Podcasts by Humanitas - Visiting Professorships at the Universities of Oxford and Cambridge
Humanitas is a series of Visiting Professorships at Oxford and Cambridge intended to bring leading practitioners and scholars to both universities to address major themes in the arts, social sciences and humanities. Created by Lord Weidenfeld, the Programme is managed and funded by the Institute for Strategic Dialogue with the support of a series of generous benefactors and administered by the Humanities Division in Oxford and the Centre for Research in the Arts, Social Sciences and Humanities (CRASSH) in Cambridge.
Humanitas will welcome some twenty Visiting Professors, who will be appointed for a given academic year and invited to deliver a series of lectures, followed by a related symposium, workshop or masterclass for graduate students.
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Interview with Tom Stoppard from 2016-07-19T10:06:27
Award-winning playwright Tom Stoppard talks about the role of diversity in theatre Award-winning playwright and Humanitas Visiting Professor in Drama 2015-2016 Tom Stoppard discusses the role of di...
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Tom Stoppard Q&A from 2016-07-11T12:01:47
Award-winning playwright and screenwriter Tom Stoppard Q&A with Professor Dame Hermione Lee. Award-winning playwright and screenwriter Tom Stoppard Q&A with Professor Dame Hermione Lee (President o...
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Tom Stoppard Lecture from 2016-07-05T16:04:10
Award-winning playwright Tom Stoppard delivers a public lecture Award-winning playwright Tom Stoppard delivers a lecture on theatre. He explores the differences between attitudes in German and Engl...
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Simon Schama on Public History from 2016-05-20T17:24
What does hip hop have in common with Herodotus? In this lecture celebrated historian Simon Schama explores the tradition of public history drawing on Walter Scott, Thomas Carlyle, Winston Churchil...
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The Past and its Publics from 2016-05-20T17:17:34
Simon Schama, Craig Clunas and Margaret MacMillan tackle the thorny question of how the past should interact with the public, or publics, who consume it. Simon Schama (Professor of Art History and ...
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Kapellmeister or Conductor from 2016-02-23T12:33:08
Part of the Christian Thielemann Humanitas Visiting Professorship in Opera Studies 2015-2016 Humanitas Visiting Professorship in Opera Studies 2015-2016 Christian Thielemann in conversation with Ro...
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Performing Opera from 2016-02-23T12:08:55
Part of the Christian Thielemann Humanitas Visiting Professorship in Opera Studies 2015-2016 Roundtable discussion with Roger Allen, Matthew Reese, Peter Franklin, Barry Millington, Christian Thiel...
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Regietheater Revisited from 2016-02-23T11:39:08
Part of the Christian Thielemann Humanitas Visiting Professorship in Opera Studies 2015-2016 Roundtable discussion with Peter Franklin, Barry Millington, and Suzanne Aspden as part of the Humanitas...
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A Conductor's Point of View from 2016-02-22T16:56:15
A lecture by Christian Thielemann Humanitas Visiting Professor in Opera Studies 2015-2016 Christian Thielemann discusses the commonalities and differences between Wagner and Strauss at a lecture on...
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Humanities. Are they important? from 2015-11-17T14:59:36
Humanitas Visting Professor Stephen Greenblatt discusses whether humanities are important. Humanitas Visiting Professor in Museums, Galleries, and Libraries 2015-2016, Stephen Greenblatt, discusses...
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Between Art and Architecture from 2015-08-06T17:28:39
A lecture by celebrated artist Maya Lin Celebrated artist Maya Lin discusses the relationship between her art, architecture and memorials; the inspiration behind her work; her experiments with scal...
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Rationality versus emotionality in the century of extremes from 2015-05-19T14:27:54
Professor Ute Frevert discusses rationality vs emotionality with a response from Professor Barbara Rosenwein Professor Ute Frevert talks "Rationality versus emotionality in the centry of extremes"
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How can there be a history of emotions? from 2015-05-19T14:22:47
Professor Barbara Rosenwein explores the history of emotions Humanitas Visiting Professor Barbara Rosenwein explores the history of emotions, with a response from Professor Ute Frevert
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Challenges Facing American Intelligence from 2015-05-19T14:16:41
Professor John McLaughlin discusses Challenges facing American Intelligence
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An Intelligence Officer Looks at Terrorism: Where it's Been, Where it's heading from 2015-05-19T14:08:52
Professor John McLaughlin looks at Terrorism in the 21st Century Humanitas Visiting Professor in Intelligence Studies John McLaughlin discusses Terrorism: Where it's been and his views on where it ...
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Generations of Feeling from 2015-05-18T14:13:53
Barbara Rosenwein discusses the generations of feeling Humanitas Visiting Professor Barbar Rosenwein concludes her series on the "History of Emotions" with this lecture on the generation of feeling
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Between the artist and the museum from 2014-08-11T18:13:39
A symposium with Vik Muniz and Michael Govan (Chief Executive Officer and Wallis Annenberg Director, Los Angeles County Museum of Art) Chaired by Paul Hobson (Director, Modern Art Oxford)
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Class dismissed... Art, creativity and education from 2014-08-11T18:07:32
A lecture by Vik Muniz, Humanitas Visiting Professor in Contemporary Arts
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Renée Fleming,"In Conversation" from 2014-07-10T14:53
Humanitas Visiting Professor in Opera Studies Renée Fleming, in conversation with Edward Seckerson.
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Kelly Reichardt"In Conversation" from 2014-06-12T12:31:38
Filmmaker and Humanitas Visiting Professor in Film and Television, Kelly Reichardt, in conversation about her films. American landscapes and narratives of the road are themes that run throughout Re...
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Histories of the Self from 2014-05-29T12:18:45
A roundtable discussion with Lynn Hunt (Humanitas Visiting Professor in Historiography), Lyndal Roper (Regius Professor of History) and Elleke Boehmer (Professor of World Literature in English).
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The French Revolution in a Global Perspective from 2014-05-29T12:17:23
A lecture by the Humanitas Visiting Professor in Historiography, Lynn Hunt.
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Do Human Rights Need a History? from 2014-05-29T12:15:19
Lynn Hunt (Humanitas Visiting Professor in Historiography) in discussion with Sandra Fredman (Rhodes Professor of Law&Co-Director of the Oxford Martin Programme on Human Rights for Future Generations)
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Michael Govan lecture -"A View from the Pacific: Re-envisioning the Art Museum" from 2014-05-28T14:03:45
The Director of the Los Angeles County Museum gives a talk for the Humanitas Visiting Professorship in Museums, Galleries and Libraries. Chaired by Christopher Brown (Director, Ashmolean Museum of ...
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General Hayden, Lecture:"Terrorism and Islam's Civil War: Whither the Threat?" from 2014-02-25T15:54:34
Former Director of the National Security Agency and Central Intelligence Agency General Hayden gives a talk for the Humanitas visiting professorship in Intelligence Studies and Islamism
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General Hayden, Lecture:"My Government, My Security and Me" from 2014-02-25T15:51:31
Former Director of the National Security Agency and Central Intelligence Agency General Hayden gives a talk for the Humanitas visiting professorship in Intelligence Studies
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Rowan Williams, Lecture: ‘Faith and Human Flourishing: religious belief and ideals of maturity’? from 2014-02-12T11:40:03
Rowan Williams, visiting professor in Interfaith Studies, gives a lecture on religious beliefs and human flourishing
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Rowan Williams, In Conversation with Jon Snow from 2014-02-12T11:16:32
Rowan Williams, visiting professor in Interfaith Studies, in conversation with Channel 4 News anchor Jon Snow
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Rowan Williams; Faith, Force and Authority: does religious belief change our understanding of how power works in society? from 2014-02-12T10:53:20
Dr Williams, Master of Magdalene College, University of Cambridge, gives a talk on religious belief and how it relates to power in sociey
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Imogen Cooper In Concert: Recital: Schubert from 2013-09-17T19:24:38
Imogen Cooper, Humanitas Visiting Professorship in Classical Music and Music Education gives a recital of Schubert's 4 Impromptus D899, Sonata in a minor D784, 11 Ecossaises D781, Sonata in D major...
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Imogen Cooper: Masterclass from 2013-09-17T19:24:21
Humanitas Visiting Professorship in Classical Music and Music Education, Imogen Cooper, gives a piano masterclass to students.
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In conversation: Music theatre between opera and drama - Contemporary opera, modern staging, bad or good public. from 2013-06-17T18:24:42
Gerard Mortier in conversation with Ashutosh Khandekar, Editor of Opera Now followed by a roundtable discussion with Hugo Shirley, Deputy-Editor of Opera magazine.
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In conversation'Mozart, our contemporary' from 2013-06-17T18:21:05
Gerard Mortier in discussion with Adeline Mueller, Weston Junior Research Fellow (Music), about Mozart and his influence on Classical music as part of the Humanitas lecture series on Opera Studies.
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The Salzburg Festival - circa 100 years after Hofmannsthal's idea about the festival from 2013-06-17T18:18:10
Gerard Mortier gives a lecture about Opera for the Humanitas lecture series on Opera Studies.
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Acting Masterclass:"Lend me your ears" from 2013-06-07T16:29:38
A practical Masterclass with Greg Doran from the Royal Shakespeare Company on how Shakespeare spins rhetoric for the actor, with Sam Leith, journalist and writer, and author of 'You Talkin' to Me'....
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Acting Masterclass:'Pyramus, you begin' from 2013-06-07T16:26
A practical Masterclass looking at what clues Shakespeare puts into the verse for the actor. Students from Oxford University Drama Society will take part in the masterclass with an audience.
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The Domain of the Poem: Lyric, Sign, Meaning and Rhythm in Contemporary Ars Poetica (1) from 2013-05-28T17:38:19
Don Paterson, acclaimed poet, gives a lecture for Humanitas lecture series on Comparative European Literature.
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Film Workshop: the cinema of Michael Winterbottom from 2013-05-28T17:29:03
Filmmaker Michael Winterbottom hosts a workshop on Film for the Humanitas lecture series on Film and Television.
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Michael Winterbottom in Conversation: Genres, Adaptation and Contemporary Cinema from 2013-05-28T17:19:56
Filmmaker Michael Winterbottom gives a talk for the Humanitas lecture series on Film and Television.
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Our Religious Traditions in a long Historical Perspective from 2013-05-28T17:03:36
Professor Abdou Filali-Ansary gives a lecture for the Humanitas lecture series on Interfaith Studies.
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Two Concepts of Sharia? from 2013-05-28T16:55:43
Professor Abdou Filali-Ansary gives a lecture for the Humanitas lecture series on Interfaith Studies.
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One Century of'Liberal islam': Where do we find ourselves now? from 2013-05-28T16:53:41
Professor Abdou Filali-Ansary gives a lecture for the Humanitas lecture series on Interfaith Studies.
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Resisting Apologetics: What can we learn from Ibn Rushd and our contemporaries? from 2013-05-28T16:38:41
Professor Abdou Filali-Ansary gives a lecture for the Humanitas lecture series on Interfaith Studies.
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Performance - interpretation or identification? Symposium from 2013-05-28T16:27:21
Symposium with Imogen Cooper actor, Simon Callow, musicologist, Professor Eric Clarke and Professor Jason Stanyek.
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The Hidden Power of the Re-Creative Process in Music from 2013-05-28T16:22:04
Imogen Cooper, 'Recognized worldwide as a pianist of virtuosity and poetic poise', gives a lecture for the Humanitas lecture series on Classical Music and Music Education.
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Albert Hourani Revisited: Arabic and Indian thought in the Liberal Age from 2013-05-28T12:54:17
Professor Sir Christopher Bayly gives a talk for the Humanitas Lecture series on Historigraphy.
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Marshall G S Hodgson, Islam and World History from 2013-05-28T12:50:40
Professor Sir Christopher Bayly gives a talk for the Humanitias lecture series in Historiography with a response from Dr Faisal Devji.
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Pictures and Texts from 2013-05-28T12:45:04
A symposium with William Kentridge, Ivo Mesquita and Estrella de Diego Otero, chaired by Shearer West on Thursday 9 May 2013 in the Grove Auditorium, Magdalen College, Oxford.
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Thinking on one's feet and Museums: experience versus numbers from 2013-05-28T12:39:25
Double inaugural lecture with William Kentridge and Ivo Mesquita, chaired by Seamus Perry.
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In Conversation: Writing the History of Reason from 2013-05-28T12:24:57
Professor Lorraine Daston in conversation with Professor Sally Shuttleworth.
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Symposium - The New History of Scientific Experience: Observing, Experimenting, Collecting, Representing and Reading in Early Modern Europe from 2013-05-28T12:18:29
With Professor Lorraine Daston, Dr Simon Werrett (UCL), Dr Rhodri Lewis (Oxford), Dr Sachiko Kusukawa (Cambridge) and Prof Martin Mulsow (Erfurt), chaired by Prof Laurence Brockliss (Oxford).
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Inaugural Lecture - Nature's Revenge: A History of Risk, Responsibility, and Reasonableness from 2013-05-28T12:15:14
Director of the Max Planck Institute for the History of Science: Professor Lorraine Daston gives her inaugural lecture at Merton College.
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Mark Thompson (Symposium): Politics and Language - Friends or Enemies? from 2012-11-15T16:12:22
Symposium following Mark Thompson's series of talks for the Humanitas Programme. With Polly Toynbee, Gus O'Donnell, David Willetts MP and chaired by Andrew Marr. Mark's series of lectures is entitl...
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Mark Thompson: Not in my name from 2012-11-15T16:06:21
In his third lecture, Mark Thompson looks at what happens when modern rhetoric and morality collide, taking the wars in Iraq and Afghanistan as his principal examples. Mark's series of lectures is ...
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Mark Thompson: Not in my name (Transcript) from 2012-11-15T16:06:21
In his third lecture, Mark Thompson looks at what happens when modern rhetoric and morality collide, taking the wars in Iraq and Afghanistan as his principal examples. Mark's series of lectures is ...
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Mark Thompson: Consign it to the flames from 2012-11-15T16:04:59
Almost everyone accepts that science is our most authoritative guide to understanding the world so why is it so disputed when it comes to public policy? Mark Thompson examines what's happened to th...
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Mark Thompson: Consign it to the flames (Transcript) from 2012-11-15T16:04:59
Almost everyone accepts that science is our most authoritative guide to understanding the world so why is it so disputed when it comes to public policy? Mark Thompson examines what's happened to th...
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Mark Thompson: Inaugural Lecture - Is Plato winning the argument? from 2012-11-15T16:01:20
Drawing in particular on recent examples from American and British healthcare reform, Mark Thompson asks whether the language of politics is changing in ways which threaten public understanding of ...
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Mark Thompson: Inaugural Lecture - Is Plato winning the argument? (Transcript) from 2012-11-15T16:01:20
Drawing in particular on recent examples from American and British healthcare reform, Mark Thompson asks whether the language of politics is changing in ways which threaten public understanding of ...
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Lessons on Capital Flows and Financial Stability from 2012-11-12T13:19:40
Professor Hyun Song Shin, Hughes-Rogers Professor of Economics at Princeton University, gives a talk for the Humanitas Professorship on Economic Thought.
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Lessons for banking reform from 2012-11-10T15:40:16
Professor Sir John Vickers, Warden All Souls College, gives a workshop on Economic thought looking at banking reform.
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Lessons of The Crisis 2007-2012 from 2012-11-10T15:32:58
Stanley Fischer, Govenor of the Bank of Israel and Humanitas Visiting Professor of Economic Thought, gives a talk for the Humanitas program. The Great Depression of the 1930s led to a revolution in...
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Christopher Brown and Malcom Rogers in conversation from 2012-06-19T17:50:41
Malcolm Rogers and Dr Brown, the Director of the Ashmolean Museum, will discuss and compare their experiences of overseeing the extensive renovations of the Ashmolean Museum and the Boston Museum o...
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Malcolm Rogers: The Art Museum in the 21st Century from 2012-06-19T17:32:47
Malcolm Rogers (Ann and Graham Gund Director, Museum of Fine Arts, Boston) delivers a lecture as Visiting Professor in Museums Galleries and Libraries.
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The Holocaust, Narrative and Remembrance - Part Two from 2012-06-19T16:35:42
Part 2/2. Workshop with Prof Dan Stone (RHUL), Paul Salmons (the IOE's Centre for Holocaust Education) and Prof Mark Roseman (Indiana University).
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The Holocaust, Narrative and Remembrance - Part One from 2012-06-19T16:33:35
Part 1/2. Workshop with with Prof Dan Stone (RHUL), Paul Salmons (the IOE's Centre for Holocaust Education) and Prof Mark Roseman (Indiana University).
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Saul Friedländer in conversation from 2012-06-19T16:18:09
A discussion forum on writing Holocaust history with Prof Jane Caplan (St Antony's College, Oxford), Prof Mark Roseman (Indiana University) and Prof Nicholas Stargardt (Magdalen College, Oxford).
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Saul Friedländer: Trends in the historiography of the Holocaust from 2012-06-19T15:38:48
Professor Saul Friedländer delivers a lecture as the inaugural Humanitas Visiting Professor in Historiography. Saul Friedländer has been Professor of History at Tel Aviv University and the Universi...
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Masterclass - Climate Change: Justice and Benefit from 2012-06-18T19:22:21
Final of four masterclass sessions on Economic Thought. With Professor John Broome (White's Professor of Moral Philosophy at Oxford University).
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Masterclass with Professor Sir Robert Watson from 2012-06-18T19:20:33
Third of four masterclass sessions on Economic Thought. With Professor Sir Robert Watson (inaugural Humanitas Visiting Professor in Economic Thought).
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Sir Partha Dasgupta: Masterclass - The Idea of Personhood in Intergenerational Well-Being from 2012-06-18T19:05:28
Second of four masterclass sessions on Economic Thought. With Professor Sir Partha Dasgupta (inaugural Humanitas Visiting Professor in Economic Thought).
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Sir Partha Dasgupta: Masterclass - Discounting Climate Change from 2012-06-18T18:51:09
First of four masterclass sessions on Economic Thought. With Professor Sir Partha Dasgupta (inaugural Humanitas Visiting Professor in Economic Thought).
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Sir Partha Dasgupta: The Ethics of Intergenerational Distribution from 2012-06-18T18:32:38
Inaugural lecture by Professor Sir Partha Dasgupta, Humanitas Visiting Professor in Economic Thought.
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Joseph Volpe: Opera - past, present and future. from 2012-06-18T16:29:07
Joseph Volpe (Humanitas Visiting Professor in Opera Studies) in conversation with William Conner (former Director of Development for the San Fransisco Opera).
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Joseph Volpe: Whither Opera in the 21st Century? from 2012-06-18T16:01:54
Inaugural address by Joseph Volpe, Visiting Professor in Opera Studies. Joseph Volpe is best known for being General Manager of the Metropolitan Opera from 1990 to 2006. He spent 42 years working a...
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Chief Rabbi Lord Sacks: Symposium - Making Space (does the Judaic model make sense in Christianity and Islam?) from 2012-04-24T16:28:24
Symposium following the lectures delivered by Chief Rabbi, Lord Sacks (Visiting Professor in Interfaith Studies 2011-2012) on the subject of 'Making Space: A Jewish Theology of the Other'.
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Chief Rabbi Lord Sacks: The face of the other - the curious nature of biblical narrative from 2012-04-24T16:24:03
Third of three lectures delivered by Chief Rabbi, Lord Sacks (Visiting Professor in Interfaith Studies 2011-2012) on the subject of 'Making Space: A Jewish Theology of the Other'.
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Chief Rabbi Lord Sacks: Truth and translatability from 2012-04-24T16:11:32
Second of three lectures delivered by Chief Rabbi, Lord Sacks (Visiting Professor in Interfaith Studies 2011-2012) on the subject of 'Making Space: A Jewish Theology of the Other'.
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Chief Rabbi Lord Sacks: After Babel - A Jewish theology of interfaith from 2012-04-24T16:07:58
First of three lectures delivered by Chief Rabbi, Lord Sacks (Visiting Professor in Interfaith Studies 2011-2012) on the subject of 'Making Space: A Jewish Theology of the Other'.
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Vanessa Redgrave: Speak What We Feel Not What We Ought To Say - (Part 2.2) Antony and Cleopatra from 2012-04-24T12:13:35
Vanessa Redgrave (Humanitas Visiting Professor in Drama 2011-2012) delivers the second of two lectures focused on the theme of Theatre and Politics.
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Vanessa Redgrave: Speak What We Feel Not What We Ought To Say - (Part 2.1) Antony and Cleopatra from 2012-04-24T12:06:20
Vanessa Redgrave (Humanitas Visiting Professor in Drama 2011-2012) delivers the second of two lectures focused on the theme of Theatre and Politics.
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Vanessa Redgrave: Speak What We Feel Not What We Ought To Say - (Part 1.2) King Lear - Panel Discussion from 2012-04-24T12:03:43
Panel discussion following Vanessa Redgrave's first lecture focused on the theme of Theatre and Politics.
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Vanessa Redgrave: Speak What We Feel Not What We Ought To Say - (Part 1.1) King Lear from 2012-04-24T11:55:33
Vanessa Redgrave (Humanitas Visiting Professor in Drama 2011-2012) delivers the first of two lectures focused on the theme of Theatre and Politics.
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Symposium on the Future of Airport Capacity from 2011-12-21T15:26:19
Symposium with Lord Foster, Huw Thomas, Louise Congdon, Dr Richard Broderick and Chris Moores. Chaired by Professor David Banister.
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Noman Foster: Heritage and Lessons from 2011-12-13T15:47:20
Lord Foster, Humanitas Visiting Professor in Architecture 2011, speaking on 'Heritage and Lessons', November 2011.
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Religion and the (Un)translatability of Cultures from 2011-07-19T15:03:26
Professor Jan Assmann gives the first lecture in the Visiting Professorship in Interfaith Studies as part of the Humanitas lecture series.
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The museums and the artist from 2011-06-08T16:18:10
A symposium with Glenn D. Lowry, Thomas Struth (Artist), Neil MacGregor (Director, The British Museum) and Penelope Curtis (Director, Tate Britain) held at the Said Business School on 5th May 2011.
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The abodes of the muses: theorising the modern art museum from 2011-06-06T17:28:47
Glenn D. Lowry, Director of the Museum of Modern Art, New York, gives a talk on Museums for the Humanitas - Visiting Professorships at the Universities of Oxford and Cambridge series.
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Norman Foster: Symposium on the Future of Cities - Discussion and Concluding Remarks from 2011-02-02T16:10:29
Discussion and concluding remarks from Lord Foster to end the half-day symposium on the future of cities.
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Norman Foster: Symposium on the Future of Cities from 2011-02-02T16:07:09
This half-day symposium, convened by the School of Geography and the Environment, addresses themes arising from Lord Foster's lecture, focusing on the city of the future and includes internationall...
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Norman Foster: Lecture from 2011-02-02T15:38:58
Lord Foster delivers his inaugural lecture as Humanitas Visiting Professor of Architecture at the University of Oxford, asking how do we sustainably accommodate larger populations in cities in a wa...
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Athol Fugard:"Defining Moments" from 2011-02-02T15:28:11
Humanitas Inaugural Keynote Lecture - Athol Fugard: "Defining Moments" - in his life and work. Venue: Simpkins Lee Lecture Theatre, Lady Margaret Hall, Oxford.
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Athol Fugard: Playing Fugard from 2011-02-02T15:23:50
Athol Fugard in conversation with award-winning South African actors Janet Suzman and John Kani. Venue: Gulbenkian Theatre, St Cross Building, Oxford.
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Athol Fugard: The Playwriting Process from 2011-02-02T15:20:07
Athol Fugard in conversation with playwrights Jez Butterworth (Jerusalem) and Rebecca Lenkiewicz (Her Naked Skin). Venue: Simpkins Lee Lecture Theatre, Lady Margaret Hall, Oxford.
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