| Conflict and Community: Panel-led Workshop 2 |
Mobilising the wide-ranging expertise of the speakers, this workshop explored questions of narrative, community and the special commemorative needs that arise in the wake of civil war and terrorism. |
Rachel Seiffert, Lyndsey Stonebridge, Harvey Whitehouse, Helen Small, Elleke Boehmer |
24 November, 2017 |
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| Literature and the Public Good |
Part of the Book at Lunchtime series |
Rick Rylance, Jane Hiddleston, Timothy Michael, Ankhi Mukherjee, Helen Small, Kirsten Shepherd-Barr |
1 February, 2017 |
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| Why We Need the Humanities |
How has humanities scholarship influenced biomedical research and civil liberties and how can scholars serve the common good? |
Donald Drakeman, Richard Ekins, Jay Sexton, Helen Small |
27 July, 2016 |
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| Fiction and Other Minds |
Peter Garratt (Durham): ‘Mind Bloat and The Lifted Veil’ Helen Small (English/Oxford): 'On the Verification of Mental Experience'. Chaired by Ben Morgan. |
Peter Garratt, Ben Morgan, Helen Small |
9 November, 2015 |
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| Why should we study the humanities? |
For those wanting a further challenge, Professor Helen Small of Pembroke College, Oxford, discusses the difficulties facing the study of the humanities today. |
Helen Small, Ilana Lassman |
31 July, 2013 |
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| Intrinsic Value, or Value for Their Own Sake |
Sixth and final lecture First lecture in the Value of Humanities series in which Professor Helen Small discusses the philosophical idea of intrinsic value, or the humanities as valuable for its own sake. |
Helen Small |
13 May, 2013 |
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| Democracy Needs Us |
Fifth lecture in the Value of Humanities series in which Professor Helen Small discusses the idea that a flourishing democracy needs the Humanities. |
Helen Small |
13 May, 2013 |
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| The Humanities' Contribution to Happiness |
Fourth lecture in the Value of Humanities series in which Professor Helen Small discusses the Humanities' contribution to happiness. |
Helen Small |
13 May, 2013 |
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| How Useful are the Humanities? |
First lecture in the Value of Humanities series in which Professor Helen Small discusses the ideas of use and usefulness in the context of the value of the humanities. |
Helen Small |
13 May, 2013 |
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| Distinction (the distinctive character and work of the Humanities) |
Second lecture in the Value of Humanities series in which Professor Helen Small discusses how the humanities is distinct from other academic disciplines. |
Helen Small |
13 May, 2013 |
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| Introduction |
First lecture in the Value of Humanities series in which Professor Helen Small discusses the broad political and social context in which to place these lectures. |
Helen Small |
13 May, 2013 |
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| Rich and Poor in Britain in the Age of Dickens and Today |
A lecture exploring the differences and similarities between the rich and poor of Dickens' era and that of today. Alison Jackson, Jane Humphries, Helen Small and Paul Donovan bring forward their views in a panel discussion. |
Alison Jackson, Jane Humphries, Helen Small, Paul Donovan |
15 October, 2012 |
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| Rich and Poor in Britain in the Age of Dickens and Today |
A lecture exploring the differences and similarities between the rich and poor of Dickens' era and that of today. Alison Jackson, Jane Humphries, Helen Small and Paul Donovan bring forward their views in a panel discussion. |
Alison Jackson, Jane Humphries, Helen Small, Paul Donovan |
15 October, 2012 |
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| The Value of Humanities: Then and Now |
Dr Helen Small gives a talk for the Oxford Humanities Research Showcase conference. |
Helen Small |
24 August, 2011 |
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