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Thinking with Things: The Oxford Collection

Meissen porcelain chocolate cup and tea bowl

On arranged marriages among royalty.
Thinking with Things: The Oxford Collection

Arab robe worn by T. E. Lawrence

On Lawrence of Arabia and wearing Arab robes. T. E. Lawrence, or Lawrence of Arabia was infamous for his scruffy appearance when in the British Khaki uniform, and wore it as little as possible.
Thinking with Things: The Oxford Collection

Silver-gilt carriage clock

This travelling calendar carriage clock dates to 1747–1823. Why would such a clock need to have both lunar and sun time represented on it? With Professor Chris Lintott Astrophysics, University of Oxford.
Thinking with Things: The Oxford Collection

Mummified Child

On growing up and dying in ancient and modern populations.
Thinking with Things: The Oxford Collection

Carved Stone Ball

We still do not know why these stone balls were created. They date to the late Neolithic or early Bronze Age, between 3200 and 1500 BC.
Thinking with Things: The Oxford Collection

Tombstone of a Muslim girl

On what were people’s feelings about death and the dead in North Africa a thousand years ago? What does this tombstone tell us? With Professor Julia Bray, Arabic, University of Oxford.
In Our Spare Times
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Évariste Galois

Oxford graduate students discuss the life and work of 19th century French mathematical prodigy Évariste Galois
Staging History, 1780 to 1840

Staging History: favourite objects and concluding thoughts

The series concludes with each of the contributors discussing an object that particularly stands out for them from the exhibition items and what it reveals about staging history in this period.
Staging History, 1780 to 1840

History on stage

In this episode, the contributors discuss why history so frequently featured on stage in this period, and the significance of the historical events that these dramas staged for contemporary audiences.
Staging History, 1780 to 1840

Theatre in the ‘Long Regency’ era

This episode gives a brief introduction to the history of this period, beginning with the American War of Independence and culminating in the early years of the reign of Queen Victoria.
Recording the Reformation

Concert at the Mariensee Convent with the Oxford Bach Soloists

Concert at the Mariensee Convent with the Oxford Bach Soloists (A lecture-recital tracing the origins of Bach's Cantata 'Christ lag in Todesbanden' (BWV 4) at Mariensee Convent in Northern Germany.
Recording the Reformation

Singing the Reformation

A film by Alex Lloyd about the Oxford Bach Soloists' recent tour to Northern Germany as part of the knowledge-exchange project 'Recording the Reformation', led by Prof. Henrike Lähnemann at the University of Oxford.
Mansfield College

Varieties of Resistance, Professor Margaret MacMillan: Adam von Trott Memorial Lecture 2015

Professor Margaret MacMillan's Lecture, Varieties of Resistance was held at Mansfield College, Oxford on the 19th of November 2015 and was introduced by the Principal of Mansfield College, Baroness Helena Kennedy.
Data visualisation and the future of academic publishing

Visualising 150 Years of Correspondence between the US and Germany

Felix Krawatzek (Department of Politics and International Relations, University of Oxford) gives the fourth talk in the conference.
Behind the Scenes at the Oxford University Museums

Celebrating Diversity: An LGBTQ+ Tour of Oxford University’s Museums and Collections

Beth Asbury, Assistant to the Director and Administration Team, Pitt Rivers Museum, gives a short talk for Oxford University Museums Staff Conference.
Behind the Scenes at the Oxford University Museums

Interacting with Artefacts, Oxfordshire Collections Project

Stephen Barker, Oxfordshire County Council Museums Service, gives a short talk for Oxford University Museums Staff Conference.
In Our Spare Times
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The American election of 1896

Host Aled Walker is joined by DPhil students Nonie Kubie and Daniel Rowe to discuss the American presidential election of 1896, a fascinating and pivotal moment in American history.
Journey of a Molecular Detective; David Sherratt

Shakespeare and the Victorians

Robert Douglas-Fairhurst, Professor of English Literature, Oxford, gives a talk for Shakespeare Oxford 2016 series.
Rothermere American Institute

‘Exiled Children’ and the Easter Rising: America and Irish Independence

Robert Schmuhl (Notre Dame) gives a talk on the Easter Rising as part of the American History Research Seminar series.
Women in Oxford's History (Series One)

Women in Oxford's History: Rose Potter Clarributt

Exploring the life of Rose Potter Clarributt: long-serving matron of the Radcliffe Infirmary

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