Events archive
European Studies Seminar
Lisbeth Aggestam (University of Gothenberg; St Antony’s College, Oxford)
2 November 2021 - 5:00pm
Seminar Room, European Studies Centre
Abstract Leadership is widely regarded as a critical factor for the European Union’s ability to act cohesively and effectively as global actor. The siren call for leadership is most often heard when... Read more
Understanding Kashmir and the Abrogation of Article 370: law, History and Politics
Amar Sohal (Cambridge), Iffat Rashid (Oxford) , Mridu Rai (Presidency University, Kolkata)
2 November 2021 - 3:00pm
Online - Zoom
Understanding Kashmir and the Abrogation of Article 370: Law, History and Politics. A Symposium by the Vidhi Centre for Legal Policy and the Asian Studies Centre, University of Oxford. Panel 1: The... Read more
Israel Studies Seminar
Eldad Ben Aharon (Groningen)
2 November 2021 - 2:15pm to 4:00pm
The MEC Board Room, The Kirdar Building, St. Antony's College
In a milestone vote in late 2019, both the US House of Representatives and Senate overturned more than forty years of precedent to pass a bill declaring that the killing of 1.5 million Armenians by... Read more
South Asia Seminar
Pallavi Raghavan (Ashoka University, Delhi)
2 November 2021 - 2:00pm
Online - Zoom
Registration needed: https://us02web.zoom.us/webinar/register/WN_QMH-xuIoRcqD9nBAAeRgrw The years that immediately followed their partition offer many interesting insights into the shaping of the... Read more
Russian and Eurasian Studies Centre Monday Seminar
Dr Juliane Fürst (ZZF, Potsdam)
1 November 2021 - 5:00pm to 6:30pm
Online
MEC Seminar
Jiayi Zhu, William Figueroa, Leonard Michael, Idriss Jebari
1 November 2021 - 5:00pm to 7:00pm
ZOOM Online Webinar
Part of the The Middle East c.1960-1980 Global and Transnational Perspectives Webinar Series (Supported by Roshan Cultural Heritage Institute) Talk details: From Beijing to Ankara: Global Maoism in... Read more
South Asian Intellectual History Seminar
Ritu Birla (University of Toronto)
1 November 2021 - 4:00pm
Online - Zoom
This lecture returns to themes in the history of British imperial finance via approaches from the new interdisciplinary history of capitalism. Informed by attention to historical processes of... Read more
Middle East Centre Friday Seminar Series
Dr. Jamie Furniss, Institut de recherche sur le Maghreb contemporain (Tunis)/Department of Social Anthropology, University of Edinburgh
29 October 2021 - 5:00pm to 6:00pm
St Antony's College, Investcorp Lecture Theatre & ZOOM
Bio statement: Jamie Furniss is currently a researcher at the Institut de recherche sur le Maghreb contemporain in Tunis, on leave from a position as a lecturer in Social Anthropology at the... Read more
SEESOX
Franck Duvell (Universitat Osnabrück), Başak Kale (METU), Kemal Kirişci (Brookings Institution)
27 October 2021 - 5:00pm
Seminar Room/Hybrid webinar
Organised as part of the research programme ‘Migration Diplomacy and Turkey-EU Relations’ funded by the Oxford-Berlin Research Partnership To attend this event in person, please register with... Read more
Christophe Jaffrelot, (Research at CERI Sciences Po/CNRS in Paris and Professor of Indian Politics and Sociology at King's College London)
27 October 2021 - 5:00pm
St Antony's College, Nissan Lecture Theatre
Pre booking essential - limited capacity - https://www.eventbrite.co.uk/e/modis-india-hindu-nationalism-and-the-rise-of-ethnic-democracy-tickets-183344577567 Over the past two decades, thanks to... Read more
MEC Women's Rights Research Seminars
Lina Tori Jan (St. Antony’s College | Master of Public Policy, Blavatnik School of Government)
27 October 2021 - 2:00pm to 4:30pm
ZOOM Online Webinar
Biography: Lina Tori Jan is a social entrepreneur, public speaker, and advocate for equality and human rights, with a focus on the rights of women, girls, and refugees. Shaped by her experiences as a... Read more
European Studies Seminar
Jacques Rupnik (Sciences Po, Paris), Michal Šimečka (Renew Europe; European Parliament), Jessie Barton Hronešová (UNC Chapel Hill)
26 October 2021 - 5:00pm
Zoom webinar
Václav Havel was a towering figure of Central Europe's transition from dictatorship to democracy. As we approach the 10th anniversary of his death in December 2011, this panel considers his contested... Read more
Israel Studies Seminar
Kathrin Bachleitner (Oxford)
26 October 2021 - 2:15pm to 4:00pm
The MEC Board Room, The Kirdar Building, St. Antony's College
The duty to remember the Holocaust, the profession of responsibility for the atrocities committed, the admission of guilt and shame on the part of all Germans with the ensuing effort to atone for the... Read more
South Asia Seminar
Rohan Deb Roy (Reading)
26 October 2021 - 2:00pm
Online - Zoom
Please register to join this seminar: https://us02web.zoom.us/webinar/register/WN_L83-GaM4Q5ioYONBp93I2A The decolonial turn in the academy is recent but pervasive. Scholarly manifestoes in many... Read more
Russian and Eurasian Studies Centre Monday Seminar
Dr Agnieszka Kościańska (REEES, OSGA; Leverhulme Lecture)
25 October 2021 - 5:00pm to 6:30pm
Online