| Beyond Black Boxes: Decoding T Cell Recognition with Interpretable AI |
Professor David Gfeller discusses interpretable AI, TCR specificity profiles, cross-reactivity, chain pairing, and why understanding T cell recognition may matter more than black-box prediction. |
Hashem Koohy, David Gfeller |
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| The Resurrected |
Author, Joost Hiltermann discusses his debut novel 'The Resurrected' with Professor Eugene Rogan (St Antony’s College). |
Joost Hiltermann, Eugene Rogan |
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| Let's talk e-cigarettes, May 2026 |
Jamie Hartmann-Boyce and Nicola Lindson discuss emerging evidence in e-cigarette research and interview Jonathan Livingstone-Banks, University of Oxford, UK. |
Jamie Hartmann-Boyce, Nicola Lindson, Jonathan Livingstone-Banks |
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| Lisping in Numbers: Poems that Count |
Trinity Term 2026 Professor of Poetry Lecture. |
Alicia Stallings |
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| Episode 6: Dr Carol Brown |
In episode six of Education Explored, we talk to Dr Carol Brown about her career, what it’s like coming back to work at a department she was a student in, and the intersections of psychology, teaching and research. |
Heather Sherkunov, Carol Brown |
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| Constructing the Achievement State: Cultural Administration in Postrevolutionary Egypt |
Dr Chihab El Khachab (Wolfson College) discusses his new book ‘Constructing the Achievement State: Cultural Administration in Postrevolutionary Egypt’. Chaired by Professor Walter Armbrust (St Antony’s College). |
Chihab El Khachab, Walter Armbrust |
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| The Hidden Biology of Crohn’s Fistula |
Dr Agne Antanaviciute joins Prof Hashem Koohy to discuss how spatial omics and single-cell technologies
uncovered the hidden biology of Crohn’s fistula and revealed fibroblasts as key drivers of disease. |
Hashem Koohy, Agne Antanaviciute |
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| Oxford's collegiate governance, student leadership, and institutional challenges |
Drawing on his distinguished legal career as a Lord Justice of Appeal and Senior President of Tribunals, Sir Ernest Ryder explains the "people first" philosophy behind his leadership. |
Shermar Pryce, Ernest Ryder |
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| Evidence to Action: Science Communication in Global Health |
Fireside conversation between Prof Devi Sridhar and Mia Malan exploring how scientific evidence is translated into public understanding and collective action in global health. |
Devi Sridhar, Mia Malan |
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| Lead tokens from Antirhodos Island in Alexandria |
Perhaps the largest known provenanced collection of lead tokens from Roman Egypt was uncovered around the Iseum on Antirhodos Island in Alexandria. What were they possibly used for? |
Leonie Hoff, Tim Penn, Damian Robinson, Franck Goddio |
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| Yazidis on the Margins of Humanity: Internally Displaced in Iraqi Kurdistan |
In this joint Refugee Studies Centre and Middle East Centre seminar, Dr Houman Oliaei discusses his new book. Chaired by Professor Pascal Menoret (Magdalen College). |
Houman Oliaei, Pascal Menoret |
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| Stav Shufan-Biton/“Just Follow the Magic”: Ritual Holy Time among Jews as a Minority Community in Comparison to Their Position as a Cultural Majority in Israel |
In this lecture, Dr Stav Shufan-Biton examines how Israeli Jews living outside Israel experience holy time, focusing on Shabbat, Jewish holidays, and local religious and civil holidays such as Halloween and Christmas. |
Stav Shufan-Biton |
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| The Limits of Identitarianism |
Professor Chetan Bhatt explores the rise of identitarian thinking in politics and academia, examining the social forces behind its spread in Western societies. |
Chetan Bhatt |
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| Unmasking Aliases: A New Way to Find Hidden Identities in the Tudor State Papers |
Voltaire Foundation Annual Digital Enlightenment Studies Lecture: Ruth Ahnert on Unmasking Aliases: A New Way to Find Hidden Identities in the Tudor State Papers |
Ruth Ahnert |
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| Waning Crescent: The Rise and Fall of Global Islam |
Professor Faisal Devji (Balliol College) discusses his new book 'Waning Crescent: The Rise and Fall of Global Islam'. Chaired by Professor Raihan Ismail (St Antony’s College). |
Faisal Devji, Raihan Ismail |
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| Brothers Behind Bars: A History of the Muslim Brotherhood from the Palestine War to Egypt’s Prisons |
Mathias Ghyoot (Princeton University) discusses his new book 'Brothers Behind Bars'. Chaired by Professor Raihan Ismail (St Antony’s College). |
Mathias Ghyoot, Raihan Ismail |
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| Elad Lapidot/Levinas and Decolonial Israel |
Professor Elad Lapidot reflects on the relations between post-Holocaust Jewish thought and decolonial thought through the work of French-Jewish philosopher Emmanuel Levinas. |
Elad Lapidot |
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| Out of Gaza: A Tale of Love, Exile, and Friendship |
Dr Katharina Galor (Brown University) discusses her new book 'Out of Gaza: A Tale of Love, Exile, and Friendship'. Chaired by Professor Eugene Rogan (St Antony’s College). |
Katharina Galor, Eugene Rogan |
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| From Decisions to Experience: How Oxford’s Systems Shape Student Life |
Oxford SU President Wantoe Teah Wantoe speaks with Registrar Gill Aitken on how Oxford’s systems shape student life, digital change, and the role of student voice in governance. |
Wantoe T. Wantoe, Gill Aitken |
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| Civic AI: The Dalai Lama, Buddhism and the Future of AI. A Conversation with Dr Caroline Green |
Cristina Bratu speaks with Dr Caroline Green about her trip to India: exploring Buddhist ethics, Civic AI and compassion, meeting the Dalai Lama, and how human values can guide ethical AI in a changing world. |
Cristina Bratu, Caroline Green |
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| Lessons from Buddhist ethics for AI: A Conversation with Geshe Lodoe Sangpo |
Dr Caroline Green speaks with Geshe Lodoe Sangpo about compassion and AI: how inner growth comes through practice, why information is not the same as wisdom, and whether artificial systems can truly understand human experience. |
Caroline Green, Geshe Lodoe Sangpo |
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| The Schwarzman Centre: Students, Humanities, and the Future of Knowledge at Oxford |
Oxford SU President for Postgraduates, Wantoe Teah Wantoe, speaks with Professor Daniel Grimley on the Schwarzman Centre, student experience, and the future of the humanities at Oxford. |
Wantoe T. Wantoe, Daniel Grimley |
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| Can AI Solve Snakebite? With Dr Timothy Jenkins |
Prof Hashem Koohy is joined by Dr Timothy Jenkins to explore how AlphaFold and experimental technologies are transforming antibody discovery, enabling molecules that neutralise multiple snake venom toxins. |
Hashem Koohy, Timothy Jenkins |
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| Let's talk e-cigarettes, March 2026 |
Jamie Hartmann-Boyce and Nicola Lindson discuss emerging evidence in e-cigarette research and interview Dr Pamela Ling, University of California San Francisco. |
Pamela Ling, Jamie Hartmann-Boyce, Nicola Lindson |
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| The Invisible Human Workforce Behind AI |
S2E3: This episode pulls back the curtain on the often-invisible human workforce powering AI, from content moderation to data labelling, exploring why global standards in AI supply chains must be enforced to protect worker safety. |
Ashly Jiju, Ayca Ergin, Veena McCoole |
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| On the Earliest Depictions of Padmasambhava in Tibet: Emergence and Variation |
Christian Luczanits presents some of the earliest depictions of Padmasambhava and explores their historical and religious contexts. |
Christian Luczanits, Robert Mayer |
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| Beyond Barriers and Enablers: Mechanisms as the Missing Middle in Implementation Science |
Prof Carolyn Steele-Gray discusses the critical gap in understanding of underlying mechanisms that are activated by strategies to generate desired implementation outcomes. |
Carolyn Steele-Gray |
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| Uḍḍiyāna in the Krama Literature |
Uḍḍiyāna looms large in early Krama scriptures, as does its karavīra charnel ground. Ben Williams investigates. |
Ben Williams, Robert Mayer |
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| Kashmir and Śaivism in and Around the Late Eighth Century |
An overview of the histories of Kashmir and Uḍḍiyāna, and their relations with Tibet in the late 8th century. |
John Nemec, Robert Mayer |
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| Padmasambhava’s Tibet |
Brandon Dotson examines what can be said about the social and religious context of Tibet in the late-8th and early 9th centuries, that is, the period during which Padmasambhava would have been active. |
Brandon Dotson, Robert Mayer |
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| Lamps in the Portus Magnus of Alexandria: New lights from the Antirhodos Iseum |
A substantial amount of pottery lamps was recovered in the port of Alexandria, particularly among the ruins of the Iseum on the sunken island of Antirhodos. They represent a unique assemblage. |
Sabine Laemmel |
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| Why Sustainability in Health Care Cannot Be Implemented: From Implementation Failure to Ongoing Mediation |
Prof Eivind Engebretsen discusses why sustainability in health care cannot be implemented. |
Eivind Engebretsen |
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| An AI stack: from scaling AI workloads to evaluating LLMs |
Hilary Term 2026 Strachey Lecture with Professor Ion Stoica, An AI stack: from scaling AI workloads to evaluating LLMs |
Ion Stoica |
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| Connecting global conversations on ethical AI: the Coded Bias World Tour and AI in Africa: Challenges and Opportunities |
Oxford’s Accelerating AI Ethics podcast features Joy Buolamwini and Angela Oduor Lungati on African AI, data justice, women in tech leadership, grassroots innovation, and building ethical, community-centered AI systems. |
Caroline Green, Joy Buolamwini , Angela Oduor Lungati |
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| Let's talk e-cigarettes, February 2026 |
Jamie Hartmann-Boyce and Nicola Lindson discuss emerging evidence in e-cigarette research and interview Jodi Gilman, Department of Psychiatry at Harvard Medical School and Massachusetts General Hospital. |
Jamie Hartmann-Boyce, Nicola Lindson, Jodi Gilman |
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| More Than Varsity: Who Gets to Play at Oxford? |
Professor Alexander Betts, Pro Vice Chancellor for External Engagement, Sport and Community, talks about participation and belonging at Oxford, focussing on sport, wellbeing & inclusion broadening out to wider community engagement |
Alisa Brown, Alex Betts |
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| People Poems: Portraits in Verse |
A.E. Stalling's Professor of Poetry lecture for Hilary Term 2026. |
Alicia Stallings |
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| What is the role of humans in the age of AI? |
S2E2: This episode explores the evolving role of human oversight of AI systems in the workplace and beyond. |
Ali Shah, Maxine Setiawan, Johann Laux |
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| The rigging material from a Roman shipwreck in Alexandria |
The excavation of a large Roman freighter in the port of Alexandria revealed a rich collection of rigging fittings. Alexander Belov presents the interesting research results. |
Alexander Belov |
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| Using storytelling to measure impact |
Storytelling (https://www.storytellingevaluation.co.uk/about) is a qualitative evaluation method developed by the Old Fire Station, Oxford. |
Sarah Cassidy |
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| An Interview with Katherine Rundell, Bloomsbury-Oxford Fantasy Summer School |
An interview with Katherine Rundell as part of the Bloomsbury-Oxford Fantasy summer school held in September 2025. |
Katherine Rundell |
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| Inside the Bodleian: Libraries, Students, and the Future of Knowledge |
A thoughtful conversation with Ant Brewerton from the Bodleian Libraries on library services, historic collections, student access, inclusion, digital innovation, and the evolving role of libraries at Oxford. |
Seun Sowunmi, Ant Brewerton |
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| Let's talk e-cigarettes, January 2026 |
Jamie Hartmann-Boyce and Nicola Lindson discuss emerging evidence in e-cigarette research and discuss the living systematic review process. |
Jamie Hartmann-Boyce, Nicola Lindson |
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| Economics of Global Biopharmaceutical Market Design: Value, Health Technology Assessment, and Access |
Professor Lou Garrison gives a whistle-stop tour de force of his many years of work at the interface of innovation markets and innovation value to healthcare systems and patients. |
Lou Garrison |
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| An Interview with Samantha Shannon, Bloomsbury-Oxford Fantasy Summer School |
An interview with Samantha Shannon as part of the Bloomsbury-Oxford Fantasy summer school held in September 2025. |
Samantha Shannon |
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| How streaming affects musicians, and what they can do about it |
S2E1: It's never been easier for musicians to release music, but the economics of the music industry and online streaming mean earning a living has become ever more challenging. We explore how streaming platforms impact musicians. |
Robert Prey, Seonok Lee |
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| An Interview with Minjie Su, Bloomsbury-Oxford Fantasy Summer School |
An interview with Minjie Su as part of the Bloomsbury-Oxford Fantasy summer school held in September 2025. |
Minjie Su |
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| An Interview with Stuart Lee, Bloomsbury-Oxford Fantasy Summer School |
An interview with Stuart Lee as part of the Bloomsbury-Oxford Fantasy summer school held in September 2025. |
Stuart Lee |
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| An Interview with Theresa Specht, Bloomsbury-Oxford Fantasy Summer School |
An interview with Theresa Specht as part of the Bloomsbury-Oxford Fantasy summer school held in September 2025. |
Theresa Specht |
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| The Proctors’ Office: Tradition, Integrity and Student Voice in Safeguarding Oxford’s Academic Community |
A reflective conversation with Dr Grant Tapsell, Junior Proctor of the University of Oxford, on academic integrity, fairness, governance, and the role of the Proctors’ Office in safeguarding student standards & community life. |
Wantoe T. Wantoe, Grant Tapsell |
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| Rhyme as Experiment/Rhyme as Alchemy |
Michaelmas term Professor of Poetry Lecture |
Alicia Stallings |
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| An Interview with Giuseppe Pezzini, Bloomsbury-Oxford Fantasy Summer School |
An interview with Giuseppe Pezzini as part of the Bloomsbury-Oxford Fantasy summer school held in September 2025. |
Giuseppe Pezzini |
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| An Interview with Katie Harling-Lee, Bloomsbury-Oxford Fantasy Summer School |
An interview with Katie Harling-Lee as part of the Bloomsbury-Oxford Fantasy summer school held in September 2025. |
Katie Harling-Lee |
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| An Interview with Carolyne Larrington, Bloomsbury-Oxford Fantasy Summer School |
An interview with Carolyne Larrington as part of the Bloomsbury-Oxford Fantasy summer school held in September 2025. |
Carolyne Larrington |
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| An Interview with Ros Ballaster, Bloomsbury-Oxford Fantasy Summer School |
An interview with Ros Ballaster as part of the Bloomsbury-Oxford Fantasy summer school held in September 2025. |
Ros Ballaster |
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| An Interview with Sarah Mughal Rana, Bloomsbury-Oxford Fantasy Summer School |
An interview with Sarah Mughal Rana as part of the Bloomsbury-Oxford Fantasy summer school held in September 2025. |
Sarah Mughal Rana |
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| An Interview with Adam Roberts, Bloomsbury-Oxford Fantasy Summer School |
An interview with Adam Roberts as part of the Bloomsbury-Oxford Fantasy summer school held in September 2025. |
Adam Roberts |
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| People on the Move in Mexico |
In this episode, we explore how patterns of mobility to and from Mexico have changed over time, and how these shifts reflect the growing complexity of migration in the modern world. |
Maria Elena Hernández, Abril Ríos-Rivera, Mara Tissera Luna, Delphine Boagey |
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| Part 1: Introduction |
This part sets the scene and manages expectations. It introduces attention to the mind and mindset. There’s a warning about multi-tasking and treadmills.
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Tim Knowlson |
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| Part 2: How do we even define happiness? Stories of the mind and the secret director |
Tim tries to define happiness and fails badly doing so. Sometimes definitions are confusing and need to be treated flexibly. Happiness as a label might not be so useful and is very contextual. |
Tim Knowlson |
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| Part 3: I’m a tourist in my own life |
We think about moving from spectator to actor in our own lives, away from autopilot using values and goals. |
Tim Knowlson |
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| Part 4: The Matryoshka Doll - is it really happiness or something else? |
Tim tries to unpack the word happiness using the metaphor of the Matryoshka Doll, and wonders how it connects to the state of our world and the transience of experience. |
Tim Knowlson |
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| Part 5: Why be happy when you can be real? |
Here we pull everything together. Living fully and meaningfully is greater than happiness. At what cost do we chase and try to own happiness?
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Tim Knowlson |
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| Beyond Weird: One Hundred Years of Quantum Mechanics |
In this talk, Philip Ball explains how new ideas might help reconcile quantum mechanics with general relativity. |
Marcus du Sautoy |
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| Storytelling, a powerful tool, but does it help lead to behaviour change? |
Dr Becky McCall examines the potential of digital storytelling as part of the behavioural science framework. |
Becky McCall |
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| Prequels and Sequels - Theresa Specht |
A look at prequels and sequels in transdmedia fantasy - Theresa Specht |
Theresa Specht |
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| Manga - Minjie Su |
A look at Manga, history, and fantasy Manga stories - MInjie Su |
Minjie Su |
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| Games (short talk) - Stuart Lee |
Fantasy gaming - Stuart Lee |
Stuart Lee |
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| Game of Thrones - Carolyne Larrington |
The impact of G R R Martin's Game of Thrones and the TV series - Carolyne Larrington |
Carolyne Larrington |
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| Arresting Strangeness and Fan Fiction (short talk) - Megan Laybourn |
Fan fiction and fantasy literature - Megan Laybourn |
Megan Laybourn |
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| Interview with Samantha Shannon |
Interview with Samantha Shannon |
Samantha Shannon |
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| Publishing Fantasy Panel - Bloomsbury Publishing Team |
A panel discussion, with introduction by Sir Nigel Newton (founder of Bloomsbury Publishing Ltd) |
Nigel Newton, Zoe Gilbert, Vicky Leech Mateos, Lucy Strong, Rebecca McNally |
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| Jinn, Faith, and Oral Folklore (short talk) - Sarah Mughal Rana |
A look at non-western fantasy literature and influences by the writer Sarah Mughal Rana. |
Sarah Mughal Rana |
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| After Tolkien (short talk) - Felix Taylor |
Susan Cooper, Diana Wynne Jones, and Alana Garner by Felix Taylor |
Felix Taylor |
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| J. R. R. Tolkien - Stuart Lee |
Applying the DISCWORLD framework to Tolkien - Stuart Lee |
Stuart Lee |
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| Let's talk e-cigarettes, November 2025 |
Jamie Hartmann-Boyce and Nicola Lindson discuss emerging evidence in e-cigarette research and interview Elly Leavens, University of Kansas Medical Center, USA. |
Jamie Hartmann-Boyce, Nicola Lindson, Elly Leavens |
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| Norse Myths and E. R. Eddison (short talk) - Grace Khuri |
A look at he influences of Norse Myths on E. R. Addison - Grace Khuri |
Grace Khuri |
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| Weird Fiction (short talk) - Felix Taylor |
An introduction to weird fiction and the key writers - Felix Taylor |
Felix Taylor |
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| C. S. Lewis and the Origins of Narnia - Simon Horobin |
An introduction to C. S. Lewis and his Narnia novels - Simon Horobin |
Simon Horobin |
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| The Oxford School of Fantasy (short talk) - Carolyne Larrington |
A short exploration of the 'Oxford School' of fantasy - Carolyne Larrington |
Carolyne Larrington |
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| 19thc Fantasy - Morris and Macdonald - Katie Harling-Lee |
they influences and writings of William Morris and George MacDonald - Katie Harling-Lee |
Katie Harling-Lee |
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| Fairy Tale and Fantasy - Ros Ballaster |
The influences and history of fairy and folk tales - Rod Ballaster |
Ros Ballaster |
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| Modern Re-enchantment and the Medieval Fantastic - Bond West |
Medieval literature and the influences on modern fantasy literature |
Bond West |
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| Arthurian Literature (short talk) - Gabriel Schenk |
Arthurian influences on fantasy literature especially T. H. White - Gabriel Schenk |
Gabriel Schenk |
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| Myths and Legends (short talk) - Carolyne Larrington |
The early history of fantasy - myths and legends - by Carolyne Larrington |
Carolyne Larrington |
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| Classics and Fantasy - Beppe Pezzini |
An exploration of the use of classical literature in Tolkien by Beppe Pezzini |
Giuseppe Pezzini |
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| Critical Approaches to Fantasy (short talk) - Stuart Lee |
A short-talk (10 minutes) on critical approaches to fantasy using a DISCWORLD framework by Stuart Lee |
Stuart Lee |
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| Introduction to Fantasy - Adam Roberts |
Introduction to the genre and history of fantasy Literature by Adam Roberts. |
Adam Roberts |
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| SU Elections special: Oxford Shapes the world, you can shape Oxford |
SU Presidents for Undergraduates, welfare equity and inclusion and Communities and Common Rooms share their experiences of being an SU President, the opportunities the roles offer and their thoughts on the importance of student re |
Seun Sowunmi, Alisa Brown, Shermar Pryce |
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| Padmasambhava and Nubchen Sangye Yeshe: Legend, Lineage, Legacy |
Dylan Esler explores the nexus of links—both legendary and historical—that connect Nubchen Sangye Yeshe with Padmasambhava. |
Dylan Esler, Robert Mayer |
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| 4: Living in Zombie Time – Martin O’Brien |
What is it like to live in Zombie Time? Performance artist Martin O’Brien opens the conversation on living beyond predicted life expectancy in what he calls ‘zombie time’. |
Patricia Kingori, Martin O’Brien |
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| Oxford Careers Service: pathways and possibilities |
A conversation with Careers Service Director Jonathan Black on careers support at Oxford, employability, AI, internships, undergraduate and postgraduate support, international students, Oxford’s alumni network and the evolving fut |
Wantoe T. Wantoe, Jonathan Black |
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| The temple to Poseidon in the Portus Magnus of Alexandria |
Franck Goddio presents his research on the remains of a large religious complex in the Portus Magnus of Alexandria. |
Franck Goddio, Damian Robinson |
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| 3: Does Time Exist – Felix Flicker |
Does time exist? Theoretical physicist Felix Flicker from the University of Bristol explores whether time exists and living after the end of the universe. |
Patricia Kingori, Felix Flicker |
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| Advances in Garbled Circuits |
MT25 Strachey Lecture - Professor Rafail Ostrovsky: Advances in Garbled Circuits |
Rafail Ostrovsky |
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| 2: The Immortal Jellyfish – Miranda Lowe |
The Jellyfish that refuse to die. MIRANDA LOWE CBE, a principal curator in the Department of Life Sciences at the NATURAL HISTORY MUSEUM in LONDON, introduces us to the extraordinary world of the immortal jellyfish. |
Patricia Kingori, Miranda Lowe |
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| 1: Introduction – Patricia Kingori |
Who decides when it’s over? In this episode of the podcast series After the End, Professor Patricia Kingori introduces the project and sets the stage for what’s to come. |
Patricia Kingori |
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| Beyond the Headlines: Oxford, EDI, and What Belonging Really Means |
In this episode, SU President for Welfare, Equity and Inclusion, Alisa Brown, speaks with Oxford’s Chief Diversity Officer, Professor Tim Soutphommasane, about belonging, access, free expression, and how EDI is shaping the future |
Alisa Brown, Tim Soutphommasane |
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| The Power of Opportunity with Oxford’s Vice Chancellor, Oxford’s Future Through Student Eyes |
In this inaugural episode, SU President for Postgraduates, Wantoe T. Wantoe speaks with Vice Chancellor Professor Irene Tracey about Oxford’s global leadership, student opportunity, and how today’s students can shape the Universit |
Irene Tracey, Wantoe T. Wantoe |
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| German in the World |
Natasha A. Kelly speaking about Black German identity and culture to Dr Kirstin Gwyer for ‘German in the World’ |
Bernhard Malkmus, Kirstin Gwyer, Natasha Kelly |
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