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Alumni Weekend

Cultural Frontier: Early 20th Century Vienna

Re-visiting the time of Freud, Klimt and Schönberg, the Alumni Weekend panel surveys and analyse this unique period in Vienna’s history and in Western culture.
Big Questions - with Oxford Sparks

'Artificial Intelligence' part 1 - Using artificial intelligence to spot patterns

Professor Stephen Roberts explains how machines, whose job it is simply to learn, can help researchers spot scientific needles in data haystacks, which will help us solve some grand challenges.
Big Questions - with Oxford Sparks

'Explosions' part 3 - Health and Big Data

Professor Gil McVean explains what Big Data is and how it can be used to better understand and treat complex conditions, such as heart disease and dementia.
TORCH | The Oxford Research Centre in the Humanities

Humanities and Science: Culture and Technology

An interdisciplinary discussion exploring culture’s interaction with technology
Big Questions - with Oxford Sparks

"Anomalies" Part 1 - Tinnitus

Researcher Joshua Gold explains a condition called tinnitus, most often described as a persistent and annoying sound in one or both ears.
Big Questions - with Oxford Sparks

"Hidden Worlds" Part 3 - The virtual universe

Dr Andrew Pontzen explains how chains of computers can be set up to simulate billions of years of development of the universe, but in a time period of weeks.
Big Questions - with Oxford Sparks

"Hidden Worlds" Part 2 - Robert Robinson’s chemical box

Edward Imrie and Dr Stephen Johnston Edward Imrie and Dr Stephen Johnston talk about a surprising discovery – a collection of boxes, originally containing chocolates and soap, now full of tiny chemical vials thought to date back to the 1930s.
Big Questions - with Oxford Sparks

"Hidden Worlds" Part 1 - Parallel Worlds

Dr David Wallace discusses the concept of the multiverse – a physical reality that contains lots of universes, each of which inhabited by different versions of ourselves.
Big Questions - with Oxford Sparks

"There's no place like home" Part 3 - Exoplanets

Ruth Angus talks about the search for life outside our solar system. In our own solar system, we have rocky planets towards the centre and gas giant planets further out.
Big Questions - with Oxford Sparks

"There's no place like home" Part 2 - The People of the British Isles

Bruce Winney describes the influx of humans to the British Isles, including the Romans, Anglo Saxons and Vikings. By comparing and contrasting the genetic make-up of patients, researchers can explore how genetics can influence disease.
Big Questions - with Oxford Sparks

"There’s No Place Like Home" Part 1 - Wytham Woods

Professor Ben Sheldon describes one of the World’s longest-running ecological studies, into birds in their natural environments.
Journey of a Molecular Detective; David Sherratt

Oxford Cultural Leaders

Lucy Shaw, Oxford University Museum Partnership Manager, gives a talk on the Oxford Cultural Leaders Programme
Journey of a Molecular Detective; David Sherratt

Philosophy of Criticism - Creativity, Culture and Tradition

Prof. Berys Gaut (St Andrews) on Creativity
Journey of a Molecular Detective; David Sherratt

OxPeace 2014: Session 2a: Arts, Culture and Peace part 4

Dr Rami Mani gives a talk for the OxPeace 2014 conference session 2a; Arts, Culture and Peace
Journey of a Molecular Detective; David Sherratt

OxPeace 2014: Session 2a: Arts, Culture and Peace part 3

Chipo Chung gives a talk for the OxPeace 2014 conference session 2a; Arts, Culture and Peace
Journey of a Molecular Detective; David Sherratt

OxPeace 2014: Session 2a: Arts, Culture and Peace part 2

Taghreed Elsanhouri gives a talk for the OxPeace 2014 conference session 2a; Arts, Culture and Peace
Journey of a Molecular Detective; David Sherratt

OxPeace 2014: Session 2a: Arts, Culture and Peace part 1

William Kelly gives a talk for the OxPeace 2014 conference session 2a; Arts, Culture and Peace
Humanities at the Department for Continuing Education

Was Schubert a musical brain?

Prof. Raymond Tallis deepens his argument against the idea that we are our brains. He believes there is a distinction in kind between humans and other animals. This he illustrates by appeal to the differences between the music of Schubert and the singing
Humanities at the Department for Continuing Education

Spiders, yes, but why cats?

Prof.Iain McGilchrist illustrates his argument by appeal to a number of paintings done by psychotic patients. He points to various commonalities between these paintings and speculates on the ways in which they support claims about the two hemispheres and
Humanities at the Department for Continuing Education

Am I my mind?

Prof. Iain McGilchrist, whilst agreeing with Tallis that we are not our brains argues that we can learn a great deal about our culture by learning more about our brain. In particular we should recognise we have two hemispheres, each with a different funct

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