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10 Libraries you should visit at least once while in Oxford

On September 23, 2020 By Lucy Fletcher In OHR, Opinion

“…a totally subjective and opinionated review of the 10 Oxford libraries and reading spaces which made the most significant impression.”

OHR Editors’ Picks

On September 15, 2020 By Emma Hinnells In OHR, Page and Screen

Term is coming around quickly, but before you dig into your reading list, have a look at some of the content our editors have enjoyed over the summer.

The Unhealed Wounds: The Catholic Church and the Holocaust

On August 8, 2020 By Anonymous In Student Voices

In March 1998, a Vatican commission on Jewish-Catholic relations published We Remember: A Reflection of the Shoah. The delicate document went further than any previous statement to recognise the Catholic Church’s passivity during the wartime genocide …

In Defence of Art Approaches

On August 8, 2020 By Grace Clark In Opinion

Grace Clark talks about how art approaches changed her perspective.

History and Women

On August 8, 2020 By Elizabeth Down In Opinion

Elizabeth Down discusses the representation of women in the EWH1 module, and why historians still aren’t getting it right on gender.

The Oxford History Interview: Making Sense of the Myths

On August 7, 2020 By Oliver Shaw In Access/Outreach

Oliver Shaw tackles the misconceptions and realities surrounding the Oxford History Interview.

Oxford: the Museum, the City, the University

On August 2, 2020 By Luke Bateman In OHR, Student Voices

As a child, I had a recurring fantasy of London’s Natural History Museum at night. Their work complete and the sun now down, I saw the curators gathering beneath the museum’s vaulted roof to lay …