News and Events

Edvard Munch and The Scream
Alastair Wright appeared on In Our Time to discuss the life and work of Edvard Munch

Secularism, Islam and Democracy: Muslims in Europe and the West
Tariq Ramadan will discuss issues relating to secularism, Islam and democracy with his international counterparts in an event at the Cooper Union on 8 April 2010

Senior soldiers should be more politically involved not less
Hew Strachan has called for senior soldiers to be more involved in the policy-making process regarding military issues along the US model

'Double Falsehood' added to Shakespearean canon
Professor Tiffany Stern  has sounded a note of caution to those who regard Double Falsehood, or the Distressed Lovers to be written, at least in part, by William Shakespeare.

Experts discuss Afghan conflict
Hew Strachan will join other military and foreign policy experts to discuss the prospects for post-conflict Afghanistan

Soldiers fighting in the Crimean War may have had a case as well
Hew Strachan compares the treatment of soldiers' human rights in the Iraq War and in the Crimean War

Do not be so sure invading Iraq was immoral
Nigel Biggar wrote on the complex questions facing the Chilcot Inquiry into the Iraq War

Voice of reason on biblical history
The Story of the Scrolls: The Miraculous Discovery and True Significance of the Dead Sea Scrolls, the latest book by Geza Vermes was reviewed in the 18 February 2010 edition of The Economist

New clue in one of the great unsolved deaths in Tudor history
Dr Steven Gunn has located the original coroner’s report on the death of Amy, wife of Queen Elizabeth 1’s favourite Robert Dudley

Oxford's Professor of Poetry
Following the opening of nominations, Dr Seamus Perry discussed possible candidates for the post of Oxford Professor of Poetry