Modern Languages Podcasts
There are three ways in which you can listen to the podcasts:
- On iTunes U - The University of Oxford has its own site in iTunes U. For more details, go to http://itunes.ox.ac.uk. (The iTunes U service requires the listener/viewer to be using the iTunes software)
- Via a web browser at: http://podcasts.ox.ac.uk/
- Via the links provided below
Brazil Week 2009 - Discussion of Clarice Lispector
October 2009
A round table discussion and audience questions about Clarice Lispector's film De Corpo Inteiro and her reception at home and abroad.
AUDIO: http://podcasts.mml.ox.ac.uk/brazilweek09/brazilian_reading_oct09.mp3 (31.7 MB)
More information on Brazil Week can be found at:
http://www.mod-langs.ox.ac.uk/brazilweek
Romance Linguistics Lecture
December 2009
'The Future of Romance Linguistics' by Professor Michele Loporcaro, University of Zurich. Special lecture to mark the Centenary of the Chair of the Romance Languages at Oxford.
AUDIO: http://podcasts.mml.ox.ac.uk/romling/romance_linguistics_lecture_1109.mp3 (67.6 MB)
Zaharoff Lecture 2009: Raconter avec des photos by Professor Antoine Compagnon
November 2009
The annual Zaharoff Lecture is always delivered in French. It was named after Sir Basil Zaharoff, whose benefaction to the University just after the end of the First World War enabled these lectures to take place.
AUDIO: http://podcasts.mml.ox.ac.uk/zaharoff_2009/zaharoff_lecture_june_2009.mp3 (58.5 MB)
Russian Ab Initio Students: Pre-course Listening Material
June 2009
Podcasts of pre-course listening material for Russian Ab Inition presented by the sub-faculty of Russian at the Faculty of Medieval and Modern Languages, University of Oxford.
Russian conversation - AUDIO:
Part 1A (1.8MB) | Part 1B (1.5MB) | Part 1C (5.2MB) | Part 1D (4.5MB) | Part 1E (4.7MB)
Part 2A (2.1MB) | Part 2B (4.8MB) | Part 2C (3.1MB) | Part 2D (5.4MB) | Part 2E (3.9MB)
Defence of Women and Imagination in French Medieval Literature
April 2009
Interview with St Hilda's College Fellow and teacher of Medieval French Literature Dr Helen Swift about her book; Gender, Writing, and Performance: Men Defending Women in Late Medieval France as well as other developments in Medieval Literary Studies.
AUDIO: http://media.podcasts.ox.ac.uk/shil/general/swift.mp3?CAMEFROM=podcastsRSS (23.7MB)
Medieval and Modern Languages at St Hilda's College
March 2009
Experiencing St Hilda's College: Helen Swift talks to Lucia Nixon, Tutor for Admissions, about why study Medieval and Modern Languages at St Hilda's College.
AUDIO: http://media.podcasts.ox.ac.uk/shil/general/ML_podcast.mp3?CAMEFROM=podcastsRSS (4.7MB)