Humanitas - Visiting Professorships at the Universities of Oxford and Cambridge

Humanitas - Visiting Professorships at the Universities of Oxford and Cambridge

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May 28, 2013 In Conversation: Writing the History of Reason
Professor Lorraine Daston in conversation with Professor Sally Shuttleworth.
35 min
May 28, 2013 Symposium - The New History of Scientific Experience: Observing, Experimenting, Collecting, Representing and Reading in Early Modern Europe
With Professor Lorraine Daston, Dr Simon Werrett (UCL), Dr Rhodri Lewis (Oxford), Dr Sachiko Kusukawa (Cambridge) and Prof Martin Mulsow (Erfurt), chaired by Prof Laurence Brockliss (Oxford).
1 hr 5 min
November 15, 2012 Mark Thompson (Symposium): Politics and Language - Friends or Enemies?
Symposium following Mark Thompson's series of talks for the Humanitas Programme. With Polly Toynbee, Gus O'Donnell, David Willetts MP and chaired by Andrew Marr. Mark's series of lectures is entitled "The Cloud of Unknowing: Policy, rhetoric and public bewilderment".
1 hr 3 min
November 15, 2012 Mark Thompson: Not in my name
In his third lecture, Mark Thompson looks at what happens when modern rhetoric and morality collide, taking the wars in Iraq and Afghanistan as his principal examples. Mark's series of lectures is entitled "The Cloud of Unknowing: Policy, rhetoric and public bewilderment".
53 min
November 15, 2012 Mark Thompson: Not in my name (Transcript)
In his third lecture, Mark Thompson looks at what happens when modern rhetoric and morality collide, taking the wars in Iraq and Afghanistan as his principal examples. Mark's series of lectures is entitled "The Cloud of Unknowing: Policy, rhetoric and public bewilderment". Creative Commons Attribution-Non-Commercial-Share Alike 2.0 UK: England & Wales; http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-nc-sa/2.0/uk/
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November 15, 2012 Mark Thompson: Consign it to the flames
Almost everyone accepts that science is our most authoritative guide to understanding the world so why is it so disputed when it comes to public policy? Mark Thompson examines what's happened to the 'argument from authority' in modern rhetoric. Mark's series of lectures is entitled "The Cloud of Unknowing: Policy, rhetoric and public bewilderment".
51 min
November 15, 2012 Mark Thompson: Consign it to the flames (Transcript)
Almost everyone accepts that science is our most authoritative guide to understanding the world so why is it so disputed when it comes to public policy? Mark Thompson examines what's happened to the 'argument from authority' in modern rhetoric. Mark's series of lectures is entitled "The Cloud of Unknowing: Policy, rhetoric and public bewilderment". Creative Commons Attribution-Non-Commercial-Share Alike 2.0 UK: England & Wales; http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-nc-sa/2.0/uk/
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November 15, 2012 Mark Thompson: Inaugural Lecture - Is Plato winning the argument?
Drawing in particular on recent examples from American and British healthcare reform, Mark Thompson asks whether the language of politics is changing in ways which threaten public understanding of and engagement with the most important issues of the day. Mark's series of lectures is entitled "The Cloud of Unknowing: Policy, rhetoric and public bewilderment".
1 hr 1 min
November 15, 2012 Mark Thompson: Inaugural Lecture - Is Plato winning the argument? (Transcript)
Drawing in particular on recent examples from American and British healthcare reform, Mark Thompson asks whether the language of politics is changing in ways which threaten public understanding of and engagement with the most important issues of the day. Mark's series of lectures is entitled "The Cloud of Unknowing: Policy, rhetoric and public bewilderment". Creative Commons Attribution-Non-Commercial-Share Alike 2.0 UK: England & Wales; http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-nc-sa/2.0/uk/
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November 12, 2012 Lessons on Capital Flows and Financial Stability
Professor Hyun Song Shin, Hughes-Rogers Professor of Economics at Princeton University, gives a talk for the Humanitas Professorship on Economic Thought.
59 min

About Humanitas - Visiting Professorships at the Universities of Oxford and Cambridge

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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.

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