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Anthropology

Transformation through Ritual: Bodies as Sacred Space

A seminar of the Anthropology Research Group at Oxford on Eastern Medicines and Religions. Dr Ann R. David (University of Roehampton) focuses on Tamil worshippers in the UK to discuss the role of ritual in religion and dance. 18 January 2017.
Anthropology

Climate, weather, culture

In this Departmental Seminar, Prof. Steve Rayner examines the blossoming of anthropological attention to climate change over the last ten years. 17 February 2017.
Anthropology

The great migration of summer 2015: trajectories, journeys and hubs

In this Departmental Seminar, Dr Franck Düvell (COMPAS) focuses on the great migration of 2015 when it is estimated that 12 million people were newly displaced. 20 January 2017.
Anthropology

Exhibiting violence and social change in Brazil

Prof. Elizabeth B. Silva (The Open University) discusses the role of staged events in remembering the establishment of dictatorship in Brazil in 1964. 19 May 2017.
Anthropology

Women in India’s waste economy

In this Departmental Seminar, Prof. Barbara Harriss-Whiten draws on anthropology, economics and politics to examine the role of women in Indian society. 12 May 2017.
Journey of a Molecular Detective; David Sherratt

Inequality, Obesity and Oxford: how to reduce car dependence

Danny Dorling gives a talk for the UBVO seminar series on 2nd February 2017.
Journey of a Molecular Detective; David Sherratt

Social Mobility: Can family policy make a difference?

Naomi Eisenstadt gives a talk for the UBVO seminar seires on 1st December 2016. Please note, there were technical difficulties during the recording of this episode so it will stop at 12:34. We apologise for this.
TORCH | The Oxford Research Centre in the Humanities

The Spirits of Crossbones Graveyard

The book's author Sondra Hausner (Professor of Anthropology, University of Oxford) will explore the issues raised in her book.
Journey of a Molecular Detective; David Sherratt

Social Mobility Summit, House of Lords – 24 January 2017

This event at the House of Lords on January 24th 2017 saw Oxford alumni, policy makers and practitioners come together for a debate about the ways we can widen access to higher education.
Department of Education Public Seminars

Stuck! Britain’s social mobility problem

The Sutton Trust’s Chief Executive, Dr Lee Elliot Major, will argue that Britain has failed to address its problem of low social mobility, drawing on a range of international evidence.
Department of Education Public Seminars

Socio­economic inequalities in education achievement and student outcomes

Anna Vignoles, Professor of Education and Director of Research at the Faculty of Education, University of Cambridge and a trustee of the Nuffield Foundation, gives a talk for the Department of Education Public Seminar Series.
Department of Education Public Seminars

Education in divided societies: The role of school collaboration

Professor Tony Gallagher, University of Belfast, gives a talk for the Department of Education Public Seminar Series on 24th October 2016.
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.
Global insights in impact investing

New frameworks for measuring performance

International evaluation expert Dr Michael Quinn Patton and OIIP Programme Director Gayle Peterson will discuss best practice and new frameworks for evaluating and measuring performance when investing in solutions to complex, systemic problems.
Foundation for Law, Justice and Society

Populism and the Constitution: The Case of Britain in the Wake of the EU Referendum

Professor Denis Galligan, Professor of Socio-Legal Studies, University of Oxford gives a Research Cluster Seminar to celebrate Wolfson's 50th Anniversary.
Journey of a Molecular Detective; David Sherratt

Advancing a model of inequalities, stress, and obesity

Emily Henderson, Durham University, gives a talk for the UBVO seminar series.
Anthropology

Exploring the city's 'sutures'

Filip De Boeck (KU Leiden) explores 'urban life between want and wish', drawing on examples from the DRCongo (4 March 2016)
Anthropology

Plantain island sirens

Jennifer Diggins (Oxford Brookes) discusses 'tales of poverty, fish, and seduction from maritime Sierra Leone' (26 February 2016)
Anthropology

Science, stories and indigenous wisdom: is the wider world waking up at last?

Joy Hendry (Oxford Brookes) examines indigenous knowledge and specific projects across the world, including Canada, Australia and New Zealand (13 May 2016)
Anthropology

The charm of 'things': ethnography and performance

Marta Rosa Jardim (UNIFESP, Brazil) examines the role of sculptures of Hindu gods in Mozambique and the influence of art history on her anthropological research (20 May 2016)

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