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Best podcasts about Gonville

Latest podcast episodes about Gonville

Cambridge Breakfast
Winner announced in Caius Choir's State School Composition Prize

Cambridge Breakfast

Play Episode Listen Later May 18, 2025 9:13


Jasmine Habgood from Gonville & Caius College joins Julian Clover to listen to the winner of Caius Choir's State School Composition Prize, performed live by Caius Choir at Evensong in […]

Any Further Questions? - A Gresham Podcast
Morals & Markets - Episode 3 - Martin Daunton & Victoria Bateman

Any Further Questions? - A Gresham Podcast

Play Episode Listen Later Jan 24, 2025 76:59


Send us a textIn this third podcast exploring the underlying assumptions of economics, Victoria Bateman explains how economists have ignored the importance of sex and gender.  She argues that the status and freedom of women are central to making the west rich, overtaking other parts of the world that had long been ahead.  She shows hot obsession with women's bodily modesty has made women dependent on men, and how this cult of modesty has changed over time and between countries.  She calls for a fundamental change in modern economics which has neglected women, lacked historical understanding, and ignored the wider social sciences.  Victoria Bateman studied economics at the Universities of Cambridge and Oxford,  She returned to Cambridge in2009 as Fellow of Gonville and Caius College, before leaving to become an independent scholar and consultant.  Her work links economic history and economics, and above all the role of women.  She is a regular broadcaster, contributor to newspapers, public speaker.   Books we discuss are:The Sex Factor: How Women Made the West Rich Cambridge, 2019.Naked Feminism: Breaking the Cult of Female Modesty Cambridge, 2023. https://www.vnbateman.com/Gresham College has offered free public lectures for over 400 years, thanks to the generosity of our supporters. There are currently over 2,500 lectures free to access. We believe that everyone should have the opportunity to learn from some of the greatest minds. To support Gresham's mission, please consider making a donation: https://gresham.ac.uk/support/Website:  https://gresham.ac.ukTwitter:  https://twitter.com/greshamcollegeFacebook: https://facebook.com/greshamcollegeInstagram: https://instagram.com/greshamcollegeSupport the show

Story in the Public Square
Richard J. Evans Offers Lessons for Today from His Study of the Third Reich

Story in the Public Square

Play Episode Listen Later Jan 14, 2025 28:10


The world will mark the 80th anniversary of the end of World War II later this year. Richard J. Evans helps us understand the murderous leaders of Nazi Germany, and the people at every level of German society who did their bidding. Evans is an historian of modern Germany and modern Europe and is the preeminent historian of the Third Reich today. He has published over 20 books in the field, including his trilogy on the Third Reich. He is a Fellow of the British Academy, the Royal Historical Society, the Royal Society of Literature and the Learned Society of Wales, and an Honorary Fellow of Gonville and Caius College Cambridge, Birkbeck, University of London, and Jesus College Oxford. In 2022, he was made an Honorary Member of the Austrian Academy of Sciences. He has been Vice-Master and Acting Master of Birkbeck, University of London, Chairman of the History Faculty in the University of Cambridge. He currently serves as Provost of Gresham College in London and a visiting Professor of History at Birkbeck University of London.See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.

Unlocking Africa
A History of Western Ignorance: Why We Need to Think Differently About African Economics - Africonomics with Bronwen Everill

Unlocking Africa

Play Episode Listen Later Dec 23, 2024 48:36


Episode 154 with Bronwen Everill who was a fellow of Gonville & Caius College, University of Cambridge from 2015 and was the Director of Cambridge's Centre of African Studies. In August, she joined the faculty of the Princeton Writing Program. She is a visiting fellow at the Laboratory for the Economics of Africa's Past, in the Department of Economics at Stellenbosh University. Bronwen recently publishing Africonomics, which is a short, bold story of Western economic thought about Africa. Bronwen argues that these interventions fail because they start from a misguided premise: that African economies just need to be more like the West. Ignoring Africa's own traditions of economic thought, Europeans and Americans assumed a set of universal economic laws that they thought could be applied anywhere. They enforced specifically Western ideas about growth, wealth, debt, unemployment, inflation, women's work and more, and used Western metrics to find African countries wanting. The West does not know better than African nations how an economy should be run. By laying bare the myths and realities of our tangled economic history, Africonomics moves from Western ignorance to African knowledge.What We Discuss With BronwenIn what ways does Africonomics challenge conventional Western views of African economies?How have historical misconceptions about African wealth shaped Western interventions on the continent?How did Western economic policies during colonial times disregard Africa's indigenous economic systems?How have Western metrics like GDP distorted perceptions of Africa's economic success or challenges?Examples of African traditions of economic thought that have been overlooked by Western interventions.Did you miss my previous episode where I discuss Powering Congo: Using Recycled Materials to Create Cutting-Edge Battery Technology for Businesses and Households? Make sure to check it out!Like this show? Please leave us a review here -- even one sentence helps!Connect with Terser on LinkedIn at Terser Adamu, and Twitter (X) @TerserAdamuDo you want to do business in Africa? Explore the vast business opportunities in African markets and increase your success with ETK Group. Connect with us at www.etkgroup.co.uk or reach out via email at info@etkgroup.co.uk

The Three Ravens Podcast
Local Legends #22: Dr Francis Young

The Three Ravens Podcast

Play Episode Listen Later Nov 9, 2024 72:07


On this week's episode of Local Legends, Martin is chatting about Cambridgeshire, paganism and much, much more with one of the nation's most prominent and celebrated folklorists, author and historian Dr Francis Young.In case you're unfamiliar with his work, such as his frequent appearances on BBC radio, as well as his writing for magazines including History Today and BBC History Magazine, Francis specialises in the history of religion and belief. He is the author, editor, or co-author of over 20 books, including the award-winning Pagans in the Early Modern Baltic, as well as Twilight of the Godlings and Magic in Merlin's Realm. His new book, just out, is called Paganism Persisting: A History of European Paganisms since Antiquity, which he co-authored with Robin C. Douglas. Born in Bury St Edmunds in Suffolk – the same place as Eleanor – Francis studied Philosophy at Gonville and Caius College, Cambridge, and Classics at University of Wales, Lampeter, before receiving his doctorate in History from Cambridge University. He is a well-known authority on the religious history of Britain and the Baltic region, and is a contributor to the Oxford Dictionary of National Biography as well as numerous textbooks and anthologies. We first encountered Francis in relation to his scholarship about witchcraft, magic, and paganism, but for our purposes today he's gathering round the Three Ravens campfire to chat about the history and folklore of Cambridgeshire, a county about which he is a bit of an expert. As a Cambridge-based academic who has written books about the county's folklore, and that of neighbouring counties, he is the perfect person to guide us through its murky earthy fenlands on the one hand, and its world-famous university town on the other.So, settle in for a chat which encompasses fairies, wild hunts, ghostly knights, fenland drainage, some very nice cathedrals, and anecdotes about Isaac Newton, M.R. James, Edith Porter and much else too!To learn more about Francis, his work, and his books, do check out his website at drfrancisyoung.com, and we'll be back on Monday with an episode all about the history and folklore of Worcestershire!The Three Ravens is an English Myth and Folklore podcast hosted by award-winning writers Martin Vaux and Eleanor Conlon.Released on Mondays, each weekly episode focuses on one of England's 39 historic counties, exploring the history, folklore and traditions of the area, from ghosts and mermaids to mythical monsters, half-forgotten heroes, bloody legends, and much, much more. Then, and most importantly, the pair take turns to tell a new version of an ancient story from that county - all before discussing what that tale might mean, where it might have come from, and the truths it reveals about England's hidden past...Bonus Episodes are released on Thursdays (Magic and Medicines about folk remedies and arcane spells, Three Ravens Bestiary about cryptids and mythical creatures, Dying Arts about endangered heritage crafts, and Something Wicked about folkloric true crime from across history) plus Local Legends episodes on Saturdays - interviews with acclaimed authors, folklorists, podcasters and historians with unique perspectives on that week's county.With a range of exclusive content on Patreon, too, including audio ghost tours, the Three Ravens Newsletter, and monthly Three Ravens Film Club episodes about folk horror films from across the decades, why not join us around the campfire and listen in?Learn more at www.threeravenspodcast.com, join our Patreon at www.patreon.com/threeravenspodcast, and find links to our social media channels here: https://linktr.ee/threeravenspodcast Get bonus content on Patreon Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

The Fifth Court - Ireland's legal podcast
E92 The Fifth Court - Sir Geoffrey Vos, Master of the Rolls and Head of Civil Justice in England and Wales

The Fifth Court - Ireland's legal podcast

Play Episode Listen Later Oct 23, 2024 28:51


Episode 92 The Fifth CourtSir Geoffrey Vos, Master of the Rolls and Head of Civil Justice in England and Wales and ELI Vice-President who attended the European Law Institute (ELI) conference in Dublin.Established in 2011, the ELI emulates the American Law Institute and focuses on advancing all areas of law across Europe and beyond. As the premier Institute of its kind in Europe, ELI brings together over 1,700 jurists – including academics, judges, and practitioners – to enhance legal systems through collaborative projects.Sir Geoffrey Vos was appointed as Master of the Rolls and Head of Civil Justice in England and Wales. In this office, he is President of the Court of Appeal (Civil Division) and leads the delivery and development of civil justice across the jurisdiction. He also has statutory responsibility in relation to the National Archives.Until 10 January 2021, he was Chancellor of the High Court, in charge of the Business and Property Courts of England and Wales. Between 2015 and 2016, he was President of the European Network of Councils for the Judiciary and has been active for many years on behalf of the judiciary of England and Wales in international relations in Europe and beyond.He is an Honorary Fellow of Gonville & Caius College, Cambridge. He is Keeper of the Black Books at Lincoln's Inn. He has had a lifelong interest in social mobility and was Chairman of the Social Mobility Foundation between 2008 and 2011.He was Chairman of the Bar of England and Wales in 2007. Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

The Essay
Tudor music and politics

The Essay

Play Episode Listen Later Sep 19, 2024 13:49


How musician Robert Hales and a witty song helped Robert Cecil, Elizabeth I's counsellor, win back the Queen's favour. Documents show us that Cecil supported many musicians, paid for a full-time consort, and had to temporarily dismiss one player for "lewdness". New Generation Thinker Christina Faraday tells the story and explores what we know about the role of music at the Tudor court. Christina Faraday is a Research Fellow at Gonville and Caius College, Cambridge and is the author of the book Tudor Liveliness: Vivid Art in Post-Reformation England. You can hear her discussing Tudor history in several Essays and episodes of Free Thinking available as Arts & Ideas podcasts. Producer: Natalia Fernandez

Ship Full of Bombs
Junkshop Jukebox #112: Vernal Vagaries via the Vinyl Vaults (14/05/2024)

Ship Full of Bombs

Play Episode Listen Later May 14, 2024 120:57


Intro:  One More Night – Can 1. Au Printemps – Jacques Brel (2:39)                                                                                                                                   2.  Little Annie – Lilly Brothers & Don Stover (2:15)                                                                                                 3.  May Dew – Derek & Dorothy Elliott (2:17)                                                                                                       4.  Ecco la Primavera – Francesco Landini, Řemdih (3:02)                                                                                                       5.  Joy Spring – Clifford Brown & Max Roach (6:47)                                                                  6.  It Might As Well Be Spring – New Stan Getz Quartet, featuring Astrud Gilberto (4:20)                                                                                                                                                                              7.  Holiday Song – The Pixies (2:15)                                                                                                                                         8.  Do You Mind My Dream – Liliput (3:58)                         9.  Mechanical World – Spirit (5:18)                             10.  Taurus – Spirit (2:37)                                                                                                                 11.  Χθες Το Βράδυ Στου Γκαρίπη (Hthes to Vradi Stou Garipi: Yesterday Evening at Garipis) – George Katsaros (4:29)       12.  A Sant' Efisio – Enzo Avitabile (3:06)                                                                                             13.  Os Mutorum Lux Cecorum, from the Inchcolm Antiphoner – Anon., Webber/Brown/Choir of Gonville & Caius College, Cambridge (3:05)                               14.  Ramadan in Space Time – Salah Ragab & the Cairo Jazz Band (4:26)                               15.  James Bond Theme – James Bond Sextet (2:01)                                 16.  American Haikus (excerpts) – Jack Kerouac, acc. Al Cohn & Zoot Sims (4:10)                              17.  Rise and Shine – Bunny Wailer (5:18)                                                                                                                                              18. The Carny – Nick Cave & the Bad Seeds (8:01)                                                                                                                  19.  Yodel 1 – Penguin Café Orchestra (4:10)                                                                                                                           20.  My Adorable One – James Carr (3:29)                         21.  Mateso – Master Musicians of Tanzania (10:08)                                                               22.  Mari Lwyd – English Acoustic Collective (6:06)                                                                                                               23.  Esperanza – Rachel's (5:31)                                                                   24.  Drane – Autechre (10:48)                                                               Outro: Pogles Walk – Vernon Elliott Ensemble

People doing Physics
The rise of the machine (learning) with Gareth Conduit

People doing Physics

Play Episode Listen Later Nov 2, 2023 35:22


Today we're joined by Dr Gareth Conduit. Gareth is a lecturer at Gonville and Caius College and Royal Society Research Fellow here at the cavendish Laboratory. He leads a research group focused on developing machine learning methods for understanding and designing new materials and chemicals. In 2017, he co-founded the startup Intellegens, through which he's worked with companies such as Rolls Royce to apply software developed in the lab to the kinds of materials questions faced by industry.Today, we talk about how the joy of physics can come from breaking things down to understand how they work, Gareth's journey through Cambridge life as an undergraduate, postgraduate and now independent researcher, and the exciting opportunities and advances that arise when you bring physics and computers together to solve real-world challenges. Useful linksYou can find out more about Gareth's research at quantum.cam.ac.uk Learn more about Intellegens, the spin-out company founded in 2017Interested in the Physics Olympiad? Visit the International Physics Olympiad website or start with the British one. Watch David MacKay's TED talk and check the book mentioned in this episode: Sustainable Energy - without the hot airTo learn more about the Cavendish Laboratory, or if you are interested in joining us or studying with us, go to the Cavendish website.Share and join the conversationIf you like this episode don't forget to rate it and leave a review on your favourite podcast app. It really helps others to find us.Any comment about the podcast or question you would like to ask our physicists, email us at podcast@phy.cam.ac.uk or join the conversation on Twitter using the hashtag #PeopleDoingPhysics.Episode creditsHosts: Simone Eizagirre Barker and Jacob ButlerRecording and Editing: Chris BrockThis podcast uses the following third-party services for analysis: Chartable - https://chartable.com/privacy

IEA Conversations
Naked Feminism? | Breaking Barriers

IEA Conversations

Play Episode Listen Later Sep 25, 2023 65:07


How did women make the West rich? Why do governments and societies seek to police women's bodies? In this week's episode of Breaking Barriers, IEA Communications Officer and Linda Whetstone Scholar Reem Ibrahim sat down with Victoria Bateman, a British feminist economist and academic, specialising in economic history. She is a fellow in economics at Gonville and Caius College, Cambridge. Victoria is also the author of The Sex Factor: How Women Made the West Rich, and Naked Feminism: Breaking the Cult of Female Modesty.

The Unadulterated Intellect
#42 – Sir James Chadwick: A Brief Account of His Discovery of the Neutron (1944)

The Unadulterated Intellect

Play Episode Listen Later Aug 8, 2023 6:52


Support me by becoming wiser and more knowledgeable – check out James Chadwick's books for sale on Amazon: Radioactivity and Radioactive Substances: https://amzn.to/4a7mk2y Radiations from Radioactive Substances: https://amzn.to/3PHAa3o Collected Papers of Lord Rutherford of Nelson: https://amzn.to/3PCe1nh If you purchase a book through any of these links, I will earn a 4.5% commission and be extremely delighted. But if you just want to read and aren't ready to add a new book to your collection yet, I'd recommend checking out the ⁠⁠⁠Internet Archive⁠⁠⁠, the largest free digital library in the world. If you're really feeling benevolent you can buy me a coffee or donate over at ⁠https://ko-fi.com/theunadulteratedintellect⁠⁠. I would seriously appreciate it! __________________________________________________ Sir James Chadwick (20 October 1891 – 24 July 1974) was a British physicist who was awarded the 1935 Nobel Prize in Physics for his discovery of the neutron in 1932. In 1941, he wrote the final draft of the MAUD Report, which inspired the U.S. government to begin serious atom bomb research efforts. He was the head of the British team that worked on the Manhattan Project during World War II. He was knighted in Britain in 1945 for his achievements in physics. Chadwick graduated from the Victoria University of Manchester in 1911, where he studied under Ernest Rutherford (known as the "father of nuclear physics"). At Manchester, he continued to study under Rutherford until he was awarded his MSc in 1913. The same year, Chadwick was awarded an 1851 Research Fellowship from the Royal Commission for the Exhibition of 1851. He elected to study beta radiation under Hans Geiger in Berlin. Using Geiger's recently developed Geiger counter, Chadwick was able to demonstrate that beta radiation produced a continuous spectrum, and not discrete lines as had been thought. Still in Germany when World War I broke out in Europe, he spent the next four years in the Ruhleben internment camp. After the war, Chadwick followed Rutherford to the Cavendish Laboratory at the University of Cambridge, where Chadwick earned his Doctor of Philosophy degree under Rutherford's supervision from Gonville and Caius College, Cambridge, in June 1921. He was Rutherford's assistant director of research at the Cavendish Laboratory for over a decade at a time when it was one of the world's foremost centres for the study of physics, attracting students like John Cockcroft, Norman Feather, and Mark Oliphant. Chadwick followed his discovery of the neutron by measuring its mass. He anticipated that neutrons would become a major weapon in the fight against cancer. Chadwick left the Cavendish Laboratory in 1935 to become a professor of physics at the University of Liverpool, where he overhauled an antiquated laboratory and, by installing a cyclotron, made it an important centre for the study of nuclear physics. During the Second World War, Chadwick carried out research as part of the Tube Alloys project to build an atom bomb, while his Manchester lab and environs were harassed by Luftwaffe bombing. When the Quebec Agreement merged his project with the American Manhattan Project, he became part of the British Mission, and worked at the Los Alamos Laboratory and in Washington, D.C. He surprised everyone by earning the almost-complete trust of project director Leslie R. Groves, Jr. For his efforts, Chadwick received a knighthood in the New Year Honours on 1 January 1945. In July 1945, he viewed the Trinity nuclear test. After this, he served as the British scientific advisor to the United Nations Atomic Energy Commission. Uncomfortable with the trend toward Big Science, he became the Master of Gonville and Caius College in 1948. He retired in 1959. Original video ⁠here⁠⁠ Full Wikipedia entry ⁠here⁠ James Chadwick's books ⁠here --- Support this podcast: https://podcasters.spotify.com/pod/show/theunadulteratedintellect/support

Sound the Trumpet, Strike the Viol!
Sound the Trumpet, Strike the Viol!

Sound the Trumpet, Strike the Viol!

Play Episode Listen Later Jun 4, 2023


Oudemuziekkenner Kees Koudstaal presenteert de mooiste en recentste CD’s met oude en klassieke muziek. Dit keer aandacht voor de nieuwe albums van Into the Winds, The Choir of Gonville & Caius College Cambridge en In Echo, Biscantores, Drottningholms Barockensemble en Chiaroscuro Quartet. 1. Anoniem (13 eeuw) – La Tierche Estampie Roial & Danse Uitvoerenden: Into […]

The Hamlet Podcast
Macbeth | Episode 31 - All By The Name of Dogs

The Hamlet Podcast

Play Episode Listen Later Mar 19, 2023 17:08


The Hamlet Podcast - a weekly exploration of Shakespeare's Macbeth. Act III, Scene i - Macbeth explains to the Murderers just how much harm Banquo has done to them... **Sincere apologies: in the heady flow of recording I said that Gonville and Caius College is in Oxford - it is OF COURSE in Cambridge!** Written and presented by Conor Hanratty

The Redcoat History Podcast
Zulu: The heroes of Rorke's Drift - Gonville Bromhead VC

The Redcoat History Podcast

Play Episode Listen Later Dec 19, 2022 9:56


In the latest episode of this short series we examine the life of "Gonny" Bromhead VC. Michael Caine played the commander of B company 2/24th in the film Zulu. His is an interesting story. If you are interested in the Anglo-Zulu War then please sign up for my mailing list at www.redcoathistory.com and receive your free eBook on the conflict.    Links:    My Rorke's Drift Podcast   Exploring the Rorke's Drift battlefield

Viewpoints, 97.7FM Casey Radio
From the Vault: Border Anxiety with Dr Natasha Cica

Viewpoints, 97.7FM Casey Radio

Play Episode Listen Later Oct 20, 2022 19:11


Henry talks Dr Natasha Cica, the founding director of Kapacity.org. Natasha's professional experience spans public administration (including as a legal and policy analyst advising Australia's national parliament), crisis management, corporate law, and the higher education and non-government sectors. She has held policy-focused roles at think tanks and led strategy at start-ups in Australia and Europe – and is an award-winning author, broadcaster and public commentator. Natasha is an adjunct professor at the ANU College of Law at the Australian National University, and has been visiting professor at the University of Belgrade's Faculty of Law, and visiting academic at the Alvar Aalto Academy in Helsinki. She was the inaugural Rubin Research Fellow at the School of Public Policy at University College London. Natasha holds a doctorate in law from the University of Cambridge (as a WM Tapp scholar at Gonville and Caius College), a masters in law and ethics from King's College London (awarded the Professor Sir Eric Scowen Prize for the best masters candidate), and a BA LLB (Hons) from the Australian National University (awarded the Blackburn Medal for research in law, the Tillyard Prize for the honours student ‘whose personal qualities and contributions to University life have been outstanding', and a Lionel Murphy Overseas Postgraduate Scholarship). In 2014 she presented the ANU College of Law graduating address as a distinguished alumna. This conversation was originally broadcast on 3SER's 97.7FM Casey Radio in 2020. It was produced by Rob Kelly.

I Got That One!
Gonville & Caius vs St Andrews: Quick Maths

I Got That One!

Play Episode Listen Later Oct 11, 2022 21:50


Join for the discussion of this week's University Challenge, stay for how Tom's brain melted from finding out how "Caius" is actually pronounced. There is also some facts about Malaysia, lamentations about art theft and more as we disect the closer than expected match between St Andrews and Gonville & Caius Cambridge.

LSE Middle East Centre Podcasts
Keynote 3: Sunaina Maira on a long war of position: Palestine, BDS, and besieging the siege

LSE Middle East Centre Podcasts

Play Episode Listen Later Aug 5, 2022 32:55


This keynote lecture took place at the Gramsci in the Middle East & North Africa Conference organised by the LSE Middle East Centre in cooperation with Ghent University. The conference explored, through empirically-grounded research, how Gramsci's work can help us make sense of our contemporary moment in the region marked by a significant expansion in resistance and uprising. Sunaina Maira is Professor of Asian American Studies, and is affiliated with the Middle East/South Asia Studies program and with the Cultural Studies Graduate Group at the University of California, Davis. Her research and teaching focus on Asian, Arab, and Muslim American youth culture, migrant rights and refugee organizing, and transnational movements challenging militarization, imperialism, and settler colonialism John Chalcraft is Professor of Middle East History and Politics in the Department of Government at the LSE. He graduated with a starred first in history (M.A. Hons) from Gonville and Caius college Cambridge in 1992. He then did post-graduate work at Harvard, Oxford and New York University, from where he received his doctorate with distinction in the modern history of the Middle East in January 2001. He held a Research Fellowship at Caius college (1999-2000) and was a Lecturer in Modern Middle Eastern History in the Department of Islamic and Middle Eastern Studies at Edinburgh University from 2000-05. This conference was supported by the Departments of Government, Sociology, and the Atlantic Fellows for Social and Economic Equity programme based at the International Inequalities Institute, LSE.

Dr. GPCR Podcast
#75 with Vaithish Velazhahan

Dr. GPCR Podcast

Play Episode Listen Later May 26, 2022 52:22


For more details, visit the #DrGPCR Podcast Episode #75 page https://www.drgpcr.com/episode-75-with-vaithish-velazhahan/ ------------------------------------------- About Vaithish Velazhahan Vaithish obtained dual bachelor's degrees with honors in Medical Biochemistry and Microbiology from Kansas State University, USA. His undergraduate thesis work on studying the biochemical mechanisms of flavonoids in cancer using nuclear magnetic resonance spectroscopy (NMR) led to a Barry M. Goldwater Scholarship. He then received a prestigious Gates Cambridge Scholarship to study for a Ph.D. at the MRC Laboratory of Molecular Biology and the University of Cambridge, where he is currently a final year Ph.D. candidate. His Ph.D. work has been focused on understanding the structure and activation of Class D fungal GPCRs. He has developed novel tools and methodologies to study fungal GPCRs which allowed the determination of the first structures of the prototypical fungal GPCR Ste2. This work has led to two first-authored manuscripts published in the journal Nature. Vaithish has been recognized with the MRC LMB's Max Perutz Prize for outstanding Ph.D. work and has been elected a Research Fellow at Gonville and Caius College, which is one of the most prestigious positions at the University of Cambridge. Vaithish Velazhahan on the web Twitter GatesCambridge PubMed ------------------------------------------- Become a #DrGPCR Ecosystem Member ------------------------------------------- Imagine a world in which the vast majority of us are healthy. The #DrGPCR Ecosystem is all about dynamic interactions between us who are working towards exploiting the druggability of #GPCR's. We aspire to provide opportunities to connect, share, form trusting partnerships, grow, and thrive together. To build our #GPCR Ecosystem, we created various enabling outlets. Individuals Organizations ------------------------------------------- Are you a #GPCR professional? Subscribe to #DrGPCR Monthly Newsletter Listen and subscribe to #DrGPCR Podcasts Listen and watch GPCR focused scientific talks at #VirtualCafe

Arts & Ideas
The Tudor Mind

Arts & Ideas

Play Episode Listen Later May 25, 2022 44:58


Royal Trumpeter John Blanke's image is on show alongside portraits of the Tudor monarchy in an exhibition opening at the Walker Gallery in Liverpool. Blanke is the only black Tudor for whom we have an identifiable picture, painted on horseback in the royal retinue. New Generation Thinker Christina Faraday has been looking at these and other Tudor artworks. She joins Helen Hackett, author of The Elizabethan Mind and music historian Eleanor Chan for a discussion chaired by New Generation Thinker John Gallagher. And what aspects of the Tudor mind do we see at work in the next generation writing of John Donne? Biographer Katherine Rundell has the answers. The Tudors: Passion, Power and Politics runs at Liverpool's Walker Gallery 21 May 2022—29 Aug 2022 John Gallagher is Associate Professor of Early Modern History at the University of Leeds and the author of Learning Languages in Early Modern England Christina Faraday is a Research Fellow at Gonville and Caius College, Cambridge, where she is working on a project exploring Elizabethan art and music. Professor Helen Hackett teaches at University College London and her book The Elizabethan Mind is out now. Katherine Rundell's biography of John Donne is called Super-Infinite: The Transformations of John Donne Eleanor Chan is a BBC/AHRC New Generation Thinker who studies the links between music and art history. She's based at the University of Manchester. You can find a host of programmes about Vaughan Williams on Radio 3 and BBC Sounds broadcasting this May. His Tudor Portraits are being performed by the Britten Sinfonia and Norwich Philharmonic Chorus at the Norfolk and Norwich Festival on Sunday 29 MAY, 7.30PM at St Andrews and Blackfriars Hall. Producer: Luke Mulhall

Focus on WHY
277 Students Against Sexism with Camille Saunders, Kelvina Malaj and Harini Iyer

Focus on WHY

Play Episode Listen Later May 17, 2022 37:09


Experiencing misogyny and underrepresentation from an academic perspective, three students initially came together to combat sexism and empower those with marginalised voices. Now with a mission to achieve gender equality as intersectional feminists, Camille Saunders, Kelvina Malaj and Harini Iyer are raising awareness ensuring that women's voices are represented on a global scale. Starting in their home town, through the NOUS London blog and podcast, they are now expanding and representing women on an international level. With solidarity of feminism, Camille, Kelvina and Harini are students against sexism.   KEY TAKEAWAY “That's the beauty of feminism. Even if you don't think you're creating change, you are. People are noticing what you're doing and saying and they feel supported by you even when you don't realise it.”   ABOUT CAMILLE, KELVINA AND HARINI Camille Saunders is studying French and Spanish at Gonville and Caius College, Cambridge and is hoping that through the podcast she can make the world a fairer place by reassuring women that they are not alone in their struggle, and that they always have the right to be heard. Alongside the podcast, she has also written several articles for the Nous blog (www.nouslondon.co.uk) on a range of social issues related to feminism. Kelvina Malaj is a first-year History and Politics student at the University of Warwick. She's an intersectional feminist who prides herself in being particularly passionate about tackling issues involving class, race, and gender, and hopes to see more of this discourse applied to mainstream education.   Harini Iyer is a first-year undergraduate student at Hertford College, Oxford studying Geography. She hosts the NOUS podcast with Camille Saunders and Kelvina Malaj and is passionate about intersectional feminism and empowering female voices.   CONNECT WITH CAMILLE, KELVINA AND HARINI https://www.nouslondon.co.uk/ https://www.instagram.com/nous_ldn/       ABOUT THE HOST - AMY ROWLINSON Amy is a Life Purpose Coach, Podcast Strategist, Top 1% Global Podcaster, Speaker, Mastermind Host and Property Investor. Through 1:1 and group coaching, Amy works with individuals and businesses to improve productivity, engagement and fulfilment, to banish overwhelm, underwhelm and frustration and to welcome clarity, achievement and purpose.   WORK WITH AMY Amy inspires and empowers entrepreneurial clients to discover the life they dream of by assisting them to make it their reality through their own action taking. Helping them to focus on their WHY with clarity uniting their passion and purpose with a plan to create the life they truly desire. If you would like Amy to help you to launch your podcast or to focus on your WHY then please book a free 20 min call via www.calendly.com/amyrowlinson/enquirycall   KEEP IN TOUCH WITH AMY Sign up for the weekly Friday Focus - https://www.amyrowlinson.com/subscribe-to-weekly-newsletter   CONNECT WITH AMY https://linktr.ee/AmyRowlinson   HOSTED BY: Amy Rowlinson   DISCLAIMER The views, thoughts and opinions expressed in this podcast belong solely to the host and guest speakers. Please conduct your own due diligence. 

The War & Diplomacy Podcast: From the Centre for War and Diplomacy at Lancaster University
The Battle of Boroughbridge, Thomas of Lancaster, and King Edward II

The War & Diplomacy Podcast: From the Centre for War and Diplomacy at Lancaster University

Play Episode Listen Later Mar 13, 2022 73:53


This special episode marks the 700th anniversary of the Battle of Boroughbridge and the execution of Thomas, earl of Lancaster, in 1322. This was the bloody end of a civil war that scarred one of England's most troubled and turbulent reigns, that of Edward II. Dr Sophie Ambler is the Deputy Director of the Centre for War and Diplomacy and author of The Song of Simon de Montfort: England's First Revolutionary and the Death of Chivalry (2019); Dr Andrew Spencer is Fellow and Senior Tutor of Gonville and Caius College, Cambridge, and has published extensively on the nobility, politics and constitution of thirteenth- and fourteenth-century England; Dr Paul Dryburgh is Principal Record Specialist at The National Archives, and has been at the forefront of new research into the records and government of the era for nearly twenty years. Paul, Andrew and Sophie are part of a team of researchers – from the The National Archives and the Universities of Lincoln, Cambridge and Lancaster– involved in a new collaborative research project: ‘A State within a State? The making of the Duchy of Lancaster, c.1066-1422'.

Viewpoints, 97.7FM Casey Radio
Border Control with Dr Natasha Cica

Viewpoints, 97.7FM Casey Radio

Play Episode Listen Later Feb 28, 2022 19:21


Henry talks with Dr Natasha Cica, the founding director of Kapacity.org. Natasha's professional experience spans public administration (including as a legal and policy analyst advising Australia's national parliament), crisis management, corporate law, and the higher education and non-government sectors. She has held policy-focused roles at think tanks and led strategy at start-ups in Australia and Europe – and is an award-winning author, broadcaster and public commentator. Natasha is an adjunct professor at the ANU College of Law at the Australian National University, and has been visiting professor at the University of Belgrade's Faculty of Law, and visiting academic at the Alvar Aalto Academy in Helsinki. She was the inaugural Rubin Research Fellow at the School of Public Policy at University College London. Natasha holds a doctorate in law from the University of Cambridge (as a WM Tapp scholar at Gonville and Caius College), a masters in law and ethics from King's College London (awarded the Professor Sir Eric Scowen Prize for the best masters candidate), and a BA LLB (Hons) from the Australian National University (awarded the Blackburn Medal for research in law, the Tillyard Prize for the honours student ‘whose personal qualities and contributions to University life have been outstanding', and a Lionel Murphy Overseas Postgraduate Scholarship). In 2014 she presented the ANU College of Law graduating address as a distinguished alumna. This conversation was originally broadcast on 3SER's 97.7FM Casey Radio in February 2022. It was produced by Rob Kelly.

RNZ: Saturday Morning
Frank Stark: Bringing creative life to Gonville

RNZ: Saturday Morning

Play Episode Listen Later Oct 1, 2021 14:12


As former director of the Whanganui Regional Museum, Frank Stark is familiar with the eclectic architectural heritage of the river city. And when he and partner Emma Bugden bought the historic swimming baths in the suburb of Gonville, part of the package turned out to be a former fire station and out-of-use town hall, remnants of Gonville's brief time as a separate borough.

RNZ: Saturday Morning
Frank Stark: Bringing creative life to Gonville

RNZ: Saturday Morning

Play Episode Listen Later Oct 1, 2021 14:12


As former director of the Whanganui Regional Museum, Frank Stark is familiar with the eclectic architectural heritage of the river city. And when he and partner Emma Bugden bought the historic swimming baths in the suburb of Gonville, part of the package turned out to be a former fire station and out-of-use town hall, remnants of Gonville's brief time as a separate borough.

Thoughtlines
Episode 6 - We are what we buy, with Dr Bronwen Everill

Thoughtlines

Play Episode Listen Later Jun 16, 2021 41:05


In this episode we join the dots on the global story of abolition with Dr Bronwen Everill, 1973 lecturer in History at Gonville and Caius College, Cambridge, and Fellow of the Royal Historical Society. Why was the Cambridge connection so central to those campaigning to end the slave trade in Britain? What did these abolitionists have in common with those in West Africa and in the United States? What was the product that both drove slavery and helped early ethical consumers do their bit for the abolitionist cause? And how do we acknowledge the different types of ‘labour' that make an academic life possible today? Learn more: Bronwen Everill's book 'Not Made By Slaves: Ethical Capitalism in the Age of Abolition' is available here and in all good bookshops: https://www.hup.harvard.edu/catalog.php?isbn=9780674240988 Hear Bronwen Everill talking further about the Zong massacre on BBC Radio 4. BBC Radio 4 - In Our Time, The Zong Massacre: https://www.bbc.co.uk/programmes/m000pqbz Read Bronwen Everill's blog article about buying ethically, and its limitations "Shopping for Racial Justice" (https://harvardpress.typepad.com/hup_publicity/2020/06/shopping-for-racial-justice.html) and her research during her CRASSH fellowship here: - a journal article in History of Science (https://doi.org/10.1177/0073275320945117) on Freetown, Sierra Leone, as a ship-building and repair hub in the nineteenth century - and an African Economic History working paper on measuring the standard of living in nineteenth century Freetown (https://www.aehnetwork.org/working-papers/on-the-freetown-waterfront-household-income-and-informal-wage-labour-in-a-nineteenth-century-port-city/) The plaque to Anna Maria Vassa, discussed at the beginning of this episode, can be found at St Andrew's Church, Chesterton, Cambridge: https://www.standrews-chesterton.org/ St Andrew's Church, Chesterton's Wikipedia entry which discusses the plaqu: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/St_Andrew%27s_Church,_Chesterton

Social Innovation: The Social Ideas Podcast
The Social Innovation Think Tank: Ethical Capitalism

Social Innovation: The Social Ideas Podcast

Play Episode Listen Later Mar 19, 2021 40:24


In the eighth episode of The Social Innovation Think Tank, Dr Neil Stott and Prof. Paul Tracey discuss ‘Ethical Capitalism’ with Dr Bronwen Everill, a Lecturer at Gonville & Caius College, University of Cambridge.Cambridge Centre for Social InnovationMSt in Social Innovation - apply now

Allegro Mágico, Música clásica para niños

En este episodio conocemos a la compositora contemporánea escocesa Judith Weir, y escuchamos/conocemos un poco sobre música clásica contemporánea.  Judith Weir ha recibido numerosos reconocimientos y premios, y su obra vale mucho la pena conocerla. Recuerda que todos los episodios trato de hacerlos amenos para los niños, y en este caso creo que este episodio es ideal para ellos comiencen a identificar obras contemporáneas.   Las piezas que vamos a escuchar son: All the Ends of the Earth, interpretado por BBC Singers, Endymion & David Hill.  The Song Sung True: IV. Folk Song, interpretado por BBC Singers, Endymion & David Hill. DASGEHEIMNIS DER SCHWARZEN SPINNE (La Araña Negra), por la OPER LEIPZIG.  A Night at the Chinese Opera, Op. 3, Act II: Fourth Act of "The Orphan" (Live), interpretado por Adey Grummet, Frances Lynch, Scottish Chamber Orchestra & Andrew Parrott. Airs from Another Planet: No. 3, Jig, interpretado por Hebrides Ensemble.  A Song of Departure, interpretado por The Schubert Ensemble.  Stars Night Music and Light, interpretado por la BBC Symphony Orchestra y la BBC Symphony Chorus para los Proms 2011.  Unlocked, interpretado por Zlatomir Fung.  Love Bade Me Welcome, interpretado por Choir of Gonville and Caius College, Cambridge & Geoffrey Webber.    Síguenos en: Facebook, Twitter, Instagram y Pinterest.    Si te gusta el episodio, califícalo en tu app favorita (Podcasts iTunes, iVoox, Spotify) o puedes dejar tu review. :)    No te pierdas ningún episodio. Súscríbete al newsletter en allegromagico.com/suscribirme. 

LCIL International Law Seminar Series
Evening lecture: Visual International Law and Imperialism: Painting and Building Universality and Authority - Dr Kate Miles

LCIL International Law Seminar Series

Play Episode Listen Later Feb 23, 2021 63:00


Lecture summary: Visual international law tells stories. Image and art supporting imperialism in the eighteenth and nineteenth centuries also projected the authority, legitimacy, and universality of international law. This lecture argues that depictions of treaty-making, international legal theorists, and conferences were about painting European international law as ‘successful’—telling stories of an authoritative, universal, and virtue-laden mode of international regulation. That same approach also stretched into the twentieth and twenty-first centuries, including through the physical construction of international law in the architecture of its statement buildings, such as the International Court of Justice. Dr Kate Miles is a Fellow, Lecturer and Director of Studies in Law at Gonville and Caius College, Cambridge. She is also a Fellow of the Lauterpacht Centre for International Law, University of Cambridge. She is the author of a monograph published by Cambridge University Press: The Origins of International Investment Law: Empire, Environment and the Safeguarding of Capital. She is also the author of a forthcoming monograph also with Cambridge University Press: Visual International Law: Image, Symbol, Art and Architecture. As an undergraduate in law and arts at the University of Auckland, she studied law, art history, philosophy and ancient history. She holds a B.A. in Art History, LL.B., and an LL.M. in Environmental Law (Hons I) from the University of Auckland, an LL.M. in International Legal Studies from NYU School of Law, and a Ph.D. from the University of Sydney. Since 2015, her research has drawn together those interdisciplinary threads and engaged with the visuality of international law. In particular, it has focused on the role of the visual in projecting the authority, legitimacy and universality of imperial international law.

What Would Mozart Do?
033 - Where's My Freaking Dressing Room?!

What Would Mozart Do?

Play Episode Listen Later Feb 3, 2021 49:52


Today I am talking to Alexander Simpson and Helen Daniels who are both classical singers and presenters on the podcast “Where's My Freaking Dressing Room?!” In our chat we talk about a variety of topics regarding the impact that the pandemic has had on young singers and how a shift in time management has revolutionised the way in which Alexander and Helen approach their work.British countertenor Alexander Simpson is a versatile young singer who enjoys performing a wide range of repertoire and styles.Recent operatic roles include Nireno Giulio Cesare (English Touring Opera), Cowslip Fairy Queen (Waterperry Opera Festival), Athamas Semele (Royal Academy of Music), Arsace Partenope (Iford Arts Festival), Arcane Teseo (London Handel Festival) and Refugee Flight (Royal Academy Opera).Alexander studied at the Royal Academy of Music where he was awarded a full scholarship and graduated with a DipRAM for an outstanding final recital. He later graduated from Royal Academy Opera where he studied with Michael Chance, Caitlin Hulcup and Anna Tilbrook.In addition to his singing commitments, Alexander has trained to become a Life Coach. He firmly believes that the industry should be made more accessible for all musicians and has set up a new ‘holistic approach' towards singing as a career. His aim is to encourage singers to understand themselves properly as individuals and then apply these discoveries to their career so that they are able to navigate a career that is successful and fulfilling rather than being tossed randomly from one job to another.Together with his friend and colleague Helen Daniels, Alexander has co-created a podcast entitled ‘Where's My Freaking Dressing Room?!' which encourages classical musicians to chat honestly about previous experiences in order to create a community which is more supportive and connected.Helen Daniels is a mezzo-soprano from Coventry, currently studying at Trinity Laban Conservatoire of Music and Dance with Sarah Pring where she is an Eva Malpass scholar. Under Trinity Laban's tuition she has performed in the nationally renowned Huddersfield Contemporary Music Festival and taken part in online masterclasses with Barbara Hannigan, Gidon Saks, Christopher Underwood and Robert Alderson. She is looking forward to playing Rosina, Il barbiere di Siviglia; Nancy, Albert Herring and Ursule, Béatrice et Bénédict in the college's opera scenes showcase later this year.Alongside her studies Helen is a professional ensemble singer and has performed with many celebrated groups including Classical Opera, Philharmonia Voices, The Hanover Band, City Bach Collective and Sansara. In January 2020 Helen founded a chamber female vocal ensemble with harp, Levedy, who won the inaugural Trinity Laban Carne Trust Chamber Music Competition in October 2020.Helen read academic music at Gonville and Caius College, Cambridge, where she sang with Trinity College Choir under the direction of Stephen Layton. Solo performances include Haydn's Nelson Mass, Bach's St John Passion, Handel's Messiah and Vivaldi's Gloria.In summer 2020 Helen partnered with a close friend and colleague, Alexander Simpson, to record and produce a classical music podcast entitled ‘Where's My Freaking Dressing Room?!' The podcast encourages classical musicians to talk openly about their experiences of the industry in order to create a more supportive and interconnected musical community.Instagram: @helendanielsmezzohttps://www.wheresmyfreakingdressingroom.com/https://www.alexandersimpsonlifecoach.com/

UnHerd with Freddie Sayers
Tutor speaks out on Cambridge free speech battle

UnHerd with Freddie Sayers

Play Episode Listen Later Dec 7, 2020 22:13


Over recent years, we've learned to pay attention to the intellectual trends and taboos on university campuses — they have a way of spilling out into mainstream corporate and political life.Which is why the vote among the 7,000 faculty at Cambridge on a new 'free speech policy' matters. The results will be announced tomorrow at 5pm and will be an indication of the willingness to resist the increasing threats to free speech and academic enquiry around politically sensitive topics.Cambridge has been in the news all year in this regard —rescinding the invitation of a visiting fellowship to Canadian academic Jordan Peterson, removing academic Noah Carl after his controversial study into race and intelligence and subjecting a college porter to a campaign to be removed after he voted a certain way on a trans issue as a Labour local councillor.Freddie Sayers spoke to Dr Arif Ahmed, a Philosophy tutor and fellow on Gonville and Caius college, who has raised concerns that the inclusion of a requirement to be ‘respectful' of people's opinions and identities, included in the proposed free speech policy, risks legitimising future censorship. He thinks it could have been used to justify excluding Jordan Peterson, on the grounds that he has not been sufficiently respectful of certain religions, or forbidding the inclusion of the Charlie Hebdo cartoons in a course about free speech. See acast.com/privacy for privacy and opt-out information.

In Our Time
The Zong Massacre

In Our Time

Play Episode Listen Later Nov 26, 2020 52:04


Melvyn Bragg and guests discuss the notorious events off Jamaica in 1781 and their background. The British slave ship Zong, having sailed across the Atlantic towards Jamaica, threw 132 enslaved Africans from its human cargo into the sea to drown. Even for a slave ship, the Zong was overcrowded; those murdered were worth more to the ship dead than alive. The crew said there was not enough drinking water to go round and they had no choice, which meant they could claim for the deaths on insurance. The main reason we know of this atrocity now is that the owners took their claim to court in London, and the insurers were at first told to pay up as if the dead slaves were any other lost goods, not people. Abolitionists in Britain were scandalised: if courts treated mass murder in the slave trade as just another business transaction and not a moral wrong, the souls of the nation would be damned. But nobody was ever prosecuted. The image above is of sailors throwing slaves overboard, from Torrey's 'American Slave Trade', 1822 With Vincent Brown Charles Warren, professor of American history and professor of African and African American studies at Harvard University Bronwen Everill Class of 1973, lecturer in history and fellow at Gonville and Caius College, University of Cambridge And Jake Subryan Richards assistant professor of History at the London School of Economics Studio production: Hannah Sander

In Our Time: History
The Zong Massacre

In Our Time: History

Play Episode Listen Later Nov 26, 2020 52:04


Melvyn Bragg and guests discuss the notorious events off Jamaica in 1781 and their background. The British slave ship Zong, having sailed across the Atlantic towards Jamaica, threw 132 enslaved Africans from its human cargo into the sea to drown. Even for a slave ship, the Zong was overcrowded; those murdered were worth more to the ship dead than alive. The crew said there was not enough drinking water to go round and they had no choice, which meant they could claim for the deaths on insurance. The main reason we know of this atrocity now is that the owners took their claim to court in London, and the insurers were at first told to pay up as if the dead slaves were any other lost goods, not people. Abolitionists in Britain were scandalised: if courts treated mass murder in the slave trade as just another business transaction and not a moral wrong, the souls of the nation would be damned. But nobody was ever prosecuted. The image above is of sailors throwing slaves overboard, from Torrey's 'American Slave Trade', 1822 With Vincent Brown Charles Warren, professor of American history and professor of African and African American studies at Harvard University Bronwen Everill Class of 1973, lecturer in history and fellow at Gonville and Caius College, University of Cambridge And Jake Subryan Richards assistant professor of History at the London School of Economics Studio production: Hannah Sander

New Books in British Studies
Sujit Sivasundaram, "Waves Across the South: A New History of Revolution and Empire" (William Collins, 2020)

New Books in British Studies

Play Episode Listen Later Nov 12, 2020 73:47


In Waves Across the South: A New History of Revolution and Empire (William Collins, 2020), Sujit Sivasundaram brings together far-flung archives across the world and the best new academic research. Too often, history is told from the northern hemisphere, with modernity, knowledge, selfhood and politics moving from Europe to influence the rest of the world. This book traces the origins of our times from the perspective of indigenous and non-European people in the Indian and Pacific Oceans. From Aboriginal Australians to Parsis and from Mauritians to Malays, people asserted their place and their future as the British empire drove unexpected change. The tragedy of colonisation was that it reversed the immense possibilities for liberty, humanity and equality in this period. Waves Across the South insists on the significance of the environment; the waves of the Bay of Bengal or the Tasman Sea were the context for this story. Sivasundaram tells how revolution, empire and counter-revolt crashed in the global South. Naval war, imperial rivalry and oceanic trade had their parts to play, but so did hope, false promise, rebellion, knowledge and the pursuit of being modern. Sujit Sivasundaram is Professor of World History at the University of Cambridge and Fellow in History at Gonville and Caius College. Kelvin Ng hosted the episode. He is a Ph.D. student at Yale University, History Department. His research interests broadly lie in the history of imperialism and anti-imperialism in the early-twentieth-century Indian Ocean circuit. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

New Books in World Affairs
Sujit Sivasundaram, "Waves Across the South: A New History of Revolution and Empire" (William Collins, 2020)

New Books in World Affairs

Play Episode Listen Later Nov 12, 2020 73:47


In Waves Across the South: A New History of Revolution and Empire (William Collins, 2020), Sujit Sivasundaram brings together far-flung archives across the world and the best new academic research. Too often, history is told from the northern hemisphere, with modernity, knowledge, selfhood and politics moving from Europe to influence the rest of the world. This book traces the origins of our times from the perspective of indigenous and non-European people in the Indian and Pacific Oceans. From Aboriginal Australians to Parsis and from Mauritians to Malays, people asserted their place and their future as the British empire drove unexpected change. The tragedy of colonisation was that it reversed the immense possibilities for liberty, humanity and equality in this period. Waves Across the South insists on the significance of the environment; the waves of the Bay of Bengal or the Tasman Sea were the context for this story. Sivasundaram tells how revolution, empire and counter-revolt crashed in the global South. Naval war, imperial rivalry and oceanic trade had their parts to play, but so did hope, false promise, rebellion, knowledge and the pursuit of being modern. Sujit Sivasundaram is Professor of World History at the University of Cambridge and Fellow in History at Gonville and Caius College. Kelvin Ng hosted the episode. He is a Ph.D. student at Yale University, History Department. His research interests broadly lie in the history of imperialism and anti-imperialism in the early-twentieth-century Indian Ocean circuit. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

New Books Network
Sujit Sivasundaram, "Waves Across the South: A New History of Revolution and Empire" (William Collins, 2020)

New Books Network

Play Episode Listen Later Nov 12, 2020 73:47


In Waves Across the South: A New History of Revolution and Empire (William Collins, 2020), Sujit Sivasundaram brings together far-flung archives across the world and the best new academic research. Too often, history is told from the northern hemisphere, with modernity, knowledge, selfhood and politics moving from Europe to influence the rest of the world. This book traces the origins of our times from the perspective of indigenous and non-European people in the Indian and Pacific Oceans. From Aboriginal Australians to Parsis and from Mauritians to Malays, people asserted their place and their future as the British empire drove unexpected change. The tragedy of colonisation was that it reversed the immense possibilities for liberty, humanity and equality in this period. Waves Across the South insists on the significance of the environment; the waves of the Bay of Bengal or the Tasman Sea were the context for this story. Sivasundaram tells how revolution, empire and counter-revolt crashed in the global South. Naval war, imperial rivalry and oceanic trade had their parts to play, but so did hope, false promise, rebellion, knowledge and the pursuit of being modern. Sujit Sivasundaram is Professor of World History at the University of Cambridge and Fellow in History at Gonville and Caius College. Kelvin Ng hosted the episode. He is a Ph.D. student at Yale University, History Department. His research interests broadly lie in the history of imperialism and anti-imperialism in the early-twentieth-century Indian Ocean circuit. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

New Books in the Indian Ocean World
Sujit Sivasundaram, "Waves Across the South: A New History of Revolution and Empire" (William Collins, 2020)

New Books in the Indian Ocean World

Play Episode Listen Later Nov 12, 2020 73:47


In Waves Across the South: A New History of Revolution and Empire (William Collins, 2020), Sujit Sivasundaram brings together far-flung archives across the world and the best new academic research. Too often, history is told from the northern hemisphere, with modernity, knowledge, selfhood and politics moving from Europe to influence the rest of the world. This book traces the origins of our times from the perspective of indigenous and non-European people in the Indian and Pacific Oceans. From Aboriginal Australians to Parsis and from Mauritians to Malays, people asserted their place and their future as the British empire drove unexpected change. The tragedy of colonisation was that it reversed the immense possibilities for liberty, humanity and equality in this period. Waves Across the South insists on the significance of the environment; the waves of the Bay of Bengal or the Tasman Sea were the context for this story. Sivasundaram tells how revolution, empire and counter-revolt crashed in the global South. Naval war, imperial rivalry and oceanic trade had their parts to play, but so did hope, false promise, rebellion, knowledge and the pursuit of being modern. Sujit Sivasundaram is Professor of World History at the University of Cambridge and Fellow in History at Gonville and Caius College. Kelvin Ng hosted the episode. He is a Ph.D. student at Yale University, History Department. His research interests broadly lie in the history of imperialism and anti-imperialism in the early-twentieth-century Indian Ocean circuit.

New Books in History
Sujit Sivasundaram, "Waves Across the South: A New History of Revolution and Empire" (William Collins, 2020)

New Books in History

Play Episode Listen Later Nov 12, 2020 73:47


In Waves Across the South: A New History of Revolution and Empire (William Collins, 2020), Sujit Sivasundaram brings together far-flung archives across the world and the best new academic research. Too often, history is told from the northern hemisphere, with modernity, knowledge, selfhood and politics moving from Europe to influence the rest of the world. This book traces the origins of our times from the perspective of indigenous and non-European people in the Indian and Pacific Oceans. From Aboriginal Australians to Parsis and from Mauritians to Malays, people asserted their place and their future as the British empire drove unexpected change. The tragedy of colonisation was that it reversed the immense possibilities for liberty, humanity and equality in this period. Waves Across the South insists on the significance of the environment; the waves of the Bay of Bengal or the Tasman Sea were the context for this story. Sivasundaram tells how revolution, empire and counter-revolt crashed in the global South. Naval war, imperial rivalry and oceanic trade had their parts to play, but so did hope, false promise, rebellion, knowledge and the pursuit of being modern. Sujit Sivasundaram is Professor of World History at the University of Cambridge and Fellow in History at Gonville and Caius College. Kelvin Ng hosted the episode. He is a Ph.D. student at Yale University, History Department. His research interests broadly lie in the history of imperialism and anti-imperialism in the early-twentieth-century Indian Ocean circuit. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

Keen On Democracy
Jonathan Daniel Wells: The Deep Ties Between Slavery and Capitalism

Keen On Democracy

Play Episode Listen Later Oct 21, 2020 25:05


On today's episode, Jonathan Daniel Wells, author of The Kidnapping Club, discusses the ties between slavery and capitalism, the deeply corrupt roots of policing, and the strength of Black activism. Jonathan Daniel Wells is a social, cultural, and intellectual historian and a Professor of History in the Departments of Afroamerican and African Studies at the University of Michigan. He is currently a Visiting Scholar at Gonville & Caius College at the University of Cambridge. His published works include The Origins of the Southern Middle Class, Women Writers and Journalists in the Nineteenth-Century South, and A House Divided: The Civil War and Nineteenth-Century America. He lives in Detroit, Michigan. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

Tudor History with Claire Ridgway
October 6 - John Caius, royal physician and sweating sickness

Tudor History with Claire Ridgway

Play Episode Listen Later Oct 5, 2020 5:29


On this day in Tudor history, 6th October 1510, John Caius was born at Norwich.Caius was a theological scholar, founder of Gonville and Caius College, Cambridge, royal physician (to Edward VI, Mary I and Elizabeth I) and author of a book on sweating sickness.  In today's "on this day" talk, historian Claire Ridgway gives an overview of John Caius' life and career, as well as sharing some of what he wrote on sweating sickness, that mystery Tudor illness. You can see this podcast as a video at the following link:https://youtu.be/GPvSK4Nbt6IAlso on this day in Tudor history, 6th October 1536, reformer, scholar and Bible translator William Tyndale was executed. One of Tyndale's works had helped King Henry VIII while another incurred the king's wrath and led to Tyndale's execution. Why? What happened? Find out in last year’s video - https://youtu.be/2gEP87fBOhE 

10-Minute Talks
The crisis of the meritocracy - why Britain has needed more and more education

10-Minute Talks

Play Episode Listen Later Sep 30, 2020 9:56


Before the Second World War, only about 20% of the population had any secondary education or only a few percent went to university; today secondary education has long been universal and 50% go to higher education. How and why did we get here from there? Peter Mandler talks about his new book The Crisis of the Meritocracy and explains why Britain, like most other modern societies, has needed to educate ever larger proportions of its citizenry to ever high levels.Speaker: Professor Peter Mandler FBA, Professor of Modern Cultural History, University of Cambridge; Bailey Lecturer in History, Gonville and Caius College, CambridgeTranscript: https://www.thebritishacademy.ac.uk/podcasts/10-minute-talks-the-crisis-of-the-meritocracy-why-britain-has-needed-more-and-more-education/ 

De Operas y Operias
T1E4: Teoría, Motetes y Madrigales, ¡OY VEY!

De Operas y Operias

Play Episode Listen Later May 23, 2020 46:59


Esta semana exploramos algo de teoría y los increíbles cambios que trajo el renacimiento. Invitada especial: Sachiko Sakuma Búscame en Twitter: @MaricaMalcriado DISCLAIMER OF FAIR USE Este es un podcast educativo, de comentario musical, no monetizado y todo material registrado esta cubierto bajo la figura de "Fair Use" Educativo. FUENTES Libros: "Smithsonia Music - The definite visual history" "All of music" "The Complete Idiots Guide to Music History" - Michael Miller "Diccionario Harvard de Música! - Don Michael Randel “Howard Goodall's Story of Music” - Howard Goodall “Piety and Polyphony in Sixteenth-Century Holland” - Eric Jas MATERIAL USADO [“Hall Of The Mountain King on 27 string Medley Guitar” - Edvard Grieg · Keith Medley] [“Je ne vis oncques - Guillaume Dufay · La Capella Reial De Catalunya · Hespèrion XXI · Jordi Savall] [Saltarello - Guillaume Dufay · La Capella Reial De Catalunya · Hespèrion XXI · Jordi Savall] [Credo i - Anónimo · Nova Schola Gregoriana] [Kyrie - Anónimo · Grupo Traballo] [Gaudete, Christus est natus - Anónimo · Choir of The Queen's College] [Quam pulchra es - John Dunstaple · Choir of Gonville & Caius College Cambridge] [Pobres almas en desgracias - Serena Olvido] [Rehab - Amy Winehouse] [Alma redemptoris mater - John Dunstaple · Hilliard Ensemble] [Morning Has Broken - Cat Stevens] [Minuetto - Luigi Bocherini] [Psycho Shower Scene Theme - Bernard Herrmann] [Amazing Grace - John Newton · Jason Liles] [Breton Medley - Azam Ali] [The Wager - Dante Ferrara] [In dulci Jubilo - Hieronymus Praetorius · Early music New York] [In dulci Jubilo - Hieronymus Praetorius · Choir if Trinity College Cambridge] [What is a youth - Nino Rota · Glen Weston] [Kanine Krunchies Theme - Mel Leven] [Ave Maria - Josquin Desprez · Westminster Choir College of Rider University] [Miserere mei, Deus - Josquin Desprez · Cappella Amsterdam] [Pass'e mezzo della Paganina- Giorgio Mainerio · Ricercare-Ensemble Für Alte Musik Zürich ] [Kyrie - Anónimo · Choralschola der Wiener Hofburgkapelle] [Ein feste Burg ist unser Gott - Martin Luther · Rodney Jantzi] [Ein feste Burg ist unser Gott - Martin Luther · Dresdner Kreuzchor · Leipzig Capella] [Missa Marcelli Agnus dei - Giovanni Pierluigi da Palestrina · The Tallis Scholars] [O dolce mio tesoro - Carlo Gesualdo · Ensemble Métamorphoses] [ Il bianco e dolce cigno - Jaques Arcadelt · The King's Singers] [Margot labourez les vignes - Jacques Arcadelt · Doulce mémoire · Denis Raisin Dadre] [Yo me soy la morenica - Villancico Tradicional · Monteserrat Figueras] [Vagh' amorosi augelli -Maddalena Casulana · Ensemble Laus Concentus · Silvia Piccolo · Massimo Lonardi] [Chacona a la Vida Bona - Juand e Arañes · La Capella Reial De Catalunya · Hespèrion XXI · Jordi Savall] [Now o now - John Dowland · Frog Galliard] [Flow my tears - John Dowland · Barbara Bonney] [Come again - John Dowland · Sting · Edin Karamazov]

For the Love of Learning
Why Mother Nature Needs Her Daughters

For the Love of Learning

Play Episode Listen Later Jan 30, 2020 30:29


Join Harriet Bartlett, a third year PhD student looking at livestock sustainability, and Jo Moir, Deputy Director for Health and Human Development at the Department for International Development, as they discuss climate change, sustainability and the importance of a woman’s voice in climate science. Even though they attended Gonville & Caius College at different times, they share a passion for making a real difference. Listen in as they get to know each other, share career stories, reminisce about their time at Cambridge and Caius, and discuss this critical issue from their own perspectives. See acast.com/privacy for privacy and opt-out information.

Hear This Idea
1. Victoria Bateman on the Industrial Revolution and Economic History

Hear This Idea

Play Episode Listen Later Jan 25, 2020 55:56


Show Notes Dr Bateman is a fellow in economics at Gonville & Caius college Cambridge. Her research encompasses economic history, macroeconomics, and feminism. You can read more on this episode's accompanying write-up. If you have any feedback or suggestions for future guests, please get in touch through our website. Please consider leaving a review on Apple Podcasts or wherever you're listening to this; we're just starting out and it (really) helps listeners find us! If you want to support the show more directly, you can also buy us a drink here.

For the Love of Learning
For the Love of Learning

For the Love of Learning

Play Episode Listen Later Jan 7, 2020 2:19


A short trailer to introduce our debut season, made to celebrate 40 years of women at Gonville and Caius College, Cambridge. In each of the six inspirational episodes, Caius women past and present meet to talk about their shared subject. Listen in as they share advice, real world experience and world class expertise with each other - and you. 'For the Love of Learning' is a chance to hear fascinating discussions on: the women-shaped hole in our economy, why mother nature needs her daughters more than ever before, how women are fighting for diversity and how they are making their mark in the world of STEM and the arts. See acast.com/privacy for privacy and opt-out information.

Cambridge Law: Public Lectures from the Faculty of Law
Cambridge Women in Law Launch: Panel 1 - Women in practice (audio)

Cambridge Law: Public Lectures from the Faculty of Law

Play Episode Listen Later Oct 3, 2019 72:00


Cambridge Women in Law (CWIL) is an exciting new social network of alumnae at the Faculty of Law, University of Cambridge, which features a diverse range of women from all sectors. CWIL was officially launched on 27 September with an event to mark the centenary of the passing of the Sex Disqualification (Removal) Act 1919, when women were finally allowed to practise. The aim of the event, which coincided with the Cambridge Alumni Festival, was to celebrate the contribution of Law alumnae into legal practice and to the wider world. The Faculty also hosted an exhibition of the much heralded First 100 Years Project (https://first100years.org.uk/). The event was divided into three parts: The first was a panel focusing on issues facing women in practice. Second there was a panel which was oriented around women who have had an impact on the world outside practice, such as in the field of public policy. Finally, there was a discussion with UK Supreme Court Justices Lady Hale and Lady Arden. Equality and diversity were key discussion themes throughout. This video is the first Panel, introduced by Professor Brian Cheffins (Chair of the Faculty) and Dana Denis-Smith (creator of First 100 Years Project) and moderated by Pippa Rogerson (Master of Gonville & Caius College): Panel 1: Women in Practice: - Caoilfhionn Gallagher Q.C. – Barrister at Doughty Street Chambers, specialising in human rights and civil liberties. - Shauna Gillan – Part time Immigration Judge and barrister at 1 Pump Court, specialising in refugee/immigration, human rights and public law. - Jessica Gladstone – Partner at Clifford Chance, and also Co-founding director and trustee of Advocates for International Development (A4ID); and Chair of the Board of Rule of Law Expertise UK (ROLE UK). - Priya Lele – Legal Process Design Lead, UK, US & EMEA at Herbert Smith Freehills, and co-founder of ‘She Breaks The Law’. - Sara Luder – Partner and Head of Tax at Slaughter and May. - Elaine Penrose – Partner at Hogan Lovells in Litigation, Arbitration, and Employment Group. - Amanda Pinto Q.C. – Vice-Chair of the Bar; specialist in corporate crime, money laundering, corruption, art crime and business wrong-doing at the Chambers of Andrew Mitchell QC, 33 Chancery Lane. For more information and to sign up to the CWIL mailing list to receive information about future news and events, see https://www.law.cam.ac.uk/cwil, or get in touch with the Faculty Development Officer Clare Gordon (cwil@law.cam.ac.uk). This entry provides an audio source for iTunes.

Cambridge Law: Public Lectures from the Faculty of Law
Cambridge Women in Law Launch: Panel 1 - Women in practice

Cambridge Law: Public Lectures from the Faculty of Law

Play Episode Listen Later Oct 3, 2019 72:00


Cambridge Women in Law (CWIL) is an exciting new social network of alumnae at the Faculty of Law, University of Cambridge, which features a diverse range of women from all sectors. CWIL was officially launched on 27 September with an event to mark the centenary of the passing of the Sex Disqualification (Removal) Act 1919, when women were finally allowed to practise. The aim of the event, which coincided with the Cambridge Alumni Festival, was to celebrate the contribution of Law alumnae into legal practice and to the wider world. The Faculty also hosted an exhibition of the much heralded First 100 Years Project (https://first100years.org.uk/). The event was divided into three parts: The first was a panel focusing on issues facing women in practice. Second there was a panel which was oriented around women who have had an impact on the world outside practice, such as in the field of public policy. Finally, there was a discussion with UK Supreme Court Justices Lady Hale and Lady Arden. Equality and diversity were key discussion themes throughout. This video is the first Panel, introduced by Professor Brian Cheffins (Chair of the Faculty) and Dana Denis-Smith (creator of First 100 Years Project) and moderated by Pippa Rogerson (Master of Gonville & Caius College): Panel 1: Women in Practice: - Caoilfhionn Gallagher Q.C. – Barrister at Doughty Street Chambers, specialising in human rights and civil liberties. - Shauna Gillan – Part time Immigration Judge and barrister at 1 Pump Court, specialising in refugee/immigration, human rights and public law. - Jessica Gladstone – Partner at Clifford Chance, and also Co-founding director and trustee of Advocates for International Development (A4ID); and Chair of the Board of Rule of Law Expertise UK (ROLE UK). - Priya Lele – Legal Process Design Lead, UK, US & EMEA at Herbert Smith Freehills, and co-founder of ‘She Breaks The Law’. - Sara Luder – Partner and Head of Tax at Slaughter and May. - Elaine Penrose – Partner at Hogan Lovells in Litigation, Arbitration, and Employment Group. - Amanda Pinto Q.C. – Vice-Chair of the Bar; specialist in corporate crime, money laundering, corruption, art crime and business wrong-doing at the Chambers of Andrew Mitchell QC, 33 Chancery Lane. For more information and to sign up to the CWIL mailing list to receive information about future news and events, see https://www.law.cam.ac.uk/cwil, or get in touch with the Faculty Development Officer Clare Gordon (cwil@law.cam.ac.uk).

Cambridge Law: Public Lectures from the Faculty of Law
Cambridge Women in Law Launch: Panel 1 - Women in practice (audio)

Cambridge Law: Public Lectures from the Faculty of Law

Play Episode Listen Later Oct 3, 2019 72:00


Cambridge Women in Law (CWIL) is an exciting new social network of alumnae at the Faculty of Law, University of Cambridge, which features a diverse range of women from all sectors. CWIL was officially launched on 27 September with an event to mark the centenary of the passing of the Sex Disqualification (Removal) Act 1919, when women were finally allowed to practise. The aim of the event, which coincided with the Cambridge Alumni Festival, was to celebrate the contribution of Law alumnae into legal practice and to the wider world. The Faculty also hosted an exhibition of the much heralded First 100 Years Project (https://first100years.org.uk/). The event was divided into three parts: The first was a panel focusing on issues facing women in practice. Second there was a panel which was oriented around women who have had an impact on the world outside practice, such as in the field of public policy. Finally, there was a discussion with UK Supreme Court Justices Lady Hale and Lady Arden. Equality and diversity were key discussion themes throughout. This video is the first Panel, introduced by Professor Brian Cheffins (Chair of the Faculty) and Dana Denis-Smith (creator of First 100 Years Project) and moderated by Pippa Rogerson (Master of Gonville & Caius College): Panel 1: Women in Practice: - Caoilfhionn Gallagher Q.C. – Barrister at Doughty Street Chambers, specialising in human rights and civil liberties. - Shauna Gillan – Part time Immigration Judge and barrister at 1 Pump Court, specialising in refugee/immigration, human rights and public law. - Jessica Gladstone – Partner at Clifford Chance, and also Co-founding director and trustee of Advocates for International Development (A4ID); and Chair of the Board of Rule of Law Expertise UK (ROLE UK). - Priya Lele – Legal Process Design Lead, UK, US & EMEA at Herbert Smith Freehills, and co-founder of ‘She Breaks The Law’. - Sara Luder – Partner and Head of Tax at Slaughter and May. - Elaine Penrose – Partner at Hogan Lovells in Litigation, Arbitration, and Employment Group. - Amanda Pinto Q.C. – Vice-Chair of the Bar; specialist in corporate crime, money laundering, corruption, art crime and business wrong-doing at the Chambers of Andrew Mitchell QC, 33 Chancery Lane. For more information and to sign up to the CWIL mailing list to receive information about future news and events, see https://www.law.cam.ac.uk/cwil, or get in touch with the Faculty Development Officer Clare Gordon (cwil@law.cam.ac.uk). This entry provides an audio source for iTunes.

Cambridge Law: Public Lectures from the Faculty of Law
Cambridge Women in Law Launch: Panel 1 - Women in practice

Cambridge Law: Public Lectures from the Faculty of Law

Play Episode Listen Later Oct 3, 2019 72:00


Cambridge Women in Law (CWIL) is an exciting new social network of alumnae at the Faculty of Law, University of Cambridge, which features a diverse range of women from all sectors. CWIL was officially launched on 27 September with an event to mark the centenary of the passing of the Sex Disqualification (Removal) Act 1919, when women were finally allowed to practise. The aim of the event, which coincided with the Cambridge Alumni Festival, was to celebrate the contribution of Law alumnae into legal practice and to the wider world. The Faculty also hosted an exhibition of the much heralded First 100 Years Project (https://first100years.org.uk/). The event was divided into three parts: The first was a panel focusing on issues facing women in practice. Second there was a panel which was oriented around women who have had an impact on the world outside practice, such as in the field of public policy. Finally, there was a discussion with UK Supreme Court Justices Lady Hale and Lady Arden. Equality and diversity were key discussion themes throughout. This video is the first Panel, introduced by Professor Brian Cheffins (Chair of the Faculty) and Dana Denis-Smith (creator of First 100 Years Project) and moderated by Pippa Rogerson (Master of Gonville & Caius College): Panel 1: Women in Practice: - Caoilfhionn Gallagher Q.C. – Barrister at Doughty Street Chambers, specialising in human rights and civil liberties. - Shauna Gillan – Part time Immigration Judge and barrister at 1 Pump Court, specialising in refugee/immigration, human rights and public law. - Jessica Gladstone – Partner at Clifford Chance, and also Co-founding director and trustee of Advocates for International Development (A4ID); and Chair of the Board of Rule of Law Expertise UK (ROLE UK). - Priya Lele – Legal Process Design Lead, UK, US & EMEA at Herbert Smith Freehills, and co-founder of ‘She Breaks The Law’. - Sara Luder – Partner and Head of Tax at Slaughter and May. - Elaine Penrose – Partner at Hogan Lovells in Litigation, Arbitration, and Employment Group. - Amanda Pinto Q.C. – Vice-Chair of the Bar; specialist in corporate crime, money laundering, corruption, art crime and business wrong-doing at the Chambers of Andrew Mitchell QC, 33 Chancery Lane. For more information and to sign up to the CWIL mailing list to receive information about future news and events, see https://www.law.cam.ac.uk/cwil, or get in touch with the Faculty Development Officer Clare Gordon (cwil@law.cam.ac.uk).

Cambridge Law: Public Lectures from the Faculty of Law
Cambridge Women in Law Launch: Panel 1 - Women in practice (audio)

Cambridge Law: Public Lectures from the Faculty of Law

Play Episode Listen Later Oct 3, 2019 72:00


Cambridge Women in Law (CWIL) is an exciting new social network of alumnae at the Faculty of Law, University of Cambridge, which features a diverse range of women from all sectors. CWIL was officially launched on 27 September with an event to mark the centenary of the passing of the Sex Disqualification (Removal) Act 1919, when women were finally allowed to practise. The aim of the event, which coincided with the Cambridge Alumni Festival, was to celebrate the contribution of Law alumnae into legal practice and to the wider world. The Faculty also hosted an exhibition of the much heralded First 100 Years Project (https://first100years.org.uk/). The event was divided into three parts: The first was a panel focusing on issues facing women in practice. Second there was a panel which was oriented around women who have had an impact on the world outside practice, such as in the field of public policy. Finally, there was a discussion with UK Supreme Court Justices Lady Hale and Lady Arden. Equality and diversity were key discussion themes throughout. This video is the first Panel, introduced by Professor Brian Cheffins (Chair of the Faculty) and Dana Denis-Smith (creator of First 100 Years Project) and moderated by Pippa Rogerson (Master of Gonville & Caius College): Panel 1: Women in Practice: - Caoilfhionn Gallagher Q.C. – Barrister at Doughty Street Chambers, specialising in human rights and civil liberties. - Shauna Gillan – Part time Immigration Judge and barrister at 1 Pump Court, specialising in refugee/immigration, human rights and public law. - Jessica Gladstone – Partner at Clifford Chance, and also Co-founding director and trustee of Advocates for International Development (A4ID); and Chair of the Board of Rule of Law Expertise UK (ROLE UK). - Priya Lele – Legal Process Design Lead, UK, US & EMEA at Herbert Smith Freehills, and co-founder of ‘She Breaks The Law’. - Sara Luder – Partner and Head of Tax at Slaughter and May. - Elaine Penrose – Partner at Hogan Lovells in Litigation, Arbitration, and Employment Group. - Amanda Pinto Q.C. – Vice-Chair of the Bar; specialist in corporate crime, money laundering, corruption, art crime and business wrong-doing at the Chambers of Andrew Mitchell QC, 33 Chancery Lane. For more information and to sign up to the CWIL mailing list to receive information about future news and events, see https://www.law.cam.ac.uk/cwil, or get in touch with the Faculty Development Officer Clare Gordon (cwil@law.cam.ac.uk). This entry provides an audio source for iTunes.

Cambridge Law: Public Lectures from the Faculty of Law
Cambridge Women in Law Launch: Panel 1 - Women in practice (audio)

Cambridge Law: Public Lectures from the Faculty of Law

Play Episode Listen Later Oct 3, 2019 72:00


Cambridge Women in Law (CWIL) is an exciting new social network of alumnae at the Faculty of Law, University of Cambridge, which features a diverse range of women from all sectors. CWIL was officially launched on 27 September with an event to mark the centenary of the passing of the Sex Disqualification (Removal) Act 1919, when women were finally allowed to practise. The aim of the event, which coincided with the Cambridge Alumni Festival, was to celebrate the contribution of Law alumnae into legal practice and to the wider world. The Faculty also hosted an exhibition of the much heralded First 100 Years Project (https://first100years.org.uk/). The event was divided into three parts: The first was a panel focusing on issues facing women in practice. Second there was a panel which was oriented around women who have had an impact on the world outside practice, such as in the field of public policy. Finally, there was a discussion with UK Supreme Court Justices Lady Hale and Lady Arden. Equality and diversity were key discussion themes throughout. This video is the first Panel, introduced by Professor Brian Cheffins (Chair of the Faculty) and Dana Denis-Smith (creator of First 100 Years Project) and moderated by Pippa Rogerson (Master of Gonville & Caius College): Panel 1: Women in Practice: - Caoilfhionn Gallagher Q.C. – Barrister at Doughty Street Chambers, specialising in human rights and civil liberties. - Shauna Gillan – Part time Immigration Judge and barrister at 1 Pump Court, specialising in refugee/immigration, human rights and public law. - Jessica Gladstone – Partner at Clifford Chance, and also Co-founding director and trustee of Advocates for International Development (A4ID); and Chair of the Board of Rule of Law Expertise UK (ROLE UK). - Priya Lele – Legal Process Design Lead, UK, US & EMEA at Herbert Smith Freehills, and co-founder of ‘She Breaks The Law’. - Sara Luder – Partner and Head of Tax at Slaughter and May. - Elaine Penrose – Partner at Hogan Lovells in Litigation, Arbitration, and Employment Group. - Amanda Pinto Q.C. – Vice-Chair of the Bar; specialist in corporate crime, money laundering, corruption, art crime and business wrong-doing at the Chambers of Andrew Mitchell QC, 33 Chancery Lane. For more information and to sign up to the CWIL mailing list to receive information about future news and events, see https://www.law.cam.ac.uk/cwil, or get in touch with the Faculty Development Officer Clare Gordon (cwil@law.cam.ac.uk). This entry provides an audio source for iTunes.

All Saints Episcopal Church
Holy Eucharist on Sunday, September 22 with The Choir of Gonville and Caius College, Cambridge

All Saints Episcopal Church

Play Episode Listen Later Sep 22, 2019 70:54


All Saints’ Episcopal Church, Atlanta is a vibrant, progressive community that welcomes all – wherever they may be on their spiritual journey. We are called to know, to love, and to serve God and our neighbors. In all that we do, we honor All Saints’ abiding commitment for justice and peace for all people in Atlanta and across the world. Visit us online at https://allsaintsatlanta.org

All Saints Episcopal Church
Holy Eucharist on Sunday, September 22 with The Choir of Gonville and Caius College, Cambridge

All Saints Episcopal Church

Play Episode Listen Later Sep 22, 2019 70:54


Sermons from All Saints' Episcopal Church - Atlanta

BBC Music Magazine
Edward Gardner • Royal Philharmonic Society • Elgar Cello Concerto

BBC Music Magazine

Play Episode Listen Later Aug 9, 2019 29:34


In our September 2019 podcast, we bring you news of the London Philharmonic Orchestra's new conductor, the Royal Philharmonic Society's new membership offer, and a choir that hopes to bring the message of environmentalism to its audience. Plus we introduce our September issue, in which Julian Lloyd Webber delves into the world of Elgar's Cello Concerto, one hundred years after its premiere. He's also the soloist on your free cover CD. And, as ever, we bring along the new recordings that we've been enjoying this month.This episode is presented by editor Oliver Condy, who is joined by editorial assistant Freya Parr and managing editor Rebecca Franks. It was produced by Ben Youatt and Jack Bateman.Recordings:A Scots Tune (From the Rowallan Manuscript) from SoftLoudSean Shibe (guitar)Delphian DCD34213Leopold Mozart Missa SolemnisDas Vokalprojekt, Bayerische Kammerphilharmonie/Alessandro De MarchiAparté AP205Rebecca's choice: 'Allegro Moderato Leggiero (Four to the Floor)' from Gabriel Prokofiev's Bass Drum ConcertoBranford Marsalis, Joby Burgess, Ural Philharmonic Orchestra/Alexei BogoradSignum Classics SIGCD584Freya's choice: Hildegard von Bingen O vos felices radices from Supersize Polyphony Armonico Consort, Choir of Gonville & Caius College, Cambridge/Geoffrey Webber, Christopher MonksSignum Classics SIGCD560Olly's choice: First movement from Bryce Dessner's Concerto for Two PianosMarielle and Katia Labèque (piano); Orchestre de Paris/Matthias PintscherDeutsche Grammophon 4818075Stories:Our September issue is on sale now: http://www.classical-music.com/issue/september-2019Subscribe to the magazine today: http://www.classical-music.com/subscribe/bbc-music-magazine/worldwide Edward Gardner appointed to the London Philharmonic Orchestra: http://www.classical-music.com/news/edward-gardner-announced-next-principal-conductor-london-philharmonic-orchestraRoyal Philharmonic Society: https://www.rhinegold.co.uk/classical_music/royal-philharmonic-society-announces-new-membership-offer/Nature's Voice: https://www.templemusic.org/shop/thesoundofnature/?yr=2019&month=6&dy=&cid=mini See acast.com/privacy for privacy and opt-out information.

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LCIL International Law Seminar Series
LCIL Friday Lecture: 'Law, politics and moral reasoning in Hugo Grotius's The law of war and peace (1625)' by Dr Annabel Brett

LCIL International Law Seminar Series

Play Episode Listen Later Nov 12, 2018 29:56


Lecture summary: At various points throughout this work, Grotius makes reference to a category that he variously calls 'morals' (moralia), 'moral things' (res morales) or 'the matter of morals' (materia moralis). This field of entities is always invoked in conjunction with certain principles of reasoning that shape the scope and application of more strictly legal principles and reasoning. This lecture looks at how 'moral' reasoning intersects with legal reasoning to produce Grotius's distinctive view of the international order. I argue that it is the appeal to 'morals' that allows him to craft a jurisprudence that accommodates the concrete realities of power within and between states while still differentiating itself from politics and reason of state. Dr Annabel Brett is a Reader in the History of Political Thought, University of Cambridge and Fellow of Gonville and Caius College, Cambridge.

UnHerd Radio
Is capitalism making us less moral?

UnHerd Radio

Play Episode Listen Later May 31, 2018 34:47


Ayesha Hazarika is joined by, Mark Wallace, executive editor of Conservative Home, and Victoria Bateman, fellow in Economics at Gonville and Caius College, Cambridge, to discuss under–reported stories from the week. Victoria highlights the correlation between character and prosperity, and asks if capitalism is making us all less moral. Mark raises the trend of 'biohacking', people experimenting technologically and biologically on their own bodies. The heroes and villains of the week include, Donald Trump, Roseanne Barr and Sergio Mattarella.

Vrije geluiden op 4
Caravan op November Music

Vrije geluiden op 4

Play Episode Listen Later Dec 24, 2017 55:39


Aad van Nieuwkerk neemt waar voor Tom Klaassen. Met opnames van Caravan op November Music. Kerstavond besluiten we ingetogen, met vier verschillende zettingen van O Magnum Mysterium, en de 800 jaar oude muziek van Magnus Perotinus. En vlak voor het nieuws van middernacht hoor je kerstklokjes-die-dat-niet-zijn... afkomstig uit Piano and String Quartet van Morton Feldman. Speellijst: CD Benedetto Marcello (Arcana A 441) track 3 Benedetto Marcello: Sonata a tre (viola de gamba, violoncello, b.c.) in c-klein; Grave Guido Balestracci (viola da gamba), Martin Zeller (cello), Paolo Corsi (klavecimbel) 1'13” CD Benedetto Marcello (Arcana A 441) track 4 Benedetto Marcello: Sonata a tre (viola de gamba, violoncello, b.c.) in c-klein; Presto Guido Balestracci (viola da gamba), Martin Zeller (cello), Paolo Corsi (klavecimbel) 2'22” eigen opname November Music Julian Schneeman: So Long Caravan 5'46” CD Navidad Iberica (Sono Luminus) Tomas Luis de Victoria: O Magnum Mysterium Ensemble Corund olv Stephen Smith 3'45” CD A Caius Christmas, Dormi Jesu (Delphian Records) Giovanni Gabrieli: O Magnum Mysterium Choir of Gonville & Caius College, Cambidge olv Geoffrey Webber 3'46” CD The Christmas Story (harmonia mundi) William Byrd: O Magnum Mysterium Ars Nova Copenhagen olv Paul Hillier 3'05” CD Song of the nativity (The Sixteen Production) Morton Lauridsen: O Magnum Mysterium The Sixteen olv Harry Christophers 6'43” CD Perotin (ECM Records) Magnus Perotinus: Alleluia Nativitas Hilliard Ensemble 8'31” CD Sacred Music from Notre Dame Cathedral (Naxos) Perotinus: Beata Viscera Tonus Peregrinus 6'13” CD Piano and String Quartet (Nonesuch) Morton Feldman: Piano and String Quartet Aki Takahashi & Kronos Quartet 10'00” ongeveer

The Forum
The Reformation: A World Divided

The Forum

Play Episode Listen Later Oct 30, 2017 48:29


Five-hundred years ago, in a remote part of Germany, a little known friar called Martin Luther set in train a series of events that led to the permanent splintering of Western Christianity. It changed the political and social landscape in a way that still resonates today all over the world. The Forum comes from Trinity Hall, part of Cambridge University in the UK, with historian professor Ulinka Rublack, professor of English Literature Brian Cummings, professor of Theology Alec Ryrie and the Reverend Daniel Jeyaraj. The British actor Simon Russell Beale reads from Luther's writings and members of the Cambridge University Choir of Gonville and Caius College perform Lutheran hymns. (Photo: A Statue of Martin Luther in Eisenach, Germany. Credit: Getty Images)

UnHerd
Victoria Bateman on Capitalism with Charlotte Pickles

UnHerd

Play Episode Listen Later Oct 11, 2017 16:17


Charlotte Pickles interviews Dr Victoria Bateman on her recent articles about capitalism. Dr Bateman is a Lecturer and Fellow in Economics at Gonville & Caius College, Cambridge.

The Gramophone podcast
Modern music for ancient instruments

The Gramophone podcast

Play Episode Listen Later Aug 17, 2017 13:04


For their latest album on Delphian, called ‘Set upon the rood', the Choir of Gonville and Caius, Cambridge invited contemporary composers to write works for ancient instruments. The college's music director Geoffrey Webber tells Editor Martin Cullingford about the project.

Hear what Israel's top experts in the fields of intelligence, security, international relations and diplomacy have to say abo

Prof. Andrew Roberts read modern history at Gonville & Caius College, Cambridge, from where he is an honorary senior scholar and PhD. He has written twelve books. He is a founding member of the Friends of Israel Initiative. In 2016 he won the Bradley Prize.

SubjectACT
Learning Together Prison Project with Drs Lorana Bartels, Ruth Armstrong and Amy Ludlow

SubjectACT

Play Episode Listen Later Nov 17, 2016 29:42


Executive Producer Becca Posterino speaks to Dr Lorana Bartels, Associate Professor School of Law & Justice at the University of Canberra, Dr. Ruth Armstrong, British Academy Post-Doctoral Fellow, St. John's College Research Associate at the University of Cambridge and Dr Amy Ludlow, College Fellow and Lecturer in Law at Gonville and Caius College at the University of Cambridge. Recently Drs Armstrong and Ludlow visited Australia and SubjectACT was invited by Dr Lorana Bartels to discuss this pioneering project in the UK. The UK project is informing Dr Lorana Bartel’s academic research in the ACT and Australia more broadly. As mentioned on the University of Canberra website, Drs Armstrong and Ludlow designed, deliver and are evaluating an initiative called Learning Together. Learning Together brings together students in prisons and universities to study university-level courses with each other, in the prison environment. The program has spread rapidly in the UK and will be running in approximately 20 prisons by January 2017. Their approach contests the rituals of stigmatisation, a normative and punitive approach to rehabilitation by offering a new approach including rituals for redemption. Furthermore Dr Lorana Bartels will lead a similar collaborative learning project with Queensland University of Technology law students to commence in 2017. Originally broadcast on 24th October, 2016.

Scottish Poetry Library Podcast

In this podcast, the poet Sarah Howe talks to Jennifer Williams about kicking off the 2016 Edinburgh International Book Festival, writing with multiple languages and alphabets, sense and non-sense in poetry and much more. http://sarahhowepoetry.com/home.html Sarah Howe is a British poet, academic and editor. Her first book, Loop of Jade (Chatto & Windus, 2015), won the T.S. Eliot Prize and The Sunday Times / PFD Young Writer of the Year Award, and was shortlisted for the Seamus Heaney Centre Poetry Prize and the Forward Prize for Best First Collection. Born in Hong Kong in 1983 to an English father and Chinese mother, she moved to England as a child. Her pamphlet, A Certain Chinese Encyclopedia (Tall-lighthouse, 2009), won an Eric Gregory Award from the Society of Authors. Her poems have appeared in journals including Poetry Review, Poetry London, The Guardian, The Financial Times, Ploughshares and Poetry, as well as anthologies such as Ten: The New Wave and four editions of The Best British Poetry. She has performed her work at festivals internationally and on BBC Radio 3 & 4. She is the founding editor of Prac Crit, an online journal of poetry and criticism. Previous fellowships include a Research Fellowship at Gonville and Caius College, Cambridge, a Hawthornden Fellowship, the Harper-Wood Studentship for English Poetry and a Fellowship at Harvard University’s Radcliffe Institute. Find out more about her latest academic projects here. She is currently a Leverhulme Fellow in English at University College London. Photo credit: Hayley Madden

Legatum Institute Foundation
The Role of Cities in the History of Capitalism with Victoria Bateman

Legatum Institute Foundation

Play Episode Listen Later Apr 18, 2016


The 2016 History of Capitalism lecture series throws the spotlight on the role played by cities and regions that stand out in particular moments within the History of Capitalism. In this short clip, Victoria Bateman, Fellow in Economics at Gonville and Caius College, University of Cambridge, reflects on 800 years of history to understand which cities have been instrumental to 'the history of capitalism' and human flourishing. Interviewed by Mary Schutzer-Weissmann, Project Coordinator at the Legatum Institute.

Proceedings of the Aristotelian Society
13/7/2014: Joint Session Podcast - Symposium IV on the Ethical Significance of Persistence, featuring Amber Carpenter and Stephen Makin

Proceedings of the Aristotelian Society

Play Episode Listen Later Oct 13, 2014 60:42


The 88th Joint Session of the Aristotelian Society and the Mind Association was held at the University of Cambridge from 11 to 13 July 2014. The Joint Session is a three-day conference in philosophy that is held annually during the summer by the Aristotelian Society and the Mind Association. It has taken place at nearly every major university across the United Kingdom and in Ireland. Since 1910, the Joint Session has grown to become the largest gathering of philosophers in the country, attracting prestigious UK and international speakers working in a broad range of philosophical areas. Inaugurated by the incoming President of the Mind Association, the Joint Session includes symposia, open and postgraduate sessions, and a range of satellite conferences. This podcast is a recording of the fourth symposium at the Joint Session - "The Ethical Significance of Persistence" - which featured Amber Carpenter (York) and Stephen Makin (Sheffield). Amber Carpenter has been Lecturer in Philosophy at the University of York since 2007; she has taught at St. Andrews, Cornell and Oxford. She has published in Ancient Greek philosophy, especially the ethics, epistemology and metaphysics of Plato, and is the co-founder of the Yorkshire Ancient Philosophy Network. She was an Einstein Fellow at the Einstein Forum, which enabled her to begin work in Indian Buddhist philosophy, and subsequently held an Anniversary Lectureship from the University of York. Her book on metaphysics as ethics in Indian Buddhism appeared in 2013. Her interests include the nature of pleasure and reason and their respective places in a well-lived life; the implications of metaphysics for ethics; and the nature of knowledge, our striving for it, and the effects this has on our character. Stephen Makin took his first degree at Edinburgh University, and then moved to Gonville and Caius College, Cambridge, to study for a PhD. His research was originally on the philosophy of the early Wittgenstein, but his interests rapidly turned to ancient philosophy. His doctoral thesis was on pre-Socratic atomism. He was a research fellow at Magdalene College, Cambridge, before being appointed to a lectureship in Sheffield in 1984. Stephen has published papers on philosophy of religion, Democritean atomism, method in ancient philosophy, the metaphysics of Aristotle, and Aquinas’ philosophy of nature. His book on principle-of-insufficient-reason arguments in ancient philosophy was published by Blackwell in 1993 under the title Indifference Arguments. His translation of Aristotle’s Metaphysics Book 9, along with a substantial commentary, was published in the Clarendon Aristotle Series in 2006. His research interests also include various topics in contemporary metaphysics.

Squire Law Library Eminent Scholars Archive
Conversations with Len Sealy #1: Early Years and the Faculty

Squire Law Library Eminent Scholars Archive

Play Episode Listen Later Jul 22, 2013 95:00


In February and April 2013 Professor Sealy was interviewed twice at the Squire Law Library to record his reminiscences of nearly sixty years research and teaching in the Faculty of Law and Gonville & Caius College. An the audio version is available on this website with transcript of those recordings: - First Interview (15 February 2013): Early Years and the Faculty; - Second Interview (22 April 2013): Published works and retirement. For more information, see the Squire website at http://www.squire.law.cam.ac.uk/eminent_scholars/

Squire Law Library Eminent Scholars Archive
Conversations with Len Sealy #2: Published Works and Retirement

Squire Law Library Eminent Scholars Archive

Play Episode Listen Later Jul 22, 2013 76:00


In February and April 2013 Professor Sealy was interviewed twice at the Squire Law Library to record his reminiscences of nearly sixty years research and teaching in the Faculty of Law and Gonville & Caius College. An the audio version is available on this website with transcript of those recordings: - First Interview (15 February 2013): Early Years and the Faculty; - Second Interview (22 April 2013): Published Works and Retirement. For more information, see the Squire website at http://www.squire.law.cam.ac.uk/eminent_scholars/

Squire Law Library Eminent Scholars Archive
Conversations with Michael Prichard #2: Gonville & Caius (post- 1950)

Squire Law Library Eminent Scholars Archive

Play Episode Listen Later May 24, 2012 85:15


In March 2012 Mr Prichard was interviewed three at the Squire Law Library to record his reminiscences of over sixty years research and teaching in the Faculty of Law and Gonville & Caius College. Audio recordings are available on this website with transcript of those recordings: - First Interview (2 March 2012): Early Years (1927-1950); - Second Interview (8 March 2012): Gonville & Caius (post- 1950); - Third Interview (16 March 2012): Research Projects. For more information, see the Squire website at http://www.squire.law.cam.ac.uk/eminent_scholars/

Squire Law Library Eminent Scholars Archive
Conversations with Michael Prichard #3: Research Projects

Squire Law Library Eminent Scholars Archive

Play Episode Listen Later May 24, 2012 90:52


In March 2012 Mr Prichard was interviewed three at the Squire Law Library to record his reminiscences of over sixty years research and teaching in the Faculty of Law and Gonville & Caius College. Audio recordings are available on this website with transcript of those recordings: - First Interview (2 March 2012): Early Years (1927-1950); - Second Interview (8 March 2012): Gonville & Caius (post- 1950); - Third Interview (16 March 2012): Research Projects. For more information, see the Squire website at http://www.squire.law.cam.ac.uk/eminent_scholars/

Squire Law Library Eminent Scholars Archive
Conversations with Michael Prichard #1: Early Years (1927-1950)

Squire Law Library Eminent Scholars Archive

Play Episode Listen Later May 24, 2012 85:45


In March 2012 Mr Prichard was interviewed three at the Squire Law Library to record his reminiscences of over sixty years research and teaching in the Faculty of Law and Gonville & Caius College. Audio recordings are available on this website with transcript of those recordings: - First Interview (2 March 2012): Early Years (1927-1950); - Second Interview (8 March 2012): Gonville & Caius (post- 1950); - Third Interview (16 March 2012): Research Projects. For more information, see the Squire website at http://www.squire.law.cam.ac.uk/eminent_scholars/

In Our Time
St Thomas Aquinas

In Our Time

Play Episode Listen Later Sep 17, 2009 42:18


Melvyn Bragg discusses the life, works and enduring influence of the medieval philosopher and theologian St Thomas Aquinas with Martin Palmer, John Haldane and Annabel Brett. St Thomas Aquinas' ideas remain at the heart of the official doctrine of the Roman Catholic Church today and inform philosophical debates on human rights, natural law and what constitutes a 'just war'.Martin Palmer is Director of the International Consultancy on Religion, Education and Culture; John Haldane is Professor of Philosophy at the University of St Andrews; Annabel Brett is Lecturer in History at Gonville and Caius College, Cambridge.

In Our Time: Religion
St Thomas Aquinas

In Our Time: Religion

Play Episode Listen Later Sep 17, 2009 42:18


Melvyn Bragg discusses the life, works and enduring influence of the medieval philosopher and theologian St Thomas Aquinas with Martin Palmer, John Haldane and Annabel Brett. St Thomas Aquinas' ideas remain at the heart of the official doctrine of the Roman Catholic Church today and inform philosophical debates on human rights, natural law and what constitutes a 'just war'.Martin Palmer is Director of the International Consultancy on Religion, Education and Culture; John Haldane is Professor of Philosophy at the University of St Andrews; Annabel Brett is Lecturer in History at Gonville and Caius College, Cambridge.

In Our Time: Philosophy
St Thomas Aquinas

In Our Time: Philosophy

Play Episode Listen Later Sep 17, 2009 42:18


Melvyn Bragg discusses the life, works and enduring influence of the medieval philosopher and theologian St Thomas Aquinas with Martin Palmer, John Haldane and Annabel Brett. St Thomas Aquinas' ideas remain at the heart of the official doctrine of the Roman Catholic Church today and inform philosophical debates on human rights, natural law and what constitutes a 'just war'.Martin Palmer is Director of the International Consultancy on Religion, Education and Culture; John Haldane is Professor of Philosophy at the University of St Andrews; Annabel Brett is Lecturer in History at Gonville and Caius College, Cambridge.

This Is True
30: Randy Cassingham's This is True -- Santa Clod

This Is True

Play Episode Listen Later Jan 8, 2009 1:39


Randy Cassingham's This is True -- http://www.thisistrue.com -- online weird news since 1994.Episode 40: Put a Lid On It

In Our Time
The Black Death

In Our Time

Play Episode Listen Later May 22, 2008 42:11


Melvyn Bragg and guests discuss how the Black Death influenced the structure and ideas of Medieval Europe. In October 1347, a Genoese trading ship arrived at the busy port of Messina in Sicily and docked among many similar ships doing similar things. But this ship was special because this ship had rats and the rats had fleas and the fleas had plague. This was the Black Death and its terrible progress was captured by the Florentine writer Giovanni Boccaccio who declared “in those years a dead man was then of no more account than a dead goat”. In the long and unsanitary history of Europe there have been many plagues but only one Black Death. It killed over a third of Europe's population in 4 years – young and old, rich and poor, in the town and in the country. When it stopped in 1351 it left a continent ravaged but transformed – the poor found their labour to be valuable, religion was both reinforced and undercut, medicine progressed, art changed and the continent awash with guilt and memorialisation. With Miri Rubin, Professor of Medieval and Early Modern History at Queen Mary, University of London; Samuel Cohn, Professor of Medieval History at the University of Glasgow; Paul Binski, Professor of the History of Medieval Art at Gonville and Caius College, University of Cambridge

In Our Time: History
The Black Death

In Our Time: History

Play Episode Listen Later May 22, 2008 42:11


Melvyn Bragg and guests discuss how the Black Death influenced the structure and ideas of Medieval Europe. In October 1347, a Genoese trading ship arrived at the busy port of Messina in Sicily and docked among many similar ships doing similar things. But this ship was special because this ship had rats and the rats had fleas and the fleas had plague. This was the Black Death and its terrible progress was captured by the Florentine writer Giovanni Boccaccio who declared “in those years a dead man was then of no more account than a dead goat”. In the long and unsanitary history of Europe there have been many plagues but only one Black Death. It killed over a third of Europe’s population in 4 years – young and old, rich and poor, in the town and in the country. When it stopped in 1351 it left a continent ravaged but transformed – the poor found their labour to be valuable, religion was both reinforced and undercut, medicine progressed, art changed and the continent awash with guilt and memorialisation. With Miri Rubin, Professor of Medieval and Early Modern History at Queen Mary, University of London; Samuel Cohn, Professor of Medieval History at the University of Glasgow; Paul Binski, Professor of the History of Medieval Art at Gonville and Caius College, University of Cambridge

In Our Time
Victorian Pessimism

In Our Time

Play Episode Listen Later May 10, 2007 28:25


Melvyn Bragg and guests discuss Victorian Pessimism. On 1 September 1851 the poet Matthew Arnold was on his honeymoon. Catching a ferry from Dover to Calais, he sat down and worked on a poem that would become emblematic of the fears and anxieties of a generation of Victorians. It is called Dover Beach and it finishes like this: “Ah, love, let us be true To one another! for the world, which seemsTo lie before us like a land of dreams,So various, so beautiful, so new,Hath really neither joy, nor love, nor light,Nor certitude, nor peace, nor help for pain;And we are here as on a darkling plainSwept with confused alarms of struggle and flight,Where ignorant armies clash by night”.From Matthew Arnold's poem Dover Beach to the malign universe of Thomas Hardy's novels, an age famed for its forthright sense of progress and Christian belief was also riddled with anxieties about faith, morality and the future of the human race. They were even worried that the sun would soon go out. But to what extent was this pessimism spread across all areas of Victorian life? What events and ideas were driving it on and were any of their concerns about race, religion, class and culture borne out as the 19th century drew to a close? With Dinah Birch, Professor of English at the University of Liverpool; Rosemary Ashton, Quain Professor of English Language and Literature at University College London; Peter Mandler, University Lecturer and Fellow in History at Gonville and Caius College, Cambridge.

In Our Time: Culture
Victorian Pessimism

In Our Time: Culture

Play Episode Listen Later May 10, 2007 28:25


Melvyn Bragg and guests discuss Victorian Pessimism. On 1 September 1851 the poet Matthew Arnold was on his honeymoon. Catching a ferry from Dover to Calais, he sat down and worked on a poem that would become emblematic of the fears and anxieties of a generation of Victorians. It is called Dover Beach and it finishes like this: “Ah, love, let us be true To one another! for the world, which seemsTo lie before us like a land of dreams,So various, so beautiful, so new,Hath really neither joy, nor love, nor light,Nor certitude, nor peace, nor help for pain;And we are here as on a darkling plainSwept with confused alarms of struggle and flight,Where ignorant armies clash by night”.From Matthew Arnold’s poem Dover Beach to the malign universe of Thomas Hardy’s novels, an age famed for its forthright sense of progress and Christian belief was also riddled with anxieties about faith, morality and the future of the human race. They were even worried that the sun would soon go out. But to what extent was this pessimism spread across all areas of Victorian life? What events and ideas were driving it on and were any of their concerns about race, religion, class and culture borne out as the 19th century drew to a close? With Dinah Birch, Professor of English at the University of Liverpool; Rosemary Ashton, Quain Professor of English Language and Literature at University College London; Peter Mandler, University Lecturer and Fellow in History at Gonville and Caius College, Cambridge.

In Our Time
Duty

In Our Time

Play Episode Listen Later Nov 13, 2003 28:19


Melvyn Bragg and guests discuss the concept of duty. George Bernard Shaw wrote in his play Caesar and Cleopatra, “When a stupid man is doing something he is ashamed of, he always declares that it is his duty”. But for Horatio Nelson and so many others, duty has provided a purpose for life, and a reason to die – “Thank God I have done my duty” were his final words.The idea that others have a claim over our actions has been at the heart of the history of civilised society, but duty is an unfashionable or difficult notion now - perhaps because it seems to impose an outside authority over self interest. The idea of duty has duped people into doing terrible things and inspired them to wonderful achievements, and it is an idea that has excited philosophers from the time people first came together to live in large groups. But has duty always meant doing what's best for others rather than oneself? And how did it become such a powerful idea that people readily gave their lives for it? With Angie Hobbs, Lecturer in Philosophy at the University of Warwick; Annabel Brett, Fellow of Gonville and Caius and Lecturer in History at the University of Cambridge; Anthony Grayling, Reader in Philosophy at Birkbeck, University of London.

In Our Time: Philosophy

Melvyn Bragg and guests discuss the concept of duty. George Bernard Shaw wrote in his play Caesar and Cleopatra, “When a stupid man is doing something he is ashamed of, he always declares that it is his duty”. But for Horatio Nelson and so many others, duty has provided a purpose for life, and a reason to die – “Thank God I have done my duty” were his final words.The idea that others have a claim over our actions has been at the heart of the history of civilised society, but duty is an unfashionable or difficult notion now - perhaps because it seems to impose an outside authority over self interest. The idea of duty has duped people into doing terrible things and inspired them to wonderful achievements, and it is an idea that has excited philosophers from the time people first came together to live in large groups. But has duty always meant doing what’s best for others rather than oneself? And how did it become such a powerful idea that people readily gave their lives for it? With Angie Hobbs, Lecturer in Philosophy at the University of Warwick; Annabel Brett, Fellow of Gonville and Caius and Lecturer in History at the University of Cambridge; Anthony Grayling, Reader in Philosophy at Birkbeck, University of London.

In Our Time
Heritage

In Our Time

Play Episode Listen Later Jul 18, 2002 41:45


Melvyn Bragg and guests discuss the role history and heritage have played in the formation of the British national identity. Historians have often maintained a guarded relationship with the so-called ¨heritage industry¨, believing that it presents a distorted version of national life: a Merrie England that is politically acceptable and economically rewarding. History, in contrast, is held to reveal the truth about the past - objectively and scientifically. Our understanding of history changed since the 19th century and, as historians interpret our time and our society, so will our ideas of heritage and history.With David Cannadine, Director of the University of London's Institute of Historical Research; Miri Rubin, Professor of European History at Queen Mary, University of London; Peter Mandler, Fellow in History, Gonville and Caius College, Cambridge.

In Our Time: History

Melvyn Bragg and guests discuss the role history and heritage have played in the formation of the British national identity. Historians have often maintained a guarded relationship with the so-called ¨heritage industry¨, believing that it presents a distorted version of national life: a Merrie England that is politically acceptable and economically rewarding. History, in contrast, is held to reveal the truth about the past - objectively and scientifically. Our understanding of history changed since the 19th century and, as historians interpret our time and our society, so will our ideas of heritage and history.With David Cannadine, Director of the University of London's Institute of Historical Research; Miri Rubin, Professor of European History at Queen Mary, University of London; Peter Mandler, Fellow in History, Gonville and Caius College, Cambridge.