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TORCH | The Oxford Research Centre in the Humanities

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Research Hubs and Networks

We seed and incubate interdisciplinary Research Networks and support strategic interdisciplinary Research Hubs

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International

We support researchers in International engagement, through strategic partnerships, projects, and fellowships

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Knowledge Exchange

Mutually beneficial collaborations between researchers and organisations external to the University

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Public Engagement with Research

Collaboration and co-creation with the public through research

3 Nov

APGRD term card: MT 2025

Various locations

6 Dec

Trans Studies Working Group | (En)gendering Futurity

Seminar Room 11, St Anne's College, Woodstock Road, Oxford, OX2 6HS

6 Dec

Trans Studies Working Group | Critical Trans Thought Panel

Seminar Room 11, St Anne's College, Woodstock Road, Oxford, OX2 6HS

8 Dec

Medical Education and the Making of Iraqi Doctors | Book Discussion

Seminar Room 63, Schwarzman Centre for the Humanities, Oxford OX2 6GG

16 Dec

Before The Millennium: post-show Q&A

The Old Fire Station, 40 George Street, Oxford OX1 2AQ

20 Jan

Interdisciplinary Networking Breakfasts

Seminar room 00.063, Schwarzman Centre for the Humanities, Oxford, OX2 6GG

27 Jan

Health and STS Breakfast Reading Group

Seminar Room 56, Schwarzman Centre for the Humanities, Oxford, OX2 6GG and online

29 Jan

Trans and Queer Voices in Performance Research: Study Day 2

Ruskin School of Art, 128 Bullingdon Road OX4 1QP

5 Feb

God and Silicon Valley: The Place of Religion in the Development of Artificial Intelligence

Reuben College, Lecture Theatre, Parks Rd, Oxford, OX1 3QP

10 Feb

British Theatre Before & After Covid

Seminar Room 00.063, Schwarzman Centre for the Humanities, Oxford, OX2 6GG

6 Mar

Unquiet Mothers: Violence, Care, and Maternal Ambivalence in 19th-Century France

Seminar Room 63, Schwarzman Centre for the Humanities, Oxford, OX2 6GG

11 Jun

Medical Detachment: Past and Present

Seminar Room 63, Schwarzman Centre for the Humanities, Oxford, OX2 6GG

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What we do

Research Hubs and Networks

International

Knowledge Exchange

Public Engagement with Research

What's on

APGRD term card: MT 2025

Trans Studies Working Group | (En)gendering Futurity

Trans Studies Working Group | Critical Trans Thought Panel

Medical Education and the Making of Iraqi Doctors | Book Discussion

Before The Millennium: post-show Q&A

Interdisciplinary Networking Breakfasts

Health and STS Breakfast Reading Group

Trans and Queer Voices in Performance Research: Study Day 2

God and Silicon Valley: The Place of Religion in the Development of Artificial Intelligence

British Theatre Before & After Covid

Unquiet Mothers: Violence, Care, and Maternal Ambivalence in 19th-Century France

Medical Detachment: Past and Present

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