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History of Art: Special Lectures and Research Seminars

Research Seminar: Michelangelo: A Life on Paper

In this lecture recorded as a part of the University of Oxford History of Art Department's Research Seminar series, Professor Leonard Barkan (Princeton University) discusses the theme "Michelangelo: A Life on Paper". Recording date - 4th November 2010.
Foundation for Law, Justice and Society

The History of Modern Constitutionalism

This lecture establishes the ten essentials of modern constitutionalism, as first developed in the Virginia Declaration of Rights of 1776.
Journey of a Molecular Detective; David Sherratt

Power and Norms: What can the Nobel Peace Prize Accomplish? The Inside Story

Professor Geir Lundestad gives a talk for the ELAC/CCW seminar series on war and armed conflict.
Journey of a Molecular Detective; David Sherratt

A Strategic Analysis of the First Anglo-Afghan War 1839-42: Lessons for Today

Colonel Adam Finlay, CCW Visiting Fellow, delivers an ELAC/CCW Seminar on the first Anglo-Afghan War of 1839 to 1842. Part of the ELAC/CCW seminar series.
Alumni Weekend

Early Tudor England: A People's Reformation?

From the 2010 Alumni Weekend. The english Reformation has often been seen as am 'act of state', imposed on the people. How true was that? How soon did the English people buy into the huge success story that was he reformation in northern Europe?
Keble College

Understanding Creativity

Dr Chris Gosden gives a talk on creativity and artefacts and the development of tools and objects throughout human history. Delivered in Keble College as part of the OXford Alumni Weekend 2010.
Alumni Weekend

The Bodleian Shakespeare: A treasure lost... and regained

From the 2010 Alumni Weekend. Emma Smith reveals how Oxford University mobilised Alumni support to bring Shakespeare's First Folio back to the Bodleian library over 200 years after it was lost.
History of Tropical Medicine at Oxford

Dr. Brian Angus on Tropical Medicine

Writer and medical historian Conrad Keating talks to Dr. Brian Angus, Director of the Wellcome Trust UK Centre for Clinical Tropical Medicine in Oxford, about his interest in science and how this inspired him to work with infectious diseases in Africa.
Journey of a Molecular Detective; David Sherratt

Insights into the Development of Wellbeing in the Very Long Run

Nikola Koepke gives a talk for the UBVO seminar series entitled: Insights into the Development of Wellbeing in the Very Long Run: Status of Pe-Historic and Historic Europe.
History of Tropical Medicine at Oxford

Medicine without Frontiers: An Oxford physician-scientist working in Kenya.

On one of Kevin Marsh's regular visits to Oxford, the historian Conrad Keating caught up with the world-renowned malariologist and asked him what initially drew him to tropical medicine...
History of Tropical Medicine at Oxford

Forging a New Frontier in Oxford Medicine

The historian Conrad Keating continues his history of Oxford's groundbreaking contribution to health in the tropics by asking David Warrell what motivated him to work in Africa...
History of Tropical Medicine at Oxford

Sir David Weatherall on Malaria

Conrad Keating, the medical historian, opens his series with an interview with Sir David Weatherall to mark World Malaria Day on April 25th 2010.
General Philosophy

2.7 Overview: Kant and Modern Science

Part 2.7. Concludes a historical survey of philosophy with Immanuel Kant, who thought Hume was wrong in his idea of human nature and how we gain knowledge of the world.
General Philosophy

2.6 David Hume

Part 2.6. Introduces 18th Century Scottish philosopher David Hume, 'The Great Infidel', including his life, works and a brief look at his philosophical thoughts.
Anthropology

League of Nations; Minority Regime as Anthropological Object

Jane K Cowan (Professor of Social Anthropology, University of Sussex) on rethinking minority, nationality, the international and international governance through history in an effort to understand the League of Nations in terms of anthropology.
The History of Science Museum

The Museum of the History of Science: An Introduction

Short video presented by Jim Bennett, Director of the Museum of the History of Science, looking into the history of the museum and some of its curiosities.
Rothermere American Institute

He's got the whole world in his hands: US History and its discontents in the Obama Era

Robin Kelley's inaugral lecture comments on the absence of discussion about race as connected to Barak Obama's presidency, particularly in light of American history and politics.
St Cross Colloquia

The Science Museum, London - an educational institution?

Colloquium week 7 MT09 (Junior member speaker).
Alumni Weekend

Havens across the Sea

Local historian Ann Spokes Symonds gives a talk on the Oxford children and mothers who were evacuated to Canada and the USA in July 1941.
St Cross College Lectures

A History of Christianity - Introduction to the series

An introductory talk given by Professor Diarmaid MacCulloch prior to the gala screening of the first episode of the BBC TV series "A History of Christianity" at St Cross 5/11/2009.

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