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Symbolic Liberalism and Dialogical Sociology
Classical liberalism, in the tradition of the philosopher John Rawls, upholds the value of equal basic liberties and the fair exercise of political power in societies where citizens have diverse and…
Disability as a driver of change: depathologising the university
What happens when we centre disabilities as a driving subject of intellectual, personal and political inquiry? Professor Dan Goodley FBA unpacks depathologisation in the university and the impact it…
Why and how are machine learning algorithms are driving polarisation?
A common criticism of social media is that groups of people are creating echo chambers that exclude different perspectives, but these echo chambers are a goal encoded in these platforms’ software,…
Fake News and the Victorians: Literature in the First Information Age
The 19th century became the age of the first information revolution. Driven by colonial and imperial geopolitics, rapid technological innovation, and the rise of mass print culture, news began to…
Figuring Forth: Cervantes’ Don Quijote, Poet in Prose
Cervantes’ groundbreaking novel, Don Quixote, is a comic but profound meditation on dreams, disillusionment and the blurred line between illusion and reality Its legacy is less timeless than…
What can ancient civilisations teach us about sustainability?
A cosmology or worldview is the framework of beliefs and attitudes through which we interpret and make sense of the world, including how we think about our relationship with the environment. What can…
Why are cities an important part of climate change?
Cities are central to both the problems and solutions of the climate crisis. Climate change is often seen as a global issue that can only be resolved at the international negotiating table, but…
Tutankhamun’s Table: Food & Drink for a King
In 1922, the discovery of Tutankhamun’s tomb in the Valley of the Kings astounded archaeologists and the public alike. Beyond the ornate treasures, the tomb of the famous pharaoh offered insight into…
Judith Butler on Gender
“Gender studies as a discipline is by definition interdisciplinary, drawing from several paradigms, and it is defined by a set of debates and problematics, not by statements of doctrine or settled…
Who invented the potato? And why should we care?
"How did Sir Walter Raleigh invent the potato?” In this 10-Minute Talk, Rebecca Earle FBA takes up Philomena Cunk’s question to explore the global history of the potato and explain why we should…
The Man Who Shot Nelson: A French Take on Trafalgar
From a fake news report claiming a French victory to fictional memoirs and literary retellings, the Battle of Trafalgar’s legacy in France became shrouded in myth over the following years of the…
Why Truth is Not Enough
In a post-truth world, can we always trust data? And what about our human biases? Walking us through ‘the ladder of misinference’, Alex Edmans FBA outlines how statistics and studies can feed…
The 21st Century Resurgence of Eugenics
Eugenics is a coercive ideology with a destructive history over the course of the 19th and 20th Centuries. But did support for eugenics die out after the Second World War? Unpacking the movement and…
The Dead Sea Scrolls and Beginnings of Western Mysticism
What are the Dead Sea Scrolls? Who discovered them? And why are they important? Professor Philip Alexander FBA explores the history of the scrolls, and their role in uncovering the beginnings of…
The rise and fall of Matthew Hopkins, Witchfinder General
What really happened when a breakdown of the legal system in the English Civil War fuelled a series of witch-hunts? In this 10-Minute Talk, Professor Ronald Hutton FBA delves into England's witch…
Schubert’s Die Forelle: how a classical music piece changes over time
Classical music is often wrongly considered to be unaffected by political and social change. Exploring Franz Schubert’s ‘Die Forelle’, Laura Tunbridge FBA considers the cultural history of a song and…
'Salvator Mundi': Leonardo da Vinci's missing masterpiece?
‘Salvator Mundi’ is a painting surrounded by mysteries. In this talk, Professor Martin Kemp FBA explores evidence that it is indeed a work of Leonardo Da Vinci, the painting’s key components, and the…
What does a neuropsychologist do?
What exactly is the work of a neuropsychologist? In this 10-Minute Talk, Professor Barbara Sahakian FBA unpacks some of her key work over the years and more recent ventures – from developing early…
Traditional Japanese theatre and audience interaction
Japanese theatre has, from its beginnings, encouraged audience participation – from formal fan-clubs to lessons on dancing and chanting. Hear Professor Drew Gerstle FBA take us through the key…
What are empires, nation states and colonialism?
How do we understand empire in the modern age? In this 10-Minute Talk, Professor Gurminder K Bhambra challenges the idea that modern nation-states emerged as a result of the break-up of empire, and…
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