Universities and Science Minister David Willetts and Oxford University Vice-Chancellor Professor Andrew Hamilton launch the Humanities Research Showcase
Academics from Oxford University's Humanities Division presented their world-leading research on Monday 11 July at the first Humanities Research Showcase. David Willetts, the government's Minister for Universities and Science, gave the keynote speech in which he praised Humanities at Oxford and stressed his commitment to the value of the arts and humanities in Britain's future. Other speakers included Professor Andrew Hamilton, Vice-Chancellor of the University; Professor Sally Shuttleworth, Head of the Humanities Division; and Professor Shearer West, Research Director of the Arts and Humanities Research Council and incoming Head of the Division from October 2011. Mark Damazer, Master of St Peter's, chaired a debate about the value of humanities in which the panelists were Jonathan Bate, incoming Provost of Worcester College and author of 'The Public Value of the Humanities'; Professors Shuttleworth and West; Professor Sir Adam Roberts, President of the British Academy; and David Docherty, CEO of the Council for Industry and Higher Education. Ten ten-minute talks were given by leading Oxford academics on varied topics from 'Per capita growth in the Roman Economy' (by Professor Andrew Wilson from Classics) to 'Mind-reading: from neuroimaging to the philosophy of the mind' (by Timothy Bayne, Philosophy. The talks will be available on the University's iTunesU website in the near future. "The idea behind today is to show the value and importance of Humanities research and to engage you all in debate" Professor Sally Shuttleworth Mr Willetts praised the strength and broad range of Oxford Humanities, saying: 'It is manifest that they have inherent value..
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