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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.

13 Apr

Tutankhamun: Excavating the Archive

Treasury, Weston Library, Broad Street, Oxford, OX1 3BG

1 Oct

Image & Identity: views from Ceylon and Oxfordshire in early colonial photographs

Museum of Oxford, Oxford Town Hall, St Aldate's, Oxford, OX1 1BX

24 Nov

Sensational Books Exhibition

ST Lee Gallery, Weston Library, Broad Street, Oxford, OX1 3BG

28 Nov

Grave Good Exhibition

Grave Good: Excavating the Hard Drive is an exhibition of contemporary funerary art from Egypt's Valley of...

Grave Good: Excavating the Hard Drive is an exhibition of contemporary funerary art from Egypt's Valley of the undead.

95 Gloucester Green

29 Nov

Eloquent Things: Teaching Using Real Objects (MT22)

Ashmolean Museum, Beaumont St, Oxford, OX1 2PH

29 Nov

A Tapestry of Homes: A Reading

Holywell Music Room, Oxford

30 Nov

Heritage Pathway: Site Visit to Weald and Downland Museum

Weald and Downland Living Museum, Chichester

30 Nov

Critical Energy Humanities: Experiments in Environmental Humanities

Online event

1 Dec

A Narrative Approach to Early Chinese Buddhist Prose

Harold Lee Room, Pembroke College, Oxford, OX1 1DW

1 Dec

Materiality-driven Digital Approaches to Music Museum Artefacts: from Spectro-imaging and CT Scans, to Photogrammetry

Linbury Room, Worcester College, Oxford

1 Dec

National Theatre Home Watch Party: End-of-term discussion and social

Buttery Archive Room, Balliol College, Oxford, OX1 3BJ

1 Dec

Women and War in Ukrainian New Drama

Brasenose College, Amersi Foundation Lecture Theatre

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Our blog highlights stories and thought pieces from across our network

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TORCH

What we do

Research

Knowledge Exchange

International

Humanities Cultural Programme (HCP)

What's on

Tutankhamun: Excavating the Archive

Image & Identity: views from Ceylon and Oxfordshire in early colonial photographs

Sensational Books Exhibition

Grave Good Exhibition

Eloquent Things: Teaching Using Real Objects (MT22)

A Tapestry of Homes: A Reading

Heritage Pathway: Site Visit to Weald and Downland Museum

Critical Energy Humanities: Experiments in Environmental Humanities

A Narrative Approach to Early Chinese Buddhist Prose

Materiality-driven Digital Approaches to Music Museum Artefacts: from Spectro-imaging and CT Scans, to Photogrammetry

National Theatre Home Watch Party: End-of-term discussion and social

Women and War in Ukrainian New Drama

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