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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

19 Sep

Hope & Uncertainty: How We Talk about Ecological Catastrophe

Online and In-person, University of Toronto, Jackman Humanities Building, Canada

24 Sep

Writing & Meditation

New Road Baptist Church, Oxford, OX1 1LQ

24 Sep

The Byzantine paraphrases of Gregory of Nazianzus’ poems Understandings and Misunderstandings

Online - Registration required

25 Sep

From Philosophy of m/Madness to m/Mad Philosophy

Mansfield College Oxford OX13TF

30 Sep

Reaching new audiences: Trade Publishing in Humanities

Blackwell Hall, Weston Library, Broad St, Oxford.

8 Oct

Writing & Meditation

New Road Baptist Church, Oxford, OX1 1LQ

16 Oct

Book at Lunchtime: From Tudor to Stuart

Seminar Room, Radcliffe Humanities Building, Woodstock Road, Oxford

17 Oct

Biotechnologies, Artificial Intelligence, and Human Identity

St Luke's Chapel, Radcliffe Humanities, Radcliffe Observatory Quarter, Woodstock Road, Oxford, OX2 6GG

18 Oct

Environmental Humanities Postgraduate Writing Group | Week 1

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

18 Oct

Race and Resistance | Alternative Oxford Walking Tour

Turn Again Lane (near Westgate), Oxford

22 Oct

Writing & Meditation

New Road Baptist Church, Oxford, OX1 1LQ

22 Oct

Making Soils Visible: Being with Muck and Memory

Online and In-person, Seminar room, TORCH Radcliffe Humanities Building

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TORCH

What we do

Research Hubs and Networks

International

Knowledge Exchange

Public Engagement with Research

What's on

Hope & Uncertainty: How We Talk about Ecological Catastrophe

Writing & Meditation

The Byzantine paraphrases of Gregory of Nazianzus’ poems Understandings and Misunderstandings

From Philosophy of m/Madness to m/Mad Philosophy

Reaching new audiences: Trade Publishing in Humanities

Writing & Meditation

Book at Lunchtime: From Tudor to Stuart

Biotechnologies, Artificial Intelligence, and Human Identity

Environmental Humanities Postgraduate Writing Group | Week 1

Race and Resistance | Alternative Oxford Walking Tour

Writing & Meditation

Making Soils Visible: Being with Muck and Memory

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