'The global refugee crisis and what to do about it' - Rt Hon David Miliband

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Oxford Martin School: Public Lectures and Seminars

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At a time of heightened political tension and policy confusion about the refugee crisis, this lecture explores why record numbers of people are fleeing their homes; what conditions they are living in; and what should be done to help them.

Rt Hon David Miliband will make the case that support for refugees is a global public good, which requires reform of international policy. He will also argue that winning the argument for supporting refugees is vital to the moral standing of western societies which constructed the international order after World War 2.

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Oxford Martin School: Public Lectures and Seminars

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David Miliband

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Department: Oxford Martin School

Date Added: 27/02/2017

Duration: 00:53:44

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How do you turn an orange into a grapefruit?

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Big Questions - with Oxford Sparks

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Flavouring. It’s a global industry and here in Oxford a group of scientists are getting a ‘taste’ of the action by making natural flavours by manipulating enzymes.

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Big Questions - with Oxford Sparks

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Alize Pennec

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chemistry

Department: Mathematical, Physical and Life Sciences (MPLS)

Date Added: 27/02/2017

Duration: 00:11:41

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Translation as Afterlife

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Oxford Comparative Criticism and Translation (OCCT)

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In this seminar, Marcela Sulak (Bar Ilan University) and Adriana X. Jacobs (Oriental Studies) will explore the possibility of translation as “afterlife” through a discussion of the Hebrew poets Orit Gidali and Hezy Leskly.

Marcela Sulak’s talk is entitled “Translating Ghosts and Unborn Souls: When Love Poetry is Political”. Adriana X. Jacobs talk is “Hezy Leskly’s Zombie Memories”.

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Oxford Comparative Criticism and Translation (OCCT)

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Department: St Anne's College

Date Added: 24/02/2017

Duration: 00:47:45

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Putney Debates 2017 - Session IV: Preserving the Liberal Constitution

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Foundation for Law, Justice and Society

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The Putney Debates 2017 addresses the UK's constitutional future in the wake of the vote to leave the European Union.

Session IV: Preserving the Liberal Constitution, chaired by Baroness Onora O’Neill, considers the constitutional implications of Brexit and the need for a written Constitution for the UK.

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Foundation for Law, Justice and Society

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Department: Centre for Socio-Legal Studies

Date Added: 24/02/2017

Duration: 01:25:47

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Putney Debates 2017 - Session III: Parliament, the Executive, the Courts and the Rule of Law

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Foundation for Law, Justice and Society

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The Putney Debates 2017 addresses the UK's constitutional future in the wake of the vote to leave the European Union.

Session III: Parliament, the Executive, the Courts and the Rule of Law, chaired by Joshua Rozenberg, assesses the Article 50 case, the Royal Prerogative, and the role of the law.

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Foundation for Law, Justice and Society

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Department: Centre for Socio-Legal Studies

Date Added: 24/02/2017

Duration: 01:29:44

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Putney Debates 2017 - Session II: Changing and Strengthening the Role of the People

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Foundation for Law, Justice and Society

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The Putney Debates 2017 addresses the UK's constitutional future in the wake of the vote to leave the European Union.

Session II: Changing and Strengthening the Role of the People, chaired by Professor Paul Craig, examines direct democracy, referendums, and the role of social media in strengthening the voice of the people.

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Foundation for Law, Justice and Society

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Department: Centre for Socio-Legal Studies

Date Added: 24/02/2017

Duration: 01:27:11

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Putney Debates 2017 - Session I: Parliament and the People

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Foundation for Law, Justice and Society

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The Putney Debates 2017 addresses the UK's constitutional future in the wake of the vote to leave the European Union.

Session I: Parliament and the People, chaired by Professor Denis Galligan, addresses the relationship between parliamentary sovereignty and popular democracy.

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Foundation for Law, Justice and Society

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Denis Galligan

Sionaidh Douglas-Scott

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Department: Centre for Socio-Legal Studies

Date Added: 24/02/2017

Duration: 01:33:48

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Unsettled Narratives in Transitional Justice: Culture, Reconciliation and Resistance at the Canadian TRC

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Oxford Transitional Justice Research Seminars

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OTJR seminar with Dr. Rachel Kerr.

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Oxford Transitional Justice Research Seminars

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Department: Centre for Criminology

Date Added: 24/02/2017

Duration: 00:45:12

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Twenty years later: Reflecting on South Africa's truth, reconciliation and amnesty processes and the jurisprudence they generated in the Constitutional Court

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Oxford Transitional Justice Research Seminars

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OTJR seminar from Dr. Kate O'Regan.

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Oxford Transitional Justice Research Seminars

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Department: Centre for Criminology

Date Added: 24/02/2017

Duration: 00:55:04

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The shock of the new: cultural amnesia, trans erasure, and what we can do about it

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Oxford LGBT (Lesbian, Gay, Bisexual, Transgender) History Month Lectures

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Activist and author CN Lester talks about the need for queer/trans history in a world that too often forgets that variations in gender and desire have always been with us.