Interviews of people associated with King's College, Cambridge: Recent Episodes
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Film interviews of people associated with King's College, Cambridge, mostly by Alan Macfarlane, with summaries by Sarah Harrison
An interview of Mark Smith on 18th September 2018, filmed by Alan Macfarlane, edited by Sarah Harrison
Interview of Steven Coghill on 20th September 2017 by Alan Macfarlane, edited by Sarah Harrison
Faith Raven interviewed by Alan Macfarlane on 20th September 2016, summarized by Sarah Harrison
Interview with Eleanor Sharpston on 27th November 2015 by Alan Macfarlane, edited by Sarah Harrison
Interview of Sir John Eliot Gardiner by Alan Macfarlane on 16th June 2015, edited and summarised by Sarah Harrison
Interview of the Professor of the History of Art Jean Michel Massing on 5th December 2014, interviewed by Alan Macfarlane and edited by Sarah Harrison
A conversation between Sir Patrick Bateson and Sir Gabriel Horn about their collaborative work in zoology and ethology. Filmed by Alan Macfarlane on 13 July 2007. See also the individual interviews of each of them.
An interview with Rosemary Polack, formerly barrister and later solicitor in Cambridge, talking about her life and work over the years in London and Cambridge. Filmed on 13 May 2013 by Alan Macfarlane and edited and transcribed by Sarah Harrison.
An interview with the historian, Professor Gareth Stedman Jones, made on 23 April 2012 by Alan Macfarlane and edited by Sarah Harrison.
An Interview with Mark Elvin, historian of China, made on 24th July by Alan Macfarlane, and edited by Sarah Harrison.
Martin Jacques interviewed by Alan Macfarlane 20th September 2011. Edited by Sarah Harrison. The interview lasts two hours. Generously supported by the Leverhulme Trust.
An interview with Dr. Charlie Loke (Yung Wai Loke) about his life and work in Cambridge and his family roots in Malaysia. Filmed and interviewed by Alan Macfarlane on 22 February 2007. Faulty microphone distorts some of the sound. Generously supported by the Leverhulme Trust.
An interview with the biologist Michael Bate, of the University of Cambridge, on his life and times. Filmed on 2nd July 2008 by Alan Macfarlane and edited by Sarah Harrison. Generously supported by the Leverhulme Trust.
An interview of the anthropologist Caroline Humphrey. Filmed by Alan Macfarlane on 5 August 2010 and edited by Sarah Harrison. Generously supported by the Leverhulme Trust.
Interview with the Nobel laureate Sydney Brenner, on his life and work with Crick and others. Interviewed by Alan Macfarlane on 23rd August 2007 in his home near Cambridge. Lasts about one hour forty minutes, in two parts. Generously supported by the Leverhulme Trust.
An interview of Professor Robert Foley on his life and work. Filmed by Alan Macfarlane on 27th April 2010 and edited by Sarah Harrison. Generously supported by the Leverhulme Trust.
A lecture by Piers Vitebsky, a version given at Cambridge in May 2007, the Henry Myers Lecture. Filmed by Alan Macfarlane. The lecture has been published in the Journal of the Royal Anthropological Institute for 2008. The lecture lasts approximately 70 minutes. Generously supported by the Leverhulme Trust.
An interview about the life and work of Sir John Meurig Thomas, Professor of Chemistry at Cambridge and sometime Director of the Royal Institution in London and Master of Peterhouse at Cambridge. A film interview of over two hours on 29th November and 5th December 2007, filmed by Alan Macfarlane and edited by Sarah Harrison. Generously supported by the Leverhulme Trust.
Stanley Tambiah talks of his entry into social anthropology through contact with Nur Yalman, Edmund Leach and others. His work in Sri Lanka and Thailand, and his arrival in Cambridge. Stanley Tambiah interviewed by Alan Macfarlane 8th July 1983, about forty minutes long. Poor quality video and sound. Generously supportted by the Leverhulme Trust.
Interview of Azim Surani, discussing his life and work. Interviewed by Alan Macfarlane on 19th June 2009 and edited by Sarah Harrison. Generously supported by the Leverhulme Trust.
An interview with the double Nobel laureate Fred Sanger who sequenced insulin and a phage. Interviewed at his home near Cambridge by Alan Macfarlane on 24th August 2007. Lasts about 55 minutes. Generously supported by the Leverhulme Trust.
An interview on the life and work of the Cambridge economist Bob Rowthorn. Filmed and interviewed by Alan Macfarlane on 13 June 2008. Edited by Sarah Harrison. Generously supported by the Leverhulme Trust.
An interview about the life and work of Professor Keith van Rijsbergen, computer scientist. Interviewed on 15th July 2009 by Alan Macfarlane and edited by Sarah Harrison. Generously supported by the Leverhulme Trust.
An interview on the life and work of the anthropologist Jonathan Parry. Interviewed by Alan Macfarlane on 5th December 2009 and edited by Sarah Harrison. Generously supported by the Leverhulme Trust.
An interview of the mathematician and computer scientist Ken Moody. Filmed on 17th August 2008 by Alan Macfarlane and edited by Sarah Harrison. Additions in square brackets are by Ken Moody. Generously supported by the Leverhulme Trust.
An interview with Dan McKenzie about his work on geophysics. Two hour interview on 11th May 2007, filmed and interviewed by Alan Macfarlane and edited by Sarah Harrison. Generously supported by the Leverhulme Trust.
An interview with the classicist and philosopher Sir Geoffrey Lloyd in which he describes his life and work and associations with King's College and other Cambridge institutions. An interview on 7th June 2005, lasting about 100 minutes, film and interview by Alan Macfarlane. Generously supported by the Leverhulme Trust.
Edmund Leach talks of his youth and early years in China. His inerest in anthropology and work with Malinowski and Raymond Firth at the L.S.E. and his move to Cambridge. Fieldwork in Burma and Sri Lanka and his views on structuralism and the work of Levi-Strauss. Edmund Leach talking to Frank Kermode 26th May 1982 (53mins.) Filmed in King's College and Barrington. Generously supported by the Leverhulme Trust.
Interview of Barry Keverne on 23rd March 2009, filmed by Alan Macfarlane and edited by Sarah Harrison. Generously supported by the Leverhulme Trust.
An interview of the literary critic, Frank Kermode, talking about his life and work. Filmed on 19th February 2008 by Alan Macfarlane, and edited by Sarah Harrison, about 90 minutes long. Generously supported by the Leverhulme Trust.
An interview with the historian and public intellectual, Lisa Jardine. Interviewed by Alan Macfarlane on 31 October 2008, just after her Tanner Lectures, and edited by Sarah Harrison. Generously supported by the Leverhulme Trust.
An interview with the Cambridge geophysicist Herbert Huppert about his life and work. Filmed by Alan Macfarlane on 25th May 2009 and edited by Sarah Harrison. Generously supported by the Leverhulme Trust.
Interview with Stephen Hugh-Jones. Filmed by Alan Macfarlane on the 14th Feb 2007. Generously supported by the Leverhulme Trust.
Interview of Sir Gabriel Horn about his life and work in zoology and biology and his Mastership of Sidney Sussex College, Cambridge. Interviewed by Sir Patrick Bateson on 16th January and 3rd April 2007, filmed by Alan Macfarlane and summary by Sarah Harrison; four films lasting c. 4 hours in all. Generously supported by the Leverhulme Trust.
An interview on the life and work of the historian Eric Hobsbawm. Interview on 13th September 2009 by Alan Macfarlane and edited by Sarah Harrison. Generously supported by the Leverhulme Trust.
An interview with the scientist and entrepreneur and co-founder of Acorn computers, Hermann Hauser. Talking about his life and work in helping to build up the 'Cambridge phenomenon'. Interviewed by Alan Macfarlane on 3rd September 2008 and edited by Sarah Harrison. Generously supported by the Leverhulme Trust.
An interview of the economic anthropologist Stephen Gudeman, talking about his life and work. Filmed on 14th May 2010 by Alan Macfarlane and summary by Sarah Harrison. Generously supported by the Leverhulme Trust.
Interview on the life and work of the Cambridge economist Wynne Godley. Filmed in May 2008 by Alan Macfarlane and edited by Sarah Harrison. It lasts about two hours. Generously supported by the Leverhulme Trust.
Public lecture given in October 1989 by Professor Ernest Gellner. He reflected on his year spent in the Soviet Union on the eve of the collapse of communism. The lecture was given to a Cambridge Audience in the Rayleigh Lecture theatre in the Social and Political Sciences Faculty. Professor Gellner had flown in that morning from America. It was filmed, using a video 8 camera, by Humphrey Hinton. It was chaired by Dr. Alan Macfarlane. The video is unedited. The lecture lasts for about 65 minutes. Generously supported by the Leverhulme Trust.
Meyer Fortes gives a lecture on Tallensi divination before a selected audience of graduates and under-graduates in Cambridge. He discusses general theories of divination and is questioned by the audience. Lecture and discussion by Meyer Fortes, chaired by Jack Goody, in the Audio Visual Aids centre. Organized by Stephen Levinson and filmed by Martin Gienke. 9th March 1982, each about one hour.
An interview on the life and work of John Dunn. Filmed on 5th March 2008 by Alan Macfarlane and edited by Sarah Harrison. Lasts about two hours. Generously supported by the Leverhulme Trust.
An interview with Hal Dixon, Fellow of King's and distinguished bichemist at Cambridge University. talking about his life and work. Filmed by Alan Macfarlane, lasts about fifty minutes, filmed on 3rd August 2007 in his rooms in Cambridge. Generously supported by the Leverhulme Trust.
An interview on the life and work of the musician Stephen Cleobury, Director of Music at King's College, Cambridge. Interviewed and filmed by Alan Macfarlane on 4th July 2008 and edited by Sarah Harrison. Generously supported by the Leverhulme Trust.
Interview on the life and times of the chemist Dan Brown. Interviewed on 10th January 2008 by Alan Macfarlane. Summary and editing by Sarah Harrison. Lasts about 1 hr. Generously supported by the Leverhulme Trust.
Interview of Jonathan Benthall on his life and work, in particular as Director of the Royal Anthropological Institute. Interviewed by Alan Macfarlane, on 6th December 2005 at Cambridge, and lasting 1 hr. Generously supported by the Leverhulme Trust.
Sir Patrick Bateson was interviewed and filmed by Alan Macfarlane in December 2007. The transcript is by Sarah Harrison, The interview lasts about 2 hrs. Generously supported by the Leverhulme Trust.
Interview on the life and work of the historian and expert on Persia, Peter Avery of Cambridge. Interviewed on 8th June 2008 by Alan Macfarlane and edited by Sarah Harrison. This is the first hour of an interview which was interrupted by Peter Avery's death in October 2008. Generously supported by the Leverhulme Trust.