Aileen Kelly, Emerita Reader at King's College, Cambridge, gave the 2018 annual Isaiah Berlin Lecture at Wolfson College, Oxford. The lecture, which was given on November 8th, was introduced by Sir Tim Hitchens. Although for most of his profess

One Hundred Years of Consciousness ('a long training in absurdity')

Jun 9th, 2017 52m 16s

Galen Strawson, Professor of Philosophy at the University of Oxford deliverd the 2017 Isaiah Berlin Lecture at Wolfson College. The lecture was introduced by the College President, Hermione Lee. There occurred in the twentieth century the most

Cosmopolitan Contamination - learning world citizenship

Jun 16th, 2016 55m 43s

Kwame Anthony Appiah, Professor of Philosophy and Law at New York University, delivers the 50th Anniversary Annual Berlin Lecture. Professor Appiah writes "In the talk I want to urge people, whatever places they think of as home, to recognize t

Pluralism and Human Rights

May 28th, 2014 47m 34s

The 2014 Isaiah Berlin lecture was given by highly respected philosopher and crossbench peer, Baroness Onora O’Neill. The Lecture was introduced by the President of Wolfson College, Dame Hermione Lee. Baroness O’Neill’s lecture addressed a vari

Law and globalisation - powerful or powerless

May 29th, 2012 1h 4m

Baroness Helena Kennedy, QC delivered the Annual Isaiah Berlin Lecture on law and globalization at Wolfson College. The lecture was introduced by Acting President of the College, Christina Redfield. The leading human rights lawyer Baroness Hele

Reasoning and Disagreement

Jun 8th, 2011 1h 1m

Nobel Prize winner Amaryta Sen delivers theh 2011 Isaiah Berlin Lecture on Reasoning and Disagreement. On Tuesday 2nd June the College was honoured to welcome as speaker of the 2011 Annual Isaiah Berlin Lecture the Nobel Prize winning economist

Senses of Reality: Writing the Biography of a Revolutionary Generation

Jun 8th, 2010 1h 2m

The annual Isaiah Berlin Lecture given at Wolfson College on May 27th 2010. Roy Foster is Carroll Professor of Irish History at Hertford College, Oxford.

Editing early Eliot

May 19th, 2009 53m 27s

The 1995 Isaiah Berlin Lecture given at Wolfson College on May 18th by CB Ricks, Professor of English at Boston University.

Isaiah Berlin and the Challenge of Multiculturalism Part 2

Jul 3rd, 2008 24m 38s

Professor Timothy Garton Ash, Professor of European Studies in the University of Oxford and Isaiah Berlin Professorial Fellow at St Antony’s College, Oxford gave a lecture entitled 'Isaiah Berlin and the Challenge of Multiculturalism'.