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St Anne's stands out in Oxford as a college that is down to earth, modern, informal and open to the world. It also has a determined sense of its academic purpose. It began in 1879 offering a university education to women who otherwise would have found it unaffordable. It became a full College of the…

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    How bad is the current crisis of American democracy?

    Play Episode Listen Later Oct 4, 2019 40:05


    Professor Adam Smith gives a talk to alumni entitled "How bad is the current crisis of American democracy?" The current sense of crisis is driven by the anxiety about creeping authoritarianism and corruption, a dis-informed electorate and unaccountable social media giants. But American democracy has always been ‘in crisis’ ever since the idea of the US as a ‘democracy’ emerged in the 1830s. How does the current sense of crisis compare to those of the past, and does the US any longer have the resources to address the democratic challenges it faces?

    At the Frontlines of Change: Feminist Leadership Transforming Lives - Devaki Jain Lecture

    Play Episode Listen Later Mar 10, 2017 32:37


    Noeleen Heyzer gives the 2016 Devaki Jain Lecture. Noeleen Heyzer is former Under-Secretary-General of the United Nations. Born in Singapore, she was the first woman from the South to head the United Nations Development Fund for Women and the first woman to head the Economic and Social Commission for Asia Pacific since its founding in 1947. Noeleen Heyzer is an active member of the women’s movement in her region and carried that passion into the UN.

    Our built heritage: a gem or a millstone? What's worth keeping and why? - St Anne's Gaudy Seminar 2016

    Play Episode Listen Later Nov 15, 2016 63:30


    The 2016 St Anne's Gaudy Seminar. With Helen Ghosh (Director-General of the National Trust), Caroline Stanford (Historian and Head of Engagement at The Landmark Trust), Liane Hartley (Co-Founder of Mend) and Dr Michael Fradley (Research Assistant on ‘Endangered Archaeology’ project).

    The UK, Germany, and the European Union

    Play Episode Listen Later Mar 11, 2015 30:48


    Talk given by the former German Ambassador, Georg Boomgaarden, at St Anne's College in November 2014. Part of the inaugural international seminar and dinner at the College.

    Is the printed word dead?

    Play Episode Listen Later Oct 15, 2014 43:22


    Kathryn Sutherland, Drummond Moir and Sara Lloyd give talk for the St Anne's college Alumni Weekend 2014

    Diseases of Modern Life

    Play Episode Listen Later Oct 15, 2014 51:00


    Professor Sally Shuttleworth, Head of the Humanities Division, gives a talk for the St Anne's Alumni Weekend 2014

    Mathematics in Medicine and Biology

    Play Episode Listen Later Feb 3, 2014 21:56


    Dr Sarah Waters (Fellow and Tutor in Applied Mathematics) gives a talk for the St Anne's College Maths reunion

    A History of Maths at St Anne's

    Play Episode Listen Later Feb 3, 2014 34:12


    Dr Graham Nelson (Supernumerary Fellow and Lecturer in Mathematics), gives a talk for the St Anne's College Maths reunion

    Scaling Hilary: A world-class maths education for all

    Play Episode Listen Later Feb 3, 2014 30:00


    Junaid Mubeen (Mathematics, 2004), gives a talk for the St Anne's College MAthematics reuion

    Translation as Literature

    Play Episode Listen Later Oct 29, 2013 64:08


    Matthew Reynolds, Fellow and Tutor in English Language and Literature, Oxford, gives a talk for the 2013 Oxford Alumni Weekend. Translations are never as good as their originals - or so we tend to think. But why should that be? Surely translation can involve gain as well as loss? But, if it does that, doesn't it stop being translation and turn into something else: a 'version', 'interpretation' or 'poem in its own right'? The 2013 St Anne's Founding Fellows Lecture will explore these questions with the help of a range of wonderful translations into English, such as Dante, Virgil, Homer, Sappho, Zamyatin, Sereni, Rouzeau, Dryden, Pope, Ciaran Carson, Natasha Randall, Peter Robinson and Susan Wickes. We will discover what it means for a piece of writing to be at once a translation and a work of literature.

    Where will Tomorrow's Food Come From - and What will be the Consequences?

    Play Episode Listen Later Sep 30, 2013 45:04


    The St Anne's Gaudy Seminar explores the topic of food security, focusing in particular on sustainability, supply and demand, and aid and trade. How will science, ecology and consumers have an impact on how food is produced and distributed?

    Rich and Poor in Britain in the Age of Dickens and Today

    Play Episode Listen Later Oct 15, 2012 63:47


    A lecture exploring the differences and similarities between the rich and poor of Dickens' era and that of today. Alison Jackson, Jane Humphries, Helen Small and Paul Donovan bring forward their views in a panel discussion.

    Military Ethics Ancient and Modern

    Play Episode Listen Later Oct 15, 2012 53:34


    A talk from Matthew Leigh, Fellow and Tutor from St Anne's College, Oxford University, on Military Ethics; taken from the Alumni Weekend 2012.

    St Anne's and the Sciences

    Play Episode Listen Later Jul 30, 2012 54:58


    A discussion with Professor Dame Linda Partridge and Professor Jean Golding which took place on Saturday 19th May as part of St Anne's 60th anniversary celebrations.

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    St Anne's and the Sciences (Slides)

    Play Episode Listen Later Jul 30, 2012


    A discussion with Professor Dame Linda Partridge and Professor Jean Golding which took place on Saturday 19th May as part of St Anne's 60th anniversary celebrations.

    science oxford pregnancy sciences slides st anne professor dame linda partridge
    St Anne's and the Sciences (Slides)

    Play Episode Listen Later Jul 30, 2012


    A discussion with Professor Dame Linda Partridge and Professor Jean Golding which took place on Saturday 19th May as part of St Anne's 60th anniversary celebrations.

    science oxford pregnancy sciences slides st anne professor dame linda partridge
    St Anne's and the Imagination

    Play Episode Listen Later Jul 30, 2012 37:53


    A discussion with Dame Penelope Lively and Professor Patrick McGuinness which took place on Saturday 19th May as part of St Anne's 60th anniversary celebrations.

    Introduction to Project Management

    Play Episode Listen Later Apr 26, 2012 17:18


    Samantha Ackermere, a student at St Anne's College, Oxford, gives a talk on project management relative to large, complex projects.

    Metaphor and Synesthesia: Some Considerations on Expressive Blending

    Play Episode Listen Later Apr 26, 2012 17:48


    April Pierce, DPhil Researcher at St Anne's College, Oxford, gives a talk on Metaphor and Synesthesia, a neurological condition.

    Philosophy Reunion Seminar: Emotion, Imagination and Education

    Play Episode Listen Later Mar 5, 2012 45:44


    Kathleen Lennon, Philosophy, University of Hull gives a Special Philosophy Seminar at St Anne's. Introduced by Roger Crisp, Oxford and featuring responses from Constantine Sandis and Dawn Wilson.

    An interview with Gabriele Taylor by Dr Nigel Bowles

    Play Episode Listen Later Sep 20, 2011 24:20


    An interview with the philosopher Gabriele Taylor (Senior Research Fellow at St Anne's) conducted by Dr Nigel Bowles (Director of the Rothermere American Institute).

    International Intervention and the Responsibility to Protect

    Play Episode Listen Later Jun 28, 2011 48:02


    Professor Neil MacFarlane, Fellow in International Relations gives a talk on Humanitarian aid, the responsibility of the international community to protect individuals and groups on 18th June 2011.

    Costume in Roman Comedy

    Play Episode Listen Later Mar 9, 2011 45:43


    From the St Anne's Classics Reunion. The role of costume in Roman comedy by Professor Matthew Leigh.

    Costume in Greek Tragedy

    Play Episode Listen Later Mar 9, 2011 47:59


    From the St Anne's Classics Reunion. The role of swords in Greek tragedy by Dr Rosie Wyles.

    A Florence Nightingale for the 21st Century

    Play Episode Listen Later Oct 25, 2010 52:03


    From the 2010 Alumni Weekend. Marjorie Reeves Memorial lecture given in St Anne's College. Mark Bostridge, author of the first major biography of Florence Nightingale in 50 years talks about the great woman's life and character.

    In Defense of Business Ethics - Said Business School Centre for Corporate Reputation

    Play Episode Listen Later May 27, 2010 23:56


    Roger Crisp gives a talk on business ethics as part of the Said Business School's Seminar - The ethics of reputation and the reputation of ethics: oxymoron or research subject?

    Legal issues in state censorship

    Play Episode Listen Later Nov 17, 2009 34:22


    Peter McDonald and Liora Lazarus discuss the legal issues of state censorship especially in Apartheid era South Africa.

    Interview with Frances Cairncross, Rector of Exeter College

    Play Episode Listen Later May 26, 2009 16:39


    Frances Cairncross, Rector of Exeter College and former managing editor of The Economist talks about the role of a College in teaching and research.

    Genetics of Common Human Diseases

    Play Episode Listen Later Apr 29, 2009 58:11


    Peter Donnelly, one of the UK's leading statisticians and geneticists, discusses his involvement in recent projects aimed at understanding the genetics of common human diseases.

    Roger Crisp on Aristotle's Ethics

    Play Episode Listen Later Sep 12, 2008 20:15


    Roger Crisp, Uehiro Fellow and Tutor in Philosophy, discusses the ethics of Aristotle.

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