The Bodleian Libraries (BODcasts)

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The Bodleian Libraries (BODcasts) episodes

May 06, 2015 Oxford Figures: 800 Years of the Mathematical Sciences
Professor Robin Wilson, author of Alice's Adventures in Numberland, gives a talk on the history of studying Mathematics at Oxford, which is as old as the University itself.
39 min
November 14, 2014 The Lives of Harold Macmillan and Roy Jenkins
Political biographers D R Thorpe and John Campbell speak about their subjects' careers culminating in the role of Chancellor of the University of Oxford. The discussion was chaired by Lord Patten of Barnes.
1 hr 1 min
November 12, 2014 Conscription and Conscientious Objection
In this short talk Professor Martin Ceadel, Fellow and Tutor in Politics, New College, Oxford discusses the issue of military conscription and conscientious objection during the first world war.
34 min
November 12, 2014 The Problem with Propaganda
Dr Adrian Gregory, Fellow and Tutor in History, Pembroke College, Oxford discusses the use of propaganda by all sides during the first world war.
23 min
October 30, 2014 The Meaning of 1914
A conversation between Professor Sir Hew Strachan and Professor Margaret MacMillan, chaired by Professor Patricia Clavin.
46 min
June 05, 2014 Self-publishing in 18th-century Paris and London
Marie-Claude Felton, Royal Bank of Canada-Bodleian Visiting Scholar, gives a talk for the Bodleian Library BODcasts series
44 min
June 05, 2014 Self-publishing in 18th-century Paris and London (Slides)
Marie-Claude Felton, Royal Bank of Canada-Bodleian Visiting Scholar, gives a talk for the Bodleian Library BODcasts series
0 min
March 27, 2014 How to make your own eyeglasses for about one pound: an Oxford technology created to benefit the developing World
Professor Joshua Silver talks about his invention of the self adjusting spectacles.
32 min
February 07, 2014 Lord Nuffield's Legacy to Oxford
Dr Eric Sidebottom, Retired University Lecturer in Experimental Pathology, gives a lunch time talk to accompany the exhibition 'Great Medical Discoveries: 800 Years of Oxford Innovation'.
33 min
June 06, 2013 Once and Future Arthurs - Arthurian Literature for Children
Anna Caughey gives a lecture at the Bodleian Library looking at the varying spectrum of literature about King Arthur written for children.
32 min

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The Bodleian Libraries at the University of Oxford is the largest university library system in the United Kingdom. It includes the principal University library - the Bodleian Library - which has been…