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The Ghetto – The Very Short Introductions Podcast – Episode 9

November 9, 2020The Very Short Introductions Podcastbryan cheyette, ghetto, history of the ghetto, jewish ghetto, segregation, the ghetto, the very short introductions podcast, vsi, vsi25oxfordacademic

In this episode, Bryan Cheyette introduces the ghetto, a term which has been universalized as the incarnation of class difference, colonialism, and apartheid, and has been applied to segregated cities and countries throughout the world but is still an extraordinarily complex concept.

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Bryan Cheyette is Chair in Modern Literature and Culture at the University of Reading, and a Fellow of the English Association. He has lectured widely throughout the United States and Europe and has held visiting positions at Dartmouth College, the University of Michigan, and the University of Pennsylvania. He also holds fellowships at the universities of Leeds, Southampton and Birkbeck College, London.

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Branding – The Very Short Introductions Podcast – Episode 8

November 5, 2020The Very Short Introductions Podcastbrand awareness, branding, robert jones, the very short introductions podcast, vsi, vsi25oxfordacademic

In this episode, Robert Jones introduces possibly the most powerful commercial and culture force globally–branding–which, despite brand awareness and skepticism, holds an inescapable influence on our lives.

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Robert Jones is a strategist at Wolff Olins, one of the world’s leading branding consultancies, and visiting professor at the University of East Anglia, where he teaches a unique postgraduate course on brand leadership. At Wolff Olins, he has helped build brands like Barclays, National Trust, Oxfam, Tesco, and Virgin. Robert also created a free online course, The Secret Power of Brands, for FutureLearn and is on the editorial board of the Journal of Brand Management.

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The Future – The Very Short Introductions Podcast – Episode 7

November 2, 2020The Very Short Introductions Podcastfuture studies, futurism, jennifer gidley, the future, the very short introductions podcast, vsi, vsi25oxfordacademic

In this episode, Jennifer Gidley introduces the future, an area of fascination for humans from the beginning of time driven by both of our fear of the unknown and our curiosity to know.

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Jennifer Gidley has extensive experience in the futures studies field, combining scholarly research, academic teaching, and leadership of the World Futures Studies Federation (UNESCO Partner), she was re-elected as President in 2013 for a second four-year term. Jennifer has held academic positions in Australia at Southern Cross (1995-2001); Swinburne (2003-2006); and Royal Melbourne Institute of Technology (2008-2012); and holds visiting academic posts in Europe.

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EU Law – The Very Short Introductions Podcast – Episode 6

October 29, 2020The Very Short Introductions Podcastanthony arnull, eu law, european union law, the very short introductions podcast, vsi, vsi25oxfordacademic

In this episode, Anthony Arnull introduces European Union law, which will have a central role as the European Union deals with the consequences of Brexit and the eurozone crisis.

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Anthony Arnull holds the Barber Chair of Jurisprudence at the University of Birmingham. He has specialized in the law of the European Union for over 30 years and worked at the European Court of Justice in Luxembourg from 1989-92. He has given evidence to a number of UK Parliamentary Select Committees and acted as Specialist Adviser to the House of Lords EU Committee. In 2013-14, he served as an output assessor on the Law Sub-Panel for the 2014 Research Assessment Exercise (REF).

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Fashion – The Very Short Introductions Podcast – Episode 5

October 26, 2020The Very Short Introductions Podcastfashion, rebecca arnold, the very short introductions podcast, vsi, vsi25oxfordacademic

In this episode, Rebecca Arnold introduces fashion, a gigantic global industry which generates some three hundred billion dollars in revenue every year yet is often denigrated as trivial and superficial.

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Rebecca Arnold is a Research Fellow in the School of Humanities in the Department of History of Design at the Royal College of Art.

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