| Using storytelling to measure impact |
Storytelling (https://www.storytellingevaluation.co.uk/about) is a qualitative evaluation method developed by the Old Fire Station, Oxford. |
Sarah Cassidy |
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| An Interview with Katherine Rundell, Bloomsbury-Oxford Fantasy Summer School |
An interview with Katherine Rundell as part of the Bloomsbury-Oxford Fantasy summer school held in September 2025. |
Katherine Rundell |
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| Economics of Global Biopharmaceutical Market Design: Value, Health Technology Assessment, and Access |
Professor Lou Garrison gives a whistle-stop tour de force of his many years of work at the interface of innovation markets and innovation value to healthcare systems and patients. |
Lou Garrison |
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| An Interview with Samantha Shannon, Bloomsbury-Oxford Fantasy Summer School |
An interview with Samantha Shannon as part of the Bloomsbury-Oxford Fantasy summer school held in September 2025. |
Samantha Shannon |
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| S2 Ep1: How streaming affects musicians, and what they can do about it |
It's never been easier for musicians to release music, but the economics of the music industry and online streaming mean earning a living has become ever more challenging. We explore how streaming platforms impact musicians today. |
Robert Prey, Seonok Lee |
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| An Interview with Minjie Su, Bloomsbury-Oxford Fantasy Summer School |
An interview with Minjie Su as part of the Bloomsbury-Oxford Fantasy summer school held in September 2025. |
Minjie Su |
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| An Interview with Stuart Lee, Bloomsbury-Oxford Fantasy Summer School |
An interview with Stuart Lee as part of the Bloomsbury-Oxford Fantasy summer school held in September 2025. |
Stuart Lee |
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| An Interview with Theresa Specht, Bloomsbury-Oxford Fantasy Summer School |
An interview with Theresa Specht as part of the Bloomsbury-Oxford Fantasy summer school held in September 2025. |
Theresa Specht |
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| Rhyme as Experiment/Rhyme as Alchemy |
Michaelmas term Professor of Poetry Lecture |
Alicia Stallings |
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| An Interview with Giuseppe Pezzini, Bloomsbury-Oxford Fantasy Summer School |
An interview with Giuseppe Pezzini as part of the Bloomsbury-Oxford Fantasy summer school held in September 2025. |
Giuseppe Pezzini |
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| An Interview with Katie Harling-Lee, Bloomsbury-Oxford Fantasy Summer School |
An interview with Katie Harling-Lee as part of the Bloomsbury-Oxford Fantasy summer school held in September 2025. |
Katie Harling-Lee |
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| An Interview with Carolyne Larrington, Bloomsbury-Oxford Fantasy Summer School |
An interview with Carolyne Larrington as part of the Bloomsbury-Oxford Fantasy summer school held in September 2025. |
Carolyne Larrington |
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| An Interview with Ros Ballaster, Bloomsbury-Oxford Fantasy Summer School |
An interview with Ros Ballaster as part of the Bloomsbury-Oxford Fantasy summer school held in September 2025. |
Ros Ballaster |
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| An Interview with Sarah Mughal Rana, Bloomsbury-Oxford Fantasy Summer School |
An interview with Sarah Mughal Rana as part of the Bloomsbury-Oxford Fantasy summer school held in September 2025. |
Sarah Mughal Rana |
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| An Interview with Adam Roberts, Bloomsbury-Oxford Fantasy Summer School |
An interview with Adam Roberts as part of the Bloomsbury-Oxford Fantasy summer school held in September 2025. |
Adam Roberts |
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| People on the Move in Mexico |
In this episode, we explore how patterns of mobility to and from Mexico have changed over time, and how these shifts reflect the growing complexity of migration in the modern world. |
Maria Elena Hernández, Abril Ríos-Rivera, Mara Tissera Luna |
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| Part 1: Introduction |
This part sets the scene and manages expectations. It introduces attention to the mind and mindset. There’s a warning about multi-tasking and treadmills.
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Tim Knowlson |
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| Part 2: How do we even define happiness? Stories of the mind and the secret director |
Tim tries to define happiness and fails badly doing so. Sometimes definitions are confusing and need to be treated flexibly. Happiness as a label might not be so useful and is very contextual. |
Tim Knowlson |
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| Part 3: I’m a tourist in my own life |
We think about moving from spectator to actor in our own lives, away from autopilot using values and goals. |
Tim Knowlson |
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| Part 4: The Matryoshka Doll - is it really happiness or something else? |
Tim tries to unpack the word happiness using the metaphor of the Matryoshka Doll, and wonders how it connects to the state of our world and the transience of experience. |
Tim Knowlson |
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| Part 5: Why be happy when you can be real? |
Here we pull everything together. Living fully and meaningfully is greater than happiness. At what cost do we chase and try to own happiness?
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Tim Knowlson |
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| Beyond Weird: One Hundred Years of Quantum Mechanics |
In this talk, Philip Ball explains how new ideas might help reconcile quantum mechanics with general relativity. |
Marcus du Sautoy |
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| Storytelling, a powerful tool, but does it help lead to behaviour change? |
Dr Becky McCall examines the potential of digital storytelling as part of the behavioural science framework. |
Becky McCall |
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| Prequels and Sequels - Theresa Specht |
A look at prequels and sequels in transdmedia fantasy - Theresa Specht |
Theresa Specht |
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| Manga - Minjie Su |
A look at Manga, history, and fantasy Manga stories - MInjie Su |
Minjie Su |
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| Games (short talk) - Stuart Lee |
Fantasy gaming - Stuart Lee |
Stuart Lee |
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| Game of Thrones - Carolyne Larrington |
The impact of G R R Martin's Game of Thrones and the TV series - Carolyne Larrington |
Carolyne Larrington |
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| Arresting Strangeness and Fan Fiction (short talk) - Megan Laybourn |
Fan fiction and fantasy literature - Megan Laybourn |
Megan Laybourn |
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| Interview with Samantha Shannon |
Interview with Samantha Shannon |
Samantha Shannon |
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| Publishing Fantasy Panel - Bloomsbury Publishing Team |
A panel discussion, with introduction by Sir Nigel Newton (founder of Bloomsbury Publishing Ltd) |
Nigel Newton, Zoe Gilbert, Vicky Leech Mateos, Lucy Strong, Rebecca McNally |
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| Jinn, Faith, and Oral Folklore (short talk) - Sarah Mughal Rana |
A look at non-western fantasy literature and influences by the writer Sarah Mughal Rana. |
Sarah Mughal Rana |
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| After Tolkien (short talk) - Felix Taylor |
Susan Cooper, Diana Wynne Jones, and Alana Garner by Felix Taylor |
Felix Taylor |
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| J. R. R. Tolkien - Stuart Lee |
Applying the DISCWORLD framework to Tolkien - Stuart Lee |
Stuart Lee |
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| Norse Myths and E. R. Eddison (short talk) - Grace Khuri |
A look at he influences of Norse Myths on E. R. Addison - Grace Khuri |
Grace Khuri |
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| Weird Fiction (short talk) - Felix Taylor |
An introduction to weird fiction and the key writers - Felix Taylor |
Felix Taylor |
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| C. S. Lewis and the Origins of Narnia - Simon Horobin |
An introduction to C. S. Lewis and his Narnia novels - Simon Horobin |
Simon Horobin |
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| The Oxford School of Fantasy (short talk) - Carolyne Larrington |
A short exploration of the 'Oxford School' of fantasy - Carolyne Larrington |
Carolyne Larrington |
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| 19thc Fantasy - Morris and Macdonald - Katie Harling-Lee |
they influences and writings of William Morris and George MacDonald - Katie Harling-Lee |
Katie Harling-Lee |
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| Fairy Tale and Fantasy - Ros Ballaster |
The influences and history of fairy and folk tales - Rod Ballaster |
Ros Ballaster |
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| Modern Re-enchantment and the Medieval Fantastic - Bond West |
Medieval literature and the influences on modern fantasy literature |
Bond West |
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| Arthurian Literature (short talk) - Gabriel Schenk |
Arthurian influences on fantasy literature especially T. H. White - Gabriel Schenk |
Gabriel Schenk |
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| Myths and Legends (short talk) - Carolyne Larrington |
The early history of fantasy - myths and legends - by Carolyne Larrington |
Carolyne Larrington |
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| Classics and Fantasy - Beppe Pezzini |
An exploration of the use of classical literature in Tolkien by Beppe Pezzini |
Giuseppe Pezzini |
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| Critical Approaches to Fantasy (short talk) - Stuart Lee |
A short-talk (10 minutes) on critical approaches to fantasy using a DISCWORLD framework by Stuart Lee |
Stuart Lee |
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| Introduction to Fantasy - Adam Roberts |
Introduction to the genre and history of fantasy Literature by Adam Roberts. |
Adam Roberts |
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| Padmasambhava and Nubchen Sangye Yeshe: Legend, Lineage, Legacy |
Dylan Esler explores the nexus of links—both legendary and historical—that connect Nubchen Sangye Yeshe with Padmasambhava. |
Dylan Esler, Robert Mayer |
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| 4: Living in Zombie Time – Martin O’Brien |
What is it like to live in Zombie Time? Performance artist Martin O’Brien opens the conversation on living beyond predicted life expectancy in what he calls ‘zombie time’. |
Patricia Kingori, Martin O’Brien |
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| The temple to Poseidon in the Portus Magnus of Alexandria |
Franck Goddio presents his research on the remains of a large religious complex in the Portus Magnus of Alexandria. |
Franck Goddio, Damian Robinson |
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| 3: Does Time Exist – Felix Flicker |
Does time exist? Theoretical physicist Felix Flicker from the University of Bristol explores whether time exists and living after the end of the universe. |
Patricia Kingori, Felix Flicker |
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| Advances in Garbled Circuits |
MT25 Strachey Lecture - Professor Rafail Ostrovsky: Advances in Garbled Circuits |
Rafail Ostrovsky |
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| 2: The Immortal Jellyfish – Miranda Lowe |
The Jellyfish that refuse to die. MIRANDA LOWE CBE, a principal curator in the Department of Life Sciences at the NATURAL HISTORY MUSEUM in LONDON, introduces us to the extraordinary world of the immortal jellyfish. |
Patricia Kingori, Miranda Lowe |
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| 1: Introduction – Patricia Kingori |
Who decides when it’s over? In this episode of the podcast series After the End, Professor Patricia Kingori introduces the project and sets the stage for what’s to come. |
Patricia Kingori |
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| German in the World |
Natasha A. Kelly speaking about Black German identity and culture to Dr Kirstin Gwyer for ‘German in the World’ |
Bernhard Malkmus, Kirstin Gwyer, Natasha Kelly |
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| Tripartite Lineages and Cremation Ground Revelations: Crossovers Between Early rDzogs chen and Kaula Śaivism |
Paul Thomas presents evidence that Indian Tantric Śaivism exerted a direct influence on Tibetan Dzogchen in the 11th and 12th centuries. |
Paul Thomas, Robert Mayer |
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| O rgyan Tshe dpag med traditions: Glimpse of an Ocean |
Cathy Cantwell traces the tradition of Padmasambhava in the form of Amitāyus from Guru Chowang in the 14th century. |
Cathy Cantwell, Robert Mayer |
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| What is a student? Perspectives from across Europe |
Professor Rachel Brooks explores how students are conceptualised across six European countries, challenging assumptions of a uniform student experience and highlighting the influence of national context, discipline, institution and social background. |
Rachel Brooks |
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| Human Rights: Cooling a Planet on Fire |
Volker Türk, UN High Commissioner for Human Rights, calling for a new approach to politics in response to the climate emergency. |
Volker Türk |
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| 2025 Disability Lecture: Building an Environment for All |
Professor Sam Howison explores how an institution like Oxford University can build accessible environments, highlighting the complexities, evolving needs, and broad benefits of inclusive design. |
Sam Howison, Jordelle Akinola, Irene Tracey, Elizabeth Frood |
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| Repetition is a Form of Change: An Oblique Strategy in Poetry |
Professor of Poetry lecture – Repetition is a Form of Change: An Oblique Strategy in Poetry |
Alicia Stallings |
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| Oxford Islam & Justice Seminar: Islam and Natural Law |
The theme for this week's lecture is Islam and Natural Law |
Ramon Harvey, Jacob Williams |
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| On Padmasambhava’s Names, Himalayan Syncretism, and the Apotheosis of the Fierce Guru |
Dan Hirshberg describes the origins of the famous 'Eight Names' of Padmasambhava, and also of his fierce form as 'Guru Dragpo'. |
Dan Hirshberg, Robert Mayer |
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| Will Computers prove theorems? |
Kevin Buzzard: Will Computers prove theorems? |
Kevin Buzzard |
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| Formalizing the Future: Lean’s Impact on Mathematics, Programming, and AI |
Leo De Moura: Formalizing the Future: Lean’s Impact on Mathematics, Programming, and AI |
Leo De Moura |
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| Books as Objects, Data and Meaning: A Computational Approach to Eighteenth-Century Book and Intellectual History |
Annual Voltaire Foundation Lecture on Digital Enlightenment Studies: Mikko Tolonen on Books as Objects, Data and Meaning: A Computational Approach to Eighteenth-Century Book and Intellectual History |
Mikko Tolonen |
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| Politics and Global Health: The Need for a New, Resilient Architecture |
Mitchell Warren will provide updates on AIDS Vaccine Advocacy Coalition's (AVAC) court challenge against the Trump administration’s dismantling of USAID and offer his insights into what a more resilient global health funding infrastructure could look like |
Mitchell Warren |
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| Nonlinear dynamics of active particles |
Dr Rahil Valani provides an introduction to active matter (a field focusing on active particles' nonlinear dynamical behaviors) exploring the active system of superwalking droplets that can exhibit hydrodynamic quantum analogs. |
Rahil Valani |
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| The physics of “flat” electrons |
Dr Dumitru Călugăru explores the main strategies for engineering flat band materials, discusses band topology concepts and their relevance to flat band physics, and highlights the role of strong interactions in these materials. |
Dumitru Călugăru |
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| How to program a quantum computer |
Dr Dominik Hahn explains how a quantum computer is built, discusses how quantum operations are programmed in a way similar to classical computing, and showcases examples of quantum programs running on superconducting devices. |
Dominik Hahn |
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| System Entrepreneurship: Lessons from Rwanda |
Educating future leaders in Africa and driving transformational impact on African economies. |
Peter Drobac |
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| Misunderstandings and misuses of commonly-cited methods for systematic reviews & meta-analyses. |
Professor Julian Higgins explains why he believes the systematic review and meta-analysis methods described in many highly cited papers are routinely misunderstood or misused. |
Julian Higgins |
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| Privacy, Verification, Robustness: A Cryptographer's perspective on ML |
Strachey Lecture: Privacy, Verification, Robustness: A Cryptographer's perspective on ML |
Shafi Goldwasser |
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| J3: A Roman ship's boat from the Portus Magnus of Alexandria |
A small Roman boat was discovered in the port of Alexandria. Why was it transporting a large iron anchor at the moment it sank? Professor Damian Robinson presents this fascinating and rare find. |
Damian Robinson, Alexander Belov, Nesreen Elgaly, David Honore, Catherine Grataloup, Tina Roushannafas, Patrice Sandrin |
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| The Indigeneity of Early Christianity in Africa: Has the time come for Late Afriquity? |
“The Indigeneity of Early Christianity in Africa: Has the time come for Late Afriquity?“ Father Jarel Robinson-Brown |
Jarel Robinson-Brown |
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| The ‘Key-spring’ of The Lord of the Rings? |
Stuart Lee talks on 'The ‘Key-spring’ of The Lord of the Rings?' |
Stuart Lee |
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| C.S. Lewis’s Influence on The Lord of the Rings |
Michael Ward talks on 'C.S. Lewis’s Influence on The Lord of the Rings' |
Michael Ward |
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| Medievalism in the Margins: Echoes of Anglo-Saxon England in Appendix A of The Lord of the Rings – From Page to Screen |
Grace Khuri talks on 'Medievalism in the Margins: Echoes of Anglo-Saxon England in Appendix A of 'The Lord of the Rings' – From Page to Screen' |
Grace Khuri |
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| A Harmless Vice: Tolkien’s Invented Languages |
Mark Williams talks on 'A Harmless Vice: Tolkien’s Invented Languages' |
Mark Williams |
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| The authors and styles of 'The Lord of the Rings' |
Giuseppe Pezzini talks on 'The authors and styles of The Lord of the Rings' |
Giuseppe Pezzini |
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| J. R. R. Tolkien and G. B. Smith: Two Forgotten War Poets? |
Stuart Lee talks about Tolkien's recently published war poetry in the context of G. B. Smith. |
Stuart Lee |
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| Tolkien as Interpreter and Transformer of Culture: The Making of 'The Lord of the Rings' as a Modern Book |
Holly Ordway presents on 'Tolkien as Interpreter and Transformer of Culture'. |
Holly Ordway |
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| What These Ithakas Mean: Cavafy, Translation, Influence, and Imitation |
What These Ithakas Mean: Cavafy, Translation, Influence, and Imitation (Professor of Poetry lecture, Feb 2025) |
Alicia Stallings |
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| Anyons: New Types of Particles in Quantum Physics |
While it was originally believed that only bosons and fermions were allowed by quantum mechanics, in fact, when objects are restricted to move on a two-dimensional plane, new types of particles called "anyons" can emerge. |
Steve Simon |
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| A New Twist on Topology: The Rise of “Moiré Materials” |
Prof Sid Parameswaran discusses how quantum condensed matter physics has been revolutionized by “moiré materials”, made by stacking individual atomically thin layers such as graphene with a relative twist/offset between layers. |
Siddharth Parameswaran |
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| Topology in the Physics of Condensed Matter |
Prof Shivaji Sondhi explains how topology is applied to understanding properties of condensed matter systems, providing an introduction to topics including defects & solitons, the quantum Hall effect, and topological insulators. |
Shivaji Sondhi |
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| Sheldonian Series: Life |
The Vice Chancellor moderates three guest speakers, delivering presentations examining the theme of Life from planetary, technological and ethical perspectives followed by a lively audience Q&A session. |
Irene Tracey, Nigel Shadbolt, Jayne Birkby, Luke Bretherton |
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| Gendered Aspects of Ukraine’s Displacement Crisis |
With war comes displacement. The full-scale invasion of Ukraine has forced millions to flee homes and rebuild elsewhere. What role does a women's agency play in navigating the complexities of displacement and building resilience? |
Daryna Dvornichenko, Tania Orlova, Jacqui Broadhead, Rob McNeil, Delphine Boagey |
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| Treasure and archaeology: reflections on the Begram hoard and the interpretation of deposits of valuable objects (Oxford Treasure Seminar Series) |
Lauren Morris examines archaeologically discovered hoards: how does one tell if their concealment was pragmatic, or ritual? And can one always even make such distinctions? |
Lauren Morris, Robert Mayer |
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| Not just "what," but also "how well:" Intervention fidelity in clinical trials of complex interventions in healthcare |
The concepts of intervention fidelity and how they can influence the results of clinical trials. |
Arsenio Paez |
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| ARCHiOX - Seeing the Unseen in Oxford University Collections |
Experts discuss how the latest 3D recording technology has supported their research by revealing near-invisible markings from originals held at Oxford University Institutions |
Richard Ovenden, Adam Lowe, John Barrett, Mark Crosby, Carlos Bayod Lucini, Richard Allen |
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| Reading in the Woods - Dating the Undatable: from blocks to prints |
Elizabeth Savage and Ed Potten. A conversation reflecting on the techniques for ascribing dates to woodblocks and prints. |
Elizabeth Savage, Ed Potten |
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| Reading in the Woods - First Impressions: Woodblocks used for printing |
Andrew Honey and Alexandra Franklin Discovering and re-discovering the uses of wooden printing blocks within a library. |
Andrew Honey, Alexandra Franklin |
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| Reading in the Woods - Conserving the Wooden Library |
Madeleine Katkov, Alex Walker and Nicole Gilroy Exploring the conservation of the fabric and content of Bodley’s Library. |
Madeleine Katkov, Alex Walker, Nicole Gilroy |
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| Episode 4: Reflections on COP29, what’s next for addressing climate change within cities? |
As COP29 ends, what do the negotiations mean for climate change within cities? |
Katherine Maxwell, Mark Watts |
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| Episode 3: What role does climate finance play in enabling cities to reach their climate targets? |
Billed as the ‘Finance COP’, this episode explores the scale of climate finance needed, to understand how we can improve the quality of finance delivered and access more diverse financial instruments to ensure greater financial predictability. |
Katherine Maxwell, Sustain Aitken |
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| Episode 2: Why do cities need collaboration and partnerships to meet climate commitments? |
This episode explores the outcomes from the mitigation and adaptation commitments at COP29. |
Katherine Maxwell, Michele Acuto |
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| Do they think money grows on trees? Yakṣas, nāgās and nidhis (Oxford Treasure Seminar Series) |
John Guy looks at the embracing presence of gods of place in early Buddhist art. |
John Guy |
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| Defining antisemitism: what is the point |
In this talk, Dr Klug and Professor Lavi explore the following questions, among others: What useful role can definitions play in this controversy? Can the IHRA definition perform this role? Does the JDA give better guidance? |
Brian Klug, Shai Lavi, Eugene Rogan |
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| Reimagining Humanity in the Age of Technology |
This lecture will provide a brief journey into the future, providing projections for how our lives will change as technological innovations continue to accelerat |
Scott Clarke |
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| Underwater photography and maritime archaeology |
Fascinating images that offer a glimpse into ancient Egypt: Photographer Christoph Gerigk talks about his work in the sunken ancient cities off the coast of Egypt and the challenges and developments in underwater photography. |
Christoph Gerigk, Damian Robinson |
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| Upping the ante: how word choice, quotation and allusion in poems raise the stakes |
Upping the ante: how word choice, quotation and allusion in poems raise the stakes (Professor of Poetry lecture, Nov 2024) |
Alicia Stallings |
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