Events archive

FILM: “Katyn” Directed by Andrzej Wajda

28 April 2008 - 9:00pm
Nissan Lecture Theatre, St. Antony’s College, Oxford
Film followed by a discussion. In collaboration with the Russian and Eurasian Studies Centre. Orginised by Aneta Jurska Gawrysiak and Oxford University Polish Society

Islam, an essential component of European identity

His Excellency Professor Ekmeleddin Ihsanoglu Secretary General of the Organisation of the Islamic Conference
28 April 2008 - 6:00pm
Examination Schools High Street, Oxford
Oxford Centre for Islamic Studies in association with The European Studies Centre

Central and Eastern Europe: “Are Revolutions Contagious?” Successes and Failures of Civil Society in Democratic Transitions

Martin Butora (former dissident, former Slovak ambassador to the USA), Filip Dimitrov (former Bulgarian Prime Minister, former Bulgarian ambassador to the UN and the USA), Irakli Kakabadze (Georgian activist and poet), Alyaksandr Milinkievich (Belarussian 2006 united opposition leader)
28 April 2008 - 5:30pm
Seminar Room, European Studies Centre, 70 Woodstock Road
European Studies Centre Hosts the Weidenfeld Scholars Speaker Series
MEC Seminar

Iraq’s Three Civil Wars: Are Multinational Troops Relevant?

Professor Juan Cole (University of Michigan)
22 April 2008 - 6:00pm
The Middle East Centre, 68 Woodstock Road, Oxford, OX2 6JF

The Nakba Archive: A documentary report of Palestinian refugee voices

Mahmoud Zeidan
21 April 2008 - 6:00pm
The Old Refectory at Wadham College
Mahmoud Zeidan is the co-director, with Diana Allen, of the Nakba Archive and Lens on Lebanon. He is currently working as the human rights officer for the United Nations Relief and Works Agency (... Read more
Middle East Centre Friday Seminar Series

The Enemy within - Beirut, a Modern City at War

Sofia Shwayri
7 March 2008 - 5:15pm
The Middle East Centre, 68 Woodstock Road, Oxford, OX2 6JF
Seminar Series: Conflict and Change in the Middle East

Women Entrepreneurs, 1950s-80s: Wartime Left-overs or Indicators of Modernization?

Christiane Eifert (Bielefeld)
7 March 2008 - 5:00pm
Seminar Room, European Studies Centre, 70 Woodstock Road
ESC Core Seminar Series

Is “Progressive Nationalism” an Oxymoron?

David Goodhart (Editor, Prospect Magazine) and Stuart White (Jesus College, Oxford)
6 March 2008 - 5:00pm
Seminar Room, European Studies Centre, 70 Woodstock Road
Nissan Lecture Theatre

The Fifth Annual King Abdul Aziz Ibn Saud Lecture: "Saudi Arabia's Development in Perspective: Ambitious Visions, Fractured Reality"

Professor Tim Niblock, Exeter University
6 March 2008 - 5:00pm
Nissan Lecture Theatre, St Antony's College
ESC building

Tour under the Bodleian of 20th Century manuscript collections

Chris Fletcher (Head of Western Manuscripts, Bodleian Library)
5 March 2008 - 5:00pm
Seminar Room, European Studies Centre, 70 Woodstock Road
The Rt Hon Lord Patten of Barnes (Chris Patten)

ESC Core Seminar - The Chancellor‟s Seminar: Bridging Worlds

Chris Patten and Guler Sabanci
4 March 2008 - 5:00pm
Nissan Lecture Theatre, St. Antony’s College, Oxford
Middle East Centre Friday Seminar Series

Israel/Palestine: Is there a Solution?

Ghada Karmi
29 February 2008 - 5:15pm
The Middle East Centre, 68 Woodstock Road, Oxford, OX2 6JF
Seminar Series: Conflict and Change in the Middle East

Bringing Democracy to Daddy. Changing Conceptions of Paternal Authority in West Germany.

Till van Rahden (Montréal)
29 February 2008 - 5:00pm
Seminar Room, European Studies Centre, 70 Woodstock Road

Understanding Ethnic Prejudice across Europe: Political Cultures and Threat Theories

Guillaume Roux (Research Associate Institut d'Etudes Politiques de Grenoble, Switzerland)
29 February 2008 - 12:45pm
Seminar Room, European Studies Centre, 70 Woodstock Road
ESC building

Using Archives and the Freedom of Information Act: Writing official history

Patrick Salmon (Head of Historians, FCO, UK)
27 February 2008 - 5:00pm
Seminar Room, European Studies Centre, 70 Woodstock Road

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