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Medium of the infant god Latinath, Darchula, Far Western Nepal

When considering practices of spirit possession in Nepal, there is neither a starting point nor an endpoint, but rather a series of observable transformations that can be apprehended only in what is necessarily an arbitrary manner. Misunderstandings and misperceptions arise either because possession is approached on the basis of predetermined categories, derived from a supposedly universal anthropological worldview, or because, at the other end of the spectrum, the analysis is wholly dependent on vernacular categories, the validity of which may be restricted to a few individuals only. Alternatively, problems may arise because these practices are approached through an arbitrary selection of facts and practices in time or space. I will address the remarkable versatility of spirit possession in Nepal and the difficulties in trying to generalize about it, whether along a geographical axis, on the one hand, or along a temporal one, on the other, by paying attention to the vocabulary, the experiences as they are recounted by participants or others, and the context of occurrence.

Examination Schools, 5 pm

All Souls College is delighted to announce the inaugural lecture in the annual series, Atlantic Slavery and its Aftermaths, to be given by Professor Paul Gilroy FRSL FBA (UCL) on ‘Race-thinking and the Half-life of Atlantic Slavery’.

The event is open to the public, but reservations are required.

Please register following this link: https://forms.office.com/e/19wMzgRb8M

Friday, 24 February 2023

5pm, Examination Schools
 
The Neill Lecture is the annual All Souls law lecture. It is named for Patrick Neill, Lord Neill of Bladen QC, Fellow of All Souls 1950-1977, Warden 1977-1995, Honorary Fellow 1995-2016, Vice-Chancellor 1985-1989. Since 1997, the Neill Lecture has brought leading judges and legal academics to Oxford. This year, it will be given by Lord Burrows, Justice of the Supreme Court of the United Kingdom since 2020.
 
There will be a reception following the lecture in the Warden’s Lodgings. Numbers will be restricted to 100 in the Schools, and 50 in the Warden’s Lodgings.

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The French Graduate Seminar takes places fortnightly and is convened by Hannah Scheithauer (hannah.scheithauer@queens.ox.ac.uk) and Roger Navas i Solé (roger.navas@trinity.ox.ac.uk).

This week, our speakers will be: 

Joseph Begley (New College): ‘The problem(s) of identity in Charles Nodier’s Thérèse Aubert’

Elly Walters (Wadham College): ‘Water, Vulnerability, and Nathacha Appanah’

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The French Graduate Seminar takes places fortnightly and is convened by Hannah Scheithauer (hannah.scheithauer@queens.ox.ac.uk) and Roger Navas i Solé (roger.navas@trinity.ox.ac.uk).

This week, our speakers will be: 

Violeta Garrido (EHESS/University of Granada): ‘Conditions for a Materialist Aesthetics: Consciousness and Unconsciousness in the Althusserian Reading of Brecht’

Liam Johnston-McCondach (New College): ‘Le Plaisir de Brecht: Roland Barthes and Literary Politics’

All welcome!

The French Graduate Seminar takes places fortnightly and is convened by Hannah Scheithauer (hannah.scheithauer@queens.ox.ac.uk) and Roger Navas i Solé (roger.navas@trinity.ox.ac.uk).

This week, our speakers will be:

Joanna Beaufoy (University of Copenhagen): ‘Doing things with light: the soirée as a luxotope (1841-1913)’

Arthur Houplain (Université Rennes 2 / Université de Bâle): « Le “demi-jour”, l’Allemagne et le fantastique. À propos d’une remarque de Gautier sur Hoffmann » / ‘“Half-light”, Germany, and the fantastic. About a remark on Hoffmann by Gautier’

All welcome!