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Charles Babbage and Ada Lovelace: two visions of computing

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Ada Lovelace Symposium - Celebrating 200 Years of a Computer Visionary
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Doron Swade, Royal Holloway, University of London reviews the trajectory of Babbage's calculating Engines and examines Ada Lovelace's contribution to computing.

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Ada Lovelace Symposium - Celebrating 200 Years of a Computer Visionary
People
Doron Swade
Keywords
computing
Ada Lovelace
feminism
maths
Department: Department of Computer Science
Date Added: 17/12/2015
Duration: 00:45:19

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Lecture 4: Spain and the World (1976-1992)

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Spain: 1959 - 1992
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Spain on the international stage.
Was Spain a European, a Mediterranean, or an American power? The fourth lecture in the Spain 1959–1992 series is in pursuit of an answer. It also looks at how to use élite interviewing in historical research and discusses Javier Marías’ 1989 novel, All Souls.
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Spain: 1959 - 1992
People
Marina Perez de Arcos
Keywords
history
historical research
spain
power
european
american
Department: Faculty of History
Date Added: 16/12/2015
Duration: 00:46:53

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Lecture 3: Institutions of Democracy: King, President, Parliament, and Autonomous Communities

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Spain: 1959 - 1992
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Democratic institution building.
Lecture three uses Javier Cercas’ 2007 novel The Anatomy of a Moment to discuss Spain’s 23 February 1981 attempted military coup. It questions the origins of Spain’s democratic institutions and employs CIA reports in historical research. To see the secret footage, go to: http://bit.ly/1fsV92D.
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Spain: 1959 - 1992
People
Marina Perez de Arcos
Keywords
history
spain
historical research
democracy
military
coup
king
president
Department: Faculty of History
Date Added: 16/12/2015
Duration: 00:44:10

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Lecture 2: The Spanish Transition (1975-1978)

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Spain: 1959 - 1992
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Spain's transition from dictatorship to democracy in the 1970s.
Lecture two asks whether Spain’s transition from dictatorship to democracy in the mid-1970s was inevitable. In so doing, it presents the use of ambassadorial cables in historical research and examines Carmen Martín Gaite’s 1978 novel, The Back Room.
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Spain: 1959 - 1992
People
Marina Perez de Arcos
Keywords
history
spain
transition
1970s
dictatorship
historical research
Department: Faculty of History
Date Added: 16/12/2015
Duration: 00:48:45

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Lecture 1: Development and Dissent in Franco's Spain (1959-1975)

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Spain: 1959 - 1992
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Economic development and political dissent in Franco's Spain.
The first lecture in this series focuses on economic development and political dissent in Franco’s Spain. It demonstrates the use of White House meeting minutes in historical research and discusses Juan Marsé’s 1966 novel, Últimas tardes con Teresa.
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Spain: 1959 - 1992
People
Marina Perez de Arcos
Keywords
spain
1959
politics
history
francoism
historical research
Department: Faculty of History
Date Added: 16/12/2015
Duration: 00:41:14

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Spain: 1959 - 1992

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Spain: 1959 - 1992
In the 20th century, Spain went through civil war, four decades of Francoism, transition to democracy, and re-emergence onto the international stage. Each lecture in this series focuses on one question, one primary source, and one novel, and is aimed at undergraduate and graduate students of History, Politics, and Spanish at the University of Oxford.

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Death at the Museum

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Death at the Museum
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Highlights of the Ashmolean Museum's Halloween DEADFriday event.
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Death at the Museum
People
University of Oxford
Keywords
death
dead friday
Department: The Oxford Research Centre in the Humanities (TORCH)
Date Added: 16/12/2015
Duration: 00:02:27

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Cabinet Co-sponsorship Networks in Brazil

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Coalitional Presidentialism in Comparative Perspective
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Lucio Rennó (University of Brasília) gives a talk at the workshop on Coalitional Presidentialism at the Federal Congress of Brazil, Brasília.

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Coalitional Presidentialism in Comparative Perspective
People
Lucio Rennó
Keywords
president
cabinet
network analysis
brazil
Department: School of Interdisciplinary Area Studies (SIAS)
Date Added: 16/12/2015
Duration: 00:24:07

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Coalitional Presidentialism in Latin America: Is Brazil Exceptional?

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Coalitional Presidentialism in Comparative Perspective
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Timothy Power (University of Oxford) gives the seventh talk at the workshop on Coalitional Presidentialism at the Federal Congress of Brazil, Brasília.

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Coalitional Presidentialism in Comparative Perspective
People
Timothy Power
Keywords
president
coalitions
Latin America
brazil
chile
ecuador
Department: School of Interdisciplinary Area Studies (SIAS)
Date Added: 16/12/2015
Duration: 00:26:19

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The Brazilian Case: Researching Coalitional Presidentialism

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Coalitional Presidentialism in Comparative Perspective
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Carlos Nepomuceno gives the sixth talk at the workshop on Coalitional Presidentialism at the Federal Congress of Brazil, Brasília.

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Coalitional Presidentialism in Comparative Perspective
People
Carlos Nepomuceno
Keywords
president
coalitions
multi-party system
brazil
Department: School of Interdisciplinary Area Studies (SIAS)
Date Added: 16/12/2015
Duration: 00:24:11

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