| A Conversation about Bipolar Disorder and Creative Process: Lucy Newlyn and Richard Lawes |
A Conversation about Bipolar Disorder and Creative Process: Lucy Newlyn and Richard Lawes. This followed the publication, earlier this year, of Lucy's 15-year memoir, Diary of a Bipolar Explorer. |
Lucy Newlyn, Richard Lawes, Will Donaldson |
30 May, 2018 |
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| Empire of Things: A New History of Humans and Their Stuff |
Professor Frank Trentmann (Birkbeck, University of London) sketches the history of consumption to the present day, and examines the historical dynamics that have shaped our material lifestyles. |
Frank Trentmann |
4 December, 2017 |
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| UK National Debt: A Historical Perspective |
The UK national debt is currently the highest it's ever been, and a lot larger than many other countries. This talk takes a look behind the figures, and asks why it is important, whether we should be worried, and looks at the reasons for its growth. |
Martin Slater |
7 April, 2017 |
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| Ending Poverty? |
Linda Yueh (Fellow by Special Election in Economics) talks about ending poverty. |
Linda Yueh |
3 April, 2017 |
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| Was There History in the Middle Ages? |
Did medieval writers think they were writing history? This talk takes a closer look at the various forms of ‘history’ during this period. Emily A. Winkler is (John Cowdrey Junior Research Fellow in History). |
Emily A Winkler |
3 April, 2017 |
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| What Does Philosophy Have to Do with Neuroscience? |
When you examine the brain, you can learn a lot and see chemical interactions, but you cannot find anything about the first-person nature of things we experience as humans, such as colours and pain. |
Paul Skokowski |
3 April, 2017 |
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| Advanced LIGO: the New Era of Gravitational Wave Astronomy |
Why has the recent detection of gravitational waves been one of the most important discoveries in modern times for astrophysics? And what are the implications of the new Advanced LIGO gravitational-wave detector for future discoveries about black holes? |
Philipp Podsiadlowski |
3 April, 2017 |
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| Lithium-ion Batteries and Beyond |
Batteries are one of the most efficient ways to store energy, and there has been a massive increase recently in the use of lithium-ion batteries, particularly in electric cars. |
Mauro Pasta |
3 April, 2017 |
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| ‘Boom, ratatata, hui-hui-sss-ttt, woouum’ - Children’s Views of World War II |
How do people remember the past? Alex Lloyd (Lecturer, German Language and Literature) looks at essays written by children in Germany after the Second World War–examining the words and tone; the political framing; and the challenges for translating them. |
Alex Lloyd |
3 April, 2017 |
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| Banned Books: Hus and Luther in the Teddy Hall Library |
This talk focusses on a first edition of the collected works of Jan Hus, from the collection in St Edmund Hall’s Old Library, written in the fifteenth century but first printed in 1558 together with letters of recommendation from Martin Luther. |
Henrike Lähnemann |
3 April, 2017 |
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| Merchants’ Marks in Medieval English Books |
Merchants’ marks were used initially as a tool of commerce, on consignments of goods, in the Middle Ages. In the sixteenth century, however, they became more like a coat of arms for people who didn’t have one – a form of professional identity. |
Thomas Kittel |
3 April, 2017 |
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| Extreme Clocks: Physics with Pulsars |
An introduction to pulsars: objects that have more mass than the sun but are only around 20km in diameter, possessing an extremely high rotational stability and a very strong magnetic field. |
Aris Karastergiou |
3 April, 2017 |
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| Pancreatic Islet Transplantation for Type 1 Diabetes – Bench to Bedside |
Paul Johnson (Professor of Paediatric Surgery) gives a talk on a new treatement for Type 1 diabetes. Type 1 diabetes is an auto-immune disease where the patient’s body has attacked its own insulin-producing cells. |
Paul Johnson |
3 April, 2017 |
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| NextBASS: Observing Cosmic Microwave Background Foregrounds |
Jaz Hill-Valler (DPhil student, Experimental Radio Cosmology) gives an introduction to the work of radio astronomers by postgraduate student Jaz, who works with the Experimental Radio Cosmology group and Department of Astrophyics. |
Jaz Hill-Valler |
3 April, 2017 |
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| The Politics of Student Mobility: what do international student statistics tell us about the democratic development of their home countries? |
Can you view studying abroad as an apprenticeship in democracy? Maia Chankseliani discusses her work, which focusses on former Soviet Union countries, linking student mobility with the level of democratic development in the student’s home country. |
Maia Chankseliani |
3 April, 2017 |
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| Lights, Camera, Immuno-action! Research on cancer immunotherapy and its implications for the clinic |
Melissa Bedard explains the body’s lack of an immune response to cancer cells through an analogy with spy movies. |
Melissa Bedard |
3 April, 2017 |
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| St Edmund Hall Research Expo 2017: Introduction |
A quick overview of the event, presented by Dr Linda Yueh. |
Linda Yueh |
3 April, 2017 |
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| Ian Hislop - Editor, Private Eye, in conversation with Helen Lewis, Deputy Editor, New Statesman |
In a change from the usual format the 2017 Geddes Lecture features Ian Hislop in conversation with Helen Lewis, deputy editor of the New Statesman. Held on 3rd March 2017. |
Ian Hislop, Helen Lewis |
13 March, 2017 |
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| Extracts from Shakespeare, read by Roland Oliver (actor): Richard II Act V, Scene 5; Macbeth Act II, Scene 1; Henry IV Part 2, Act IV, Scene 3 |
Roland (an actor and alumnus of St Edmund Hall, University of Oxford) concludes the ‘Shakespeare and the Brain’ event by reading relevant extracts from three of Shakespeare’s plays. |
Roland Oliver |
12 December, 2016 |
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| The Hunter Heartbeat Method – Kelly Hunter (actor, director and educator) |
Kelly gives an outline of some of her work using sensory drama games, using Shakespeare’s works, to interact and play with children with autism. |
Kelly Hunter |
12 December, 2016 |
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| Shakespeare’s Memory – Professor Rodrigo Quian Quiroga (Director of the Centre for Systems Neuroscience, University of Leicester) |
Rodrigo’s talk references the writing of Jorge Luis Borges, particularly his short stories 'Shakespeare’s Memory' and 'Funes the Memorious', which deal with memory. |
Rodrigo Quian Quiroga |
12 December, 2016 |
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| Shakespeare as Observer and Psychologist – Professor Paul Matthews (Fellow by Special Election, St Edmund Hall, University of Oxford; Edmond and Lily Safra Chair and Head of Brain Sciences, Imperial College London) |
Paul focuses on some of the questions that Shakespeare was asking about the mind, and how the same sorts of issues are approached now by neuroscientists. |
Paul Matthews |
12 December, 2016 |
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| Shakespeare, Mind and World – Dr Tom MacFaul (Lecturer in English, St Edmund Hall, University of Oxford) |
Tom discusses how Shakespeare’s age thought about thinking. In particular, he looks at the transformative power of thought and the idea in some of Shakespeare’s works that the mind is free to create its own world. |
Tom MacFaul |
12 December, 2016 |
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| Making a Mockery of Democracy |
Comedian Al Murray, St Edmund Hall, 1987, talks about standing against Nigel Farage as a political candidate for Thanet South in the guise of his 'Pub Landlord' comedy persona. |
Al Murray |
28 June, 2016 |
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| Breaking into the Boys' Club: Why British Politics Needs More Women |
With Westminister lobby journalism dominated by men, Anushka Asthana sheds light on what it takes for a woman to succeed in modern journalism. |
Anushka Asthana |
8 March, 2016 |
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