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|May 17, 1947
|[[May 17]], [[1947]]
|[[Dorothy Annie Elizabeth Garrod]]
|[[Dorothy Annie Elizabeth Garrod]]
|Early man and the threshold of religion
|Early man and the threshold of religion
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|Jun 5, 1948
|[[Jun 5]], [[1948]]
|[[Herbert Jennings Rose]]
|[[Herbert Jennings Rose]]
|Mana in Greece and Rome
|Mana in Greece and Rome
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|May 7, 1949
|[[May 7]], [[1949]]
|[[Charlie Dunbar Broad]]
|[[Charlie Dunbar Broad]]
|Egoism as a theory of human motives
|Egoism as a theory of human motives
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|Feb 18, 1965
|Feb 18, 1965
|(Herman) Max Gluckman
|[[(Herman) Max Gluckman]]
|Moral crises: Magical and secular solutions
|Moral crises: Magical and secular solutions
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|Feb 25, 1965
|Feb 25, 1965
|(Herman) Max Gluckman
|[[(Herman) Max Gluckman]]
|Moral crises: Magical and secular solutions
|Moral crises: Magical and secular solutions
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|Feb 24, 1966
|Feb 24, 1966
|Stuart Ernest Piggott
|[[Stuart Ernest Piggott]]
|The origins of the village settlement in prehistoric Europe
|The origins of the village settlement in prehistoric Europe
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|May 18, 1967
|May 18, 1967
|William Calvert Kneale
|[[William Calvert Kneale]]
|The responsibility of criminals
|The responsibility of criminals
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|May 9, 1968
|May 9, 1968
|Sir Alister Clavering Hardy
|Sir [[Alister Clavering Hardy]]
|Marett, anthropology and religion
|Marett, anthropology and religion
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|May 8, 1969
|May 8, 1969
|Jacqueline Worms de Romilly
|[[Jacqueline Worms de Romilly]]
|Historical necessity in the fifth century, B.C.
|Historical necessity in the fifth century, B.C.
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|-
|May 13, 1971
|May 13, 1971
|Leslie Alcock
|[[Leslie Alcock]]
|South Cadbury excavations - Camelot, 1966-70
|South Cadbury excavations - Camelot, 1966-70
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|-
|Nov 4, 1971
|Nov 4, 1971
|(John Percy Vyvian) Dacre Balsdon
|[[(John Percy Vyvian) Dacre Balsdon]]
|Romulus and Remus; the birth of a legend
|Romulus and Remus; the birth of a legend
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|-
|May 18, 1972
|May 18, 1972
|Constantine Athanasius Trypanis
|[[Constantine Athanasius Trypanis]]
|Greek folk songs
|Greek folk songs
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|Nov 8, 1973
|Nov 8, 1973
|Willard Van Orman Quine
|[[Willard Van Orman Quine]]
|Substitutional quantification
|Substitutional quantification
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|Nov 12, 1974
|Nov 12, 1974
|Meyer Fortes
|[[Meyer Fortes]]
|West African seasonal festivals and the ancestors
|West African seasonal festivals and the ancestors
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|-
|Nov 20, 1975
|Nov 20, 1975
|Martin Biddle
|[[Martin Biddle]]
|Patterns of authority? Problems in the emergence of Anglo-Saxon England
|Patterns of authority? Problems in the emergence of Anglo-Saxon England
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|-
|Nov 18, 1976
|Nov 18, 1976
|David Walter Hamlyn
|[[David Walter Hamlyn]]
|The phenomena of love and hate
|The phenomena of love and hate
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|-
|Nov 3, 1977
|Nov 3, 1977
|Sir Edmund Ronald Leach
|Sir [[Edmund Ronald Leach]]
|The Threshold of Religion
|The Threshold of Religion
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|Nov 14, 1978
|Nov 14, 1978
|Arthur Ernest Mourant
|[[Arthur Ernest Mourant]]
|John Ranulph de la Haule Marett, pioneer biological anthropologist
|John Ranulph de la Haule Marett, pioneer biological anthropologist
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|Nov 8, 1979
|Nov 8, 1979
|Charles Thomas
|[[Charles Thomas]]
|Hermits on islands or priests in a landscape? Early Christianity in the Isles of Scilly
|Hermits on islands or priests in a landscape? Early Christianity in the Isles of Scilly
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|-
|Nov 25, 1980
|Nov 25, 1980
|Richard G. Swinburne
|[[Richard G. Swinburne]]
|Are mental events identical with brain events?
|Are mental events identical with brain events?
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|May 17, 1983
|May 17, 1983
|Dewi Zephaniah Phillips
|[[Dewi Zephaniah Phillips]]
|Primitive reactions and the reactions of primitives
|Primitive reactions and the reactions of primitives
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|Jun 7, 1905
|Jun 7, 1905
|Ernest Andre Gellner
|[[Ernest Andre Gellner]]
|Anthropology between positivism and romanticism
|Anthropology between positivism and romanticism
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|Jun 8, 1905
|Jun 8, 1905
|Edward Thomas Hall
|[[Edward Thomas Hall]]
|Archaeometry: attempting co-operation between the Arts and Sciences
|Archaeometry: attempting co-operation between the Arts and Sciences
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|Jun 9, 1905
|Jun 9, 1905
|Bernard Williams
|[[Bernard Williams]]
|Humans, animals and machines
|Humans, animals and machines
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|Jun 10, 1905
|Jun 10, 1905
|David Francis Pocock
|[[David Francis Pocock]]
|Persons, texts and morality
|Persons, texts and morality
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|May 8, 1989
|May 8, 1989
|Julian Alfred Lane Fox Pitt-Rivers
|[[Julian Alfred Lane Fox Pitt-Rivers]]
|From the love of food to the love of God
|From the love of food to the love of God
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|Jun 12, 1905
|Jun 12, 1905
|Jean Sybil La Fontaine
|[[Jean Sybil La Fontaine]]
|Power, authority and symbols in domestic life
|Power, authority and symbols in domestic life
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|Apr 26, 1991
|Apr 26, 1991
|Thomas R. Trautmann
|[[Thomas R. Trautmann]]
|The revolution in ethnological time
|The revolution in ethnological time
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|Jun 14, 1905
|Jun 14, 1905
|Caroline Humphrey
|[[Caroline Humphrey]]
|Rethinking moral authority in post-socialist Mongolia
|Rethinking moral authority in post-socialist Mongolia
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|Jun 15, 1905
|Jun 15, 1905
|John David Yeadon Peel
|[[John David Yeadon Peel]]
|For Who Hath Despised the Day of Small Things? Missionary narratives and historical anthropology
|For Who Hath Despised the Day of Small Things? Missionary narratives and historical anthropology
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|Apr 29, 1994
|Apr 29, 1994
|Fredrik Barth
|[[Fredrik Barth]]
|Ethnicity and the concept of culture
|Ethnicity and the concept of culture
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|-
|Apr 28, 1995
|Apr 28, 1995
|Alan Donald James Macfarlane
|[[Alan Donald James Macfarlane]]
|Illth and wealth
|Illth and wealth
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|Apr 26, 1996
|Apr 26, 1996
|Signe Howell
|[[Signe Howell]]
|May blessings come, may mischiefs go!: Living kinds as agents of transition and transformation among the Lio
|May blessings come, may mischiefs go!: Living kinds as agents of transition and transformation among the Lio
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|-
|Apr 25, 1997
|Apr 25, 1997
|Geoffrey Ernest Richard Lloyd
|[[Geoffrey Ernest Richard Lloyd]]
|The uses and abuses of classification: Ancient Greek and Chinese reflections
|The uses and abuses of classification: Ancient Greek and Chinese reflections
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|-
|May 1, 1998
|May 1, 1998
|Ruth Padel
|[[Ruth Padel]]
|How myth uses us: Greek "Guyville" and women's rock music
|How myth uses us: Greek "Guyville" and women's rock music
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|-
|Apr 30, 1999
|Apr 30, 1999
|Martin D. Goodman
|[[Martin D. Goodman]]
|Explaining religious change
|Explaining religious change
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|-
|May 5, 2000
|May 5, 2000
|Piers Vitebsky
|[[Piers Vitebsky]]
|Forgetting the ancestors: Living without the dead
|Forgetting the ancestors: Living without the dead
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|-
|Apr 27, 2001
|Apr 27, 2001
|James Patrick Mallory
|[[James Patrick Mallory]]
|The cultural worlds of the Indo-Europeans
|The cultural worlds of the Indo-Europeans
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|-
|Apr 26, 2002
|Apr 26, 2002
|Roger Just
|[[Roger Just]]
|Of fishers and boats, and sacrificial goats: interpreting the commonplace
|Of fishers and boats, and sacrificial goats: interpreting the commonplace
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|-
|May 2, 2003
|May 2, 2003
|Jonathan Webber
|[[Jonathan Webber]]
|Making Sense of the Past: Reflections on Jewish Historical Consciousness
|Making Sense of the Past: Reflections on Jewish Historical Consciousness
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|-
|Apr 30, 2004
|Apr 30, 2004
|John Bennett
|[[John Bennett]]
|Archaeologies of Homer
|Archaeologies of Homer
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|-
|Sep 16, 2005
|Sep 16, 2005
|Harvey Whitehouse
|[[Harvey Whitehouse]]
|The evolution and history of religion
|The evolution and history of religion
|-
|-
|May 12, 2006
|May 12, 2006
|Christina Toren
|[[Christina Toren]]
|How do we know what is true? The case of mana in Fiji
|How do we know what is true? The case of mana in Fiji
|-
|-
|Apr 27, 2007
|Apr 27, 2007
|Jonathan Parry
|[[Jonathan Parry]]
|Hegemony and resistance: Trade union politics in central India
|Hegemony and resistance: Trade union politics in central India
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Revision as of 18:43, 17 March 2008

The Robert Ranulph Marett Memorial Lectureship at Exeter College, Oxford

A Marett Lecture has been established in memory of the late R.R. Marett, D.Litt., D.SC., F.B.A., Rector of the College 1928-43, by subscribers to a Memorial Fund.[1]


Date Lecturer Title
May 17, 1947 Dorothy Annie Elizabeth Garrod Early man and the threshold of religion
Jun 5, 1948 Herbert Jennings Rose Mana in Greece and Rome
May 7, 1949 Charlie Dunbar Broad Egoism as a theory of human motives
Jun 3, 1950 Edward Evans Evans-Pritchard Social anthropology: past and present
Jun 2, 1951 (George) Gilbert Aimé Murray Till Nous came and put things in order
Jun 7, 1952 Sir Robert Eric Mortimer Wheeler Archaeology and the transmission of ideas
Jun 6, 1953 Raymond Firth The study of values by social anthropologists
May 6, 1954 Leon Roth A contemporary moralist: Albert Camus
May 7, 1955 Robert Hugh Kirk Marett Indian civilizations of Mexico and Peru
May 5, 1956 Kathleen Mary Kenyon Jericho and its setting in Near Eastern history
Jun 6, 1957 Sir Alexander Morris Carr-Saunders The social sciences and the humanities
May 15, 1958 Edwin Oliver James The threshold of religion
Mar 11, 1959 John Bryan Ward-Perkins A Parthian view of the Eastern frontier of the Roman Empire: the recent excavations at Hatra
Jun 7, 1960 Humayun Kabir Britain and India
Feb 1, 1961 Herbert Ian Priestly Hogbin Morality without religion
Feb 8, 1962 Courtney Arthur Ralegh Radford Evidences of Norse settlement in Britain
May 2, 1963 Sir Eric Ashby An anatomy of academic life
Feb 18, 1965 (Herman) Max Gluckman Moral crises: Magical and secular solutions
Feb 25, 1965 (Herman) Max Gluckman Moral crises: Magical and secular solutions
Feb 24, 1966 Stuart Ernest Piggott The origins of the village settlement in prehistoric Europe
May 18, 1967 William Calvert Kneale The responsibility of criminals
May 9, 1968 Sir Alister Clavering Hardy Marett, anthropology and religion
May 8, 1969 Jacqueline Worms de Romilly Historical necessity in the fifth century, B.C.
May 13, 1971 Leslie Alcock South Cadbury excavations - Camelot, 1966-70
Nov 4, 1971 (John Percy Vyvian) Dacre Balsdon Romulus and Remus; the birth of a legend
May 18, 1972 Constantine Athanasius Trypanis Greek folk songs
Nov 8, 1973 Willard Van Orman Quine Substitutional quantification
Nov 12, 1974 Meyer Fortes West African seasonal festivals and the ancestors
Nov 20, 1975 Martin Biddle Patterns of authority? Problems in the emergence of Anglo-Saxon England
Nov 18, 1976 David Walter Hamlyn The phenomena of love and hate
Nov 3, 1977 Sir Edmund Ronald Leach The Threshold of Religion
Nov 14, 1978 Arthur Ernest Mourant John Ranulph de la Haule Marett, pioneer biological anthropologist
Nov 8, 1979 Charles Thomas Hermits on islands or priests in a landscape? Early Christianity in the Isles of Scilly
Nov 25, 1980 Richard G. Swinburne Are mental events identical with brain events?
Jun 3, 1905
Jun 4, 1905
May 17, 1983 Dewi Zephaniah Phillips Primitive reactions and the reactions of primitives
Jun 6, 1905
Jun 7, 1905 Ernest Andre Gellner Anthropology between positivism and romanticism
Jun 8, 1905 Edward Thomas Hall Archaeometry: attempting co-operation between the Arts and Sciences
Jun 9, 1905 Bernard Williams Humans, animals and machines
Jun 10, 1905 David Francis Pocock Persons, texts and morality
May 8, 1989 Julian Alfred Lane Fox Pitt-Rivers From the love of food to the love of God
Jun 12, 1905 Jean Sybil La Fontaine Power, authority and symbols in domestic life
Apr 26, 1991 Thomas R. Trautmann The revolution in ethnological time
Jun 14, 1905 Caroline Humphrey Rethinking moral authority in post-socialist Mongolia
Jun 15, 1905 John David Yeadon Peel For Who Hath Despised the Day of Small Things? Missionary narratives and historical anthropology
Apr 29, 1994 Fredrik Barth Ethnicity and the concept of culture
Apr 28, 1995 Alan Donald James Macfarlane Illth and wealth
Apr 26, 1996 Signe Howell May blessings come, may mischiefs go!: Living kinds as agents of transition and transformation among the Lio
Apr 25, 1997 Geoffrey Ernest Richard Lloyd The uses and abuses of classification: Ancient Greek and Chinese reflections
May 1, 1998 Ruth Padel How myth uses us: Greek "Guyville" and women's rock music
Apr 30, 1999 Martin D. Goodman Explaining religious change
May 5, 2000 Piers Vitebsky Forgetting the ancestors: Living without the dead
Apr 27, 2001 James Patrick Mallory The cultural worlds of the Indo-Europeans
Apr 26, 2002 Roger Just Of fishers and boats, and sacrificial goats: interpreting the commonplace
May 2, 2003 Jonathan Webber Making Sense of the Past: Reflections on Jewish Historical Consciousness
Apr 30, 2004 John Bennett Archaeologies of Homer
Sep 16, 2005 Harvey Whitehouse The evolution and history of religion
May 12, 2006 Christina Toren How do we know what is true? The case of mana in Fiji
Apr 27, 2007 Jonathan Parry Hegemony and resistance: Trade union politics in central India

References

Dates from the Oxford University Gazette

Notes

  1. ^ Oxford University Gazette No. 2544, 30 April 1947 (p. 689)
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