Join Professor Robert Iliffe (University of Oxford) at the Museum of the History of Science as he examines how the work of artisans, especially scientific instrument-makers, was represented by Samuel Hartlib and Robert Hooke in early modern London. He will look at the changing intellectual and social contexts for their accounts, as well as the ways in which their own interests and identities informed the way they wrote about craftsmen.
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Yakov Rabkin – What is modern Israel?
Few countries provoke as much passion and controversy as Israel. What is Modern Israel? convincingly demonstrates that its founding ideology – Zionism – is anything but a simple reaction to antisemitism. Dispelling the notion that every Jew is a Zionist and therefore a natural advocate for the state of Israel, the author points to the Protestant roots of Zionism and the role this might play in explaining the particular support Israel musters in the United States.
Drawing on many overlooked pages of history, including English, French, Hebrew, Yiddish and Russian sources, Yakov Rabkin shows that Zionism was conceived as a sharp break with Judaism and Jewish continuity. Israel’s past and present must be seen in the context of European ethnic nationalism, colonial expansion and geopolitical interests, rather than as an incarnation of Biblical prophecies or a culmination of Jewish history.
Contesting the Liberal Order? China Rising in a World Not of Its Own Making
Montgomery and Me: Implementing the New Standard for Consent to Treatment in Medicine and Healthcare
The Collaborating Centre for Values-based Practice and the Nuffield Department of Surgical Sciences invite you to attend a one-day conference on
“Montgomery and Me: Implementing the New Standard for Consent to Treatment in Medicine and Healthcare”.
The Supreme Court ruling Montgomery v Lanarkshire Health Board (2015) marked a shift in the basis of consent in medicine and healthcare from the established “prudent clinician” test to a “prudent patient” test. The new standard requires clinicians to enter into dialogue with their patients to the point that they gain sufficient understanding of the options available to make a choice that takes into account their own values.
This conference will raise your awareness of the new Montgomery standard for consent and to explore its implications from key stakeholders’ perspective.
Confirmed Speakers include Baroness Hale, Deputy President of the Supreme Court and one of the Montgomery judges, and Professor Jonathan Herring, Professor of Law, University of Oxford.
“European Migration Crisis? Spaces of Transit, Migration Management and Migrant Agency” by Dr Leonie Ansems de Vries (King’s College London)
Brookes Centre for Global Politics, Economics and Society seminar series
St Anne’s Incubator Showcase
This summer St Anne’s College and The Danson Foundation jointly supported an Incubator Project to help three teams of students start their own businesses. As well as receiving working capital and accommodation, the teams were offered dedicated mentoring from The Danson Foundation and St Anne’s alumnae. At the Incubator Showcase on Thursday 20 October, the teams will present their business’s progress to date and discuss their plans for the future. All St Anne’s alumnae are very welcome to attend and learn more about the student’s projects. The event will also include time for networking.
Of Nomadology and India(n-ness)
A Zionist Passage to India?
THE CHARLES SIMONYI ANNUAL LECTURE – Autism and Minds Wired for Science
Research suggests that autism and scientific and mathematical talents are linked. Scientists and mathematicians score higher in terms of autistic traits and have higher rates of autism, compared to the wider general population. This new research raises profound ethical issues: should we continue to refer to autism as a ‘disease’ or ‘disorder’, or is the framework of ‘neurodiversity’ a more humane and accurate lens through which to view people with autism?
This year’s Simonyi Lecturer is Simon Baron-Cohen, Professor of Developmental Psychopathology, Fellow at Trinity College, Cambridge and Director of the Autism Research Centre (ARC) in Cambridge.
He will be introduced by Marcus du Sautoy, Simonyi Professor for the Public Understanding of Science at the University of Oxford.
What can Oxford learn from Leiden
Sam Hampton who recently went to Leiden will be talking about what Oxford can learn from its twin city’s cycling infrastructure and culture.