Events archive
North American Studies Seminar Series
Dr Halbert Jones (St Antony’s) and Professor James Dunkerley (Queen Mary, London)
26 November 2015 - 5:00pm to 6:30pm
Latin American Centre, 1 Church Walk
In a joint seminar co-sponsored by the Latin American Centre and the Rothermere American Insitute, Dr Halbert Jones, Director of the North American Studies Programme, and Dr James Dunkerley, Queen... Read more
North American Studies Seminar Series
Dr Matthew Longo (St Anne's)
11 November 2015 - 5:00pm
Pavilion Seminar Room, Gateway Building, St Antony's College
Contemporary states increasingly turn to Big Data to address problems pertinent to national security. Is this effective, or just? What challenges does it pose for students of politics? This... Read more
North American Studies Seminar Series
Ambassador Jillian Stirk
6 November 2015 - 5:00pm to 6:30pm
Deakin Room, St Antony's College
Are pluralist societies more engaged in shaping foreign policy? Do communities of global citizens shape the international perspective of governments? Jillian Stirk will explore recent experiences in... Read more
North American Studies Seminar Series
Professor Christopher Kirkey (SUNY-Plattsburgh), Professor Michael Hawes (Queen’s), Prof Jocelyn Létourneau (Laval) and Professor Margaret MacMillan (St Antony’s)
27 October 2015 - 5:00pm to 6:30pm
Nissan Lecture Theatre, St Antony's College
After a dramatic campaign during which the lead in the polls alternated between all three major parties, the Canadian federal election of 19 October resulted in an unexpectedly decisive victory for... Read more
North American Studies Seminar Series
Dr Cathy Schneider (American University)
21 October 2015 - 6:00pm to 7:30pm
Pavilion Seminar Room, Gateway Building, St Antony's College
Why does police violence sometimes trigger violent uprisings like those in Ferguson and Baltimore this year and much of France exactly ten years ago? Why have police killings only triggered... Read more
North American Studies Seminar Series
Dr Maya Collombon (Sciences Po)
8 June 2015 - 6:00pm to 7:30pm
Pavilion Room, St Antony's College
North American Studies Seminar Series
Dr Sara Kamali (University of Oxford)
25 May 2015 - 6:00pm to 7:30pm
Pavilion Room, St Antony's College
Sara Kamali holds a doctorate in religious studies from the University of California, Santa Barbara, and is a Visiting Academic at St Antony’s College. Her research focuses on religious violence as... Read more
North American Studies Seminar Series
Professor Pamela Starr (University of Southern California)
18 May 2015 - 6:00pm to 7:30pm
Pavilion Room, St Antony's College
NAFTA helped foster a North American manufacturing platform despite Mexico’s demand that energy be excluded from the treaty. While the US and Canadian energy markets integrated considerably, Mexico... Read more
North American Studies Seminar Series
Professor Susan Pozo (Western Michigan University)
11 May 2015 - 6:00pm to 7:30pm
Pavilion Room, St Antony's College
Susan Pozo is Professor of Economics at Western Michigan University. Her research interests include remittances, undocumented migration, and underground economic activity. In light of the... Read more
North American Studies Seminar Series
Dr Iván Farías (Oxford Brookes University)
4 May 2015 - 6:00pm to 7:30pm
Syndicate Room, St Antony's college
This seminar will discuss how the creation of dispute settlement mechanisms in NAFTA mainly responded to the interests of the North American national governments, not foreign investors (as it is... Read more
North American Studies Seminar Series
Dr Benjamin Smith (Warwick)
9 March 2015 - 5:00pm to 6:30pm
Pavilion Room, St Antony's College
Benjamin Smith is Associate Professor of History at the University of Warwick and is the author of The Roots of Conservatism in Mexico: Catholicism, Society, and Politics in the Mixteca Baja, 1750-... Read more
North American Studies Seminar Series
Dr Kate Quinn (UCL)
23 February 2015 - 5:00pm to 6:30pm
Pavilion Room, St Antony's College
Kate Quinn is Lecturer in Caribbean History at the Institute of the Americas, University College London. Her publications include Black Power in the Caribbean (2014) and Politics and Power in Haiti (... Read more
North American Studies Seminar Series
Dr David Howard (Oxford)
9 February 2015 - 5:00pm to 6:30pm
Pavilion Room, St Antony's College
David Howard is a Fellow of Kellogg College and a University Lecturer in Sustainable Urban Development. In this seminar, Dr Howard will consider the interconnections between urbanism and socially... Read more
North American Studies Seminar Series
Dr Paul Ashby (Kent)
26 January 2015 - 5:00pm to 6:30pm
Pavilion Room, St Antony's College
In this seminar, Paul Ashby of the University of Kent will discuss the process through which the United States has sought in recent years to extend its security perimeter to NAFTA’s borders. This... Read more