| 'Poets in Purgatory' Video |
Contemporary poets read from their translations of the Purgatorio and from their poems about Dante. |
Jane Draycott, Steve Ellis, Andrew Fitzsimons, Lorna Goodison, Peter Hainsworth, Nick Havely, Angela Jarman, Jan Kemp, Jamie McKendrick, Bernard O'Donoghue, A.E. Stallings, Patrick Worsnip |
17 December, 2021 |
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| How does climate crisis change the curriculum? |
A Climate Crisis Thinking in the Humanities and Social Sciences event. Shifting the question from ‘how should climate change be put into the curriculum?’ to ‘how does it transform the curriculum?’ opens up the subject in new ways across the world. |
Rahul Chopra, Kim Polgreen, Amanda Power, Steve Puttick, James Robson, Arjen Wals, William Finnegan |
15 December, 2021 |
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| "It's True, It's True, It's True: Verbatim Theatre, Staging Sexual Assault, and Female Representation in the Arts. Breach Theatre in Conversation with Dr Hannah Simpson and Dr Sos Eltis |
Hannah Simpson, Sos Eltis, Billy Barrett and Ellice Stevens in conversation. |
Hannah Simpson, Sos Eltis, Billy Barrett, Ellice Stevens |
3 November, 2021 |
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| Mark Davies on 'Medley Manor' |
Oxfordshire Local historian, Mark Davies, takes a look at the history of Medley Manor and its connections to empire as well as his own family history. |
Mark Davies |
15 September, 2021 |
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| The Diasporic Quartets: Identity and Aesthetics |
Keynote lecture in the Diversity and the British String Quartet Symposium, day 3, held on 16th June 2021. Part of the Humanities Cultural Programme, one of the founding stones for the future Stephen A. Schwarzman Centre for the Humanities. |
Des Oliver, Nina Whiteman |
2 September, 2021 |
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| The string quartet takes residence: class, community, curricula |
Keynote lecture in the Diversity and the British String Quartet Symposium, held on 14th June 2021. Part of the Humanities Cultural Programme, one of the founding stones for the future Stephen A. Schwarzman Centre for the Humanities. |
Laura Tunbridge, Wiebke Thormählen |
2 September, 2021 |
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| Art and Action: Benjamin Zephaniah in Conversation |
Part of the Humanities Cultural Programme, one of the founding stones for the future Stephen A. Schwarzman Centre for the Humanities. |
Benjamin Zephaniah, Elleke Boehmer, Malachi McIntosh, Wes Williams |
31 August, 2021 |
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| Book at Lunchtime: Jews, Liberalism, Antisemitism |
Book at Lunchtime is a series of bite-sized book discussions held weekly during term-time, with commentators from a range of disciplines. The events are free to attend and open to all. |
Abigail Green, Simon Levis Sullam, Adam Sutcliffe, Kei Hiruta, Wes Williams |
23 July, 2021 |
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| Book at Lunchtime: Born to Write |
A TORCH Book at Lunchtime webinar on ‘Born to Write: Literary Families and Social Hierarchy in Early Modern France’ by Professor Neil Kenny. |
Neil Kenny, Caroline Warman, Ceri Sullivan, Wes Williams |
29 June, 2021 |
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| Book at Lunchtime: Porcelain - Poem on the Downfall of my City |
TORCH Book at Lunchtime webinar on Porcelain: Poem on the Downfall of my City by Durs Grünbein, translated by Professor Karen Leeder. |
Durs Grünbein, Karen Leeder, Edmund de Vaal, Patrick Major, Wes Williams |
25 June, 2021 |
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| Book at Lunchtime: China’s Good War |
A TORCH Book at Lunchtime webinar on ‘China's Good War: How World War II is Shaping a New Nationalism’ by Professor Rana Mitter. |
Rana Mitter, David Priestland, Vivienne Shue, Wes Williams |
25 June, 2021 |
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| The Formula of Giving Heart: Panel Discussion and Conversation with the Artist |
Part of the Humanities Cultural Programme, one of the founding stones for the future Stephen A. Schwarzman Centre for the Humanities. |
Khaled Kaddal, Christopher Haworth, Darci Sprengel, Christabel Stirling |
18 June, 2021 |
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| Under the Rainbow: Voices from Lockdown |
TORCH Goes Digital! presents a series of weekly live events Big Tent - Live Events! Part of the Humanities Cultural Programme, one of the founding stones for the future Stephen A. Schwarzman Centre for the Humanities. |
James Attlee, Marina Warner, Pablo Mukherjee, Wes Williams |
18 June, 2021 |
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| Platforming Artists Podcasts: Andi Burton Marsh |
Shivaike Shah hosts a podcast series with the artists and academics on the team in order to create a dialogue with potential audiences. The podcasts discuss the collaborations on Medea and explores the work of each guest beyond the ‘Medea’ project. |
Andi Burton Marsh, Shivaike Shah |
16 June, 2021 |
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| A Concatenation of Rumour |
Part of the Humanities Cultural Programme, one of the founding stones for the future Stephen A. Schwarzman Centre for the Humanities. |
Nana Oforiatta Ayim, Richard Rathbone |
24 May, 2021 |
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| The Cake, Emma’s Romantic dreams, and le bovarysme - part two, French |
Elise Busset, an undergraduate at Oxford University, reads an extract from Madam Bovary in french. Blog post by Professor Jennifer Yee. |
Elise Busset |
21 May, 2021 |
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| The Cake, Emma’s Romantic dreams, and le bovarysme - part one |
Eleanor Gilbert, an undergraduate at Oxford University, reads an extract from Madam Bovary in english. Blog post by Professor Jennifer Yee. |
Elenor Gilbert |
21 May, 2021 |
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| In Conversation with Lolita Chakrabarti |
Part of the Humanities Cultural Programme, one of the founding stones for the future, Stephen A. Schwarzman Centre for the Humanities on Thursday 13th May 2021. |
Lolita Chakrabarti, Matt Wolf |
21 May, 2021 |
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| Platforming Artists Podcasts: Rosa Andujar |
Shivaike Shah hosts a podcast series with the artists and academics on the team in order to create a dialogue with potential audiences. The podcasts discuss the collaborations on Medea and explores the work of each guest beyond the ‘Medea’ project. |
Rosa Andujar, Shivaike Shah |
13 May, 2021 |
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| Platforming Artists Podcasts: Theophina Gabriel |
Shivaike Shah hosts a podcast series with the artists and academics on the team in order to create a dialogue with potential audiences. The podcasts discuss the collaborations on Medea and explores the work of each guest beyond the ‘Medea’ project. |
Theophina Gabriel, Shivaike Shah |
19 April, 2021 |
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| Platforming Artists Podcasts: Fiona Macintosh |
Shivaike Shah hosts a podcast series with the artists and academics on the team in order to create a dialogue with potential audiences. The podcasts discuss the collaborations on Medea and explores the work of each guest beyond the ‘Medea’ project. |
Fiona Macintosh, Shivaike Shah |
23 March, 2021 |
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| Translation and Retranslation: priorities, discoveries, pleasures |
TORCH Goes Digital! presents a series of weekly live events Big Tent - Live Events! Part of the Humanities Cultural Programme, one of the founding stones for the future Stephen A. Schwarzman Centre for the Humanities. |
Sasha Dugdale, Oliver Ready, Wes Williams |
22 March, 2021 |
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| The Black Chicago Renaissance Women: Lives and Legacies in Music | Dr. Samantha Ege |
Held on International Women's Day 2021, Part of the Humanities Cultural Programme, one of the founding stones for the future, Stephen A. Schwarzman Centre for the Humanities - in collaboration with Lincoln College, Oxford. |
Samantha Ege |
22 March, 2021 |
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| The Terra Lectures in American Art: Part 1: Performing Innocence: Belated |
Professor Emily C. Burns, Terra Foundation Visiting Professor in American Art, gives the first in the series of The Terra Lectures in American Art: Performing Innocence: US Artists in Paris, 1865-1914. |
Emily C. Burns, Peter Gibian |
18 March, 2021 |
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| The Terra Lectures in American Art: Part 3; Performing Innocence: Primitive / Incipient |
Professor Emily C. Burns, Terra Foundation Visiting Professor in American Art, gives the third in the series of The Terra Lectures in American Art: Performing Innocence: US Artists in Paris, 1865-1914. |
Emily C. Burns, James Smalls |
15 March, 2021 |
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