Lecture 11: History of the Department of Engineering Science
Dr Alastair Howatson on the "History of the Department of Engineering Science". The lecture inclined to the earlier days of Oxford engineering rather than the more familiar recent history. The University produced engineers, not always so-called, long before 1908 and engineering was taught from 1886 although there was no formal school. Jenkin, the first professor, was elected in 1908 after years of frustrated attempts to found a chair; he combined high mathematical qualifications with years of in
The Hall of Four: politics, faith and daily life in a northern Chinese village
Second lecture in the Martin D'Arcy Memorial lecture series on contemporary Chinese perspectives on Christianity in China. In this lecture, Dr Wu looks at the spread of christianity in china despite persecutions in the 18th and 19th century
The Museum of the History of Science: An Introduction
Short video presented by Jim Bennett, Director of the Museum of the History of Science, looking into the history of the museum and some of its curiosities
Dying for Islam: An Alternative History (12 Feb 2010)
Dr Faisal Devji, from the Department of History and Anthropology at St Antony's College, Oxford, gave an Anthropology Departmental Seminar on 12 February 2010 entitled 'Dying for Islam: An Alternative History.
He's got the whole world in his hands: US History and its discontents in the Obama Era
Robin Kelley's inaugral lecture comments on the absence of discussion about race as connected to Barak Obama's presidency, particularly in light of American history and politics.
The Ashmolean Museum and the Museum of Natural History
An introduction to the Ashmolean Museum and the Museum of Natural History
History of Key Institutions IMF/World Bank/G8/G20 - What Why When?
Ngaire Woods, Jeni Whalen and Christina Ward discuss some of the key institutions and groups who are responding to the financial crisis.
Art and History: Martin Kemp - Part 1
First of a two-part valedictory lecture delivered by Martin Kemp, Emeritus Professor in the History of Art, Oxford University.
A romp through the history of philosophy from the Pre-Socratics to the present day.
A romp through the history of philosophy from the Pre-Socratics to the present day.
He's got the whole world in his hands: US History and its discontents in the Obama Era
Robin Kelley's inaugral lecture comments on the absence of discussion about race as connected to Barak Obama's presidency, particularly in light of American history and politics.
He's got the whole world in his hands: US History and its discontents in the Obama Era
Robin Kelley's inaugral lecture comments on the absence of discussion about race as connected to Barak Obama's presidency, particularly in light of American history and politics.
A History of the County of Middlesex: Volume 8 - Islington and Stoke Newington parishes
The volume is the first to cover parts of Middlesex which lay from 1889 until 1965 within the administrative county of London, with histories of the parishes of Islington and Stoke Newington.
A History of the County of Oxford: Volume 12 - Wootton Hundred (South) including Woodstock
The Victoria County History's account of the Borough of New Woodstock
A History of the County of Stafford: Volume 9 - Burton-upon-Trent
This volume covers the town of Burton-upon-Trent on the county's eastern boundary, along with its suburbs and satellite villages on either side of the river, including Stapenhill which was formerly in a separate parish in Derbyshire.
A History of the County of Somerset: Volume 8 - The Poldens and the Levels
Somerset's Polden hills divide the county's central marshlands, Sedgemoor to the south and the Brue Valley to the north.
A History of the County of Oxford: Volume 13 - Bampton Hundred (Part One)
Covers the area of the sixteen ancient parishes of Bampton hundred, in the west of the county, bordering onto Gloucestershire to the west and Berkshire to the south.
A History of the County of Gloucester: Volume 10 - Westbury and Whitstone Hundreds
The history of the six parishes in Westbury hundred and the sixteen in Whitstone hundred. Both hundreds abut the River Severn.
A History of the County of Essex: Volume 10 - Lexden Hundred (Part) including Dedham, Earls Colne an
Exploring the area of Lexden Hundred to the north and west of Colchester.
A History of the County of Essex: Volume 4 - Ongar Hundred
Covers the 26 parishes of Ongar hundred, including Chipping and High Ongar, Chigwell, Stondon Massey and Theydon Bois.
A History of the County of Warwick: Volume 8 - The City of Coventry and Borough of Warwick
An account of the topography, economy, architecture and political and religious life of Coventry and the Borough of Warwick.
