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Episode Title	Description	People	Date
04. Sommerfeld (Free Electron) Theory of Electrons in Metals	Lecture 4 in a series of 21 lectures on solid state physics, delivered by Professor Steven H. Simon in early 2014.	Steven H. Simon	9 September, 2014
03. Drude Theory of Electrons in Metals / Sommerfeld (Free Electron) Theory of Electrons in Metals	Lecture 3 in a series of 21 lectures on solid state physics, delivered by Professor Steven H. Simon in early 2014.	Steven H. Simon	9 September, 2014
02. Debye Model of Vibrations in Solids; Drude Theory of Electrons in Metals	Lecture 2 in a series of 21 lectures on solid state physics, delivered by Professor Steven H. Simon in early 2014.	Steven H. Simon	9 September, 2014
01. Introduction to Condensed Matter; Einstein Model of Vibrations in Solids	First in a series of 21 lectures on solid state physics, delivered by Professor Steven H. Simon in early 2014.	Steven H. Simon	9 September, 2014
Psychological mechanisms of antidepressants	An interview with Catherine Harmer, Professor of Cognitive Neuroscience and Research Fellow at Corpus Christi College, Oxford discussing her research investigating the psychological mechanisms of anti-depressant drug action.	Catherine Harmer	2 July, 2014
Centre for Criminology Panel Discussion on Criminal Justice Careers	Panel: Jon Collins, Restorative Justice Council; Amrik Panaser, Oxford Youth Offending Service; Betsy Stanko, London Metropolitan Police; Rachel Taylor, Fisher Meredith, Solicitors: Michael Bochenek, Amnesty International.	Jon Collins, Amrik Panaser, Betsy Stanko, Rachel Taylor, Michael Bochenek	30 June, 2014
Death and Other Dire Outcomes of Delinquent Youth: New Findings from the Northwestern Juvenile Project	Professor Linda Teplin, Dept. Psychiatry & Behavioral Sciences, Northwestern University - 15 May 2014.	Linda Teplin	30 June, 2014
Moving Targets: Reputational Risk, Rights and Accountability in Punishment	Professor Kelly Hannah-Moffat, University of Toronto, gives a talk on human rights within the Canadian Prison system	Kelly Hannah-Moffat	30 June, 2014
Incredible Machines: Introduction	Dr Ashley Shepherd introduces the extraordinary machines used by Oxford chemists, and tells us about her work as a surface analyst.	Ashley Shepherd	19 June, 2014
The past is never dead: Balkan legacies of the First World War part two	Speakers include: Ivo Banac (Yale University), Richard Crampton (St Edmund Hall, Oxford), Basil Gounaris (Aristotle University of Thessaloniki), Margaret Macmillan (St Antony’s College, Oxford), Eugene Rogan (St Antony’s College, Oxford)	Ivo Banac, Richard Crampton, Basil Gounaris	19 June, 2014
The past is never dead: Balkan legacies of the First World War part one	Speakers include; Ivo Banac (Yale University), Richard Crampton (St Edmund Hall, Oxford), Basil Gounaris (Aristotle University of Thessaloniki), Margaret Macmillan (St Antony’s College, Oxford), Eugene Rogan (St Antony’s College, Oxford)	Othon Anastasakis, Elizabeth Roberts, Margaret MacMillan, Richard Crampton, Ivo Banac, Basil Gounaris, Eugene Rogan	19 June, 2014
Extra Time: Professor Sir Roger Penrose in conversation with Andrew Hodges - part one	These two video sessions explore the development of Sir Roger Penrose's thought over more than 60 years, ending with his most recent theories and predictions.	Roger Penrose, Andrew Hodges	18 June, 2014
Extra Time: Professor Sir Roger Penrose in conversation with Andrew Hodges - part two	These two video sessions explore the development of Sir Roger Penrose’s thought over more than 60 years, ending with his most recent theories and predictions.	Roger Penrose, Andrew Hodges	18 June, 2014
Human Rights as Human Values	Ms Shami Chakrabarti, Director of Liberty and Chancellor of Oxford Brookes University delivers this lecture on Human Rights as part of the Tanner Lecture Series at the University Museum Oxford 15th May 2014	Shami Chakrabarti	18 June, 2014
The mental health of refugee and asylum seeking children	An interview with Dr Mina Fazel, senior research fellow and consultant in child and adolescent psychiatry, discussing her research developing school-based mental health services.	Mina Fazel	17 June, 2014
The Cosmopolitan Outlook: How the European Project can be Saved	Ulrich Beck, University of Munich and LSE, delivers the 2014 Dahrendorf Lecture.	Ulrich Beck, Kalypso Nicolaidis, David Hannay, Timothy Garton Ash	13 June, 2014
How the Universe Evolved From Smooth to Lumpy -- the Physics of Galaxy Formation	The 2014 Halley Lecture delivered by Professor Eliot Quataert	Eliot Quataert	13 June, 2014
Churchill, Oxford physicists and the Bomb	Physics Colloquium 30th May delivered by Graham Farmelo	Graham Farmelo	11 June, 2014
PT-symmetric Quantum Mechanics	Physics Colloquium 23rd May Delivered by Professor Carl M. Bender	Carl Bender	2 June, 2014
Galaxies and the Intergalactic Medium	10th Dennis Sciama Memorial Lecture by Prof. James Binney.	James Binney	22 May, 2014
How to Educate a General	Defining and delivering military education: Col (rtd) Dr Randall Wakelam draws on his historical research to look at what constitutes good military education and how it can be most effectively delivered.	Randall Wakelam	21 May, 2014
Sir Michael Atiyah, a Life in Mathematics	In conversation with Paul Tod on the occasion of Sir Michael's 85th birthday conference.	Paul, Tod, Michael Atiyah	12 May, 2014
Current Progress in Afghanistan	Brigadier Jones evaluates the current state of progress in Afghanistan, focussing in particular on summer 2013. He also discusses the extent to which achievements are reflected in the media narrative.	Rupert Jones	12 May, 2014
Core Course: Space: Approaches to Architecture	This lecture forms part of series entitled 'Art History: Concepts and Methods', offered to second year Undergraduate and MSt History of Art students.	Matthew Walker	6 May, 2014
Core Course: Artists' Names	This lecture forms part of series entitled Introduction to the History of Art, a core course taught to the first year undergraduate History of Art students.	Geraldine Johnson	6 May, 2014
Core Course: Art and Art History: Painting in China	This lecture forms part of series entitled Introduction to the History of Art, a core course taught to the first year undergraduate History of Art students.	Craig Clunas	6 May, 2014
The Perception of Victory: Israel’s Recent Experiences of Winning and Losing the Narrative	Tim Fawdry-Jeffries considers observer perceptions of the outcome of war, taking as examples the Second Lebanon and Gaza Wars.	Tim Fawdry-Jeffries	30 April, 2014
Measuring social outcomes in psychiatry	Francis Vergunst is a DPhil student at Oxford University. He speaks to Dr Daniel Maughan about his research into how mental health care affects social outcomes such as housing and employment.	Francis Vergunst	14 April, 2014
Continuity of care	Stephen Puntis is a DPhil student at Oxford University. He speaks to Dr Daniel Maughan about his research into the benefits of continuity of care for patients with severe and enduring mental illness.	Stephen Puntis	14 April, 2014
Turning in the Widening Gyre: Accretion Processes in the Universe	Inaugural Lecture by Professor Steven Balbus looking at the history of the universe	Steven Balbus	7 April, 2014
Lorenz Gödel and Penrose: new perspectives on determinism and unpredictability, from fundamental physics to the science of climate change	The 9th Dennis Sciama Memorial Lecture, looking at chaos theory and climate change	Tim Palmer	7 April, 2014
Building stars, planets and the ingredients for life between the stars	Halley Lecture 2013 by Professor Dr Ewine van Dishoeck on new developments in astronomy	Ewine van Dishoeck	7 April, 2014
The Fast Track to Finding an Inhabited Exoplanet	The 8th Hintze Lecture by Professor David Charbonneau looking at investigating habitable exoplanets.	David Charbonneau	7 April, 2014
James D Murray, reflections of a life in academia, in conversation with Phillip Maini	Jim Murray is one of the leading mathematical biologists of our times.	James D Murray, Phillip Maini	2 April, 2014
Enemy Within: Underlying Flaws in Policy-Making on Afghanistan	Matt Waldman considers what went wrong in policy-making on Afghanistan	Matt Waldman	1 April, 2014
How the Syrian Regime Sells its War at Home	Drawing his own experience of working as a journalist in Syria, Stephen Starr reports on the war in Syria and how the current regime presents the war to the people of Syria.	Stephen Starr	1 April, 2014
Child Soldiers: Protected Beyond Gender? An International Criminal Law Perspective	Patricia Sellers draws on her professional experience to discuss how children can be legally protected in armed conflict	Patricia Sellers	1 April, 2014
The Prosecution of Rape in Wartime: Evidence from 1950s Kenya	Julianne Weis draws on historical data to consider the prosecution of rape in wartime.	Julianne Weis	1 April, 2014
Remembering War	Marking the anniversary of the first world war, Professor Cecile Fabre considers why we remember war,	Cecile Fabre	1 April, 2014
Generals, Politicians and Mandarins: the Malfunctioning Political-Military Relationship in Britain	Drawing on his 2013 report, James de Waal discusses civil-military relations in Britain following the conflicts in recent years and considers what lessons could be learnt.	James de Waal	1 April, 2014
Post-COIN : The Future of Conventional Warfare	Lt Col Alexandre Vautravers, Associate Professor at Webster University looks at the future of armed conflict and the role of conventional forces, post-COIN.	Alexandre Vautravers	1 April, 2014
Searching for Reflective Armed Forces: A Lithuanian Civil-Military Relations Perspective	CCW Visiting Fellow, Deividas Slekys analyses civil-military relations, using Lithuania as a case study.	Deividas Slekys	1 April, 2014
An Uncommon Point of View: Military Diplomacy in an Active Theatre	Brigadier Matthew Overton draws on his own professional experience to discuss the role of diplomacy in active conflict.	Matthew Overton	1 April, 2014
Religious and Nationalist Motivations in Insurgency: Evidence from the Caucasus	Professor Monica Toft explores religious motivations in insurgency.	Monica Toft	1 April, 2014
Planning Future War	The Director of CCW outlines the future of armed conflict and how we should be preparing for it.	Rob Johnson	1 April, 2014
Water Lives: forging a science-policy interface	Exploring the interface between science and policy-making at Water Lives - a science-policy symposium for Freshwater life in Brussels, January 2014. Listen to find out what every scientist should know about policy-making.	Paul Jepson, Helen Scales	31 March, 2014
Reinventing politics: From the local to the regional and beyond	Seesox annual lecture. Edi Rama, Prime Minister of Albania.	Edi Rama	25 March, 2014
Assertive outreach in psychiatry	Dr Thurston is a psychiatrist at Oxford who has worked in assertive outreach for many years. He discusses the benefits of assertive outreach and their place in modern psychiatry and gives an overview of how psychiatry has changed over the past 20 years.	David Thurston	25 March, 2014
Suicide Assessment	Professor Hawton is a world leading expert in suicide research. He has written books on the subject and has contributed to UK policy in this area. He speaks to Dr Daniel Maughan about this controversial area of psychiatric research.	Keith Hawton	25 March, 2014
Why there are no three-headed monsters, resolving some problems with brain tumours, divorce prediction and how to save marriages - James D Murray	Professor James D Murray, Professor Emeritus of Mathematical Biology, University of Oxford and Senior Scholar, Applied and Computational Mathematics, Princeton University, gives the annual Hooke Lecture.	James D Murray	21 March, 2014
Deduction and Induction: Classifying Arguments	Lecture 3 of 6 in Marianne Talbot's series on critical reasoning for beginners.	Marianne Talbot	20 March, 2014
Ukraine and its Place in the World	2014 Elliott Lecture, St Antony's College.	Aleksander Kwasniewski, Javier Solana, Gwendolyn Sasse, Chris Patten	20 March, 2014
Poland, Ukraine, and the Politics of History	POMP Lecture by Timothy Snyder.	Timothy Snyder	20 March, 2014
Poland's Peaceful Revolution: 25 Years After the Polish Roundtable Talks. Part Eight.	Part Eight: Charles Powell.	Charles Powell	17 March, 2014
Poland's Peaceful Revolution: 25 Years After the Polish Roundtable Talks. Part Three.	Part Three: Dariusz Stola.	Dariusz Stola	17 March, 2014
Poland's Peaceful Revolution: 25 Years After the Polish Roundtable Talks. Part Seven.	Part Seven: Andras Mink.	Andras Mink	17 March, 2014
Poland's Peaceful Revolution: 25 Years After the Polish Roundtable Talks. Part Six.	Part Six: Colin Bundy.	Colin Bundy	17 March, 2014
Poland's Peaceful Revolution: 25 Years After the Polish Roundtable Talks. Part Five.	Part Five: David Ost.	David Ost	17 March, 2014
Poland's Peaceful Revolution: 25 Years After the Polish Roundtable Talks. Part Four.	Part Four: Anna Bikont.	Anna Bikont	17 March, 2014
Poland's Peaceful Revolution: 25 Years After the Polish Roundtable Talks. Part Two.	Part Two: Timothy Garton Ash.	Timothy Garton Ash	17 March, 2014
Poland's Peaceful Revolution: 25 Years After the Polish Roundtable Talks. Part One.	Part One: Keynote - Aleksander Smolar.	Aleksander Smolar	17 March, 2014
Peter D McDonald in conversation with Daljit Nagra	Peter D. McDonald talks to the poet Daljit Nagra about cultural diversity, the contemporary life and history of the English language, the canons of English literature, and translation.	Peter McDonald, Daljit Nagra	17 March, 2014
POMP Seminar Series 6	From Kochanowski to Huelle and Beyond: Translating Polish Literature Before and After 1989.	Antonia Lloyd-Jones, Ursula Phillips, George Gömöri, Jan Fellerer	11 March, 2014
POMP Seminar Series 5	Vectors of Looking: Reflections on the Luftwaffe's aerial survey of Warsaw, 1944.	Ella Chmielewska, John Beck, Mikołaj Kunicki	11 March, 2014
POMP Seminar Series 4	Poles and Germans into Silesians: Serial Nationalisation's in Late 20th Century Poland.	Jim Bjork, Hugo Service, Paul Betts	11 March, 2014
Bryce McLeod, a Life in Mathematics In conversation with John Ball	A portrait of the contribution that Bryce McLeod has made to mathematics over his career together with his recollections of formative people and events.	Bryce McLeod, John Ball	11 March, 2014
Careers Seminar 2014 - Collections Management in a Historic House	A careers event organised by Lucy Hawkins (Careers Service) and Rachel Woodruff, (History of Art Dept) with speakers from the Arts and Heritage sectors, including recent alumni of the Department, providing insights into their careers.	Emily Roy	27 February, 2014
Careers Seminar 2014 - Finding Yourself in Advertising	A careers event organised by Lucy Hawkins (Careers Service) and Rachel Woodruff, (History of Art Dept) with speakers from the Arts and Heritage sectors, including recent alumni of the Department, providing insights into their careers.	Elle Graham-Dixon	27 February, 2014
Careers Seminar 2014 - Introduction	A careers event organised by Lucy Hawkins (Careers Service) and Rachel Woodruff, (History of Art Dept) with speakers from the Arts and Heritage sectors, including recent alumni of the Department, providing insights into their careers.	Lucy Hawkins	27 February, 2014
Future Proofing Business: Beyond CSR	Pamela Hartigan, Director, Skoll Centre for Social Entrepreneurship, Saïd Business School, discusses some emerging models of entrepreneurial ventures that have a social and/or environmental mission at their core.	Pamela Hartigan	26 February, 2014
Understanding Financial Control	Simon Husband, Director, Richardsons Financial Group gives some frank advice on taxes, record-keeping and financial control for entrepreneurs in the early stage of business.	Simon Husband	26 February, 2014
POMP Seminar Series 1	Legal Culture in the Process of Integration. Polish post-EU Accession migrants in the United Kingdom.	Agnieszka Kubal, Jan Fellerer, Kalypso Nicolaidis	17 February, 2014
Geography, Inequality and Oxford	Danny Dorling delivers his inaugural lecture as Halford Mackinder Professor of Geography on 'Geography, Inequality and Oxford'.	Danny Dorling	17 February, 2014
Building a Business 2013-14: The Art and Practice of Negotiation	Ian Kessler, Professor of International Human Resource Management, King's College London, gives a talk for the 2013-14 Building a Business series	Ian Kessler	12 February, 2014
Raising capital, doing deals	Henry Davis, Senior Associate, Index Ventures, gives a talk for the 2013-14 Series of Building a Business	Henry Davis	12 February, 2014
A Short Guide To Managing Your Time	Sally LePage and Liz Timoney White	Sally LePage, Liz Timoney White, Inés Dawson, Luke Ogilvie-Thomson	5 February, 2014
A Schuman Compact for the Euro Area	Ashoka Mody, Princeton University gives a seminar for the PEFM programme. The discussant was David Vines, Balliol College, Oxford and the chair was Kalypso Nicolaïdis, St. Antony's College, Oxford.	Ashoka Mody, David Vines, Kalypso Nicolaidis	4 February, 2014
Sustainable mental health	An introduction to key aspects of sustainable mental health, and how this can be applied across the NHS more widely.	Daniel Maughan	21 January, 2014
The causes of early onset psychosis	An interview with Dr Lennox discussing her career in academic psychiatry, and her current research into the causes of early onset psychosis.	Belinda Lennox	21 January, 2014
Partial Differential Equations: Origins, Developments and Roles in the Changing World - Gui-Qiang George Chen	Professor Gui-Qiang G. Chen presents in his inaugural lecture several examples to illustrate the origins, developments, and roles of partial differential equations in our changing world.	Gui-Qiang George Chen	15 January, 2014
Prime Numbers - Richard Earl	Dr Richard Earl of the Mathematical Institute, Oxford presents a talk about prime numbers. What they are and their role in internet security.	Richard Earl	15 January, 2014
Computation and the Future of Mathematics - Stephen Wolfram	Stephen Wolfram, creator of Mathematica and Wolfram Alpha, gives a talk about the future of mathematics and computation.	Stephen Wolfram	15 January, 2014
The Irrational, the chaotic and incomplete: the mathematical limits of knowledge - Marcus du Sautoy	Professor Marcus du Sautoy (New College), Charles Simonyi Chair in the Public Understanding of Science, author and broadcaster gives a talk about how much we can understand of the world through maths	Marcus du Sautoy	15 January, 2014
The Secret Mathematicians: the connections between maths and the arts - Marcus du Sautoy	Professor Marcus du Sautoy (New College), Charles Simonyi Chair in the Public Understanding of Science, author and broadcaster gives a talk about the connections beween art and mathematics	Marcus du Sautoy	15 January, 2014
Symmetry: a talk based on his second book, Finding Moonshine - Marcus du Sautoy	Professor Marcus du Sautoy (New College), Charles Simonyi Chair in the Public Understanding of Science, author and broadcaster gives a talk about symmetry and how the rules of symmetry influences our lives and the choices we make.	Marcus du Sautoy	14 January, 2014
The Music of the Primes: a talk about the Riemann Hypothesis and primes - Marcus du Sautoy	Professor Marcus du Sautoy (New College), Charles Simonyi Chair in the Public Understanding of Science, author and broadcaster gives a talk on 5th September 2013.	Marcus du Sautoy	14 January, 2014
Maths in Music: The Secret Mathematicians - Marcus du Sautoy	Professor Marcus du Sautoy (New College), Charles Simonyi Chair in the Public Understanding of Science, author and broadcaster gives a talk for the 2013 Oxford Alumni Weekend.	Marcus du Sautoy	14 January, 2014
Evolutionary Mechanisms in Business.	Warden's Distinguished Lecture: Dr Leszek Czarnecki, Chairman of the Supervisory Board of Getin Noble Bank, gives a talk on dual nature of business.	Leszek Czarnecki	10 December, 2013
Political Extremism in the Interwar Period and its Economic Roots.	Kevin O'Rourke, Chichele Professor of Economic History, and Fellow of All Souls College, Oxford, gives a seminar for the PEFM programme. The discussant was Othon Anastasa and the chair was Paul Betts, St. Antony's College, Oxford.	Kevin O’Rourke, Othon Anastasakis, Paul Betts	27 November, 2013
Hassan Rohani's Strategy to Avoid War	Thomas Flichy reflects on the current politics of Iran and its role in the wider region.	Thomas Flichy de la Neuville	13 November, 2013
5. Wilde's Plays	Fifth lecture in the Osar Wilde series. Sos Eltis talks about Oscar Wilde's plays including an Ideal Husband, The Importance of Being Ernest and A Woman of No Importance.	Sos Eltis	12 November, 2013
4. Wilde and Sexuality	Fourth lecture in the Oscar Wilde series. Looking at Wilde's sexuality and how it influenced his literature.	Sos Eltis	11 November, 2013
Why should we study Old English Literature?	Dr Francis Leneghan of St Cross College, Oxford, discusses his current research around Beowulf and proposes why we should still study Old English Literature.	Francis Leneghan	7 November, 2013
The Morality of Private War	The Challenge of Private Military and Security Companies.	James Pattison	5 November, 2013
Restoring Confidence in the Euro Area.	Klaus Regling, European Stability Mechanism, gives a talk for the European Studies Centre seminar series on banking and the economic recession. Chaired by Max Watson, St Antony's College.	Klaus Regling, Max Watson	31 October, 2013
Banking Reform Five Years On.	John Vickers, Warden of All Souls College, Oxford, gives a talk for the European Studies Centre seminar series on banking and the economic recession. Chaired by Max Watson, St Antony's College.	John Vickers	29 October, 2013
3. Art and Morality	Sos Eltis gives the third lecture in the series on Oscar Wilde, focussing on Wilde's concept of morality shown in his works including the Picture of Dorian Gray, Lord Arthur Savile's Crime and The Devoted Friend.	Sos Eltis	29 October, 2013
Men at War: What Fiction Tells Us About War	Professor Christopher Coker looks at the presentation of war in fiction, focussing in particular on the different character types commonly portrayed.	Christopher Coker	28 October, 2013
2. Wilde, Victorian and Modernist	Sos Eltis gives the second lecture in her series on Oscar Wilde, focussing on his place in the modernist tradition.	Sos Eltis	22 October, 2013
Psychological medicine	Interview with Professor Sharpe about psychological medicine and his randomised controlled trial investigating the treatment of depression in people with cancer.	Michael Sharpe	15 October, 2013