Events archive
Southeast Asia Events in Oxford
Pingjin Thum (Oxford)
31 January 2014 - 5:00pm to 6:30pm
Colin Matthews Room, History Faculty
Taiwan Studies Seminar Series
Dr. Scott L. Kastner (University of Maryland)
31 January 2014 - 5:00pm
Pavilion Room, Fourth Floor, Gateway Building, St. Antony's College
Abstract: After long being viewed as potential flashpoint, relations across the Taiwan Strait have stabilized tremendously in recent years, reflecting moderation in the approaches both Beijing and... Read more
Middle East Centre Friday Seminar Series
Elena Fiddian-Qasmiyeh (Refugee Studies Centre, Oxford University)
31 January 2014 - 5:00pm
68 Woodstock Road, Oxford, OX2 6JF, the Middle East Centre
Professor Scott Mainwaring, University of Notre Dame.
31 January 2014 - 5:00pm
Book Launch Event at the Latin American Centre Scott Mainwaring and Aníbal Pérez Liñán, Democracies and Dictatorships in Latin America: Emergence, Survival, and Fall (Cambridge University Press, 2013... Read more
Marie-Claude Dupont (CBC journalist and filmmaker)
31 January 2014 - 5:00pm
Clay Room, Nuffield College
This event has been cancelled.
Nissan Seminar
Dr Miho Iwasawa, National Institute of Population and Social Security Research, Tokyo
31 January 2014 - 5:00pm to 6:30pm
Dahrendorf Room, Founders’ Building, St. Antony’s College, Oxford
What types of marriage have declined since the 1970s in Japan? Projected Composition Ratios of First Marriage using Multiple Decrement Life Tables
Timothy J. Power (Oxford), Cesar Zucco Jr. (FGV/EBAPE), Taylor Boas (Boston University), Christian Arnold (Oxford), David Doyle (Oxford), Nina Wiesehomeier (University of Swansea), Ben Lauderdale (LSE), Carlos Pereira (FGV/EBAPE), Ben Ansell (Oxford), Andréa Freitas (USP) , Patrick Silva (USP), Simone Diniz (Universidade Federal do ABC, São Paulo), Daniela Campello (FGV/EBAPE), Paulo Visentini (UFRGS and Oxford), Maria Luiza Gatto (Oxford), Amy Erica Smith (Iowa State University), Scott Mainwaring (University of Notre Dame)
31 January 2014 - 8:30am to 4:30pm
Pavillion Room, St Antony's College
A Research Workshop Analyzing the 7th Wave of the Brazilian Legislative Survey (BLS7) conducted in 2013.
Chair: Jason Mosley, Chatham House and African Studies Centre, Speakers: Annette Weber, SWP Berlin, Douglas Johnson, author of "the Root Causes of Sudan'd Civil Wars, Peter Biar Ajak, Cambridge University, Discussant: Dr Ahmed Al-Shahi, Middle East Centre, Oxford University
30 January 2014 - 5:00pm
Dahrendorf, St Antony's College
Prof Scott Mainwaring (University of Notre Dame), HE Roberto Jaguaribe (Ambassador of Brazil to the United Kingdom), Dr Daniella Campello (EBAPE/FGV), Dr Cesar Zucco Jr. (EBAPE/FGV), Dr Carlos Pereira (EBAPE/FGV), Dr Timothy Power (University of Oxford)
30 January 2014 - 4:00pm to 6:30pm
University of Notre Dame London Centre
A roundtable discussion co-sponsored by Kellogg Institute, University of Notre Dame, and Notre Dame London Centre, Fundação Getulio Vargas, Brazilian School of Business and Public Administration (... Read more
POMP Seminar Series
Legal Culture in the Process of Integration. Polish post-EU Accession migrants in the United Kingdom
Dr Agnieszka Kubal (Centre for Socio-Legal Studies, Oxford)
29 January 2014 - 5:00pm to 7:00pm
Visiting Fellows Series
Igor Calzada (COMPAS)
29 January 2014 - 12:30pm
European Studies Centre, Seminar Room, 70 Woodstock Road
Lunch provided
Southeast Asia Events in Oxford
Sir Bernard Rix (Allen and Overy), Simon Makinson (Allen and Overy), Josh Htet (Allen and Overy)
28 January 2014 - 5:00pm
Senior Commmon Room, Faculty of Law
Sir Bernard Rix, Simon Makinson and Josh Htet will form a panel to discuss the legal challenges facing Myanmar. Sir Bernard recently spent time in Myanmar at the Attorney Generals Office and meeting... Read more
Burma/Myanmar Events in Oxford
Simon Makinson, Josh Htet, Sir Bernard Rix
28 January 2014 - 5:00pm
Senior Common Room, Faculty of Law
Jamie Cockfield (DPhil, History)
28 January 2014 - 5:00pm
Prof Beinart's room, ASC
Jamie Cockfield (DPhil, History) will talk through one aspect of his doctoral dissertation. The presentation will explore the making of Bushbuckridge (now a town in Mpumalanga) during the late... Read more
South Asia Seminar
Matthew Walton (Oxford)
28 January 2014 - 2:00pm
Fellows' Dining Room, Hilda Besse Building, St. Antony's College
The recent emergence of Buddhist nationalist movements in Myanmar and Sri Lanka—represented most prominently by the 969 Movement and Bodu Bala Sena, respectively—has resulted in violence directed... Read more