Infrastructure, Public Policy, and the Anthropocene – Episode 88 – The Oxford Comment

October 31, 2023The Oxford Commentage of anthropocene, anthropocene, climate change, climate crisis, holocene, infrastructure, infrastructure and health, jonathan pickering, ooih, open research, oxford open infrastructure and health, patrick harris, public health, public policy, The Oxford Comment, the politics of the anthropoceneoxfordacademic

On today’s episode of The Oxford Comment, we discuss the state of human infrastructure in the Anthropocene with a particular focus on how research can best be used to inform public policy. First, we welcomed Patrick Harris, co-editor-in-chief of the new transdisciplinary journal, Oxford Open Infrastructure and Health, to speak about the aims and scopes of OOIH, how OOIH is poised to meet the challenges of the Anthropocene, and the kind of research the editors are seeking. We then interviewed Jonathan Pickering, co-author of The Politics of the Anthropocene, the winner of the 2019 Clay Morgan Award Committee for Best Book in Environmental Political Theory. We spoke with him about how the shift from the Holocene to the Anthropocene has affected our core infrastructure systems and how good governance can help us mitigate the many challenges we’ll face in the future

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The Beats – The Very Short Introductions Podcast – Episode 73

October 26, 2023The Very Short Introductions Podcastallen ginsberg, ann charters, anne waldman, beat generation, beatniks, bob kaufman, city lights bookstore, counterculture, david sterritt, diane diprima, greenwich village, hippies, hipsters, howl, jack kerouac, Lawrence Ferlinghetti, leroi jones, naked lunch, neal cassady, on the road, san francisco, the beats, the very short introductions podcast, vsi, william s burroughsoxfordacademic

In this episode, David Sterritt introduces the Beats, the generation of writers in the 1950s and 1960s who broke taboos and countered conservative culture to change American literature.

A PDF transcript for this episode can be found here: https://oxfordacademic.blubrry.net/wp-content/uploads/2023/09/VSI-Ep-73-The-Beats-transcript.pdf

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David Sterritt is Professor Emeritus of Theatre and Film at Long Island University and Editor-in-Chief of the Quarterly Review of Film and Video. He is also the former Chair of the National Society of Film Critics.

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Martyrdom – The Very Short Introductions Podcast – Episode 72

October 19, 2023The Very Short Introductions Podcastcharles i, christian martyrs, foxe's book of martyrs, iran-iraq war, jihad, joan of arc, jolyon mitchell, jose rizal, martyrdom, st stephen, suicide bombers, the very short introductions podcast, thomas beckett, vsioxfordacademic

In this episode, Jolyon Mitchell introduces martyrdom and explores why we view historical martyrdom differently than acts of martyrdom in today’s world.

A PDF transcript for this episode can be found here: https://oxfordacademic.blubrry.net/wp-content/uploads/2023/09/VSI-Ep-72-Martyrdom-transcript.pdf

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Jolyon Mitchell is Principal of St John’s College, Durham University and a Professor specialising in Religion, Violence and Peacebuilding. He is author or editor of many books, articles, and essays, including War and Religion: A Very Short Introduction.

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Bohemians – The Very Short Introductions Podcast – Episode 71

October 12, 2023The Very Short Introductions Podcastbohemia, bohemians, david weir, decadence, greenwich village, gustave courbet, latin quarter, montmartre, paris commune, schwabing, starving artist, the very short introductions podcast, vsioxfordacademic

In the first episode of Season 7, David Weir introduces what we mean when we refer to the “bohemian” lifestyle and culture, and the way it has influenced spheres such as literature and cinema.

A PDF transcript for this episode can be found here: https://oxfordacademic.blubrry.net/wp-content/uploads/2023/09/VSI-Ep-71-Bohemians-transcript.pdf

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David Weir is Distinguished Visiting Scholar at Goldsmiths, University of London, and Professor Emeritus of Comparative Literature at Cooper Union in New York City. He has published ten books, including Decadence: A Very Short Introduction.

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Supporting the Future of Peer Review – Episode 87 – The Oxford Comment

September 19, 2023The Oxford Commentartificial intelligence, bias reduction, dei and peer review, future of peer review, history of peer review, jnci, niso, peer review, podcast, standard terminology for peer review, The Oxford Commentoxfordacademic

On today’s episode, we’re joined by three OUP colleagues to discuss current changes in academic publishing and what they will mean for the future of peer review.  First, we talk with Laura Jose, a Publisher in the Owned and Product Tower at OUP, about bias reduction in peer review. Next, we speak with Dr. Amanda Boehm, scientific managing editor for JNCI: Journal of the National Cancer Institute and JNCI Cancer Spectrum, about how diversity, equity, inclusion, and accessibility initiatives affect peer review. Lastly, we ask James Phillpotts, the Director of Content Transformation & Standards who serves as an OUP representative for the National Information Standards Organization, about the impact of NISO’s recently released document on the standard terminology for peer review.

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