Events archive
European Studies Seminar
Richard Youngs (Senior Fellow, Democracy and Rule of Law Programme Carnegie Europe)
6 March 2018 - 12:30pm to 2:00pm
ESC Seminar room
In the last decade, the EU has been hit by a series of crises, most recently the UK's decision to leave the union following the Brexit referendum. In light of this, questions have been raised about... Read more
SEESOX
Kemal Göktaş (Cumhuriyet; Reuters Institute), Rıza Türmen (Former ECHR judge and former MP), Funda Ustek-Spilda (Goldsmiths University of London)
28 February 2018 - 5:00pm
Seminar Room, European Studies Centre, 70 Woodstock Road, Oxford OX2 6HR
Each speaker will focus on the failure of different key institutions to check/ balance the authoritarian slide in Turkey. Riza Türmen will focus on the judiciary and parliament; Kemal Goktas on the... Read more
Political Economy of Financial Markets (PEFM)
William H. Janeway (Venture capitalist and Economist)
26 February 2018 - 5:00pm
Seminar Room, European Studies Centre, 70 Woodstock Road, Oxford OX2 6HR
Abstract : The Digital Revolution was fostered and funded by the state, specifically the American Department of Defense. It has now matured beyond any need for continued state sponsorship. In fact,... Read more
European Studies Seminar
Stefan Fröhlich (University of Erlangen-Nurnberg)
22 February 2018 - 5:00pm to 7:00pm
ESC Seminar room
Germany’s new pragmatism in an era of radical change Stefan Fröhlich (born 1958 in Bonn, Germany) is a German political scientist and professor for International Relations at the Friedrich-Alexander-... Read more
SEESOX
Katerina Rozakou (University of Amsterdam)
21 February 2018 - 5:00pm
Seminar Room, European Studies Centre, 70 Woodstock Road, Oxford OX2 6HR
Abstract How do state agents who guard the Greek and the European border experience the collapse of the border? Why are people committed to performing bureaucratic procedures they consider irregular... Read more
SEESOX
Richard Clogg (St Antony's College, Oxford)
20 February 2018 - 5:00pm
Seminar Room, European Studies Centre, 70 Woodstock Road, Oxford OX2 6HR
Greek to Me: A Memoir of Academic Life is an engrossing tale of academic and political intrigue. An extensive personal archive enables the author to throw light on the secretive ways of academic... Read more
SEESOX
Marika Djolai (Balkans in Europe Policy Advisory Group), Spyros Economides (LSE), Adam Fagan (Queen Mary University of London), Tobias Flessenkemper (Centre International de Formation Européenne), James Ker Lindsay (St Mary's University, Twickenham), Andrew Page (Foreign and Commonwealth Office), Goran Svilanović (Regional Cooperation Council)
14 February 2018 - 4:00pm to 6:45pm
Seminar Room, European Studies Centre, 70 Woodstock Road, Oxford OX2 6HR
The Berlin Process was launched in 2014. Originally time-limited, it is now open-ended. The initiative is aimed at maintaining the momentum of European integration in the Western Balkans. It... Read more
Visiting Fellows Series
Manolis Pratsinakis (DPIR; St Antony’s College, Oxford)
14 February 2018 - 12:30pm
Seminar Room, European Studies Centre, 70 Woodstock Road, Oxford OX2 6HR
Abstract: This presentation will explore the reasons why and the processes through which the Greeks from the former Soviet Union altered their self-identification after immigration to their perceived... Read more
European Studies Seminar
Jan Zielonka (St Antony’s College)
13 February 2018 - 5:00pm to 7:00pm
ESC Seminar room
Counter-Revolution: Liberal Europe in Retreat Can open society survive? Is Europe disintegrating? How to overcome the economic crisis? Will Europeans feel secure again? Counter Revolution is a bold... Read more
Political Economy of Financial Markets (PEFM)
Piroska Nagy-Mohacsi (LSE)
12 February 2018 - 5:00pm
Seminar Room, European Studies Centre, 70 Woodstock Road, Oxford OX2 6HR
Abstract: Regulatory reform in the post global financial crisis has been extensive, going deep into many micro-prudential (capital, liquidity…) and macroprudential (systemic risk buffers…) aspects.... Read more
POMP Event
Richard Sennett (LSE, New York University), Katarzyna Kasia (Academy of Fine Arts, Warsaw), Jaroslaw Kuisz (University of Copenhagen, St Antony’s College)
9 February 2018 - 5:00pm to 7:00pm
ESC Seminar room
Knowledge Bridges Poland - Britain - Europe. Zygmunt Bauman as a Polish and Global Thinker: How Solid is ‘Liquid Modernity’? The departure of Professor Zygmunt Bauman in 2017 provoked a wave of... Read more
SEESOX
Kira Gartzou-Katsouyanni (LSE), Kalypso Nicolaidis (St Antony's College, Oxford), Claudia Sternberg (UCL)
7 February 2018 - 5:00pm
Seminar Room, European Studies Centre, 70 Woodstock Road, Oxford OX2 6HR
Abstract: This book focuses on one of the most highly charged relationships of the Euro crisis, that between Greece and Germany, from 2009 to 2015. It explores the many ways in which Greeks and... Read more
ESC Lunchtime Seminar
Adrian Favell (University of Leeds & Sciences Po, Paris)
7 February 2018 - 12:30pm to 1:45pm
ESC Seminar room
Adrian Favell is Chair in Sociology and Social Theory at the University of Leeds, and chercheur associé at the Centre d'études européennes (CEE), Sciences Po, Paris. He is the author of Philosophies... Read more
ESC Lunchtime Seminar
João Espada (Catholic University of Lisbon)
6 February 2018 - 12:00pm to 1:45pm
ESC Seminar room
João Carlos Espada's provocative survey of a group of key Anglo-American and European political thinkers argues that there is a distinctive, Anglo-American tradition of liberty that is one of the... Read more
Political Economy of Financial Markets (PEFM)
Christopher Marsh (Former IMF)
5 February 2018 - 5:00pm
Seminar Room, European Studies Centre, 70 Woodstock Road, Oxford OX2 6HR
Abstract: What would Friedman and Schwartz have made of the euro area crisis? The challenges that Europe faced over the past decade—as well as challenges yet to come—can best be understood and... Read more