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Journey of a Molecular Detective; David Sherratt

Dostoevsky at 200: A roundtable

An event with leading scholars and the novelist Alex Christofi, to mark the bicentenary of Dostoevsky's birth by discussing new approaches to the work and life of this titanic figure.
TORCH | The Oxford Research Centre in the Humanities

A Concatenation of Rumour

Part of the Humanities Cultural Programme, one of the founding stones for the future Stephen A. Schwarzman Centre for the Humanities.
Wolfson College Podcasts

Spoken memoir of Professor Jon Stallworthy

A speech given by Sir Richard Sorabji at the launch party for the Jon Stallworthy Poetry Prize Campaign.
Journey of a Molecular Detective; David Sherratt

Brilliant Paradoxes and Corrosive Epigrams; or Why Oscar Wilde Went to Trial

Sos Eltis looks at Oscar Wilde’s 1895 trial.
Edward Lear's Feelings

Wonder

This programme examines different meanings of 'wonder' in Lear - as both a positive and a negative emotion, and as something in between.
Great Writers Inspire at Home

Nadifa Mohamed on travelling, home and belonging in Black Mamba Boy

Nadifa Mohamed reads from and discusses her debut novel, Black Mamba Boy (2010), based on her father’s travels across the Horn of Africa before settling in Britain.
The Disability Lectures
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2016 Disability Lecture: A Psychiatrist's Experience of Depression

Professor Linda Gask had a successful career as psychiatrist and academic, despite living with depression and anxiety. She speaks with candour about her experiences of periods of mental ill-health.
TORCH | The Oxford Research Centre in the Humanities

Ted Hughes: The Unauthorised Life

Jonathan Bate, Anne Farrar Donovan, Seamus Perry and Oliver Taplin discuss life-writing, poetry and the poet
Journey of a Molecular Detective; David Sherratt

True Colours: A Natural History of Louis Renard's Poissons (1719)

Professor Michael Suarez continues the Lyell Lectures 2015, asking what role colour plays in bibliographical description?
TORCH | The Oxford Research Centre in the Humanities

Humanities and Science: Representing Science

An interdisciplinary discussion exploring the many possible approaches to representing science through the arts, as well as potential challenges
Rewley House Research Seminars

Danger

Speakers for our seminar on the theme of Danger have Medical and Humanities backgrounds, and will consider the following: experimentation to diminish danger; the risks of ignoring danger, danger to the self and the ideal.
The Secrets of Mathematics

James D Murray, reflections of a life in academia, in conversation with Phillip Maini

Jim Murray is one of the leading mathematical biologists of our times.
Chemistry for the Future: Meet the Scientists

Meet the Scientists - Collaborations with the Oxford Botanic Garden

Alison Foster, Senior Curator of the Oxford Botanic Garden, discusses her daily work and the transition she has made from working in a lab to working in the garden.
Chemistry for the Future: Meet the Scientists

Meet the Scientists - Solar Fuels and Artificial Photosynthesis

Andreas Bachmeier, a DPhil student in the Armstrong Group, Oxford University, gives a glimpse into his research and his life outside of work, including a love for rowing and German beer.
Chemistry for the Future: Meet the Scientists

Meet the Scientists - Transparent Conductors

Alex T. Vai, DPhil student in the Donohoe Group, University of Oxford, describes his exciting research into touch-screen technology and also tells of his outside work ventures in orienteering and orchestra.
Chemistry for the Future: Meet the Scientists

Meet the Scientists - Solar Fuels, Bacteria and Hydrogen

Dr Rhiannon Evans from the Armstrong Group, University of Oxford, gives a short account of her research studies into solar fuels, as well as giving an insight to her life outside of research.
Chemistry for the Future: Meet the Scientists

Meet the Scientists - Solar Fuels and Enzymes

Susannah Hexter, DPhil Student in the Armstrong Group, University of Oxford, describes her love for Chemistry and discusses her hobbies outside of work.
Exploring Humanities - The Ertegun Scholarship Programme

Picasso: Passions and Politics

British Art Historian and Picasso Biographer Sir John Richardson in conversation with Gijs van Hensbergen.
Wolfson College Podcasts

Freud's Impossible Life

Renowned psychologist, literary critic and essayist Adam Phillips delivers a public lecture at Wolfson College on his work on 'Freud's Impossible Life'. The lecture is introduced by the College President, Hermione Lee.
Wolfson College Podcasts

"Oh, you liar, you storyteller": On Fibbing, Fact and Fabulation

The first Weinrebe lecture in life-writing was given by Michèle Roberts, Emeritus Professor of Creative Writing at the University of East Anglia. The lecture is introduced by Professor Hermione Lee.

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