| The Oxford Colloquy |
The Pandemic People: Prof. Maheshi Ramasamy |
Andrew Pollard talks to Professor Maheshi Ramasamy about her pandemic work as a hospital consultant treating extremely sick patients in intensive care. They also discuss her research career in vaccines and infectious diseases. |
Maheshi Ramasamy, Andrew Pollard |
21 September, 2023 |
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| Middle East Centre |
Zionism and the Jews of Iraq: A Personal Perspective |
Professor Avi Shlaim gives the George Antonius Memorial Lecture 2023, examining the Jewish exodus from Iraq in the aftermath of the 1948 Arab-Israeli war, and arguing the Zionist movement played an active part in the uprooting of Iraqi Jews. |
Avi Shlaim, Eugene Rogan |
19 September, 2023 |
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| The Oxford Colloquy |
The Pandemic People: Shabir Madhi |
Shabir Madhi Professor of Vaccinology at the University of the Witwatersrand,Johannesburg, South Africa discusses the effect of the global pandemic on Africa and his work on COVID-19 vaccines. |
Andrew Pollard, Shabir Madhi |
7 September, 2023 |
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| CSAE Research Podcasts |
AI and Services-led Growth: Evidence from Indian Job Adverts |
Online job adverts show that the demand for AI related skills has grown rapidly in countries around the world since 2015. This project examines the demand for AI skills in India's service sector, using a new dataset of online job adverts. |
Alex Copestake, Max Marczinek, Ashley Pople, Katherine Stapleton |
30 August, 2023 |
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| The Oxford Colloquy |
The Pandemic People: Professor Adam Finn |
Sir Andrew and Professor Adam Finn discuss his work as paediatrician specialising in infectious diseases. They discuss the pandemic as it affected children and the different responses to the disease in adults and children. |
Andrew Pollard, Adam Finn |
16 August, 2023 |
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| Middle East Centre |
Women’s Movements and Citizenship in the Middle East |
Women's Rights Research Seminar where guest speaker, Dr Roel Meijer (Guest Lecturer in Islam Studies, Radboud Universiteit) presents on Women’s movements and citizenship in the Middle East. |
Roel Meijer, Maryam Alemzadeh, Marilyn Booth |
9 August, 2023 |
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| Middle East Centre |
The Conflict in Syria, A Personal Story |
Dr Haytham Alhamwi draws on his personal experiences to explain the story of the conflict in Syria. |
Haytham Alhamwi |
9 August, 2023 |
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| Middle East Centre Booktalk |
Israel's Covert Diplomacy in the Middle East |
This lecture explores Israel’s secret relations with its neighbors during the years 1948-2022. |
Elie Podeh, Eugene Rogan |
3 August, 2023 |
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| Middle East Centre |
'The Transformation of Iraq since the 2003 Invasion: From "The Dodgy Dossier", to Human Security, Gender, and the Nation's Future in the Face of Climate Change' |
This lecture examines the resilience of the Iraqi state and nation before and after the 2003 invasion. |
Ibrahim al-Marashi, Walter Armbrust |
2 August, 2023 |
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| Middle East Centre |
Iraq 2018-2019: The Rule of Law: a perspective |
The Rt Hon Sir Peter Gross (Formerly, Lead Judge for International Relations) shares his insight into the Judicial and Rule of Law developments in Iraq. |
Peter Gross, Michael Willis |
27 July, 2023 |
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| Let's talk e-cigarettes |
July 2023 Joanna Streck |
Jamie Hartmann-Boyce and Nicola Lindson discuss emerging evidence in e-cigarette research and interview Assistant Professor Joanna Streck from Massachusetts General Hospital, USA. |
Joanna Streck, Jamie Hartmann-Boyce, Nicola Lindson |
26 July, 2023 |
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| The Oxford Colloquy |
The Pandemic People: Sir Patrick Vallance |
Sir Andrew Pollard & Sir Patrick Vallance discuss the COVID-19 pandemic. He shares insights into his medical career and vital work during the pandemic as Chief Scientific Adviser to the UK government. |
Patrick Vallance, Andrew Pollard |
20 July, 2023 |
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| The Bodleian Libraries (BODcasts) |
Persian lacquered bookbinding: A journey through its layers and conservation challenges |
Conservation Scientist Prof. Dr. Mandana Barkeshli looks at lacquered bookbindings made by Persian artisans in the 16th to 19th centuries. |
Mandana Barkeshli |
17 July, 2023 |
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| Let's talk e-cigarettes |
June 2023 Sarah Pratt |
Jamie Hartmann-Boyce and Nicola Lindson discuss emerging evidence in e-cigarette research and interview Associate Sarah Pratt, Department of Psychiatry, Geisel School of Medicine, Dartmouth University, New Hampshire, USA. |
Sarah Pratt, Jamie Hartmann-Boyce |
17 July, 2023 |
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| Tibetan Graduate Studies Seminar |
Yoginīs, Revelation, and Hidden Knowledge in Tantric Śaivism (Oxford Treasure Seminar Series) |
This presentation examines Śākta transformations of conceptions of revelation and the transmission of esoteric knowledge in Mantramārga Śaivism |
Shaman Hatley |
12 July, 2023 |
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| Tibetan Graduate Studies Seminar |
Nectar, Water, or Blood? A Buddhist History of Perceptual Relativism |
In this talk, Jacob Fisher presents his research on a history of the Buddhist discussions surrounding perceptual relativism, in India and Tibet |
Jacob Fisher |
12 July, 2023 |
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| Tibetan Graduate Studies Seminar |
A Chorus of Voices Chanting the Names of Mañjuśrī Rong-zom Chos-kyi-bzang-po’s Commentary on the Nāmasaṅgīti, and Its Indian Sources |
Nicola Bajetta takes us through Rongzom Chökyi Zangpo's commentary on the Nāmasaṅgīti, a hymn of praise dedicated to Mañjuśrī |
Nicola Bajetta |
12 July, 2023 |
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| Middle East Centre |
Cheaters Dilemma: Iraq, WMD and the path to the 2003 war |
Why did Iraq fail to prove its WMD absence before the 2003 invasion? This seminar examines new evidence from Iraq and United Nations sources to shed light on the internal debates leading up to the 2003 war. |
Målfrid Braut-Hegghammer, Neil Ketchley |
11 July, 2023 |
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| Middle East Centre |
The Iraq Invasion and Transnational Jihadism |
This talk explores the impact of the US-led invasion of Iraq in 2003 on militant Islamism using new evidence. |
Thomas Hegghammer, Neil Ketchley |
11 July, 2023 |
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| Reuters Institute for the Study of Journalism |
Digital News Report 2023. Episode 5: News podcasts: who is listening and what formats are working? |
In this episode of our #DNR23 podcast we look at the world of news podcasts and why they're popular with listeners and publishers. |
Federica Cherubini, Nic Newman |
7 July, 2023 |
Creative Commons Attribution-Non-Commercial-Share Alike 2.0 UK: England & Wales; http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-nc-sa/2.0/uk/ |
| The Bodleian Libraries (BODcasts) |
Analysis of Pigments on Painted Byzantine and Japanese Manuscripts |
An introduction to the analysis of painted Byzantine and Japanese manuscripts by the Bodleian Libraries' new Heritage Scientist. |
Kate Fulcher |
4 July, 2023 |
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| The Oxford Colloquy |
The Pandemic People: Dame Sarah Gilbert |
Dame Sarah Gilbert, Professor of Vaccinology at Oxford University, talks about her life in science and her work with a talented and dedicated team at Oxford in developing and testing the Oxford–AstraZeneca vaccine for COVID-19. |
Sarah Gilbert |
30 June, 2023 |
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| Evidence-Based Health Care |
Speedy or sloppy?: The opportunities and challenges of rapid qualitative research |
Using a variety of examples of fast and slow qualitative research this talk explores the affordances of rapid methods, and help researchers decide if and where to use them in their own work. |
Anna Dowrick |
30 June, 2023 |
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| The Migration Oxford Podcast |
The Aftermath of Forced Return |
With the help of our panel, we discuss forced return migration and the different power dynamics at play. What are the difficulties of forced returnees to home countries and what are the differences between the wealth and influence of certain states? |
Matthew Gibney, Guadalupe Chavez, Maggie Loredo |
27 June, 2023 |
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| The Oxford Colloquy |
The Pandemic People: Dame Louise Richardson DBE FRSE |
Dame Louise Richardson, discusses navigating Oxford University through the tumultuous peak of the global pandemic and her career as an Irish political scientist whose expertise lies in the study of terrorism. |
Louise Richardson |
23 June, 2023 |
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| Asian Studies Centre |
Along The Path To Gandhi's Neighbor |
Ajay Skaria - University of Minnesota, speaks at the Oxford South Asian Intellectual History Seminar on 1 May 2023. |
Ajay Skaria |
16 June, 2023 |
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| Evidence-Based Health Care |
Realist inquiry in global health practice: trials, tribulations (& triumphs?) |
Dr Sara Van Belle, Institute of Tropical Medicine, Antwerp gives a talk on the practice of realist inquiry in global health. |
Sara Van Belle |
8 June, 2023 |
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| CSAE Research Podcasts |
Anticipatory Cash Transfers in Climate Disaster Response |
Billions of dollars are spent annually on humanitarian support to households in crisis. Researchers discuss a large-scale evaluation that tests the impact of anticipatory cash transfers in response to floods in Bangladesh. |
Ben Brunckhorst, Stefan Dercon, Ruth Hill, Ashley Pople |
2 June, 2023 |
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| The Oxford Colloquy |
The Pandemic People: Professor Neil Ferguson |
Sir Andrew Pollard's podcast features Professor Neil Ferguson, an expert in the mathematical modelling of infectious diseases. They discuss how mathematical models help understand disease transmission, vaccines, and immunity. |
Andrew Pollard, Neil Ferguson |
28 May, 2023 |
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| Evidence-Based Health Care |
Alcohol and cardiovascular disease: Is moderate drinking really beneficial for cardiovascular disease? |
Dr Derrick Bennett, University of Oxford gives a talk on the epidemiological evidence of alcohol and cardiovascular disease. |
Derrick Bennett |
22 May, 2023 |
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| Evidence-Based Health Care |
Testing usability and impact of the OxRisk prediction models |
Professor Seena Fazel, University of Oxford gives a talk on recent advances in prognostic modelling in psychiatry. |
Seena Fazel |
22 May, 2023 |
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| The Oxford Colloquy |
The Pandemic People: Dame Jennifer Margaret Harries DBE |
Dame Jennifer Harries shares insights on her career, family influence, and managing public health threats with Sir Andrew Pollard. Highlights include Salisbury novichok incident preparedness, COVID19 response efforts. |
Andrew Pollard, Jennifer Harries |
19 May, 2023 |
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| Asian Studies Centre |
Pakistan: Political Economy of an Elite Captured State |
Miftah Ismail Pakistan’s former Minister of Finance gives a lecture |
Miftah Ismail |
19 May, 2023 |
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| History of Art: Slade Lecture Series |
Slade Lecture Series 2023: To speak in Parables: Dumile Feni in Hendrik Verwoerd’s South Africa, 1960s |
Chika Okeke-Agulu examines art & politics in 1960s South Africa paying particular attention to Hendrik Verwoerd, the self-styled “Great Induna,” & architect of Apartheid, whose assassination in 1966 slowed the triumphant march of Afrikaner racist ideology |
Chika Okeke-Agulu |
18 May, 2023 |
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| History of Art: Slade Lecture Series |
Slade Lecture Series 2023: Defiant Sculpture: Isek Bodys Kingelez and Mobutu Sese-Seko’s Authenticité, 1990s |
Professor Chika Okeke-Agulu argues that the extravagant hypermodernity of Isek Bodys Kingelez’s architectural sculptures, as with segments of popular arts, constitute a distinctive form of imaginative resistance to official culture under Mobutu. |
Chika Okeke-Agulu |
18 May, 2023 |
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| History of Art: Slade Lecture Series |
Slade Lecture Series 2023: Gazbia Sirry and Egyptian artists in the Nasserite State, 1950s-1960s |
Professor Chika Okeke-Agulu follows the formal and tonal shifts in Gazbia Sirry’s work as it responded to, and was shaped by Nasser’s and post-revolutionary Egypt’s political fortunes. |
Chika Okeke-Agulu |
18 May, 2023 |
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| History of Art: Slade Lecture Series |
Slade Lecture Series 2023: Drawing the Line: Obiora Udechukwu and Nigeria’s Smiling General 1980s-1990s |
In the 1980’s, the painter and poet Obiora Udechukwu (b. 1946), a leading figure of the Nsukka School, was at the height of his powers, with drawings and paintings celebrated for their lyrical power and trenchant social commentary. |
Chika Okeke-Agulu |
18 May, 2023 |
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| History of Art: Slade Lecture Series |
Slade Lecture Series 2023: Prison Drawing: Ibrahim El Salahi in Al Nimeiry’s Sudan, 1970s |
In this lecture, Professor Chika Okeke-Agulu focuses on the calligraphic figuration of Ibrahim El Salahi (b. 1930), the country’s leading modernist and onetime political prisoner. |
Chika Okeke-Agulu |
18 May, 2023 |
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| History of Art: Slade Lecture Series |
Slade Lecture Series 2023: African Artists in the Age of the Big Man |
Okeke-Agulu presents 5 artists whose work exemplify the difficult relationship of art & power as Africa’s decolonization gave way to the emergence of undemocratic polities ruled by charismatic & repressive strongmen in the second half of the 20th century. |
Chika Okeke-Agulu |
18 May, 2023 |
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| Tibetan Graduate Studies Seminar |
Sūtra in Early Buddhist Treasure Texts (Oxford Treasure Seminar Series) |
Reinier Langelaar’s talk on early Tibetan treasure literature’s influences, inspirations, and narrative themes |
Reinier Langelaar |
15 May, 2023 |
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| OxPeace Conference 2023: Learning from Ukraine |
Russia and Christian nationalism: the background of a conflict |
How the global resurgence of traditionalist, religion-based nationalism relates to the specifics of the present conflict between Russia and Ukraine. |
Rowan Williams |
12 May, 2023 |
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| OxPeace Conference 2023: Learning from Ukraine |
Exiting Russia: the effects of multinational withdrawal |
Can corporate action contribute to human rights, peace, and conflict prevention? |
Bennett Freeman |
12 May, 2023 |
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| OxPeace Conference 2023: Learning from Ukraine |
The Global Food Crisis and the Ukraine War |
Exploring the three elements that intersect and contribute to the global food crisis. |
Alex de Waal |
12 May, 2023 |
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| OxPeace Conference 2023: Learning from Ukraine |
The early medieval history of Ukraine: mythology and historical logics |
The history of early Slavs as a point for debunking historical misconceptions that benefit one state at the expense of another. |
Andrii Pastushenko |
12 May, 2023 |
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| OxPeace Conference 2023: Learning from Ukraine |
Ukraine and the fragmentation of world order |
Using the unfolding crisis of the Ukraine war as a lens to consider the drivers of conflict and transformation in the contemporary world order. |
Luke Cooper |
12 May, 2023 |
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| OxPeace Conference 2023: Learning from Ukraine |
Being a Social Entrepreneur in a War Zone |
How did I evacuate over 30,000 women and children from the warzone, not knowing Ukraine and not speaking a word of Ukrainian? I drew on my business, political and organisation skills to move quickly to save thousands of lives. This is my story. |
Brooks Newmark |
12 May, 2023 |
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| OxPeace Conference 2023: Learning from Ukraine |
The work of the media during the Russian-Ukrainian war |
How the media in Ukraine transitioned to covering the war with the beginning of the full-scale Russian invasion. |
Yaroslava Bukhta |
12 May, 2023 |
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| OxPeace Conference 2023: Learning from Ukraine |
Understanding the Ukraine's Grassroots in the Russia-Ukraine War |
The need to consider grassroots nuances in Ukraine in order to understand the Russia-Ukraine war, and possible strategies for peace going forward. |
Marnie Howlett |
12 May, 2023 |
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| CSAE Research Podcasts |
Building Resilient Education Systems: Evidence from Large Scale Randomised Trials in Five Countries |
Education systems need to withstand shocks that routinely close schools. Researchers discuss results from randomised trials evaluating the provision of education in emergency settings across 5 countries. |
Noam Angrist, Claire Cullen, Thato Letsomo, Michael Ainomugisha, Sai Pramod Bathena, Karisha Anne Cruz |
11 May, 2023 |
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| Future of Business |
Not Getting Tangled |
The importance of red tape in growing economies. |
Nattawan Kularbkeo, Jordan Zele |
10 May, 2023 |
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| OxPeace Conference 2023: Learning from Ukraine |
International crimes in Ukraine |
Who can be held accountable and how? |
Federica D’Alessandra |
4 May, 2023 |
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| OxPeace Conference 2023: Learning from Ukraine |
Components for Sustainable Peace in Ukraine |
What are the necessary components of a peace process for Ukraine? Carne addresses that any such process must involve groups on the ground, such as those from the Donbass or Crimea, if it is to be effective and sustained in the long term. |
Carne Ross |
4 May, 2023 |
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| Centre for Personalised Medicine |
Series 2 Episode 7 - Why research regulation falls short in genomic medicine |
As a society, we tend to focus a lot on risk and try to control it through regulation - but how well does that work for ensuring ethical practice in genomics? We talk to Dr Kate Lyle about her research on this topic. |
Rachel Horton, Gabrielle Samuel, Kate Lyle |
2 May, 2023 |
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| The Oxford Colloquy |
The Pandemic People: Professor Wendy Barclay |
In conversation with Sir Andrew Pollard, Professor Wendy Barclay, a renowned virologist, discusses viruses' crucial role in pandemics. |
Andrew Pollard, Wendy Barclay |
17 April, 2023 |
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| The Oxford Colloquy |
The Pandemic People: Sir John Irving Bell |
Sir Andrew Pollard & Sir John Bell discuss COVID-19 pandemic in China, Oxford Univ. & AstraZeneca's vaccine efforts. Bell highlights global response, data sharing, Oxford's vaccine expertise & diagnostic testing. |
Andrew Pollard, John Bell |
16 April, 2023 |
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| The Oxford Colloquy |
The Pandemic People: Dame Catherine Elizabeth Bingham |
Kate Bingham, a British venture capitalist, discussed her role in the UK's COVID-19 vaccine rollout and her leadership of the vaccine task force and the importance of diplomacy in the global fight against COVID-19. |
Andrew Pollard, Kate Bingham |
15 April, 2023 |
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| Evidence-Based Health Care |
Evidence in Women's Health: Coil contraceptive - what is it and what are the potential harms for women? |
In this episode EBHC DPhil Director, Jamie Hartmann-Boyce and Dr. Anne Marie Boylan discuss intrauterine contraception commonly known as the coil. |
Jamie Hartmann-Boyce, Anne-Marie Boylan, Neda Taghinejadi, Megan Carter |
23 March, 2023 |
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| Middle East Centre Booktalk |
Book Launch: Locked Out of Development: Insiders and Outsiders in Arab Capitalism |
Dr Hertog presents the key arguments of his new short monograph “Locked Out of Development: Insiders and Outsiders in Arab Capitalism” published by Cambridge University Press. |
Steffen Hertog, Neil Ketchley |
23 March, 2023 |
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| Asian Studies Centre |
Nations Ascendant: Towards a Global Intellectual History of Self Determination |
Zaib un Nisa Aziz (University of South Florida, Tampa) speaks at the Oxford South Asian Intellectual History Seminar on 13 March 2023. For queries, please contact seminar convenor at saih@history.ox.ac.uk |
Zaib un Nisa Aziz |
23 March, 2023 |
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| Asian Studies Centre |
Uncivil Liberalism and the Globalisation of Dadabhai Naoroji’s Ideas of Sociality |
Vikram Visana (University of Leicester) speaks at the Oxford South Asian Intellectual History Seminar on 7 March 2023. |
Vikram Visana |
20 March, 2023 |
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| Tibetan Graduate Studies Seminar |
Exploring relationships between theory of practice and practice by looking at the Abhisamayālaṃkāra in Gelukpa scholasticism |
Chandra Ehm's investigation into the foundations of the Geluk monastic curriculum |
Chandra Ehm |
17 March, 2023 |
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| Tibetan Graduate Studies Seminar |
The Transformation of Nyingma Identity: Some Key Developments in Contemporary Nyingma Monastic Education |
Nicholas Hobhouse on Developments in Contemporary Nyingma Monastic Education |
Nicholas Hobhouse |
17 March, 2023 |
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| Pivot Points: Moments That Shape Us |
8 - Katya Kovalchuk |
CARA Fellow Katya Kovalchuk - an energetic scholar studying Byzantine legends. Katya talks us through moving countries countless times, having most recently joining us here in Oxford from Ukraine as an at-risk scholar. |
Katya Kovalchuk |
16 March, 2023 |
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| Uehiro Centre for Practical Ethics |
Is AI bad for democracy? Analyzing AI’s impact on epistemic agency |
Professor Mark Coeckelbergh considers whether AI poses a risk for democracy n this St Cross Special Ethics Seminar |
Mark Coeckelbergh |
13 March, 2023 |
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| Evidence-Based Health Care |
The medical occupational outcomes of military mental health patients. A closed-cohort study |
Surgeon Commander Charlotte Evans is Royal Navy Hudson Visiting Fellow at St. Anthony's College and gave a talk about her dissertation work in relation to military mental health patients. |
Charlotte Evans |
8 March, 2023 |
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| Future of Business |
Frida's Fight: Examining the Gender Gap in the Art Industry |
In this episode of season 5, Susheel Siram, an Oxford Saïd MBA and host, discusses gender inequity in the art market with fellow student Brooke Reese. |
Brooke Reese, Susheel Siram |
6 March, 2023 |
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| Middle East Centre |
Clerics in the time of Tishreen |
The evolution of religion-civil society relations in post-2003 Iraq. |
Marsin Alshamary, Maryam Alemzadeh |
3 March, 2023 |
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| Tibetan Graduate Studies Seminar |
Forms of Buddhist treasures (re)discovered in Kalmykia (Oxford Treasure Seminar Series) |
Valeriya Gazizova's talk on several cases of ‘treasure’ concealment and discoveries in the Buddhist society of postsocialist Kalmykia |
Valeriya Gazizova |
1 March, 2023 |
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| Tibetan Graduate Studies Seminar |
The Rgyud sde spyi rnam ascribed to Rin chen bzang po (958–1055) and its authoritative sources |
Sonam Choden discusses Lo tsā ba Rin chen bzang po's composition of his "General Presentation of the Tantric Systems" and its authoritative sources |
Sonam Choden |
28 February, 2023 |
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| Public International Law Part III |
A Weapon Is No Subordinate. Autonomous Weapons and the Scope of Superior Responsibility |
Dr. Alessandra Spadaro of Utrecht University outlines several challenges to the applicability of the doctrine of superior responsibility in the context of the use of autonomous weapons systems. |
Alessandra Spadaro |
24 February, 2023 |
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| Public International Law Part III |
One Hundred Years of International Administrative Law: Is the Employment Law at International Organizations Working? |
Peter Quayle argues employment law of international organizations tends towards incoherence, however, mapping international administrative law onto a larger framework of international organizations law can realize a more workable version of the law. |
Peter Quayle |
24 February, 2023 |
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| Middle East Centre |
The International Thought of Turkish Islamists: History, Civilization and Nation |
Katerina Dalacoura will presents her research project entitled ‘The International Thought of Turkish Islamists’, funded by a Leverhulme Trust Major Research Fellowship. |
Katerina Dalacoura, Michael Willis |
22 February, 2023 |
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| The Migration Oxford Podcast |
Politics of Emigration |
In this episode of The Migration Oxford Podcast, we are discussing the politics of emigration. All countries are countries of immigration and of emigration, yet the politics of emigration are often less obsessed over as attitudes toward immigration. |
Anna Kyriazi, Julia Rone, Madeleine Reeves, Rob McNeil, Jacqui Broadhead |
21 February, 2023 |
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| Middle East Centre |
The struggle for Salafism in Egypt’s post-revolutionary period |
A Middle East Centre Seminar on Salafism. |
Stéphane Lacroix, Thomas Hegghammer |
21 February, 2023 |
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| Middle East Centre |
Resurrecting the Caliphate: The Creed of Abraham and ISIS’s Hermeneutics of Power |
A talk with a focus on the contemporary militant group referred to by the acronym ISIS (or ISIL) and its views on the “caliphate.” |
Asma Afsaruddin, Eugene Rogan |
21 February, 2023 |
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| Pivot Points: Moments That Shape Us |
7 - Pedr Charlesworth |
OxBikes founder Pedr Charlesworth on cycling, adventure and, well... more cycling! |
Pedr Charlesworth |
17 February, 2023 |
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| Tibetan Graduate Studies Seminar |
How Tibetans Received and Perceived the Yuan Edicts: Some Preliminary Observations |
This lecture highlights Tibetan responses to the Mongol imperial bureaucratic practices during the 14th century |
Penghao Sun, Trawang |
15 February, 2023 |
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| Tibetan Graduate Studies Seminar |
A typology of modes of revelations in Chinese religious history (Oxford Treasure Seminar Series) |
Vincent Goossaert's talk on the ritual production of revelation in Chinese religious history |
Vincent Goossaert |
14 February, 2023 |
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| Reuters Institute for the Study of Journalism |
One year after Putin's invasion, how is Ukrainian journalism faring? |
In this episode we discuss the tremendous toll that Russia's full-scale invasion has had on journalists and the news media in the country. |
Olga Tokariuk, Mitali Mukherjee |
14 February, 2023 |
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| Middle East Centre Booktalk |
Algeria: Politics and Society from the Dark Decade to the Hirak |
Dr Michael Willis' new book offers an explanation of this unexpected development known as the Hirak Movement, examining the political and social changes that have occurred in Algeria since the ‘dark decade’ of the 1990s |
Michael Willis, Eugene Rogan |
10 February, 2023 |
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| Evidence-Based Health Care |
Evidence in Women's Health: Evaluating a community singing intervention for postnatal depression |
Dr Alexandra Burton reports on the SHAPER-PND study exploring singing's effect on postnatal depression in new mothers |
Alexandra Burton |
10 February, 2023 |
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| Practice Makes… the Oxford Reimagining Performance Podcast |
Practice Makes… The Multi-Hyphenate Career |
Helen and Madeleine are joined by Frey Kwa Hawking, dramaturg and critic, and Hannah Greenstreet, playwright, critic, and academic, to talk about their varied career roles, how they interact, and why theatre matters to us. |
Hannah Greenstreet, Frey Kwa Hawking, Helen Dallas, Madeleine Saidenberg |
9 February, 2023 |
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| Future of Business |
It runs in the family: How to navigate various crises in the world of family business |
In this episode of season 5, Sandhya Sridhar, Oxford Saïd MBA and host, discusses the world of family business with fellow student Shwe Yee Win. |
Sandhya Sridhar, Shwe Yee Win |
9 February, 2023 |
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| Uehiro Centre for Practical Ethics |
Shallow Cognizing for Self-Control over Emotion & Desire |
In the first St Cross Special Ethics Seminar of 2023, Dr Larry Lengbeyer explores 'shallow cognizing' as a form of self-control |
Lawrence Lengbeyer |
2 February, 2023 |
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| Science with Sanjula |
Halving premature death - Professor Sir Richard Peto |
Professor Sir Richard Peto describes half a century of research seeking moderate reductions in big causes of death. |
Sanjula Singh, Richard Peto |
1 February, 2023 |
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| Inside WIMM (Weatherall Institute of Molecular Medicine, University of Oxford) |
How planetary iron shaped life on Earth |
Two researchers working in very different areas; planetary formation and immunity. At a chance meeting they realised they had a shared interest, iron. Their new cross-disciplinary paper unravels the importance of iron availability in the evolution of life |
Alexander Hal Drakesmith, Jon Wade, Catherine Seed |
31 January, 2023 |
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| Inside WIMM (Weatherall Institute of Molecular Medicine, University of Oxford) |
The gut and the immune system - Dr Emily Thornton |
In this final episode of the series, we meet Dr Emily Thornton @emilyethornton from the Human Immunology Unit. |
Emily Thornton, Catherine Seed |
31 January, 2023 |
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| Let's talk e-cigarettes |
January 2023 Podcast |
In this episode Associate Professor Jamie Hartmann-Boyce and Dr Nicola Lindson discuss the emerging evidence in e-cigarette research and interview Professor Jonathan, Penn State College of Medicine. |
Jonathan Foulds, Jamie Hartmann-Boyce, Nicola Lindson |
26 January, 2023 |
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| Public International Law Part III |
Climate Litigation in International Organs and Courts: The Torres Strait Islanders case |
Monica Feria-Tinta discusses a landmark 2022 decision of the UN Human Rights Committee which found that Australia failed to protect indigenous Torres Strait Islanders against adverse impacts of climate change, in breach of human rights law. |
Monica Feria-Tinta |
20 January, 2023 |
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| Public International Law Part III |
Complicity in a War of Aggression |
Dr Nikola Hajdin outlines an analytical framework for criminal complicity in a war of aggression |
Nikola Hajdin |
20 January, 2023 |
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| Future of Business |
Trash Talk: How to transform our approach to waste management |
Host Katherine Dellar discusses all things trash, garbage and rubbish with Oxford MBA classmate Ryan Caplin. |
Ryan Caplin, Katherine Dellar |
19 January, 2023 |
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| Almanac – The Oxford Middle East Podcast |
Michael Willis on Recent Developments in the Maghreb |
Michael Willis joins Almanac to discuss his new book, Algeria: Politics and Society from the Dark Decade to the Hirak, recent developments in Tunisia and Morocco, and why studying the area “West of Cairo” is of critical importance to Middle East Studies. |
Matthew Smith, Michael Willis |
17 January, 2023 |
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| Oxford Political Thought |
The Left |
Fadi Bardawil speaking on ‘Nation, Class, Community: Milestones on the path of the 1960s Lebanese New Left’. Nadia Bou Ali speaking on ‘Is the Heart for the East and Reason for the West? Mehdi Amel’s Critique of Edward Said’. |
Fadi Bardawil, Nadia Bou Ali, Faisal Devji |
16 January, 2023 |
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| Asian Studies Centre |
‘Power to the People?’: Citizens and the Everyday State in Early Postcolonial South Asia |
Sarah Ansari (Royal Holloway, University of London) speaks at the Oxford South Asian Intellectual History Seminar on 31 Oct 2022 |
Sarah Ansari |
12 January, 2023 |
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| Asian Studies Centre |
Who are the Muslims? Savarkar on Indian Muslim Origin |
Luna Sabastian (Northeastern University- London) speaks at the Oxford South Asian Intellectual History Seminar on 7 Nov 2022. |
Luna Sabastian |
12 January, 2023 |
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| Evidence-Based Health Care |
Evidence in Women's Health: Menopause and Hormone Replacement Therapy (HRT) - What are the risks, benefits and experiences for women? |
EBHC DPhil Director, Jamie Hartmann-Boyce and Dr. Anne Marie Boylan discuss menopause and hormone replacement therapy (HRT) |
Jamie Hartmann-Boyce, Anne-Marie Boylan, Elizabeth Spencer, Carol Coupland |
12 January, 2023 |
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| Tibetan Graduate Studies Seminar |
Variants of the Rudra Subjugation Myth: Contrasting Themes in the Legends of Mahākāla and Vajrabhairava |
Cameron Bailey's talk on wrathful deities and their myths |
Cameron Bailey |
11 January, 2023 |
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| Future of Business |
Paying to Play: How to fund the Arts from a pianist's perspective |
Happy New Year from the Future of Business Podcast! In this season's second episode, Jordan Zele, Oxford Saïd MBA and host, discusses funding of the arts with pianist, actor, and fellow student Helen Kashap. |
Helen Kashap, Jordan Zele |
10 January, 2023 |
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| Middle East Centre Booktalk |
Book Launch: Pacted Democracy in the Middle East: Tunisia and Egypt in Comparative Perspective |
A new theoretical framework for how democracy can emerge in the Middle East and wider Muslim world, where political conflicts over religion often predominate. |
Hicham Alaoui, Michael Willis |
23 December, 2022 |
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| Middle East Centre |
Centres, Peripheries and New Histories of the Left in Iran |
How historians can gain new insights from global history, and how historians and histories of Iran can contribute |
Rasmus Elling, Stephanie Cronin |
23 December, 2022 |
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