The European Studies Centre is delighted to welcome back Dr Othon Anastasakis as Centre Director.  Othon was previously Director from 2012-2015 so we are looking forward to benefiting from his experience and expertise. He will remain Director of SEESOX and will oversee all ESC and SEESOX events (programme to be published soon – watch this space).

Our former Director, Dr Hartmut Mayer, will remain an associate member and will be heavily involved with our events programme, in addition to his many varied projects.

This year the Centre also welcomes Professor Lenka Bustikova Siroky, who is joining St Antony’s College as Associate Professor in European Union and Comparative East European Politics. As a Fellow here at the ESC, Lenka will be undertaking teaching and research as well as participating in our busy events programme.

We are also looking forward to welcoming a new cohort of Visiting Fellows and Academic Visitors who will be joining in October – we will be introducting them and announcing events through our Twitter, LinkedIn, Facebook, and (new for 2022) Instagram pages so please watch this space.