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| 1 | Results from the INCLUSIVE trial of a whole-school health intervention: outcomes, mediators and processes | The intervention targeted secondary schools and consisted of training for teachers in restorative practice, setting up action groups in schools, and a student social and emotional skills curriculum. | Chris Bonell | 16 Jan 2019 | |
| 2 | Robust Research - A practical guide | A look at the Robust Research Initiative at the University of Oxford | Verena Heise | 16 Jan 2019 | |
| 3 | Creative Commons | Netta Cohen - When climate takes command: Jewish-Zionist scientific approaches to climate in Palestine 1900-1948 | How did Zionist scientist see climate in Palestine? | Netta Cohen | 16 Jan 2019 |
| 4 | Admissions Testing Preparation Effects | This seminar is the first of a five-part seminar series on 'Student Access to University'. This seminar discusses the relationships between student characteristics and test performances with Oxford University admissions tests data. | Jo-Anne Baird, Karen O'Brien, Samina Khan, Rebecca Surender | 15 Jan 2019 | |
| 5 | Amnesties and Inclusive Political Settlements | Amnesties are widely used during and after armed conflicts. Despite their controversial nature, international policymakers such as the UN continue to recognise some forms of amnesty in these settings are necessary to facilitate conflict resolution. | Louise Mallinder | 15 Jan 2019 | |
| 6 | A Glimpse Into Contested Indigenous Peoples' Rights in Peru: The Forced Sterilization of Indigenous Women | This study examines Peru's status of indigenous peoples' rights. | Ñusta Carranza Ko | 15 Jan 2019 | |
| 7 | Battling for (In)justice: Resurgent Authoritarianism, Ongoing Conflict, and Transitional Justice in the Arab Region | Transitional justice scholarship and practice has predominantly operated on the assumption that transitions entail a shift from violent, authoritarian rule to liberal, democratic rule. | Noha Aboueldahab | 15 Jan 2019 | |
| 8 | The Death of the ICC? The Politics of International Criminal Justice in Africa | The International Criminal Court (ICC) is struggling at every level of its operations in Africa - in terms of its investigations, prosecutions, and relations with domestic governments, judiciaries and affected communities. | Phil Clark, Payam Akhavan | 15 Jan 2019 | |
| 9 | The Legality of Rebel Courts during Non-International Armed Conflicts | Rebel courts are often justified by rebels in the interest of securing law and order, states’ perceptions are more negative, especially the territorial state concerned. | Mark Klamberg | 15 Jan 2019 | |
| 10 | Reparation for Victims of Mass Atrocities: Reflections on Key Challenges | While there is broad consensus that victims of mass atrocities have a right to reparation for harm suffered, the effective implementation of that right is a promise as yet largely unfulfilled. | Clara Sandoval | 15 Jan 2019 | |
| 11 | Colombian Outcast Youths and the Broken Promises of Transformative Justice | The peacebuilding literature has long emphasised that youth involvement is key to ensuring long-term peace. In the aftermath of the 'no' victory in the Colombian peace plebiscite, great emphasis has been placed on youth movements' push for peace. | Elena Butti | 14 Jan 2019 | |
| 12 | Voice, podcasts and the future of audio | How are news organisations embracing voice-activated technology as smart speakers and other devices become more commonplace? Nic Newman, lead author of the groundbreaking study, the Future of Voice, discusses his research. | Nic Newman | 13 Dec 2018 | |
| 13 | Behind the lens: The impact and implications of visual storytelling | Award-winning photojournalist and documentary maker Hazel Thompson talks about shedding light on marginalised communities around the world. | Hazel Thompson | 10 Dec 2018 | |
| 14 | Travaux, Commentaries and Encyclopedias - how we write them and how we use them | The presentation will discuss the approaches to writing such reference works (based on the speaker's experience with the Update of the ICRC Commentaries to the 1949 Conventions, and the Max Planck Encyclopedia of International Procedural Law). | Liesbeth Lijnzaad | 05 Dec 2018 | |
| 15 | Equity and quality of educationL Paradoxes from Hong Kong and Singapore | An exploration of equity and quality of education in Hong Kong and Singapore. | Maria Manzon | 03 Dec 2018 | |
| 16 | When We Speak of Nothing (book launch and discussion) | ASC seminar by Olumide Popoola and Bibi Bakare-Yusuf. | Olumide Popoola, Bibi Bakare-Yusuf, Oliver Owen | 30 Nov 2018 | |
| 17 | Creative Commons | Brian Klug - Defining antisemitism, demonizing Zionism, excoriating Corbyn: The current controversy over the left and the Jews | Brian Klug analyses the controversy around antisemitism in the Labour Party and the limits on the criticism of Zionism. | Brian Klug | 28 Nov 2018 |
| 18 | Orna Sasson-Levy - Gendered citizenship: The case of Women Breaking the Silence | Orna Sasson-Levy discusses the cast of women soldiers who decide to speak | Orna Sasson-Levy | 21 Nov 2018 | |
| 19 | Creative Commons | Creating More Peaceful Societies - Global Strategies to Reduce Interpersonal Violence by 50 Percent in 2040 | Manuel Eisner, University of Cambridge | Manuel Eisner | 20 Nov 2018 |
| 20 | The Age-Eclipsing Effects of Environment and Input on L2 Attainment in Instructional Contexts | This seminar explores some myths about L2 attainment in instructional contexts, drawing on evidence from a five-year longitudinal study conducted in Switzerland and carried out by the speakers themselves. | Simone E Pfenninger, David Singleton | 20 Nov 2018 | |
| 21 | Empowered: Popular Feminism and Popular Misogyny | Is popular feminism adequate for tackling partriarchy and misogyny in society? Sarah Banet-Weiser, Head of the Department of Media and Communication, LSE, discusses this in light of the Weinstein allegations, the MeToo movement, 'incel' attacks and more. | Sarah Banet-Weiser | 20 Nov 2018 | |
| 22 | Networked solidarity in the age of Trump | Gina Neff of the Oxford Internet Institute, and author of book 'Trump and the Media', discusses the fracturing of society's bonds and the media's role in creating networks of solidarity. | Gina Neff | 20 Nov 2018 | |
| 23 | What now? Next steps on climate change | The Paris Agreement was a seminal moment in the world's struggle to fight climate change, but Christiana believes that the climate agreement was just a staging post in what remains a long, hard process. So what are the next steps? | Christiana Figueres | 19 Nov 2018 | |
| 24 | Burma Boys: World War II, memory and popular culture in central Nigeria | ASC seminar by Oliver Owen (Oxford) | Oliver Owen | 16 Nov 2018 | |
| 25 | Creative Commons | Adriana X Jacobs - A gift from Sinai: Translation and nation-building | Adriana Jacobs (Oxford) discusses the role of translation in the constitutive era of modern Hebrew literature. | Adriana X Jacobs | 16 Nov 2018 |
| 26 | Live panel on digital engagement | In this live panel, we sit down with Resident Advisor founder Nick Sabine and fellow MBA slash film producer Yetunde Dada to discuss community engagement through digital media. | Nick Sabine, Yetu Dada | 16 Nov 2018 | |
| 27 | BCorps: the future firm What is a bcorp? How do people know what this is | Can businesses lead the charge for social good? That is the idea behind B Corps, a movement of 2,500 businesses in 50 countries committed to having a positive impact in the world. | Michaelanne Butler, Charmain Love | 16 Nov 2018 | |
| 28 | David Tal - The making of alliance: The making and history of US-Israel relationships | David Tal discusses the making and history of US-Israel relationships. | David Tal | 16 Nov 2018 | |
| 29 | The Consequences of Brexit | Since the 24 June 2016, the politics of Brexit – in both the UK and the EU – has driven the negotiations and discussion surrounding the UK's departure from the EU. | Andrew Hood | 13 Nov 2018 | |
| 30 | What Next for Social Policy | Professor Fiona Williams explores how contemporary social movements – especially those around gender, race, migration, disability, austerity and the environment – pose material, political and ethical questions as to how we are to live our lives. | Fiona Williams | 09 Nov 2018 | |
| 31 | Fashioning Africa at Brighton Museum | ASC seminar by Edith Ojo (Brighton based arts freelancer) & Nicola Stylianou (MoDa, Middlesex University) | Edith Ojo, Nicola Stylianou | 08 Nov 2018 | |
| 32 | Transformations in news organisations | Anita Zielina, former Chief Product Officer of the Austrian Neue Zürcher Zeitung Media Group, and Visiting Fellow at the Reuters Institute, talks about how to implement change in news organisations. | Anita Zielina | 08 Nov 2018 | |
| 33 | Causal models of developmental disorders | In studies in psychology and education it is essential to think clearly about causal mechanisms. In this seminar Professor Hulme will outline the use of path diagrams as tools for representing, reasoning about, and testing causal models. | Charles Hulme | 07 Nov 2018 | |
| 34 | How 'gangsters' become jihadists (and why most don't): Bourdieu, criminology and the crime-terrorism nexus | Professor Sveinung Sandberg | Sveinung Sandberg | 06 Nov 2018 | |
| 35 | The Analogy between States and International Organizations | An analogy between States and international organizations has characterised the development of the law that applies to intergovernmental institutions on the international plane. | Fernando Bordin | 06 Nov 2018 | |
| 36 | FMR 59 - From the editors | In the 20 years since they were launched, the Guiding Principles on Internal Displacement have been of assistance to many States responding to internal displacement, and have been incorporated into many national and regional policies and laws. | Marion Couldrey, Jenny Peebles | 06 Nov 2018 | |
| 37 | FMR 59 - Foreword: The 20th anniversary of the Guiding Principles – building solidarity, forging commitment | 2018 marks the 20th anniversary of the Guiding Principles on Internal Displacement. Much has been achieved over the past 20 years but with over 40 million people internally displaced, we need to ask ourselves: Where do we go from here? | Cecilia Jimenez-Damary | 06 Nov 2018 | |
| 38 | FMR 59 - The GP20 Plan of Action: a rallying call to stakeholders | A new Plan of Action seeks to build momentum and encourage more strategic action on advancing policy and practice in the area of internal displacement. | Nadine Walicki, Elizabeth Eyster, Martina Caterina | 06 Nov 2018 | |
| 39 | FMR 59 - Laws and policies on internal displacement: global adoption and gaps | A new Global Database on IDP Laws and Policies reveals the areas – both geographical and topical – in which provision remains insufficient. | Ileana Nicolau, Anaïs Pagot | 06 Nov 2018 | |
| 40 | FMR 59 - Implementing the Guiding Principles at the domestic level | Examples from a number of States who have successfully implemented their own IDP laws and policies reveal several factors that can assist effective implementation. | Phil Orchard | 06 Nov 2018 | |
| 41 | FMR 59 - Work in progress: the Guiding Principles in Georgia | The Guiding Principles enjoy a long history of support in Georgia. However, their successful implementation is still a work in progress. | Carolin Funke, Tamar Bolkvadze | 06 Nov 2018 | |
| 42 | FMR 59 - The Kampala Convention and the right not to be arbitrarily displaced | The drafters of the Kampala Convention drew heavily on the Guiding Principles on Internal Displacement, while also taking account of the African context; this is particularly evident in its recognition of the right not to be arbitrarily displaced. | Romola Adeola | 06 Nov 2018 | |
| 43 | FMR 59 - Language and the Guiding Principles | There needs to be more attention paid to the languages and communication needs of those at risk of, experiencing and recovering from internal displacement. A case-study from Nigeria brings the issues to life. | Ellie Kemp | 06 Nov 2018 | |
| 44 | FMR 59 - Improving IDP data to help implement the Guiding Principles | Reliable, comprehensive data are vital for effective programming and practice. Data quality can be improved in many ways to better reflect the Guiding Principles and provide evidence to support their implementation. | Natalia Krynsky Baal, Laura Kivelä, Melissa Weihmayer | 06 Nov 2018 | |
| 45 | FMR 59 - The Sustainable Development Goals and IDPs | Having adopted the Sustainable Development Goals, States must be helped to make their promise to ‘leave no one behind’ a reality for IDPs. | Greta Zeender | 06 Nov 2018 | |
| 46 | FMR 59 - The importance of monitoring internal displacement | The 2030 Agenda for Sustainable Development acknowledges the link between internal displacement and development, and States should therefore be including internal displacement when monitoring progress towards their development goals. | Christelle Cazabat | 06 Nov 2018 | |
| 47 | FMR 59 - Strengthening implementation of the Guiding Principles by affected States | Engaging with States affected by internal displacement by facilitating peer-to-peer exchanges on shared challenges and through tapping into the potential for mobilisation by sub-regional and regional forums can prompt national action. | Angela Cotroneo | 06 Nov 2018 | |
| 48 | FMR 59 - Domesticating the Guiding Principles in Afghanistan | Over the past 20 years, many governments have developed legal and policy instruments to help incorporate the Guiding Principles into national legislation or policy frameworks. Achieving effective, meaningful implementation, however, is hard. | Nassim Majidi, Dan Tyler | 06 Nov 2018 | |
| 49 | FMR 59 - Protecting property: the Iraqi experience | Protection of property rights on a fair and non-discriminatory basis within Iraq’s multi-ethnic society is central to the end of displacement and the start of durable solutions. | Sila Sonmez, Shahaan Murray, Martin Clutterbuck | 06 Nov 2018 | |
| 50 | FMR 59 - The Guiding Principles and armed non-State actors | Direct humanitarian engagement with these actors is required in order to help them improve their understanding of and compliance with the Guiding Principles on Internal Displacement. | Carla Ruta, Heloise Ruaudel, Pascal Bongard | 06 Nov 2018 | |
| 51 | FMR 59 - Addressing internal displacement in Ethiopia | Among various new initiatives in Ethiopia to address both the short- and long-term needs of IDPs, the Durable Solutions Working Group is making some progress, despite the challenging context. | Behigu Habte, Yun Jin Kweon | 06 Nov 2018 | |
| 52 | FMR 59 - The Guiding Principles in international human rights courts | The Guiding Principles have potential to support and complement international human rights law on internal displacement but they have had little explicit consideration by international and regional human rights courts and commissions. | Deborah Casalin | 06 Nov 2018 | |
| 53 | FMR 59 - A disaster approach to displacement: IDPs in the Philippines | In the absence of a national policy on internal displacement, the Philippines has used a disaster management framework to address displacement caused by terrorism-related conflict in Marawi City. | Reinna Bermudez, Francis Tom Temprosa, Odessa Gonzalez Benson | 06 Nov 2018 | |
| 54 | FMR 59 - Planned relocation in Asia and the Pacific | Promising policy developments are underway in Asia and the Pacific to address climate and disaster-related displacement, yet the deeper governance structures required to embed protection are not yet in place, especially for planned relocation. | Jessie Connell, Sabira Coelho | 06 Nov 2018 | |
| 55 | Making Somaliland: Popular culture, identity and national consciousness | ASC seminar by Yusuf Kajura Serunkuma (Makerere University) | Yusuf Kajura Serunkuma | 05 Nov 2018 | |
| 56 | Transactions: Revisiting how domination worked in colonial Africa | ASC seminar by Florence Bernault (Sciences Po) | Florence Bernault | 05 Nov 2018 | |
| 57 | Breaking News: The Remaking of Journalism | Alan Rusbridger, former editor of the Guardian, talks about the newspaper industry, what makes good journalism, the role of social media and tech giants and the future of journalism. | Alan Rusbridger | 02 Nov 2018 | |
| 58 | FMR 59 - Internal displacement beyond 2018: the road ahead | The statistics and the challenges around internal displacement are daunting. However, much has been learned since the Guiding Principles on Internal Displacement were launched in 1998. | Alexandra Bilak, Avigail Shai | 01 Nov 2018 | |
| 59 | FMR 59 General - Lessons from the 1990s for Belize today | Belize is currently facing a refugee situation that in many ways is reminiscent of the Central American refugee crisis it dealt with, successfully, in the 1990s. Could lessons from the past be key to the most effective response today? | Janice Marshall, Kelleen Corrigan | 01 Nov 2018 | |
| 60 | FMR 59 General - Gender and livelihoods in Myanmar after development-induced resettlement | Research on a resettlement programme in Myanmar underscores the pressing need for policymakers to understand the ways in which gender affects how different groups experience the impact of development-induced resettlement. | Gillian Cornish, Rebekah Ramsay | 01 Nov 2018 | |
| 61 | FMR 59 General - Working with peer researchers in refugee communities | Refugee peer researchers can be a vital source of access, knowledge and assistance to refugee communities, and international researchers must consider how best to work collaboratively with them. | William Bakunzi | 01 Nov 2018 | |
| 62 | FMR 59 General - Valuing local humanitarian knowledge: learning from the Central African Republic | The humanitarian community needs to better identify, collect, harness and disseminate the local humanitarian knowledge that is developed within protracted conflict settings by national NGOs. | Brigitte Piquard, Luk Delft | 31 Oct 2018 | |
| 63 | FMR 59 General - The Global Summit of Refugees and the importance of refugee self-representation | In June 2018, 72 refugee representatives from 27 refugee-hosting countries gathered in Geneva for the first-ever Global Summit of Refugees. | The Global Summit of Refugees Steering Committee | 31 Oct 2018 | |
| 64 | FMR 59 General - Assisting displaced people: a shared responsibility | Enyimba kwe nu. When we work together, we achieve more. | Iwuoha Chima Iwuoha | 30 Oct 2018 | |
| 65 | FMR 59 General - Exclusion of local actors from coordination leadership in child protection | Despite multiple commitments to and much guidance on the desirability of local actors leading coordination at the national level, the reality is that they continue to be excluded. | Umar Abdullahi Maina, Daniel Machuor, Anthony Nolan | 30 Oct 2018 | |
| 66 | Gender, Spectacle and Nation-making in Post-WWII Nigeria | ASC seminar by Judith Byfield (Cornell University). | judith byfield | 26 Oct 2018 | |
| 67 | IAB Inauguration and Lecture by Nigerian Vice President Yemi Osinbajo | Prof Yemi Osinbajo inaugurates the ASC's new International Advisory Board with a lecture on 'The Challenges of Human Development in 21st Century Africa'. | yemi osinbajo | 26 Oct 2018 | |
| 68 | Hawks and Doves in Sudan's Armed Conflict: Al-Hakkamat Baggara Women of Darfur | Suad Musa kicks off a new term of ASC seminars by launching her new book. | suad musa | 26 Oct 2018 | |
| 69 | Unmaking the ocean | This talk will discuss elements of a research project that explores the evolution of the law of the sea over the course of the 20th century | Surabhi Ranganathan | 26 Oct 2018 | |
| 70 | Yakov Rabkin - Israel: The Russian Connection | Yakov Rabkin (University of Montreal) discusses the roots of Israeli political culture in the Zionist beginnings in the Yiddish speaking regions of the Russian Empire. | Yakov Rabkin | 26 Oct 2018 | |
| 71 | Criminology at the periphery: understanding police work in the remote Northern islands of Scotland | Dr Anna Souhami, Senior Lecturer at the University of Edinburgh School of Law, gives a talk for the Criminology seminar series on 11th October 2018. | Anna Souhami | 24 Oct 2018 | |
| 72 | What is the future for subject-based education research? | This seminar will provide an assessment of the development of research in subject-based education, and of its future prospects. Using geography education as an exemplar, it will offer a challenging critique of this field of research. | Graham Butt | 23 Oct 2018 | |
| 73 | Addressing key challenges to the prohibition of torture and other cruel, inhuman or degrading treatment or punishment | The absolute prohibition of torture and other cruel, inhuman or degrading treatment or punishment is under considerable pressure. | Natasa Mavronicola | 23 Oct 2018 | |
| 74 | Evidence-Informed Inspection? Research at Ofsted | A look at the role of research in developing the work of Ofsted as 'an intelligent inspectorate'. | Daniel Muijs | 22 Oct 2018 | |
| 75 | Creative Commons | Protecting whistleblowers and sources in the digital age | Julie Posetti, Senior Research Fellow at the Reuters Institute, talks about the threats to journalists using confidential sources, and practical steps and evolving frameworks to protect journalists and whistleblowers. | Julie Posetti | 18 Oct 2018 |
| 76 | Why punish perpetrators of mass atrocities? Reflections on peace, punishment and the ICC | Ever since the trial against the major war criminals of World War II before the International Military Tribunal at Nuremberg the institution of 'punishment' has been an integral part of the international legal system. | Florian Jeßberger | 16 Oct 2018 | |
| 77 | How The Economist uses newsletters to drive engagement and subscription | Sunnie Huang, Newsletters Editor of the Economist talks about the strategy behind the publication's newsletters | Sunnie Huang | 12 Oct 2018 | |
| 78 | Yaacov Yadgar - The Nation-State bill and the meaning of Israel’s Jewish identity | Yaacov Yadgar discusses the recently passed Basic-Law: Israel the Nation State of the Jewish People, and discusses how it plays into Israel's Jewish Identity Crisis | Yaacov Yadgar | 10 Oct 2018 | |
| 79 | Children and Social Policy in Europe | A lecture given for the Meeting Minds Alumni Weekend 2018. | Mary Daly | 20 Sep 2018 | |
| 80 | Creative Commons | How literary studies can help us understand eating disorders | This UBVO seminar was given by Emily Troscianko (The Oxford Research Centre in the Humanities) in May 2018 | Emily Troscianko | 17 Sep 2018 |
| 81 | Creative Commons | The matter of being: knowing bodies and 'mental' health | This UBVO seminar was given by Grace Lucas (Centre for Maternal and Child Health, London University) in May 2018 | Grace Lucas | 17 Sep 2018 |
| 82 | Creative Commons | What remains? Dancing archaeology | This UBVO seminar was given by Marie-Louise Crawley (Centre for Dance Research, Coventry University) in May 2018 | Marie-Louise Crawley | 17 Sep 2018 |
| 83 | Creative Commons | My fat body: an axis for research | This UBVO seminar was given by independent artist Rebecca D. Harris on 17 May 2018 | Rebecca D. Harris | 17 Sep 2018 |
| 84 | Creative Commons | What is Rational About Obesity? | This UBVO seminar was given by Professor Stanley Ulijaszek in May 2018 | Stanley Ulijaszek | 17 Sep 2018 |
| 85 | Creative Commons | Framing Obesity as a Problem | This seminar was given by Professor Stanley Ulijaszek at the Center for Research on Human Nutrition in Paris in 2018 | Stanley Ulijaszek | 17 Sep 2018 |
| 86 | Creative Commons | Studying the origins of human material culture in young chilldren | This Anthropology Departmental Seminar was delivered by Dr Eva Reindl (University of Oxford) on 2 February 2018 | Eva Reindl | 14 Sep 2018 |
| 87 | Creative Commons | The grey area: fascism between the general and the particular | This Anthropology Departmental Seminar was delivered by Dr Paolo Heywood (University of Cambridge) on 25 May 2018 | Paolo Heywood | 14 Sep 2018 |
| 88 | Creative Commons | Why Are There Always Candomblés? Situated Knowledges of Miscegenation and Syncretism in Brazil | This Anthropology Departmental Seminar was delivered by Professor Marcio Goldman (National Museum, Federal University of Rio de Janeiro, Brazil) on 11 May 2018 | Marcio Goldman | 14 Sep 2018 |
| 89 | How to make a trillion dollars | Can cryptocurrencies make the first trillionaire? Between September 2017 and January 2018 the price of bitcoin rocketed to around $13,000. One MBA student, Mike Wigrizer, was not only betting on bitcoin but also created his own cryptocurrency. | Michael Wigrizer | 21 Aug 2018 | |
| 90 | Future proofing banks | How would you like to have your own personal banker? The traditional model of banks as a store of value and source of liquidity, and of bankers as trusted personal financial advisors, is under threat like never before. | Steve Gotz, Alec Mclauren | 21 Aug 2018 | |
| 91 | FMR 58 Humans and animals in refugee camps - A field study of migration and adversity | The migratory journeys of birds can reflect the same complexity of issues that trigger and affect human displacement. | Derek Robertson | 06 Aug 2018 | |
| 92 | FMR 58 Humans and animals in refugee camps - Animal and human health in the Sahrawi refugee camps | Health challenges in the Sahrawi refugee camps in the Algerian desert are faced by both human and animal populations, and therefore responses must function for the benefit of both. | Giorgia Angeloni, Jennifer Carr | 06 Aug 2018 | |
| 93 | The Carbon Bubble part 2 | How do you account for carbon? | Richard Barker | 03 Aug 2018 | |
| 94 | The Carbon Bubble part 1 | Housing bubble? what about a carbon bubble? | Carter Powis | 03 Aug 2018 | |
| 95 | All Souls Seminar: 'Shared Beginnings? The Role of Race' | Dr. Coretta Philips and Dr. Alpa Parmar London School of Economics and University of Oxford | Alpa Parmar, Coretta Philips | 02 Aug 2018 | |
| 96 | Creative Commons | Rights and justice: reproductive politics and legal activism in India | This Anthropology departmental Seminar was delivered by Professor Maya Unnithan (University of Sussex) on 26 January 2018 | Maya Unnithan | 31 Jul 2018 |
| 97 | A petition to kill: efficacious appeals against big cats in India | Nayanika Mathur (Oxford) delivered this Anthropology Departmental Seminar on 5 May 2018 | Nayanika Mathur | 31 Jul 2018 | |
| 98 | The seven moral rules found all around the world | This Anthropology Departmental Seminar was delivered by Oliver Scott Curry (Oxford) on 18 May 2018 | Oliver Scott Curry | 31 Jul 2018 | |
| 99 | The Marett Memorial Lecture 2018. Individualism in the Wild: Oneness in Jivaroan Culture | The Marett Memorial Lecture for 2018 (27 April) was given by Professor Anne-Christine Taylor (emeritus; Director of Research at the CNRS) on the Amazonian 'Individualism' of the Jivaroan people of Ecuador and Peru | Anne-Christine Taylor | 31 Jul 2018 | |
| 100 | Surviving in an AI world | How do you future proof yourself from AI? | Vivienne Ming | 16 Jul 2018 |
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