Fundamentals of Graduate Economics: Day 1 of 5

Are you considering a graduate programme in Economics, but feeling uncertain about your foundational maths and quantitative skills? Would you like a letter of recommendation from an Oxford University Economics Professor?

Our Fundamentals of Graduate Economics Summer School will equip you with the fundamental tools you need to succeed. In just one week, our expert Oxford faculty will guide you through key concepts and techniques that form the backbone of many graduate-level courses in Economics.

Diffusion through multiple domains: The spread of romantic nationalism across Europe, 1770-1930

With Professor Andreas Wimmer, Columbia University
Department of Sociology (42-43 Park End Street) or Online

Please register to attend in person here (https://forms.office.com/e/CS4fe8q8pG) or join online via MS Teams. Please email comms@sociology.ox.ac.uk with any questions.


How do we explain the spread of transformative new ideas? We examine a particularly consequential case: the rise of cultural nationalism during Europe’s long 19th century, which prepared the intellectual ground for subsequent waves of nationalist political revolutions.

Frankland Visitor 2024: What the hell is going on with Reality and Truth?

Please join the Brasenose College Frankland Visitor, Joanna Kavenna, for a panel discussion with her guest speakers, Eliane Glaser, Benjamin Markovits and Phil Tinline.

We live in a world of fake news, misinformation, facts that abruptly become fictions (and vice versa). How can we fathom what is real and unreal? Who can we trust? What place do the creative arts have in a reality that is (far) stranger than fiction?

Gesture, language and thought

This presentation concerns a theory on how gestures (accompanying speaking and silent thinking) are generated and how gestures facilitate the gesturer's own cognitive processes. I will present evidence that gestures are generated from a general-purpose Action Generator, which also generates “practical” actions such as grasping a cup to drink, and that the Action Generator generates gestural representation in close coordination with the speech production process (Kita & Ozyurek, 2003, Journal of Memory and Language).

A green and pleasant land for nature, food, energy, and people

Livestream link: https://www.youtube.com/@stantonyscollegeuniversity2705/streams

Delivering net zero requires restoring the UK’s natural environment, as does meeting critical biodiversity targets. But the UK’s limited territory also faces acute demand for food production, housing, and energy. How do we balance these objectives?

The panel is still being put together; please find details of confirmed speakers below.

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