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TORCH | The Oxford Research Centre in the Humanities

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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 Jan

PLANTING TREES | A reading and working group

St John's College, St Giles, Oxford, OX1 3JP

27 Apr

Digital Approaches and Methodologies Network (DAMN) Term Card Trinity Term 2026

Schwarzman Centre for the Humanities, Oxford, OX2 6GG

1 May

Medical Humanities Early Career and DPhil Writing Group

Seminar Room 00.056, Schwarzman Centre for the Humanities, Oxford, OX2 6GG

3 Jun

Connecting Communities: Engaging local audiences with Oxford's Gardens, Libraries

Seminar Room 00.056, Schwarzman Centre for the Humanities, Oxford, OX2 6GG

3 Jun

Roundtable on the Early Modern Body

Seminar Room 30.020, Schwarzman Centre for the Humanities, Oxford, OX2 6GG

4 Jun

Transmitting and Preserving Languages in the Medieval and Early Modern Mediterranean

Balliol College and Weston Library, Oxford

4 Jun

Witnessing a Wounded World: A Theology of Ecological Trauma (Book Launch)

Seminar Room 00.063, Schwarzman Centre for the Humanities, Oxford, OX2 6GG

5 Jun

Violence, Rhymes, and Double Binds

Seminar Room 00.063, Schwarzman Centre for the Humanities, Oxford, OX2 6GG

9 Jun

Extispicy Day

Lecture Room, 64 Banbury Road, OX2 6PN

9 Jun

Medical Humanities-Global Health glossary - Equity

Life and Mind Building, South Parks Road, Oxford OX1 3EL

9 Jun

Caribbean Studies Network Talk

After the Island: Lydia Cabrera's El Monte and the Diasporic Reconfiguration of Afro-Cuban Spirituality

Room 10.303, Schwarzman Centre for the Humanities

9 Jun

Screening the Archive: William Forsythe

Seminar Room 00.063, Schwarzman Centre for the Humanities, Oxford, OX2 6GG

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Research Hubs and Networks

International

Knowledge Exchange

Public Engagement with Research

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PLANTING TREES | A reading and working group

Digital Approaches and Methodologies Network (DAMN) Term Card Trinity Term 2026

Medical Humanities Early Career and DPhil Writing Group

Connecting Communities: Engaging local audiences with Oxford's Gardens, Libraries

Roundtable on the Early Modern Body

Transmitting and Preserving Languages in the Medieval and Early Modern Mediterranean

Witnessing a Wounded World: A Theology of Ecological Trauma (Book Launch)

Violence, Rhymes, and Double Binds

Extispicy Day

Medical Humanities-Global Health glossary - Equity

Caribbean Studies Network Talk

Screening the Archive: William Forsythe

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