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Politics and Popular Poetry in the Arab World

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Alumni Weekend
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Professor Clive Holes gives a short talk on Arabic popular poetry; a medium of social satire and cultural criticism that is as important in Arabic culture as much as Social satire is in British culture. He also reads three translations of political poetry

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Alumni Weekend
People
Clive Holes
Keywords
humanities
Egyptian
Satire
poetry
Iraqi
Jordanian
Arabic
Department: Alumni Office
Date Added: 29/04/2009
Duration: 00:12:06

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Howard Carter's excavation records of the tomb of Tutankhamun

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Alumni Weekend
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Dr Jaromir Malek, Keeper of the Archive at the Griffith Institute talks about the tomb of Tutankhamun; its discovery by Howard Carter and what the Griffith Institute are doing to study the tomb and the treasures inside it.

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Alumni Weekend
People
Jaromir Malek
Keywords
Tutankhamun
egypt
egyptology
Griffith institute
Howard carter
archaeology
Department: Alumni Office
Date Added: 29/04/2009
Duration: 00:39:50

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The Kadoorie Study in China

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Alumni Weekend
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Zhengming Chen, Professor of Epidemiology, gives a talk on the Kadoorie Biobank study, a joint Chinese and British study looking at the lifestyles of 500,000 people and presents some of the findings that can be used to influence public health policy.

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Alumni Weekend
People
Zhengming Chen
Keywords
biology
public health
diet
Epidemiology
Britain
china
smoking
Health
Physiology
Department: Alumni Office
Date Added: 29/04/2009
Duration: 00:56:09

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Beyond the Globe: Exploring the Solar System

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Alumni Weekend
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Professor Fred Taylor discusses some of Oxford University's pioneering work in planetary science.

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Alumni Weekend
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Fred Taylor
Keywords
solar system
space
planetary exploration
planets
mars
Department: Alumni Office
Date Added: 29/04/2009
Duration: 00:52:30

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Genetics of Common Human Diseases

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Alumni Weekend
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Peter Donnelly, one of the UK's leading statisticians and geneticists, discusses his involvement in recent projects aimed at understanding the genetics of common human diseases.

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Alumni Weekend
People
Peter Donnelly
Keywords
statistics
genetics
disease
Department: Alumni Office
Date Added: 29/04/2009
Duration: 00:58:11

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Genetics of Common Human Diseases

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St Anne's College
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Peter Donnelly, one of the UK's leading statisticians and geneticists, discusses his involvement in recent projects aimed at understanding the genetics of common human diseases.

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St Anne's College
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Peter Donnelly
Keywords
statistics
genetics
disease
Department: St Anne's College
Date Added: 29/04/2009
Duration: 00:58:11

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Richard Doll: his revolutionary life

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Public Health and Epidemiology (Richard Doll Seminars)
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Conrad Keating, biographer of Richard Doll, lectures on the life of the cancer epidemiologist and lifelong socialist who contributed much to our understanding of the effects of smoking and changed the way we regard smoking and public health.

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Public Health and Epidemiology (Richard Doll Seminars)
People
Conrad Keating
Keywords
communism
cancer
public health
Epidemiology
socialism
nhs
smoking
richard doll
Department: Cancer Epidemiology Unit
Date Added: 28/04/2009
Duration: 00:44:42

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Alan Milburn on Cancer in Africa

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Cancer in the Developing World
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In this podcast, Alan Milburn, MP for Darlington and former Secretary of State for Health, explains the importance of international support to help improve cancer care in Africa, and talks about the challenges that must to be overcome.

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Cancer in the Developing World
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Alan Milburn
Vanita Sharma
Keywords
Africa
cancer
Department: Department of Oncology
Date Added: 27/04/2009
Duration: 00:24:58

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Chris Patten on Politics and Public Health

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Public Health and Epidemiology (Richard Doll Seminars)
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Lord Patten, Chancellor of the University of Oxford, discusses his political perceptions of epidemiology in the UK, and in developing and emerging countries.

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Public Health and Epidemiology (Richard Doll Seminars)
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Chris Patten
Keywords
cancer
public health
healthcare
developing world
nhs
decriminalisation of drugs
aids
smoking
Department: Cancer Epidemiology Unit
Date Added: 23/04/2009
Duration: 00:44:47

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Public Health and Epidemiology (Richard Doll Seminars)

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Public Health and Epidemiology (Richard Doll Seminars)
A series of lectures on Epidemiology and Public Health, given in honour of Sir Richard Doll. This seminar series is organised by the Cancer Epidemiology Unit at the University of Oxford.

Photo: By CJ DUB (Own work) [CC BY-SA 2.0] - https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File%3ARichard_Doll.jpg

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