| Approaching Shakespeare |
Richard II |
Lecture eight in the Approaching Shakespeare series asks the question that structures Richard II: does the play suggest Henry Bolingbroke's overthrow of the king was justified? |
Emma Smith |
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| Bio-Ethics Bites |
Selling Organs |
Everyday people die in hospitals because there aren't enough organs available for transplant. In most countries of the world - though not all - it is illegal to sell organs. |
Tim Lewens |
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| HIV |
HIV immunology for Vaccine Design |
Dr Seph Borrow tells us how her research on HIV Immunology helps design better vaccines. |
Seph Borrow |
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| Translational Medicine |
HIV immunology for Vaccine Design |
Dr Seph Borrow tells us how her research on HIV Immunology helps design better vaccines. |
Seph Borrow |
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| African Studies Centre |
Climate Change and Conflict in Sudan: what if development is not the answer to save Darfur? |
Harry Verhoeven (Politics/St Cross) gives a talk for the St John's College Colloquium on Environmental Conflict and its Resolution (joint event with Oxpeace and Human Sciences). |
Harry Verhoeven |
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| African Studies Centre |
Ethnic violence, water scarcity and managing resources to promote peace |
Karen Witsenburg (Both ENDS and Max Plank Institute for Anthropology) gives a talk for the College Colloquium on Environmental Conflict and its Resolution (joint event with Oxpeace and Human Sciences). |
Karen Witsenberg |
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| African Studies Centre |
The Ecology of Conflict: Human-Wildlife Conflict on the Hwange National Park Boundary, Zimbabwe' |
Andrew Loveridge (Wildlife Conservation Research Unit, Zoology) gives a talk for the St John's College Colloquium on Environmental Conflict and its Resolution (joint event with Oxpeace and Human Sciences). |
Andrew Loveridge |
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| Reuters Institute for the Study of Journalism |
Networked Journalism and the Age of Social Discovery [2011] |
Nic Newman, RISJ Visiting Fellow, gives a talk for the Reuters Institute for the Study of Journalism seminar series on the 12th October 2011. |
Nic Newman |
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| Reuters Institute for the Study of Journalism |
Business Models and their Uses in Media Companies |
Robert Picard, RISJ Director of Research, gives a talk for the Reuters Institute for the Study of Journalism seminar series on 20th October 2011. |
Robert Picard |
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| Oriel College Chapel Services |
Sermon: A Glimpse of Heaven |
Sermon for All Saints delivered on 30th October 2011 in Oriel College Chapel by Dr Margie Tolstoy (University of Cambridge). |
Margie Tolstoy |
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| Christ Church |
Privacy in an open society: getting the balance right |
Max Mosley, Former President of the Fédération Internationale de l'Automobile, give a talk for the Christ Church Gorbachev Lectures on Press Freedom. |
Max Mosley |
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| The History of Science Museum |
Simon Forman: astrology, Medicine and Quackery in Elizabethan England |
The third in a series of public lectures linked to the Museum's 'Eccentricity' exhibition. |
Lauren Kassell |
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| Literature, Art and Oxford |
Walcott and Naipaul: History and Myth |
Catherine Brown, Lecturer in English Literature, compares West Indian writers Derek Walcott and Vidiadhar Surajprasad Naipaul on their attitudes towards history and myth. |
Catherine Brown |
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| Ethics, Law and Armed Conflict |
Strategy for Action: Using Force Wisely in the 21st Century |
Commodore Steve Jermy (Royal Navy) gives a talk for the Ethics, Law and Armed Conflict seminar series. |
Steve Jermy |
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| Christ Church |
The Regulator's Tale |
Sir Christopher Meyer, Former Chairman of the Press Complaints Commission, gives the second Christ Church Gorbachev Lectures on Press Freedom. |
Christopher Meyer |
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| Christ Church |
Why Quality Journalism Still Matters in a Digital Age, or, who can you believe these days? |
Mark Thompson, Director General of the BBC, gives the first lecture in the Christ Church Gorbachev Lectures on Press Freedom. |
Mark Thompson |
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| Centre on Migration, Policy and Society (COMPAS) |
Introduction to the Seminar Series 'A Chrysalis for every kind of criminal? Mobility, Crime and Citizenship' |
Bridget Anderson, COMPAS, Oxford University, gives a talk for the COMPAS seminar series entitled' 'A Chrysalis for every kind of criminal? Mobility, Crime and Citizenship'. |
Bridget Anderson |
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| Oxford Transitional Justice Research Seminars |
The Politics of International Criminal Law |
Courtenay Griffiths, Queen's Counsel (Joint-head of Garden Court Chambers), Defence Lawyer for Charles Taylor, gives a talk for the OTJR seminar series. |
Courtenay Griffiths |
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| Oxford Symposium On The August 2011 Riots: Context And Responses |
August 2011 Riots: The Making a British Black 'Underclass'? |
Nigel Carter, NHS Community Development Worker, Oxford, gives a talk for the Oxford Symposium on the August 2011 Riots. |
Nigel Carter |
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| Oxford Symposium On The August 2011 Riots: Context And Responses |
The August 2011 Riots; What Lies Beneath? |
Tonica Hunter gives a talk for the Oxford Symposium on the August 2011 Riots. |
Tonica Hunter |
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| Oxford Symposium On The August 2011 Riots: Context And Responses |
Pause - Reflection on the August Riots |
Martin Glynn, Birmingham City University, gives a talk for the Oxford Symposium on the August 2011 Riots. |
Martin Glynn |
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| Oxford Symposium On The August 2011 Riots: Context And Responses |
Introduction to the Oxford Symposium on the August 2011 Riots |
Dr Patricia Daley (Jesus College, Oxford) introduces the Oxford Symposium on the August Riots. |
Patricia Daley |
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| Oxford Transitional Justice Research Seminars |
Book Launch: State Control over Private Military and Security Companies in Armed Conflict |
Hannah Tonkin, Lawyer at the UN International Criminal Tribunal for Rwanda, gives a talk to launch her new book on State control over private military companies in areas of armed conflict. |
Hannah Tonkin |
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| Oxford Symposium On The August 2011 Riots: Context And Responses |
The Rioters and their failed attempt to get their voices heard |
Dr Michael Williams, Sussex University, gives a talk for the Oxford Symposium on the August 2011 Riots. |
Michael Williams |
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| Oxford Symposium On The August 2011 Riots: Context And Responses |
Black Families in Britain as the continuing site of struggle |
Dr Carl Hylton, Leeds Bicentenary Transformation Project, gives a talk for the Oxford Symposium on the August 2011 Riots. |
Carl Hylton |
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| Oxford Symposium On The August 2011 Riots: Context And Responses |
Black Youth, Social Progression and Community |
Professor Cecile Wright, Nottingham Trent University and Jamaican Diaspora UK, gives a talk for the Oxford Symposium on the August 2011 Riots. |
Cecile Wright |
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| The New Psychology of Depression |
How is depression treated? |
Doctors and psychiatrists once believed that patterns of thinking played little or no role in depression, but this is now known to be wrong. Professor Williams and Dr Danny Penman discuss how the treatment of depression has evolved in recent years. |
Mark Williams, Danny Penman |
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| MSt English Language |
English and Gender |
Professor Deborah Cameron explores some of the key theories surrounding the use of language by women and men. Are we really so different? |
Deborah Cameron |
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| MSt English Language |
Introduction to the MSt in English Language |
Professor Deborah Cameron introduces the new Master's course in English Language offered by the University of Oxford. |
Deborah Cameron |
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| The New Psychology of Depression |
What is depression? |
Depression is expected to impose the second biggest health burden globally by 2020; greater even than heart disease, arthritis and many forms of cancer. Professor Mark Williams and Dr Danny Penman discuss the driving forces behind this startling trend. |
Mark Williams, Danny Penman |
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| Is the planet full? Seminar Series 2011 |
Water Scarcity: a shortage of water or a shortage of ideas? |
'Water Crises', 'Water Wars', 'Peak Water' and many more phrases have been used in recent years to suggest that a growing population and increased per capita water use are leading inexorably to critical levels of water scarcity. |
Professor |
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| Alumni Weekend |
Governing the 21st Century: Oxford's new Blavatnik School of Government |
With a generous donation from Len Blavatnik, the new Blavatnik School of Government has been set up. Professor Ngaire Woods explains the history and progress of this bold and high-profile new school. |
Ngaire Woods |
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| Approaching Shakespeare |
Twelfth Night |
The seventh Approaching Shakespeare lecture takes a minor character in Twelfth Night - Antonio - and uses his presence to open up questions of sexuality, desire and the nature of romantic comedy. |
Emma Smith |
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| Approaching Shakespeare |
Titus Andronicus |
Focusing in detail on one particular scene, and on critical responses to it, this sixth Approaching Shakespeare lecture on Titus Andronicus deals with violence, rhetoric, and the nature of dramatic sensationalism. |
Emma Smith |
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| Is the planet full? Seminar Series 2011 |
Overpopulation or underpopulation? |
It is common to hear about the problems of overpopulation, but do we really have too many people? Do we have an acceptable number? Or might we even have too few? |
Dr Toby Ord |
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| Alumni Weekend |
The Ethics of Climate Change |
Professor John Broome discusses the moral and ethical issues that coincide with the whole topic of climate change and challenges us as to how we should be acting. |
John Broome |
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| Alumni Weekend |
Earthquake Science in the 21st Century |
Dr Richard Walker talks about the science behind earthquakes and the methods used to study them by giving examples from recent global disasters. |
Richard Walker |
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| Alumni Weekend |
The Population Paradox |
Professor David Coleman, Dr George Leeson and Dr Nando Sigona discuss the global issues relating to the world's rising population at the Alumni Weekend Conference 2011. |
David Coleman, George Leeson, Nando Sigona |
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| Translational Medicine |
Renal Disease |
Professor Chris Pugh tells us about the links between genetics, renal disease and oxygen sensing. |
Chris Pugh |
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| Alumni Weekend |
New Cells for Old Members: The Science of Stem Cells |
Dr Francis Szele gives a talk for the Oxford Alumni Weekend on Stem Cell science and looks at how they could be used in repairing brain disease and injuries. |
Francis Szele |
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| Cancer |
Renal Disease |
Professor Chris Pugh tells us about the links between genetics, renal disease and oxygen sensing. |
Chris Pugh |
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| Bio-Ethics Bites |
Bio-Ethics Bites |
Demand for health care is infinite, but money is finite. So how should we distribute resources? Whom should we help, and why? |
Jonathan Wolf |
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| Alumni Weekend |
Energy in the Future: Brenda Boardman |
Part 3 of 3. Some of Oxford's leading experts discuss the issue of energy in the future, one of the greatest challenges facing the world as we move through the 21st century. |
Brenda Boardman |
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| Alumni Weekend |
Energy in the Future: Nick Eyre |
Part 2 of 3. Some of Oxford's leading experts discuss the issue of energy in the future, one of the greatest challenges facing the world as we move through the 21st century. |
Nick Eyre |
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| Alumni Weekend |
Energy in the Future: James Marrow |
Part 1 of 3. Some of Oxford's leading experts discuss the issue of energy in the future, one of the greatest challenges facing the world as we move through the 21st century. |
James Marrow |
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| Alumni Weekend |
Philanthropy: Mega-trend of the 21st Century |
Dame Stephanie Shirley speaks about her personal philosophy of philanthropy, the importance of a social and cultural approach to giving, and her vision of the role of philanthrophy in the 21st century. |
Stephanie Shirley |
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| Alumni Weekend |
Climate and Weather: The Ends of Acts of God? |
Professor Myles Allen explains how research at Oxford allows us to quantify just how much climate change caused by past emissions is costing individuals, corporations and potentially entire countries. |
Myles Allen |
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| Translational Medicine |
Dyslexia and Genetics |
Dr Silvia Paracchini talks about the influence of Genetics in Dyslexia. |
Silvia Paracchini |
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| Genetics |
Dyslexia and Genetics |
Dr Silvia Paracchini talks about the influence of genetics in dyslexia. |
Silvia Paracchini |
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| Alumni Weekend |
Nanomedicine: Challenges and opportunities |
Nanotechnology has the potential to transform the way that medical and healthcare solutions are developed and delivered, this talk reviews the properties of nanomaterials for medical applications and the challenges and opportunities of their use. |
Sonia Trigueros, Sonia Contera |
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| Alumni Weekend |
What Next? Surviving the 21st Century |
For his keynote lecture the Chancellor, Lord Patten of Barnes, examines the rapidly-growing list of challenges facing the world, from climate change to nuclear proliferation, migration to water and energy shortage. |
Chris Patten |
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| Alumni Weekend |
The persistence of identity in the digital age: Living in social networks on and offline |
Social networks are now culturally bound to online software such as Facebook and Twitter, with a trend in personal persistent content. Bernie Hogan will review new empirical research on social networks and conclude with advice on future online policy. |
Bernie Hogan |
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| Alumni Weekend |
Building markets: Where innovation meets strategy |
Dr Marc Ventresca from Oxford University's business school reports on recent advances in economic sociology with examples from markets in high technology, microfinance in Bangladesh, and ecosystem services in Amazonian Peru. |
Marc Ventresca |
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| Department of Materials |
Towards a Quantum Computer: An interview with Dr Simon Benjamin |
Dr Simon Benjamin, a researcher at Oxford University, discusses his work in quantum computing. |
Simon C. Benjamin, Victoria Watson |
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| HIV |
Aiming for a HIV vaccine |
Professor Sir Andrew McMichael tells us about recent developments in the search for a vaccine against HIV. |
Andrew McMichael |
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| Translational Medicine |
Aiming for a HIV vaccine |
Professor Sir Andrew McMichael tells us about recent developments in the search for a vaccine against HIV. |
Andrew McMichael |
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| Centre on Migration, Policy and Society (COMPAS) |
What does migration mean for the 'white working class' in the UK? |
Podcast on what migration means for 'White Working Class' in the UK, Ben Rogaly and Becky Taylor present their research findings. |
Ben Rogaly, Becky Taylor |
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| Bio-Ethics Bites |
Trust |
Radically new techniques are opening up exciting possibilities for those working in health care - for psychiatrists, doctors, surgeons; the option to clone human beings, to give just one example. |
Onora O'Neill |
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| Cancer |
Palliative Care |
Dr Bee Wee tells us about Palliative Care in Oxford and her research on end of life care and fatigue. |
Bee Wee |
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| Translational Medicine |
Palliative Care |
Dr Bee Wee tells us about Palliative Care in Oxford and her research on end of life care and fatigue. |
Bee Wee |
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| Oxford Humanities - Research Showcase: Global Exploration, Innovation and Influence |
The Value of Humanities: Then and Now |
Dr Helen Small gives a talk for the Oxford Humanities Research Showcase conference. |
Helen Small |
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| Oxford Humanities - Research Showcase: Global Exploration, Innovation and Influence |
Muslim Zion: Pakistan and Israel, twin religious states/Politics of Al-Qaeda |
Dr Faisal Devji gives a talk for the Oxford Humanities Research Showcase conference held on the 11th July 2011. |
Faisal Devji |
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| Oxford Humanities - Research Showcase: Global Exploration, Innovation and Influence |
Humanities in Partnership withe Science: The World of Art on the Web |
Professor Donna Kurtz gives a talk for the Oxford Humanities Research Showcase conference held on 11th July 2011. |
Donna Kurtz |
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| Oxford Humanities - Research Showcase: Global Exploration, Innovation and Influence |
Mindreading: From Neuroimaging to the Philosophy of Mind |
Dr Timothy Baines, Oxford, gives a talk for the Oxford Humanities Research Showcase conference on 11th July 2011. |
Timothy Bayne |
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| Oxford Humanities - Research Showcase: Global Exploration, Innovation and Influence |
Per Capita Growth in the Roman Economy |
Professor Andrew Wilson, University of Oxford, showcases his research in the Ancient Roman Economy as part of the Oxford Humanities Research showcase. |
Andrew Wilson |
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| Intergenerational Justice: What do we owe future generations?: Hilary Term Seminar Series 2011 |
Fiscal Policy, Fairness between Generations and National Saving |
Dr Martin Weale, of the Bank of England Monetary Policy, gives a talk for the Oxford Martin School 2011 Hilary Term Seminar Series; Intergenerational Justice: What do we owe future generations? |
Martin Weale |
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| Intergenerational Justice: What do we owe future generations?: Hilary Term Seminar Series 2011 |
Can Generations be Treated Equally? |
Professor Asheim, Department of Economics, University of Oslo, gives a talk for the Oxford Martin School Hilary Term Seminar Series 2011 Intergenerational Justice: What do we owe future generations? |
Geir Asheim |
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| Politics and International Relations Podcasts |
Celebrating Gavin Williams: The political economy of development in an industrialising rural area of South India |
Judith Heyer gives a talk in the Agrarian Societies section of the Celebrating Gavin Williams conference, held in Oxford on 9-10 July 2010. |
Judith Heyer |
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| Politics and International Relations Podcasts |
Celebrating Gavin Williams: The politics of oil and identity in Nigeria: A political economy of ethnic nationalism |
Kathryn Nwajiaku, Oxford, gives a talk on The politics of Oil and Ethnic Nationalism in Nigeria's Niger Delta as part of the Nigeria Economy and Society section of the Celebrating Gavin Williams Conference. |
Kathryn Nwajiaku |
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| New Thinking: Advances in the Study of Human Cognitive Evolution |
The Social Brain on the Internet |
In primates and humans alike, the number of social relationships an individual can have is constrained in part by its social cognitive competences and in part by the time available to invest in face-to-face interaction. |
Robin Dunbar |
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| New Thinking: Advances in the Study of Human Cognitive Evolution |
Signals, Honesty and the Evolution of Language |
The evolution of language is a long-standing puzzle for many reasons. One is that its very virtues as a system of communication seem to open the door to ruinous free-riding and deception. |
Kim Sterelny |
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| New Thinking: Advances in the Study of Human Cognitive Evolution |
Why the Hominin Cognitive Niche Was and Is a Crucially Socio-cognitive Niche |
Tooby and deVore argued that hominin evolution hinged on the exploitation of a unique 'cognitive niche'. We propose that a diversity of evidence indicates this was fundamentally a socio-cognitive niche. |
Andrew Whiten |
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| New Thinking: Advances in the Study of Human Cognitive Evolution |
Metacognition and the Social Mind: How Individuals Interact at the Neural Level |
I will review recent research in neuroimaging and computation neuroscience, and present a new paradigm for studying decision making in pairs. |
Chris Frith |
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| New Thinking: Advances in the Study of Human Cognitive Evolution |
Experiencing Language |
The evolutionary relationship between human linguistic capacity and humans' emotional make-up has not, as yet, received focused attention. |
Eva Jablonka |
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| New Thinking: Advances in the Study of Human Cognitive Evolution |
Embodiment: Taking Sociality Seriously |
A very wise person of our acquaintance once said, 'Read old books to get new ideas'. |
Louise Barrett |
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| New Thinking: Advances in the Study of Human Cognitive Evolution |
Cortico-cerebellar Evolution and the Distributed Neural Basis of Cognition |
Biologists interested in cognitive evolution have focussed on the dramatic expansion of the forebrain, particularly the neocortex, in lineages such as primates. |
Robert Barton |
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| New Thinking: Advances in the Study of Human Cognitive Evolution |
The Mystery of Cumulative Culture |
Human demographic and ecological success is frequently attributed to our capacity for cumulative culture, which allows human knowledge and technology to build up and improve over time. |
Kevin Laland |
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| New Thinking: Advances in the Study of Human Cognitive Evolution |
Cultural Inheritance of Cultural Learning |
It is widely acknowledged that the cumulative cultural inheritance of technological skills and social practices has played a major role in shaping the ways of life of modern humans. |
Cecilia Heyes |
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| New Thinking: Advances in the Study of Human Cognitive Evolution |
Welcome and Introduction |
Introduction to the "New Thinking: Advances in the Study of Human Cognitive Evolution" conference. |
Cecilia Heyes |
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| Centre on Migration, Policy and Society (COMPAS) |
Where is the UK going on migrant integration policy? A comparison to Europe and North America - COMPAS Breakfast Briefing |
Exactly how does the UKís policy framework measure up to other countries in Europe and North America? What has changed? |
Thomas Huddleston |
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| Centre on Migration, Policy and Society (COMPAS) |
What are the key evidence gaps in Britain's migration debate, and what are the implications for policy? COMPAS Breakfast Briefing |
Informed public debate and evidence-based policy-making on immigration requires clarity and transparency about what we know and don't know about migration and its impacts. |
Martin Ruhs, Scott Blinder |
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| Centre on Migration, Policy and Society (COMPAS) |
What does the "Big Society" mean for migrant communities? - COMPAS Breakfast Briefing |
The Coalition government's policy agenda on 'the Big Society' marks a major shift in the landscape. It has been described as radically passing power from the state to citizens and civil society. |
Vaughan Jones |
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| Centre on Migration, Policy and Society (COMPAS) |
Who are the UK's new citizens? |
This briefing presents a profile of Britain's new citizens, and what we can learn from them about the relationship between settlement, citizenship and integration. |
Ben Gidley |
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| Politics and International Relations Podcasts |
The Turn: American Foreign Policy 2009 to 2011 - Inaugural Fulbright Lecture in International Relations |
Inaugural Fulbright lecture in International Relations, given at St Antony's College to commemorate Senator J. William Fulbright, one of Oxford's most distinguished alumni and founder of the Fulbright Programme of Academic Exchanges. |
Anne-Marie Slaughter, Andrew Hurrell, Adam Roberts |
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| Centre on Migration, Policy and Society (COMPAS) |
Mapping Turkish International Migration Studies: Old Questions, New Challenges |
Prof Dr. Ahmet Icduygu, Migration Research Centre, Koc University, Istanbul, gives the first in a new series on Turkish Migration for COMPAS. |
Ahmet Icduygu |
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| A Romp Through Ethics for Complete Beginners |
Making Up Your Mind |
Part 7 of 7 in Marianne Talbot's "A Romp Through Ethics for Complete Beginners". This final episode is a time to take stock and bring together all the strands we've considered. |
Marianne Talbot |
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| History of the Eighteenth Century in Ten Poems |
Poetry and Tobacco |
This podcast looks at the relationship between tobacco and poetic inspiration, through some popular comic poems. |
Abigail Williams, Laurence Williams, John Clargo |
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| Oxford Martin School: Public Lectures and Seminars |
Rethinking Geoengineering and the Meaning of the Climate Crisis |
Professor Clive Hamilton delivers a critique of the consequentialist approach to the ethics of geoengineering, the approach that deploys assessment of costs and benefits in a risk framework to justify climatic intervention. |
Clive Hamilton |
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| Bio-Ethics Bites |
Status Quo Bias |
Suppose a genetic engineering breakthrough made it simple, safe and cheap to increase people's intelligence. |
Nick Bostrom |
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| Oxford Martin School: Public Lectures and Seminars |
Who speaks for climate? |
Mass media serve vital roles in communication processes between science, policy and the public, and often stitch together perceptions, intentions, considerations, and actions regarding climate change. |
Maxwell T. Boykoff |
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| Reuters Institute for the Study of Journalism |
Reporting the Arab Spring |
Lindsey Hilsum, Channel 4 International Editor, gives a talk on the Arab Spring revolutions and insurrections in Syria, Egypt and Tunisia. |
Lindsey Hilsum |
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| Ian Ramsey Centre for Science and Religion |
The Sacred Rites in Kant's Soul |
Steve Clarke, James Martin Research Fellow, Institute for Science and Ethics, Oxford Martin School, Oxford gives a talk for the Ian Ramsey Centre for Science and Religion. |
Steve Clarke |
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| Refugee Studies Centre |
Annual Elizabeth Colson Lecture 2011: The vanishing truth of refugees |
This podcast was recorded at the Refugee Studies Centre's Annual Elizabeth Colson Lecture which was on Wednesday 15th June 2011. |
Didier Fassin |
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| Refugee Studies Centre |
RSC Wednesday Seminars 2011: Conflict and displacement in Southern Sudan |
This podcast was recorded at the Refugee Studies Centre's seventh Wednesday Public Seminar of Trinity Term 2011. |
Jon Bennett |
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| Refugee Studies Centre |
Responding to protracted refugee situations: Lessons from a decade of discussion |
On 23 June 2011, the RSC launched its sixth Policy Briefing on 'Responding to protracted refugee situations: lessons from a decade of discussion' at the Permanent Mission of Canada to the United Nations in Geneva. |
James Milner, Gil Loescher, Jeff Crisp |
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| Refugee Studies Centre |
RSC Wednesday Seminars 2011: Negotiating local emplacement: the silent integration of refugees on the Zambian-Angolan borderlands |
This podcast was recorded at the Refugee Studies Centre's second Wednesday Public Seminar of Trinity Term 2011. |
Oliver Bakewell |
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| Refugee Studies Centre |
RSC Wednesday Seminars 2011: Transnationalism: a fourth durable solution? |
Recorded at the Refugee Studies Centre's third Wednesday Public Seminar of Trinity Term 2011, on Wednesday 1st June 2011 at the Department of International Development, University of Oxford. |
Laura Hammond |
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| Reuters Institute for the Study of Journalism |
The Changing face of Art Journalism (1945-2011) |
Peter Aspden, Arts Writer, Financial Times, gives a talk for the Reuters Institute on 22nd June 2011. |
Peter Aspden |
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| Reuters Institute for the Study of Journalism |
In the Pursuit of Purity, reflections on the BBC |
Mark Damazer, Master of St Peter's Collge and Former Controller of BBC Radio 4 and John Lloyd, give a talk for the Reuters Institute on 14th June 2011. |
Mark Damazer, John Lloyd |
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| Translational Medicine |
Tropical Medicine in Kenya |
Professor Kevin Marsh tells us about his research on Tropical Medicine in Kenya. |
Kevin Marsh |
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