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It's sometimes counterintuitive to think that emotions might have a history, because surely everyone across the world and everyone across time has always felt fear and anger and sorrow and joy in the ...

7 Nov 202516min

Foucault thinks that territory was much more of a focus of politics in the medieval period, but this has been supplanted by this interest of government over population in a more modern period. Shakesp...

24 Sep 202510min

Greetings and partings are mini rituals that frame every encounter and condense emotional intensity into gestures and words. About David Hillman "I lecture on Shakespeare and Renaissance culture at th...

17 Sep 202510min

Islam Issa, Professor of Literature and History at Birmingham City University, looks at the influence of Shakespeare in popular culture. About Islam Issa "I am a professor of Literature and History at...

3 Sep 20259min

My life in relation to Shakespeare has always been torn between the stage and the page, thinking about Shakespeare as a literary text that one can pore over. About David Hillman "I lecture on Shakespe...

3 Sep 202511min

Ricardo Soares de Oliveira, Professor of International Politics of Africa at the University of Oxford, examines the extractive industries in Africa. About Ricardo Soares de Oliveira "I’m a Professor o...

27 Aug 202512min

Eugene Rogan, Director of St. Antony’s College Middle East Centre, examines recent Muslim movements throughout the Arab world. About Eugene Rogan "I am Professor of Modern Middle Eastern History at Ox...

20 Aug 202512min

Faisal Devji, Professor of Indian History at the University of Oxford, discusses the rise of global Islam. About Faisal Devji "I’m Professor of Indian History at the University of Oxford. My interest ...

13 Aug 202512min