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Episode Title	Description	People	Date
Mathematics and culture: geometry and its ‘Figures in the Air’	Judith Grabiner, Pitzer College describes how the 19th century saw radical change, producing new ideas of space, destroying the unchallenging authority of mathematics, revolutionising art, making relativity possible and helping create modernism.	Judith Grabiner	18 December, 2015
Imaginary engines	In this talk graphic artist and animator Sydney Padua talks about her bestselling graphic novel "The Thrilling Adventures of Lovelace and Babbage". She will also display her 3D animations of how the Analytical Engine would have looked and operated.	Sydney Padua	18 December, 2015
The Analytical Engine and the Aeolian Harp	In this talk Imogen Forbes-Macphail, University of California, Berkeley, contextualises Lovelace's work on the engines against the backdrop of Romantic thought surrounding the power of poetry and the nature of original composition.	Imogen Forbes-Macphail	18 December, 2015
Enchantress of Numbers or a mere debugger?: a brief history of cultural and academic understandings of Ada Lovelace	To mark the 200th anniversary of Lovelace's birth, Elizabeth Bruton, Museum of the History of Science, reviews and explores academic and popular representations of Ada Lovelace and engage with the controversy of her claim as the first computer programmer.	Elizabeth Bruton, Sally Shuttleworth	18 December, 2015
The mathematical correspondence of Ada Lovelace and Augustus De Morgan	During the years 1840-1, Ada Lovelace corresponded with the mathematician Augustus De Morgan. In this talk Christopher Hollings, University of Oxford reports on recent new studies of the mathematics Ada was learning with De Morgan.	Christopher Hollings	18 December, 2015
The early education of Ada Byron	In this talk Julia Markus, Hofstra University shall dispel the myth that Lady Byron kept Ada from poetry, she will also show that the mother-daughter relationship was a psychological spur to Ada's early experiments.	Julia Markus	18 December, 2015
The Travelling Santa Problem and Other Seasonal Challenges - Marcus du Sautoy	The Oxford Mathematics Christmas Public Lecture 2015 examined an aspect of Christmas not often considered: the mathematics.	Marcus du Sautoy	18 December, 2015
Pythagoras to pacifism: mathematics and archives	In this talk June Barrow-Green from the Open University describes some mathematical archives and some of the issues associated with them. Includes an introduction from Vicki Hanson, Vice-President of the ACM.	June Barrow-Green, Vicki Hanson	18 December, 2015
Will you concede me Poetical Science?	Ada Lovelace had a broad interest in the science and technologies of the day and explored post-Romantic ideas which made a significant link between science and poetry. In this talk Richard Holmes looks at some of these surprising connections.	Richard Holmes	18 December, 2015
Ada Lovelace lives forever: Ada’s four questions	How Ada approached information is the key to understanding her contribution. In this talk Betty Toole, author of "ADA: The Enchantress of Numbers" focuses on Ada's four questions: What is the source? What does it mean? What if? and Why not?	Betty Toole	18 December, 2015
From Byron to the Ada Programming Language	John Barnes, Ada software consultant talks about Byron and his bear and the evolution of the computing language named after Ada Lovelace.	John Barnes	17 December, 2015
Turning numbers into notes	Composer Emily Howard talks to David De Roure about her musical composition 'Ada sketches'.	Emily Howard, David De Roure	17 December, 2015
Ada Lovelace, a scientist in the archives	Ursula Martin, University of Oxford and Soren Riis, Queen Mary University of London give new focus to letters within the archive of Ada Lovelace's family documents. Includes an introduction by Nick Woodhouse, President of the Clay Mathematics Institute.	Soren Riis, Ursula Martin, Nick Woodhouse	17 December, 2015
Notions and notations: designing computers before computing	Adrian Johnstone, Royal Holloway, University of London reviews Babbage's remarkable 'Mechanical Notation'.	Adrian Johnstone	17 December, 2015
Interpreting dreams of abstract machines	Bernard Sufrin, University of Oxford establishes a context of Ada's 'Translators Notes' using more recent descriptions of computing machinery and programming methods.	Bernard Sufrin	17 December, 2015
Charles Babbage and Ada Lovelace: two visions of computing	Doron Swade, Royal Holloway, University of London reviews the trajectory of Babbage's calculating Engines and examines Ada Lovelace's contribution to computing.	Doron Swade	17 December, 2015
Introduction to the Ada Lovelace Symposium	Alexander Wolf, President of the Association for Computing Machinery and Imperial College London, introduces the Ada Lovelace Symposium.	Alexander Wolf	14 December, 2015
Symmetry, Spaces and Undecidability - Martin Bridson	The understanding of the possible geometries in dimension 3 is one of the triumphs of 20th century mathematics. In this talk Martin Bridson explains why such an understanding is impossible in higher dimensions.	Martin Bridson	7 December, 2015
Growing Black Holes over 12 Billion Years	The 2015 Hintze Biannual Lecture delivered by Professor Meg Urry	Meg Urry	4 December, 2015
The Einstein Lens and a Tale of Two Eclipses	Physics Colloquium 20th November 2015 delivered by Professor Tom Ray	Tom Ray	24 November, 2015
The French Revolutionary Terror: Proto-Totalitarian or Public Sphere?	Professor Colin Jones CBE (Queen Mary University of London) delivers the annual Besterman Lecture for the Voltaire Foundation at Wolfson College, Oxford	Colin Jones	20 November, 2015
Strachey Lecture: Bidirectional Computation is Effectful	A reconstruction (slides and voiceover) of a talk given at the Summit on Advances in Programming Languages (snapl.org/2015) in May 2015.	Jeremy Gibbons	17 November, 2015
Putting the Higgs Boson in its Place	Professor Melissa Franklin talks about her experiences working towards the discovery of the Higgs Boson and her work today at the Large Hadron Collider	Melissa Franklin, Marcus du Sautoy	16 November, 2015
At a Physics Info/Sci Intersection	Physics Colloquium 30th October 2015 delivered by Professer Paul Ginsparg	Paul Ginsparg	3 November, 2015
The Unconscious: a Concept or a Metaphor?	Andrew Mayes, and Angus Nicholls, give a talk for the Unconscious Memory seminar series.	Andrew Mayes, Angus Nicholls	2 November, 2015
M. C. Escher - Artist, Mathematician, Man	M.C. Escher is known as the mathematician's (and hippie's) favourite artist. But why? And was Escher, a man who claimed he knew no mathematics, really a mathematical genius?	Roger Penrose, Jon Chapman, Alain Goriely, Clem Hitchcock	28 October, 2015
How hot will it get in a world run by economists? A physicist’s take on climate change policy	Physics Colloquium 23rd October 2015 delivered by Professor Myles Allen	Myles Allen	26 October, 2015
What has EBM done for healthcare?	Professor Carl Heneghan gives a talk for the Centre for Evidence Based Medicine podcast series.	Carl Heneghan	22 October, 2015
Exploring psychiatry through images and objects	Dr Charlotte Allan, Academic Clinical Lecturer in Old Age Psychiatry, gives a talk in conjunction with the University Engagement Programme at the Ashmolean Museum.	Charlotte Allan	13 October, 2015
The Oxford Conference on Ageing and Psychiatry Closing Remarks	Dr Charlotte Allan, Academic Clinical Lecturer in Old Age Psychiatry, closes The Oxford Conference on Ageing and Psychiatry.	Charlotte Allan	9 October, 2015
MRC Dementia's platform	Dr Clare Mackay, Associate Professor, Department of Psychiatry, gives a talk for the Oxford Conference on Psychiatry and Ageing.	Clare Mackay	9 October, 2015
Meeting the challenges of dementia research	Dr Emma O'Brien, Science Communications Officer, Alzheimer's Research UK gives a talk for the Oxford Conference on Psychiatry and Ageing.	Emma O’Brien	9 October, 2015
Brain imaging and the Whitehall II Study	Prof Klaus Ebmeier, Professor of Old Age Psychiatry, gives a talk for the Oxford Conference on Psychiatry and Ageing.	Klaus Ebmeier	9 October, 2015
Engaging with the community	Marianne Talbot, author and philospher, gives a talk for the Oxford Conference on Psychiatry and Ageing.	Marianne Talbot	9 October, 2015
Ethical and legal challenges in old age psychiatry	Dr Hugh Series, Consultant in Old Age Psychiatry, Oxford Health NHS FT, gives a talk for the Oxford Conference on Psychiatry and Ageing.	Hugh Series	9 October, 2015
Psychological medicine: the importance of crossing boundaries	Dr Bart Sheehan, Consultant in Psychological Medicine, Oxford University Hospitals NHS FT, gives the fifth talk in the Oxford Conference on Psychiatry and Ageing.	Bart Sheehan	8 October, 2015
Working in low and middle income countries	Dr Philip Wilkinson, Consultant in Old Age Psychiatry, Oxford Health NHS FT, gives the fourth talk for the Oxford Conference on Psychiatry and Ageing,	Phillip Wilkinson	8 October, 2015
Older people's views of integrated care	Mr Chris Graham, Director of Research and Policy, Picker Institute, gives the third talk in the Oxford Conference on Psychiatry and Ageing.	Chris Graham	8 October, 2015
Policy challenges in population ageing	Dr Laurel Hixon, Research Fellow, Oxford Institute of Population Ageing, gives the first talk for the Oxford Conference on Ageing and Psychiatry.	Laurel Hixon	8 October, 2015
The Oxford Conference on Ageing and Psychiatry Opening Remarks	Dr Charlotte Allan gives the opening remarks to the Oxford Conference on Ageing and Psychiatry, held in Wolfson College, Oxford on 28th September 2015.	Charlotte Allan	8 October, 2015
The Future of Research Libraries	A talk delivered by Andrew Green at the Anybook Oxford Libraries Conference 2015 - Adapting for the Future: Developing Our Professions and Services, 21st July 2015.	Andrew Green	15 September, 2015
Leadership and Embedding a Culture of Innovation at the University of Manchester	A talk delivered by Jan Wilkinson at the Anybook Oxford Libraries Conference 2015 - Adapting for the Future: Developing Our Professions and Services, 21st July 2015.	Jan Wilkinson	15 September, 2015
The State of the Archives in the UK and the Challenges Ahead	A talk delivered by Clem Brohier at the Anybook Oxford Libraries Conference 2015 - Adapting for the Future: Developing Our Professions and Services, 21st July 2015.	Clem Brohier	15 September, 2015
Evidence-Based Decision Making for Collection Management	A talk delivered by Paul Cavanagh and James Kay at the Anybook Oxford Libraries Conference 2015 - Adapting for the Future: Developing Our Professions and Services, 21st July 2015.	Paul Cavanagh, James Kay	15 September, 2015
Theorising with narrative: How careful analysis of stories can help us rise above the ontological desert of ‘behaviour change’ research	Professor Trish Greenhalgh gives a talk for the Centre for Evidence Based Medicine.	Trish Greenhalgh	5 August, 2015
Malone's Chronologizing of Aubrey's Lives (putt in writing... tumultuarily)	Keynote lecture by Margreta de Grazia, (Emerita Sheli Z. and Burton X. Rosenberg Professor of the Humanities, University of Pennsylvania) for the Marginal Malone conference held in Oxford on June 26th, 2015.	Margreta de Grazia	4 August, 2015
Understanding the Monsoon	The 2015 Halley Lecture delivered by Professor Peter J. Webster	Peter J. Webster	30 July, 2015
Distinguishing Marks of Genius	What do geniuses have in common, across the arts and sciences? And how do we distinguish genius from talent? Andrew Robinson, author of Genius: A Very Short Introduction, considers (a little of) the evidence.	Andrew Robinson	15 July, 2015
Pieces of the jigsaw: history through the John Johnson Collection of Printed Ephemera	A lunchtime lecture by Julie-Anne Lambert accompanying the exhibition Marks of Genius: Masterpieces from the Collections of the Bodleian Libraries.	Julie-Anne Lambert	10 July, 2015
The Savile Library	Lunchtime lecture by Will Poole accompanying the exhibition Marks of Genius: Masterpieces from the Collections of the Bodleian Libraries.	Will Poole	9 July, 2015
The Gomboc, the Turtle and the Evolution of Shape - Gabor Domokos	Gabor Domokos gives a talk on his mathematical journey that led to the creation of the Gomboc, the shape which has just one stable and one unstable point of equilibrium.	Gábor Domokos	1 July, 2015
Timon of Athens	Emma Smith finishes her Approaching Shakespeare series with a lecture on the play Timon of Athens.	Emma Smith	23 June, 2015
Parlez-vous Beams? The Frontier of Beam Physics and Accelerator Science: from High Energy Particle Colliders to Quantum Degenerate Beams	Physics Colloquium 12th June 2015 delivered by Professer Swapan Chattopadhyay	Swapan Chattopadhyay	17 June, 2015
The Quantum Universe	The 2015 Hintze Lecture delivered by Professor Hitoshi Murayama	Hitoshi Murayama	16 June, 2015
From Moral Neutrality to Effective Altruism: The Changing Scope and Significance of Moral Philosophy	The third in the series of the Tanner Lectures which serve to advance and reflect upon the scholarly and scientific learning relating to human values	Peter Singer	12 June, 2015
Unlocking the Power of Hydrogen	Kylie Vincent and Philip Ash discuss how bacteria harness the energy stored within hydrogen molecules, and how this could help build a more sustainable energy future.	Kylie Vincent, Philip Ash	10 June, 2015
Chemistry is Central to our Energy Future	Phil Grunewald, Deputy Director of Energy Research at the University of Oxford, explains how chemistry helps to solve global energy challenges.	Phil Grunewald	10 June, 2015
Nanoparticle Catalysis: Size Matters	Hanif Mahadi, Researcher in Edman Tsang’s group, explains how nanoparticle catalysts help us use fossil fuels more efficiently and develop cleaner alternative sources of energy.	Hanif Mahadi	10 June, 2015
Using Catalysts to Make Exhaust Fumes Greener	How can we reduce the pollution from car exhausts?	Elizabeth Raine	10 June, 2015
The Energy Challenge: Research at Oxford	Providing secure, affordable and sustainable forms of energy is one of our biggest challenges this century. Hear how the cutting-edge fundamental research we undertake addresses real world problems and helps us to move towards a more sustainable future.	Phil Grunewald	10 June, 2015
Chasing Fast Dynamos in the Plasma Lab	Physics Colloquium 29th May 2015 delivered by Professor Cary Forest	Cary Forest	8 June, 2015
Climate Observations from Space	Physics Colloquium 5th June 2015 delivered by Professor Stephen Briggs	Stephen Briggs	8 June, 2015
Proustian Memory	Professor Gordon Shepherd (Yale) ‘Reassessing Mechanisms of Autobiographical Memory’ and Dr Kirsten Shepherd-Barr (St Catherine’s, Oxford) ‘Madeleines and Neuromodernism’. Chaired by Dr Sowon Park (Corpus Christi, Oxford)	Gordon Shepherd, Kirsten Shepherd-Barr	4 June, 2015
Zaharoff Lecture 2015: Figures de la disparition dans le roman français contemporain	Figures de la disparition dans le roman français contemporain	Dominique Rabaté, Michael Sheringham	1 June, 2015
Creating the evidence base for prescribing in psychiatry	Associate Professor Andrea Cipriani discusses his research that involves synthesising evidence for psychiatric medications	Andrea Cipriani	1 June, 2015
Cosmology from the Microwave Background	Physics Colloquium 22nd May 2015 delivered by Professor Jo Dunkley	Jo Dunkley	29 May, 2015
Everything from nothing, or how our universe was made	The 2015 Wetton Lecture delivered by Professor Carlos Frenk	Carlos Frenk	29 May, 2015
Love's Labour's Lost	Emma Smith continues her Approaching Shakespeare series with a lecture on the play Love's Labour's Lost.	Emma Smith	27 May, 2015
Long-period temperature records in the British Isles	Prof Chris Folland, University of East Anglia and Met Office Hadley Centre, gives a talk as part of the Met Office award for 200 years of continuous weather observations at Oxford ceremony on 15th May 2015.	Chris Folland	20 May, 2015
Long-period precipitation records in the British Isles	Prof Tim Burt, University of Durham, gives a talk as part of the Met Office award for 200 years of continuous weather observations at Oxford ceremony on 15th May 2015	Tim Burt	20 May, 2015
Topological Boundary Modes from Quantum Electronics to Classical Mechanics	The 2015 Cherwell-Simon Lecture delivered by Professor Charles Kane	Charles Kane	20 May, 2015
Julius Caesar	This lecture on Julius Caesar discusses structure, tone, and politics by focusing on the cameo scene with Cinna the Poet.	Emma Smith	18 May, 2015
Early Intervention in Psychosis	Dr Matthew Broome discusses what is known about predicting the risk of transition to psychosis in high risk groups	Matthew Broome	14 May, 2015
2015 Disability Lecture: Hilary Lister, from Jesus College to sailing solo around the UK	Hilary Lister is giving the first University of Oxford Disability Lecture. Hilary was an undergraduate at Jesus College who has since gained fame as a quadriplegic sailor. She was the first disabled woman to sail solo around Britain.	Hilary Lister	7 May, 2015
Neuroscience and Psychoanalysis	Richard Brown( Professor of Psychology and Neuroscience, Dalhousie University) and Mark Solms (Chair of Neuropsychology, University of Cape Town) give the fourth talk in the Unconscious Memory series.	Richard Brown, Mark Solms	7 May, 2015
Managing large scale international clinical trials	Managing clinical trials, of whatever size and complexity, requires efficient trial management. Barbara Farrell shares from her wide experience.	Barbara Farrell	6 May, 2015
Re-thinking police legitimacy	Dr Justice Tankebe, University of Cambridge - 12 March 2015	Justice Tankebe	5 May, 2015
Too Big to Jail: Theory and Evidence on Corporate Crime Enforcement in the U.S.	Professor Brandon Garrett, University of Virginia School of Law - 30 April 2015	Brandon Garrett	5 May, 2015
Romeo and Juliet	This lecture on Romeo and Juliet tackles the issue of the spoiler-chorus, in an already-too-familiar play. This podcast is suitable for school and college students.	Emma Smith	5 May, 2015
Coriolanus	This lecture takes up a detail from Shakespeare’s late Roman tragedy Coriolanus to ask about the representation of character, the use of sources and the genre of tragedy.	Emma Smith	5 May, 2015
Storytelling in diabetes: a mixed-methods study	The patient as storyteller and the story as ‘self management’	Trish Greenhalgh	7 April, 2015
Research impact: the new jargon for knowledge to action	If we are going to take impact seriously, we need to be clear about the philosophical assumptions underpinning different kinds of research and also the different kinds of links between research, practice and policy.	Trish Greenhalgh	26 March, 2015
Combatting Corruption with Mobile Phones	India’s right to information movement demonstrated the potential to combat corruption through social audits – an exercise to share and verify public records with people.	Vivek Srinivasan	26 March, 2015
The Campaign for Real EBM Evidence Based Medicine	Professor Trish Greenhalgh gives a talk on the crisis facing evidence based medicine and offers a solution for its rennaissance within healthcare.	Trish Greenhalgh	24 March, 2015
Impact of genetics on neuropsychopharmacology	Professor Paul Harrison discusses the genetics of mental health conditions	Paul Harrison	24 March, 2015
The Higgs Boson and Particle Physics at the LHC: a Progress Report and Plans for the Future	Physics Colloquium 13th February 2015 Deliverd by Daniela Bortoletto	Daniela Bortoletto	16 March, 2015
Science with a crowd: The Zooniverse from Galaxy Zoo to LSST	Physics Colloquium 30th January 2015 delivered by Chris Lintott	Chris Lintott	16 March, 2015
Colours from Earth: preparing for exo-earth characterisation	Physics Colloquium 6th March 2015 deliverd by Robert Fosbury	Robert Fosbury	16 March, 2015
Birth of an Idea: A Mathematical Adventure - Cedric Villani	What goes on inside the mind of a mathematician? Where does inspiration come from? Cedric Villani, winner of the most prestigious prize in mathematics, the Fields Medal, explains the process. Inaugural Titchmarsh Lecture 2015.	Cedric Villani	12 March, 2015
Using ketamine in treatment resistant depression	Dr Rupert McShane is interviewed about his current research into the antidepressant effects of ketamine infusion	Rupert McShane	24 February, 2015
LGBT equality in the 21st Century	Ruth Hunt, Chief Executive of Stonewall and alumna of St Hilda’s, gives the 2015 LGBT History Month Lecture.	Ruth Hunt	23 February, 2015
Priming	Professor Masud Husain and Dr Ben Morgan give the third Unconscious Memory talk.	Masud Husain, Ben Morgan	18 February, 2015
Unconscious Memory and Mental Space	Professor Michael Burke and Dr Sebastian Groes give the second Unconscious Memory talk.	Michael Burke, Sebastian Groes	18 February, 2015
Exploring the Two Cultures	Professor Larry Squire and Dr Simon Kemp give the first Unconscious Memory Seminar.	Larry Squire, Simon Kemp	18 February, 2015
One century, three Polands: the Second Republic, People’s Poland, and the Third Republic	Prof Dariusz Stola, Director of the Museum of the History of Polish Jews, gives a talk for the Programme on Modern Poland on 4th February 2015.	Dariusz Stola	16 February, 2015
LHC searches for dark matter	Members of the Rudolf Peierls Centre for Theoretical Physics hosted the 6th morning of Theoretical Physics covering the ways in which ideas from theoretical particle physics guide the high energy accelerator program at CERN	Ulrich Haisch	12 February, 2015
Precision Studies of the Higgs	Members of the Rudolf Peierls Centre for Theoretical Physics hosted the 6th morning of Theoretical Physics covering the ways in which ideas from theoretical particle physics guide the high energy accelerator program at CERN	Giulia Zanderighi	12 February, 2015
The Standard Model and the LHC! in the Higgs Boson Era	Members of the Rudolf Peierls Centre for Theoretical Physics hosted the 6th morning of Theoretical Physics covering the ways in which ideas from theoretical particle physics guide the high energy accelerator programme at CERN.	Juan Rojo	12 February, 2015
Mental health and suicide in prisons	An interview with Professor Seena Fazel, who discusses his research into prison populations; their mental health problems and suicide risks.	Seena Fazel	10 February, 2015
Matter Emerges from the Vacuum	Members of the Rudolf Peierls Centre for Theoretical Physics hosted the first Saturday Morning of Theoretical Physics on 22 June 2013. The event focussed on how we use field theory to understand material reality.	Joseph Conlon	4 February, 2015