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TORCH

We are TORCH | The Oxford Research Centre in the Humanities
Part of the Humanities Division - a hub for multi-disciplinary research projects and research engagement at the University of Oxford

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Research Hubs and Networks

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

20 Jan

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Various locations

11 Feb

Oxford Seminars in the Pre-Modern History of East Asia

China Centre, Oxford, OX2 6LU

20 Mar

In Process with Thomas Page Dances

Jacqueline du Pré Music Building, St Hilda’s College, Cowley Pl, Oxford OX4 1DY

21 Mar

Political Essay Group | Reading Group 5

Colin Matthew Room, Radcliffe Humanities Building, Radcliffe Observatory Quarter Woodstock Road, OX2 6GG

24 Mar

History, Eugenics, and Human Enhancement: How the Past Can Inform Ethical Debates in the Present

St Anne's College, Woodstock Road, Oxford, OX2 6HS

24 Mar

The Sorrowful Virgin: Medieval and Early Modern Devotion

MGA Lecture Room, St Hugh's College, St Margaret’s Road, Oxford, OX2 6LE

1 Apr

John Myatt & Professor Patricia Kingori in conversation

Ashmolean Museum, Beaumont St, Oxford OX1 2PH (Headley Lecture Theatre)

2 Apr

Community Developers Dinner

Oxford Friends Meeting House, 43 St Giles', Oxford OX1 3LW

4 Apr

Spot The Fake

Society of Antiquaries, Burlington House, London

6 Apr

Makers and Fakers: How copies, replicas, casts and fakes ‘make’ museum collections

Pitt Rivers Museum, Parks Rd, Oxford OX1 3PP

7 Apr

Antarctica: More - Than - Human Stories

Colin Matthew Room, Radcliffe Humanities Building, Woodstock Road, Oxford.

29 Apr

The Boundaries of Humanity Reading Group

Colin Matthew Room, Radcliffe Humanities, Radcliffe Observatory Quarter Woodstock Road, Oxford, OX2 6GG

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TORCH

What we do

Research Hubs and Networks

International

Knowledge Exchange

Public Engagement with Research

What's on

APGRD Term Card, HT 2025

Oxford Seminars in the Pre-Modern History of East Asia

In Process with Thomas Page Dances

Political Essay Group | Reading Group 5

History, Eugenics, and Human Enhancement: How the Past Can Inform Ethical Debates in the Present

The Sorrowful Virgin: Medieval and Early Modern Devotion

John Myatt & Professor Patricia Kingori in conversation

Community Developers Dinner

Spot The Fake

Makers and Fakers: How copies, replicas, casts and fakes ‘make’ museum collections

Antarctica: More - Than - Human Stories

The Boundaries of Humanity Reading Group

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