Events archive

Middle East Centre Friday Seminar Series

Yemen: From Secular youthful hopes to Huthi dominance of the State

Helen Lackner (Independent Researcher, Author of Why Yemen Matters, Saqi Books, 2014)

28 November 2014 - 5:00pm

Library Reading Room at the Middle East Centre, 68 Woodstock Road, Oxford, OX2 6JF

MIDDLE EAST CENTRE FRIDAY SEMINAR SERIES: A Polarized Middle East

Is Colombia's development model sustainable in the future?

Professor Carlos Caballero, Andes University.

28 November 2014 - 5:00pm

The Latin American Centre, Seminar room.

Latin American Centre Seminars, Michaelmas Term 2014 A glass of wine will be served following the discussions. Everyone welcome!

Nissan Seminar

A Rakugo performance by Katsura Sunshine

28 November 2014 - 5:00pm to 6:30pm

Nissan Institute Lecture Theatre

Japanese Traditional Comic Storytelling A Rakugo performance by Katsura Sunshine

North American Studies Programme Conference

TWENTY YEARS AFTER NAFTA: Integration, Identity and Regionalism in North America. Part II: Contextualising and Analysing the North American Regional Project

28 November 2014 - 10:00am to 4:00pm

Pavilion Room, Gateway Building, St Antony's College

This conference examines the impact of NAFTA on the North American region two decades after the agreement came into force, assessing what the pact has meant for business, the depth of its economic... Read more

Transnational political consultancy in Post-independent Latin America: the case of the Spaniard Jose Joaquín de Mora

Dr Graciela Iglesias Rogers, University of Winchester

27 November 2014 - 5:00pm

The Latin American Centre, Seminar room

Latin American History Seminar, Michaelmas Term 2014 Everyone welcome!

African Studies Seminar: ‘The State of Post-conflict Reconstruction: land, urban development, and state-building in Juba, Southern Sudan"

Naseem Badiey (California State University)

27 November 2014 - 5:00pm

Dahrendorf Room, St. Antony’s College

Burma/Myanmar Events in Oxford

"Changing Buddhist Identities in Contemporary Myanmar (Burma)"

Dr. Matthew J. Walton (Oxford)

27 November 2014 - 1:30pm to 2:30pm

Stevenson Lecture Theatre, British Museum

Podcast

Please see the following for the offical link to the talk: http://www.britishmuseum.org/whats_on/events_calendar/event_detail.aspx?... Please see the following for further information on the exhibit... Read more

Zambia Discussion Group: Land Grabs and Agricultural Change: Zambia as an inconvenient example

Jessica Chu (SOAS)

26 November 2014 - 4:00pm

Kirk-Greene seminar room, African Studies Centre

Southeast Asia Seminar

The Evolutions of Sukuk in Malaysia: Imitation of the Conventional Capital Market or Innovation of Islamic Financial Practices?

Lena Rethel (Associate Professor, University of Warwick), Kerstin Steiner (Senior Lecturer, Monash University)

26 November 2014 - 2:00pm to 4:00pm

Deakin Room, Founder’s Building, St Antony’s College

At a time when conventional, interest-based financial system continues to suffer from the fallout from the global financial crisis of 2008-9, Islamic finance is a rapidly expanding segment of... Read more

MEC Women's Rights Research Seminars

Gender issues in Yemen; women’s choices

Helen Lackner (Independent Researcher, Author of Why Yemen Matters, Saqi Books, 2014)

26 November 2014 - 12:45pm

Middle East Centre, Library Seminar Room

Outline Helen will discuss changes in women’s choices in the past two decades, focusing on the impact of economic difficulties on women’s social and legal status. She will address the changes in... Read more

Southeast Asia Events in Oxford

The Relationship between Islam, Law and the State in Malaysia

Kirsten Steiner

26 November 2014 - 12:30pm to 2:00pm

Seminar Room B, Manor Road Building

Southeast Asia Events in Oxford

Lessons from Petroleum Subsidies and Natural Gas Usage in Indonesia

Siew Hua Seah (University of London and Oxford Institute for Energy Studies Armaco Scholar)

26 November 2014 - 11:30am to 1:00pm

Oxford Institute for Energy Studies Office, 57 Woodstock Road

Taiwan Studies Seminar Series

Conceding to Thrive: Taiwan's Path to Democracy and Lessons for China

Professor Joseph Wong (University of Toronto)

25 November 2014 - 5:00pm

Nissan Lecture Theatre, St Antony's College

Abstract: Authoritarian ruling parties are expected to resist democratization, often times at all costs. And yet some of the strongest authoritarian parties in the world have not resisted... Read more