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The University of Oxford is home to an impressive range and depth of research activities in the Humanities. TORCH | The Oxford Research Centre in the Humanities is a major new initiative that seeks to build on this heritage and to stimulate and support research that transcends disciplinary and institutional boundaries. Here we feature some of the networks and programmes, as well as recordings of events, and offer insights into the research that they make possible.

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1 CleanVideoGlobal Hungers: The Problem of Poverty in Postcolonial Literature A One-Day International Conference held at the Faculty of English, University of Oxford, on June 25, 2018. 26 7 2018 Free View in iTunes

2 CleanVideoGlobal Hungers: The Problem of Poverty in Postcolonial Literature A One-Day International Conference held at the Faculty of English, University of Oxford, on June 25, 2018. 18 7 2018 Free View in iTunes

3 CleanVideoCultural Citizenship in India: Politics, Power and Media Cultural Citizenship in India argues that citizenship is an ongoing and evolving discursive project. Further, it studies the role of culture and different media in the process of citizen-making by taking postcolonial India as its case study. 13 7 2018 Free View in iTunes

4 CleanVideoReni Eddo-Lodge in conversation with Rebecca Surender Reni Eddo-Lodge (author of Why I'm No Longer Talking to White People About Race and winner of the Jhalak Prize 2018), in conversation with Dr Rebecca Surender (Pro Vice-Chancellor and Advocate for Diversity, University of Oxford). 28 6 2018 Free View in iTunes

5 CleanVideoLost in Print? Linton Kwesi Johnson and the Reggae Music Archive Louisa Layne investigates the reggae music archive, exploring music and poetry through Linton Kwesi Johnson’s dub club. 13 6 2018 Free View in iTunes

6 CleanVideoLost and Found: Till Damaskus III Travel back with Leah Broad to 1926 and hear recently found music by Swedish composter Ture Rangstrom, composed for a Strindberg play. 13 6 2018 Free View in iTunes

7 CleanVideoThe Monk, the Memorist, the Mushroom and the MRI Discover how we create and store ideas, and how modern neuroscience process 16th century theories on memory. 13 6 2018 Free View in iTunes

8 CleanVideoA Lost Victorian Utopia: Living to 100 An exploration of a Victorian blue-print for a city of health and happiness, where everyone could live to 100. 13 6 2018 Free View in iTunes

9 CleanVideoThomas Aquinas on Bodily Identity Book at Lunchtime, Thomas Aquinas on Bodily Identity 12 6 2018 Free View in iTunes

10 CleanVideoArtist Talk: Made in Imagination Find out how Anne Griffiths’ work, Lost in Imagination, reimagines intriguing objects lost within the Pitt Rivers archive. 6 6 2018 Free View in iTunes

11 CleanVideoIdentity beyond Borders: Ethnicity in the American Pacific Evan Matsuyama gives a short talk on Japanese mortality, identity, and ethnicity in the Nikkei struggle against mass incarceration during World War II. 6 6 2018 Free View in iTunes

12 CleanVideoLost and Found: The story of a Museum store Andrew Hughes gives a short talk on the discovery unusual things lost and found during a move of 100,000 Pitt Rivers Museum objects. 6 6 2018 Free View in iTunes

13 CleanVideoFRIGHT Friday - Fear and Flesh: Gothic Medicine Dr Barry Murname gives a talk for the FRIGHT Friday series of talks, held in the Ashmolean Museum on 25th November 2016. 12 12 2016 Free View in iTunes

14 CleanVideoFRIGHT Friday - Fear of Cats and Other Phobias Professor Sally Shuttleworth gives a talk for the FRIGHT Friday series of talks, held in the Ashmolean Museum on 25th November 2016. 12 12 2016 Free View in iTunes

15 CleanVideoFRIGHT Friday - Parenting, Fear, Hope and Salvation Dr Joshua Hordern gives a talk for the FRIGHT Friday series of talks, held in the Ashmolean Museum on 25th November 2016. 12 12 2016 Free View in iTunes

16 CleanVideoFRIGHT Friday - Embodying Life and Death Professor Cathy Morgan gives a talk for the FRIGHT Friday series of talks, held in the Ashmolean Museum on 25th November 2016. 12 12 2016 Free View in iTunes

17 CleanVideoMartin Luther - Renegade and Prophet Part of the Book at Lunchtime series 8 11 2016 Free View in iTunes

18 CleanVideoWhat We Cannot Know Part of the TORCH Book at Lunchtime series 21 10 2016 Free View in iTunes

19 CleanVideoThe Prelude Part of the TORCH Book at Lunchtime series 21 10 2016 Free View in iTunes

20 CleanVideoInterview with Neil MacGregor Neil MacGregor talks about the public engagement at the British Museum. 12 10 2016 Free View in iTunes

21 CleanVideoThe Fires of Faith The Babsybanoo, Machionness of Winchester Lecture with Neil MacGregor 7 9 2016 Free View in iTunes

22 CleanVideoDigital Unwrapping: Homer, Herculaneum, and the Scroll from Ein Gedi With Dirk Obbink (Associate Professor in Papyrology and Greek Literature, Faculty of Classics, University of Oxford) 19 8 2016 Free View in iTunes

23 CleanVideoDigital Unwrapping: Homer, Herculaneum, and the Scroll from Ein Gedi With Brent Seales (Professor of Computer Science, University of Kentucky) 19 8 2016 Free View in iTunes

24 CleanVideoDigital Unwrapping: Homer, Herculaneum, and the Scroll from Ein Gedi With Brent Seales and Dirk Obbink 19 8 2016 Free View in iTunes

25 CleanVideoWhy We Need the Humanities How has humanities scholarship influenced biomedical research and civil liberties and how can scholars serve the common good? 27 7 2016 Free View in iTunes

26 CleanVideoThe Prospect of Global History How can global history can be applied instead of advocated? 27 7 2016 Free View in iTunes

27 CleanVideoUseful Frames and Dead Pasteboard Sarah Hook looks at Victorian photographic card portraits, and charts their appearances in novels and poems from the period. 7 6 2016 Free View in iTunes

28 CleanVideoDavid Garrick's Wigless Celebrity Ruth Scobie's bite-sized talk on a portrait of David Garrick by Johan Zoffany 7 6 2016 Free View in iTunes

29 CleanVideoChasing Butterflies: Capturing the Transience of Childhood Emily Knight talks at the Ashmolean Museum about eighteenth-century portraits of children. 7 6 2016 Free View in iTunes

30 CleanVideoThe Death Masks of Macbeth Professor Simon Palfrey discusses the deaths and afterlives of Oliver Cromwell and Macbeth 7 6 2016 Free View in iTunes

31 CleanVideoAndy Warhol's Girls Eleri Watson explores Andy Warhol's relationships with women. 7 6 2016 Free View in iTunes

32 CleanVideoMessages through Ashmolean Portraits Vicky McGuinness's bite-sized talk at Ashmolean LiveFriday: Framed 7 6 2016 Free View in iTunes

33 CleanVideoHow English Became English A Book at Lunchtime discussion looking at the English language and how it is developing with Simon Horobin, Faramerz Dabhoiwala, Martin Wynne, Philip Durkin and Susie Dent. 6 5 2016 Free View in iTunes

34 CleanVideoRereading East Germany A Book at Lunchtime discussion tracing the cultural legacy of the GDR with Karen Leeder, Dennis Tate, Sara Jones, Marc Silberman and Tom Smith 5 5 2016 Free View in iTunes

35 CleanVideoThinking with Literature A Book at Lunchtime discussion with Terence Cave about literature's links to cognitive science. 28 4 2016 Free View in iTunes

36 CleanVideoKnowledge Exchange Highlights Highlights from the Knowledge Exchange Showcase, 26 November 2015. 28 4 2016 Free View in iTunes

37 CleanVideoClosing Reflections The closing reflections of speakers Professor Joshua Hordern and Stephen Bergman. 8 3 2016 Free View in iTunes

38 CleanVideoBook at Lunchtime: Arcadia A Book at Lunchtime discussion of Iain Pears' interactive novel Arcadia 7 3 2016 Free View in iTunes

39 CleanVideoPhilip Pullman's 'His Dark Materials' Margaret Kean explores how Philip Pullman plays with the idea of communication across different media in his trilogy 4 3 2016 Free View in iTunes

40 CleanVideoMiddle Earth and Tolkien's Digital Afterlives Stuart Lee traces how Tolkien's Middle-earth and especially 'The Lord of the Rings' have been reimagined through a range of digital technologies, from games to films 4 3 2016 Free View in iTunes

41 CleanVideoLewis Carroll's Alice in Wonderland Robert Douglas-Fairhurst explores how every generation has created its own Wonderland, and why we are still so curious about Alice’s dreamworld 4 3 2016 Free View in iTunes

42 CleanVideoThe Stories of Lewis Carroll, J.R.R. Tolkien and Philip Pullman Robert Douglas-Fairhurst, Stuart Lee and Margaret Kean explore the digital afterlives of these celebrated storytellers 4 3 2016 Free View in iTunes

43 CleanVideoAre the Humanities More Digital than the Sciences? A panel discussion with Howard Hotson, Andrew Prescott, Dave De Roure and Heather Viles 2 3 2016 Free View in iTunes

44 CleanVideoThe Future of the Professions In an era when machines can out-perform human beings at most tasks what are the prospects for employment? 16 2 2016 Free View in iTunes

45 CleanVideoHeroes and Villains in Game of Thrones Dr Carolyne Larrington gives a talk about Game of Thrones and the often complicated morality its characters have. Part of the Ashmolean Live Friday event on 29th January 2016. 10 2 2016 Free View in iTunes

46 CleanVideoIntravenous anaesthesia on Turner's High Street Dr Alessia Pannese explores a painted documentation of a relatively little known event in Oxford local history: the first intravenous anaesthesia during this TORCH Bite-Size talk at the Ashmolean Museum LiveFriday 9 2 2016 Free View in iTunes

47 CleanVideoValour, betrayal and desire: heroes and villains in Indian paintings Nisha Somasundaram explores both male and female heroes and demons in Indian epics in this TORCH Bite-Size talk at the Ashmolean Museum LiveFriday. 9 2 2016 Free View in iTunes

48 CleanVideoLive and Let Die - in Greek Epic Almut Fries explores the iconography of the black-figured wine jug in this TORCH Bite-Size talk at the Ashmolean Museum LiveFriday 8 2 2016 Free View in iTunes

49 CleanVideoThe Alfred Jewel and Kingship Amy Faulkner explores how Alfred’s translations question what it means to be a good king in this TORCH Bite-Size talk at the Ashmolean Museum LiveFriday 8 2 2016 Free View in iTunes

50 CleanVideoGreat men and fallen heroes Jessica Goodman explores how the meaning of ‘hero’ shifted in France in the late eighteenth-century in this TORCH Bite-Size talk at the Ashmolean Museum LiveFriday. 8 2 2016 Free View in iTunes

51 CleanVideoKnowledge Machines How have digital technologies changed research practices in the sciences, social sciences, and humanities? 5 2 2016 Free View in iTunes

52 CleanVideoTom Chatfield on Humans and Machines in the Digital Age Tom Chatfield talks as part of the "What does it mean to be human in the digital age?" event 26 1 2016 Free View in iTunes

53 CleanVideoChris Fletcher on Libraries in the Digital Age Chris Fletcher talks as part of the "What does it mean to be human in the digital age?" event 26 1 2016 Free View in iTunes

54 CleanVideoEmma Smith on Forgetting in the Digital Age Emma Smith talks as part of the "What does it mean to be human in the digital age?" event 26 1 2016 Free View in iTunes

55 CleanVideoDiane Lees on Museums and Heritage in the Digital Age Diane Lees talks as part of the "What does it mean to be human in the digital age?" event 26 1 2016 Free View in iTunes

56 CleanVideoWhat Does it Mean to be Human in the Digital Age? A librarian, literary scholar, museum director and digital commentator explore how the digital age has shaped, and will continue to shape, the human experience and the humanities 22 1 2016 Free View in iTunes

57 CleanVideoCrossing Boundaries: Medievalists in Cross-Disciplinary Conversation Launch event for the TORCH programme Oxford Medieval Studies 13 1 2016 Free View in iTunes

58 CleanVideoThe Oxford Dodo: Culture at the Crossroads An interdisciplinary panel discussion exploring the life and legacy of the dodo 7 12 2015 Free View in iTunes

59 CleanVideoThe Dodo in the Museum Director of the Museum of Natural History, Paul Smith, gives a presentation at ‘The Oxford Dodo: Culture at the Crossroads’ 7 12 2015 Free View in iTunes

60 CleanVideoThe Dodo in Literature Literary scholar Kirsten Shepherd-Barr’s presentation at ‘The Oxford Dodo: Culture at the Crossroads’ 7 12 2015 Free View in iTunes

61 CleanVideoThe Dodo, Animal Icons and De-Extinction Environmental researcher Paul Jepson’s presentation at ‘The Oxford Dodo: Culture at the Crossroads’ 7 12 2015 Free View in iTunes

62 CleanVideoThe Dodo and Creativity Author Jasper Fforde’s presentation at ‘The Oxford Dodo: Culture at the Crossroads’ 4 12 2015 Free View in iTunes

63 CleanVideoThe Dodo and Exploration Historian of Science Pietro Corsi’s presentation at ‘The Oxford Dodo: Culture at the Crossroads’ 4 12 2015 Free View in iTunes

64 CleanVideoInterview with Dr Sophie Ratcliffe Practical Medical Humanities 30 11 2015 Free View in iTunes

65 CleanVideoInterview with Dr Andrew Papanikitas The importance of Medical Humanities in good medical practice 30 11 2015 Free View in iTunes

66 CleanVideoInterview with Dr Emma Mckenzie-Edwards The use of Humanities in Medical Education 30 11 2015 Free View in iTunes

67 CleanVideoInterview with Dr Marion Lynch Medical Humanities and Narratives 30 11 2015 Free View in iTunes

68 CleanVideoInterview with Professor Stephen Lammers Medical Humanities and Narratives 30 11 2015 Free View in iTunes

69 CleanVideoIndian Arrivals, 1870-1915: Networks of British Empire Elleke Boehmer discusses her new book with Megan Robb, Faisal Devji and Santanu Das 23 11 2015 Free View in iTunes

70 CleanVideoComparative Encounters between Artaud, Michaux and the Zhuangzi Part of "Book at Lunchtime", a fortnightly series of bite size book discussions, with commentators from a range of disciplines. Xiaofan Amy Li discusses her new book "Comparative Encounters Between Artaud, Michaux and the Zhuangzi." 20 11 2015 Free View in iTunes

71 CleanVideoThe Lord of the Rings: Tolkien's Legacy 60 years since the publication of the series' final volume, a distinguished panel explore Tolkien's literary legacy 9 11 2015 Free View in iTunes

72 CleanVideoThe Silk Roads: A New History of the World Peter Frankopan discusses his new book with Averil Cameron, Robert Moore and Elleke Boehmer 27 10 2015 Free View in iTunes

73 CleanVideoTed Hughes: The Unauthorised Life Jonathan Bate, Anne Farrar Donovan, Seamus Perry and Oliver Taplin discuss life-writing, poetry and the poet 20 10 2015 Free View in iTunes

74 CleanVideoThe Pragmatic Enlightenment and Other Enlightenments Dennis Rasmussen (Tufts University, Boston) discusses his book 'The Pragmatic Enlightenment' 14 10 2015 Free View in iTunes

75 CleanVideoToo Valuable to Die? Silke Ackermann, Nigel Biggar and Liz Bruton debate the ethics of science and scientists going to war 14 10 2015 Free View in iTunes

76 CleanVideoPeriodic Tales Author Hugh Aldersey-Williams, historian of science Jo Hedesan and chemist Peter Battle discuss the ways in which the elements continue to inspire us today 13 10 2015 Free View in iTunes

77 CleanVideoInterview with Michael Docherty We catch up with Cancer Research UK's Director of Digital on fundraising in the digital age. 3 8 2015 Free View in iTunes

78 CleanVideoFundraising through Digital Michael Docherty (Cancer Research UK) on how clicktivists, slacktivists and hacktivists are helping us beat cancer sooner. 3 8 2015 Free View in iTunes

79 CleanVideoCallaloo Creative Writing Reading by Maaza Mengiste Maaza reads from her novel dealing with the Italian invasion of Ethiopia during the early days of the Second World War 24 7 2015 Free View in iTunes

80 CleanVideoCallaloo Literary Lecture and Reading by Fred d'Aguiar Fred reads fiction and poems about his childhood in Guyana, remembering his father, and slavery 24 7 2015 Free View in iTunes

81 CleanVideoThe Unspeakability of Trauma, the Unspeakability of Joy: The Pursuit of the Real at the Turn of the Twenty-first Century A lecture by Amy Hollywood with response from Kate Kirkpatrick and Johannes Depnering. 18 6 2015 Free View in iTunes

82 CleanVideoHenry Adams, Henry James, and Minnie Temple: The Pursuit of the Real at the Turn of the 20th Century A lecture by Amy Hollywood. 18 6 2015 Free View in iTunes

83 CleanVideoThe Real, the True, and Critique: Mysticism in the Study of Religion A lecture by Amy Hollywood with response from Vincent Gillespie and Joana Serrado. 18 6 2015 Free View in iTunes

84 CleanVideoPhenomenology and Health A highlights video from the one-day conference 15 6 2015 Free View in iTunes

85 CleanVideoLeviathan and the Air Pump: Highlights Historians of Science David Wootton and Michael Hunter review the controversial book 50 years on 28 5 2015 Free View in iTunes

86 CleanVideoRubble Flora: Volker Braun Poetry Reading The German poet gives a special reading of old and new work and answers questions with David Constantine and Karen Leeder. 20 5 2015 Free View in iTunes

87 CleanVideoTheatre and Evolution from Ibsen to Beckett An interdisciplinary discussion of Kirsten Shepherd-Barr's book 20 5 2015 Free View in iTunes

88 CleanVideoAristotle on Perceiving Objects A discussion of Anna Marmodoro's book 14 5 2015 Free View in iTunes

89 CleanVideoLight in Germany: Scenes from an Unknown Enlightenment A discussion of Jim Reed's book 12 5 2015 Free View in iTunes

90 CleanVideoLeviathan and the Air Pump: Thirty Years On The historian of science David Wootton reviews the controversial dispute between Robert Boyle and Thomas Hobbes, followed by a reply from Boyle's biographer Michael Hunter 12 5 2015 Free View in iTunes

91 CleanVideoWildlife in the Anthropocene: Conservation after Nature An interdisciplinary discussion of Jamie Lorimer's book 6 5 2015 Free View in iTunes

92 CleanVideoThat Other Place: Art and Alzheimer's A short video about a recent exhibition of photography and film 28 4 2015 Free View in iTunes

93 CleanVideoHumanities and Science: Representing Science An interdisciplinary discussion exploring the many possible approaches to representing science through the arts, as well as potential challenges 17 3 2015 Free View in iTunes

94 CleanVideoThe Perfect Theory: A Century of Geniuses and the Battle over General Relativity A discussion exploring Pedro Ferreira's book 16 3 2015 Free View in iTunes

95 CleanVideoHumanities and Science: Culture and Technology An interdisciplinary discussion exploring culture’s interaction with technology 16 3 2015 Free View in iTunes

96 CleanVideoObserving by Hand: Sketching the Nebulae in the Nineteenth Century A discussion of Omar Nasim's book 16 3 2015 Free View in iTunes

97 CleanVideoOxford University International Women's Day 2015 Feminists, acadeamics and journalists reflect on feminism's achievements and future path. 16 3 2015 Free View in iTunes

98 CleanVideoWayne McGregor: Neuroscience and Dance Wayne McGregor (Director, Random Dance) talks about his choreographic practice with Dr Phil Barnard, (MRC Cognition and Brain Sciences Unit, Cambridge) and Eckhard Thiemann (Arts Producer). 16 3 2015 Free View in iTunes

99 CleanVideoFaith and Wisdom in Science A Book at Lunchtime discussion with Tom McLeish, Sally Shuttleworth, John Christie and Ard A. Louis 19 2 2015 Free View in iTunes

100 CleanVideoHumanities and Science: Randomness and Order An interdisciplinary discussion exploring the role of randomness and order in physics, probability, history and music. 18 2 2015 Free View in iTunes

101 CleanVideoThe Stressed Sex: Uncovering the Truth About Men, Women, and Mental Health An interdisciplinary panel of scholars discuss Daniel Freeman's book 9 2 2015 Free View in iTunes

102 CleanVideoHumanities and Science: Mental Health An interdisciplinary discussion exploring the role of the humanities in mental health. 9 2 2015 Free View in iTunes

103 CleanVideoUnconscious Memory and Mental Space Professor Michael Burke and Dr Sebastian Groes 26 1 2015 Free View in iTunes

104 CleanVideoExploring the Two Cultures Professor Larry Squire and Dr Simon Kemp 26 1 2015 Free View in iTunes

105 CleanVideoNarrative & Proof: Two Sides of the Same Equation One of the UK's leading scientists, Marcus du Sautoy, argues that mathematical proofs are not just number-based, but also a form of narrative. 22 1 2015 Free View in iTunes

106 CleanVideoCommon People: The History of an English Family An interdisciplinary panel of scholars discuss Alison Light's book 11 12 2014 Free View in iTunes

107 CleanVideoAlison Light on "Common People" The author discusses her new book, exploring the interplay between fiction and history, the redefinition of the common, and family history 8 12 2014 Free View in iTunes

108 CleanVideoIrish Nationalist Women, 1900-1918 An interdisciplinary panel of scholars discuss Dr Senia Paseta's book 3 12 2014 Free View in iTunes

109 CleanVideoSenia Paseta on Irish Nationalist Women Dr Paseta explores women's history and the nationalist narrative in Ireland. 1 12 2014 Free View in iTunes

110 CleanVideoThe Cult of Saints Dr Bryan Ward-Perkins introduces a new research project which examines the origins and development of the cult of Christian saints. 12 9 2014 Free View in iTunes

111 CleanVideoThe Jagiellonians Dr Natalia Nowakowska introduces a new research project which examines the Renaissance Europe Jagiellonian dynasty as an international political phenomenon. 12 9 2014 Free View in iTunes

112 CleanVideoMuseums in the digital age: development or conflict? Interview with Martin Roth – Director of the Victoria and Albert Museum. 30 7 2014 Free View in iTunes

113 CleanVideoMedieval Storytelling An AHRC funded workshop for Early Career researchers 17 4 2014 Free View in iTunes

114 CleanVideoDance Circles An interdisciplinary discussion of Dr Hélène Neveu Kringelbach's book. 9 4 2014 Free View in iTunes

115 CleanVideoInterview with Hélène Neveu Kringelbach The author discusses her recent book on dance in urban Senegal. 9 4 2014 Free View in iTunes

116 CleanVideoInterview with Emily Troscianko Discussion of Kafka's Cognitive Realism 26 3 2014 Free View in iTunes

117 CleanVideoKafka's Cognitive Realism An interdisciplinary discussion of Dr Emily Troscianko's book 26 3 2014 Free View in iTunes

118 CleanVideoActivist Humanities in a Global Context Ahadf Soueif, Paul Smith and Robin Kelley discuss how the humanities can solve global challenges 19 3 2014 Free View in iTunes

119 CleanVideoWhat Have the Humanities to Teach the Modern University? Part of the Humanities and the Public Good series 19 3 2014 Free View in iTunes

120 CleanVideoScience and the Humanities Are the Humanities and the Sciences fundamentally different? Or do they share roots, values, aspirations and a common, contemporary predicament? 4 3 2014 Free View in iTunes

121 CleanVideoWhere's the Virtue in the Humanities? How can the Liberal Humanities own up to – and promote – its public service as a matrix of civic virtue? 4 3 2014 Free View in iTunes

122 CleanVideoAfrican Knowledge and Livestock Health Book at Lunchtime interview with Karen Brown and William Beinart about their book “African Knowledge and Livestock Health” 13 2 2014 Free View in iTunes

123 CleanVideoIn Everyone's Interests - the highlights Panel discussion on what it means to invest in the humanities 4 2 2014 Free View in iTunes

124 CleanVideoIn Everyone's Interests Panel discussion on what it means to invest in the humanities 4 2 2014 Free View in iTunes

125 CleanVideoComplexity in our multiple identities: the 2017 Disability Lecture University of Oxford Annual Disability Lecture 10 7 2017 Free View in iTunes

126 CleanVideoAre the humanities worth investing in? Knowledge Exchange Fellow Oliver Cox (@OliverJWCox) from The Oxford Research Centre in the Humanities (TORCH) asked members of the public, students and academics in Oxford whether humanities subjects are worth investing in. 16 1 2014 Free View in iTunes

127 CleanVideoMigration, Memory and Identity Part of the Humanities & Identities Lunchtime Seminar Series 7 7 2017 Free View in iTunes

128 CleanVideoTORCH Book Series: ‘Thomas Wyatt - The Heart’s Forest’ by Susan Brigden David Starkey, Chris Stamatakis and Diarmaid MacCulloch discuss ‘Thomas Wyatt - The Heart’s Forest’ by Susan Brigden as part of the TORCH Book Series 12 12 2013 Free View in iTunes

129 CleanVideoDisability Narratives and Histories Launch event for the TORCH Disability and Curriculum Diversity series. 4 7 2017 Free View in iTunes

130 CleanVideoThe Trans-Atlantic, the Diaspora, and Africa Ngugi wa Thiong’o delivers the opening keynote lecture of the Calloloo conference 5 12 2013 Free View in iTunes

131 CleanVideoMusic, Empathy and Cultural Understanding In this TORCH Talk, Professor Eric Clarke talks about 'Music, Empathy and Cultural Understanding' at the Ashmolean Museum's Supersonic LiveFriday. 4 7 2017 Free View in iTunes

132 CleanVideoHumanities Graduates and the British Economy Humanities Graduates and the British Economy. 1 8 2013 Free View in iTunes

133 CleanVideoOrchestral Musicians' Experiences: Inside Out In this TORCH Talk, Dr Cayenna Ponchione-Bailey presents on 'Orchestral Musicians' Experiences: Inside Out' at the Ashmolean Museum's Supersonic LiveFriday. 4 7 2017 Free View in iTunes

134 CleanVideoTORCH Launch The highlights of the launch event for The Oxford Research Centre in the Humanities (TORCH). 29 5 2013 Free View in iTunes

135 CleanVideoImages of Mithra Book at Lunchtime discussion 3 7 2017 Free View in iTunes

136 CleanVideoThe Selden Map The Selden Map of China has been one of the treasures of the Bodleian Library since 1659. This film shows how this remarkable map is interpreted today by scholars from a range of different disciplines. 29 5 2013 Free View in iTunes

137 CleanVideoRepositioning Women's Health Care: A Case Study on Women Who Survived Ebola in Sierra Leone Part of the Humanities & Identities Lunchtime Series 27 6 2017 Free View in iTunes

138 CleanVideoEarly Modern Catholicism Network Clare Copeland and Jan Machielsen talk about a new hub to encourage, enhance, and promote research touching on all aspects of early modern Catholicism from across the academic disciplines. 24 5 2013 Free View in iTunes

139 CleanVideoHumanities Knowledge Exchange Showcase Knowledge Exchange is the mutually beneficial sharing of ideas, data, experience, and expertise, and involves collaboration between researchers and external organisations or the public. 19 6 2017 Free View in iTunes

140 CleanVideoHiCor: a Cross-Disciplinary Network for History and Corpus Linguistics Gabor Mihaly Toth talks about a network of corpus linguists, computational linguists, and historians who are aiming to study how the resources, tools and methods of corpus linguistics can be used to address important historical research questions. 24 5 2013 Free View in iTunes

141 CleanVideoExploring Sicilian Epigraphy Sicilian schools study and research epigraphy in their museums. 23 6 2017 Free View in iTunes

142 CleanVideoRace and Resistance Across Borders in the Long Twentieth Century Elleke Boehmer and Imaobong Umoren talk about their research network which is investigating how twentieth-century activists, artists and intellectuals challenged racially oppressive hierarchies and sought to achieve equality. 24 5 2013 Free View in iTunes

143 CleanVideoItalian Stories in Britain A project about talking to Italian communities in Britain and finding out what stories there are. 23 6 2017 Free View in iTunes

144 CleanVideoAncient Dance in Modern Dancers Sophie Bocksberger, Berrow Scholar, Classics, talks about collaborative workshops involving classical historians, professionally-trained dancers, and anthropologists to create "reconstructive" performances of the Roman dance form tragoedia saltata. 24 5 2013 Free View in iTunes

145 CleanVideoUnsilencing the library: An exhibition at Compton Verney Research into how books make us feel. 23 6 2017 Free View in iTunes

146 CleanVideoRecreating the music of an ancient Greek chorus: Euripides Orestes Research into ancient music. 23 6 2017 Free View in iTunes

147 CleanVideoStorming Utopia The director from the Pegasus theatre in Oxford, talks about his upcoming theatre piece. 23 6 2017 Free View in iTunes

148 CleanVideoArt and Emergency Book at Lunchtime, Art and Emergency 22 5 2018 Free View in iTunes

149 CleanVideoLiterature and Silence Research into multiple Quaker congregations. 23 6 2017 Free View in iTunes

150 CleanVideoIn search of the Phoenicians Book at Lunchtime, In search of the Phoenicians 10 5 2018 Free View in iTunes

151 CleanVideoTransforming The Operatic Voice Looking at the relationships between philosophy and the creative practice of music. 23 6 2017 Free View in iTunes

152 CleanVideoPhotography and Tibet Author, Clare Harris, talks about her book on photography in Tibet - a place that has for centuries been a source of fascination for outsiders and a captivating yet troublesome subject for photographers. 5 4 2018 Free View in iTunes

153 CleanVideoA Celebration of the Centenary of the Birth of Olive Gibbs 100 years since the Representation of the People Act, the act which gave women the vote. 26 2 2018 Free View in iTunes

154 CleanVideoEthnicised Religion and Sacralised Ethnicity in the Past and the Present An expert panel discusses the phenomenon of ethnicisation of religious identifications focussing especially on the nexus of religious, ethnic and national identifications in colonial, anti-colonial and postcolonial settings from Ireland to South Asia. 22 2 2018 Free View in iTunes

155 CleanVideoValuing Women With Disabilities Valuing Women With Disabilities: Infantilised, Medicalised, Pauperised? 21 2 2018 Free View in iTunes

156 CleanVideoJames Joyce and the Phenomenology of Film Book at Lunchtime, James Joyce and the Phenomenology of Film 16 2 2018 Free View in iTunes

157 CleanVideoA History of Algeria James McDougall presents an expansive new account of the modern history of Africa's largest country 25 1 2018 Free View in iTunes

158 CleanVideoImagining the Divine: Art and the Rise of World Religions Mary Beard and Neil MacGregor in conversation 24 1 2018 Free View in iTunes

159 CleanVideoBecoming / Unbecoming With comics artist Una 18 12 2017 Free View in iTunes

160 CleanVideoUnlocking the Church Book at Lunchtime, Unlocking the Church 11 12 2017 Free View in iTunes

161 CleanVideoPerformance of 'Night Dance (Fantasy)' Musicians Dan Hulme and Nick Fowler perform Night Dance (Fantasy) at a recent Live Friday event, held at the Ashmolean Museum on March 3rd 2017. 13 6 2017 Free View in iTunes

162 CleanVideoLate Victorian into Modern Book at Lunchtime, Late Victorian into Modern 8 12 2017 Free View in iTunes

163 CleanVideoBritain's History and Memory of Transatlantic Slavery Book at Lunchtime seminar on Britain's History and Memory of Transatlantic Slavery, edited and written by Ryan Hanley (Fellow in History, University of Oxford). 13 6 2017 Free View in iTunes

164 CleanVideoAutonomy, Community, Destiny: Re-Imagining Disability The second seminar in the Disability and Curriculum Diversity series at TORCH 7 12 2017 Free View in iTunes

165 CleanVideoEverything in Everything: Anaxagoras's Metaphysics Book at Lunchtime discussion 6 6 2017 Free View in iTunes

166 CleanVideoWork, Time and Stress: Historical and Contemporary Perspectives Stress & overwork in both education and professional life in the Victorian era and the 'dynamic' nature of disability and the impact of the stresses of modern life has. 7 12 2017 Free View in iTunes

167 CleanVideoVolcanoes: Natural Disaster Narratives and the Environment in Caribbean Literature A panel discussion 5 6 2017 Free View in iTunes

168 CleanVideoMe and My Beliefs: Challenges of Identity and Society Me and My Beliefs: Challenges of Identity and Society held on 28 November 2017 6 12 2017 Free View in iTunes

169 CleanVideoImagining the Divine: Art and the Rise of World Religions Book at Lunchtime held on 8th November 2017. 27 11 2017 Free View in iTunes

170 CleanVideoRepresenting the Dead Book at Lunchtime event 26 10 2017 Free View in iTunes

171 CleanVideoHidden Beneath the Surface: Untold Tales of Neurodivergence and Mental Difference in Oxford World Mental Health Day 2017 18 10 2017 Free View in iTunes

172 CleanVideoUnflattening With Nick Sousanis 5 9 2017 Free View in iTunes

173 CleanVideoDisaster Drawn: Comics and Picturing Violence Keynote lecture by Hilary Chute as part of the Documenting Trauma conference. 5 9 2017 Free View in iTunes

174 CleanVideoInHabit: People, Places and Possessions Book at Lunchtime Seminar held on May 3rd 2017. 10 5 2017 Free View in iTunes

175 CleanVideoExodus, Reckoning, Sacrifice: Three Meanings of Brexit Lecture with Kalypso Nicolaidis (St Antony’s College). Respondent: Anand Menon (King’s College London) Convenors: Timothy Garton Ash and Kalypso Nicolaidis (St Antony’s College). 3 3 2017 Free View in iTunes

176 CleanVideoLiving Bilingual Professor Elleke Boehmer (Director of TORCH) delivers a talk as part of the Creative Multilingualism and TORCH Bitesize Talks at Linguamania, Ashmolean Museum. 22 2 2017 Free View in iTunes

177 CleanVideoBilingualism and the Internet Scott Hale (Senior Data Scientist) delivers a talk as part of the Creative Multilingualism and TORCH Bitesize Talks at Linguamania, Ashmolean Museum. 22 2 2017 Free View in iTunes

178 CleanVideoGerms Revisited On Thursday 16 March 2017, Dr Emilie Taylor-Brown gave a talk with Dr Jamie Lorimer (School of Geography and the Environment) and Dr Nicola Fawcett (Medical Sciences Division) on the subject of Germs Revisited. 25 4 2017 Free View in iTunes

179 CleanVideoA Tristan Tile in the Ashmolean Henrike Lähnemann (Professor of Medieval German Literature) delivers a talk as part of the Creative Multilingualism and TORCH Bitesize Talks at Linguamania, Ashmolean Museum. 21 2 2017 Free View in iTunes

180 CleanVideoWhither Death? Helen Swift and Jessica Goodman discuss the one day conference 'Whither Death?' 28 3 2017 Free View in iTunes

181 CleanVideoDo Objects Speak? Wen-chin Ouyang (Professor of Arabic and Comparative Literature at the School of Oriental and African Studies) delivers a talk as part of the Creative Multilingualism and TORCH Bitesize Talks at Lingumania. 21 2 2017 Free View in iTunes

182 CleanVideoMiles Hewstone - What Does Diversity Mean to Me? Opening event in TORCH Headline Series exploring 'Humanities & Identities' 28 3 2017 Free View in iTunes

183 CleanVideoMusings from Cloud Cuckoo Land Dr Karen Park delivers a Creative Multilingualism and TORCH Bitesize talk as part of Linguamania 21 2 2017 Free View in iTunes

184 CleanVideoMaria Misra - What Does Diversity Mean to Me? Opening event in TORCH Headline Series exploring 'Humanities & Identities' 28 3 2017 Free View in iTunes

185 CleanVideoThe Spirits of Crossbones Graveyard The book's author Sondra Hausner (Professor of Anthropology, University of Oxford) will explore the issues raised in her book. 10 2 2017 Free View in iTunes

186 CleanVideoMarvin Rees - What Does Diversity Mean to Me? Opening event in TORCH Headline Series exploring 'Humanities & Identities' 28 3 2017 Free View in iTunes

187 CleanVideoLiterature and the Public Good Part of the Book at Lunchtime series 1 2 2017 Free View in iTunes

188 CleanVideoDeborah Cameron - What Does Diversity Mean to Me? Opening event in TORCH Headline Series exploring 'Humanities & Identities 28 3 2017 Free View in iTunes

189 CleanVideoEllah Wakatama Allfrey - What Does Diversity Mean to Me? Opening event in TORCH Headline Series exploring 'Humanities & Identities' 28 3 2017 Free View in iTunes

190 CleanVideoDrawing the Line: Toward an Aesthetic of Transitional Justice This Postcolonial Writing and Theory Seminar is on 'Drawing the Line: Toward an Aesthetic of Transitional Justice' with speaker Carrol Clarkson (University of Amsterdam). 6 1 2017 Free View in iTunes

191 CleanVideoJay Stewart - What Does Diversity Mean to Me? Opening event in TORCH Headline Series exploring 'Humanities & Identities' 28 3 2017 Free View in iTunes

192 CleanVideoFRIGHT Friday - Stretched to Breaking Point Dan Holloway gives a talk for the FRIGHT Friday series of talks, held in the Ashmolean Museum on 25th November 2016. 12 12 2016 Free View in iTunes

193 CleanVideoPolitics and Public Space in Contemporary Argentine Poetry Book at Lunchtime event. 21 3 2017 Free View in iTunes

194 CleanVideoFRIGHT Friday - Gothic Horror: Medicine and Monsters Dr Andrew Papanikitas gives a talk for the FRIGHT Friday series of talks, held in the Ashmolean Museum on 25th November 2016. 12 12 2016 Free View in iTunes

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