Humanitas - Visiting Professorships at the Universities of Oxford and Cambridge
by Oxford University · 71 episodes
Education
Humanitas is a series of Visiting Professorships at Oxford and Cambridge intended to bring leading practitioners and scholars to both universities to address major themes in the arts, social sciences and humanities. Created by Lord Weidenfeld, the Programme is managed and funded by the Institute for Strategic Dialogue with the support of a series of generous benefactors and administered by the Humanities Division in Oxford and the Centre for Research in the Arts, Social Sciences and Humanities (CRASSH) in Cambridge. Humanitas will welcome some twenty Visiting Professors, who will be appointed for a given academic year and invited to deliver...
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A Conductor's Point of View
A lecture by Christian Thielemann Humanitas Visiting Professor in Opera Studies 2015-2016 Christian Thielemann discusses the commonalities and differences between Wagner and Straus…
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3 min
Humanities. Are they important?
Humanitas Visting Professor Stephen Greenblatt discusses whether humanities are important. Humanitas Visiting Professor in Museums, Galleries, and Libraries 2015-2016, Stephen Gree…
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46 min
Renée Fleming, "In Conversation"
Humanitas Visiting Professor in Opera Studies Renée Fleming, in conversation with Edward Seckerson.
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1 h 18
Kelly Reichardt "In Conversation"
Filmmaker and Humanitas Visiting Professor in Film and Television, Kelly Reichardt, in conversation about her films. American landscapes and narratives of the road are themes that…
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57 min
Michael Govan lecture - "A View from the Pacific: Re-envisioning the Art Museum"
The Director of the Los Angeles County Museum gives a talk for the Humanitas Visiting Professorship in Museums, Galleries and Libraries. Chaired by Christopher Brown (Director, Ash…
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1 h 01
General Hayden, Lecture: "Terrorism and Islam's Civil War: Whither the Threat?"
Former Director of the National Security Agency and Central Intelligence Agency General Hayden gives a talk for the Humanitas visiting professorship in Intelligence Studies and Isl…
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46 min
General Hayden, Lecture: "My Government, My Security and Me"
Former Director of the National Security Agency and Central Intelligence Agency General Hayden gives a talk for the Humanitas visiting professorship in Intelligence Studies
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1 h 25
Rowan Williams, Lecture: ‘Faith and Human Flourishing: religious belief and ideals of maturity’?
Rowan Williams, visiting professor in Interfaith Studies, gives a lecture on religious beliefs and human flourishing
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12 min
Rowan Williams, In Conversation with Jon Snow
Rowan Williams, visiting professor in Interfaith Studies, in conversation with Channel 4 News anchor Jon Snow
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4 min
Rowan Williams; Faith, Force and Authority: does religious belief change our understanding of how power works…
Dr Williams, Master of Magdalene College, University of Cambridge, gives a talk on religious belief and how it relates to power in sociey
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52 min
The Domain of the Poem: Lyric, Sign, Meaning and Rhythm in Contemporary Ars Poetica (4)
Don Paterson, acclaimed poet, gives the fourth and final lecture for Humanitas lecture series on Comparative European Literature.
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57 min
The Domain of the Poem: Lyric, Sign, Meaning and Rhythm in Contemporary Ars Poetica (3)
Don Paterson, acclaimed poet, gives the third lecture for Humanitas lecture series on Comparative European Literature.
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54 min
The Domain of the Poem: Lyric, Sign, Meaning and Rhythm in Contemporary Ars Poetica (2)
Don Paterson, acclaimed poet, gives the second lecture for Humanitas lecture series on Comparative European Literature.
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1 h 26
In conversation: Music theatre between opera and drama - Contemporary opera, modern staging, bad or good publi…
Gerard Mortier in conversation with Ashutosh Khandekar, Editor of Opera Now followed by a roundtable discussion with Hugo Shirley, Deputy-Editor of Opera magazine.
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1 h 34
In conversation 'Mozart, our contemporary'
Gerard Mortier in discussion with Adeline Mueller, Weston Junior Research Fellow (Music), about Mozart and his influence on Classical music as part of the Humanitas lecture series…
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1 h 05
The Salzburg Festival - circa 100 years after Hofmannsthal's idea about the festival
Gerard Mortier gives a lecture about Opera for the Humanitas lecture series on Opera Studies.
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1 h 07
Acting Masterclass: "Lend me your ears"
A practical Masterclass with Greg Doran from the Royal Shakespeare Company on how Shakespeare spins rhetoric for the actor, with Sam Leith, journalist and writer, and author of 'Yo…
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1 h 35
Acting Masterclass: 'Pyramus, you begin'
A practical Masterclass looking at what clues Shakespeare puts into the verse for the actor. Students from Oxford University Drama Society will take part in the masterclass with an…
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1 h 04
The Domain of the Poem: Lyric, Sign, Meaning and Rhythm in Contemporary Ars Poetica (1)
Don Paterson, acclaimed poet, gives a lecture for Humanitas lecture series on Comparative European Literature.
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1 h 25
Film Workshop: the cinema of Michael Winterbottom
Filmmaker Michael Winterbottom hosts a workshop on Film for the Humanitas lecture series on Film and Television.