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Science in Society: The Simonyi Lectures

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The annual Simonyi Lecture is the highlight of Oxford University's programme to bring the excitement of science to the public. Held each year at the Oxford Playhouse, the Simonyi Professor for the Public Understanding of Science, Marcus du Sautoy, invites an eminent scientist to talk about cutting edge science and its impact on society.

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Critical Writing

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Oxford Writers' House Talks
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Dr Eleni Philippou, Leah Broad, Theophilus Kwek and James Watt in conversation.
The Oxford Culture Review kicks off a new academic year with our Autumn event, Critical Writing! Good writing is ‘critical’ in both senses: as a vehicle of informed cultural opinion; and as a necessary response to fast-moving news cycles.

An informal discussion on the question, ‘What makes good academic criticism?’ This journal’s largest section is dedicated to reviews, and in this talk we focus on how to apply academic expertise – and good, clear writing – to works of art, literature, music, theatre, and scholarship. We’ll also hear from practitioners (active across the fields of poetry, translation, music, drama, and criticism) about how best to frame a truly constructive review.

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Oxford Writers' House Talks
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Eleni Philippou
Leah Broad
Theophilus Kwek
James Watt
Keywords
writing
poetry
literature
review
literary criticism
Department: Faculty of English Language and Literature
Date Added: 07/11/2016
Duration: 00:39:45

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Science and Politics

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In Our Spare Times
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Oxford DPhil students discuss the relationship between scientific advice and government policy
The relationship between scientists and politicians has never been an easy one. These days scientists advice our government on anything from run-of-the-mill policy decisions, to cyber-warfare, to natural disasters, to taxation, and on the future of our energy needs; but, with only 10% of MPs having a scientific background, is this advice always understood, and even when it is, do politicians always adhere to it?

Host: Aled Walker (3rd year DPhil, Magdalen College, Mathematics)
Guests: Kathyrn Boast (4th year DPhil, St. Peter's College, Physics), Rob Shalloo (3rd year DPhil, Lincoln College, Physics)

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In Our Spare Times
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Aled Walker
Kathryn Boast
Rob Shalloo
Keywords
Physics
nuclear energy
government policy
Department: Magdalen College
Date Added: 04/11/2016
Duration: 00:34:06

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How do you make a reliable weather forecast?

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Big Questions - with Oxford Sparks
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Latest episode from Oxford Sparks, this episode on how to predict the weather.
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Creative Commons Attribution-Non-Commercial-Share Alike 2.0 UK (BY-NC-SA): England & Wales; https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-nc-sa/2.0/uk/

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Big Questions - with Oxford Sparks
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Hannah Christensen
Keywords
science
Physics
weather
Department: Mathematical, Physical and Life Sciences (MPLS)
Date Added: 04/11/2016
Duration: 00:12:00

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Quartz: a mobile-first approach to news

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Reuters Institute for the Study of Journalism
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Part of the the Business and Practice of Journalism seminar series, by Akshat Rathi, Reporter, Quartz. Introduction by RIchard Sambrook.
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Reuters Institute for the Study of Journalism
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Akshat Rathi
Keywords
journalism
media
news
internet
Department: Department of Politics and International Relations (DPIR)
Date Added: 04/11/2016
Duration: 00:23:13

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Humanitarian non-state actors and the delocalised EU border of the Central Mediterranean

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International Migration Institute
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Paolo Cuttitta looks at how different humanitarian non-state actors (from large-scale international organisations to small local NGOs) operate in different spaces of the delocalised EU border
Non-state actors have become increasingly important players within the European–North African migration and border regime. Paolo Cuttitta's research looks at how different humanitarian non-state actors (from large-scale international organisations to small local NGOs) operate in different spaces (international waters as well as North African countries of transit/origin such as Tunisia, Libya and Egypt) of the delocalised EU border. The question is whether and in how far their activities can be considered as part of the processes of denationalisation and/or depoliticisation of the border; in how far these actors are just supporting states in their delocalised migration and border policies and in how far they are pushing forward their own agendas instead. Can attempts to repoliticise the border generate processes of counter-delocalisation?

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International Migration Institute
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Paolo Cuttitta
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EU
europe
north africa
border regime
humanitarian organisation
ngo
migration
search and rescue
Tunisia
libya
egypt
Department: Oxford Department of International Development
Date Added: 04/11/2016
Duration: 00:33:23

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Research business and the shortwave beam: Marconi and the uses of wireless in postwar years

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The Bodleian Libraries (BODcasts)
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Giovanni Paoloni discusses the influence of the development of the shortwave beam technology on Marconi and the Marconi Company
Marconi's wireless revolution, the Bodleian's Byrne-Bussey Marconi Visiting Fellows, Giovanni Paoloni and Ines Queiroz, present findings from their research into Marconi and the early development of wireless technology. In the early development of wireless, short waves were considered of no technical and commercial consequence, and left behind as a research field. While working on the improvement of wireless for military communications, Marconi was once more first in understanding the existence of unexpected possibilities - starting a new 'wireless revolution'. Giovanni Paoloni discusses the influence of the development of the shortwave beam technology on Marconi and the Marconi Company.

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The Bodleian Libraries (BODcasts)
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Giovanni Paoloni
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marconi
wireless
technology
networks
communications
Department: Bodleian Libraries
Date Added: 03/11/2016
Duration: 00:21:58

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Marconi's early Latin projects over the South-Atlantic

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The Bodleian Libraries (BODcasts)
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Ines Queiroz explores how technical constraints have shaped strategies for wireless networks development
Marconi's wireless revolution, the Bodleian's Byrne-Bussey Marconi Visiting Fellows, Giovanni Paoloni and Ines Queiroz, present findings from their research into Marconi and the early development of wireless technology. Ines Queiroz explores how technical constraints have shaped strategies for wireless networks development. Focusing on a South Atlantic case study which brings new perspectives on geographical implications of wireless communications networks at an early stage of development.

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The Bodleian Libraries (BODcasts)
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Inês Queiroz
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marconi
wireless
technology
networks
communications
Department: Bodleian Libraries
Date Added: 03/11/2016
Duration: 00:25:15

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The Gaisford Lecture 2016: Transmitting Tragedy

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Faculty of Classics
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The Gaisford Lecture 2016: Transmitting Tragedy, delivered by Patrick Finglass

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Faculty of Classics
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Patrick Finglass
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textual transmission
greek tragedy
play selection
canon
text preservation
Greek theatre
Sophocles
Euripides
Department: Faculty of Classics
Date Added: 02/11/2016
Duration: 00:55:28

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Strachey Lecture: The Once and Future Turing

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Strachey Lectures
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Professor Andrew Hodges author of 'Alan Turing: The Enigma' talks about Turing's work and ideas from the definition of computability, the universal machine to the prospect of Artificial Intelligence.
In 1951, Christopher Strachey began his career in computing. He did so as a colleague of Alan Turing, who had inspired him with a 'Utopian' prospectus for programming. By that time, Turing had already made far-reaching and futuristic innovations, from the definition of computability and the universal machine to the prospect of Artificial Intelligence. This talk will describe the origins and impacts of these ideas, and how wartime codebreaking allowed theory to turn into practice. After 1951, Turing was no less innovative, applying computational techniques to mathematical biology. His sudden death in 1954 meant the loss of most of this work, and its rediscovery in modern times has only added to Turing's iconic status as a scientific visionary seeing far beyond his short life.
Andrew Hodges is the author of Alan Turing: The Enigma (1983), which inspired the 2014 film The Imitation Game.
The Strachey Lectures are generously supported by OxFORD Asset Management.

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Strachey Lectures
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Andrew Hodges
Keywords
computer science
cryptography
universal machine
artificial intelligence
Department: Department of Computer Science
Date Added: 02/11/2016
Duration: 01:07:22

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