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Ibn Taymiyya (d. 1328) was a famous Muslim jurist from Damascus. This video, part of a series on the concept of benefit (maslaha) in Ibn Taymiyya’s thought, explores his dynamic view of…
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In 1917, at the height of the First World War, F.B. MacNutt edited a collection of 17 essays entitled The Church in the Furnace. These essays were written by Anglican army chaplains who reflected on…
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‘Woodbine Willie’ – the Anglican World War I padre who gave cigarettes to the troops and wrote poetry - is well known. But the man himself, G.A. Studdert-Kennedy is not nearly so…
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Dr Stuart Bell argues that the early twentieth-century Anglican writer, G.A. Studdert-Kennedy (better known as ‘Woodbine Willie’), is the first modern British theologian in that he…
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Moving into the local community this year? Don't forget that you're going to be part of a diverse residential community.
Find out how you can make a positive…
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Discover our world at our Malaysia Campus where the
extraordinary happens every day.
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Discover our world at our Ningbo Campus where the extraordinary happens everyday. https://www.nottingham.edu.cn/15years
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Chinese athlete of the 20th Century, alumna Deng Yaping dominated the sport of table tennis for eight years from 1989. She won 4 Olympic Golds and 18 World Championship titles and the University now…
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Sophie compares living in her second year house to halls. Sophie's channel: https://www.youtube.com/channel/UC5yVk7Sw4KXrsisGxvwmfig
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Famous to the British soldiers of the Great War as ‘Woodbine Willie,’ the Revd G.A. Studdert Kennedy (1883-1929) is also a great forgotten theologian. In this video, Dr Stuart Bell…
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The First World War was the single most important event is shaping modern European society. In this video Dr Stuart Bell discusses how the experience of the war had a long lasting affect on Christian…
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The First World War was the single most important event is shaping modern European society. In this video Dr Stuart Bell discusses the experience of one man from Derbyshire in the Great War and how…
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The First World War was the single most important event is shaping modern European society. In this video Dr Stuart Bell discusses the myths that grew up about the Great War and religion.
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Dealing with the body of someone who has died – generically referred to as ‘disposal’ – is a crucial intersection of social custom, religious practices, human ritual,…
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In a spectacular world premiere, Nottingham-based digital artist Barret Hodgson illuminated the University's iconic Trent Building with a visual feast of digital projections which capture…
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In discussion of ethics and morality one can often hear someone say that ‘the bible says … .’ But this video explores how what ‘the bible says’ is far from a simple…
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Archbishop Kevin McDonald discusses with Prof. Tom O’Loughlin how the Catholic Church understands the historic phrase extra ecclesiam nulla salus. McDonald argues that it must not be understood…
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Charging Against Napoleon - Part 5: Napoleon
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Charging Against Napoleon - Part 4: Battlefield Tourism
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Charging Against Napoleon - Part 3: History of the Battle
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Charging Against Napoleon - Part 2: Wellington
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Charging Against Napoleon - Part 1: Peninsular Wars
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Charging Against Napoleon - Introduction
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Prof. Philip Goodchild introduces the thought of Simone Weil
(1909-1943) who has been described as a philosopher, a religious thinker, a
mystic, and linked with any number of philosophers from Plato…
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Archbishop Kevin McDonald discusses with Prof. Tom
O’Loughlin how the Catholic Church sees the challenges facing ecumenism today:
there has been real progress on many of the historic issues…
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Archbishop Kevin McDonald discusses with Prof. Tom
O’Loughlin what the Catholic Church sees as the nature of ‘the church’ and how
the notion of ‘the church’ relates to…
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Archbishop Kevin McDonald discusses with Prof. Tom
O’Loughlin the self-perception of the Catholic Church, in the aftermath of the
Second Vatican Council (1962-5), of Judaism, Islam, Buddhism,…
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Augustine was born in Roman North Africa in 354
and died as Bishop of Hippo, also in North Africa, in 430. He was one of the
most prolific Christian writers of all time and all western Christian…
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Anyone who has heard of the Marriage Feast at Cana (Gospel of John 2:1-11) has heard of ‘the six stone jars, for the Jewish rites of purification, each holding twenty or thirty…
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Professor Judith Mossman (Dept of Classics, University of
Nottingham), and expert on Greek tragedy, introduces one of the most powerful
of the plays of Euripides: The Bacchae. This gives us…
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Archbishop Kevin McDonald discusses with Prof.
Tom O’Loughlin the significance of the Roman Catholic statement on that
church’s view of other religions, and especially how the Catholic…
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Dr Jon Hoover gives an introduction to Ibn Taymiyya. He was
a scholar who lived in Damascus 800 years ago, but is very influential among
many Islamic groups today.
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1915 is when it all began, a small department with a big heart. What a century it has been.
In this video we meet former students and academics and the current Head of Department. We hear about many…
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A short video of explorer, adventurer and business coach, Adrian Hayes talking about his life and how he achieves his goals. As well as offering advice to current students of The University of…
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Professor William Kay, one of the world’s leading Pentecostal theologians, discusses the origins of Pentecostalism at the end of the nineteenth century with Dr Frances Knight. He describes how…
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M13193 The War in Iraq with Andrew Mumford
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M13192 Rethinking the Cold War with Ben Holland
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Dr Frances Knight introduces William Temple (1881-1944), Archbishop of Canterbury (1942-44) who has been described as the spiritual father of the Welfare State. A quintessential member of the…
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In the Shadow of War features the work of a generation of artists who rose to prominence in post-war Britain. Visual Arts Officer, Neil Walker talks us through the theme of this exhibition and the…
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In the Shadow of War features the work of a generation of artists who rose to prominence in post-war Britain. Visual Arts Officer, Neil Walker talks us through Graham Sutherland’s…
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In the Shadow of War features the work of a generation of artists who rose to prominence in post-war Britain. Visual Arts Officer, Neil Walker talks us through the sculpture included in the show. …
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Dr John McDade looks at what is meant by the terms ‘Catholicism’ and ‘the Catholic Church’ – and argues that one should see Christianity as ‘Reconfigured…
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PhD student Sachi Tsukamoto, from The University of Nottingham, has organised a symposium on 'comfort women' -- the women and girls forced into sexual slavery for the Imperial Japanese Army…
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PhD Student Sachi Tsukamoto, from The University of Nottingham, explains why she decided to learn more about the plight of 'Comfort Women' -- the women and girls forced into sexual slavery…
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Arsenal and England defender Casey Stoney and Director of the National Game and Women’s Football Kelly Simmons discuss how London 2012 changed the women’s game. Panel introduced by…
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A short film on the Windows on War project. Listen to project participants and how they built the online exhibition.
For more information visit:
http://windowsonwar.nottingham.ac.uk/
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On
March 10 241BC a huge naval battle took place off the coast of Sicily between
the Romans and their archenemies the Carthaginians. It put an end to the First
Punic War and set the Roman Republic on…
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The Horizon project looks to the future, exploring the line between privacy and security through data collection and appropriate usage of personal information.
Find out more about the Horizon…
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How does traditional research benefit from the help of computer scientists? Researchers at the University of Nottingham explain.
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Traded raw agricultural commodities such as wheat, coffee, sugar, cocoa and rice, and the way those flows move around the global economy, has implications for consumption and production. It also has…
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