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SUMMARY:Doing things with books A conversation with William Kentridge
DESCRIPTION:About this event\nRenowned South African artist William Kentridge has engaged with the book in all its forms throughout his career. While his early work in the 1980s and 90s frequently incorporated found paper and fragments\, his 1999 project Curs Pràctic de Gramàtica Catalana\, based on a facsimile of a 1933 Catalan grammar\, established the ‘book-as-object’ as a sustained concern. \nThis public conversation examines the enduring role of the book in Kentridge’s work\, from his iconic flip-book animations to his use of the page as a site of historical palimpsest and erasure. \nSpeakers\nWilliam Kentridge (1955\, Johannesburg) works across mediums of drawing\, writing\, film\, performance\, music\, theatre and collaborative practices\, to make work that is grounded in politics\, science\, literature and history\, always holding a space for contradiction and uncertainty. His work has been seen in museums and galleries around the world since the 1990s and can be found in the collections of art museums and institutions across the globe. He has directed operas for the Metropolitan Opera in New York\, La Scala in Milan\, English National Opera in London\, the Sydney Opera House and the Salzburg Festival. His original works for stage combine performance\, projections\, shadow play\, voice and music\, and include the Refuse the Hour\, The Head & the Load\, Waiting for the Sibyl and The Great Yes\, The Great No. \nKentridge is the recipient of honorary doctorates from several universities including Yale\, Columbia\, Brown and the University of London. He has presented public lecture series at Harvard University and Oxford University. Awards include the Kyoto Prize and the Praemium Imperiale Prize (Japan)\, the Princesa de Asturias Award (Spain) and an Olivier award (London). He is an honorary academician of the Royal Academy in London and a Foreign Associate Member of the Académie des Beaux-Arts in Paris. \nPeter McDonald teaches English at St Hugh’s College\, Oxford. He is the author of The Double Life of Books: Making and Re-making the Reader (2024)\, Artefacts of Writing: Ideas of the State and Communities of Letters from Matthew Arnold to Xu Bing (2017)\, The Literature Police: Apartheid Censorship and its Cultural Consequences (2009)\, British Literary Culture and Publishing Practice\, 1880–1914 (1997)\, and co-author of PEN: An Illustrated History (2021). He is currently working on a book about re-imagining a literary education in the age of artificial intelligence. \nEvent information\n\nThis event takes place in person in the Sohmen Concert Hall at the Schwarzman Centre for the Humanities.\nTickets are £3 for general admission\, and free for students.
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SUMMARY:Healing in a Technological Age: Spirituality\, and Religion
DESCRIPTION:Medical Humanities Research Hub \n\n\n\n\nConvenors: Ariel Dempsey\, Postdoctoral Research Fellow\, Faculty of Theology & Religion; Andrew Moeller\, Project Leader\, Biotechnology and the Humanities \nPlease contact Andrew Moeller with any questions: andrew.moeller@history.ox.ac.uk \nDescription \nAmid the rapid expansion of medical technology\, what place do religion and spirituality hold in contemporary medicine? How are spirituality\, physical health\, and mental health interconnected\, and how do these relationships shape experiences of illness and healing? \nAs medicine becomes increasingly driven by technology\, data\, and efficiency\, questions of meaning\, belief\, and human experience remain central to care. Religion and spirituality continue to influence how patients and clinicians understand illness\, make medical decisions\, cope with suffering\, and pursue well-being. This panel brings together clinicians\, scholars\, and practitioners to explore the roles of religion and spirituality in contemporary medicine\, with particular attention to physical health\, mental health\, and patient-centered care. Panelists will examine how spirituality intersects with clinical practice\, ethical decision-making\, and holistic approaches to healing\, as well as the challenges and opportunities of integrating spirituality into modern healthcare settings.Our panel of speakers will explore questions such as: \n\nWhat role can spirituality play in physical and mental health\, and how should clinicians engage with it responsibly in patient care?\nIn the face of widespread clinician burnout\, how might spirituality support resilience\, meaning\, and professional well-being?\nAs medicine becomes increasingly technological\, how can healthcare systems integrate spiritual care while respecting diversity\, ethics\, and professional boundaries?\nWhat insights does spirituality offer medicine about healing\, suffering\, and meaning—and how can medical practice\, in turn\, inform spiritual understanding?\nHow can dialogue between medicine\, philosophy\, theology\, and the arts deepen our understanding of the spiritual dimensions of human experience and reshape approaches to care?\nAs societies invest billions in biotechnologies aimed at enhancing and extending human life\, we are also facing a growing crisis of mental health and rising rates of despair. What do spiritual traditions offer that might help us rethink what we mean by “progress” and human flourishing?\n\nThese questions matter not only to healthcare professionals\, but to all of us because serious illness touches every life\, whether our own or those of people we love. Whether you are a clinician\, patient\, scholar\, student\, religious\, spiritual\, secular\, skeptic\, or simply someone interested in exploring questions of meaning and purpose\, join us for a timely conversation at the intersection of medicine\, spirituality\, and human well-being. \n____ \nEventbrite processes data (including any personal data you may submit by responding to this invitation) outside of the European Economic Area. Please only submit any personal data which you are happy to have processed in this way\, and in accordance with Eventbrite’s privacy policy applicable to attendees (available here: Eventbrite Privacy Policy | Eventbrite Help Centre). If you prefer not to use Eventbrite for responding to this invitation\, you may respond directly to torch@humanities.ox.ac.uk.
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