| Empire, Empires, and the End of Antiquity |
The 2010 Wolfson College Syme Lecture was given by Oxford Professor of Late Antique and Byzantine History, Dame Averil Cameron. The speaker is introduced by College President Prof. Hermione Lee. |
Dame Averil Cameron |
14 March, 2011 |
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| War and Civilization Series Lecture 4: War and Liberation |
Ian Buruma is a writer and lecturer focussing on Asian (esp. Japanese) culture. He is currently Henry R. Luce Professor of Democracy, Human Rights and Journalism at Bard College, New York. |
Ian Buruma |
24 May, 2010 |
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| War and Civilization Series Lecture 3: War and Pity |
Marina Warner is a writer of fiction, criticism and history; her works include novels and short stories as well as studies of myths, symbols, and fairytales. She is currently Professor at Essex University. |
Marina Warner |
24 May, 2010 |
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| War and Civilization Series Lecture 2: War and Poetry |
Geoffrey Hill is currently Professor of Literature and Religion at Boston University and in 2009 his Collected Critical Writings won the Truman Capote Award for Literary Criticism. |
Geoffrey Hill |
24 May, 2010 |
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| War and Civilization Series Lecture 1: War and Finance |
Niall Ferguson is currently Professor of History at Harvard University and Professor of History and International Affairs at the London School of Economics. |
Niall Ferguson |
24 May, 2010 |
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| Acrylic Variations 5-8 |
Parts 5-8 of a short film, featuring Mark Rowan-Hull and Neil Heyde and Christopher Regate of the Royal Academy of Music. The film shows a collaborative art project of Rowan-Hull's painting and Heyde and Regate's music. Produced by Rowan-Hull and Heyde. |
Mark Rowan-Hull, Neil Heyde, Christopher Regate |
27 January, 2010 |
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| Acrylic Variations 1-4 |
Part 1 to 4 of a short film, featuring Mark Rowan-Hull and Neil Heyde and Christopher Regate of the Royal Academy of Music. The film shows a collaborative art project of Rowan-Hull's painting and Heyde and Regate's music. Produced by Rowan-Hull and Heyde. |
Mark Rowan-Hull, Neil Heyde, Christopher Regate |
27 January, 2010 |
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| Correspondence: Performance, Visual Art and the Senses |
Recently appointed Creative Arts Fellow at Wolfson College, artist Mark Rowan-Hull, gives a talk on his work, in particular, the collaborative works between him and musicians. |
Mark Rowan-Hull |
27 January, 2010 |
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| A Very Personal Impression: Isaiah Berlin |
This talk was given at Wolfson College on 28 May 2009 as part of the 'Lives and Works' series of lectures |
Alan Ryan |
3 June, 2009 |
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| From Communism to Zionism: Moses Hess (1957) |
1957 Lucien Wolf Memorial Lecture. Lecture on the Jewish philosopher Moses Hess, one of the founders of Zionism and a committed Socialist. Berlin also discusses Hess’s evolution as a philosopher, from International Socialism to Zionism. |
Isaiah Berlin |
15 April, 2009 |
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| A Fire at Sea (1957) |
Isaiah Berlin introduces and reads his translation of Russian novelist Ivan Turgenev's short story 'A Fire at Sea', in which Turgenev recounts an embarrassing episode from his youth. Originally broadcast on the BBC Third Programme on 23 July 1957. |
Isaiah Berlin |
15 April, 2009 |
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| Alexander Herzen: His Opinions and Character (1955) |
Lecture on Alexander Herzen, philosopher and founder of Russia’s first free press. Berlin discusses Herzen’s passionate belief in individual liberty and his distaste for the new violent radicalism in the Russia of his time. |
Isaiah Berlin |
15 April, 2009 |
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| Freedom and Its Betrayal: 2 – Jean Jacques Rousseau (1952) |
Berlin lectures on Rousseau's 'On the Social Contract' and discusses his anti-intellectualism, his idealism of Nature, and the worryingly authoritarian implications of his philosophy. Originally broadcast on the BBC Third Programme in 1952. |
Isaiah Berlin |
14 April, 2009 |
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| The East Side story: How executive uncertainty created an accession conditionality that never was |
A presentation given by Research Fellow Cristina Parau at Wolfson College on February 24th 2009. Dr Parau is also a member of the Centre for Socio-Legal Studies in Oxford. |
Cristina Parau |
19 March, 2009 |
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| The long hard road to democracy and social justice |
A lecture given by retired Labour MP Tony Benn at Wolfson College, Oxford. The lecture is introduced by Prof Richard Sorabji. |
Tony Benn |
11 December, 2008 |
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