Uncommon Knowledge
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Podcast by Uncommon Knowledge Oxford
Episodes
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Uncommon Knowledge 11: Sarah Griffin on Medieval Cosmological Diagrams and Opicinus de Canistris
28/03/2017 Duration: 32minSarah Griffin talks to us about the fourteenth-century cosmologist Opicinus de Canistris, who attempted to reconcile medieval theology, cosmology, and cartography in a series of incredible diagrams.
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Uncommon Knowledge 10: Kristin Grogan on Modernists
16/03/2017 Duration: 33minD.Phil student in English, Kristen Grogan, joins the podcast to talk about the relationships between modernist writers, including T. S. Eliot, Gertrude Stein, Richard Wright, Ezra Pound, Ernest Hemingway and F. Scott Fitzgerald
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Uncommon Knowledge 9: Emily Knight on Death Masks
21/02/2017 Duration: 37minEmily Knight, DPhil in Art History, tells us about the morbidly fascinating world of Victorian death masks, and what they can tell us about society, science, celebrity, and attitudes towards death.
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Uncommon Knowledge 8: Helen Slaney on Emma Hamilton's 'Attitudes'
20/07/2016 Duration: 29minDr Helen Slaney joins us to discuss Emma Hamilton's 'Attitudes' - the series of classical poses she developed in response to the ancient vases collected by her husband, William Hamilton, in Naples. Listen and find out how to do an eighteenth-century impression of Medea!
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Uncommon Knowledge 7: Courtney Traub on The Whole Earth Catalog, Ecology, and the Early Internet
04/07/2016 Duration: 26minDr. Courtney Traub, Teaching and Research Fellow at the Rothermere American Institute at Oxford, joined us this week to tell us about an off-beat, counter-cultural publication from the 1960s and 70s, the Whole Earth Catalog.
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Uncommon Knowledge 6: Myriam Frenkel on how to 'say' things in Old English
22/06/2016 Duration: 41minMyriam Frenkel speaks to us on words for speech in Old English the many ways we can say, tell, or speak something. We also talk about Old English poetry, alliteration, and where to look for etymologies on the internet.
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Uncommon Knowledge 5: Danielle Bishop on Besmirched Honour in Medieval Spanish Epics
29/05/2016 Duration: 21minIn this episode, Danielle Bishop talks to us about how to dishonour your enemies in medieval Spain. We discuss blood-filled cucumbers, people hiding under other peoples' skirts, escaping prison, and ways to insult people.
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Uncommon Knowledge 4: Rowan Nicholson on the Pope v the Mongols, international law and micronations
22/05/2016 Duration: 19minThis week, Rowan Nicholson joins us to discuss an argument between Pope Innocent IV and the Mongol Emperor Güyük Khan, micronations in the US and Australia, and the treatment of indigenous peoples by colonial international law.
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Uncommon Knowledge 3: Adam Ward and Eurovision
11/05/2016 Duration: 23minThis week, politics student Adam Ward joins us to talk about the politics of the Eurovision Song Contest. Why didn't Australia win last year? How likely is it that Australia will win this year? These questions and other, less Australia-focused ones are answered.
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Uncommon Knowledge 2: Cannibals, Crustaceans and Classics
11/05/2016 Duration: 17minThis week, Emily and Rachael talk about cannibalism in convict Australia, war trophies, a dog-headed Saint Christopher, and Alexander the Great's submarine.
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Uncommon Knowledge 1: Strange Stories from Medieval Histories
04/05/2016 Duration: 11minThis is the first episode of our podcast series, Uncommon Knowledge. For more information, please go to uncommonknowledgeoxford.wordpress.com