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The Humanities Division is one of four academic divisions in the University of Oxford, bringing together the faculties of Classics; English; History; Linguistics, Philology and Phonetics; Medieval and Modern Languages; Music; Oriental Studies; Philosophy; and Theology, as well as the Ruskin School of Drawing and Fine Art.
The Division offers world-class teaching and research, backed by the superb resources of the University’s libraries and museums, including the famous Bodleian Library, with its 11 million volumes and priceless early book and manuscript collections, and the Ashmolean Museum of Art and Archaeology. Such historic resources are linked to cutting-edge agendas in research and teaching, with an increasing emphasis on interdisciplinary study. Our faculties are among the largest in the world, enabling Oxford to offer an education in Arts and Humanities unparalleled in its range of subjects, from music and fine art to ancient and modern languages.
Series associated with Humanities Division
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1 | Creative Commons | Turing 2018/8: Searle versus Turing - Conclusion | Lecture 8 in Peter Millican's 2018 Turing series. | Peter Millican | 14 Jan 2021 |
2 | Creative Commons | Turing 2018/7: Blockhead, the Chinese Room, and ELIZA | Lecture 7 in Peter Millican's 2018 Turing series. | Peter Millican | 14 Jan 2021 |
3 | Creative Commons | Turing 2018/6: "Computing Machinery and Intelligence" - Overview of Turing's 1950 paper | Lecture 6 in Peter Millican's 2018 Turing series. | Peter Millican | 14 Jan 2021 |
4 | Creative Commons | Turing 2018/5: Settling Hilbert's Entscheidungsproblem, and the Halting Problem | Lecture 5 in Peter Millican's 2018 Turing series. | Peter Millican | 14 Jan 2021 |
5 | Creative Commons | Turing 2018/4: Enumerating the Computable Numbers, and the Universal Turing Machine | Lecture 4 in Peter Millican's 2018 Turing series. | Peter Millican | 14 Jan 2021 |
6 | Creative Commons | Turing 2018/3: "On Computable Numbers" - Turing's 1936 Paper | Lecture 3 in Peter Millican's 2018 Turing series. | Peter Millican | 14 Jan 2021 |
7 | Creative Commons | Turing 2018/2: Hilbert's Programme and Gödel's Theorem | Lecture 2 in Peter Millican's 2018 Turing series. | Peter Millican | 14 Jan 2021 |
8 | Creative Commons | Turing 2018/1: Types of number, Cantor, infinities, diagonal arguments | Lecture 1 in Peter Millican's 2018 Turing series. | Peter Millican | 14 Jan 2021 |
9 | Liu pin fo lou (Building of Six Classes of Sutra and Tantra), the Tibetan Buddhist pantheon in the Forbidden City | Ziyi Shao takes us to the reign of the Qianlong Emperor and will show us around the Fan hua lou (Hall of Buddhist Efflorescence), one of the most complex and prominent Buddhist monuments in the Forbidden city | Ziyi Shao | 07 Jan 2021 | |
10 | Creative Commons | The Literature of Absolute War - Transnationalism and WWII | Professor Nil Santiáñez discusses absolute war, total war, and the literature of WWII with Anders Engberg-Pedersen. | Anders Engberg-Pedersen, Nil Santiáñez | 17 Dec 2020 |
11 | Medea - A Mirror for the 21st Century | Avery Willis Hoffman, Fran Amewudah and Shivaike Shah talk about the BAME Medea project | Avery Willis Hoffman, Fran Amewudah, Shivaike Shah | 09 Dec 2020 | |
12 | Reading Greek Tragedy Online | A podcast with Paul O'Mahony, Joel Christensen, and Lanah Koelle | Paul O'Mahony, Joel Christensen, Lanah Koelle | 09 Dec 2020 | |
13 | Ancient Theatre Around the Black Sea | A podcast with Edith Hall and Rosie Wyles | Edith Hall, Rosie Wyles | 09 Dec 2020 | |
14 | Sicily and Ancient Greek Theatre | A podcast with Oliver Taplin and Giovanna Di Martino | Oliver Taplin, Giovanna Di Martino | 09 Dec 2020 | |
15 | East and West in Ancient Drama | A podcast with Michael Scott and Marchella Ward | Michael Scott, Marchella Ward | 09 Dec 2020 | |
16 | Does AI threaten Human Autonomy? | This event is also part of the Humanities Cultural Programme, one of the founding stones for the future Stephen A. Schwarzman Centre for the Humanities. | Peter Millican, Jonathan Pugh, Jessica Morley, Carina Prunkl | 07 Dec 2020 | |
17 | Episode 7: Oxford Spanish Literature Podcast | In episode seven, we speak to Daniela Omlor (Associate Professor in Modern Spanish Literature) about Nada, by Carmen Laforet. | Daniela Omlor | 01 Dec 2020 | |
18 | Verse and Prose in Fantasy Literature | An analysis of two forms that dominate fantasy literature. | Katherine Olley | 24 Nov 2020 | |
19 | Guy Gavriel Kay | A short introduction to the writer Guy Gavriel Kay. | Katherine Olley | 24 Nov 2020 | |
20 | Creative Commons | Affect, Value and Problems Assessing Decision-Making Capacity | MT20 New St Cross Special Ethics Seminar with Assoc. Professor Jennifer Hawkins | Jennifer Hawkins | 23 Nov 2020 |
21 | Culture of Emotions: Uses and Interpretations of Musical Heritage in the Tibetan Refugee Community of Dharamsala | Chloé Lukasiewicz talk on the significance of music in the Tibetan refugee community in Dharamsala, India | Chloé Lankiewicz | 19 Nov 2020 | |
22 | 2020 Annual Uehiro Lectures in Practical Ethics (3/3): The case for an unfunded pay as you go (PAYG) pension | Professor Michael Otsuka (London School of Economics) delivers the final of three public lectures in the series 'How to pool risks across generations: the case for collective pensions' | Michael Otsuka | 17 Nov 2020 | |
23 | 2020 Annual Uehiro Lectures in Practical Ethics (2/3): The case for collective defined contribution (CDC) | Professor Michael Otsuka (London School of Economics) delivers the second of three public lectures in the series 'How to pool risks across generations: the case for collective pensions' | Michael Otsuka | 17 Nov 2020 | |
24 | 2020 Annual Uehiro Lectures in Practical Ethics (1/3): The case for a funded pension with a defined benefit (DB) | Professor Michael Otsuka (London School of Economics) delivers the first of three public lectures in the series 'How to pool risks across generations: the case for collective pensions' | Michael Otsuka | 17 Nov 2020 | |
25 | Episode 6: Oxford Spanish Literature Podcast | In episode six, we speak to Jonathan Thacker (King Alfonso XIII Professor of Spanish Studies) about the two short stories Novela del casamiento engañoso and El coloquio de los perros, by Miguel de Cervantes. | Jonathan Thacker | 10 Nov 2020 | |
26 | Buddhism and the Rise of ‘the Tibetans’ (bod pa): Religion, Myth and the Promotion of Ethnicity in the Pre-modern Period | Apropos 'the Tibetans': Reinier Langelaar's talk focuses on the mythical origins and the promotion of ethnicity in historical Tibet | Reinier Langelaar | 05 Nov 2020 | |
27 | Privacy Is Power | Part of the Colloquium on AI Ethics series presented by the Institute of Ethics in AI. This event is also part of the Humanities Cultural Programme, one of the founding stones for the future Stephen A. Schwarzman Centre for the Humanities. | Carissa Véliz, Sir Michael Tugendhat, Stephanie Hare, John Tasioulas | 05 Nov 2020 | |
28 | Algorithms Eliminate Noise (and That Is Very Good) | Part of the Colloquium on AI Ethics series presented by the Institute of Ethics in AI. This event is also part of the Humanities Cultural Programme, one of the founding stones for the future Stephen A. Schwarzman Centre for the Humanities. | John Tasioulas, Ruth Chang, Sir Nigel Shadbolt, Cass Sunstein | 05 Nov 2020 | |
29 | Ethics in AI Education | This event is also part of the Humanities Cultural Programme, one of the founding stones for the future Stephen A. Schwarzman Centre for the Humanities. | Peter Millican, Milo Phillips-Brown, Max Van Kleek, Helena Webb | 05 Nov 2020 | |
30 | Human Remains in Tibetan Material Religion: An object centered approach | Ayesha Fuentes shares a unique and interdisciplinary insight into art conservation of human remains in Tibetan material religion | Ayesha Fuentes | 29 Oct 2020 | |
31 | Sacred Trash, Trash Talks, And Personhood | Bo Wang discussing the practice of depositing garments as offerings to sacred mountains in Eastern Tibet | Bo Wang | 29 Oct 2020 | |
32 | The Terra Lectures in American Art Part 1: Regarding the Portrait: The Primers | Professor Amy M. Mooney, Terra Foundation Visiting Professor in American Art Hosted by TORCH. Moderator; Alastair Wright: Alastair Wright is Head of the History of Art Department and Tutorial Fellow in Art History at St John’s College, Oxford. | Amy M. Mooney | 16 Oct 2020 | |
33 | The Terra Lectures in American Art Part 3: Regarding the Portrait: The Progressives | Professor Amy M. Mooney, Terra Foundation Visiting Professor in American Art Hosted by TORCH. Moderator: Melanie Chambliss, Assistant Professor in the Humanities, History, and Social Sciences Department at Columbia College Chicago. | Amy M. Mooney | 16 Oct 2020 | |
34 | The Terra Lectures in American Art Part 2: Regarding the Portrait: The Photographers | Professor Amy M. Mooney, Terra Foundation Visiting Professor in American Art. Hosted by TORCH. Moderator: Professor Deborah Willis, Department of Photography and Imaging at the Tisch School of the Arts at New York University. | Amy M. Mooney | 16 Oct 2020 | |
35 | The Terra Lectures in American Art Part 4: Regarding the Portrait: The Pragmatists | Professor Amy M. Mooney, Terra Foundation Visiting Professor in American Art Hosted by TORCH. | Amy M. Mooney | 16 Oct 2020 | |
36 | The First Tibetan Block Print: The Khara-Khoto Collection of Precious Dhāraṇīs with the Emperor's Postscript | Alla Sizova discusses the role of translation activities in the spread of Buddhism in the 12th century and outlines the extent of Tibetan influence on the Tangut culture. | Alla A. Sizova | 15 Oct 2020 | |
37 | Conscience Rights or Conscience Wrongs?: Debating conscientious objection in healthcare | Alberto Giubilini and David Jones trade views and argue each other's position on conscientious objection in healthcare | Alberto Giubilini, David Jones | 14 Oct 2020 | |
38 | Episode 5: Oxford Spanish Literature Podcast | In episode five, we speak to Laura Lonsdale (Associate Professor in Modern Spanish Literature) about Bodas de sangre, by Federico García Lorca. | Laura Lonsdale | 09 Oct 2020 | |
39 | Covid-19: who should be vaccinated first? | Katrien Devolder interviews Alberto Giubilini. | Alberto Giubilini, Katrien Devolder | 24 Sep 2020 | |
40 | The Risks of Coronavirus Contact Tracing Apps | Katrien Devolder interviews Associate Professor Carissa Véliz. | Carissa Véliz, Katrien Devolder | 24 Sep 2020 | |
41 | Why Parental Status Matters When Allocating Scarce Medical Resources | Katrien Devolder interviews Moti Gorin. | Moti Gorin, Katrien Devolder | 24 Sep 2020 | |
42 | Series Two Episode Five: Fairy and Other Transformations | Carolyne Larrington and Fay Hield discuss the theme of transformation through fairy or other kinds of magic. | Carolyne Larrington, Fay Hield, Lucy Farrell, Inge Thomson | 22 Sep 2020 | |
43 | Series Two Episode Four: Fairies and the Environment | Carolyne Larrington and Fay Hield talk about a new theme that emerged in the ‘Modern Fairies’ project, fairies as guardians of the environment. | Carolyne Larrington, Fay Hield, Ben Nicholls, Inge Thomson | 22 Sep 2020 | |
44 | Series Two Episode Three: Fairies and Children | Carolyne Larrington and Fay Hield uncover the works inspired by the strange tale of the Green Children and the changeling legend. | Carolyne Larrington, Fay Hield, Terri Windling, Brian McMahon | 22 Sep 2020 | |
45 | Series Two Episode Two: Fairy Time and Space | Carolyne Larrington and Fay Hield explore the ways in which the project artists engaged with the fairy world as parallel and yet distinct from our world, and the ways in which time warps in the other world. | Carolyne Larrington, Fay Hield, Barney Morse Brown, Ewan MacPherson | 22 Sep 2020 | |
46 | Series Two Episode One: Introducing the Modern Fairies Project | Carolyne Larrington and Fay Hield introduce the artists and outcomes of the Modern Fairies Project. | Carolyne Larrington, Fay Hield | 22 Sep 2020 | |
47 | What Tolkien learnt from 'Beowulf': Representations of Evil | Monsters and evil in Tolkien | Rafael J. Pascual | 16 Jul 2020 | |
48 | Interview with Water | This is the first ever online lecture by a Professor of Poetry at Oxford. In the lecture, Alice Oswald explores the strange connection between water and grief. | Alice Oswald | 08 Jul 2020 | |
49 | Fair Access to Covid-19 Treatment in Mexico | Philosopher César Palacios-González talks about how corruption and racism in Mexico created serious hurdles for developing federal guidelines for deciding who gets to access scarce medical resources. | César Palacios-González, Katrien Devolder | 08 Jul 2020 | |
50 | Episode 4: Oxford Spanish Literature Podcast | In episode four, we speak to Dominic Moran (Faculty Lecturer and Tutor in Spanish at Christ Church) about 'Continuidad de los parques' by Julio Cortázar. | Dominic Moran | 02 Jul 2020 | |
51 | Episode 3: Oxford Spanish Literature Podcast | In episode three, we speak to María del Pilar Blanco (Associate Professor of Spanish American Literature) about Cartucho by Nellie Campobello. | Maria Del Pilar Blanco | 02 Jul 2020 | |
52 | Episode 2: Oxford Spanish Literature Podcast | In episode two, we speak to Oliver Noble Wood (University Lecturer in Golden Age Spanish Literature) about Lazarillo de Tormes. | Oliver Noble Wood | 02 Jul 2020 | |
53 | Episode 1: Oxford Spanish Literature Podcast | In episode one, we speak to Geraldine Hazbun (Professor of Medieval Spanish Literature) about Coplas por la muerte de su padre by Jorge Manrique. | Geraldine Hazbun | 02 Jul 2020 | |
54 | Trailer: Oxford Spanish Literature Podcast | Thinking about applying for Modern Languages at university? Listen in on our conversations with Spanish tutors at Oxford to find out what's so fascinating about the literature they teach, why they love teaching, and why they think you might love it too. | Geraldine Hazbun, Oliver Noble Wood, Maria Del Pilar Blanco, Dominic Moran | 02 Jul 2020 | |
55 | 'Healing Our Divided Society': The Kerner Commission at 50 | This presentation and discussion, features Gary Younge (University of Manchester) Alan Curtis (Eisenhower Foundation) on the legacies and lessons of the Kerner Commission and their relevance to the current American moment. | Mitch Robertson, Alan Curtis, Gary Younge | 30 Jun 2020 | |
56 | Creative Commons | General Philosophy 2018 Handouts | PDF handouts to accompany Peter Millican's 2018 General Philosophy series. | Peter Millican | 23 Jun 2020 |
57 | Creative Commons | General Philosophy 2018 Slides | PDF slides to accompany Peter Millican's 2018 General Philosophy series. | Peter Millican | 23 Jun 2020 |
58 | Creative Commons | GenPhil 2018/8: God and Morality | Lecture 8 in Peter Millican's 2018 General Philosophy series. | Peter Millican | 23 Jun 2020 |
59 | Creative Commons | GenPhil 2018/7: Free Will and Responsibility | Lecture 7 in Peter Millican's 2018 General Philosophy series. | Peter Millican | 23 Jun 2020 |
60 | Creative Commons | GenPhil 2018/6: Identity, Self-Interest, Free Will | Lecture 6 in Peter Millican's 2018 General Philosophy series. | Peter Millican | 23 Jun 2020 |
61 | Creative Commons | GenPhil 2018/5: The Mind, and Personal Identity | Lecture 5 in Peter Millican's 2018 General Philosophy series. | Peter Millican | 23 Jun 2020 |
62 | Creative Commons | GenPhil 2018/4: Facing Up to Scepticism | Lecture 4 in Peter Millican's 2018 General Philosophy series. | Peter Millican | 23 Jun 2020 |
63 | Creative Commons | GenPhil 2018/3: Scepticism and Induction | Lecture 3 in Peter Millican's 2018 General Philosophy series. | Peter Millican | 23 Jun 2020 |
64 | Creative Commons | GenPhil 2018/2: Matter, Mind, and Humanity | Lecture 2 in Peter Millican's 2018 General Philosophy series. | Peter Millican | 23 Jun 2020 |
65 | Creative Commons | GenPhil 2018/1: Historical Introduction | Lecture 1 in Peter Millican's 2018 General Philosophy series. | Peter Millican | 23 Jun 2020 |
66 | Choosing Now for Later: Precedent Autonomy and Problem of Surrogate Decision-Making After Severe Brain Injury | Recording of the New St Cross Special Ethics Seminar on surrogate decision-making after severe brain injury. | Mackenzie Graham, Doug McConnell | 19 Jun 2020 | |
67 | Fictional Facts or Factual Fiction? The Social Reality behind Kha stag ʼDzam yag’s "Diary" and Lhag pa Don grub’s "Life of a mule driver" | Fictional Facts or Factual Fiction? Lucia Galli's talk on self-representation and the social reality behind two Tibetan memoirs | Lucia Galli | 04 Jun 2020 | |
68 | Creative Commons | Past the Peak of the Coronavirus Pandemic: Triage of Non-Covid-19 patients | Katrien Devolder interviews Dominic Wilkinson. | Dominic Wilkinson, Katrien Devolder | 01 Jun 2020 |
69 | The Nechung Oracle and the Construction of Identity in the Tibetan Diaspora | The Oracle in Exile: Pema Choedon's talk on the Nechung Oracle and identity construction in the Tibetan Diaspora | Pema Choedon | 28 May 2020 | |
70 | Sylvia Townsend Warner | Carolyne Larrington introduces the writing of Sylvia Townsend Warner. | Carolyne Larrington | 26 May 2020 | |
71 | Creative Commons | Hume 2018 Handouts | PDF handouts to accompany Peter Millican's 2018 Hume series. | Peter Millican | 21 May 2020 |
72 | Creative Commons | Hume 2018 Slides | PDF slides to accompany Peter Millican's 2018 Hume series. | Peter Millican | 21 May 2020 |
73 | Creative Commons | Hume 2018/8: Sceptical Crisis and Second Thoughts | Lecture 8 in Peter Millican's 2018 Hume series. | Peter Millican | 21 May 2020 |
74 | Creative Commons | Hume 2018/7: Scepticism about Body, Soul and Self | Lecture 7 in Peter Millican's 2018 Hume series. | Peter Millican | 21 May 2020 |
75 | Creative Commons | Hume 2018/6: Causal Interpretation, to Scepticism | Lecture 6 in Peter Millican's 2018 Hume series. | Peter Millican | 21 May 2020 |
76 | Creative Commons | Hume 2018/5: Probability and the Idea of Necessity | Lecture 5 in Peter Millican's 2018 Hume series. | Peter Millican | 21 May 2020 |
77 | Creative Commons | Hume 2018/4: Induction and Belief | Lecture 4 in Peter Millican's 2018 Hume series. | Peter Millican | 21 May 2020 |
78 | Creative Commons | Hume 2018/3: Faculties and Relations, to Causation | Lecture 3 in Peter Millican's 2018 Hume series. | Peter Millican | 21 May 2020 |
79 | Creative Commons | Hume 2018/2: Ideas, Impressions, and Abstraction | Lecture 2 in Peter Millican's 2018 Hume series. | Peter Millican | 21 May 2020 |
80 | Creative Commons | Hume 2018/1: Hume’s Background and Chief Aims | Lecture 1 in Peter Millican's 2018 Hume series. | Peter Millican | 21 May 2020 |
81 | The Mortality of the Dalai Lama and its Scriptural Sources: A Study in Tibetan Buddhist Political Theology | I am currently focusing on the problem of the Dalai Lama’s mortality that is, the question of how to come to terms with his suffering and death, in light of the association between Tibetan kingship and the deity Avalokiteśvara. | Ian MacCormack | 21 May 2020 | |
82 | Preliminary Practices: Bloody Knees, Calloused Palms and the Transformative Nature of Women’s Labor | The Preliminary Practices not only initiate practitioners into a specific tradition, but also more fundamentally, into Vajrayana Buddhism as it is practiced in contemporary Tibet. | Kati Fitzgerald | 14 May 2020 | |
83 | Ursula K. Le Guin | A brief introduction to the writer Ursula K. Le Guin. | Caroline Batten | 13 May 2020 | |
84 | T. H. White | A brief introduction to the writer T. H. White. | Gabriel Schenk | 12 May 2020 | |
85 | Diana Wynne Jones | A brief introduction to the writer Diana Wynne Jones. | Gabriel Schenk | 12 May 2020 | |
86 | Why 'Game of Thrones' Matters | 'Game of Thrones' and storytelling. | Carolyne Larrington | 12 May 2020 | |
87 | Re-Enchanted: The Rise of Children’s Fantasy Literature in the Twentieth Century | A guest lecture by Dr Maria Cecire (Bard College) discussing children's fantasy literature. | Maria Cecire | 12 May 2020 | |
88 | Interview: Catherine Butler | An Interview with Dr Catherine Butler, author of the book 'Four British Fantasists'. | Catherine Butler, Will Brockbank | 12 May 2020 | |
89 | Alan Garner | A brief introduction to the British fantasy writer, Alan Garner. | Felix Taylor | 12 May 2020 | |
90 | Approaching Fantasy Literature | A short introduction to reading and studying fantasy literature. | Stuart Lee | 12 May 2020 | |
91 | H. P. Lovecraft | A brief introduction to the writer, H. P. Lovecraft. | Stuart Lee | 12 May 2020 | |
92 | Creative Commons | Medically Assisted Dying in Canada: from where we’ve come; to where we’re heading | In this New St Cross Special Ethics Seminar, Professor Arthur Schafer outlines the current contours of the Canadian euthanasia debate. | Arthur Schafer | 11 May 2020 |
93 | Creative Commons | Writing about the Nechung Oracle | Christopher Bell's talk about oracles, protector deities, and other mysteries | Christopher Bell | 07 May 2020 |
94 | Creative Commons | The sku bla of the Tibetan emperors and its metamorphosis in Yungdrung Bön | In the late 12th century Yungdrung Bön text Grags pa gling grags a deity that has a special relationship to the Tibetan ruler plays a prominent part in the narrative of the Tibetan kings. | Per Kværne | 30 Apr 2020 |
95 | Creative Commons | Is it Permissible for Healthcare Workers to Stop Working if They Lack PPE? | Katrien Devolder interviews Udo Schüklenk. | Udo Schuklenk, Katrien Devolder | 23 Apr 2020 |
96 | Creative Commons | How the Coronavirus Pandemic Exacerbates Existing Inequalities | An interview with Dr Agomoni Ganguli-Mitra. | Agomoni Ganguli-Mitra, Katrien Devolder | 21 Apr 2020 |
97 | Creative Commons | Triage in an Italian ICU During the Coronavirus Pandemic | An interview with Dr Marco Vergano. | Marco Vergano, Katrien Devolder | 20 Apr 2020 |
98 | Creative Commons | Tackling the Cause of the Coronavirus Pandemic | An interview with Professor Peter Singer. | Peter Singer, Katrien Devolder | 20 Apr 2020 |
99 | Creative Commons | The First World War, India and Empire | Professor Santanu Das discusses the complexity of commemoration, the messiness of history and the role of scholarly emotion with Kate McLoughlin. | Kate McLoughlin, Santanu Das | 27 Mar 2020 |
100 | Creative Commons | America’s War Culture since 9/11 | In this episode associate professor Patrick Deer discusses his forthcoming book We Are All Embedded: Understanding America’s War Culture since 9/11. | Patrick Deer, Christine Strandmose Toft | 17 Mar 2020 |
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