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TORCH (The Oxford Research Centre in the Humanities) is a hub for intellectual collaboration and cross-disciplinary research projects, and is part of the Humanities Division at the University of Oxford.

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TORCH Oxford @torchoxford.bsky.social · 28/02/2025
Hear from selected experts and practitioners and join the discussion on Tues 4 March 4.30pm on what the Humanities can contribute to interdisciplinary approaches to environmental problems @envhumsoxford.bsky.social
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Oxford Medical Humanities @oxmedhum.bsky.social · 06/12/2025
Our latest blogpost on our recent conference, seen from the perspective of an art historian @torchoxford.bsky.social @uehiro.ox.ac.uk www.torch.ox.ac.uk/article/lite...
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Literature, Film, and the Desirability of Life Extension
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Abbi Flint @draflint.bsky.social · 15/12/2025
An early festive gift for folk who like stone circles and poetry! A NEW blog post for the @torchoxford.bsky.social and English Heritage collaborative Poetry, Heritage and Community project. All about the poetic associations of #Stonehenge www.torch.ox.ac.uk/article/writ...
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Writing the Stones: Poetry at Stonehenge
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Alberto Giubilini @albertogiubilini2.bsky.social · 19/01/2026
www.torch.ox.ac.uk/event/book-a... Book event organized by @torchoxford.bsky.social (thank you TORCH!) 18 February ( @uehiro.ox.ac.uk )
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Book at Lunchtime: Rethinking Conscientious Objection in Health Care
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Alberto Giubilini @albertogiubilini2.bsky.social · 24/10/2025
www.youtube.com/watch?v=8Jd3... @oxmedhum.bsky.social @torchoxford.bsky.social
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Keynote Lecture: Ethical Aspects of Vaccine Research
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Tina Fawcett @tinafawcett.bsky.social · 03/10/2025
Really pleased with the display case with @morethanadodo.bsky.social showing young people's Museum of Climate Hope artwork. A project supported by @socsci.ox.ac.uk and @torchoxford.bsky.social
Text about Museum of Climate Hope project.Collage art work about Museum of Climate Hope showing sky, landscape, renewable energy, people
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Dr Eleri Anona Watson @elerianona.bsky.social · 26/08/2025
An opportunity by the University of Oxford’s Intersectional Humanities research hub for recent graduates and ECRs! Please share widely. @engfac.bsky.social @ox.ac.uk @torchoxford.bsky.social #CFP
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Andrew Seaton @andrewseaton.bsky.social · 23/09/2025
I'm looking forward to presenting some new work at the Oxford TORCH Enviro Humanities Research Hub on 4 December and discussing it with Danny Dorling. My talk will feature state planners, population anxieties, and photographs of smiling men in wheat fields
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TORCH Oxford @torchoxford.bsky.social · 25/09/2025
@torchoxford2013.bsky.social The Impact of Islam on Christian Political Theology (622–1453) Network Seminar Series is now announced. The first seminar will take place on Mon 13 Oct at 2:30pm, in person and online. Find out more here: tinyurl.com/22vzzj6r @cmcsoxford.bsky.social
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Politics, Patronage, and the Figure of Heraclius among Muslim and Christian Alchemists
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TORCH Oxford @torchoxford.bsky.social · 25/09/2025
@torchoxford2013.bsky.social Join us for a panel discussion on Thurs 9 Oct at 6:30pm, 'Thanks for the Memories.' This event will bring together immunologists, a medical historian, and a composer. Details: tinyurl.com/4jrr78z4 @UniofOxford @HSMOxford @OxMedHum
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Thanks for the Memories
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TORCH Oxford @torchoxford.bsky.social · 24/09/2025
@torchoxford2013.bsky.social Registration is Now Open for the public discussion on Reflecting on End-of-Life. Details: tinyurl.com/yu3mktdm @AlbertoGiubili1 Part of the tinyurl.com/mtsrrdjw events @uehiro.ox.ac.uk
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Coming to an End- Panel Discussion Event Reflecting on End-of-Life
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The British Academy @britishacademy.bsky.social · 20/08/2025
“Gender studies as a discipline…is defined by a set of debates and problematics.” In this 10-Minute Talk, Judith Butler FBA discusses gender as a field of study and its interdisciplinary contributions to research, social analysis and social movements. Read or watch the full talk now buff.ly/2WjzcLG
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Liminal Waterway Countercultures @liminalwater.bsky.social · 25/04/2025
Writing Waterways This @envhumsoxford.bsky.social event in June in Oxford with @eparpillee.bsky.social @doboulanger.bsky.social and Tom Johnson looks really interesting, similar approach to our “Rivers in Crisis” project at @uni-graz.at. Via @torchoxford.bsky.social
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Dr Dorothée Boulanger @doboulanger.bsky.social · 12/05/2025
On June 19, Alex Grieve and myself are organising a workshop on Extractivism in film and literature from the Global South in Oxford! All details here: www.torch.ox.ac.uk/event/extrac... Sign-up to attend in person or online! @torchoxford.bsky.social
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TORCH The Oxford Research Centre in the Humanities @torchoxford2013.bsky.social · 03/04/2025
@princetonupress.bsky.social @engfac.bsky.social @oxunistudents.bsky.social @torchoxford.bsky.social Lecture Series 2025 "The Time of our Lives" Homi K Bhabha 15, 20, 22 May in Oxford. Book asap torch.ox.ac.uk/event/times-...
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The Time of our Lives: The TORCH PUP Lecture Series 2025
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Oxford Medical Humanities @oxmedhum.bsky.social · 28/04/2025
Calling all DPhils and ECRs at Oxford: Submit your abstracts for the upcoming WIP workshop "Evidencing Life and Death in the Medical Humanities" 📆 Deadline 15 May 📍 To be held 20-21 June, in Oxford torch.ox.ac.uk/event/eviden... @torchoxford.bsky.social @uehiro.ox.ac.uk
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Call for Papers | Evidencing Life and Death in the Medical Humanities
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Critical Food Studies Network @oxcfsnetwork.bsky.social · 29/04/2025
Our Trinity termcard is here and ready for viewing! More details about all events soon to come on our @torchoxford.bsky.social page (torch.ox.ac.uk/critical-foo...) and via email - join our mailing list by emailing critical-food-studies-subscribe@maillist.ox.ac.uk.
Week 2: 5 May 5:15pm. Critical Food Studies 101 Reading Group. Week 4: TBD. Pub Quiz. Week 5: 30 May 5pm. The Taste of Things (2023) Movie Night. Week 6: 2 June 5pm. Student Seminars. Week 7: 9 June 2 pm. Balliol College Kitchen Tour with Bertrand Faucheux. Week 8: 16 June 5pm. Keynote Lecture: "Is Ultraprocessed Food?" with Dr Stanley Ulijaszek.
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The Oxford Centre for Life-Writing @oxfordlifewriting.bsky.social · 29/04/2025
Through this new initiative, we aim to encourage and empower talented writers who are underrepresented both in our community and on our bookshelves, supporting them to establish themselves as successful authors. Please share! @torchoxford.bsky.social @ellekeboehmer.bsky.social @ox.ac.uk
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Critical Food Studies Network @oxcfsnetwork.bsky.social · 29/04/2025
In addition to events in Oxford, we also have an exciting programme of online events this term! More details soon to come on our @torchoxford.bsky.social page (torch.ox.ac.uk/critical-foo...). Register for all online events now at forms.gle/GJ2gZwfLyz5x... - open to all!
7 May, 10-11am
Su Hyeon Cho, ‘Raising Sacrifice at Home’
Amanda Geraldes, ‘The Sweet History of Fanid: Savoir-Faire, Celebrations, and Cultural Identity’

14 May, 10-11am
Joita Das, ‘Cha, Chini, Cheena Bazaar: Food and Fusion in the Making of the Indian-Chinese Community of Calcutta’
Nan Xiang, ‘How Dublin’s Novel Chinese Restaurants Pursue Distinction’

28 May, 5-6pm
In Conversation with Professor Scott Barton (Cultural Anthropologist of African Diaspora Foodways at the University of Notre Dame)

4 June, 5-6pm
Edward Chappell, ‘Wine in Early Modern Tuscany’

18 June, 10-11am
In Conversation with Claudine Boulstridge (chef, family food blogger, and Ottolenghi recipe tester)
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TORCH Oxford @torchoxford.bsky.social · 03/04/2025
@torchoxford2013.bsky.social Last chance to visit 'The Oracles, Omens & Answers' exhibition at the Weston Library @bodleianlibs Co-curated by @michpfeffer & David Zeitlyn. tinyurl.com/ywtt66jp
Step into the world of divination and uncover the ways that humanity has tried to confront the unknown and uncertain.
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TORCH Oxford @torchoxford.bsky.social · 28/02/2025
Hear from selected experts and practitioners and join the discussion on Tues 4 March 4.30pm on what the Humanities can contribute to interdisciplinary approaches to environmental problems @envhumsoxford.bsky.social
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TORCH Oxford @torchoxford.bsky.social · 28/02/2025
Join us on a launch event of our new network on Divination, Oracles, and Omens on Tues 4 March 2025, 1pm. There will be a short talks by Katherine Swancutt & Parsa Daneshmand, who work on divination in North-east Mongolia, China & ancient Mesopotamian respectively. Details: tinyurl.com/26485ysh
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Book Launch: Divination, Oracles
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Oxford School of Anthropology and Museum Ethnography @oxford-anthro.bsky.social · 26/02/2025
📚 Book launch! 'Divination, Oracles and Omens', ed. by David Zeitlyn (Professor of Social Anthropology) & Michelle Aroney. Hear short talks by contributors & celebrate the new 'Divination, Oracles and Omens' network @torchoxford2013.bsky.social 📅 1pm, 4 March More: www.torch.ox.ac.uk/event/book-l...
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Book Launch: Divination, Oracles
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Ertegun Graduate Scholarship @ertegunhouse.bsky.social · 14/02/2025
Ertegun Futures, in collaboration with @torchoxford.bsky.social, returns this term on March 6, 5.15 pm, at the Ertegun House. Meleisa Ono-George will discuss empire, science, and race through the story of Amelia Newsham. Places are free but must be booked: www.eventbrite.co.uk/e/the-body-o...
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The Body of Amelia Newsham: Empire, Science, and Race-Making
ERTEGUN FUTURES seminar in association with TORCH The Body of Amelia Newsham: Empire, Science, and Race-Making
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Uehiro Oxford Institute @uehiro.ox.ac.uk · 14/02/2025
The #ethics of antibiotic (over)use: Listen to Alberto Giubilini, Senior Research Fellow at UOI, in this episode of the Harvard Bioethics podcast: shorturl.at/fRPBo He discusses the public health considerations of antibiotic overuse. #medicalethics #antibioticuse @torchoxford.bsky.social
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Beyond the Bench: Antimicrobial Stewardship with Dr. Alberto Giubilini (Ep. 1)
Harvard Undergrad Biotech Podcast · Episode
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Oxford Policy Engagement Network (OPEN) @oxpolicyengaged.bsky.social · 25/02/2025
Got any plans this evening? Join us for this interactive event, giving you the opportunity to exchange ideas with leading experts who have worked at the intersection of academia & policy. @oxhumanities.bsky.social @torchoxford.bsky.social Book here - forms.office.com/Pages/Respon...
25 February | OPEN Conversation: History, Archives, and Policymaking: Getting Humanities Research to Speak to Policy 

17:00 - 18:30, Rees Davies Room, History Faculty.
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Oxford Medieval Studies @oxmedstud.bsky.social · 26/02/2025
Join Carolin Gluchowski and @torchoxford.bsky.social's Medieval Women's Writing Network for an exciting talk on 'Breaking Walls, A Graphic Novel: Reflections on Public History'. 📆 THIS FRIDAY 28 Feb, 5pm 📍 Lower Lecture Room, Lincoln College More info at medieval.ox.ac.uk/2025/02/26/m...
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Medieval Women’s Writing Group – Oxford Medieval Studies
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TORCH Oxford @torchoxford.bsky.social · 28/02/2025
@torchoxford2013.bsky.social Dear All, We are currently experiencing issues with the TORCH mailbox. Please contact us directly today if you have any queries. Thank you for your understanding. Kind regards, TORCH team
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Dr Alison Ray @liber-ray.bsky.social · 31/01/2025
A magical @bodleianlibraries.bsky.social Coffee Morning today on early modern alchemy! 📜🎉
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Leverhulme Trust @leverhulme.ac.uk · 06/02/2025
This year marks 100 years of the Leverhulme Trust. Enabling talented researchers across the arts, humanities, sciences and social sciences to undertake blue skies, interdisciplinary, ambitious and risky research. www.leverhulme.ac.uk/what-we-do
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TORCH Oxford @torchoxford.bsky.social · 15/11/2024
TORCH Oxford Research Hubs torch.ox.ac.uk/research-hubs TORCH Research Hubs are points of synergy for cutting-edge, boundary-crossing research on political and cultural questions which are central to the Humanities at Oxford.
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Research Hubs
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