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We are TORCH | The Oxford Research Centre in the Humanities.
A hub for multi-disciplinary research projects and research engagement at the University of Oxford

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Research

We seed and incubate interdisciplinary research Networks and Programmes.

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Knowledge Exchange

We create and nurture mutually beneficial collaborations between researchers and organisations external to the University.

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International

We support various types of International Engagement, enabling and facilitating research connections and collaborations.

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Humanities Cultural Programme (HCP)

Public programme, powered by research engagement in the Humanities at the University of Oxford.

25 Feb

Is There a Modern Indian Literature?

Online, Ashoka University, India - Registration required by 27th January, 5 pm, Indian Standard Time.

28 Feb

Eloquent Things: Teaching Using Real Objects (HT23)

Ashmolean Museum, Beaumont St, Oxford, OX1 2PH

3 Mar

Black (British) diasporic media junglist history - Julia Toppin

Seminar Room, Radcliffe Humanities, Radcliffe Observatory Quarter Woodstock Road, Oxford OX2 6GG

3 Mar

Intersectional Humanities Reading Group

LSK Room, Wadham Access Centre, Wadham College, Parks Road, Oxford OX1 3PN

3 Mar

The Storyteller as Performer: Exploring the praxis of a contemporary reteller of traditional tales

Lecture Room 23, Balliol College, Oxford OX1 3BJ

4 Mar

And Then We Danced (2019) - Film Screening

TS Eliot Theatre, Merton College, Oxford OX1 4JD

6 Mar

Workshop | Voice Projection & Staging Medieval Mystery Plays

Pontigny Room, St Edmund Hall, Queens Lane, Oxford, OX1 4AR

7 Mar

Eloquent Things: Teaching Using Real Objects (HT23)

Ashmolean Museum, Beaumont St, Oxford, OX1 2PH

7 Mar

Undergraduate and Graduate Student Networking Event

Seminar Room, Radcliffe Humanities, Radcliffe Observatory Quarter Woodstock Road, Oxford OX2 6GG

7 Mar

Feeding Anglo-Saxon England. The Bioarchaeology of an “Agricultural Revolution”

Colin Matthew Room, Radcliffe Humanities, Woodstock Road, Oxford, OX2 6GG

7 Mar

Research Lunch with Queer Intersections Oxford

Seminar Room, Radcliffe Humanities, Radcliffe Observatory Quarter Woodstock Road, Oxford OX2 6GG

7 Mar

Late-Medieval German Love Songs | Concert and Talk

Hollywell Music Room, Faculty Of Music, St Aldate's, OX1 1DB

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Watch our bite-size talks, in depth lectures and cross-disciplinary discussions given by leading thinkers and practitioners across the arts and sciences on our YouTube channel.

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TORCH

What we do

Research

Knowledge Exchange

International

Humanities Cultural Programme (HCP)

What's on

Is There a Modern Indian Literature?

Eloquent Things: Teaching Using Real Objects (HT23)

Black (British) diasporic media junglist history - Julia Toppin

Intersectional Humanities Reading Group

The Storyteller as Performer: Exploring the praxis of a contemporary reteller of traditional tales

And Then We Danced (2019) - Film Screening

Workshop | Voice Projection & Staging Medieval Mystery Plays

Eloquent Things: Teaching Using Real Objects (HT23)

Undergraduate and Graduate Student Networking Event

Feeding Anglo-Saxon England. The Bioarchaeology of an “Agricultural Revolution”

Research Lunch with Queer Intersections Oxford

Late-Medieval German Love Songs | Concert and Talk

Watch our talks

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Join our mailing list

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