The Middle Ages – The Very Short Introductions Podcast – Episode 11

November 16, 2020The Very Short Introductions Podcastmiri rubin, the middle ages, the very short introductions podcast, vsi, vsi25oxfordacademic

In this episode, Miri Rubin introduces the Middle Ages, a term coined around 1450 to describe a thousand years of European history.

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Miri Rubin is Professor of Medieval History at Queen Mary University of London and Head of the School of History. She has taught at the Universities of Cambridge and Oxford, and has held visiting positions in Paris, Princeton, and New York. Her research has explored areas of the religious cultures of medieval Europe, and has been influenced by an interdisciplinary approach which had benefited from the use of textual, visual and musical sources.

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Dementia – The Very Short Introductions Podcast – Episode 10

November 12, 2020The Very Short Introductions Podcastdementia, kathleen taylor, the very short introductions podcast, vsi, vsi25oxfordacademic

In this episode, Kathleen Taylor introduces dementia, the fifth-most common cause of death across the world which, despite recent advances in brain science, still has no effective treatment.

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Kathleen Taylor studied physiology and philosophy at the University of Oxford. After a research MSc at Stirling University, working on brain chemistry, she returned to Oxford to do a DPhil in visual neuroscience and postdoctoral work on cognitive neuroscience. In 2003 she won two national writing awards, and decided to leave the uncertain and challenging world of academic science for the even more uncertain and challenging world of science writing.

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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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