| Monstrosities and Metamorphosis in More-Than-Human Worlds |
Metamorphosis is constantly taking place in the worlds of people and other animals. A freewheeling discussion featuring shape-shifting leopard men in Nigeria, gut microbes that shape the human condition, and circus freakshows. |
David Pratten, Jamie Lorimer, Beth Greenhough, Eva Bredler, Eben Kirksey, Rosemarie Garland-Thomson |
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| Extraordinary Bodies, Disability Justice, and Metamorphosis |
All of our bodies are gradually undergoing metamorphosis. Yet, many people with extraordinary bodies and minds experience discrimination in everyday life. Our speakers imagine metamorphosis and transformations on a grand societal scale. |
Rosemarie Garland-Thomson, Anna Landre, Benedict Ipgrave, Stuart Murray, Hannah Thompson, Zhixin Wan, Khansa Mari |
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| Keynote: Time traveling with Gregor Samsa, or what you can do with six legs |
Professors Rosemarie Garland-Thomson and Eben Kirksey use Gregor's transformation in 'Metamorphosis' to muse on the everyday changes we all experience and their relations to disability, design justice and ableism. |
Rosemarie Garland-Thomson, Eben Kirksey |
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| CRISPR, Gene Editing, and Metamorphosis |
Biotechnology is transforming the human condition. A molecular tool called CRISPR-Cas9 is being used to edit human DNA. Scientists will join influential disabled thinkers to discuss ethical issues hovering around gene editing. |
Rosemarie Garland-Thomson, Nada Kubikova, Dagan Wells, Julia-Sophia Bellingrath, Eben Kirksey, Sarah Kane |
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| Hunger Artistry: Kafka and the Art of Starvation |
Kafka’s provocative story “The Hunger Artist” explores starvation, art, and the nature of human existence. Experts discuss the story and its reception. |
Peter Boxall, Ankhi Mukherjee, Meindert Peters, Karen Leeder, Alys Moody |
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| Modernist Photobooks, Propaganda and the Everyday |
Associate Professor Donna West Brett gives a lecture on the collection of photobooks donated to the Bodleian Library in 2020 by Sir Charles Chadwyck-Healey. |
Donna West Brett |
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| Some generalizations about the shape and geographical spread of Latin textual traditions |
Episode 4 of the Lyell lectures 2024 delivered by Professor Stephen Oakley. |
Stephen Oakley |
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| What happens when incunables replace manuscripts? |
Episode 4 of the Lyell lectures 2024 delivered by Professor Stephen Oakley. |
Stephen Oakley |
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| Cross-fertilization and the limits of the genealogical method: the case of Catullus |
Episode 3 of the Lyell lectures 2024 delivered by Professor Stephen Oakley. |
Stephen Oakley |
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| The transmission of the Corpus Cyprianum and Pontius’ Life of Cyprian |
Episode 2 of the Lyell lectures 2024 delivered by Professor Stephen Oakley. |
Stephen Oakley |
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| The transmission of Julius Caesar’s Civil War |
Episode 1 of the Lyell lectures 2024 delivered by Professor Stephen Oakley. |
Stephen Oakley |
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| ‘Franz Kafka’s ‘Metamorphosis’: Insects and Disgust and Repulsion’ |
Franz Kafka exploited people’s disgust at insects as his protagonist, Greger Samsa, was transformed into a giant insect. Is this disgust innate, widely shared or justified and what are the consequences for our treatment of insects? |
Liam Crowley, Rosemary Gillespie, Clair Linzey, Geraldine Wright |
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| Tuberculosis: vaccines, diagnostics and experience |
Kafka died in 1924 of tuberculosis, which remains one of the world’s deadliest infectious diseases. This talk looks at the various aspects of tuberculosis from candidate vaccines, the role of genetics in TB treatments and the perspective of a patient. |
Helen McShane, Philip Fowler |
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| Oxford Reads Kafka |
A collective public reading of 'Metamorphosis' to celebrate the 100-year anniversary of Franz Kafka’s death. Bringing together literary figures, civic leaders and University academics and students, this event celebrates the power of Kafka’s voice today. |
Lemn Sissay, Ben Okri, Lisa Appignanesi, Helen McShane, Danial Hussain, Marie Chatardová, Miguel Berger |
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| 'Kafka's Ape' and 'Words and Music' |
Interview with the creatives behind two shows inspired by Kafka's story 'A Report for an Academy' which explore race, migration, ageing and "humanimal" agency. |
Ed Gaughan, Karen Leeder, Tony Miyambo, Wes Williams |
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| Exploring Chaucer Here and Now |
In this webinar, Professor Marion Turner introduces some of the themes of Chaucer Here and Now, the exhibition currently on view at the Weston Library. |
Marion Turner |
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| 'The hooly blisful martir for to seke' Manuscripts with Chaucer’s pilgrims |
Chaucer’s Canterbury Tales tell the story of pilgrims 'from every shires ende / Of Engelond to Caunterbury they wende’. Experience these journeys, both real and imagined, through medieval manuscripts from the Bodleian collection live under the visualiser. |
Alison Ray, Andrew Dunning |
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| We Rise (Together): Taking and Making Space for BIPOC Book Arts Creatives, Cultures, and Histories |
Tia Blassingame introduced her work leading the Book/Print Artist/Scholar of Color Collective (aka Book/Print Collective) and shared methods for supporting and empowering BIPOC book and print artists |
Tia Blassingame |
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| The Dancing Master in Context: Playford’s publishing and music-making in 17th century England |
In this session, we explore what Playford’s publishing activities can tell us about how music was incorporated into different social environments in seventeenth-century English society and the role music played in peoples lives. |
Rebecca Herissone, Alice Little, Helen Cook |
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| A dance band for Playford? |
This talk will consider how and why the frontispiece to this edition was different from those in earlier editions and place the image in relation to other images of ballroom dance bands before and after 1728. |
Jeremy Barlow, Alice Little, Helen Cook |
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| Professor Trudie Lang |
Georgina Ferry interviews Trudie Lang, Professor of Global Health Research and Head of the Global Health Network, 13 April 2023. |
Trudie Lang, Georgina Ferry |
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| Siobhan Gardiner |
Georgina Ferry interviews Siobhan Gardiner, Clinical Research Nurse, 11 April 2023. |
Siobhan Gardiner, Georgina Ferry |
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| Professor Sara Khalid |
Georgina Ferry interviews Sara Khalid, Associate Professor, 31 March 2023. |
Sara Khalid, Georgina Ferry |
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| Professor David Eyre |
Georgina Ferry interviews David Eyre, Professor of Infectious Diseases, 28 March 2023. |
David Eyre, Georgina Ferry |
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| Yi-Chun Wang |
Georgina Ferry interviews Yi-Chun Wang, Research Scientist and PhD Student, 24 March 2023. |
Yi-Chun Wang, Georgina Ferry |
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| Dr Claas Kirchhelle |
Georgina Ferry interviews Claas Kirchhelle, former Honorary Fellow in Vaccine History (Oxford Vaccine Group/Oxford Martin School), 22 March 2023. |
Claas Kirchhelle, Georgina Ferry |
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| Elizabeth Stafford |
Georgina Ferry interviews Elizabeth Stafford, Clinical Research Nurse Manager, 22 March 2023. |
Elizabeth Stafford, Georgina Ferry |
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| Sam Foster |
Georgina Ferry interviews Sam Foster, former Chief Nursing Officer (Oxford University Hospitals NHS Trust), 22 March 2023. |
Sam Foster, Georgina Ferry |
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| Professor Mary Daly |
Georgina Ferry interviews Mary Daly, Professor of Sociology and Social Policy, 20 March 2023. |
Mary Daly, Georgina Ferry |
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| Sumali Bajaj |
Georgina Ferry interviews Sumali Bajaj, DPhil student (Department of Biology), 17 March 2023. |
Sumali Bajaj, Georgina Ferry |
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| Dr Andrew Brent |
Georgina Ferry interviews Andrew Brent, Consultant in Infectious Diseases & General Internal Medicine and Deputy Chief Medical Officer (Oxford University Hospitals NHS Foundation Trust), 17 March 2023. |
Andrew Brent, Georgina Ferry |
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| Persian lacquered bookbinding: A journey through its layers and conservation challenges |
Conservation Scientist Prof. Dr. Mandana Barkeshli looks at lacquered bookbindings made by Persian artisans in the 16th to 19th centuries. |
Mandana Barkeshli |
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| Dr Xin Xu |
Georgina Ferry interviews Xin Xu, Research Fellow at the Centre for Global Higher Education (CGHE) and Junior Research Fellow (Kellogg College), 15 March 2023. |
Xin Xu, Georgina Ferry |
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| Professor Kate Orkin |
Georgina Ferry interviews Kate Orkin, Associate Professor in Economics and Public Policy, 15 March 2023. |
Kate Orkin, Georgina Ferry |
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| Professor Daniel Prieto-Alhambra |
Georgina Ferry interviews Daniel Prieto-Alhambra, Professor of Pharmaco- and Device Epidemiology, 14 March 2023. |
Daniel Prieto-Alhambra, Georgina Ferry |
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| Dr Rajarshi Banerjee |
Georgina Ferry interviews Rajarshi Banerjee, CEO Perspectum and former student of Oxford Medical School, 14 March 2023. |
Rajarshi Banerjee, Georgina Ferry |
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| Tony Brett |
Georgina Ferry interviews Tony Brett, Director of Medical Sciences Division IT Services, 28 February 2023. |
Tony Brett, Georgina Ferry |
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| Professor Sheetal Silal |
Georgina Ferry interviews Sheetal Silal, Associate Professor (Department of Statistical Sciences, University of Cape Town) and Honorary Visiting Research Fellow in Tropical Disease Modelling (Nuffield Department of Medicine), 28 February 2023. |
Sheetal Silal, Georgina Ferry |
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| Dr Ane Ogbe |
Georgina Ferry interviews Ane Ogbe, former Senior Immunologist (Frater Lab) and Group Leader (Evox Therapeutics), 23 Febrauary 2023. |
Ane Ogbe, Georgina Ferry |
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| Professor Nicole Zitzmann |
Georgina Ferry interviews Nicole Zitzmann, Professor of Virology and Principal Investigator (Department of Biochemistry), 22 February 2023. |
Nicole Zitzmann, Georgina Ferry |
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| Dr Chia Chen (Jane) Hsu |
Georgina Ferry interviews Chia Chen (Jane) Hsu, Chief Operating Officer (SimCell) and former postdoctoral researcher (Institute of Biomedical Engineering), 20 February 2023. |
Chia Chen (Jane) Hsu, Georgina Ferry |
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| Chris Price |
Georgina Ferry interviews Chris Price, Divisional Registrar and Chief Operating Officer for Medical Sciences, 8 February 2023. |
Chris Price, Georgina Ferry |
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| Analysis of Pigments on Painted Byzantine and Japanese Manuscripts |
An introduction to the analysis of painted Byzantine and Japanese manuscripts by the Bodleian Libraries' new Heritage Scientist. |
Kate Fulcher |
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| Daniel Meadows - 50 years of The Free Photographic Omnibus |
Daniel Meadows is a pioneer of contemporary British documentary practice. A photographer, documentarian and digital storyteller. He returns to the Bodleian library to muse on his life and archive and the power of photography. |
Daniel Meadows |
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| Queer Bibliography: A Discussion |
What is queer bibliography? How does it intersect with other critical bibliographies, (feminist, Black and liberation bibliography)? How does it relate to traditional bibliographic practice? What opportunities might queer methods and approaches provide? |
Sarah Pyke, James Sargan, Adam Smyth |
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| The New Nature of the Book: Publishing and Printing in the Post-Digital Era |
In this lecture, Matthew Kirschenbaum considers textual stability, a concern of publishers and readers since before the advent of printing, in the post-digital era. |
Matthew Kirschenbaum |
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| Professor Brian Marsden |
Georgina Ferry interviews Brian Marsden, Associate Professor for Data Management and Research Informatics, 3 February 2023. |
Brian Marsden, Georgina Ferry |
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| Omar El Muhanna |
Georgina Ferry interviews Omar El Muhanna, Senior Operations Manager (Clinical BioManufacturing Facility), 2 February 2023. |
Omar El Muhanna, Georgina Ferry |
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| Dr Alex Mentzer |
Georgina Ferry interviews Alex Mentzer, NIHR Academic Clinical Lecturer, 25 January 2023. |
Alex Mentzer, Georgina Ferry |
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| Dr Lennard Lee |
Georgina Ferry interviews Lennard Lee, Academic Clinical Lecturer and Medical Oncologist, 19 January 2023. |
Lennard Lee, Georgina Ferry |
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| Dr Helen Salisbury |
Georgina Ferry interviews Helen Salisbury, GP and Senior Medical Education Fellow, 19 January 2023. |
Helen Salisbury, Georgina Ferry |
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| Professor Neelika Malavige |
Georgina Ferry interviews Neelika Malavige, Academic Visitor and Professor (University of Sri Jayewardenepura), 18 January 2023. |
Neelika Malavige, Georgina Ferry |
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| Dr Edward O'Neill |
Georgina Ferry interviews Edward O'Neill, Postdoctoral Researcher (Department of Oncology) and vaccine volunteer, 12 January 2023. |
Edward O'Neill, Georgina Ferry |
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| Dr Emma Flint |
Georgina Ferry interviews Emma Flint, former medical student (Oxford Medical School), 5 January 2023. |
Emma Flint, Georgina Ferry |
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| Professor Stanley Ulijaszek |
Georgina Ferry interviews Stanley Ulijaszek, Professor of Human Ecology, 15 December 2022. |
Stanley Ulijaszek, Georgina Ferry |
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| Dr Thomas Kirk |
Georgina Ferry interviews Thomas Kirk, Former DPhil student (Biomedical Engineering), conducted by Georgina Ferry, 6 December 2022. |
Thomas Kirk, Georgina Ferry |
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| Shaping legacies |
Lecture 5 of the 2023 Lyell lecture series |
Ann M Blair |
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| Complicating attributions |
Lecture 4 of the 2023 Lyell lecture series |
Ann M Blair |
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| Mechanical and intellectual |
Lecture 3 of the 2023 Lyell lecture series |
Ann M Blair |
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| Invisible and visible |
Lecture 2 of the 2023 Lyell lecture series |
Ann M Blair |
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| Amanuenses in the longue durée |
Lecture 1 of the 2023 Lyell lecture series |
Ann M Blair |
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| Dr Sile Johnson |
Georgina Ferry interviews Sile Johnson, former medical student (Oxford Medical School), 15 December 2022. |
Sile Johnson, Georgina Ferry |
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| Dr Cristian Roman |
Georgina Ferry interviews Cristian Roman, Postdoctoral Research Associate, 14 December 2022. |
Cristian Roman, Georgina Ferry |
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| Dr Andrew Kwok |
Georgina Ferry interviews Andrew Kwok, Former PhD student (Functional Genomics in Sepsis), 3 December 2022. |
Andrew Kwok, Georgina Ferry |
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| Dr Janelle Winters |
Georgina Ferry interviews Janelle Winters, Postdoctoral Research Associate (Faculty of History), 2 December 2022. |
Janelle Winters, Georgina Ferry |
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| Emma Bolam |
Georgina Ferry interviews Emma Bolam, Head of Production (Clinical BioManufacturing Facility), 24 November 2022. |
Emma Bolam, Georgina Ferry |
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| Professor Matthew Snape |
Georgina Ferry interviews Matthew Snape, Visiting Professor (University of Oxford Department of Paediatrics), 22 November 2022 |
matthew snape, Georgina Ferry |
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| Dr Stephanie Tierney |
Georgina Ferry interviews Stephanie Tierney, Health Services Researcher, Departmental Lecturer, 15 November 2022. |
Stephanie Tierney, Georgina Ferry |
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| Dr Marion Watson |
Georgina Ferry interviews Marion Watson, Head of Operations, Clinical Trials (Jenner Institute), 14 November 2022. |
Marion Watson, Georgina Ferry |
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| Dr Raha West |
Georgina Ferry interviews Raha West, Principal Investigator on the RECOVERY Trial, 10 November 2022. |
Raha West, Georgina Ferry |
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| Dr Annette von Delft |
Georgina Ferry interviews Annette von Delft, Translational Scientist (Centre for Medicines Discovery), 16 June 2022. |
Annette von Delft, Georgina Ferry |
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| What is Photography For? |
Social documentary photographer Jim Mortram and photographer and publisher Craig Atkinson ponder why should we care about photography? Why take photographs? Why preserve them. |
Helen Cooke, Jim Mortram, Craig Atkinson |
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| Making wood type then and now |
Thomas Gravemaker explores the history of wood type printing as well as his own recent manufacture using digital design and a CNC router. |
Thomas Gravemaker |
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| Modern Times: Photography in Britain 1800–1850 |
Geoffrey Batchen explores the first fifty years of photography in Britain. |
Geoffrey Batchen |
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| Professor José Villar |
Georgina Ferry interviews José Villar, Professor of Perinatal Medicine, 8 November 2022. |
José Villar, Georgina Ferry |
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| Dr Adam Ritchie |
Georgina Ferry interviews Adam Ritchie, Senior Vaccine Programme Manager, 31 October 2022. |
Adam Ritchie, Georgina Ferry |
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| Professor Martin Landray |
Georgina Ferry interviews Sir Martin Landray, Professor of Medicine and Epidemiology, 27 October 2022. |
Martin Landray, Georgina Ferry |
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| Professor Richard Cornall |
Georgina Ferry interviews Richard Cornall, Head of the Nuffield Department of Medicine, 26 October 2022. |
Richard Cornall, Georgina Ferry |
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| Professor Marian Knight |
Georgina Ferry interviews Marian Knight, Professor of Maternal and Child Population Health, 13 October 2022. |
Marian Knight, Georgina Ferry |
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| Tracey Mustoe |
Georgina Ferry interviews Tracey Mustoe, University Biological Safety Officer, 21 September 2022. |
Tracey Mustoe, Georgina Ferry |
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| Professor John Bell (part three) |
Georgina Ferry interviews Sir John Bell, Regius Professor of Medicine, 21 September 2022. |
John Bell, Georgina Ferry |
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| Professor Lisa White |
Georgina Ferry interviews Lisa White, Professor of Modelling in Epidemiology at the Big Data Institute, 13 September 2022. |
Lisa White, Georgina Ferry |
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| Dr Max Roser |
Georgina Ferry interviews Max Roser, Director of the Oxford Martin Programme on Global Development, 2 September 2022. |
Max Roser, Georgina Ferry |
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| Dr Carina Joe |
Georgina Ferry interviews Carina Joe, Senior Postdoctoral Research Scientist in Vaccine Development, 1 September 2022. |
Carina Joe, Georgina Ferry |
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| Professor William James |
Georgina Ferry interviews William James, Professor of Virology, 18 August 2022. |
William James, Georgina Ferry |
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| Professor Alain Townsend |
Georgina Ferry interviews Alain Townsend, Professor of Molecular Immunology, 16 August 2022. |
Alain Townsend, Georgina Ferry |
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| Professor John Bell (part two) |
Georgina Ferry interviews Sir John Bell, Regius Professor of Medicine, 28 April 2022. |
John Bell, Georgina Ferry |
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| Professor Aris Katzourakis |
Georgina Ferry interviews Aris Katzourakis, Professor of Evolution and Genomics, 27 January 2022. |
Aris Katzourakis, Georgina Ferry |
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| ARCHiOX - Seeing the Unseen in Bodleian Collections |
A research collaboration between the Bodleian Libraries and the Factum Foundation |
John Barrett, Adam Lowe, Jorge Cano, Andrew Irving, Richard Allen, Damien Bov, Jessica Hodgkinson, Jo Story, Alessandro Bianchi, Chiara Betti |
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| Professor Lucie Cluver |
Georgina Ferry interviews Lucie Cluver, Professor of Child and Family Social Work, 7 July 2022. |
Lucie Cluver, Georgina Ferry |
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| Professor Carl Heneghan |
Georgina Ferry interviews Carl Heneghan, Professor of Evidence Based Medicine, 4 July 2022. |
Carl Heneghan, Georgina Ferry |
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| Professor Sunetra Gupta |
Georgina Ferry interviews Sunetra Gupta, Professor of Theoretical Epidemiology, 15 June 2022. |
Sunetra Gupta, Georgina Ferry |
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| Professor David Stuart |
Georgina Ferry interviews Sir David Stuart, Professor of Structural Biology, 10 June 2022. |
David Stuart, Georgina Ferry |
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| Professor Jennifer Beam Dowd |
Georgina Ferry interviews Jennifer Beam Dowd, Professor of Demography and Population Health, 26 May 2022. |
Jennifer Beam Dowd, Georgina Ferry |
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| Professor Fernanda Duarte |
Georgina Ferry interviews Fernanda Duarte, Associate Professor in Computational Organic Chemistry, 26 April 2022. |
Fernanda Duarte, Georgina Ferry |
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| Henry Chan |
Georgina Ferry interviews Henry Chan, DPhil Student, 26 April 2022. |
Henry Chan, Georgina Ferry |
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| Professor Meghana Pandit |
Georgina Ferry interviews Meghana Pandit, Chief Executive Officer at Oxford University Hospitals NHS Foundation Trust, 7 April 2022. |
Meghana Pandit, Georgina Ferry |
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| Professor Cathy Creswell |
Georgina Ferry interviews Cathy Creswell, Professor of Developmental Clinical Psychology, 7 April 2022. |
Cathy Creswell, Georgina Ferry |
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| Professor Naomi Allen |
Georgina Ferry interviews Naomi Allen, Professor in Epidemiology and Chief Scientist at the U.K. Biobank, 6 April 2022. |
Naomi Allen, Georgina Ferry |
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| Unveiling the invisible belt: the shareholders of the Marconi Wireless Telegraph Company, 1897–1901 |
Drawing on a detailed survey of shareholders of the Marconi in 1897 and 1900, this lecture will trace an overall profile of the diverse categories of investors who dared to back this venture through it's experimental phase to becoming commercially viable. |
Dr. Anna Guagnini |
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