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What can I say? Secrets in fiction and biography
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Booker Prize winning novelist Alan Hollinghurst discusses fiction and biography in conversation with Hermione Lee at Wol... Read more
8 Feb 2012
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The better angels of our nature: A history of violence and humanity
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Steven Pinker gives a compelling account of the unacknowledged worldwide decline of violence in the 2014 Haldane Lecture... Read more
6 Mar 2014
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War and Civilization Series Lecture 3: War and Pity
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Marina Warner is a writer of fiction, criticism and history; her works include novels and short stories as well as studi... Read more
24 May 2010
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War and Civilization Series Lecture 4: War and Liberation
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Ian Buruma is a writer and lecturer focussing on Asian (esp. Japanese) culture. He is currently Henry R. Luce Professor ... Read more
24 May 2010
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The 2019 Ronald Syme lecture was presented by Professor Alan Bowman and introduced by Sir Tim Hitchens. Alexandria was f... Read more
13 Nov 2019
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Applied Logic
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The 2011 Wolfson College Haldane Lecture was given by Sir Tony Hoare, Emeritus Professor at Oxford University Computing ... Read more
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DNA USA: a genetic portrait of America
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Based on his latest book, Bryan Sykes, professor of human genetics at Oxford University, gave a public lecture at Wolfso... Read more
28 May 2014
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Empire, Empires, and the End of Antiquity
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The 2010 Wolfson College Syme Lecture was given by Oxford Professor of Late Antique and Byzantine History, Dame Averil C... Read more
14 Mar 2011
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The Work of Music: Music and Mathematics
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A talk given at Wolfson College as part of a lecture series entitled "The Work of Music". Timothy Gowers is a Royal Soci... Read more
6 Feb 2012
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The Work of Music: Music and Psychology
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A talk given at Wolfson College as part of a lecture series entitled "The Work of Music". Eric Clarke is Professor of Mu... Read more
6 Feb 2012
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Living in a Quantum World
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Wolfson Fellow Professor Vlatko Vedral delivered a lecture on March 12th 2013 at the Royal Society in London. His presen... Read more
4 Apr 2013
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Where may truth lie? Fiction in memory, memory in fiction
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The award-winning author and memoirist Candia McWilliam attests to the edifying power of fiction and biography in the th... Read more
20 Feb 2012
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The contact zone: the creation of a Roman literature
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The 2011 Wolfson College Syme Lecture was given by Denis Feeney, Giger Professor of Latin and Professor of Classics, Pri... Read more
8 Nov 2011
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All About His Mother: Reading Proust's Letters
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The inaugural lecture of the Oxford Centre for Life-Writing was delivered by Micahel Wood, Professor of English and Comp... Read more
16 Nov 2011
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Diplomacy for the 21st Century: The Future of the Democratic West
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Ambassador Nicholas Burns, former US Political Director and NATO Ambassador, delivered the final lecture in the Wolfson ... Read more
13 Nov 2019
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Sir Anthony Caro in conversation with Tim Marlow
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Wolfson College was privileged to welcome back esteemed honorary fellow Sir Anthony Caro on 2nd November, who, 'in conve... Read more
8 Nov 2011
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1hr 4mins
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From Memory: Isaiah Berlin, Literary Encounters and Life-Stories
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Wolfson's President, Professor Hermione Lee, gave an evocative lecture at Lincoln's Inn, London, entitled 'From Memory: ... Read more
1 May 2014
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Making Science Work
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Sir Paul Nurse, President of the Royal Society, presents the 2013 Wolfson Haldane Lecture. The speaker is introduced by ... Read more
18 Feb 2013
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Diplomacy for the 21st Century: An African Perspective
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The second Wolfson College Lecture in Diplomacy for the 21st Century was presented by Yamina Karitanyi, the current High... Read more
11 Feb 2019
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