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TORCH | The Oxford Research Centre in the Humanities

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We seed and incubate interdisciplinary Research Networks and support strategic interdisciplinary Research Hubs

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International

We support researchers in International engagement, through strategic partnerships, projects, and fellowships

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Knowledge Exchange

Mutually beneficial collaborations between researchers and organisations external to the University

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Public Engagement with Research

Collaboration and co-creation with the public through research

19 Jun

Appau Jnr Boakye-Yiadom: Modular Merger

Modern Art Oxford, 30 Pembroke Street, Oxford OX1 1BP

15 Sep

Conference: Korea, East Asia and the World: Neo-Confucianism in Comparative Perspective

Brasenose College, Radcliffe Square, Oxford, OX1 4AJ

25 Sep

Burning Down The House

Theatre, Schwarzman Centre for the Humanities

8 Oct

Forecasting the Weather Between Divination and Science

Seminar Room 63, Schwarzman Centre for the Humanities, Oxford, OX2 6GG

8 Oct

Unsettling Familiarity in Community Health | Interdisciplinary Research Workshop

Schwarzman Centre for the Humanities, Oxford, OX2 6GG

16 Oct

Medical Humanities Early Career and DPhil Writing Group MT2026

Seminar Room 00.056, Schwarzman Centre for the Humanities, Oxford, OX2 6GG

22 Oct

Irish Anthropocene Literature, Climate Change, Sovereignty

Seminar Room 00.063, Schwarzman Centre for the Humanities, Oxford, OX2 6GG

27 Oct

The Smart Machine and the ‘Almost Said’

Seminar Room 00.063, Schwarzman Centre for the Humanities, Oxford, OX2 6GG

28 Oct

Critical Animal Studies Reading Group

Online - Registration required

4 Nov

Into the Hidden Place: Rethinking Industrialism, Industrial Revolutions, Fordism and other Cliches

Seminar Room 20.402, Schwarzman Centre for the Humanities, Oxford, OX2 6GG

5 Nov

Violent Waters Environmental Politics in Early Modern England

Seminar Room 00.063, Schwarzman Centre for the Humanities, Oxford, OX2 6GG

10 Nov

IQ testing and/as divination: comparative reflections

Seminar Room 00.063, Schwarzman Centre for the Humanities, Oxford, OX2 6GG

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Appau Jnr Boakye-Yiadom: Modular Merger

Conference: Korea, East Asia and the World: Neo-Confucianism in Comparative Perspective

Burning Down The House

Forecasting the Weather Between Divination and Science

Unsettling Familiarity in Community Health | Interdisciplinary Research Workshop

Medical Humanities Early Career and DPhil Writing Group MT2026

Irish Anthropocene Literature, Climate Change, Sovereignty

The Smart Machine and the ‘Almost Said’

Critical Animal Studies Reading Group

Into the Hidden Place: Rethinking Industrialism, Industrial Revolutions, Fordism and other Cliches

Violent Waters Environmental Politics in Early Modern England

IQ testing and/as divination: comparative reflections

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