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How to Survive a Massacre in Europe’s Wars of Religion

Europe’s Wars of Religion were fought against entire populations, and were punctuated by events remembered as atrocities: such as the siege of Leiden in 1573-4 or, most notoriously, the St Bartholomew’s Day Massacres in France in 1572.

Prohibition: A Battle in America’s Last Culture War

The lecture will show how Prohibition animated combatants on both sides, generating two Americas that were barely comprehensible to each other, and how the truce declared during depression and war would not last.

Charles I: The Court at War

During the Civil War Charles I’s court, denied access to its usual country residences, was forced to set itself up in a series of makeshift locations. The most important of these was Oxford which Charles converted into a large and well-organised courtly campus.

AI Weapons, War and Ethics

This lecture will explore fully autonomous weapons, the products of AI technology, and the arguments for and against their use.

The Ending of World War I: The Road to 11 November

This lecture will re-examine how the First World War ended, anticipating the centenary commemorations in 2018. It will discuss both why Germany requested a ceasefire, and why the Allies and America granted one.

Mathematics in War and Peace - Stories about Mathematicians Killed in WW1

As a commemoration of the end of the First World War, the event will focus on the theme of mathematics in war and peacetime.

Mathematics in War and Peace - Flying Mathematicians

As a commemoration of the end of the First World War, the event will focus on the theme of mathematics in war and peacetime.

Mathematics in War and Peace - Euler's Work on Ballistics

As a commemoration of the end of the First World War, the event will focus on the theme of mathematics in war and peacetime.

Computers and Warfare

We shall investigate the implications for the future of international conflict and of national defence. If preparations for the next war have already started, can we tell who is winning?

The 30 Years' War (1618-48) and the Second Defenestration of Prague

Professor Wilson will examine the causes, conduct and consequences of the Thirty Years’ War, Europe’s most destructive conflict prior to the two 20th-century world wars.

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How to Survive a Massacre in Europe’s Wars of Religion

Prohibition: A Battle in America’s Last Culture War

Charles I: The Court at War

AI Weapons, War and Ethics

The Ending of World War I: The Road to 11 November

Mathematics in War and Peace - Stories about Mathematicians Killed in WW1

Mathematics in War and Peace - Flying Mathematicians

Mathematics in War and Peace - Euler's Work on Ballistics

Computers and Warfare

The 30 Years' War (1618-48) and the Second Defenestration of Prague

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