A lecture by Christian Thielemann Humanitas Visiting Professor in Opera Studies 2015-2016 Christian Thielemann discusses the commonalities and differences between Wagner and Strauss at a lecture on 21 January 2016.

A Conductor's Point of View 

Humanitas Visting Professor Stephen Greenblatt discusses whether humanities are important. Humanitas Visiting Professor in Museums, Galleries, and Libraries 2015-2016, Stephen Greenblatt, discusses whether humanities are important in a time when they are most pervasive in society, and when there seems to be a shrinking of public support for them.

Humanities. Are they important? 

Renée Fleming

Humanitas Visiting Professor in Opera Studies Renée Fleming, in conversation with Edward Seckerson.

Renée Fleming, "In Conversation" 

Kelly Reichardt

Filmmaker and Humanitas Visiting Professor in Film and Television, Kelly Reichardt, in conversation about her films. American landscapes and narratives of the road are themes that run throughout Reichardt’s five feature films: River of Grass (Strand Releasing, 1994), Old Joy (Kino International, 2006), Wendy and Lucy (Oscilloscope Pictures, 2008), Meek’s Cutoff (Oscilloscope Pictures, 2010) and Night Moves (Cinedigm, 2013); and the short narrative Ode (1999).  Kelly has taught at School of Visual Arts, Columbia University, New York University and is currently an artist-in-residence at Bard College.

Kelly Reichardt "In Conversation" 

Michael Govan

The Director of the Los Angeles County Museum gives a talk for the Humanitas Visiting Professorship in Museums, Galleries and Libraries. Chaired by Christopher Brown (Director, Ashmolean Museum of Art and Archaeology, Oxford).

Michael Govan lecture - "A View from the Pacific: Re-envisioning the Art Museum" 

Former Director of the National Security Agency and Central Intelligence Agency General Hayden gives a talk for the Humanitas visiting professorship in Intelligence Studies and Islamism

General Hayden, Lecture: "Terrorism and Islam's Civil War: Whither the Threat?" 

Former Director of the National Security Agency and Central Intelligence Agency General Hayden gives a talk for the Humanitas visiting professorship in Intelligence Studies

General Hayden, Lecture: "My Government, My Security and Me" 

Rowan Williams

Rowan Williams, visiting professor in Interfaith Studies, gives a lecture on religious beliefs and human flourishing

Rowan Williams, Lecture: ‘Faith and Human Flourishing: religious belief and ideals of maturity’? 

Jon Snow

Rowan Williams, visiting professor in Interfaith Studies, in conversation with Channel 4 News anchor Jon Snow

Rowan Williams, In Conversation with Jon Snow 

Dr Williams, Master of Magdalene College, University of Cambridge, gives a talk on religious belief and how it relates to power in sociey

Rowan Williams; Faith, Force and Authority: does religious belief change our understanding of how power works in society? 

Humanitas is a series of Visiting Professorships at Oxford and Cambridge intended to bring leading practitioners and scholars to both universities to address major themes in the arts, social sciences and humanities. Created by Lord Weidenfeld, the Programme is managed and funded by the Institute for Strategic Dialogue with the support of a series of generous benefactors and administered by the Humanities Division in Oxford and the Centre for Research in the Arts, Social Sciences and Humanities (CRASSH) in Cambridge.Humanitas will welcome some twenty Visiting Professors, who will be appointed for a given academic year and invited to deliver a series of lectures, followed by a related symposium, workshop or masterclass for graduate students.

Humanitas is a series of Visiting Professorships at Oxford and Cambridge intended to bring leading practitioners and scholars to both universities to address major themes in the arts, social sciences and humanities. Created by Lord Weidenfeld, the Programme is managed and funded by the Institute for Strategic Dialogue with the support of a series of generous benefactors and administered by the Humanities Division in Oxford and the Centre for Research in the Arts, Social Sciences and Humanities (CRASSH) in Cambridge.<br><br>Humanitas will welcome some twenty Visiting Professors, who will be appointed for a given academic year and invited to deliver a series of lectures, followed by a related symposium, workshop or masterclass for graduate students.

Humanitas - Visiting Professorships at the Universities of Oxford and Cambridge

Professor Abdou Filali-Ansary gives a lecture for the Humanitas lecture series on Interfaith Studies.

One Century of 'Liberal islam': Where do we find ourselves now? 

With Professor Lorraine Daston, Dr Simon Werrett (UCL), Dr Rhodri Lewis (Oxford), Dr Sachiko Kusukawa (Cambridge) and Prof Martin Mulsow (Erfurt), chaired by Prof Laurence Brockliss (Oxford).

Symposium - The New History of Scientific Experience: Observing, Experimenting, Collecting, Representing and Reading in Early Modern Europe 

Professor Hyun Song Shin, Hughes-Rogers Professor of Economics at Princeton University, gives a talk for the Humanitas Professorship on Economic Thought.

Lessons on Capital Flows and Financial Stability 

Stanley Fischer, Govenor of the Bank of Israel and Humanitas Visiting Professor of Economic Thought, gives a talk for the Humanitas program. The Great Depression of the 1930s led to a revolution in macroeconomic thinking and in economic policy.  The Great Recession, in which much of the world economy is still engulfed, has seen both monetary and fiscal policy being used to an unprecedented extent, and a greatly strengthened emphasis on the importance of financial stability.  But despite these phenomena, and an explosion of professional literature and media attention, the economic policy lessons of the crisis are still in dispute. The Humanitas Visiting Professorship in Economic Thought has been made possible by the generous support of Donald Marron. The Professorship will take place during Michaelmas term and is hosted  by Professor Vincent Crawford in association with All Souls College.

Lessons of The Crisis 2007-2012 

Ibn Rushd

Resisting Apologetics: What can we learn from Ibn Rushd and our contemporaries? 

A symposium with William Kentridge, Ivo Mesquita and Estrella de Diego Otero, chaired by Shearer West on Thursday 9 May 2013 in the Grove Auditorium, Magdalen College, Oxford.

Pictures and Texts 

Professor Sir Christopher Bayly gives a talk for the Humanitias lecture series in Historiography with a response from Dr Faisal Devji.

Marshall G S Hodgson, Islam and World History 

Professor Lorraine Daston in conversation with Professor Sally Shuttleworth.

In Conversation: Writing the History of Reason 

Mark Thompson

Almost everyone accepts that science is our most authoritative guide to understanding the world so why is it so disputed when it comes to public policy? Mark Thompson examines what's happened to the 'argument from authority' in modern rhetoric. Mark's series of lectures is entitled "The Cloud of Unknowing: Policy, rhetoric and public bewilderment".

Mark Thompson: Consign it to the flames 

Michael Winterbottom

Filmmaker Michael Winterbottom gives a talk for the Humanitas lecture series on Film and Television.

Michael Winterbottom in Conversation: Genres, Adaptation and Contemporary Cinema 

Imogen Cooper, 'Recognized worldwide as a pianist of virtuosity and poetic poise', gives a lecture for the Humanitas lecture series on Classical Music and Music Education.

The Hidden Power of the Re-Creative Process in Music 

Our Religious Traditions in a long Historical Perspective 

Two Concepts of Sharia? 

Symposium with Imogen Cooper actor, Simon Callow, musicologist, Professor Eric Clarke and Professor Jason Stanyek.

Performance - interpretation or identification? Symposium 

Drawing in particular on recent examples from American and British healthcare reform, Mark Thompson asks whether the language of politics is changing in ways which threaten public understanding of and engagement with the most important issues of the day. Mark's series of lectures is entitled "The Cloud of Unknowing: Policy, rhetoric and public bewilderment".

Mark Thompson: Inaugural Lecture - Is Plato winning the argument? 

Professor Sir John Vickers, Warden All Souls College, gives a workshop on Economic thought looking at banking reform.

Lessons for banking reform 

Filmmaker Michael Winterbottom hosts a workshop on Film for the Humanitas lecture series on Film and Television.

Film Workshop: the cinema of Michael Winterbottom 

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