Torch - The Oxford Research Centre In The Humanities
About Torch - The Oxford Research Centre In The Humanities
TORCH | The Oxford Research Centre in the Humanities supports interdisciplinary research across the University of Oxford and the wider public.
Torch - The Oxford Research Centre In The Humanities Description
Based at the historic Radcliffe Humanities Building, TORCH provides an important opportunity for Oxford’s humanities scholars to collaborate with researchers in other colleges, disciplines, divisions and institutions, and to engage with non-academic partners and the wider public. Through provision of seminar rooms, start-up funding, administrative support and publicity, the Centre enables new communities of scholars to generate and develop cross-disciplinary research agendas. TORCH already sponsors nine exciting new research networks, some major research programmes such as environment and the humanities, and seven AHRC /TORCH cultural engagement fellows.
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Is your research about discoveries and secrets? We'd love to hear from you about taking part in our public late night event, as part of the national Being Human Festival 2019!
Last year's Victorian Light Night attracted 2,500+ visitors. Find out more below and get in touch if you're interested.
📸: Photo by Stuart Bebb
Booking is now open for Women and Violence in the Late Medieval Mediterranean, a conference exploring how far the roots of modern assumptions concerning women and violence may be found in the late medieval Mediterranean.
With 2019 marking the 150th anniversary of the death of French poet, Alphonse de Lamartine, we're co-hosting two events: a programme of songs to words by Lamartine, and a lecture on his poetry and its musical incarnations.
29 October 2019 | Lecture 5pm | Concert 8pm
We're partnering with the Ashmolean Museum for a special late-night event on the theme of their new exhibition, Last Supper in Pompeii – Exhibition. We're looking for students and researchers interested in running public engagement activities to bring the exhibition to life.
All welcome - come join researchers at the Bodleian for the Lunar Activity Day
TALK | How to ‘edit’ a large digital edition: the case of the Newton Project
In this lecture on Thursday 25 July, Professor Rob Iliffe will discuss the ideas and principles that have guided the design and management of the Newton Project over more than two decades.
Check out Dr Vicky McGuinness and Professor Sally Shuttleworth in this video talking about Victorian Light Night, which just won a Vice-Chancellor's Public Engagement with Research Award!
Read more on our website: https://torch.ox.ac.uk/…/victorian-spee d-of-life-project-wi… #OxVCawards
Join Beyond the Binary - Pitt Rivers on Friday 12 July for an event at the Pitt Rivers Museum. Expect a relaxed evening event for the new and existing partners and those interested in getting involved with the project. Refreshments provided.
Beyond the Binary is a National Lottery Heritage Fund-supported project to Queer and Question collections and displays in collaboration with the LGBTI+ community.
Explore Oxford's #Mindgrowing Gardens, Libraries and Museums this summer!
50+ family events are happening across seven venues, many of which are FREE. Collect prizes by discovering 14 of the most mindgrowing wonders with the brand new Wonder Trail! Find out more: http://mindgrowing.org
Join four Oxford University researchers for a night of extracurricular entertainment at the Offbeat Festival 2019 as they explore life’s big questions through drama, comedy and live music!
JC Niala takes audiences on an edible immersive theatre experience that highlights the parallels between gardens and the human experience; Deborah Cameron and William Watson each deliver stand-up routines about their lives as English Professors and medical doctors; and Paul Lodge performs a selection of songs from his philosophical poetry project Cantat Ergo Sumus with the help of local heroes Flights of Helios.
Book now via the link below!
Hear from the brilliant Professor Joy Owen - TORCH Global South Visiting Professor 2019 - at the AfOx Event
On Wednesday, Explore Ensemble join forces with EXPO Oxford to present an evening of new works with experimental technology - featuring an embedded robotic piano machine, Virtual Reality scores, live electronics, and video - all intertwined with acoustic instruments in live performance.
7pm, Wednesday 19 June | Jacqueline du Pre Music Building
Join the Oxford Queer Studies Network and Beyond the Binary - Pitt Rivers tomorrow for Beyond the Binary: Alternative Pride Talks.
This event will look at alternative possibilities to mainstream pride and better representation within the community. In addition, there will be an opportunity to look at the heritage of LGBTQ+ activism through material culture.
Huge congratulations to the National Trust Partnership team, who were named Knowledge Exchange Partnership of the Year at the #KEAwards19!
TOUR | What does a real crystal ball look like? Why might you slip a love potion into Gillywater? Where does the exchange rate for Wizarding money come from?
Find out about the history behind the Hogwarts adventures in this tour at the Ashmolean Museum on 28 June.
5:45PM TONIGHT | Limited tickets remaining for 'Black Female Intellectuals in the Historical and Contemporary Context', with Prof. Barbara D. Savage in conversation with Bonnie Greer, OBE.