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The Very Short Introductions Podcast Oxford University Press
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A concise and original introduction to a wide range of subjects—from Public Health to Buddhist Ethics, Soft Matter to Classics, and Art History to Globalization—by the expert authors of the Very Short Introductions series. For wherever your curiosity may take you.
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Japanese Literature - The Very Short Introductions Podcast - Episode 70
In the last episode of Season 6, Alan Tansman introduces Japanese literature, a canon that stretches back 1500 years, and includes writers such as Murasaki Shikibu and Haruki Murakami.
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Alan Tansman is Professor and Louis B. Agassiz Chair in Japanese at the University of California, Berkeley. He is the author of The Writings of Kôda Aya, The Aesthetics of Japanese Fascism, and The Culture of Japanese Fascism, and coeditor of Studies in Modern Japanese Literature.
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The History of Emotions - The Very Short Introductions Podcast - Episode 69
In the episode, Thomas Dixon introduces the history of emotions, showing the complex nature of our emotions and how they have developed culturally.
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Thomas Dixon is Professor of History and Director of the Centre for the History of the Emotions at Queen Mary University of London. His research and teaching explore the intellectual and cultural histories of passions, emotions, love, altruism, tears, and weeping, especially in Britain.
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Nutrition - The Very Short Introductions Podcast - Episode 68
In this episode, David Bender introduces nutrition, a topic of interest to us all as we try to live healthier lives but one which can prove confusing due to the wealth of information and misinformation available to us.
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David Bender is Emeritus Professor of Nutritional Biochemistry, University College London. He has authored and co-authored several texts on nutrition and his research interests have been in the field of amino acid and vitamin nutritional biochemistry.
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Ancient Assyria - The Very Short Introductions Podcast - Episode 67
In this episode, Karen Radner introduces Ancient Assyria, a kingdom which grew to be geographically vast, socially diverse, and multicultural.
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Karen Radner holds the Alexander von Humboldt Chair of the Ancient History of the Near and Middle East at LMU Munich. Her research focuses on the Assyrian Empire. Her numerous books include the five-volume Oxford History of the Ancient Near East (Oxford University Press, 2020-2023) as well as editions of cuneiform text archives from Iraq, Syria and Turkey. She currently directs archaeological excavations at Assur, an UNESCO world heritage site in northern Iraq.
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Stem Cells - The Very Short Introductions Podcast - Episode 66
In this episode, Jonathan Stack introduces stem cells and how they can be used in the treatment of a range of diseases.
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Jonathan Slack is Emeritus Professor at the University of Bath and the University of Minnesota. His work specialises in embryonic development and stem cell biology, and while working for the Imperial Cancer Research Fund he discovered the first inducing factor controlling embryonic development. He is also the author of Genes: A Very Short Introduction (2023, OUP).
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Infinity - The Very Short Introductions Podcast - Episode 65
In this episode, Ian Stewart introduces the concept of infinity and discusses its application to mathematics, science, and everyday life.
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Ian Stewart is Emeritus Professor of Mathematics at Warwick University. He is a well-known and highly successful writer on mathematics and its applications and has authored over 80 books including Symmetry: A Very Short Introduction (OUP, 2013), and the bestselling series The Science of Discworld I, II, III, and IV with Terry Pratchett and Jack Cohen.
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VSI Podcasts? Yes please!
I’ve loved and benefited much from Oxford’s VSI series of books. The notion of having internationally renowned experts introduce their specialties, in “layman’s terms,” in small little books (almost booklets) that are “Very Short Introductions” is brilliant. In keeping with that innovative publishing methodology, this podcast version has the authors of these books provide an audio summary in short little 5-10 minute podcasts. It’s a fascinating adaptation of the philosophy to a new medium.
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