Humanitas Visiting Professorships
Humanitas is a series of Visiting Professorships at Oxford and Cambridge designed to bring leading academics, practitioners and scholars to both universities to address major themes in the arts, social sciences and humanities. Created by Lord Weidenfeld, the programme is managed and funded by the Institute for Strategic Dialogue and co-ordinated in Cambridge by the Centre for Research in the Arts, Social Sciences and Humanities (CRASSH) and in Oxford by the Humanities Division.
Humanitas will welcome some twenty Visiting Professors, who will be appointed for a given academic year and invited to deliver a series of lectures, followed by a related symposium, workshop or masterclass for graduate students. A diverse variety of fields will be represented, which have included media, war studies, women's rights and chamber music.
Programme 2012-13
Humanitas Visiting Professorship in Chamber Music: Robert Levin
Encountering Mozart
29-31 October 2012
Humanitas Visiting Professorship in the History of Art: Philippe de Montebello
The Multiple Lives of the Work of Art
15-22 November 2012
Humanitas Visiting Professorship in Media: Eric Schmidt
Connectivity and the Diffusion of Power
28-31 January 2013
Humanitas Visiting Professorship in War Studies: Martin van Creveld
The Future of War
14-21 February 2013
Humanitas Visiting Professorship in Women's Rights: Melanne Verveer
Gender Equality: A Moral and Foreign Policy Imperative
4-11 March 2013
Humanitas Visiting Professorship in Statecraft and Diplomacy: Gareth Evans
In Defence of Optimism
8-14 May 2013
Humanitas Visiting Professorship in Chinese Studies: Chen Yung-fa
The Meaning of the Chinese Communist Revolution
21-30 May 2013
Programme 2011-12
Humanitas Visiting Professorship in the History of Art: Professor Richard Brettell
Is there anything left to say about Impressionism?
We are sorry to announce that the lectures and symposium are postponed due to Professor Brettell being taken ill. We will announce the new dates here in due course.
Humanitas Visiting Professorship in Media: Professor Manuel Castells
Power in the Network Society
13 November 2011 - 24 November 2011
Humanitas Visiting Professorship in Women's Rights: Baroness Helena Kennedy
The Illusion of Inclusion: Women and the Law
6 February 2012 - 14 February 2012
Humanitas Visiting Professorship in War Studies: Professor Jay Winter
Imagining War: the 20th Century and After
29 February 2012 - 15 March 2012
Humanitas Visiting Professorship in Statecraft and Diplomacy: Helen Clark
Development in the 21st Century
16 April 2012 - 17 April 2012
Humanitas Visiting Professorship in Chinese Studies: Professor Wu Hung
Reading Absence in Chinese Art and Material Culture
9 May 2012 - 17 May 2012
Programme 2010-11
Humanitas Visiting Professorship in Media: Dr Mathias Döpfner
11 October 2010 - 2 November 2010
Humanitas Visiting Professorship in War Studies: Prof Hew Strachan
3 February 2011 - 18 February 2011
Humanitas Visiting Professorship in Women's Rights: Prof Nancy Fraser
8 March 2011 - 17 March 2011
Humanitas Visiting Professorship in Chamber Music: Alfred Brendel
13 May 2011 - 18 May 2011
If you would like to subscribe to news about the Humanitas Visiting Professorships programme of events, please email Ruth Rushworth with your name and email address.
