:06:59 Danielle H sandler 25 Jun 2012
5 Creative Commons 6. Housing policy in Latin America: Ten myths Alan Gilbert (University College, London) provides a summary of the paper he presented at the 'Research on Urban Mass Housing' workshop, CSAE, 2012. 0:10:05 Alan Gilbert 25 Jun 2012
6 Creative Commons 5. Scaling up housing finance in Africa Maria Hoek-Smit (Wharton) provides a summary of her presentation at the 'Research on Urban Mass Housing' workshop, CSAE, 2012. 0:07:08 Maria Hoek-Smit 25 Jun 2012
7 Creative Commons 4. Living conditions, rents and their determinants in the slums of Nairobi and Dakar Sumila Gulyani (World Bank) provides a summary of the paper she presented during the 'Research on Urban Mass Housing' workshop, CSAE, 2012. 0:09:51 Sumila Gulyani 25 Jun 2012
8 Creative Commons 3. What can we learn from history? Dr Tim Leunig (Department of Economic History, London School of Economics) provides a summary of his presentation at the 'Research on Urban Mass Housing' workshop, CSAE, 2012. 0:08:50 Tim Leunig 25 Jun 2012
9 Creative Commons 2. Housing the Kenyan urban population: Challenges and policy options Eric Aligula (Kenyan Institute for Public Policy Research) provides a summary of the paper he presented at the 'Research on Urban Mass Housing' workshop, CSAE, 2012. 0:04:23 Eric Aligula 25 Jun 2012
10 Creative Commons 1. Research on Urban Mass Housing Paul Collier (Director, CSAE) provides a general background and aims for the 'Research on Urban Mass Housing' workshop, CSAE, 2012. 0:06:13 Paul Collier 25 Jun 2012
11 Information Technologies and Marginalization in African Market Economies Laura Mann summarises her lecture on information technologies and marginalization in African market economies, part of the OII's Society and the Internet Lecture Series. 0:03:39 Laura Mann 28 Feb 2012
12 Creative Commons HIV and children in Africa Professor Sarah Rowland-Jones tells us about her work on HIV with children in Africa. 0:06:07 Sarah Rowland-Jones 07 Feb 2012
13 Creative Commons HIV and children in Africa by Sarah Rowland-Jones Professor Sarah Rowland-Jones tells us about her work on HIV with children in Africa. 0:06:07 Sarah Rowland-Jones 07 Feb 2012
14 ORENGA Special Lecture - Fashola's Lagos: the man, the method, the megacity Babatunde Fashola, Governor of Lagos State, Nigeria, gives a special lecture for the African Studies Centre. 0:27:11 Babatunde Fashola 27 Oct 2011
15 Creative Commons Tropical Medicine in Kenya Professor Kevin Marsh tells us about his research on Tropical Medicine in Kenya. 0:03:57 Kevin Marsh 19 Jul 2011
16 The Future of Africa: Challenges and Opportunities Former UN Secretary General, Kofi Annan, gives the first in the 700th Exeter College Anniversary lecture series at the Sheldonian Theatre, Oxford on Africa; the challenges it faces and the opportunities it has 0:32:25 Kofi Annan 21 Feb 2011
17 Blood Disorders and Human Malaria Professor Sunetra Gupta explains the surprising relationship between blood disorders and malaria in humans. Could two blood disorders ever be better than one? Part of the Oxford Abridged series of short talks. 0:16:13 Sunetra Gupta 10 Feb 2011
18 Creative Commons Malaria and Global Health Dr Climent Casals-Pascual tells us how new tools can help us diagnose and manage malaria more effectively. 0:07:42 Climent Casals-Pascual 02 Nov 2010
19 Creative Commons Malaria and Global Health by Climent Casals-Pascual Dr Climent Casals-Pascual explains how the development of new tools to diagnose and manage malaria more effectively will allow us to decrease the mortality of this condition. 0:07:58 Climent Casals-Pascual 02 Nov 2010
20 Creative Commons Malaria Vaccines Professor Adrian Hill talks about recent developments of vaccines against malaria. 0:05:25 Adrian Hill 18 Oct 2010
21 Creative Commons Malaria Vaccines by Adrian Hill Professor Adrian Hill has been studying the immune system and malaria susceptibility in African children for years. We asked him about his latest findings in the development of vaccines against malaria. 0:05:39 Adrian Hill 18 Oct 2010
22 Creative Commons The UN's role in Overcoming Development Challenges Special Lecture given by former Prime Minister of New Zealand and now Administrator of the United Nations Development Program the Rt Hon. Helen Clark. She is introduced by Director of the Global Economic Governance Program, Professor Ngaire Woods 0:37:14 Helen Clark, Ngaire Woods 11 Mar 2010
23 Cervical Cancer in Africa This podcast features interviews with three of the delegates at the conference on cervical cancer in Africa. They share their views about the problem of cervical cancer in Africa and discuss what the international community can do to help 0:23:40 Princess Nikky Onyeri, Rengaswamy Sankaranarayan, Julian Lob-Levyt 12 Feb 2010
24 Creative Commons Beyond the Bottom Billion Prof. Paul Collier discusses the contradiction of resource rich countries with troubled economies, including how the harnessing of natural assets can go wrong, and what can be done to ensure their correct handling. 0:53:51 Paul Collier 30 Nov 2009
25 4 degrees plus: what might this mean for agriculture in sub-Saharan Africa? Second keynote address from session 2 (Agriculture, Food and Water Security) of the 4degrees International Climate Conference. 0:22:24 Philip Thornton 12 Nov 2009
26 4 plus degrees: a drastic reduction in the renewable energy potential of sugarcane Fourth presentation of session 2 (Agriculture, Food and Water Security) of the 4degrees International Climate Conference 0:18:30 Rasack Nayamuth 12 Nov 2009