Humanitas - Visiting Professorships at the Universities of Oxford and Cambridge


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University of Oxford Podcasts

Chapters

Rationality versus emotionality in the century of extremes 40:31 Read by Ute Frevert and Barbara Rosenwein
How can there be a history of emotions? 1:16:30 Read by Barbara Rosenwein and Ute Frevert
Challenges Facing American Intelligence 1:07:33 Read by John McLaughlin
An Intelligence Officer Looks at Terrorism: Where it's Been, Where it's heading 48:45 Read by John McLaughlin
Generations of Feeling 46:49 Read by Barbara Rosenwein
Between the artist and the museum 1:06:41 Read by Vik Muniz, Michael Govan, Wallis Annenberg and Paul Hobson
Class dismissed... Art, creativity and education 1:20:43 Read by Vik Muniz
Renée Fleming, "In Conversation" 46:45 Read by Renée Fleming and Edward Seckerson
Kelly Reichardt "In Conversation" 1:18:13 Read by Kelly Reichardt
Histories of the Self 46:26 Read by Lynn Hunt, Lyndal Roper and Elleke Boehmer
The French Revolution in a Global Perspective 52:20 Read by Lynn Hunt
Do Human Rights Need a History? 56:36 Read by Lynn Hunt and Sandra Fredman
Michael Govan lecture - "A View from the Pacific: Re-envisioning the Art Museum" 57:02 Read by Michael Govan and Christopher Brown
General Hayden, Lecture: "Terrorism and Islam's Civil War: Whither the Threat?" 1:01:40 Read by Michael Hayden
General Hayden, Lecture: "My Government, My Security and Me" 45:54 Read by Michael Hayden
Rowan Williams, Lecture: ‘Faith and Human Flourishing: religious belief and idea… 1:25:51 Read by Rowan Williams
Rowan Williams, In Conversation with Jon Snow 12:21 Read by Rowan Williams and Jon Snow
Rowan Williams; Faith, Force and Authority: does religious belief change our und… 3:49 Read by Rowan Williams
Imogen Cooper In Concert: Recital: Schubert 1:41:42 Read by Imogen Cooper
Imogen Cooper: Masterclass 2:30:32 Read by Imogen Cooper
The Domain of the Poem: Lyric, Sign, Meaning and Rhythm in Contemporary Ars Poet… 51:31 Read by Don Paterson
The Domain of the Poem: Lyric, Sign, Meaning and Rhythm in Contemporary Ars Poet… 57:01 Read by Don Paterson
The Domain of the Poem: Lyric, Sign, Meaning and Rhythm in Contemporary Ars Poet… 53:37 Read by Don Paterson
In conversation: Music theatre between opera and drama - Contemporary opera, mod… 1:26:27 Read by Gerard Mortier, Ashutosh Khandekar and Hugo Shirley
In conversation 'Mozart, our contemporary' 1:34:07 Read by Gerard Mortier and Adeline Mueller
The Salzburg Festival - circa 100 years after Hofmannsthal's idea about the fest… 1:05:28 Read by Gerard Mortier
Acting Masterclass: "Lend me your ears" 1:07:49 Read by Gregory Doran and Sam Leith
Acting Masterclass: 'Pyramus, you begin' 1:35:04 Read by Gregory Doran
Gregory Doran in conversation with Sir Antony Sher 53:11 Read by Gregory Doran and Sir Antony Sher
The Domain of the Poem: Lyric, Sign, Meaning and Rhythm in Contemporary Ars Poet… 1:05:00 Read by Don Paterson
Film Workshop: the cinema of Michael Winterbottom 1:25:26 Read by Michael Winterbottom
Michael Winterbottom in Conversation: Genres, Adaptation and Contemporary Cinema 1:17:42 Read by Michael Winterbottom, Eugene Rogan, Laura Marcus, Andrew Klevan and Nikolaj Lubeckle
Our Religious Traditions in a long Historical Perspective 1:29:37 Read by Abdou Filali-Ansary
Two Concepts of Sharia? 46:26 Read by Abdou Filali-Ansary
One Century of 'Liberal islam': Where do we find ourselves now? 1:17:45 Read by Abdou Filali-Ansary
Resisting Apologetics: What can we learn from Ibn Rushd and our contemporaries? 1:02:59 Read by Abdou Filali-Ansary
Performance - interpretation or identification? Symposium 1:24:07 Read by Imogen Cooper, Simon Callow, Eric Clarke and Jason Stanyek
The Hidden Power of the Re-Creative Process in Music 50:38 Read by Imogen Cooper
Albert Hourani Revisited: Arabic and Indian thought in the Liberal Age 1:00:42 Read by Sir Christopher Bayly
Marshall G S Hodgson, Islam and World History 1:14:50 Read by Sir Christopher Bayly and Faisal Devji
Pictures and Texts 59:57 Read by William Kentridge, Ivo Mesquita, Estrella de Diego Otero and Shearer West
Thinking on one's feet and Museums: experience versus numbers 2:08:08 Read by William Kentridge, Ivo Mesquita and Seamus Perry
In Conversation: Writing the History of Reason 34:10 Read by Lorraine Daston, Sally Shuttleworth and John Christie
Symposium - The New History of Scientific Experience: Observing, Experimenting, … 1:04:22 Read by Lorraine Daston, Simon Werrett, Rhodri Lewis, Sachiko Kusukawa, Martin Mulsow and Laurence Brockliss
Inaugural Lecture - Nature's Revenge: A History of Risk, Responsibility, and Rea… 1:04:31 Read by Lorraine Daston
Mark Thompson (Symposium): Politics and Language - Friends or Enemies? 1:02:59 Read by Mark Thompson, Polly Toynbee, Gus O'Donnell, David Willetts and Andrew Marr
Mark Thompson: Not in my name 52:48 Read by Mark Thompson
Mark Thompson: Consign it to the flames 50:46 Read by Mark Thompson
Mark Thompson: Inaugural Lecture - Is Plato winning the argument? 1:00:18 Read by Mark Thompson
Lessons on Capital Flows and Financial Stability 58:28 Read by Hyun Song Shin
Lessons for banking reform 55:42 Read by Sir John Vickers
Lessons of The Crisis 2007-2012 1:22:41 Read by Stanley Fischer
Christopher Brown and Malcom Rogers in conversation 1:13:15 Read by Christopher Brown and Malcom Rogers
Malcolm Rogers: The Art Museum in the 21st Century 1:01:25 Read by Malcolm Rogers
The Holocaust, Narrative and Remembrance - Part Two 49:56 Read by Dan Stone, Paul Salmons and Mark Roseman
The Holocaust, Narrative and Remembrance - Part One 1:19:52 Read by Dan Stone, Paul Salmons and Mark Roseman
Saul Friedländer in conversation 1:27:13 Read by Saul Friedländer, Jane Caplan, Mark Roseman and Nicholas Stargardt
Saul Friedländer: Trends in the historiography of the Holocaust 1:11:46 Read by Saul Friedländer
Masterclass - Climate Change: Justice and Benefit 1:13:09 Read by John Broome
Masterclass with Professor Sir Robert Watson 1:23:07 Read by Robert Watson
Sir Partha Dasgupta: Masterclass - The Idea of Personhood in Intergenerational W… 58:58 Read by Partha Dasgupta
Sir Partha Dasgupta: Masterclass - Discounting Climate Change 1:01:18 Read by Partha Dasgupta
Sir Partha Dasgupta: The Ethics of Intergenerational Distribution 1:02:47 Read by Partha Dasgupta
Joseph Volpe: Opera - past, present and future. 1:14:47 Read by Joseph Volpe and William Conner
Joseph Volpe: Whither Opera in the 21st Century? 1:02:28 Read by Joseph Volpe
Chief Rabbi Lord Sacks: Symposium - Making Space (does the Judaic model make sen… 1:55:53 Read by Jonathan Sacks, Janet Soskice, Abdou Filali-Ansari and Guy Stroumsa
Chief Rabbi Lord Sacks: The face of the other - the curious nature of biblical n… 1:17:11 Read by Jonathan Sacks
Chief Rabbi Lord Sacks: Truth and translatability 1:18:40 Read by Jonathan Sacks
Chief Rabbi Lord Sacks: After Babel - A Jewish theology of interfaith 1:03:33 Read by Jonathan Sacks
Vanessa Redgrave: Speak What We Feel Not What We Ought To Say - (Part 2.2) Anton… 1:17:18 Read by Vanessa Redgrave
Vanessa Redgrave: Speak What We Feel Not What We Ought To Say - (Part 2.1) Anton… 1:22:23 Read by Vanessa Redgrave
Vanessa Redgrave: Speak What We Feel Not What We Ought To Say - (Part 1.2) King … 58:25 Read by Vanessa Redgrave, Carlo Nero, Fred Harrison and Robert Holtom
Vanessa Redgrave: Speak What We Feel Not What We Ought To Say - (Part 1.1) King … 1:06:03 Read by Vanessa Redgrave
Symposium on the Future of Airport Capacity 1:58:58 Read by Lord Foster, Huw Thomas, Louise Congdon, Richard Broderick, Chris Moores and David Banister
Noman Foster: Heritage and Lessons 37:48 Read by Norman Foster
Religion and the (Un)translatability of Cultures 57:26 Read by Jan Assmann
The museums and the artist 1:02:02 Read by Glenn D. Lowry, Thomas Struth, Neil MacGregor and Penelope Curtis
The abodes of the muses: theorising the modern art museum 1:02:17 Read by Glenn D Lowry
Norman Foster: Symposium on the Future of Cities - Discussion and Concluding Rem… 1:15:05 Read by John Ockendon, Malcolm McCulloch, Steve Rayner, David Banister, David Howard and Norman Foster
Norman Foster: Symposium on the Future of Cities 53:32 Read by John Ockendon, Malcolm McCulloch, Steve Rayner and David Banister
Norman Foster: Lecture 1:02:12 Read by Norman Foster
Athol Fugard: "Defining Moments" 1:05:02 Read by Athol Fugard
Athol Fugard: Playing Fugard 54:41 Read by Athol Fugard, Janet Suzman and John Kani
Athol Fugard: The Playwriting Process 47:51 Read by Athol Fugard, Jez Butterworth and Rebecca Lenkiewicz