Ranked #1
Extracts from Shakespeare, read by Roland Oliver (actor): Richard II Act V, Scene 5; Macbeth Act II, Scene 1; Henry IV Part 2, Act IV, Scene 3
Extracts from Shakespeare, read by Roland Oliver (actor): Richard II Act V, Scene 5; Macbeth Act II, Scene 1; Henry IV Part 2, Act IV, Scene 3
Roland (an actor and alumnus of St Edmund Hall, University of Oxford) concludes the ‘Shakespeare and the Brain’ event by... Read more
12 Dec 2016
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25mins
Ranked #2
The Hunter Heartbeat Method – Kelly Hunter (actor, director and educator)
The Hunter Heartbeat Method – Kelly Hunter (actor, director and educator)
Kelly gives an outline of some of her work using sensory drama games, using Shakespeare’s works, to interact and play wi... Read more
12 Dec 2016
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36mins
Ranked #3
Shakespeare’s Memory – Professor Rodrigo Quian Quiroga (Director of the Centre for Systems Neuroscience, University of Leicester)
Shakespeare’s Memory – Professor Rodrigo Quian Quiroga (Director of the Centre for Systems Neuroscience, University of Leicester)
Rodrigo’s talk references the writing of Jorge Luis Borges, particularly his short stories 'Shakespeare’s Memory' and 'F... Read more
12 Dec 2016
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44mins
Ranked #4
Shakespeare as Observer and Psychologist – Professor Paul Matthews (Fellow by Special Election, St Edmund Hall, University of Oxford; Edmond and Lily Safra Chair and Head of Brain Sciences, Imperial College London)
Shakespeare as Observer and Psychologist – Professor Paul Matthews (Fellow by Special Election, St Edmund Hall, University of Oxford; Edmond and Lily Safra Chair and Head of Brain Sciences, Imperial College London)
Paul focuses on some of the questions that Shakespeare was asking about the mind, and how the same sorts of issues are a... Read more
12 Dec 2016
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33mins
Ranked #5
Shakespeare, Mind and World – Dr Tom MacFaul (Lecturer in English, St Edmund Hall, University of Oxford)
Shakespeare, Mind and World – Dr Tom MacFaul (Lecturer in English, St Edmund Hall, University of Oxford)
Tom discusses how Shakespeare’s age thought about thinking. In particular, he looks at the transformative power of thoug... Read more
12 Dec 2016
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37mins