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

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Research

We seed and incubate interdisciplinary research Networks and Programmes.

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Knowledge Exchange

We create and nurture mutually beneficial collaborations between researchers and organisations external to the University.

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International

We support various types of International Engagement, enabling and facilitating research connections and collaborations.

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Humanities Cultural Programme (HCP)

Public programme, powered by research engagement in the Humanities at the University of Oxford.

13 Apr

Tutankhamun: Excavating the Archive

Treasury, Weston Library, Broad Street, Oxford, OX1 3BG

27 May

Sensational Books Exhibition

ST Lee Gallery, Weston Library, Broad Street, Oxford, OX1 3BG

29 Jul

Pre-Raphaelites: Drawings and Watercolours

Ashmolean Museum, Beaumont St, Oxford OX1 2PH

26 Sep

Conversation with Maylis de Kerangal

Maison Française d'Oxford, 2-10 Norham Road, Oxford OX2 6SE

1 Oct

Image & Identity: views from Ceylon and Oxfordshire in early colonial photographs

Museum of Oxford, Oxford Town Hall, St Aldate's, Oxford, OX1 1BX

3 Oct

Global Health Emergencies: From Ebola and Covid-19 to Monkeypox and Polio

HB Allen Centre, 25 Banbury Rd OX2 6NN

4 Oct

Global Health Emergencies: From Ebola and Covid-19 to Monkeypox and Polio

Big Data Institute (BDI, University of Oxford Old Road Campus)

5 Oct

Graduate Student and ECR Lunchtime Workshop, Global Health Emergencies and the Medical Humanities

Seminar Room, Radcliffe Humanities, Radcliffe Observatory Quarter, Woodstock Road, Oxford. OX2 6GG

5 Oct

Lunchtime Talks: Stories through Photographs with Shalini Amerasinghe Ganendra

Museum Makers at the Museum of Oxford, Oxford Town Hall, St Aldate's Oxford, OX1 1BX

5 Oct

Reflective Evaluation Training Session

Oxford Martin School. Seminar Room 1

12 Oct

Book at Lunchtime: The City of Babylon

Seminar Room, Radcliffe Humanities, Woodstock Road, Oxford.

12 Oct

Landschaft

Old Fire Station

https://www.youtube.com/embed/_R8Q0urTosk

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TORCH

What we do

Research

Knowledge Exchange

International

Humanities Cultural Programme (HCP)

What's on

Tutankhamun: Excavating the Archive

Sensational Books Exhibition

Pre-Raphaelites: Drawings and Watercolours

Conversation with Maylis de Kerangal

Image & Identity: views from Ceylon and Oxfordshire in early colonial photographs

Global Health Emergencies: From Ebola and Covid-19 to Monkeypox and Polio

Global Health Emergencies: From Ebola and Covid-19 to Monkeypox and Polio

Graduate Student and ECR Lunchtime Workshop, Global Health Emergencies and the Medical Humanities

Lunchtime Talks: Stories through Photographs with Shalini Amerasinghe Ganendra

Reflective Evaluation Training Session

Book at Lunchtime: The City of Babylon

Landschaft

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