From Edwardian Merton to the Western Front 1906-1918
A talk by Professor Anthony Fletcher (Merton 1959), Emeritus Professor of English Social History at the University of London, and author of 'Life, Dea...
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A series of podcasts from Merton College, a vibrant and diverse intellectual community that has been at the forefront of education and research at Oxford University since 1264. Nobel Prize winners and other cultural and scientific leaders, such as TS Eliot, JRR Tolkien, and Andrew Wiles, adorn the list of Eminent Mertonians. Merton’s tradition of excellence lives on, thanks to the talent and dedication of college fellows, students, staff and alumni. Together with our historic architecture, beautiful gardens, delicious food, fine accommodation, and generous support for students and researchers, they make Merton an extraordinary place in which to learn, to teach and to visit.
100 years on, how Tolkien came to the brink of Middle-earth
A talk given at a day-long symposium that focused on different aspects of JRR Tolkien's academic and literary work, and his life in Oxford. The talk i...
How Can We Institutionalize Concern for Future Generations?
A talk given by Professor Simon Caney at a climate change panel discussion organised by Global Directions and the Oxford Centre for International Stud...
'Tolkien in Oxford', BBC 1968
A discussion between Dr Stuart Lee and film & TV director Leslie Megahey on the BBC's 1968 documentary, 'Tolkien in Oxford', given at a day-long sympo...
"Wan, dim, and pale": the OED and Tolkien
A talk by Edmund Weiner, given at 'Tolkien in Oxford', a day-long symposium that focused on different aspects of JRR Tolkien's academic and literary w...
Tolkien in Oxford: Books and Beowulf
A talk by Professor Andy Orchard, given at 'Tolkien in Oxford', a day-long symposium that focused on different aspects of JRR Tolkien's academic and l...
What place for the F-word in Restorative Justice?
A talk by Professor John Braithwaite, Distinguished Professor and Founder of RegNet (the Regulatory Institutions Network) at the Australian National U...
The Merton Equality Conversation: 'Stemming the leakage of women from academia: why do they leave?'
The opening talk at the inaugural annual Merton Equality Conversation, given by Professor Dame Athene Donald FRS at the TS Eliot Theatre, Merton Colle...
Is the Indian Nuclear Tiger Changing Its Stripes? Data, Interpretation and Fact
A talk by Dr Gaurav Kampani, Guest Researcher at the Norwegian Institute for Defence Studies (IFS), Oslo
The Sitwells, Sitwellism and Sitwelliana
A talk given by Dr Deborah Longworth of the University of Birmingham to celebrate the donation of the Neil Ritchie Sitwell Collection to Merton Colleg...