Professor Adam Smith gives a talk to alumni entitled "How bad is the current crisis of American democracy?" The current sense of crisis is driven by the anxiety about creeping authoritarianism and corruption, a dis-informed electorate and unaccountable social media giants. But American democracy has always been ‘in crisis’ ever since the idea of the US as a ‘democracy’ emerged in the 1830s. How does the current sense of crisis compare to those of the past, and does the US any longer have the res...
Oct 04, 2019•40 min
Noeleen Heyzer gives the 2016 Devaki Jain Lecture. Noeleen Heyzer is former Under-Secretary-General of the United Nations. Born in Singapore, she was the first woman from the South to head the United Nations Development Fund for Women and the first woman to head the Economic and Social Commission for Asia Pacific since its founding in 1947. Noeleen Heyzer is an active member of the women’s movement in her region and carried that passion into the UN.
Mar 10, 2017•33 min
The 2016 St Anne's Gaudy Seminar. With Helen Ghosh (Director-General of the National Trust), Caroline Stanford (Historian and Head of Engagement at The Landmark Trust), Liane Hartley (Co-Founder of Mend) and Dr Michael Fradley (Research Assistant on ‘Endangered Archaeology’ project).
Nov 15, 2016•1 hr 4 min
Talk given by the former German Ambassador, Georg Boomgaarden, at St Anne's College in November 2014. Part of the inaugural international seminar and dinner at the College.
Mar 11, 2015•31 min
Kathryn Sutherland, Drummond Moir and Sara Lloyd give talk for the St Anne's college Alumni Weekend 2014
Oct 15, 2014•43 min
Professor Sally Shuttleworth, Head of the Humanities Division, gives a talk for the St Anne's Alumni Weekend 2014
Oct 15, 2014•51 min
Dr Sarah Waters (Fellow and Tutor in Applied Mathematics) gives a talk for the St Anne's College Maths reunion
Feb 03, 2014•22 min
Dr Graham Nelson (Supernumerary Fellow and Lecturer in Mathematics), gives a talk for the St Anne's College Maths reunion
Feb 03, 2014•34 min
Junaid Mubeen (Mathematics, 2004), gives a talk for the St Anne's College MAthematics reuion
Feb 03, 2014•30 min
Matthew Reynolds, Fellow and Tutor in English Language and Literature, Oxford, gives a talk for the 2013 Oxford Alumni Weekend. Translations are never as good as their originals - or so we tend to think. But why should that be? Surely translation can involve gain as well as loss? But, if it does that, doesn't it stop being translation and turn into something else: a 'version', 'interpretation' or 'poem in its own right'? The 2013 St Anne's Founding Fellows Lecture will explore these questions wi...
Oct 29, 2013•1 hr 4 min
The St Anne's Gaudy Seminar explores the topic of food security, focusing in particular on sustainability, supply and demand, and aid and trade. How will science, ecology and consumers have an impact on how food is produced and distributed?
Sep 30, 2013•45 min
A lecture exploring the differences and similarities between the rich and poor of Dickens' era and that of today. Alison Jackson, Jane Humphries, Helen Small and Paul Donovan bring forward their views in a panel discussion.
Oct 15, 2012•1 hr 4 min
A talk from Matthew Leigh, Fellow and Tutor from St Anne's College, Oxford University, on Military Ethics; taken from the Alumni Weekend 2012.
Oct 15, 2012•54 min
A discussion with Professor Dame Linda Partridge and Professor Jean Golding which took place on Saturday 19th May as part of St Anne's 60th anniversary celebrations.
Jul 30, 2012
A discussion with Professor Dame Linda Partridge and Professor Jean Golding which took place on Saturday 19th May as part of St Anne's 60th anniversary celebrations.
Jul 30, 2012
A discussion with Professor Dame Linda Partridge and Professor Jean Golding which took place on Saturday 19th May as part of St Anne's 60th anniversary celebrations.
Jul 30, 2012•55 min
A discussion with Dame Penelope Lively and Professor Patrick McGuinness which took place on Saturday 19th May as part of St Anne's 60th anniversary celebrations.
Jul 30, 2012•38 min
Samantha Ackermere, a student at St Anne's College, Oxford, gives a talk on project management relative to large, complex projects.
Apr 26, 2012•17 min
April Pierce, DPhil Researcher at St Anne's College, Oxford, gives a talk on Metaphor and Synesthesia, a neurological condition.
Apr 26, 2012•18 min
Kathleen Lennon, Philosophy, University of Hull gives a Special Philosophy Seminar at St Anne's. Introduced by Roger Crisp, Oxford and featuring responses from Constantine Sandis and Dawn Wilson.
Mar 05, 2012•46 min
An interview with the philosopher Gabriele Taylor (Senior Research Fellow at St Anne's) conducted by Dr Nigel Bowles (Director of the Rothermere American Institute).
Sep 20, 2011•24 min
Professor Neil MacFarlane, Fellow in International Relations gives a talk on Humanitarian aid, the responsibility of the international community to protect individuals and groups on 18th June 2011.
Jun 28, 2011•48 min
From the St Anne's Classics Reunion. The role of costume in Roman comedy by Professor Matthew Leigh.
Mar 09, 2011•46 min
From the St Anne's Classics Reunion. The role of swords in Greek tragedy by Dr Rosie Wyles.
Mar 09, 2011•48 min
From the 2010 Alumni Weekend. Marjorie Reeves Memorial lecture given in St Anne's College. Mark Bostridge, author of the first major biography of Florence Nightingale in 50 years talks about the great woman's life and character.
Oct 25, 2010•52 min
Roger Crisp gives a talk on business ethics as part of the Said Business School's Seminar - The ethics of reputation and the reputation of ethics: oxymoron or research subject?
May 27, 2010•24 min
Peter McDonald and Liora Lazarus discuss the legal issues of state censorship especially in Apartheid era South Africa.
Nov 17, 2009•34 min
Frances Cairncross, Rector of Exeter College and former managing editor of The Economist talks about the role of a College in teaching and research.
May 26, 2009•17 min
Peter Donnelly, one of the UK's leading statisticians and geneticists, discusses his involvement in recent projects aimed at understanding the genetics of common human diseases.
Apr 29, 2009•58 min
Roger Crisp, Uehiro Fellow and Tutor in Philosophy, discusses the ethics of Aristotle.
Sep 12, 2008•20 min
