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Thinking with Things: The Oxford Collection

Henry VIII Renaissance Medal

On Henry VIII and the Founding of the Church of England Minted at London in 1545, this medal shows a bust of Henry VIII, with inscriptions in Hebrew and Greek on the reverse.
Middle East Centre

Book launch: Public Culture and Islam in Modern Egypt

Roundtable Discussion and Launch of Public Culture and Islam in Modern Egypt by Hatsuki Aishima (National Museum of Ethnology, Osaka) with Morgan Clarke (University of Oxford). The event will be chaired by Laurent Mignon (University of Oxford).
The Remedy

The Remedy: Humanism

In this episode, Naomi Richman interviews David Flint, Vice-Chair of the North London Humanists to find out what humanism can offer the sick. They discuss the role of modern medicine and the possibilities of living forever.
The Remedy

The Remedy: Christianity

In this episode, Naomi Richman interviews Rev. Jody Stowell about Christian attitudes to health and understandings of healing. Starting by looking at Jesus' treatment of the sick, they move on to discussing the role of faith-healing in today's context.
Department of Education Public Seminars

Religion and belief in Britain: The Commission on Religion and Belief in British Public Life

Dr Edward Kessler, University of Cambridge, gives a talk for the Department of Education public seminar series on 7th November 2016.
TORCH | The Oxford Research Centre in the Humanities

The Concept of 'Umma' in Early Islam

Fred Donner (University of Chicago) addresses the nebulous, often misunderstood concept of 'umma' in early Islam
TORCH | The Oxford Research Centre in the Humanities

The Role of Religion in Identity

Julia Bray (University of Oxford) delivers a keynote lecture on the role of religion in identity
Journey of a Molecular Detective; David Sherratt

Political wisdom and deep devotion: The introduction of the Reformation in Southern Lower Saxony by Elisabeth of Brandenburg, Duchess of Calenberg-Gottingen

Ruth Gornandt gives a talk for the Women's responses to the Reformation, held in Oxford on 23rd June 2016.
Journey of a Molecular Detective; David Sherratt

Danish Noblewomen's Use of Manuscript Prayer Books c. 1550-1600

Marie Møller Christensen gives a talk for the Women's responses to the Reformation, held in Oxford on 23rd June 2016.
Journey of a Molecular Detective; David Sherratt

Textual Negotiation and Resistance of Female Religious Communities Facing Reformation

Elizabeth Goodwin gives a talk for the Women's responses to the Reformation, held in Oxford on 23rd June 2016.
Free Speech Debate

Should Europe introduce a ‘right to blaspheme’?

Alain Bouldoires talks to Timothy Garton Ash about the survival of blasphemy laws in Europe, and calls for a ‘right to blaspheme’.
Free Speech Debate

Giles Fraser on free speech and religion

Giles Fraser, commentator and Anglican priest, talks with Free Speech Debate about the relationship between free speech and religion, and the Charlie Hebdo attacks in Paris.
Free Speech Debate

Mark Thompson on the BBC and religion

The director general of the BBC explains why it aired Jerry Springer: The Opera, and talks about different responses to Christianity and Islam.
Anthropology

The charm of 'things': ethnography and performance

Marta Rosa Jardim (UNIFESP, Brazil) examines the role of sculptures of Hindu gods in Mozambique and the influence of art history on her anthropological research (20 May 2016)
Anthropology

Profane relations: the irony of offensive jokes in India

Andrew Sanchez (Kent) discusses why a multi-ethnic workforce in eastern India exchanges jokes about each other's religion and cultures as a form of irony (19 February 2016)
Reading, Writing, Romans

Early Christian Gold Glass

Prof. Alison Cooley and Dr Jane Masséglia from the Ashmolean Latin Inscriptions Project, talking about the symbols and celebrations of early Christians in the Roman Empire.
Anthropology

Birds in heaven: social positioning of lost babies and their mothers in Qatar

In this Fertility and Reproduction Studies Group seminar, Susie Kilshaw (UCL), discusses the impact of pregnancy and loss on mothers and fathers, and other family members, in Qatar, 2 November 2015
Anthropology

Microbes and other spirits

In this Anthropology Departmental Seminar, César Enrique Giraldo Herrera (Oxford) discusses the role of hallucinogenics in interpreting reality and the role of visions in Lowland South America, 23 October 2015 (the opening few seconds are missing)
Anthropology

Crossing religious borders: Jewish Cabo Verdeans

In this Anthropology Departmental Seminar, Alma Gottlieb (Illinois) discusses the blend of religious traditions that have developed on the Cape Verde islands, particularly early Jewish settlers, 6 November 2015
Middle East Centre

Is Religion Really Violent?

Lecture given by Karen Armstrong (author of 'Fields of Blood: Religion and the History of Violence') at St Antony's Middle East Centre on 13th November 2015.

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