| PITCH-2 study Protective Immunity from T Cells to Covid-19 in Health Workers - 2 |
PITCH-2 (Protective Immunity from T cell Cells in Healthcare workers) is an exciting project that seeks to understand the role of T cell immunity in protection against the COVID-19 in healthcare workers. |
Susanna Dunachie |
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| Yoginīs, Revelation, and Hidden Knowledge in Tantric Śaivism (Oxford Treasure Seminar Series) |
This presentation examines Śākta transformations of conceptions of revelation and the transmission of esoteric knowledge in Mantramārga Śaivism |
Shaman Hatley |
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| Nectar, Water, or Blood? A Buddhist History of Perceptual Relativism |
In this talk, Jacob Fisher presents his research on a history of the Buddhist discussions surrounding perceptual relativism, in India and Tibet |
Jacob Fisher |
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| A Chorus of Voices Chanting the Names of Mañjuśrī Rong-zom Chos-kyi-bzang-po’s Commentary on the Nāmasaṅgīti, and Its Indian Sources |
Nicola Bajetta takes us through Rongzom Chökyi Zangpo's commentary on the Nāmasaṅgīti, a hymn of praise dedicated to Mañjuśrī |
Nicola Bajetta |
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| Cheaters Dilemma: Iraq, WMD and the path to the 2003 war |
Why did Iraq fail to prove its WMD absence before the 2003 invasion? This seminar examines new evidence from Iraq and United Nations sources to shed light on the internal debates leading up to the 2003 war. |
Målfrid Braut-Hegghammer, Neil Ketchley |
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| The Popular Mobilisation Units and their Pursuit of Power and Legitimacy within the Iraqi State |
This talk examines the Shi‘ite political parties linked to Iraq's Popular Mobilisation Units (PMU) and their influence over the state, exploring their strategies for legitimacy in politics, religion, and society. |
Inna Rudolf, Maryam Alemzadeh |
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| The Iraq Invasion and Transnational Jihadism |
This talk explores the impact of the US-led invasion of Iraq in 2003 on militant Islamism using new evidence. |
Thomas Hegghammer, Neil Ketchley |
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| Dr Xin Xu |
Georgina Ferry interviews Xin Xu, Research Fellow at the Centre for Global Higher Education (CGHE) and Junior Research Fellow (Kellogg College), 15 March 2023. |
Xin Xu, Georgina Ferry |
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| Professor Kate Orkin |
Georgina Ferry interviews Kate Orkin, Associate Professor in Economics and Public Policy, 15 March 2023. |
Kate Orkin, Georgina Ferry |
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| Professor Daniel Prieto-Alhambra |
Georgina Ferry interviews Daniel Prieto-Alhambra, Professor of Pharmaco- and Device Epidemiology, 14 March 2023. |
Daniel Prieto-Alhambra, Georgina Ferry |
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| Dr Rajarshi Banerjee |
Georgina Ferry interviews Rajarshi Banerjee, CEO Perspectum and former student of Oxford Medical School, 14 March 2023. |
Rajarshi Banerjee, Georgina Ferry |
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| Tony Brett |
Georgina Ferry interviews Tony Brett, Director of Medical Sciences Division IT Services, 28 February 2023. |
Tony Brett, Georgina Ferry |
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| Professor Sheetal Silal |
Georgina Ferry interviews Sheetal Silal, Associate Professor (Department of Statistical Sciences, University of Cape Town) and Honorary Visiting Research Fellow in Tropical Disease Modelling (Nuffield Department of Medicine), 28 February 2023. |
Sheetal Silal, Georgina Ferry |
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| Dr Ane Ogbe |
Georgina Ferry interviews Ane Ogbe, former Senior Immunologist (Frater Lab) and Group Leader (Evox Therapeutics), 23 Febrauary 2023. |
Ane Ogbe, Georgina Ferry |
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| Professor Nicole Zitzmann |
Georgina Ferry interviews Nicole Zitzmann, Professor of Virology and Principal Investigator (Department of Biochemistry), 22 February 2023. |
Nicole Zitzmann, Georgina Ferry |
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| Dr Chia Chen (Jane) Hsu |
Georgina Ferry interviews Chia Chen (Jane) Hsu, Chief Operating Officer (SimCell) and former postdoctoral researcher (Institute of Biomedical Engineering), 20 February 2023. |
Chia Chen (Jane) Hsu, Georgina Ferry |
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| Chris Price |
Georgina Ferry interviews Chris Price, Divisional Registrar and Chief Operating Officer for Medical Sciences, 8 February 2023. |
Chris Price, Georgina Ferry |
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| Analysis of Pigments on Painted Byzantine and Japanese Manuscripts |
An introduction to the analysis of painted Byzantine and Japanese manuscripts by the Bodleian Libraries' new Heritage Scientist. |
Kate Fulcher |
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| Speedy or sloppy?: The opportunities and challenges of rapid qualitative research |
Using a variety of examples of fast and slow qualitative research this talk explores the affordances of rapid methods, and help researchers decide if and where to use them in their own work. |
Anna Dowrick |
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| 10 - Nerves Workshop with Tom Brennan |
For Femke Gow's last episode as Head of Communications at Wolfson, she invited back Creative Arts Fellow Tom Brennan back to talk through his workshop and share his top tricks in overcoming nerves when presenting. |
Tom Brennan, Femke Gow |
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| Harmohinder Bahl |
Meet Worcester's Home Bursar. |
Harmohinder Bahl, David Isaac |
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| Queer Bibliography: A Discussion |
What is queer bibliography? How does it intersect with other critical bibliographies, (feminist, Black and liberation bibliography)? How does it relate to traditional bibliographic practice? What opportunities might queer methods and approaches provide? |
Sarah Pyke, James Sargan, Adam Smyth |
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| Along The Path To Gandhi's Neighbor |
Ajay Skaria - University of Minnesota, speaks at the Oxford South Asian Intellectual History Seminar on 1 May 2023. |
Ajay Skaria |
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| 2023 Disability Lecture: Going beyond standards in technology and accessibility |
Dr Jessica Boland shares her experiences as a hard-of-hearing/deaf academic in science and technology, and her passion for improving accessibility in higher education. |
Jessica Boland, Tim Soutphommasane, Sarah Stephenson-Hunter |
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| Professor Brian Marsden |
Georgina Ferry interviews Brian Marsden, Associate Professor for Data Management and Research Informatics, 3 February 2023. |
Brian Marsden, Georgina Ferry |
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| Omar El Muhanna |
Georgina Ferry interviews Omar El Muhanna, Senior Operations Manager (Clinical BioManufacturing Facility), 2 February 2023. |
Omar El Muhanna, Georgina Ferry |
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| Dr Alex Mentzer |
Georgina Ferry interviews Alex Mentzer, NIHR Academic Clinical Lecturer, 25 January 2023. |
Alex Mentzer, Georgina Ferry |
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| Dr Lennard Lee |
Georgina Ferry interviews Lennard Lee, Academic Clinical Lecturer and Medical Oncologist, 19 January 2023. |
Lennard Lee, Georgina Ferry |
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| Dr Helen Salisbury |
Georgina Ferry interviews Helen Salisbury, GP and Senior Medical Education Fellow, 19 January 2023. |
Helen Salisbury, Georgina Ferry |
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| Professor Neelika Malavige |
Georgina Ferry interviews Neelika Malavige, Academic Visitor and Professor (University of Sri Jayewardenepura), 18 January 2023. |
Neelika Malavige, Georgina Ferry |
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| Dr Edward O'Neill |
Georgina Ferry interviews Edward O'Neill, Postdoctoral Researcher (Department of Oncology) and vaccine volunteer, 12 January 2023. |
Edward O'Neill, Georgina Ferry |
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| Dr Emma Flint |
Georgina Ferry interviews Emma Flint, former medical student (Oxford Medical School), 5 January 2023. |
Emma Flint, Georgina Ferry |
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| Professor Stanley Ulijaszek |
Georgina Ferry interviews Stanley Ulijaszek, Professor of Human Ecology, 15 December 2022. |
Stanley Ulijaszek, Georgina Ferry |
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| Dr Thomas Kirk |
Georgina Ferry interviews Thomas Kirk, Former DPhil student (Biomedical Engineering), conducted by Georgina Ferry, 6 December 2022. |
Thomas Kirk, Georgina Ferry |
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| Realist inquiry in global health practice: trials, tribulations (& triumphs?) |
Dr Sara Van Belle, Institute of Tropical Medicine, Antwerp gives a talk on the practice of realist inquiry in global health. |
Sara Van Belle |
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| Choreographing Sophocles |
A podcast episode with Leo Aylen and David Wiles |
Leo Aylen, David Wiles |
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| How the weird and wonderful properties of magnetised laser plasmas could ignite fusion-energy research |
Archie Bott explains how a promising scheme for fusion relies on a novel feature of hot laser-plasmas: introducing a magnetic field of the correct strength alters the plasma’s fundamental properties in a highly counterintuitive yet beneficial manner. |
Archie Bott |
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| Stellarators: twisty tokamaks that could be the future of fusion |
Georgia Acton introduces stellarators, discusses the features that distinguish them from tokamaks, highlight the challenges we currently face, and discusses how we might overcome them. |
Georgia Acton |
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| Magnetic confinement fusion: Science that’s hotter than a Kardashian Instagram post |
Michael Barnes introduces the basic concepts behind magnetic confinement fusion, he describes why it is so challenging and discusses possibilities for the future. |
Michael Barnes |
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| Foreign Policy and Human Values |
Sir Laurie Bristow KCMG, President of Hughes Hall Cambridge and three times Ambassador for the United Kingdom, delivers the 2023 Tanner lecture |
Laurie Bristow |
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| Shaping legacies |
Lecture 5 of the 2023 Lyell lecture series |
Ann M Blair |
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| Complicating attributions |
Lecture 4 of the 2023 Lyell lecture series |
Ann M Blair |
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| Mechanical and intellectual |
Lecture 3 of the 2023 Lyell lecture series |
Ann M Blair |
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| Invisible and visible |
Lecture 2 of the 2023 Lyell lecture series |
Ann M Blair |
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| Amanuenses in the longue durée |
Lecture 1 of the 2023 Lyell lecture series |
Ann M Blair |
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| Professor Matthew Snape |
Georgina Ferry interviews Matthew Snape, Visiting Professor (University of Oxford Department of Paediatrics), 22 November 2022 |
matthew snape, Georgina Ferry |
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| Dr Stephanie Tierney |
Georgina Ferry interviews Stephanie Tierney, Health Services Researcher, Departmental Lecturer, 15 November 2022. |
Stephanie Tierney, Georgina Ferry |
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| Dr Marion Watson |
Georgina Ferry interviews Marion Watson, Head of Operations, Clinical Trials (Jenner Institute), 14 November 2022. |
Marion Watson, Georgina Ferry |
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| Dr Raha West |
Georgina Ferry interviews Raha West, Principal Investigator on the RECOVERY Trial, 10 November 2022. |
Raha West, Georgina Ferry |
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| Dr Annette von Delft |
Georgina Ferry interviews Annette von Delft, Translational Scientist (Centre for Medicines Discovery), 16 June 2022. |
Annette von Delft, Georgina Ferry |
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| Dr Sile Johnson |
Georgina Ferry interviews Sile Johnson, former medical student (Oxford Medical School), 15 December 2022. |
Sile Johnson, Georgina Ferry |
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| Dr Cristian Roman |
Georgina Ferry interviews Cristian Roman, Postdoctoral Research Associate, 14 December 2022. |
Cristian Roman, Georgina Ferry |
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| Dr Andrew Kwok |
Georgina Ferry interviews Andrew Kwok, Former PhD student (Functional Genomics in Sepsis), 3 December 2022. |
Andrew Kwok, Georgina Ferry |
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| Dr Janelle Winters |
Georgina Ferry interviews Janelle Winters, Postdoctoral Research Associate (Faculty of History), 2 December 2022. |
Janelle Winters, Georgina Ferry |
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| Emma Bolam |
Georgina Ferry interviews Emma Bolam, Head of Production (Clinical BioManufacturing Facility), 24 November 2022. |
Emma Bolam, Georgina Ferry |
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| Testing usability and impact of the OxRisk prediction models |
Professor Seena Fazel, University of Oxford gives a talk on recent advances in prognostic modelling in psychiatry. |
Seena Fazel |
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| Alcohol and cardiovascular disease: Is moderate drinking really beneficial for cardiovascular disease? |
Dr Derrick Bennett, University of Oxford gives a talk on the epidemiological evidence of alcohol and cardiovascular disease. |
Derrick Bennett |
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| Pakistan: Political Economy of an Elite Captured State |
Miftah Ismail Pakistan’s former Minister of Finance gives a lecture |
Miftah Ismail |
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| Slade Lecture Series 2023: Defiant Sculpture: Isek Bodys Kingelez and Mobutu Sese-Seko’s Authenticité, 1990s |
Professor Chika Okeke-Agulu argues that the extravagant hypermodernity of Isek Bodys Kingelez’s architectural sculptures, as with segments of popular arts, constitute a distinctive form of imaginative resistance to official culture under Mobutu. |
Chika Okeke-Agulu |
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| Slade Lecture Series 2023: Drawing the Line: Obiora Udechukwu and Nigeria’s Smiling General 1980s-1990s |
In the 1980’s, the painter and poet Obiora Udechukwu (b. 1946), a leading figure of the Nsukka School, was at the height of his powers, with drawings and paintings celebrated for their lyrical power and trenchant social commentary. |
Chika Okeke-Agulu |
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| Slade Lecture Series 2023: Prison Drawing: Ibrahim El Salahi in Al Nimeiry’s Sudan, 1970s |
In this lecture, Professor Chika Okeke-Agulu focuses on the calligraphic figuration of Ibrahim El Salahi (b. 1930), the country’s leading modernist and onetime political prisoner. |
Chika Okeke-Agulu |
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| Slade Lecture Series 2023: To speak in Parables: Dumile Feni in Hendrik Verwoerd’s South Africa, 1960s |
Chika Okeke-Agulu examines art & politics in 1960s South Africa paying particular attention to Hendrik Verwoerd, the self-styled “Great Induna,” & architect of Apartheid, whose assassination in 1966 slowed the triumphant march of Afrikaner racist ideology |
Chika Okeke-Agulu |
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| Slade Lecture Series 2023: Gazbia Sirry and Egyptian artists in the Nasserite State, 1950s-1960s |
Professor Chika Okeke-Agulu follows the formal and tonal shifts in Gazbia Sirry’s work as it responded to, and was shaped by Nasser’s and post-revolutionary Egypt’s political fortunes. |
Chika Okeke-Agulu |
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| Slade Lecture Series 2023: African Artists in the Age of the Big Man |
Okeke-Agulu presents 5 artists whose work exemplify the difficult relationship of art & power as Africa’s decolonization gave way to the emergence of undemocratic polities ruled by charismatic & repressive strongmen in the second half of the 20th century. |
Chika Okeke-Agulu |
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| Sūtra in Early Buddhist Treasure Texts (Oxford Treasure Seminar Series) |
Reinier Langelaar’s talk on early Tibetan treasure literature’s influences, inspirations, and narrative themes |
Reinier Langelaar |
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| Helen Parish |
Meet Worcester's Senior Tutor. |
Helen Parish, David Isaac |
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| Russia and Christian nationalism: the background of a conflict |
How the global resurgence of traditionalist, religion-based nationalism relates to the specifics of the present conflict between Russia and Ukraine. |
Rowan Williams |
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| Exiting Russia: the effects of multinational withdrawal |
Can corporate action contribute to human rights, peace, and conflict prevention? |
Bennett Freeman |
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| The Global Food Crisis and the Ukraine War |
Exploring the three elements that intersect and contribute to the global food crisis. |
Alex de Waal |
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| The early medieval history of Ukraine: mythology and historical logics |
The history of early Slavs as a point for debunking historical misconceptions that benefit one state at the expense of another. |
Andrii Pastushenko |
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| Ukraine and the fragmentation of world order |
Using the unfolding crisis of the Ukraine war as a lens to consider the drivers of conflict and transformation in the contemporary world order. |
Luke Cooper |
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| Being a Social Entrepreneur in a War Zone |
How did I evacuate over 30,000 women and children from the warzone, not knowing Ukraine and not speaking a word of Ukrainian? I drew on my business, political and organisation skills to move quickly to save thousands of lives. This is my story. |
Brooks Newmark |
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| The work of the media during the Russian-Ukrainian war |
How the media in Ukraine transitioned to covering the war with the beginning of the full-scale Russian invasion. |
Yaroslava Bukhta |
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| Understanding the Ukraine's Grassroots in the Russia-Ukraine War |
The need to consider grassroots nuances in Ukraine in order to understand the Russia-Ukraine war, and possible strategies for peace going forward. |
Marnie Howlett |
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| Sleep, Light, Architecture |
How can a neuroscientist and an architect help us to understand the world of sleep and the rhythms that govern our lives? |
Russell Foster, Ian Ritchie, Sally Shuttleworth, Ruth Abrahams, Madeleine Morris |
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| International crimes in Ukraine |
Who can be held accountable and how? |
Federica D’Alessandra |
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| Components for Sustainable Peace in Ukraine |
What are the necessary components of a peace process for Ukraine? Carne addresses that any such process must involve groups on the ground, such as those from the Donbass or Crimea, if it is to be effective and sustained in the long term. |
Carne Ross |
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| Can international humanitarian organisations adapt to face the challenges of this century? |
Yves Daccord, former CEO of the International Committee of the Red Cross, joins us at the Oxford Martin School. |
Yves Daccord |
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| Early Teachings on the Four Phurpas and the Relationship between the Revelatory and Transmitted Textual Tradition (Oxford Treasure Seminar Series) |
Early teachings on the Four Phurpas in the light of the Eightfold Buddha Word, Embodying the Sugatas (bka' brgyad bde gshegs 'dus pa) revelation of Myang ral Nyi ma 'od zer (1124-1192), and the relationship between the Revelatory (gter ma) and Transmitted |
Cathy Cantwell |
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| 'Magic and the Sense of Place' Conference Day 3: 'Urban', 'Rome' and 'Placing the dead' |
Talks from Alice Huxley, Amy Blakemore, Nancy Caciola and more, under the themes 'Urban', 'Rome' and 'Placing the dead'. |
Alice Huxley, Todd Borlik, Amy Blakemore, Ellen Kushner, Leia Tilley, Laura Glover, Delia Sherman, Maria Dahvana Headley, Nancy Caciola |
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| 'Magic and the Sense of Place' Conference Day 2: 'Making a Place', 'Between' and 'Getting Lost' |
Talks from Caroline Tully, Elizabeth Garner, Gwendolyne Knight and more on the themes of 'Making a Place', 'Between' and 'Getting Lost'. |
Gwendolyne Knight, Sophie Page, Karen Mahony, Alex Ukolov, Alexandra Paddock, Diane Purkiss, Sabina Magliocco, Flora McLachlan |
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| 'Magic and the Sense of Place' Conference Day 1: Opening Session, plus 'Who Owns This Place?' and 'The New World'. |
Opening Session featuring Ronald Hutton and Chris Gosden, plus talks under the topics 'Who Owns This Place?' and 'The New World'. |
Andrew Chesnut, Dan Kline, Will Badger, Ronald Hutton, Chris Gosden, Neil Philip, Andrew Sneddon, Michael Ostling |
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| Making wood type then and now |
Thomas Gravemaker explores the history of wood type printing as well as his own recent manufacture using digital design and a CNC router. |
Thomas Gravemaker |
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| Modern Times: Photography in Britain 1800–1850 |
Geoffrey Batchen explores the first fifty years of photography in Britain. |
Geoffrey Batchen |
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| Professor José Villar |
Georgina Ferry interviews José Villar, Professor of Perinatal Medicine, 8 November 2022. |
José Villar, Georgina Ferry |
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| Dr Adam Ritchie |
Georgina Ferry interviews Adam Ritchie, Senior Vaccine Programme Manager, 31 October 2022. |
Adam Ritchie, Georgina Ferry |
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| Professor Martin Landray |
Georgina Ferry interviews Sir Martin Landray, Professor of Medicine and Epidemiology, 27 October 2022. |
Martin Landray, Georgina Ferry |
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| Professor Richard Cornall |
Georgina Ferry interviews Richard Cornall, Head of the Nuffield Department of Medicine, 26 October 2022. |
Richard Cornall, Georgina Ferry |
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| Professor Marian Knight |
Georgina Ferry interviews Marian Knight, Professor of Maternal and Child Population Health, 13 October 2022. |
Marian Knight, Georgina Ferry |
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| Tracey Mustoe |
Georgina Ferry interviews Tracey Mustoe, University Biological Safety Officer, 21 September 2022. |
Tracey Mustoe, Georgina Ferry |
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| Professor John Bell (part three) |
Georgina Ferry interviews Sir John Bell, Regius Professor of Medicine, 21 September 2022. |
John Bell, Georgina Ferry |
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| Professor Lisa White |
Georgina Ferry interviews Lisa White, Professor of Modelling in Epidemiology at the Big Data Institute, 13 September 2022. |
Lisa White, Georgina Ferry |
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| Dr Max Roser |
Georgina Ferry interviews Max Roser, Director of the Oxford Martin Programme on Global Development, 2 September 2022. |
Max Roser, Georgina Ferry |
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| Dr Carina Joe |
Georgina Ferry interviews Carina Joe, Senior Postdoctoral Research Scientist in Vaccine Development, 1 September 2022. |
Carina Joe, Georgina Ferry |
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| Professor William James |
Georgina Ferry interviews William James, Professor of Virology, 18 August 2022. |
William James, Georgina Ferry |
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| Professor Alain Townsend |
Georgina Ferry interviews Alain Townsend, Professor of Molecular Immunology, 16 August 2022. |
Alain Townsend, Georgina Ferry |
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| Professor John Bell (part two) |
Georgina Ferry interviews Sir John Bell, Regius Professor of Medicine, 28 April 2022. |
John Bell, Georgina Ferry |
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| Professor Aris Katzourakis |
Georgina Ferry interviews Aris Katzourakis, Professor of Evolution and Genomics, 27 January 2022. |
Aris Katzourakis, Georgina Ferry |
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| Acknowledgements |
A special thank you to everyone involved in the podcast. |
Torø Graven |
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| (E10/10) The Missing Bean |
Sitting outside, just to the right of the entrance, facing Lincoln College. |
Torø Graven |
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