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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

30 Apr

Medical Humanities Early Career and DPhil Writing Group

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

1 May

Lunchtime Reading Group: ʿAmmār al-Baṣrī’s Kitāb al-burhān (The Book of Proof)

Small Meeting Room, 2nd floor, Faculty of Theology and Religion, Gibson Building, OX2 6GG

2 May

Writing & Meditation

New Road Baptist Church, Oxford, OX1 1LQ

18 Jun

Heritage Pathway Trip: West Horsley Place

West Horsley Place, Surrey (coach travel outside the Radcliffe Humanities Building)

18 Jun

In conversation with Claudine Boulstridge

Online, Registration Required

18 Jun

Remembering and Forgetting: a cross-disciplinary perspective

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

18 Jun

Transforming Queer Eastern European Research into Board Game Design

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

18 Jun

Medieval Women’s Writing Reading Group | Letters of Friendship and Gratitude

Lower Lecture Room, Lincoln College Oxford

19 Jun

Extractivism Viewed from the South: Comparative Perspectives in Film and Literature

Online and in person, Colin Matthew Room, Radcliffe Humanities Building, Woodstock Road, OX2 6GG

20 Jun

Evidencing Life and Death in the Medical Humanities | Workshop

Faculty of History, 41-47 George St, Oxford, OX1 2RL

20 Jun

Race and Resistance | End of Year Celebration

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

20 Jun

The Precarious City: New Regimes of Death and Disease in Early Modern Istanbul

Lecture Theatre, Faculty of History, 41-47 George St, Oxford, OX1 2RL

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TORCH

What we do

Research Hubs and Networks

International

Knowledge Exchange

Public Engagement with Research

What's on

Medical Humanities Early Career and DPhil Writing Group

Lunchtime Reading Group: ʿAmmār al-Baṣrī’s Kitāb al-burhān (The Book of Proof)

Writing & Meditation

Heritage Pathway Trip: West Horsley Place

In conversation with Claudine Boulstridge

Remembering and Forgetting: a cross-disciplinary perspective

Transforming Queer Eastern European Research into Board Game Design

Medieval Women’s Writing Reading Group | Letters of Friendship and Gratitude

Extractivism Viewed from the South: Comparative Perspectives in Film and Literature

Evidencing Life and Death in the Medical Humanities | Workshop

Race and Resistance | End of Year Celebration

The Precarious City: New Regimes of Death and Disease in Early Modern Istanbul

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