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SUMMARY:Adrian Goldsworthy – Greece & Rome at War
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SUMMARY:Elizabeth Roberts – Montenegro: Realm of the Black Mountain
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SUMMARY:Alexander Marr - Art & Wit in the Renaissance
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LOCATION:Noel Salter Room\, New College\, Holywell Street\, Oxford\, OX1 3BN\, United Kingdom
CATEGORIES:Studies
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SUMMARY:Samuel Zeitlin – Geopolitics & Political Thought in the Twentieth Century
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The first lectures will examine Schmitt’s analysis of the First World War\, his critique of the League of Nations\, and his characteristic approach to the history of political thought. The final lecture will consider Raymond Aron’s response to Schmitt’s political thought\, particularly on matters of foreign policy international affairs\, in Aron’s studies of Clausewitz and of international relations. The lectures will also consider the Schmitt-Aron correspondence. \nSamuel Garrett Zeitlin is a distinguished historian of political ideas at University College London. He has worked extensively on the thought of Sir Francis Bacon\, alongside Continental theorists of the twentieth century. \nIn the second Pharos Tuesday Seminar\, Samuel Garrett Zeitlin shifts the focus to the liberal conservative political theorist Raymond Aron\, examining his relationship with the German jurist Carl Schmitt to draw out two vastly contrasting perspectives on the international politics of the last century. The first lectures will examine Schmitt’s analysis of the First World War\, his critique of the League of Nations\, and his characteristic approach to the history of political thought. The final lecture will consider Raymond Aron’s response to Schmitt’s political thought\, particularly on matters of foreign policy international affairs\, in Aron’s studies of Clausewitz and of international relations. The lectures will also consider the Schmitt-Aron correspondence. \nSamuel Garrett Zeitlin is a distinguished historian of political ideas at University College London. 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LOCATION:Hinton Seminar Room\, Worcester College\, Oxford\, Oxfordshire\, OX1 2HB\, United Kingdom
CATEGORIES:Studies
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SUMMARY:Adrian Goldsworthy – Greece & Rome at War
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CATEGORIES:Studies
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SUMMARY:Adrian Goldsworthy – Greece & Rome at War
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Greeks defeated Persian invasions\, then fought each other. Alexander swept through the Persian empire. Rome and Carthage waged war on an immense scale\, and at the end of it the Carthaginian Republic was eradicated. Rome created and maintained through military force an empire embracing much of the known world. \nWars were important and shaped the development of the ancient world\, but how should we understand them? Battles were major events\, sometimes deciding wars\, and were clearly important and need to be understood. Yet there was a lot more to ancient warfare than pitched battles\, and it is vital to look at the attack and defence of fortified settlements and strongholds\, and at lower level raids and skirmishes. The story of warfare in the Greek and Roman worlds is not simple\, but remains of fundamental importance for understanding the era. \nAdrian Goldsworthy is an historian and novelist who specialises in ancient Roman history. 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CATEGORIES:Studies
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SUMMARY:Jaspreet Singh Boparai - Painting in Rome after Raphael
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Unlike Michelangelo (1475-1564) he was courtly and tactful; unlike Leonardo da Vinci (1452-1519) he tended to finish pictures once he was paid to do so. For centuries he was regarded as a model for painters\, in his professional virtues as well as the quality of his work. Was Raphael too perfect an artist? These lectures explore the creative hazards involved with the precedents and conventions established by four Old Masters: Raphael\, Michelangelo\, Caravaggio (1571-1610) and Nicolas Poussin (1594-1665). All were profoundly original; all produced their greatest work in Rome; each\, in his own way\, could potentially be a bad influence on lesser artists\, who felt they had no choice but to imitate these Old Masters’ examples\, and did not necessarily know what to copy. What does an artist really need to know about the creators who came before him? At what point does an influence like Raphael or Michelangelo become a burden that inhibits\, misguides or even cripples those who want to make art? \nAfter initial studies in Classics\, Jaspreet Singh Boparai began studying the classical tradition in French and Italian art and literature. His first MA at the Courtauld Institute of Art focussed on mediaeval manuscript illumination\, and his second MA from the Warburg Institute centred around Renaissance humanism. Thereafter he became interested in the history of classical scholarship\, earning the last-ever PhD from the department of neo-Latin at Cambridge. He has studied the history of art both as an amateur and with the aid of studentships from the École normale supérieure in Paris\, and the British School at Rome\, and a fellowship from the Villa I Tatti Centre for Renaissance Studies in Florence. Currently he is writing a book about Latin and Greek on the Indian subcontinent\, whilst also serving as Pictures Editor for Antigone Journal\, which is supported by the Pharos Foundation. \n\n[/vc_column_text][vc_row_inner disable_element=”yes” column_margin=”default” column_direction=”default” column_direction_tablet=”default” column_direction_phone=”default” top_padding=”4%” constrain_group_1=”yes” bottom_padding=”4%” text_align=”left” row_position=”default” row_position_tablet=”inherit” row_position_phone=”inherit” overflow=”visible” pointer_events=”all”][vc_column_inner column_padding=”no-extra-padding” column_padding_tablet=”inherit” column_padding_phone=”inherit” column_padding_position=”all” column_element_direction_desktop=”default” column_element_spacing=”default” desktop_text_alignment=”default” tablet_text_alignment=”default” phone_text_alignment=”default” background_color_opacity=”1″ background_hover_color_opacity=”1″ column_backdrop_filter=”none” column_shadow=”none” column_border_radius=”none” column_link_target=”_self” overflow=”visible” gradient_direction=”left_to_right” overlay_strength=”0.3″ width=”1/1″ tablet_width_inherit=”default” animation_type=”default” bg_image_animation=”none” border_type=”simple” column_border_width=”none” column_border_style=”solid”][nectar_cta btn_style=”arrow-animation” heading_tag=”h6″ button_color=”black” button_color_hover=”#d1b876″ text_color=”#ffffff” text_color_hover=”#000000″ button_border_color=”#000000″ button_border_color_hover=”#d1b876″ button_border_thickness=”1px” link_type=”new_tab” alignment=”left” alignment_tablet=”default” alignment_phone=”default” constrain_group_1=”yes” constrain_group_2=”yes” constrain_group_3=”yes” constrain_group_4=”yes” display=”block” display_tablet=”inherit” display_phone=”inherit” font_size_desktop=”1rem” link_text=”BOOK TICKETS” padding_top=”15″ padding_bottom=”15″ padding_left=”15″ padding_right=”15″ url=”https://www.eventbrite.co.uk/o/pharos-foundation-58871545163″][/vc_column_inner][/vc_row_inner][/vc_column][/vc_row]
URL:https://pharos.foundation/event/jaspreet-singh-boparai-painting-in-rome-after-raphael-2/2025-05-13
LOCATION:To Be Confirmed\, Oxford\, United Kingdom
CATEGORIES:Studies
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DTSTART;TZID=Europe/London:20250513T170000
DTEND;TZID=Europe/London:20250513T180000
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SUMMARY:Edward Howell - South Korean Politics
DESCRIPTION:[vc_row type=”in_container” full_screen_row_position=”middle” column_margin=”default” column_direction=”default” column_direction_tablet=”default” column_direction_phone=”default” scene_position=”center” text_color=”dark” text_align=”left” row_border_radius=”none” row_border_radius_applies=”bg” overflow=”visible” overlay_strength=”0.3″ gradient_direction=”left_to_right” shape_divider_position=”bottom” bg_image_animation=”none”][vc_column column_padding=”no-extra-padding” column_padding_tablet=”inherit” column_padding_phone=”inherit” column_padding_position=”all” column_element_direction_desktop=”default” column_element_spacing=”default” desktop_text_alignment=”default” tablet_text_alignment=”default” phone_text_alignment=”default” background_color_opacity=”1″ background_hover_color_opacity=”1″ column_backdrop_filter=”none” column_shadow=”none” column_border_radius=”none” column_link_target=”_self” column_position=”default” gradient_direction=”left_to_right” overlay_strength=”0.3″ width=”1/1″ tablet_width_inherit=”default” animation_type=”default” bg_image_animation=”none” border_type=”simple” column_border_width=”none” column_border_style=”solid”][vc_column_text css=”.vc_custom_1731602802294{margin-bottom: 0px !important;padding-top: 2rem !important;}” text_direction=”default”]\nJoin Dr. Edward Howell\, Lecturer in Politics at the University of Oxford and a leading expert on Korean Peninsula affairs\, for an insightful lecture on South Korea’s turbulent political landscape. In this talk\, Dr. Howell delves into the dramatic events surrounding the impeachment of President Yoon Suk Yeol in December 2024\, exploring the causes\, consequences\, and broader implications for South Korea’s democracy. From the short-lived martial law declaration to the nation’s polarised response\, gain a deeper understanding of this historic crisis and its impact on East Asian geopolitics.[/vc_column_text][vc_row_inner disable_element=”yes” column_margin=”default” column_direction=”default” column_direction_tablet=”default” column_direction_phone=”default” top_padding=”4%” constrain_group_1=”yes” bottom_padding=”4%” text_align=”left” row_position=”default” row_position_tablet=”inherit” row_position_phone=”inherit” overflow=”visible” pointer_events=”all”][vc_column_inner column_padding=”no-extra-padding” column_padding_tablet=”inherit” column_padding_phone=”inherit” column_padding_position=”all” column_element_direction_desktop=”default” column_element_spacing=”default” desktop_text_alignment=”default” tablet_text_alignment=”default” phone_text_alignment=”default” background_color_opacity=”1″ background_hover_color_opacity=”1″ column_backdrop_filter=”none” column_shadow=”none” column_border_radius=”none” column_link_target=”_self” overflow=”visible” gradient_direction=”left_to_right” overlay_strength=”0.3″ width=”1/1″ tablet_width_inherit=”default” animation_type=”default” bg_image_animation=”none” border_type=”simple” column_border_width=”none” column_border_style=”solid”][nectar_cta btn_style=”arrow-animation” heading_tag=”h6″ button_color=”black” button_color_hover=”#d1b876″ text_color=”#ffffff” text_color_hover=”#000000″ button_border_color=”#000000″ button_border_color_hover=”#d1b876″ button_border_thickness=”1px” link_type=”new_tab” alignment=”left” alignment_tablet=”default” alignment_phone=”default” constrain_group_1=”yes” constrain_group_2=”yes” constrain_group_3=”yes” constrain_group_4=”yes” display=”block” display_tablet=”inherit” display_phone=”inherit” font_size_desktop=”1rem” link_text=”BOOK TICKETS” padding_top=”15″ padding_bottom=”15″ padding_left=”15″ padding_right=”15″ url=”https://www.eventbrite.co.uk/e/elizabeth-roberts-montenegro-realm-of-the-black-mountain-tickets-1025040783577?aff=odcleoeventsincollection”][/vc_column_inner][/vc_row_inner][/vc_column][/vc_row]
URL:https://pharos.foundation/event/edward-howell-south-korean-politics
LOCATION:To Be Confirmed\, Oxford\, United Kingdom
CATEGORIES:Salons
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DTSTART;TZID=Europe/London:20250520T173000
DTEND;TZID=Europe/London:20250520T190000
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SUMMARY:Sir Paul Marshall - Reflections of an Accidental Media Owner
DESCRIPTION:[vc_row type=”in_container” full_screen_row_position=”middle” column_margin=”default” column_direction=”default” column_direction_tablet=”default” column_direction_phone=”default” scene_position=”center” text_color=”dark” text_align=”left” row_border_radius=”none” row_border_radius_applies=”bg” overflow=”visible” overlay_strength=”0.3″ gradient_direction=”left_to_right” shape_divider_position=”bottom” bg_image_animation=”none”][vc_column column_padding=”no-extra-padding” column_padding_tablet=”inherit” column_padding_phone=”inherit” column_padding_position=”all” column_element_direction_desktop=”default” column_element_spacing=”default” desktop_text_alignment=”default” tablet_text_alignment=”default” phone_text_alignment=”default” background_color_opacity=”1″ background_hover_color_opacity=”1″ column_backdrop_filter=”none” column_shadow=”none” column_border_radius=”none” column_link_target=”_self” column_position=”default” gradient_direction=”left_to_right” overlay_strength=”0.3″ width=”1/1″ tablet_width_inherit=”default” animation_type=”default” bg_image_animation=”none” border_type=”simple” column_border_width=”none” column_border_style=”solid”][vc_column_text css=”.vc_custom_1731926459743{margin-bottom: 0px !important;padding-top: 2rem !important;}” text_direction=”default”]\n\nThe Pharos Spring Lecturer for 2025\, Sir Paul Marshall\, is one of the UK’s leading investors\, a major philanthropist\, and now one of the country’s most influential media owners. After spending the early part of his career at S.G. Warburg\, he co-founded Marshall Wace LLP\, one of London’s first hedge funds\, in 1997. He continues to serve as chairman and chief investment officer\, and Marshall Wace is today one of Europe’s largest hedge fund groups. \nMarshall became heavily involved in educational philanthropy during the 2000s: as the author of several books on British schools\, as founding trustee of the children’s charity ARK and chairman of ARK Schools\, and as lead Non-Executive Director at the Department for Education from 2013-16. His first venture into media was through the news website UnHerd in 2017. He later became a major investor in GBNews\, briefly serving as chairman\, before purchasing The Spectator in September 2024. \nFormerly a major donor to the Liberal Democrats and a contributor to the Orange Book\, Marshall left the party over its opposition to Brexit and his commitment to classical liberalism. He has since supported the Conservative Party and was one of the founders of the Alliance for Responsible Citizenship in 2023 with Jordan Peterson. He is one of Britain’s premier philanthropists\, often near the top of the Sunday Times Giving List. He was knighted in 2016. \n\n[/vc_column_text][vc_row_inner disable_element=”yes” column_margin=”default” column_direction=”default” column_direction_tablet=”default” column_direction_phone=”default” top_padding=”4%” constrain_group_1=”yes” bottom_padding=”4%” text_align=”left” row_position=”default” row_position_tablet=”inherit” row_position_phone=”inherit” overflow=”visible” pointer_events=”all”][vc_column_inner column_padding=”no-extra-padding” column_padding_tablet=”inherit” column_padding_phone=”inherit” column_padding_position=”all” column_element_direction_desktop=”default” column_element_spacing=”default” desktop_text_alignment=”default” tablet_text_alignment=”default” phone_text_alignment=”default” background_color_opacity=”1″ background_hover_color_opacity=”1″ column_backdrop_filter=”none” column_shadow=”none” column_border_radius=”none” column_link_target=”_self” overflow=”visible” gradient_direction=”left_to_right” overlay_strength=”0.3″ width=”1/1″ tablet_width_inherit=”default” animation_type=”default” bg_image_animation=”none” border_type=”simple” column_border_width=”none” column_border_style=”solid”][nectar_cta btn_style=”arrow-animation” heading_tag=”h6″ button_color=”black” button_color_hover=”#d1b876″ text_color=”#ffffff” text_color_hover=”#000000″ button_border_color=”#000000″ button_border_color_hover=”#d1b876″ button_border_thickness=”1px” link_type=”new_tab” alignment=”left” alignment_tablet=”default” alignment_phone=”default” constrain_group_1=”yes” constrain_group_2=”yes” constrain_group_3=”yes” constrain_group_4=”yes” display=”block” display_tablet=”inherit” display_phone=”inherit” font_size_desktop=”1rem” link_text=”BOOK TICKETS” padding_top=”15″ padding_bottom=”15″ padding_left=”15″ padding_right=”15″ url=”https://www.eventbrite.co.uk/e/sir-paul-marshall-reflections-of-an-accidental-media-owner-tickets-1322101945509″][/vc_column_inner][/vc_row_inner][/vc_column][/vc_row]
URL:https://pharos.foundation/event/sir-paul-marshall-reflections-of-an-accidental-media-owner
LOCATION:Holywell Music Room\, Wadham College\, Holywell St\, Oxford\, Oxfordshire\, OX1 3SB\, United Kingdom
CATEGORIES:Lectures
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DTSTART;TZID=Europe/London:20250611T170000
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SUMMARY:Dominic Cummings: What Is To Be Done?
DESCRIPTION:[vc_row type=”in_container” full_screen_row_position=”middle” column_margin=”default” column_direction=”default” column_direction_tablet=”default” column_direction_phone=”default” scene_position=”center” text_color=”dark” text_align=”left” row_border_radius=”none” row_border_radius_applies=”bg” overflow=”visible” overlay_strength=”0.3″ gradient_direction=”left_to_right” shape_divider_position=”bottom” bg_image_animation=”none”][vc_column column_padding=”no-extra-padding” column_padding_tablet=”inherit” column_padding_phone=”inherit” column_padding_position=”all” column_element_direction_desktop=”default” column_element_spacing=”default” desktop_text_alignment=”default” tablet_text_alignment=”default” phone_text_alignment=”default” background_color_opacity=”1″ background_hover_color_opacity=”1″ column_backdrop_filter=”none” column_shadow=”none” column_border_radius=”none” column_link_target=”_self” column_position=”default” gradient_direction=”left_to_right” overlay_strength=”0.3″ width=”1/1″ tablet_width_inherit=”default” animation_type=”default” bg_image_animation=”none” border_type=”simple” column_border_width=”none” column_border_style=”solid”][vc_column_text css=”.vc_custom_1731926459743{margin-bottom: 0px !important;padding-top: 2rem !important;}” text_direction=”default”]\n\n‘Why are western regimes in crisis? What can we do in Britain to turn the tide? Why have political and intellectual elites blown up their credibility? What replaces them?’ \nDominic Cummings is a British political operative who served as Chief Advisor to the Prime Minister from 2019 to 2020. He previously served as director of Vote Leave during the EU Referendum of 2016\, and as Special Adviser at the Ministry of Education from 2010 to 2014. \n\n[/vc_column_text][vc_row_inner disable_element=”yes” column_margin=”default” column_direction=”default” column_direction_tablet=”default” column_direction_phone=”default” top_padding=”4%” constrain_group_1=”yes” bottom_padding=”4%” text_align=”left” row_position=”default” row_position_tablet=”inherit” row_position_phone=”inherit” overflow=”visible” pointer_events=”all”][vc_column_inner column_padding=”no-extra-padding” column_padding_tablet=”inherit” column_padding_phone=”inherit” column_padding_position=”all” column_element_direction_desktop=”default” column_element_spacing=”default” desktop_text_alignment=”default” tablet_text_alignment=”default” phone_text_alignment=”default” background_color_opacity=”1″ background_hover_color_opacity=”1″ column_backdrop_filter=”none” column_shadow=”none” column_border_radius=”none” column_link_target=”_self” overflow=”visible” gradient_direction=”left_to_right” overlay_strength=”0.3″ width=”1/1″ tablet_width_inherit=”default” animation_type=”default” bg_image_animation=”none” border_type=”simple” column_border_width=”none” column_border_style=”solid”][nectar_cta btn_style=”arrow-animation” heading_tag=”h6″ button_color=”black” button_color_hover=”#d1b876″ text_color=”#ffffff” text_color_hover=”#000000″ button_border_color=”#000000″ button_border_color_hover=”#d1b876″ button_border_thickness=”1px” link_type=”new_tab” alignment=”left” alignment_tablet=”default” alignment_phone=”default” constrain_group_1=”yes” constrain_group_2=”yes” constrain_group_3=”yes” constrain_group_4=”yes” display=”block” display_tablet=”inherit” display_phone=”inherit” font_size_desktop=”1rem” link_text=”BOOK TICKETS” padding_top=”15″ padding_bottom=”15″ padding_left=”15″ padding_right=”15″ url=”https://www.eventbrite.co.uk/e/ali-ansari-interpreting-iran-tickets-877086026917?aff=oddtdtcreator”][/vc_column_inner][/vc_row_inner][/vc_column][/vc_row]
URL:https://pharos.foundation/event/dominic-cummings-what-is-to-be-done-2
LOCATION:Sheldonian Theatre\, Broad St\, Oxford\, OX1 3AZ\, United Kingdom
CATEGORIES:Lectures
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DTSTART;TZID=Europe/London:20251103T170000
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SUMMARY:Justin Marozzi - Islam and Slavery
DESCRIPTION:Justin Marozzi has spent most of his professional life living and working in the Muslim world. A Fellow and former Trusteeof the Royal Geographical Society\, he is a Fellow of the Royal Society of Literature and a senior advisor to the Middle East Association. His previous books include South from Barbary: Along the Slave Routes of the Libyan Sahara (2001)\, the bestselling Islamic Empires: Fifteen Cities that Define a Civilization(2019)\, Tamerlane: Sword of Islam\, Conqueror of the World (2004) and The Arab Conquests: The Spread of Islam and the First Caliphates(2021). Baghdad: City of Peace\, City of Blood (2014) won the Royal Society of Literature’s Ondaatje Prize and was praised by the judges as ‘a truly monumental achievement’. His latest book is Captives & Companions: A History of Slavery and the Slave Trade in the Islamic World\, described by Peter Frankopan as ‘A bold\, brilliant and timely history that confronts one of the most neglected and uncomfortable subjects in global history. Marozzi brings to life the complexity and humanity of the Islamic world’s entanglement with slavery using an extraordinary range of sources\, across more than a millennium and across sweeping geographies. Not just a mesmerising book\, but a profoundly important one too’.\n\n\n\n\n\nYou can find tickets here: \n\nhttps://www.eventbrite.co.uk/e/justin-marozzi-islam-and-slavery-tickets-1813518174679
URL:https://pharos.foundation/event/justin-marozzi-islam-and-slavery/2025-11-03
LOCATION:Holywell Music Room\, Wadham College\, Holywell St\, Oxford\, Oxfordshire\, OX1 3SB\, United Kingdom
CATEGORIES:Studies
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DTSTART;TZID=Europe/London:20251104T170000
DTEND;TZID=Europe/London:20251104T180000
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SUMMARY:Reidar Due - The Ethics of Responsibility
DESCRIPTION:The Pharos Tuesday Seminars for Autumn 2025\n\n\n\nFocusing on the works of Paul Ricoeur and Jacques Derrida\, these lectures present a tradition of philosophical ethics in France. This ethics does not concern what we should do. Ethics concerns responsibility in an extensive\, immaterial sense: how can you be a person who takes responsibility beyond your immediate personal and social interests? We shall see how for Ricoeur this leads to a reflection on memory as a responsibility for the past and for Derrida it entails a conception of political utopia understood as responsibility for the unfulfilled hopes of history. \n\nRegister here: https://www.eventbrite.co.uk/e/reidar-due-the-ethics-of-responsibility-tickets-1896275122939?aff=ebdsoporgprofile
URL:https://pharos.foundation/event/reidar-due-the-ethics-of-responsibility/2025-11-04
LOCATION:Pusey House\, Ursell Room
CATEGORIES:Studies
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DTSTART;TZID=Europe/London:20251111T170000
DTEND;TZID=Europe/London:20251111T180000
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SUMMARY:Reidar Due - The Ethics of Responsibility
DESCRIPTION:The Pharos Tuesday Seminars for Autumn 2025\n\n\n\nFocusing on the works of Paul Ricoeur and Jacques Derrida\, these lectures present a tradition of philosophical ethics in France. This ethics does not concern what we should do. Ethics concerns responsibility in an extensive\, immaterial sense: how can you be a person who takes responsibility beyond your immediate personal and social interests? We shall see how for Ricoeur this leads to a reflection on memory as a responsibility for the past and for Derrida it entails a conception of political utopia understood as responsibility for the unfulfilled hopes of history. \n\nRegister here: https://www.eventbrite.co.uk/e/reidar-due-the-ethics-of-responsibility-tickets-1896275122939?aff=ebdsoporgprofile
URL:https://pharos.foundation/event/reidar-due-the-ethics-of-responsibility/2025-11-11
LOCATION:Pusey House\, Ursell Room
CATEGORIES:Studies
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DTSTART;TZID=Europe/London:20251118T170000
DTEND;TZID=Europe/London:20251118T180000
DTSTAMP:20260404T093818
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SUMMARY:Reidar Due - The Ethics of Responsibility
DESCRIPTION:The Pharos Tuesday Seminars for Autumn 2025\n\n\n\nFocusing on the works of Paul Ricoeur and Jacques Derrida\, these lectures present a tradition of philosophical ethics in France. This ethics does not concern what we should do. Ethics concerns responsibility in an extensive\, immaterial sense: how can you be a person who takes responsibility beyond your immediate personal and social interests? We shall see how for Ricoeur this leads to a reflection on memory as a responsibility for the past and for Derrida it entails a conception of political utopia understood as responsibility for the unfulfilled hopes of history. \n\nRegister here: https://www.eventbrite.co.uk/e/reidar-due-the-ethics-of-responsibility-tickets-1896275122939?aff=ebdsoporgprofile
URL:https://pharos.foundation/event/reidar-due-the-ethics-of-responsibility/2025-11-18
LOCATION:Pusey House\, Ursell Room
CATEGORIES:Studies
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DTSTART;TZID=Europe/London:20251119T170000
DTEND;TZID=Europe/London:20251119T180000
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SUMMARY:Andrew O'Shaughnessy - Thomas Jefferson's Idea of a University
DESCRIPTION:Author of The Illimitable Freedom of the Human Mind\n\n\n\nThomas Jefferson was intimately involved in every aspect of the creation of the University of Virginia.  It represented what he regarded as one of the three greatest achievements of his life to be listed on his tombstone. It revealed his talents as a lawyer who drafted the legislation for the assembly; as a surveyor who personally mapped the grounds; as a politician who masterminded the strategy to win approval in the assembly and to deflect intense opposition; as an architect who designed the layout\, chose the building materials\, and corresponded with the craftsman; and as an intellectual who developed an innovative curriculum\, suggested the books for the library and the criteria for selecting the faculty. Jefferson was concerned with what remains a perennial issue which is the importance of education in the success of the republican democratic experiment. It was integral to his political philosophy in which he regarded public education as essential for the functioning of government by the people. He was part of what he regarded as the moral revolution that should accompany the political revolution of 1776. Although dismissed in higher education histories as a “finishing school for southern aristocrats” which trained many of the future leaders of the Confederacy\, the lecture will argue that his vision of public education was as revolutionary as the other achievements on his tombstone and that it still has the potential to stimulate discussion about the role of universities. Furthermore\, his vision of a university anticipated the idea of a modern university more than any other college in America. \nAndrew O’Shaughnessy is Professor of History at the University of Virginia.  Between 2003 and 2022\, he served as Vice President of The Thomas Jefferson Foundation (Monticello)\, and the Saunders Director of the Robert H. Smith International Center for Jefferson Studies. His book The Men Who Lost America. British Leadership\, the American Revolution and the Fate of the Empire (New Haven: Yale University Press\, 2013) received eight national awards including the New York Historical Society American History Book Prize\, the George Washington Book Prize\, The National Society Daughters of the American Revolution Excellence in American History Book Award and The Society of Military History Book Prize. He is also the author of An Empire Divided: The American Revolution and the British Caribbean (Philadelphia: University of Pennsylvania Press\, 2000). His most recent book books are The Illimitable Freedom of the Human Mind: Thomas Jefferson’s Idea of a University (Charlottesville: University of Virginia Press\, 2021) and\, co-authored with Trevor Burnard\, Republic and Empire: Crisis\, Revolution\, and America’s Early Independence to be published by Yale University Press in September 2025. He is an editor of the Jeffersonian America series published by the University of Virginia Press. He coedited Old World\, New World: America and Europe in the Age of Jefferson (Charlottesville: University of Virginia Press\, 2010) and The Founding of Thomas Jefferson’s University of Virginia (Charlottesville: University of Virginia Press: 2019)\, and The European Friends of the American Revolution (Charlottesville: University of Virginia Press\, 2023).
URL:https://pharos.foundation/event/andrew-oshaughnessy-thomas-jeffersons-idea-of-a-university
LOCATION:Buchanan Room\, Jesus College
CATEGORIES:Salons
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DTSTART;TZID=Europe/London:20251125T170000
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SUMMARY:Reidar Due - The Ethics of Responsibility
DESCRIPTION:The Pharos Tuesday Seminars for Autumn 2025\n\n\n\nFocusing on the works of Paul Ricoeur and Jacques Derrida\, these lectures present a tradition of philosophical ethics in France. This ethics does not concern what we should do. Ethics concerns responsibility in an extensive\, immaterial sense: how can you be a person who takes responsibility beyond your immediate personal and social interests? We shall see how for Ricoeur this leads to a reflection on memory as a responsibility for the past and for Derrida it entails a conception of political utopia understood as responsibility for the unfulfilled hopes of history. \n\nRegister here: https://www.eventbrite.co.uk/e/reidar-due-the-ethics-of-responsibility-tickets-1896275122939?aff=ebdsoporgprofile
URL:https://pharos.foundation/event/reidar-due-the-ethics-of-responsibility/2025-11-25
LOCATION:Pusey House\, Ursell Room
CATEGORIES:Studies
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DTSTART;TZID=Europe/London:20251126T170000
DTEND;TZID=Europe/London:20251126T190000
DTSTAMP:20260404T093818
CREATED:20251013T231452Z
LAST-MODIFIED:20251202T213209Z
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SUMMARY:Margaret MacMillan - World Orders: Past\, Present\, and Future
DESCRIPTION:We appear to be seeing the death of an international order that has survived\, with ups and downs\, since 1945. What is emerging is not yet clear\, but we can no longer take for granted international institutions such as the United Nations and the World Trade Organisation\, the validity of international law and agreements\, or even international norms. The United States – which has acted as the world’s hegemon for eighty years – appears to be returning to isolationism\, while revisionist powers such as Russia act against what they see as a hostile liberal international order. This lecture uses history to help us understand our present situation by considering alternative orders\, previous moments of crisis in the world\, and the ways in which change comes. Finally\, it asks what the future might hold. \nBorn in Toronto\, Professor Margaret MacMillan is both one of the world’s leading historians and one of the leading historians of the world. Professor Emerita of International History\, former Warden of St Anthony’s College\, Oxford\, and former Provost of Trinity College\, Toronto\, her work has focussed on international relations since the nineteenth century\, the history of conflict and of the British Empire\, alongside frequent departures into Canadian foreign policy and contemporary issues of national security. Perhaps her most celebrated work – Peacemakers: The Paris Peace Conference of 1919 and Its Attempt to End War – was a global bestseller\, and is now the standard text on the Treaty of Versailles. Other major works\, including Nixon and Mao and The War that Ended Peace have been translated into more than twenty-six languages. Her latest book – War: How Conflict Shaped Us\, was published in 2020. A major contributor to the world’s press\, she delivered the BBC’s Reith Lectures in 2018 on stages from Ottawa to Beiruit\, as well as the CBC’s Massey Lectures in 2015. Prof Macmillan was made a Companion of the Order of Canada in 2015\, a Companion of Honour in 2017\, and a member of the Order of Merit in 2022. She holds honorary fellowships and degrees from institutions throughout the Western World. \nEvent Link: \nhttps://www.eventbrite.co.uk/e/margaret-macmillan-world-orders-past-present-and-future-tickets-1813464604449
URL:https://pharos.foundation/event/margaret-macmillan-world-orders-past-present-and-future
LOCATION:To Be Confirmed\, Oxford\, United Kingdom
CATEGORIES:Lectures
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DTSTART;TZID=Europe/London:20260202T170000
DTEND;TZID=Europe/London:20260202T180000
DTSTAMP:20260404T093818
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SUMMARY:Armand d'Angour - Songmaking to Socrates: New Light on Ancient Classics
DESCRIPTION:
URL:https://pharos.foundation/event/armand-dangour-songmaking-to-socrates-new-light-on-ancient-classics/2026-02-02
LOCATION:Noel Salter Room\, New College\, Holywell Street\, Oxford\, OX1 3BN\, United Kingdom
CATEGORIES:Studies
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DTSTART;TZID=Europe/London:20260209T170000
DTEND;TZID=Europe/London:20260209T180000
DTSTAMP:20260404T093818
CREATED:20260105T182954Z
LAST-MODIFIED:20260302T190956Z
UID:10000227-1770656400-1770660000@pharos.foundation
SUMMARY:Armand d'Angour - Songmaking to Socrates: New Light on Ancient Classics
DESCRIPTION:
URL:https://pharos.foundation/event/armand-dangour-songmaking-to-socrates-new-light-on-ancient-classics/2026-02-09
LOCATION:Noel Salter Room\, New College\, Holywell Street\, Oxford\, OX1 3BN\, United Kingdom
CATEGORIES:Studies
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DTSTART;TZID=Europe/London:20260210T170000
DTEND;TZID=Europe/London:20260210T183000
DTSTAMP:20260404T093818
CREATED:20260105T184707Z
LAST-MODIFIED:20260105T184855Z
UID:10000282-1770742800-1770748200@pharos.foundation
SUMMARY:James Tilley - Tribal Politics: How Brexit Divided Britain
DESCRIPTION:
URL:https://pharos.foundation/event/james-tilley-tribal-politics-how-brexit-divided-britain/2026-02-10
LOCATION:Buchanan Room\, Jesus College
CATEGORIES:Studies
ATTACH;FMTTYPE=image/webp:https://pharos.foundation/wp-content/uploads/2026/01/james-tilley-e1767638764743.webp
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DTSTART;TZID=Europe/London:20260216T170000
DTEND;TZID=Europe/London:20260216T180000
DTSTAMP:20260404T093818
CREATED:20260105T182954Z
LAST-MODIFIED:20260302T190956Z
UID:10000228-1771261200-1771264800@pharos.foundation
SUMMARY:Armand d'Angour - Songmaking to Socrates: New Light on Ancient Classics
DESCRIPTION:
URL:https://pharos.foundation/event/armand-dangour-songmaking-to-socrates-new-light-on-ancient-classics/2026-02-16
LOCATION:Noel Salter Room\, New College\, Holywell Street\, Oxford\, OX1 3BN\, United Kingdom
CATEGORIES:Studies
ATTACH;FMTTYPE=image/webp:https://pharos.foundation/wp-content/uploads/2026/01/image-e1767637774177.webp
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BEGIN:VEVENT
DTSTART;TZID=Europe/London:20260217T170000
DTEND;TZID=Europe/London:20260217T183000
DTSTAMP:20260404T093818
CREATED:20260105T184707Z
LAST-MODIFIED:20260105T184855Z
UID:10000283-1771347600-1771353000@pharos.foundation
SUMMARY:James Tilley - Tribal Politics: How Brexit Divided Britain
DESCRIPTION:
URL:https://pharos.foundation/event/james-tilley-tribal-politics-how-brexit-divided-britain/2026-02-17
LOCATION:Buchanan Room\, Jesus College
CATEGORIES:Studies
ATTACH;FMTTYPE=image/webp:https://pharos.foundation/wp-content/uploads/2026/01/james-tilley-e1767638764743.webp
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BEGIN:VEVENT
DTSTART;TZID=Europe/London:20260223T170000
DTEND;TZID=Europe/London:20260223T180000
DTSTAMP:20260404T093818
CREATED:20260105T182954Z
LAST-MODIFIED:20260302T190956Z
UID:10000229-1771866000-1771869600@pharos.foundation
SUMMARY:Armand d'Angour - Songmaking to Socrates: New Light on Ancient Classics
DESCRIPTION:
URL:https://pharos.foundation/event/armand-dangour-songmaking-to-socrates-new-light-on-ancient-classics/2026-02-23
LOCATION:Noel Salter Room\, New College\, Holywell Street\, Oxford\, OX1 3BN\, United Kingdom
CATEGORIES:Studies
ATTACH;FMTTYPE=image/webp:https://pharos.foundation/wp-content/uploads/2026/01/image-e1767637774177.webp
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BEGIN:VEVENT
DTSTART;TZID=Europe/London:20260224T170000
DTEND;TZID=Europe/London:20260224T183000
DTSTAMP:20260404T093818
CREATED:20260105T184707Z
LAST-MODIFIED:20260105T184855Z
UID:10000284-1771952400-1771957800@pharos.foundation
SUMMARY:James Tilley - Tribal Politics: How Brexit Divided Britain
DESCRIPTION:
URL:https://pharos.foundation/event/james-tilley-tribal-politics-how-brexit-divided-britain/2026-02-24
LOCATION:Buchanan Room\, Jesus College
CATEGORIES:Studies
ATTACH;FMTTYPE=image/webp:https://pharos.foundation/wp-content/uploads/2026/01/james-tilley-e1767638764743.webp
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DTSTART;TZID=Europe/London:20260225T140000
DTEND;TZID=Europe/London:20260225T183000
DTSTAMP:20260404T093818
CREATED:20260105T190016Z
LAST-MODIFIED:20260105T190016Z
UID:10000337-1772028000-1772044200@pharos.foundation
SUMMARY:Anna Abulafia - The Jews of Medieval Europe
DESCRIPTION:
URL:https://pharos.foundation/event/anna-abulafia-the-jews-of-medieval-europe/2026-02-25
LOCATION:To Be Confirmed\, Oxford\, United Kingdom
CATEGORIES:Studies
ATTACH;FMTTYPE=image/webp:https://pharos.foundation/wp-content/uploads/2026/01/anna-e1767639522198.webp
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DTSTART;TZID=Europe/London:20260226T140000
DTEND;TZID=Europe/London:20260226T183000
DTSTAMP:20260404T093818
CREATED:20260105T190016Z
LAST-MODIFIED:20260105T190016Z
UID:10000338-1772114400-1772130600@pharos.foundation
SUMMARY:Anna Abulafia - The Jews of Medieval Europe
DESCRIPTION:
URL:https://pharos.foundation/event/anna-abulafia-the-jews-of-medieval-europe/2026-02-26
LOCATION:To Be Confirmed\, Oxford\, United Kingdom
CATEGORIES:Studies
ATTACH;FMTTYPE=image/webp:https://pharos.foundation/wp-content/uploads/2026/01/anna-e1767639522198.webp
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DTSTART;TZID=Europe/London:20260302T170000
DTEND;TZID=Europe/London:20260302T180000
DTSTAMP:20260404T093818
CREATED:20260105T182954Z
LAST-MODIFIED:20260302T190956Z
UID:10000230-1772470800-1772474400@pharos.foundation
SUMMARY:Armand d'Angour - Songmaking to Socrates: New Light on Ancient Classics
DESCRIPTION:
URL:https://pharos.foundation/event/armand-dangour-songmaking-to-socrates-new-light-on-ancient-classics/2026-03-02
LOCATION:Noel Salter Room\, New College\, Holywell Street\, Oxford\, OX1 3BN\, United Kingdom
CATEGORIES:Studies
ATTACH;FMTTYPE=image/webp:https://pharos.foundation/wp-content/uploads/2026/01/image-e1767637774177.webp
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DTSTART;TZID=Europe/London:20260309T170000
DTEND;TZID=Europe/London:20260309T180000
DTSTAMP:20260404T093818
CREATED:20260105T182954Z
LAST-MODIFIED:20260302T190956Z
UID:10000231-1773075600-1773079200@pharos.foundation
SUMMARY:Armand d'Angour - Songmaking to Socrates: New Light on Ancient Classics
DESCRIPTION:
URL:https://pharos.foundation/event/armand-dangour-songmaking-to-socrates-new-light-on-ancient-classics/2026-03-09
LOCATION:Noel Salter Room\, New College\, Holywell Street\, Oxford\, OX1 3BN\, United Kingdom
CATEGORIES:Studies
ATTACH;FMTTYPE=image/webp:https://pharos.foundation/wp-content/uploads/2026/01/image-e1767637774177.webp
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BEGIN:VEVENT
DTSTART;TZID=Europe/London:20260316T170000
DTEND;TZID=Europe/London:20260316T180000
DTSTAMP:20260404T093818
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UID:10000232-1773680400-1773684000@pharos.foundation
SUMMARY:Armand d'Angour - Songmaking to Socrates: New Light on Ancient Classics
DESCRIPTION:
URL:https://pharos.foundation/event/armand-dangour-songmaking-to-socrates-new-light-on-ancient-classics/2026-03-16
LOCATION:Noel Salter Room\, New College\, Holywell Street\, Oxford\, OX1 3BN\, United Kingdom
CATEGORIES:Studies
ATTACH;FMTTYPE=image/webp:https://pharos.foundation/wp-content/uploads/2026/01/image-e1767637774177.webp
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BEGIN:VEVENT
DTSTART;TZID=Europe/London:20260323T170000
DTEND;TZID=Europe/London:20260323T180000
DTSTAMP:20260404T093818
CREATED:20260105T182954Z
LAST-MODIFIED:20260302T190956Z
UID:10000233-1774285200-1774288800@pharos.foundation
SUMMARY:Armand d'Angour - Songmaking to Socrates: New Light on Ancient Classics
DESCRIPTION:
URL:https://pharos.foundation/event/armand-dangour-songmaking-to-socrates-new-light-on-ancient-classics/2026-03-23
LOCATION:Noel Salter Room\, New College\, Holywell Street\, Oxford\, OX1 3BN\, United Kingdom
CATEGORIES:Studies
ATTACH;FMTTYPE=image/webp:https://pharos.foundation/wp-content/uploads/2026/01/image-e1767637774177.webp
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