The Henry Myers Lecture 2022

Tuesday, June 7, 2022
4:00 PM 5:00 PM 16:00 17:00
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Rethinking Ritual: How rituals made our world…and how they could save it

Tue, 7 Jun 2022, 16:00 BST

Magdalen College, Grove Auditorium, Oxford, and online here.

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