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Trace the shadowy world of state-sponsored hackers exploring their deployment for espionage and sabotage. Explore false-flag operations, AI-driven disinformation, and the global proliferation of hacking capabilities. Learn how nations wield cyber power.
Trace the evolution of ransomware from a niche technical problem to a threat to national infrastructure.
Explore the criminal underworld of cyberspace. Discover how the dark web facilitates illegal hacking and how ransomware is disrupting our societies, and learn how governments are fighting back.
Explore the Anarchy (1139 to 1153AD), when royal power waned and barons reshaped England. Discover siege castles, ruined landscapes, and the archaeological legacy of this turbulent and often misunderstood era.
This lecture addresses Blair’s humanitarian intervention doctrine, from Kosovo to Iraq, questioning his alignment with Bush, dismissal of European opposition, and whether flawed WMD claims led Britain into a war that damaged his career.
This lecture addresses shifting US foreign policy in the 21st century, from Iraq War intervention to later restraint, shaped by war fatigue, credibility challenges after Afghanistan, and a renewed turn to interventionism amid rising global rivals.
This lecture will reassess Bush’s path to the Gulf War, from early hesitation and pressure for diplomacy to a hardened stance shaped by domestic and strategic factors, culminating in Desert Storm and the liberation of Kuwait.
From the early hackers of the 1950s all the way to 1990s cypherpunks, 2000s hacktivists and the diverse community of hackers today, this online lecture explores the genesis of hackers, their methods and their motivations.
Cyberattacks, sabotage, disinformation, and proxy forces are reshaping conflict below the threshold of war. This six-part lecture series explores the history, tools, and strategic logic of grey-zone warfare – and how democracies can deter and respond.
From Chaucer to the latest detective fiction, Oxford has been the setting for stories of all kinds. This walking tour, plus lunch, will examine Oxford's literary pre-eminence, discover literary connections and share some tall tales.
Oxford University may be a bastion of tradition, but how much do you know about the city’s radical past and present? Explore the fascinating stories of those who pushed back against power, privilege and inequality on this walking tour and lecture.
