| Somali Kinship and Bureaucratic Governance at Dagahaley Refugee Camp in Kenya |
For this seminar we hosted Fred Ikanda from Maseno University. Professor Ikanda's spoke about his research and fieldwork experiences with the Dagahaley Refugee Camp. |
Fred Ikanda |
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| Buddhism and the Rise of ‘the Tibetans’ (bod pa): Religion, Myth and the Promotion of Ethnicity in the Pre-modern Period |
Apropos 'the Tibetans': Reinier Langelaar's talk focuses on the mythical origins and the promotion of ethnicity in historical Tibet |
Reinier Langelaar |
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| Human Remains in Tibetan Material Religion: An object centered approach |
Ayesha Fuentes shares a unique and interdisciplinary insight into art conservation of human remains in Tibetan material religion |
Ayesha Fuentes |
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| Sacred Trash, Trash Talks, And Personhood |
Bo Wang discussing the practice of depositing garments as offerings to sacred mountains in Eastern Tibet |
Bo Wang |
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| The Helen Muspratt Archive |
Jessica Sutcliffe, the daughter of photographer, Helen Muspratt, give a short talk on her mother's life and career. |
Jessica Sutcliffe |
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| Our Own Way in This Part of the World: Biography of an African Community, Culture, and Nation |
For this seminar today we hosted Kwasi Konadu (Colgate University). Professor Konadu, Colgate University, spoke about his book, Our Own Way in This Part of the World: Biography of an African Community, Culture, and Nation. |
Kwasi Konadu |
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| To the Volcano and Other Stories |
Elleke Boehmer (University of Oxford) in conversation with Wale Adebanwi (University of Oxford) |
Wale Adebanwi, Elleke Boehmer |
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| The Terra Lectures in American Art Part 1: Regarding the Portrait: The Primers |
Professor Amy M. Mooney, Terra Foundation Visiting Professor in American Art Hosted by TORCH. Moderator; Alastair Wright: Alastair Wright is Head of the History of Art Department and Tutorial Fellow in Art History at St John’s College, Oxford. |
Amy M. Mooney |
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| The Terra Lectures in American Art Part 3: Regarding the Portrait: The Progressives |
Professor Amy M. Mooney, Terra Foundation Visiting Professor in American Art Hosted by TORCH. Moderator: Melanie Chambliss, Assistant Professor in the Humanities, History, and Social Sciences Department at Columbia College Chicago. |
Amy M. Mooney |
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| The Terra Lectures in American Art Part 2: Regarding the Portrait: The Photographers |
Professor Amy M. Mooney, Terra Foundation Visiting Professor in American Art. Hosted by TORCH. Moderator: Professor Deborah Willis, Department of Photography and Imaging at the Tisch School of the Arts at New York University. |
Amy M. Mooney |
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| The Terra Lectures in American Art Part 4: Regarding the Portrait: The Pragmatists |
Professor Amy M. Mooney, Terra Foundation Visiting Professor in American Art Hosted by TORCH. |
Amy M. Mooney |
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| The First Tibetan Block Print: The Khara-Khoto Collection of Precious Dhāraṇīs with the Emperor's Postscript |
Alla Sizova discusses the role of translation activities in the spread of Buddhism in the 12th century and outlines the extent of Tibetan influence on the Tangut culture. |
Alla A. Sizova |
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| The Golden Age of French Writing Masters? |
Professor Marc Smith, Professeur de Paléographie, The Ecole Nationale des Chartes, Paris delivers the 4th lecture in this years Lyell Lecture series |
Marc Smith |
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| Renaissance Calligraphy from Pen to Press and Back |
Professor Marc Smith, Professeur de Paléographie, The Ecole Nationale des Chartes, Paris delivers the 3rd lecture in this years Lyell Lecture series |
Marc Smith |
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| In At The Deep End |
Alex Gunz (1994, PPE) on his novel, In At The Deep End |
Alex Gunz |
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| Bibliography and the Life Cycles of Writing Books |
The 2nd lecture in the 2020 series delivered by Professor Marc Smith, Professeur de Paléographie, The Ecole Nationale des Chartes, Paris |
Marc Smith |
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| Episode 5 – Babylon: Natural Theology versus Scientific Naturalism |
When Museum opened in 1860, a new secular approach to science was on the rise. In the final episode of Temple of Science we see how ‘natural theology’ responded to the challenges of Charles Darwin’s theories of evolution and natural selection. |
John Holmes |
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| Episode 4 – Chambers of the Ministering Priests: Building Scientific Disciplines |
The Museum was founded on the principle that art should be used to teach science and to inspire generations of scientists. In episode 4 of Temple of Science we see how this was put into practice in some of the building’s less familiar spaces. |
John Holmes |
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| Episode 3 – The Sanctuary of the Temple of Science: The Central Court |
The central court of the Museum was described by one founder as ‘the sanctuary of the Temple of Science’. In this episode we see how every detail of this unique space was carefully planned and crafted to form a comprehensive model of natural science. |
John Holmes |
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| Episode 2 – 'God’s Own Museum': The Façade |
In episode 2 of Temple of Science, we take a closer look at the decoration on the outside of the Museum building, which captures the vitality of nature, presented in Victorian Oxford as the study of God’s creation. |
John Holmes |
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| Exiles From Paris |
Brigitte Adès (1982) on her novel, Exiles From Paris |
Brigitte Ades |
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| The Cry of the Lake |
Charlie Tyler (1993) on her debut novel, The Cry of the Lake |
Charlie Tyler |
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| Writing Models and the Formation of National Scripts |
The first lecture in the Lyell Lecture 2020 series delivered by Professor Marc Smith - Professeur de Paléographie, The Ecole Nationale des Chartes, Lyell Reader in Bibliography 2020 |
Marc Smith, Richard Ovenden |
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| Covid-19: who should be vaccinated first? |
Katrien Devolder interviews Alberto Giubilini. |
Alberto Giubilini, Katrien Devolder |
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| The Risks of Coronavirus Contact Tracing Apps |
Katrien Devolder interviews Associate Professor Carissa Véliz. |
Carissa Véliz, Katrien Devolder |
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| Why Parental Status Matters When Allocating Scarce Medical Resources |
Katrien Devolder interviews Moti Gorin. |
Moti Gorin, Katrien Devolder |
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| Live Event: This is Shakespeare - Prof Emma Smith in conversation with Erica Whyman OBE |
Part of the Humanities Cultural Programme, one of the founding stones for the future Stephen A. Schwarzman Centre for the Humanities. |
Emma Smith, Erica Whyman |
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| OxPeace 2020: Opening and keynote address on 'Feminine Peace, Human Security' |
Dr Liz Carmichael MBE opens the OxPeace 2020 Conference; Teohna Williams gives keynote on “Feminine Peace, Human Security” |
Liz Carmichael, Teohna Williams |
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| OxPeace 2020: Twenty Years of UNSCR 1325 |
Sanam Naraghi-Anderlini MBE gives the keynote address on 'Twenty Years of UNSCR 1325' at the OxPeace 2020 conference. |
Sanam Naraghi-Anderlini |
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| OxPeace 2020: Using the PA-X Database to Understand Gender Perspectives in Peace Agreements |
Dr Kevin McNicholl presents 'Using the PA-X Database to Understand Gender Perspectives in Peace Agreements' at the OxPeace 2020 conference. |
Kevin McNicholl |
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| OxPeace 2020: Women's participation in peacebuilding and mediation |
Quhramaana Kakar presents 'Women's participation in peacebuilding and mediation' at the OxPeace 2020 conference. |
Quhramaana Kakar |
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| OxPeace 2020: UNSCR 1325 and the Experience of Women in Sudan |
Dr Suad Musa presents 'UNSCR 1325 and the Experience of Women in Sudan' at the OxPeace 2020 conference. |
suad musa |
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| OxPeace 2020: Uniformed Women in South Sudan |
Captain Sophie Piper presents 'Uniformed Women in South Sudan' at the 2020 OxPeace conference. |
Sophie Piper |
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| OxPeace 2020: Seeking Justice for Victims of Sexual Violence in Conflict |
Baroness Helić presents 'Seeking Justice for Victims of Sexual Violence in Conflict' at the 2020 OxPeace conference. |
Arminka Helic |
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| Feed the birds? |
What do birds like eating and what decisions do they have to make when visiting a bird feeder? |
Lindsay Turnbull, Friederike Hillemann, Annette Fayet |
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| What Tolkien learnt from 'Beowulf': Representations of Evil |
Monsters and evil in Tolkien |
Rafael J. Pascual |
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| Interview with a Vampire |
Find out how plants like mistletoe and hayrattle extract resources from their hosts and how hayrattle engages in a game of rock, paper, scissors, that makes managing meadows a whole lot easier. |
Lindsay Turnbull |
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| Interview with Water |
This is the first ever online lecture by a Professor of Poetry at Oxford. In the lecture, Alice Oswald explores the strange connection between water and grief. |
Alice Oswald |
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| Much ado about mothing |
Dedicated to moths, this episode explores how and why these unsung heroes deserve more attention. |
Lindsay Turnbull, Doug Boyes, Ben Sheldon |
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| 'Healing Our Divided Society': The Kerner Commission at 50 |
This presentation and discussion, features Gary Younge (University of Manchester) Alan Curtis (Eisenhower Foundation) on the legacies and lessons of the Kerner Commission and their relevance to the current American moment. |
Mitch Robertson, Alan Curtis, Gary Younge |
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| Fictional Facts or Factual Fiction? The Social Reality behind Kha stag ʼDzam yag’s "Diary" and Lhag pa Don grub’s "Life of a mule driver" |
Fictional Facts or Factual Fiction? Lucia Galli's talk on self-representation and the social reality behind two Tibetan memoirs |
Lucia Galli |
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| Past the Peak of the Coronavirus Pandemic: Triage of Non-Covid-19 patients |
Katrien Devolder interviews Dominic Wilkinson. |
Dominic Wilkinson, Katrien Devolder |
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| The Nechung Oracle and the Construction of Identity in the Tibetan Diaspora |
The Oracle in Exile: Pema Choedon's talk on the Nechung Oracle and identity construction in the Tibetan Diaspora |
Pema Choedon |
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| Sylvia Townsend Warner |
Carolyne Larrington introduces the writing of Sylvia Townsend Warner. |
Carolyne Larrington |
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| Why is the world green? |
Lindsay searches for the truth about our verdant green world and tackles a mystery about her rose-bushes: who ate all the greenfly? |
Lindsay Turnbull |
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| The Mortality of the Dalai Lama and its Scriptural Sources: A Study in Tibetan Buddhist Political Theology |
I am currently focusing on the problem of the Dalai Lama’s mortality that is, the question of how to come to terms with his suffering and death, in light of the association between Tibetan kingship and the deity Avalokiteśvara. |
Ian MacCormack |
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| Preliminary Practices: Bloody Knees, Calloused Palms and the Transformative Nature of Women’s Labor |
The Preliminary Practices not only initiate practitioners into a specific tradition, but also more fundamentally, into Vajrayana Buddhism as it is practiced in contemporary Tibet. |
Kati Fitzgerald |
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| Ursula K. Le Guin |
A brief introduction to the writer Ursula K. Le Guin. |
Caroline Batten |
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| T. H. White |
A brief introduction to the writer T. H. White. |
Gabriel Schenk |
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| Diana Wynne Jones |
A brief introduction to the writer Diana Wynne Jones. |
Gabriel Schenk |
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| Why 'Game of Thrones' Matters |
'Game of Thrones' and storytelling. |
Carolyne Larrington |
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| Re-Enchanted: The Rise of Children’s Fantasy Literature in the Twentieth Century |
A guest lecture by Dr Maria Cecire (Bard College) discussing children's fantasy literature. |
Maria Cecire |
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| Interview: Catherine Butler |
An Interview with Dr Catherine Butler, author of the book 'Four British Fantasists'. |
Catherine Butler, Will Brockbank |
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| Alan Garner |
A brief introduction to the British fantasy writer, Alan Garner. |
Felix Taylor |
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| Approaching Fantasy Literature |
A short introduction to reading and studying fantasy literature. |
Stuart Lee |
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| H. P. Lovecraft |
A brief introduction to the writer, H. P. Lovecraft. |
Stuart Lee |
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| Seeds of Change |
In this episode we take a look at the strange life-cycle of ferns and find out why they are so dependent on water. |
Lindsay Turnbull |
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| Writing about the Nechung Oracle |
Christopher Bell's talk about oracles, protector deities, and other mysteries |
Christopher Bell |
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| May Morning, Oxford 1993 |
Thousands gather on the High Street on May Morning, Oxford 1993. |
Charles Beesley |
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| Is it Permissible for Healthcare Workers to Stop Working if They Lack PPE? |
Katrien Devolder interviews Udo Schüklenk. |
Udo Schuklenk, Katrien Devolder |
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| How the Coronavirus Pandemic Exacerbates Existing Inequalities |
An interview with Dr Agomoni Ganguli-Mitra. |
Agomoni Ganguli-Mitra, Katrien Devolder |
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| Stinker! |
In this episode we look at the cuckoo pint, which has an unusual flower with the central part, called a spadix, releasing a stench that to our nostrils is quite revolting. |
Lindsay Turnbull |
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| Queen Bee |
Learn how to identify common garden bees and find out why they never seem to stay still. |
Lindsay Turnbull |
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| Triage in an Italian ICU During the Coronavirus Pandemic |
An interview with Dr Marco Vergano. |
Marco Vergano, Katrien Devolder |
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| Tackling the Cause of the Coronavirus Pandemic |
An interview with Professor Peter Singer. |
Peter Singer, Katrien Devolder |
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| Conflict and Wellbeing Deprivation in sub-Saharan Africa |
Ricardo Nogales gives a talk for the Changing Character of War seminar series. |
Ricardo Nogales |
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| Unpacking the Refugees-Terrorism Nexus |
Sara Polo, University of Essex, gives a talk for the Changing Character of War seminar series. |
Sara Polo |
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| The Russian Understanding of War |
Oscar Jonsson, Stockholm Free World Forum, gives a talk for the Changing Character of War Programme. |
Oscar Jonsson |
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| Terrorism and Recent Developments in Human Rights |
Lord John Alderdice gives a talk for the Changing Character of War seminar series. |
John Alderdice |
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| How do mathematicians model infectious disease outbreaks? |
Models. They are dominating our Lockdown lives. But what is a mathematical model? We hear a lot about the end result, but how is it put together? What are the assumptions? And how accurate can they be? |
Robin Thompson |
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| The Lillies of the Fields |
The beautiful snake's-head fritillary is the flower of Oxfordshire. In this episode we look closely at the flowers it produces. |
Lindsay Turnbull |
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| Deceived with ornament |
Plants attract pollinators through their colourful flowers but some plants aren't quite what they seem. |
Lindsay Turnbull |
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| Strachey Lecture: Medicine and Physiology in the Age of Dynamics |
Medicine and Physiology in the Age of Dynamics: Newton Abraham Lecture 2020 |
Alan Garfinkel |
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| Sex and the single primrose |
In early spring, primroses and cowslips can be found in many gardens and parks. Their yellow flowers are certainly beautiful, but they also hold a secret: they come in two different types that can only mate with each other. |
Lindsay Turnbull |
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| From Inclusion to Exclusion from School: Transforming the lives of young people with special educational needs and disabilities? |
This seminar explores the process of formal and informal exclusion from the macro, meso and micro level to understand some of the complex interactions between policy, school and individual factors. |
Jill Porter, Ruth Moyse |
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| Being a working class queer in theatre |
Louise Wallwein MBE, a renowned and award-winning poet, playwright and performer, gives the 11th annual LGBT History Month lecture |
Louise Wallwein |
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| Race and the problem of the public in postwar America |
Margaret Weir of Brown University, delivers the Winant Lecture in American Government |
Margaret Weir |
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| Imitating Authors |
Book at Lunchtime: Imitating Authors |
Colin Burrow, Wes Williams, Kathryn Murphy, Stephen Halliwell |
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| Overdiagnosis and Lung Cancer Screening |
Recent results of the NELSON Lung Cancer Screening Trial reports reductions in lung-cancer survival but not overall survival - The desire to detect disease even earlier means Overdiagnosis is on the rise. |
Carl Heneghan |
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| 2020 Colin Ford Lecture |
Professor Larry Schaaf delivers the 2020 Colin Ford Lecture, providing a fascinating insight into his work on The William Henry Fox Talbot Catalogue Raisonne. |
Larry Schaaf |
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| Law and Exclusion from School |
Combining legal analysis, theory, and evidence from practice, Lucinda Ferguson argues that the law is ill-equipped to support children at risk of permanent exclusion from school, particularly children with disabilities or other additional needs. |
Lucinda Ferguson |
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| Exclusion and Mental Health: Exploring the Role of Improved Provision in Schools |
This talk discusses the latest understanding of mental health needs in adolescent populations in the UK and the potential role that mental health services in schools can play. |
Mina Fazel |
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| All Souls Seminar Series: The Contribution of Forensic or other Expert Evidence to Wrongful Convictions in the United States: Data and Experiences from the National Registry of Exonerations |
All Souls Seminar Series: The Contribution of Forensic or other Expert Evidence to Wrongful Convictions in the United States: Data and Experiences from the National Registry of Exonerations |
Simon Cole |
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| S1E4: Adolescence, narrative and storytelling |
This episode hosts a discussion reflecting on the meeting points between narrative and adolescence. |
Elleke Boehmer, Oluwafemi Oyebode, Caroline Adjimi, Hermann Wittenberg |
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| S1E3: Performance and Adolescence |
This episode explores the relationship between performance and selfhood in adolescent lives. |
Elleke Boehmer, Alude Mahali, Alexandra Georgakopoulou, Kopano Ratele |
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| S1E2: Adolescence and Care |
This epsiode addresses the role of care in adolescence in African contexts. |
Chris Desmond, Olayinka Omigbodun, Cindi Katz, Lucie Cluver |
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| S1E1: Violence and Adolescence |
This episode explores the impact of violence in the lives of young people, both in African contexts and beyond. |
Elleke Boehmer, Diana Walters, Patricia Daley, Heidi Stöckl |
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| Alternative Provision and School Exclusions |
This presentation will discuss the place of Alternative Provision (AP) in the process of exclusion in England, with a particular focus on issues related to social justice. |
Martin Mills |
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| Book Launch: Extralegal Groups in Post-Conflict Liberia |
In this seminar, Christine Cheng explores how states and extra-legal groups work together and analyzes how our definitions of what is legal affect our view of the state and governance. |
Christine Cheng |
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| We Are Not Good at Translating Lab Science Into New Medicines for Patients |
Inaugural lecture delivered by Chas Bountra, Professor of Translational Medicine at Nuffield Department of Clinical Medicine, Co-Director of the Oxford Martin Programme on Affordable Medicines, and Pro Vice-Chancellor for Innovation, University of Oxford |
Chas Bountra, Marta Arnaldi, Magdalena Kubiak |
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| Conflicts of Interest in Medicine: Why it’s time for a UK Sunshine Act |
Should doctors with commercial interests lead research on their products? Should we forget ‘conflicts’ and discuss ‘declarations of interest’ instead? Who should hold and maintain conflicts of interest registers for doctors? |
Carl Heneghan |
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| Ethics at the Edge of Madness |
Ethics at the Edge of Madness - Mental Health in India – Bridging the Gap |
Anand Vivek Taneja |
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| The Opioid Epidemic in India |
The Opioid Epidemic in India - Mental Health in India – Bridging the Gap |
Bhrigupati Singh |
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| Psychoanalysis of the Oppressed, A Practice of Freedom |
Psychoanalysis of the Oppressed, A Practice of Freedom - Mental Health in India – Bridging the Gap |
Ankhi Mukherjee |
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| Issues in Public Health in India |
Issues in Public Health in India - Mental Health in India – Bridging the Gap |
Keshav Desiraju |
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| The Indian Oedipus |
The Indian Oedipus - Mental Health in India – Bridging the Gap |
Shruti Kapila |
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| Welcome |
Welcome - Mental Health in India – Bridging the Gap |
Roger Goodman, Baroness Royall of Blaisdon |
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| Mental health and stress the multi-disciplinary teams approach |
Mental health and stress the multi-disciplinary teams approachl - Mental Health in India – Bridging the Gap |
Georgia Watson |
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| Community-based interventions for common mental disorders in low and middle-income countries |
Community-based interventions for common mental disorders in low and middle-income countries - Mental Health in India – Bridging the Gap |
Soumitra Pathare |
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| Public Health England’s Global Mental Health initiative |
Public Health England’s Global Mental Health initiative - Mental Health in India – Bridging the Gap |
Anees Pari |
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