This year's seminar will be given by Lord Mandelson (1973, PPE) in conversation with Evan Davis. A former Labour Cabinet minister, and Chairman of Global Counsel, Lord Mandelson's most recent appointment is as Chairman of the investment bank, L

On Stage and Screen: Defining Moments in Entertainment Since 1962

Oct 9th, 2012 45m 55s

As St Catherine's was being built, in July 1962, the Telstar satellite was making history as the first to relay television pictures through space. A year later, Mary Whitehouse would launch her 'Clean Up TV' campaign. The next five decades woul

Renewable Energies in a Green Economy: Defining Developments

Oct 9th, 2012 1h 2m

It was with the chance of making 'a special contribution to the urgent national need for more scientists' that St Catherine's College was first contemplated. Meanwhile, Jacobsen envisaged his creation as an architectural whole, with the gardens

After the Crash: Restoring Economic Growth

Oct 5th, 2012 1h 3m

Founding St Catherine's College in the 1960s required extensive appeals to industry to secure adequate funding to build and endow the new College. Our list of founding benefactors represents a rich tapestry of British manufacturing, and is a re

Sir Humphry Davy: Natural Philosopher, Discoverer, Inventor, Poet, Man of Action

Oct 5th, 2012 38m 43s

When St Catherine's College was first being envisaged, creating an undergraduate body with an equal number of science and arts students was at the forefront of our Founder's minds. Sir Humphry Davy embodied that integration of the disciplines.

Defining Moments in International Relations Since 1962

Oct 5th, 2012 53m 57s

The world of our Founders was one in which the space race heated up, and the Cold War froze over. In October 1962, as the College's first cohort of undergraduates arrived, Cuba was bringing the world to the brink of nuclear war. The next five d

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