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Homer – The Very Short Introductions Podcast – Episode 25

April 8, 2021The Very Short Introductions Podcastancience greece, barbara graziosi, greek mythology, homer, the iliad, the odyssey, the very short introductions podcast, vsioxfordacademic

In this episode, Barbara Graziosi introduces Homer, whose mythological tales of war and homecoming, The Iliad and The Odyssey, are widely considered to be two of the most influential works in the history of western literature.

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Barbara Graziosi teaches classics at Durham University. She is the author of Inventing Homer (Cambridge University Press, 2002), and together with Johannes Haubold she wrote Homer: The Resonance of Epic (Duckworth, 2005), and completed a commentary on Iliad 6 for the Cambridge Greek and Latin Classics (Cambridge University Press, 2010).

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Forensic Science – The Very Short Introductions Podcast – Episode 24

December 31, 2020The Very Short Introductions Podcastforensic science, jim fraser, the very short introductions podcast, vsi, vsi25oxfordacademic

In this episode, Jim Fraser introduces forensic science, a subject of wide fascination and importance, as a criminal case can often hinge on a piece of evidence like a hair, a blood trace, half a footprint, or a tyre mark.

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Jim Fraser has 40 years’ experience in forensic science and has worked on many high profile cases, in various roles, including as an expert witness, case reviewer, senior police manager, policy adviser, and researcher. He has also advised many public agencies including police organisations in the UK and abroad, the Home Office, the Scottish Parliament, and the UK Parliament. He is a Research Professor in Forensic Science at the University of Strathclyde.

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Modern Brazil – The Very Short Introductions Podcast – Episode 23

December 28, 2020The Very Short Introductions Podcastanthony pereira, modern brazil, the very short introductions podcast, vsi, vsi25oxfordacademic

In this episode, Anthony Pereira introduces modern Brazil, a country associated in many people’s minds with conviviality, sensuality, and natural beauty yet is still something of an enigma.

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Anthony W. Pereira is a Professor and Director of the Brazil Institute at King’s College London. He has held positions at the New School for Social Research, the Fletcher School of Law and Diplomacy at Tufts University, Tulane University, and the University of East Anglia. He is the author and co-author of many books and is an occasional commentator on Brazil for the BBC, CNN, France 24, The Conversation, and other media organisations.

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Projects – The Very Short Introductions Podcast – Episode 22

December 24, 2020The Very Short Introductions Podcastandrew davies, projects, the very short introductions podcast, vsi, vsi25oxfordacademic

In this episode, Andrew Davies introduces projects, a temporary organization and one-time process established to achieve a desired outcome which now shape the human-built world in which we live, work, and play.

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Andrew Davies is the RM Phillips Freeman Chair and Professor of Innovation Management in SPRU, University of Sussex Business School Andrew (2019-). He is researcher, educator, consultant and advisor who is fascinated by understanding and making innovation happen in complex projects, with a focus on large-scale infrastructure in the built environment.

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Biography – The Very Short Introductions Podcast – Episode 21

December 21, 2020The Very Short Introductions Podcastbiography, hermione lee, the very short introductions podcast, vsi, vsi25oxfordacademic

In this episode, Hermione Lee introduces biography, one of the most popular, best-selling, and widely-read literary genres.

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Dame Hermione Lee is the Director of the Oxford Centre for Life-Writing at Wolfson College and a trustee of the Wolfson Foundation. She is a Fellow of the Royal Society of Literature, the British Academy and the American Academy of Arts and Sciences, and an Honorary Fellow of New, St Hilda’s, and St Cross Colleges, Oxford.

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