Extraordinary Rituals
A look at the world's most spectacular and extreme rituals. CSSC Director Harvey Whitehouse acted as a consultant for this series.
If you are a member of a UK Higher Education Institution, you can access the 3 programmes, via the Box of Broadcasts service:
Circle of Life
Great Gatherings
Changing World
August 17, 2018
Quelling radicalization through new understanding of ritual, fusion and identity
What drives people to take up arms for groups such as ISIS and how can this be prevented?
Ideaslab presentation at the world economic forum in partnership with the European research council.
January 18, 2017
Why Facts Don't Unify Us
If facts don’t unify us, what does?
Betazone presentation at the World Economic Forum in partnership with Nature Publishing group.
January 17, 2017
What can the reaction to the death of Cecil the lion tell us about human co-operation?
The Oxford Martin programme on natural governance is a new research initiative. Here, programme Directors Dominic Johnson, David Macdonald and Harvey Whitehouse look at what the reaction to Cecil's death can tell us about human co-operation.
June 2016
Early Civilization and Belief
Excerpt from episode 4 'Creation', The Story of God with Morgan Freeman.
April 24, 2016
Religion Past and Present (part of a panel at the Integrative Science Symposium)
International Convention of Psychological Science, Effectenbeurszaal, Amsterdam, Netherlands.
March 13, 2015
New Atheism, Ritual, and Identity Fusion: A Walk in the Park With Harvey Whitehouse
Centre for Human Evolution, Cognition, And Culture, University Of British Columbia.
August 20, 2013
