Department: Humanities Division
Talks:

Monday 15 January 2024 (1st Week, Hilary Term)

An Environmental History of the Indian Ocean
Date: 15 January 2024, 15:00 - 16:00 (Monday, 1st week, Hilary 2024)
Speaker : Sujit Sivasundaram (Cambridge University)
Venue Details: Online
Organiser: Itamar Toussia Cohen (Brasenose College)
Hosts: TBA

Thursday 18 January 2024 (1st Week, Hilary Term)

James Ford Lecture 1: Propagation
Date: 18 January 2024, 17:00 - 18:00 (Thursday, 1st week, Hilary 2024)
Speaker : Professor Alec Ryrie, FBA (Durham University)
Venue: Examination Schools, 75-81 High Street OX1 4BG
Venue Details: South School
Organisers: TBA
Hosts: TBA

Hindutva and the Problem of Hinduism
Date: 18 January 2024, 17:00 - 18:00 (Thursday, 1st week, Hilary 2024)
Speaker : Luna Sebastian (Cambridge)
Venue: History Faculty, George Street OX1 2RL
Venue Details: Rees Davies Room
Organisers: TBA
Hosts: TBA

Wednesday 24 January 2024 (2nd Week, Hilary Term)

The Perils of Interpreting: The Extraordinary Story of Two Translators Between Qing China and the British Empire
Date: 24 January 2024, 17:00 - 18:30 (Wednesday, 2nd week, Hilary 2024)
Speaker : Professor Henrietta Harrison (University of Oxford)
Venue: Merton College, Merton Street OX1 4JD
Venue Details: T S Eliot Theatre
Organiser: Dr Jennifer Altehenger
Hosts: TBA

Thursday 25 January 2024 (2nd Week, Hilary Term)

John Stuart Mill and Harriet Taylor Mill on Women’s Place in Society: Differences, Affinities, and Inspirations
Date: 25 January 2024, 17:00 - 18:00 (Thursday, 2nd week, Hilary 2024)
Speaker s: Elżbieta Filipow (University of Warsaw), Dr Lisa Forsberg
Venue: St Cross College, St Giles OX1 3LZ
Venue Details: Lecture Theatre
Organiser: Dr Hazem Zohny (University of Oxford)
Host: Dr Hazem Zohny (University of Oxford)

Hotel Lux: Writing an Intimate History of the Comintern’s Moscow Dormitory, 1924-1929
Date: 25 January 2024, 17:00 - 18:00 (Thursday, 2nd week, Hilary 2024)
Speaker : Maurice Casey (Queens, Belfast)
Venue: History Faculty, George Street OX1 2RL
Venue Details: Rees Davies Room
Organisers: TBA
Hosts: TBA

James Ford Lecture 2: Apocalypse
Date: 25 January 2024, 17:00 - 18:00 (Thursday, 2nd week, Hilary 2024)
Speaker : Professor Alec Ryrie, FBA (Durham University)
Venue: Examination Schools, 75-81 High Street OX1 4BG
Venue Details: South School
Organisers: TBA
Hosts: TBA

Monday 29 January 2024 (3rd Week, Hilary Term)

"A Sea of Wealth": Sayyid Sa'id bin Sultan, the Omani Empire, and the Making of an Oceanic Marketplace
Date: 29 January 2024, 15:00 - 16:00 (Monday, 3rd week, Hilary 2024)
Speaker : Nicholas P. Roberts (Norwich University)
Venue Details: Online
Organiser: Itamar Toussia Cohen (Brasenose College)
Hosts: TBA

2021 Annual Uehiro Lectures in Practical Ethics: The Persistence of Racism in Liberal Societies: Education, Health Care, and Policing (1/3)
Date: 29 January 2024, 16:30 - 18:30 (Monday, 3rd week, Hilary 2024)
Speaker : Professor Howard McGary (Rutgers University)
Venue: Rewley House, 1-7 Wellington Square OX1 2JA
Venue Details: Lecture Theatre, Continuing Education
Organiser: Professor Roger Crisp (University of Oxford)
Host: Professor Roger Crisp (University of Oxford)

Wednesday 31 January 2024 (3rd Week, Hilary Term)

2021 Annual Uehiro Lectures in Practical Ethics: The Persistence of Racism in Liberal Societies: Education, Health Care, and Policing (2/3)
Date: 31 January 2024, 16:30 - 18:30 (Wednesday, 3rd week, Hilary 2024)
Speaker : Professor Howard McGary (Rutgers University)
Venue: Rewley House, 1-7 Wellington Square OX1 2JA
Venue Details: Lecture Theatre, Continuing Education
Organiser: Professor Roger Crisp (University of Oxford)
Host: Professor Roger Crisp (University of Oxford)

Visiting Professorship of Creative Media 2023-24 Lecture
Date: 31 January 2024, 17:30 - 18:30 (Wednesday, 3rd week, Hilary 2024)
Speaker : David Baddiel
Venue: St Cross Building, St Cross Road OX1 3UR
Organisers: TBA
Hosts: TBA

Thursday 1 February 2024 (3rd Week, Hilary Term)

Unsafe Harbour: A Political Ecology of Postwar Marseille
Date: 1 February 2024, 17:00 - 18:00 (Thursday, 3rd week, Hilary 2024)
Speaker : Venus Bivar (Oxford)
Venue: History Faculty, George Street OX1 2RL
Venue Details: Rees Davies Room
Organisers: TBA
Hosts: TBA

James Ford Lecture 3: Allurement
Date: 1 February 2024, 17:00 - 18:00 (Thursday, 3rd week, Hilary 2024)
Speaker : Professor Alec Ryrie, FBA (Durham University)
Venue: Examination Schools, 75-81 High Street OX1 4BG
Venue Details: South School
Organisers: TBA
Hosts: TBA

Friday 2 February 2024 (3rd Week, Hilary Term)

2021 Annual Uehiro Lectures in Practical Ethics: The Persistence of Racism in Liberal Societies: Education, Health Care, and Policing (3/3)
Date: 2 February 2024, 16:30 - 18:30 (Friday, 3rd week, Hilary 2024)
Speaker : Professor Howard McGary (Rutgers University)
Venue: Rewley House, 1-7 Wellington Square OX1 2JA
Venue Details: Lecture Theatre, Continuing Education
Organiser: Professor Roger Crisp (University of Oxford)
Host: Professor Roger Crisp (University of Oxford)

Thursday 8 February 2024 (4th Week, Hilary Term)

James Ford Lecture 4: Language
Date: 8 February 2024, 17:00 - 18:00 (Thursday, 4th week, Hilary 2024)
Speaker : Professor Alec Ryrie, FBA (Durham University)
Venue: Examination Schools, 75-81 High Street OX1 4BG
Venue Details: South School
Organisers: TBA
Hosts: TBA

Ernest Bevin (1881-1951): political biography and grand international narrative
Date: 8 February 2024, 17:00 - 18:00 (Thursday, 4th week, Hilary 2024)
Speaker : Anne Deighton (Oxford)
Venue: History Faculty, George Street OX1 2RL
Venue Details: Rees Davies Room
Organisers: TBA
Hosts: TBA

Monday 12 February 2024 (5th Week, Hilary Term)

Fishing for the Past: Histories of Maritime Archaeology and Anthropology in the Indian Ocean
Date: 12 February 2024, 15:00 - 16:00 (Monday, 5th week, Hilary 2024)
Speaker : Tamara Fernando (Stoney Brook University)
Venue Details: Online
Organisers: TBA
Hosts: TBA

Thursday 15 February 2024 (5th Week, Hilary Term)

James Ford Lecture 5: Enslavement
Date: 15 February 2024, 17:00 - 18:00 (Thursday, 5th week, Hilary 2024)
Speaker : Professor Alec Ryrie, FBA (Durham University)
Venue: Examination Schools, 75-81 High Street OX1 4BG
Venue Details: South School
Organisers: TBA
Hosts: TBA

A Quest for Purity: vegetarianism between Europe, South Asia, and the United States (c. 1850–1957)
Date: 15 February 2024, 17:00 - 18:00 (Thursday, 5th week, Hilary 2024)
Speaker : Julia Hauser (Kassel)
Venue: History Faculty, George Street OX1 2RL
Venue Details: Rees Davies Room
Organisers: TBA
Hosts: TBA

Tuesday 20 February 2024 (6th Week, Hilary Term)

Special Lecture: Thinking about 1848
Date: 20 February 2024, 17:00 - 18:00 (Tuesday, 6th week, Hilary 2024)
Speaker : Chris Clark
Venue: Worcester College, Walton Street OX1 2HB
Venue Details: Sultan Nazrin Shah Conference Centre
Organisers: TBA
Hosts: TBA

Thursday 22 February 2024 (6th Week, Hilary Term)

France on Trial: the case of Marshall Petain
Date: 22 February 2024, 17:00 - 18:00 (Thursday, 6th week, Hilary 2024)
Speaker : Julian Jackson (QMUL)
Venue: History Faculty, George Street OX1 2RL
Venue Details: Rees Davies Room
Organisers: TBA
Hosts: TBA

James Ford Lecture 6: A new phase
Date: 22 February 2024, 17:00 - 18:00 (Thursday, 6th week, Hilary 2024)
Speaker : Professor Alec Ryrie, FBA (Durham University)
Venue: Examination Schools, 75-81 High Street OX1 4BG
Venue Details: South School
Organisers: TBA
Hosts: TBA

The Vagueness of Demandingness Objections
Date: 22 February 2024, 17:00 - 18:00 (Thursday, 6th week, Hilary 2024)
Speaker : Professor Marcel van Ackeren (Oxford Uehiro Centre Research Associate; Senior Lecturer for Ethics at the Faculty of Chemistry and Pharmacy at Wuerzburg University)
Venue: St Cross College, St Giles OX1 3LZ
Venue Details: Lecture Theatre
Organiser: Dr Hazem Zohny (University of Oxford)
Host: Dr Hazem Zohny (University of Oxford)

Monday 26 February 2024 (7th Week, Hilary Term)

Persianate Luxury: The Tangible and Intangible Legacy of the Indian Ocean Wine Trade
Date: 26 February 2024, 15:00 - 16:00 (Monday, 7th week, Hilary 2024)
Speaker : Peter Good (Tokyo University of Foreign Studies)
Venue Details: Online
Organisers: TBA
Hosts: TBA

Thursday 29 February 2024 (7th Week, Hilary Term)

What are hate pictures against Jews? Understanding the visual history of Antisemitism
Date: 29 February 2024, 17:00 - 18:00 (Thursday, 7th week, Hilary 2024)
Speaker : Uffa Jensen (Technical University, Berlin)
Venue: History Faculty, George Street OX1 2RL
Venue Details: Rees Davies Room
Organisers: TBA
Hosts: TBA

Monday 4 March 2024 (8th Week, Hilary Term)

2023 Annual Uehiro Lectures in Practical Ethics: Knowledge and Achievement as Organic Goods (1/3)
Date: 4 March 2024, 16:30 - 18:15 (Monday, 8th week, Hilary 2024)
Speaker : Professor Thomas Hurka
Venue: H B Allen Centre,
Venue Details: Lecture Theatre
Organiser: Professor Roger Crisp (University of Oxford)
Host: Professor Roger Crisp (University of Oxford)

Wednesday 6 March 2024 (8th Week, Hilary Term)

2023 Annual Uehiro Lectures in Practical Ethics: Degrees of Value in Knowledge and Achievement (2/3)
Date: 6 March 2024, 16:30 - 18:15 (Wednesday, 8th week, Hilary 2024)
Speaker : Professor Thomas Hurka
Venue: H B Allen Centre,
Venue Details: Lecture Theatre
Organiser: Professor Roger Crisp (University of Oxford)
Host: Professor Roger Crisp (University of Oxford)

In Conversation: Robert Gildea & Jim Philips, 'Backbone of the Nation. Mining Communities and the Great Strike of 1984-85'
Date: 6 March 2024, 17:00 - 18:00 (Wednesday, 8th week, Hilary 2024)
Speaker s: Robert Gildea, Jim Philips
Venue: Worcester College, Walton Street OX1 2HB
Venue Details: Sultan Nazrin Shah Conference Centre
Organisers: TBA
Hosts: TBA

Thursday 7 March 2024 (8th Week, Hilary Term)

The Changing Shapes of European History: The Modern European History Seminar since the 1980s
Date: 7 March 2024, 17:00 - 18:00 (Thursday, 8th week, Hilary 2024)
Speaker s: Martin Conway (Oxford), Tom Buchanan (Oxford)
Venue: History Faculty, George Street OX1 2RL
Venue Details: Rees Davies Room
Organisers: TBA
Hosts: TBA

Friday 8 March 2024 (8th Week, Hilary Term)

2023 Annual Uehiro Lectures in Practical Ethics: Knowledge and Achievement as Public Policy Goals (3/3)
Date: 8 March 2024, 16:30 - 18:15 (Friday, 8th week, Hilary 2024)
Speaker : Professor Thomas Hurka
Venue: H B Allen Centre,
Venue Details: Lecture Theatre
Organiser: Professor Roger Crisp (University of Oxford)
Host: Professor Roger Crisp (University of Oxford)

Tuesday 23 April 2024 (1st Week, Trinity Term)

Chokepoints: Temporalities of Navigation in the Red Sea
Date: 23 April 2024, 15:00 - 16:00 (Tuesday, 1st week, Trinity 2024)
Speaker : Jatin Dua (University of Michigan)
Venue Details: Online
Organiser: Itamar Toussia Cohen (Brasenose College)
Hosts: TBA

Monday 6 May 2024 (3rd Week, Trinity Term)

Cosmopolitan Graves: Thamboosamy Pillai and Legacy Making and Unmaking in British Malaya
Date: 6 May 2024, 15:00 - 16:00 (Monday, 3rd week, Trinity 2024)
Speaker : Julia Stephens (Rutgers University)
Venue Details: Online
Organiser: Itamar Toussia Cohen (Brasenose College)
Hosts: TBA

Monday 20 May 2024 (5th Week, Trinity Term)

Itinerant Belonging: Gujarat’s Merchant Havelis and Occluded Histories of Indian Ocean Capitalism
Date: 20 May 2024, 15:00 - 16:00 (Monday, 5th week, Trinity 2024)
Speaker : Ketaki Pant (University of Southern California)
Venue Details: Online
Organiser: Itamar Toussia Cohen (Brasenose College)
Hosts: TBA

Monday 3 June 2024 (7th Week, Trinity Term)

A Climate of State-Building in Equatorial Eastern Africa c.1840-1875
Date: 3 June 2024, 15:00 - 16:00 (Monday, 7th week, Trinity 2024)
Speaker : Phillip Gooding (McGill University)
Venue Details: Online
Organiser: Itamar Toussia Cohen (Brasenose College)
Hosts: TBA