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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

11 Feb

Oxford Seminars in the Pre-Modern History of East Asia

China Centre, Oxford, OX2 6LU

29 Apr

Engineering the Environment and Imagining Nature in the Early Modern World

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

29 Apr

The Boundaries of Humanity Reading Group

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

30 Apr

Book at Lunchtime: Adventures in Volcanoland

Seminar Room, Radcliffe Humanities, Woodstock Road, Oxford.

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, Faculty of Theology and Religion, 2nd Floor Gibson Building OX2 6GG

1 May

Queer Intersections Oxford in conversation with Mary Jean Chan

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

1 May

The Art of Migration: Artists, Film & Arts-based Approaches to Migration Studies

Kellogg College, Oxford

2 May

Environmental Humanities Postgraduate and Postdoctoral Writing Group | Week 1 TT2025

Meeting Room 4, Radcliffe Humanities, Radcliffe Observatory Quarter Woodstock Road, Oxford OX2 6GG

2 May

Writing & Meditation

New Road Baptist Church, Oxford, OX1 1LQ

2 May

Toward an Intellectual Black Women’s History

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

2 May

Research Seminar: Saudamini Siegrist – Julian of Norwich and Modern Philosophy

Online and In-person, Lower Lecture Room, Lincoln College Oxford

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TORCH

What we do

Research Hubs and Networks

International

Knowledge Exchange

Public Engagement with Research

What's on

Oxford Seminars in the Pre-Modern History of East Asia

Engineering the Environment and Imagining Nature in the Early Modern World

The Boundaries of Humanity Reading Group

Book at Lunchtime: Adventures in Volcanoland

Medical Humanities Early Career and DPhil Writing Group

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

Queer Intersections Oxford in conversation with Mary Jean Chan

The Art of Migration: Artists, Film & Arts-based Approaches to Migration Studies

Environmental Humanities Postgraduate and Postdoctoral Writing Group | Week 1 TT2025

Writing & Meditation

Toward an Intellectual Black Women’s History

Research Seminar: Saudamini Siegrist – Julian of Norwich and Modern Philosophy

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