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Public International Law Discussion Group (Part I) and Annual Global Justice Lectures

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Public International Law Discussion Group (Part I) and Annual Global Justice Lectures
Lectures on international law issues by eminent scholars, practitioners and judges of national and international courts. The lecture series is brought to you by the Public International Law Discussion Group, part of the Law Faculty of the University of Oxford, and is supported by the British Branch of the International Law Association and Oxford University Press. Further details of this series can be found on the Public International Law at Oxford website. The Oxford Global Justice Lecture was recently established by the Oxford Law Faculty, as an annual lecture to be delivered each year by a leading figure in international law. The lecture series is generously supported by the Planethood Foundation

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Language and History

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MSt English Language
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Prof. Simon Horobin examines how the English language has changed over time, addressing such vexed questions as whether Jane Austen could spell, the fate of the apostrophe and whether people who 'literally' explode with anger are corrupting the language.
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MSt English Language
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Simon Horobin
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masters
#greatwriters
language
MSt
english
oxford
Department: Faculty of English Language and Literature
Date Added: 30/10/2012
Duration: 00:26:40

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Much Ado About Nothing

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Approaching Shakespeare
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Emma Smith asks why the characters are so quick to believe the self-proclaimed villain Don John, drawing on gender and performance criticism to think about male bonding, the genre of comedy, and the impulses of modern performance.
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Approaching Shakespeare
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Emma Smith
Keywords
criticism
play
literature
theatre
language
shakespeare
english
#greatwriters
Department: Faculty of English Language and Literature
Date Added: 30/10/2012
Duration: 00:41:58

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Conflict Culture

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First World War: New Perspectives
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How much do we really know about the experience of the average individual soldier?
Matthew Leonard, University of Bristol, discusses the unique conflict culture that developed among soldiers fighting on the front lines during the First World War.
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First World War: New Perspectives
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Matthew Leonard
Keywords
material culture
ww1
#ww1
great war
world war one
first world war
archaeology
history
Department: IT Services
Date Added: 29/10/2012
Duration: 00:13:15

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The Better Part of Valour

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First World War: New Perspectives
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Combatant Courage on the Western Front.
No human characteristic has a greater impact on the outcome of military endeavour than courage. Dr Edward Madigan from the Commonwealth War Graves Commission, explores how frontline soldiers in the First World War conceived combatant courage on the Western Front, the role of humour and the rejection of victimhood.
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First World War: New Perspectives
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Edward Madigan
Keywords
#ww1
ww1
military
Western Front
world war one
great war
first world war
history
combatant courage
Department: IT Services
Date Added: 29/10/2012
Duration: 00:20:18

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Surplus Women

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First World War: New Perspectives
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The First World War and its impact on emigration, work and marriage.
Dr Rosemary Wall, University of Hull, explores how the deaths of 700 000 British men affected the lives of the country's women following the First World War. With over 1/2 million more unmarried women in 25-34 age group, many women applied to the Overseas Nursing Association to increase their chances of marriage.
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First World War: New Perspectives
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Rosemary Wall
Keywords
#ww1
ww1
nursing
great war
emigration
first world war
world war one
marriage
history
gender
women
Department: IT Services
Date Added: 29/10/2012
Duration: 00:15:16

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The Indian Sepoy in the First World War

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First World War: New Perspectives
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The role of India and the Indian Sepoy in the First World War.
Dr Santanu Das, reader at Kings College London, considers the global and colonial dimensions of the first world war, namely India's involvement in the conflict and asks how the war continues to resonate for diaspora communities in Europe and America.
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First World War: New Perspectives
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Santanu Das
Keywords
Colonial
india
great war
#ww1
ww1
first world war
world war one
history
British empire
Department: IT Services
Date Added: 29/10/2012
Duration: 00:19:03

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Rethinking British Volunteerism in 1914: A Rush to the Colours?

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First World War: New Perspectives
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The British response to the outbreak of War in 1914.
Dr Catriona Pennell, Lecturer in History at the University of Exeter, explains how the reaction to the outbreak of the first world war was much more complex than traditional accounts would lead us to believe.
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First World War: New Perspectives
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Catriona Pennell
Keywords
#ww1
ww1
world war one
great war
first world war
history
Department: IT Services
Date Added: 29/10/2012
Duration: 00:13:05

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The Historian and the Centenary

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First World War: New Perspectives
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Important questions, problems, and challenges pertaining to the role historians and scholars will play in the centenary of the First World War.
Presented by Dr Pierre Purseigle, Senior Lecturer in Modern History at the University of Birmingham and President of the International Society for First World War Studies.
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First World War: New Perspectives
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Pierre Purseigle
Keywords
centenary
ww1
historian
great war
world war one
first world war
Department: IT Services
Date Added: 29/10/2012
Duration: 00:22:24

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First World War: New Perspectives

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First World War: New Perspectives
A series of short introductory talks from experts in the field presenting new perspectives on the First World War. Produced by the University of Oxford.

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