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SUMMARY:Conversations on Consciousness: Who or what has consciousness? - P
 rof Philip Goff (Durham University)\, Dr Heather Browning (University of S
 outhampton)\, Dr Patrick Butlin (University of Oxford)
DTSTART;VALUE=DATE-TIME:20260212T173000Z
DTEND;VALUE=DATE-TIME:20260212T190000Z
UID:https://talks.ox.ac.uk/talks/id/e40dc835-12b9-4c98-be42-cfc06ae609df/
DESCRIPTION:What does it mean to say ‘I am’? Is the sense of subjectiv
 ity a delusion? Are only humans conscious? What about whales\, AI\, and el
 ectrons? How should we use our consciousness?\n\nAll these questions\, and
  many others\, will be examined by expert speakers in conversation with on
 e another and with the audience in this 3-part symposium series. \n\nIn th
 is second event on 12 Feb\, we will examine who has consciousness. Do non-
 human animals experience a sense of consciouness similar to our own? Is a 
 sophisticated AI capable of consciousness? In fact\, does even a table hav
 e some degree of consciousness\, or is it only held by animate objects? Th
 ree short talks will provide a range of expert perspectives on these quest
 ions\, followed by Q&A with the audience.\n\nPhilip Goff (Philosophy\, Dur
 ham University)\nConsciousness is everywhere\n\nHeather Browning (Philosop
 hy\, University of Southampton)\nEvidence for consciousness in non-human a
 nimals\n\nPatrick Butlin (Global Priorities Institute\, University of Oxfo
 rd) \nThe case for AI consciousness\nSpeakers:\nProf Philip Goff (Durham U
 niversity)\, Dr Heather Browning (University of Southampton)\, Dr Patrick 
 Butlin (University of Oxford)
LOCATION:Cohen Quadrangle (Fitzhugh Auditorium)\, Walton Street OX1 2HD
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SUMMARY:Quotidian Social and Political Life in China: Documentary Screenin
 gs - Newton Niu\, Sam Crane (University of Oxford)
DTSTART;VALUE=DATE-TIME:20260216T163000Z
DTEND;VALUE=DATE-TIME:20260216T183000Z
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DESCRIPTION:Newton Niu is an award-winning documentary filmmaker from Chin
 a\, with nearly two decades of\nexperience working across state broadcast 
 and independent production. His collaborative and independent\nprojects ha
 ve received major international and Chinese awards\, including recognition
  at IDFA and the\nSundance Film Festival.\nBased on extensive fieldwork ac
 ross almost all provinces in China\, his work engages with contemporary\nC
 hinese society\, politics\, and everyday governance\, offering a distincti
 ve ground-level perspective shaped\nby work in both rural communities and 
 senior institutional settings. He will be presenting and discussing\nhis w
 ork.\nSam Crane\, a Professor at Williams College and Director of the Will
 iams-Exeter Program whose work\nfocuses on contemporary Chinese politics a
 nd ancient Chinese philosophy\, will moderate.\nSpeakers:\nNewton Niu\, Sa
 m Crane (University of Oxford)
LOCATION:Exeter College (Rector's Drawing Room)\, Turl Street OX1 3DP
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SUMMARY:Exeter College Annual Sustainability Event: A Sustainable Future -
  Dr Akshat Rathi (Bloomberg News)
DTSTART;VALUE=DATE-TIME:20260225T173000Z
DTEND;VALUE=DATE-TIME:20260225T183000Z
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DESCRIPTION:Join Exeter College in welcoming Dr Akshat Rathi (2008\, DPhil
  Organic Chemistry)\, Senior Climate Reporter at Bloomberg News as the spe
 aker at this years Sustainability Event.\n\nUsing the Heathrow transformer
  outage as a starting point\, Akshat explores the hidden bottleneck facing
  Western countries on the road to decarbonisation - the infrastructure tha
 t makes electrification possible.\n\nAs electricity demand surges and deca
 rbonisation advances the main challenge is no longer generating clean powe
 r but delivering it. Essential overlooked infrastructure with fragile supp
 ly chains\, rising costs and potential geopolitical risk is holding back t
 he clean energy transition.\n\nThis talk examines why failing to build the
  backbone of an electric system that supports clean power delivery puts bo
 th our climate goals and economic future at risk.\nSpeakers:\nDr Akshat Ra
 thi (Bloomberg News)
LOCATION:Cohen Quadrangle (Fitzhugh Auditorium )\, Walton Street OX1 2HD
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SUMMARY:Conversations on Consciousness: What should we do with our conscio
 usness? - Iain McGilchrist (Oxford)\, Chris Fletcher (Professorial Fellow 
 and Keeper of Special Collections at the Bodleian Library)\, Professor Cat
 herine Harmer (Professor of Cognitive Neuroscience\, Department of Psychia
 try\, University of Oxford)
DTSTART;VALUE=DATE-TIME:20260226T173000Z
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DESCRIPTION:What does it mean to say ‘I am’? Is the sense of subjectiv
 ity a delusion? Are only humans conscious? What about whales\, AI\, and el
 ectrons? How should we use our consciousness?\n\nAll these questions\, and
  many others\, will be examined by expert speakers in conversation with on
 e another and with the audience in this 3-part symposium series.\n\nIn thi
 s third and final event on 26 Feb\, we will examine what we do and what we
  should do with our consciousness as human beings. Does it help us act rat
 ionally\, optimally or morally? How is the conscious mind represented in l
 iterature? And what role does it play in our mental health?\n\nIain McGilc
 hrist (Psychiatry\, All Souls College\, Oxford)\nWhat on earth are we doin
 g here?\n\nChris Fletcher (English\, University of Oxford)\n‘I am!’: L
 iterature and consciousness\n\nCatherine Harmer (Psychiatry\, University o
 f Oxford)\nThe mind’s filter: Shaping experience and mental health\nSpea
 kers:\nIain McGilchrist (Oxford)\, Chris Fletcher (Professorial Fellow and
  Keeper of Special Collections at the Bodleian Library)\, Professor Cather
 ine Harmer (Professor of Cognitive Neuroscience\, Department of Psychiatry
 \, University of Oxford)
LOCATION:Cohen Quadrangle (Fitzhugh Auditorium)\, Walton Street OX1 2HD
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