Events archive
Southeast Asia Seminar
Ward Keeler (UT Austin; Nantes)
18 May 2016 - 2:00pm
Deakin Room
Traffic on city streets is the first of three scenes from everyday life ward Keeler will use in this lecture to illustrate principles of hierarchy and power as they obtain in contemporary Burmese... Read more
European Studies Seminar
Please see programme below
18 May 2016 - 9:00am to 6:15pm
Seminar Room, European Studies Centre, 70 Woodstock Road, Oxford OX2 6HR
Santander Fellowship Conference Programme: 09:15 - Opening remarks : Paul Betts (ESC Director, St Antony's College, Oxford) , Maria Elena Cavallaro (Santander Fellow, St Antony’s College, Oxford) ,... Read more
18 May 2016 - 9:00am to 6:15pm
Model Transitions? Rethinking the “success story” of Southern European Democratization Santander Fellowship Workshop. St Antony’s College, Oxford. 18 May 2016. Convenor: Maria Elena Cavallaro, Kostis... Read more
Catherine Besteman (Colby College)
17 May 2016 - 5:00pm to 7:00pm
Seminar Room 1, Queen Elizabeth House (ODID), 3 Mansfield Road, Oxford OX1 3TB
The Horn of Africa Seminar welcomes Catherine Besteman (Colby College) for a book launch and discussion on 'Making refuge - Somali Bantu refugees and Lewiston, Maine'.
South Africa Discussion Group
Colin Bundy
17 May 2016 - 5:00pm to 7:00pm
Pavilion Room, St Antony's College
Colin Bundy (Oxford University) discusses the dimensions, distributions and policy dilemmas of poverty in South Africa with the South Africa Discussion Group.
MEC Seminar
Dr Katja Zvan-Elliott (Assistant Professor, Al-Akhawayn University)
17 May 2016 - 5:00pm
Auditorium, Investcorp Building
South Asia Seminar
Gita Piramal (Business Historian, Mumbai; Saïd Business School)
17 May 2016 - 2:00pm
Fellows' Dining Room
Can a company be both a commercial success and a social enterprise? Kamalnayan Bajaj (1915-1972) proved it is possible. Between 1942 and 1972, the group grew from a debt-riddled position to become... Read more
POMP Event
Ryszard Petru (Modern Party, Poland)
16 May 2016 - 8:00pm to 10:00pm
Seminar Room, European Studies Centre, St Antony's College
The meteoric rise of Ryszard Petru's Modern Party (Nowoczesna) in May 2015 took most by surprise. The Modern Party continues to gain popularity and is the main opposition party in the Sejm. Can this... Read more
POMP Event
Ryszard Petru (Modern Party, Poland)
16 May 2016 - 8:00pm to 9:30pm
Seminar Room, European Studies Centre, St Antony's College
SEESOX
Valeriu Nicolae (Secretary of State, Ministry of Labour, Family and Social Affairs, Romania)
16 May 2016 - 5:00pm
Seminar Room, European Studies Centre, 70 Woodstock Road, Oxford OX2 6HR
In cooperation with the Oxford University Romanian Society The “technocratic” government appointed in Romania in December 2015 has around a year to run before it is replaced following parliamentary... Read more
Russian and Eurasian Studies Centre Monday Seminar
Dr James Rann (Wadham)
16 May 2016 - 5:00pm to 6:45pm
Nissan Lecture Theatre
Dr Juan Alberto Fuentes Knight
13 May 2016 - 6:00pm
Lecture theatre, InvestCorp Building, St Antony’s College
The Guido Di Tella memorial event of this academic year offers a lecture by Dr Juan Alberto Fuentes Knight, former Minister of Finance of Guatemala. Dr Fuentes Knight, who also worked at the Economic... Read more
Nissan Seminar
Dr Alessio Patalano, Senior Lecturer in War Studies, King's College London
13 May 2016 - 5:00pm to 6:30pm
Pavilion Room, 4th Floor, Gateway Building, St. Antony's College, Oxford
The ‘Normality’ of ‘Abnormality’: Understanding Strategy and Military Identity in Post-war Japan
13 May 2016 - 12:00pm to 1:00pm
African Studies Seminar Room, 13 Bevington Road, Oxford
On May 13th 12.00 – 13.00, we are screening the short film “Republic of the Mind” with short presentation by Directors Jack Davis and Marcia C. Schenck (MSc 2009/10) and time for Q&A. Venue:... Read more
Anne Pitcher (University of Michigan)
12 May 2016 - 5:00pm to 7:00pm
Pavilion Room, St Antony's College
Anne Pitcher (University of Michigan) discusses the opinions of urban Angolans on public goods delivery and government performance, as part of the African Studies Centre Seminar Series.