40 Best University of Oxford Podcasts

1. Middle East Centre

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The Middle East Centre, founded in 1957 at St Antony's College is the centre for the interdisciplinary study of the modern Middle East in the University of Oxford. Centre Fellows teach and conduct research in the humanities and social sciences with direct reference to the Arab world, Iran, Israel and Turkey, with particular emphasis on the nineteenth and twentieth centuries. However, during our regular Friday seminar series, attracting a wide audience, our distinguished speakers bring topics to light that touch on contemporary issues.MORE Producer/Network Oxford University
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2. Oxford Policy Pod

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A bi-weekly policy podcast based out of the Blavatnik School of Government at the University of Oxford. The Oxford Policy Pod explores pressing policy issues around the globe and is produced by students reading for a Master of Public Policy at the Blavatnik School of Government. The podcast explores contemporary policy challenges that policymakers face all over the world, and taps into the rich diversity of policy experience and insights of the student body and faculty.The podcast is supported by the staff of the Blavatnik School of Government...MORE Host Nicholas Fabbri
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3. Israel Studies Seminar

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Running weekly during Term time, the Israel Studies Seminar is the primary setting for public discussions on a wide spectrum of issues relating to Israeli society, history, politics and culture in the University of Oxford. With an international list of speakers, it has been attracting much attention and a growing audience participation. The seminar is convened by Prof. Yaacov Yadgar, the Stanley Lewis Professor of Israel Studies, based at the Oxford School of Global and Area Studies and the Department of Politics and International Relation...MORE Producer/Network Oxford University
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4. Future Proof

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Future Proof is the marketing podcast from Said Business School, Oxford University, and Kantar, the world's leading marketing data and analytics company. In each episode, we'll have a frank discussion with an expert, to help brands and business leaders navigate the changing landscape of marketing… and hopefully dispel some myths and misconceptions along the way. Looking at big industry question through both a market research and an academic lens, we can help prepare marketers for the future (with proof). All episodes and more info at https://www.kantar.com/ Hosted on Acast. See acast...MORE Hosts Lindsay Gorton-lee, Jauneen Tarin, Lynne Deason
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5. Public International Law Part III

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Lectures on international law issues by eminent scholars, practitioners and judges of national and international courts. The lecture series is brought to you by the Public International Law Discussion Group, part of the Law Faculty of the University of Oxford, and is supported by the British Branch of the International Law Association and Oxford University Press. Further details of this series can be found on the Public International Law -https://www.law.ox.ac.uk/research-subject-groups/graduate-discussion-group-index/public-international-law-discussion-group Oxford website.MORE Producer/Network Oxford University
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6. Middle East Centre Booktalk

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Welcome to Middle East Centre Booktalk the Oxford podcast on new books about the Middle East. These are some of the books written by members of our community, or the books our community are talking about. Tune in to follow author interviews and book chat. Every episode features a different, recently published book and is hosted by a different Oxford academic.MORE Producer/Network Oxford University
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7. University of Oxford

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This podcast contains audio from the University of Oxford.
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8. Centre for Personalised Medicine

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Welcome to the Centre for Personalised Medicine podcast, where we explore the promises and pitfalls of personalised medicine and ask questions about the ethical and societal challenges it creates.The Centre for Personalised Medicine (CPM) is a partnership between the University of Oxford's Centre for Human Genetics and St Anne's College, Oxford. The Centre's principal aim is to explore personalised medicine from a range of perspectives.In the pilot series, we interviewed members of the CPM's advisory board about their careers and their views on personalised medicine...MORE Hosts Rachel Horton, Gabrielle Samuel
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9. Oxford Martin School: Public Lectures and Seminars

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Public Lectures and Seminars from the Oxford Martin School, University of Oxford. The Oxford Martin School brings together the best minds from different fields to tackle the most pressing issues of the 21st century.MORE Producer/Network Oxford University
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10. Reimagine

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Reimagine is a new and original podcast series from the Skoll Centre for Social Entrepreneurship at Oxford University's Said Business School, presented by Peter Drobac.In this series we meet the visionaries, the disruptors, the world's problem-solvers, who are taking up the challenge of fixing the bits of our world that are broken.The people who see things differently, and we need them now more than ever.MORE Producer/Network Saïd Business School
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11. Professor of Poetry

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The Oxford Professor of Poetry holds a public lecture each term. The current Professor of Poetry is A.E.Stallings.The Professor of Poetry lectures were conceived in 1708 by Berkshire landowner Henry Birkhead and began after he bequeathed some money so it could be a valuable supplement to the curriculum. He believed 'the reading of the ancient poets gave keenness and polish to the minds of young men as well as to the advancement of more serious literature both sacred and human'.The first poetry professor, Joseph Trapp, took as his subject poetry in general...MORE Producer/Network Oxford University
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12. Futuremakers

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Welcome to Futuremakers, from the University of Oxford, where our academics debate key issues for the future of society.Season Four: Brain and Mental HealthSeason Three: The History of PandemicsSeason Two: Climate ChangeSeason One: Artificial IntelligenceSpecial Episode: A brief history of Quantum ComputingMORE Producer/Network Oxford University
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13. Tibetan Graduate Studies Seminar

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The Tibetan Graduates Studies Seminar (TGSS) is a weekly series of colloquia and guest lectures at the Oriental Institute.The intended purpose of the TGSS is to give MPhil and DPhil candidates a platform to present their work-in-progress and receive feedback from staff and affiliated scholars of the field. Additionally, the weekly time slot will also allow visiting scholars to present their current research. They are provided with the opportunity to engage in similar ways with both students and fellows of the Tibetan Studies department.MORE Producer/Network Oxford University
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14. Reimagining Ancient Greece and Rome: APGRD public lectures

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Recordings of the lectures and in-conversation events with acclaimed actors, directors, playwrights, and academics, on modern and historic performances inspired by ancient Greek and Roman texts - hosted by the Archive of Performances of Greek and Roman Drama (University of Oxford Classics Faculty).MORE Producer/Network Oxford University
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15. Leadership In Extraordinary Times

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This is a podcast series from Saïd Business School at Oxford University, presented by Peter Tufano, Peter Moores Dean and Professor of Finance. We will be sharing insights from our research and hearing from people on the frontlines. Leaders who are not just thinking about the impact of the coronavirus pandemic, but dealing with it. This is not a time for business as usual. This is a time for business unusual. We need to think about the world in which we find ourselves, but also the world that we want to build when we emerge from this global health and economic crisis...MORE Producer/Network Saïd Business School
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16. Oxford Transitional Justice Research Seminars

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Oxford Transitional Justice Research (OTJR) is an inter-disciplinary network of more than 100 Oxford staff and students working broadly on issues of transition in societies recovering from mass conflict and/or repressive rule. OTJR is dedicated to producing high-quality scholarship that connects intimately to practical and policy questions in transitional justice, focusing on the following themes: Prosecutions, Truth Commissions, Local and traditional practices, Compensation and reparations, Theoretical and philosophical debates in transitional justice, Institutional reform and Archives of t..MORE Producer/Network Oxford University
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17. Asian Studies Centre

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The Asian Studies Centre was founded in 1982 at St Antony's College and is primarily a co-ordinating organisation which exists to bring together specialists from a wide variety of different disciplines. Geographically, the Centre predominantly covers South, Southeast and East Asia. The Asian Studies Centre works closely with scholars in the Oriental Institute, the Oxford China Centre, the Contemporary South Asian Studies Programme and the Nissan Institute of Japanese Studies (in premises at St Antony's)...MORE Producer/Network Oxford University
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18. Almanac The Oxford Middle East Podcast

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Almanac is a student-run initiative at the University of Oxford. Every two weeks, a number of students sit down for an in-depth discussion about the region which has made history for thousands of years and continues to make headlines today.MORE Producer/Network Oxford University
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19. Our Mental Wellness

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Our Mental Wellness is a seminar series organised by the Experimental Psychology Department. The series aims to inform, dispel myths and generate discussion on a range of mental health topics. This is a great opportunity for students, staff and alumni to hear world-leading researchers from the University of Oxford share their expertise about mental health conditions and effective evidence-based treatments. It is a chance to have your questions answered about how we can look after each other's mental wellness in our community.MORE Producer/Network Oxford University
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20. A Very Brief Introduction to the British Empire

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This podcast series is meant to give a very brief introduction to the British Empire for a general audience. It is brought to you by Uncomfortable Oxford, an academic initiative that raises questions about the legacy of the British Empire through public engagement activities. Full transcripts and reading lists are available on our website at www.uncomfortableoxford.co.uk.The perfect resource for schools, teachers, and interested listeners who simply want to expand their general knowledge of the history of the British Empire.MORE Producer/Network Uncomfortable Oxford
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21. Evidence-Based Health Care

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The broad aim of the Centre for Evidence Based Medicine is to develop, teach and promote evidence-based health care and provide support and resources to doctors and health care professionals to help maintain the highest standards of medicine.Many of the talks are taken from the Oxford Evidence-Based Health Care Programme and delivered by members of the Nuffield Department of Primary Care Health Sciences, the Centre of Evidence Medicine and leaders in the field of Evidence-based Health Care internationally.MORE Producer/Network Oxford University
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22. Aquinas Institute, Oxford

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Our Institute has been promoting knowledge of Thomas Aquinas' teaching and his legacy, and research into his ideas and their contemporary value, since 2004.Located in the University of Oxford, we help introduce Aquinas to new scholars in various disciplines, and contribute to the exchange of ideas in this world-class University by bringing international scholars to speak at our events or to carry out research.Our seminar series and colloquia foster a research community, and, often in collaboration with other academic groups, we engage in outreach, especially to young people.MORE Producer/Network Aquinas Institute
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23. Unit for Biocultural Variation and Obesity (UBVO) seminars

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The Unit for Biocultural Variation and Obesity (UBVO) is an interdisciplinary research unit based at the University of Oxford, dedicated to understanding the complex and interwoven causes of obesity in populations across the world. This seminar series is hosted by the Institute of Social and Cultural Anthropology, University of Oxford.MORE Producer/Network Oxford University
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24. Student Life at Oxford

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Get the most out of life as a student in Oxford. A series of short talks and presentations aimed at students of the University. The Counselling Service has a selection of helpful podcasts on various issues: https://www.ox.ac.uk/students/welfare/counselling/self-help/podcastsMORE Producer/Network Oxford University
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25. Back Garden Biology

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In this fun and informative series Dr Lindsay Turnbull, Associate Professor and Fellow of The Queen's College, Oxford University, looks at the biology of the back garden. This series is recorded hot off the press in a normal garden in England beginning in March 2020 and would be of interest to anyone from age 5 . The series is particularly useful for children missing school who would like to carry on practical work in their own garden and have an expert help them understand the theory behind everyday biology...MORE Producer/Network Oxford University
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26. Oxford Obesity - Unit for Biocultural Variation and Obesity, University of Oxford

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Presentations from the Unit for Biocultural Variation and Obesity at the Institute of Social and Cultural Anthropology, University of Oxford. Visit: https://www.oxfordobesity.com/
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27. TORCH | The Oxford Research Centre in the Humanities

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The University of Oxford is home to an impressive range and depth of research activities in the Humanities. TORCH | The Oxford Research Centre in the Humanities is a major new initiative that seeks to build on this heritage and to stimulate and support research that transcends disciplinary and institutional boundaries. Here we feature some of the networks and programmes, as well as recordings of events, and offer insights into the research that they make possible.MORE Producer/Network Oxford University
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28. Department of Statistics

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The Department of Statistics at Oxford is a world leader in research including computational statistics and statistical methodology, applied probability, bioinformatics and mathematical genetics. In the 2014 Research Excellence Framework (REF), Oxford's Mathematical Sciences submission was ranked overall best in the UK.This is an exciting time for the Department. We have now moved into our new home on St Giles and we are currently settling in...MORE Producer/Network Oxford University
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29. Uehiro Oxford Institute

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A selection of seminars and special lectures on wide-ranging topics relating to practical ethics brought to you by the Uehiro Oxford Institute.
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30. African Studies Centre

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The University of Oxford is one of the world's leading centres for the study of Africa. In every Faculty and Division across the University there are active research programmes focused on the continent. The African Studies Centre, within the School of Interdisciplinary Area Studies, acts as a focal point for graduate level work and faculty research on Africa. Alongside the vibrant doctoral programmes, the MSc in African Studies, inaugurated in 2006, is already recognised as Europe's most prestigious and successful training programme in its field.MORE Producer/Network Oxford University
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31. Writing Lives: Biography and Beyond

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Join biographer Kate Kennedy and poet Katherine Collins from the Oxford Centre for Life-Writing as they talk to leading biographers and academics from around the world. From medieval records to social media trends, diaries to musical scores, they explore how we write about lives from every perspective. Find out more about OCLW: www.oclw.web.ox.ac.ukTwitter: @OxLifeWritingThe Oxford Centre for Life-Writing is based at Wolfson College, University of Oxford.MORE Producer/Network Oxford Centre for Life-Writing
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32. War and Representation

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The series War and Representation features interviews with leading humanities scholars of war. In each episode a researcher presents recently published work or ongoing research projects for a broad audience. This series is hosted by the Faculty of English Language and Literature.MORE Producer/Network Oxford University
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33. The Oxford/Berlin Creative Collaborations

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The Oxford/Berlin Creative Collaborations showcase ideas and research across the arts and humanities. We are drawing on expertise from the University of Oxford and Berlin University of the Arts, to combine established methodologies from the Humanities with new and exciting forms of artistic expression. Our encounters between researchers and artists from the Berlin University of the Arts (UdK Berlin) and the University of Oxford open up new fields of engagement between the arts, humanities and sciences...MORE Producer/Network Oxford University
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34. OxPeace Conference 2009: The Serious Study of Peace

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This Conference was organised by an ad hoc multidisciplinary group in Oxford University, which had begun in 2006 to discuss how to network and raise the profile of the research already being done in Oxford on peace, peacemaking, peacebuilding and peacekeeping. The title 'The Serious Study of Peace' underlines that peace was no longer seen merely as a fringe interest but was beginning to take its place in academe as a matter of serious concern to which a wide range of disciplines can contribute...MORE Producer/Network Oxford University
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35. Oxford from the Inside

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We are a group of Oxford students at different stages of a range of uni degrees who are passionate about access and increasing diversity within higher education, and we are here to talk about it all! We'll be interviewing a variety of students at Oxford, getting their advice and opinions on topics ranging from the mystery that is Oxford interviews and the reality of a work-life balance, to the downlow on the Oxford social scene and life from the perspectives of students from a variety of backgrounds, identities and places around the world.MORE Producer/Network OFTI Podcast
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36. The Very Short Introductions Podcast

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A concise and original introduction to a wide range of subjects—from Public Health to Buddhist Ethics, Soft Matter to Classics, and Art History to Globalization—by the expert authors of the Very Short Introductions series. For wherever your curiosity may take you.MORE Producer/Network Oxford University Press
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37. St Cross College Shorts

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These brief podcasts open into the intellectual worlds of the diverse Fellowship of St Cross College Oxford, and are for everyone.
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38. Digging for Meaning: Research from the Oxford School of Archaeology

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Researchers studying archaeological remains from across the whole range of the human past discus the sometimes surprising meanings they have found while digging through what we have left behind. From recycling Romans to voyaging Vikings, twisting Silk Roads to modern hunter-gathers of Borneo, let experts from the Oxford School of Archaeology take you on a journey to the past, which might just change how you travel into the future.MORE Producer/Network Oxford University
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39. The Secrets of Mathematics

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A series of talks and lectures from Oxford Mathematicians exploring the power and beauty of their subject. These talks would appeal to anyone interested in mathematics and its ever-growing range of applications from medicine to economics and beyond.MORE Producer/Network Oxford University
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