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Dark Matter - Are we still in the dark?

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Stargazing
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Kathryn Boast gives a talk about dark matter: what it is, what we know about it, and what the limitations of our knowledge are.

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Stargazing
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Kathryn Boast
Keywords
dark matter
dark energy
space
matter
particle science
astronomy
Department: Department of Physics
Date Added: 28/01/2014
Duration: 00:11:13

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Inflation - The "BANG" in Big Bang

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Stargazing
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Luke Jew talks about inflation, the process that scientists believe happened at the very start of our universe and is responsible for all the large scale structures that we see around us.

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Stargazing
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Luke Jew
Keywords
big bang
astronomy
research
planets
collision
Department: Department of Physics
Date Added: 28/01/2014
Duration: 00:09:44

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'Live Dangerously Brothers': Liberia's Ex-Combatants and their place in the post war city

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African Studies Centre
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Danny Hoffman, Associate Professor of Anthropology, University of Washington, gives a talk for the African Studies seminar series
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African Studies Centre
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Danny Hoffman
Keywords
Africa
liberia
social science
war
armed conflict
african studies centre
Department: Centre for African Studies
Date Added: 28/01/2014
Duration: 00:52:53

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Earth-like Planets (and where to find them)

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Ever wondered if another planet like our own exists in the vast expanse of space around us? Ruth Angus explains her exciting research into Extra Solar Planets (Exo-Planets) and why research in this area is important.
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Stargazing
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Ruth Angus
Keywords
stargazing
exo-planet
space
planets
astronomy
research
moon
Department: Department of Physics
Date Added: 28/01/2014
Duration: 00:11:33

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Wendy Olsen on teaching quantitative methods to social science students

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Department of Sociology Podcasts
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Wendy Olsen discusses her experiences and views of what works well when teaching quantitative methods to undergraduate social science students, especially those in Sociology and Social Policy.

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Department of Sociology Podcasts
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Wendy Olsen
Keywords
sociology
quantatative methods
research
Social Sciences
Department: Department of Sociology
Date Added: 28/01/2014
Duration: 00:58:39

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Robert Andersen on teaching quantitative methods to social science students

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Department of Sociology Podcasts
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Robert Andersen discusses his experiences and views of what works well when teaching quantitative methods to undergraduate social science students, especially those in Sociology and Social Policy.

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Department of Sociology Podcasts
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Robert Andersen
Keywords
sociology
quantatative methods
research
Social Sciences
Department: Department of Sociology
Date Added: 28/01/2014
Duration: 01:01:46

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Nissan Seminar: Population reproduction: a new fertility regime (with remarks on the role of migration)

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Nissan Institute of Japanese Studies
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Professor Francesco Billari, Nuffield College, University of Oxford, gives a talk for the Nissan Institute for Japanese Studies

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Nissan Institute of Japanese Studies
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Francesco Billari
Keywords
japan
nissan institute
population
demographics
politic
s society
Department: Nissan Institute of Japanese Studies
Date Added: 27/01/2014
Duration: 00:59:54

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Hilary Seminar Series 2014: Nationality acquisition in Spain

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International Migration Institute
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'Nationality acquisition in Spain: Legal asymmetries and effects on selectivity' presented by Amparo González-Ferrer (Spanish Research Council – CSIC).
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International Migration Institute
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Amparo González-Ferrer
Keywords
spain
migration
Department: Oxford Department of International Development
Date Added: 27/01/2014
Duration: 00:38:00

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5. Sacrifice in the Vedic Religions

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Sacrifice and Modern Thought
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Professor Gavin Flood talks to Tim Howles about his chapter 'Sacrifice as Refusal'
In this interview, Professor Gavin Flood (Professor of Hindu Studies and Comparative Religion, University of Oxford) considers a number of theorists of sacrifice, including Freud, Girard and Georges Bataille, in a comparative study of the idea of 'sacrifice as refusal' in the Vedic religions.
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Sacrifice and Modern Thought
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Gavin Flood
Tim Howles
Keywords
sacrifice
theology
flood
howles
modern thought
freud
bataille
girard
christianity
vedic
india
Department: Faculty of Theology and Religion
Date Added: 27/01/2014
Duration: 00:08:49

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4. Human Sacrifice in the Mesoamerican Cultures

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Dr Laura Rival talks to Tim Howles about her chapter 'The Aztec Sacrificial Complex'
In this interview, Dr Laura Rival (Lecturer at the Institute of Social and Cultural Anthropology, University of Oxford) considers the phenomenon of human sacrifice in the Mesoamerican pre-modern cultures. Her claim is that such a study contrasts with and ultimately challenges some of the theorising of sacrifice that is based on Judeo-Christian culture.
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Sacrifice and Modern Thought
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Laura Rival
Tim Howles
Keywords
sacrifice
theology
rival
howles
modern thought
girard
aztec
ritual
Department: Faculty of Theology and Religion
Date Added: 27/01/2014
Duration: 00:17:30

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