A lecture by Christian Thielemann Humanitas Visiting Professor in Opera Studies 2015-2016 Christian Thielemann discusses the commonalities and differences between Wagner and Strauss at a lecture on 21 January 2016.
Humanitas Visting Professor Stephen Greenblatt discusses whether humanities are important. Humanitas Visiting Professor in Museums, Galleries, and Libraries 2015-2016, Stephen Greenblatt, discusses whether humanities are important in a time when they are most pervasive in society, and when there seems to be a shrinking of public support for them.
Humanitas Visiting Professor in Opera Studies Renée Fleming, in conversation with Edward Seckerson.
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 run throughout Reichardt’s five feature films: River of Grass (Strand Releasing, 1994), Old Joy (Kino International, 2006), Wendy and Lucy (Oscilloscope Pictures, 2008), Meek’s Cutoff (Oscilloscope Pictures, 2010) and Night Moves (Cinedigm, 2013); and the short narrative Ode (1999). Kelly has taught at School of Visual...
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, Ashmolean Museum of Art and Archaeology, Oxford).
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 Islamism
Former Director of the National Security Agency and Central Intelligence Agency General Hayden gives a talk for the Humanitas visiting professorship in Intelligence Studies
Rowan Williams, visiting professor in Interfaith Studies, gives a lecture on religious beliefs and human flourishing
Rowan Williams, visiting professor in Interfaith Studies, in conversation with Channel 4 News anchor Jon Snow
Dr Williams, Master of Magdalene College, University of Cambridge, gives a talk on religious belief and how it relates to power in sociey
Don Paterson, acclaimed poet, gives the fourth and final lecture for Humanitas lecture series on Comparative European Literature.
Don Paterson, acclaimed poet, gives the third lecture for Humanitas lecture series on Comparative European Literature.
Don Paterson, acclaimed poet, gives the second lecture for Humanitas lecture series on Comparative European Literature.
Gerard Mortier in conversation with Ashutosh Khandekar, Editor of Opera Now followed by a roundtable discussion with Hugo Shirley, Deputy-Editor of Opera magazine.
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 on Opera Studies.
Gerard Mortier gives a lecture about Opera for the Humanitas lecture series on Opera Studies.
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 'You Talkin' to Me'. Students from Oxford University Drama Society take part.
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 audience.
Don Paterson, acclaimed poet, gives a lecture for Humanitas lecture series on Comparative European Literature.
Filmmaker Michael Winterbottom hosts a workshop on Film for the Humanitas lecture series on Film and Television.
Filmmaker Michael Winterbottom gives a talk for the Humanitas lecture series on Film and Television.
Professor Abdou Filali-Ansary gives a lecture for the Humanitas lecture series on Interfaith Studies.
Professor Abdou Filali-Ansary gives a lecture for the Humanitas lecture series on Interfaith Studies.
Professor Abdou Filali-Ansary gives a lecture for the Humanitas lecture series on Interfaith Studies.
Professor Abdou Filali-Ansary gives a lecture for the Humanitas lecture series on Interfaith Studies.
Symposium with Imogen Cooper actor, Simon Callow, musicologist, Professor Eric Clarke and Professor Jason Stanyek.
Imogen Cooper, 'Recognized worldwide as a pianist of virtuosity and poetic poise', gives a lecture for the Humanitas lecture series on Classical Music and Music Education.
Professor Sir Christopher Bayly gives a talk for the Humanitias lecture series in Historiography with a response from Dr Faisal Devji.
A symposium with William Kentridge, Ivo Mesquita and Estrella de Diego Otero, chaired by Shearer West on Thursday 9 May 2013 in the Grove Auditorium, Magdalen College, Oxford.
Double inaugural lecture with William Kentridge and Ivo Mesquita, chaired by Seamus Perry.
