During Michaelmas Term, OxTalks will be moving to a new platform (full details are available on the Staff Gateway).
For now, continue using the current page and event submission process (freeze period dates to be advised).
If you have any questions, please contact halo@digital.ox.ac.uk
Thursday 25 May
09:00-09:30 Registration and Coffee
09:30-10:00 Introduction and Problematique, Maximilian Lau (Worcester College, Oxford) and Gregory Lippiatt (University of Exeter)
10:00-10:30 Coffee
10:30-11:15 Political argumentation in the 1150s and 1160s: the example of the Saint-Victor Register
Alice Taylor (King’s College London)
11:15-12:00 The Maliks of Hindustan: A New Conquest Nobility?
Abhishek Kaicker (UC Berkeley) and Hasan Siddiqui (University of British Columbia)
12:00-12:30 Questions and Discussion
12:30-13:30 Lunch
13:30-14:15 Benevolent Elites? Shared Rulership and Privileges in Early Medieval Japan
Mickey Adolphson (University of Cambridge)
14:15-15:00 The Kouroukan Fouga and Oral History: Further Reflections on African Narratives of Noblesse oblige
Adam Simmons (Nottingham Trent University)
15:00-15:30 Questions and Discussion
15:30-16:00 Tea
16:00 Optional Visit to Oriel College Archives (Magna Carta, Papal Bulls and More)
19:00 Speakers’ Dinner
To express interest in attending for one or more days, please email mailto:max.lau@worc.ox.ac.uk
