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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

10 Oct

Adventures in Consciousness

Various Locations

16 Oct

Medical Humanities Early Career and DPhil Writing Group MT2024

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

25 Oct

APGRD term card: Michaelmas '24

Events in various locations

11 Nov

Fantasy Futures: Guardians of Oxford

1 George Street Oxford OX1 3EZ

20 Nov

Immortal Flowers Always Bloom. Medieval and Contemporary Poetry in Dialogue

Mansfield College, Mansfield Road, Oxford, OX1 3TF - Registration required

21 Nov

From COVID-19 to MPox: Lessons from the Humanities?

Colin Matthew Room, Radcliffe Humanities, Radcliffe Observatory Quarter Woodstock Road, Oxford OX2 6GG and Online - Registration required

21 Nov

Andrew Holleran, HIV/AIDS Fiction, and the Forms Melancholia Takes

Taylor Institution Library, St Giles', OX1 3NA

21 Nov

The Politics of Memory: The Reimagination of Medieval India

St Luke's Chapel, Radcliffe Observatory Quarter Oxford OX2 6HT

21 Nov

AI, Genomics, and the 21st Century Physician

With John D. Lantos, a leading expert in medical ethics, and response by Angeliki Kerasidou (Ethox Centre)

Ship St Centre, Jesus College

21 Nov

Using Story Completion to Understand Gen Z’s Religious and Spiritual Role Models

Ertegun House, St Giles, Oxford

22 Nov

Blackness, Creativity & Subjectivity Panel

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

22 Nov

How to Be You: Say Goodbye to Should, Would and Could so that You Can

Sir Joseph Hotung Auditorium, Mansfield College Oxford OX13TF

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TORCH Talks

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TORCH

What we do

Research Hubs and Networks

International

Knowledge Exchange

Public Engagement with Research

What's on

Adventures in Consciousness

Medical Humanities Early Career and DPhil Writing Group MT2024

APGRD term card: Michaelmas '24

Fantasy Futures: Guardians of Oxford

Immortal Flowers Always Bloom. Medieval and Contemporary Poetry in Dialogue

From COVID-19 to MPox: Lessons from the Humanities?

Andrew Holleran, HIV/AIDS Fiction, and the Forms Melancholia Takes

The Politics of Memory: The Reimagination of Medieval India

AI, Genomics, and the 21st Century Physician

Using Story Completion to Understand Gen Z’s Religious and Spiritual Role Models

Blackness, Creativity & Subjectivity Panel

How to Be You: Say Goodbye to Should, Would and Could so that You Can

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TORCH on Social Media

TORCH Talks

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