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Why We Need the Humanities

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TORCH | The Oxford Research Centre in the Humanities
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How has humanities scholarship influenced biomedical research and civil liberties and how can scholars serve the common good?
Entrepreneur and scholar Donald Drakeman discusses his new book, Why We Need the Humanities, exploring the value and impact of the humanities in the 21st century. He is joined by Stefan Collini (Professor of Intellectual History and English Literature, University of Cambridge and author of What Are Universities For?), Richard Ekins (Tutorial Fellow in Law, St John's College, University of Oxford), and Jay Sexton (Associate Professor of American History, University of Oxford). Chaired by Helen Small (Professor of English Literature, University of Oxford and author of The Value of the Humanities)

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TORCH | The Oxford Research Centre in the Humanities
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Donald Drakeman
Richard Ekins
Jay Sexton
Helen Small
Keywords
humanities
impact
value
worth
need
Department: The Oxford Research Centre in the Humanities (TORCH)
Date Added: 27/07/2016
Duration: 00:39:00

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The Prospect of Global History

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TORCH | The Oxford Research Centre in the Humanities
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How can global history can be applied instead of advocated?
The new volume The Prospect of Global History examines this question and explores the fast growing field of global history across a wide geographical and chronological range. One of the book's editors, James Belich (Beit Professor of Imperial and Commonwealth History, University of Oxford) discusses this along with TORCH Director Professor Elleke Boehmer, Richard Drayton (Rhodes Professor of Imperial History, King's College London), and Hannah-Louise Clark (Departmental Lecturer in Modern History, University of Oxford).

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TORCH | The Oxford Research Centre in the Humanities
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James Belich
Elleke Boehmer
Richard Drayton
Hannah-Louise Clark
Keywords
Global history
book at lunchtime
book
Department: The Oxford Research Centre in the Humanities (TORCH)
Date Added: 27/07/2016
Duration: 00:48:05

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Tackling Climate Change and Slavery

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Global insights in impact investing
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Larry Kramer, President of the Hewlett Foundation and Monique Villa, CEO of the Thomson Reuters Foundation, discuss how their organisations are addressing some of the world's most complex 'wicked' problems.
And how to build organisations that can operate effectively in this difficult field.

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Global insights in impact investing
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Larry Kramer
Monique Villa
Peter Tufano
Keywords
business
climate change
capitalism
slavery
human rights
Department: Saïd Business School
Date Added: 27/07/2016
Duration: 01:31:31

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Mark Haddon, Daisy Johnson, and KJ Orr in Conversation

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Oxford Writers' House Talks
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Award-winning author Mark Haddon discusses his writing process and interests with local poet and writer Daisy Johnson. The conversation is moderated by KJ Orr.

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Oxford Writers' House Talks
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Mark Haddon
Daisy Johnson
KJ Orr
Keywords
writing
waterstones
poetry
Oxford Writers House
Department: Faculty of English Language and Literature
Date Added: 27/07/2016
Duration: 00:57:01

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'Light' Part 2 - Harnessing a single photon

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Big Questions - with Oxford Sparks
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What's the use of just one photon, the smallest bit of light? And what does it take to study it?
We speak to Joelle Boutari about her work in quantum photonics where she's harnessing single photons, trying to understand their beheaviour better, all part of paving the way to better understand quantum features - the weird and unintuitive phenomena that you see at the smallest scales. Joelle describes her experiments and her hopes for the research.

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Big Questions - with Oxford Sparks
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Joelle Boutari
Keywords
Physics
quantum
light
photonics
quantum computers
Department: Mathematical, Physical and Life Sciences (MPLS)
Date Added: 27/07/2016
Duration: 00:06:39

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Maya Literary Traditions and Present-day Concerns

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Mesoamerican Manuscripts
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Manuel May Castillo discusses Maya literary traditions and present-day concerns.
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Mesoamerican Manuscripts
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Manuel May Castillo
Keywords
meso
american
Mexico
literary
transcripts
manuscripts
Department: Faculty of Medieval and Modern Languages
Date Added: 27/07/2016
Duration: 00:23:35

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Learning from the Tlamatque

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Mesoamerican Manuscripts
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Raul Macuil discusses learning from the Tlamatque.

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Mesoamerican Manuscripts
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Raul Macuil
Keywords
meso
american
Mexico
manuscripts
transcripts
learning
Department: Faculty of Medieval and Modern Languages
Date Added: 27/07/2016
Duration: 00:19:54

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The Materiality of Codex Mendoza

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Mesoamerican Manuscripts
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Jorge Gomez Tejada discusses the materiality of the Codex Mendoza.
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Mesoamerican Manuscripts
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Jorge Gomez Tejada
Keywords
meso
american
Mexico
manuscripts
transcripts
codex
mendoza
Department: Faculty of Medieval and Modern Languages
Date Added: 27/07/2016
Duration: 00:31:08

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MOLAB non-invasive investigations of Mesoamerican codices

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Mesoamerican Manuscripts
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Antonio Sgamellotti discusses MOLAB non-invasive investigations of Mesoamerican codices.
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Mesoamerican Manuscripts
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Antonio Sgamellotti
Keywords
meso
american
Mexico
molab
Department: Faculty of Medieval and Modern Languages
Date Added: 26/07/2016
Duration: 00:09:32

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The Codex Laud: Materiality and the problem of its provenance

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Mesoamerican Manuscripts
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Maria Isabel Alvarez Icaza discusses the Codex Laud: Materiality and the problem of its provenance.
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Mesoamerican Manuscripts
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Maria Isabel Alvarez Icaza
Keywords
manuscripts
Mexico
meso
american
historical
codex
unam
Department: Faculty of Medieval and Modern Languages
Date Added: 26/07/2016
Duration: 00:23:11

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