Events archive
ESC Lunchtime Seminar
Basak Kale (Middle East Technical University, Ankara)
26 January 2016 - 12:30pm
Seminar Room, European Studies Centre
ESC Visiting Academics Seminar Series Light lunch provided The relations between Turkey-EU have never been easy due to the challenges on both sides of the negotiations table that have complicated the... Read more
Dr HA Hellyer (Atlantic Council, Washington DC and the Royal United Services Institute (RUSI), London)
25 January 2016 - 5:00pm
Investcorp Auditorium
Political Economy of Financial Markets (PEFM)
Anatole Kaletsky (Co-Chairman, Gavekal Consultancy)
25 January 2016 - 5:00pm
Seminar Room, European Studies Centre, 70 Woodstock Road, Oxford OX2 6HR
This seminar draws on Kaletsky’s book Capitalism 4.0: The Birth of a New Economy in the Aftermath of Crisis , published in 2010 by Bloomsbury. The book's writing was primarily influenced by the... Read more
Russian and Eurasian Studies Centre Monday Seminar
Professor Peter Rutland (Wesleyan University)
25 January 2016 - 5:00pm to 6:45pm
Nissan Lecture Theatre
European Studies Seminar
22 January 2016 - 5:00pm
Nissan Lecture Theatre
ESC Film Screening The Great European Disaster Movie The screening will be followed by a Q&A with the Director, Annalisa Piras the Executive Producer, Bill Emmott as well as Paola Mattei, Kalypso... Read more
Latin American Main Seminar
Simon Escoffier
22 January 2016 - 5:00pm to 6:30pm
LAC Seminar Room, 1 Church Walk, Oxford
This presentation will respond to the question of why and how some Chilean poblaciones (underprivileged neighbourhoods) have sustained contentious collective action through the past 35 years. Most of... Read more
Middle East Centre Friday Seminar Series
Dr Toby Matthiesen (Sir Adam Roberts Fellow in the International Relations of the Middle East)
22 January 2016 - 5:00pm
Investcorp Auditorium
African Studies Seminar
Elena Gadjanova (Fung Fellow, Princeton University)
21 January 2016 - 5:00pm to 7:00pm
Pavilion Room, St Antony's College
POMP Seminar Series
Wojciech Konończuk, Centre for Eastern Studies, Warsaw
21 January 2016 - 5:00pm to 7:00pm
Seminar Room, European Studies Centre, 70 Woodstock Road, Oxford OX2 6HR
The Maidan was a second attempt of the Ukrainian society to put the country on a path of modernisation. Russia’s unexpected response to Ukraine’s revolution led to the most serious crisis in Europe... Read more
Latin American History Seminar
Dr Claudio Robles (Universidad Ibáñez, Chile)
21 January 2016 - 5:00pm to 6:30pm
LAC Seminar Room, 1 Church Walk, Oxford
Nissan Seminar
Professor Emiko Ochiai, Kyoto University
21 January 2016 - 2:00pm to 3:30pm
Pavilion Room, 4th Floor Gateway Building, St. Antony's College, Oxford
Stumbling Blocks in the 1980s Japan: Japan's Lost Decades in a Global Comparison of Different Paths toward a Long-life Society
20 January 2016 - 7:30pm
Investcorp Auditorium
Week theme: Foreshadowing the Syrian Uprising A Flood in Baath Country (2003; 59 minutes) – Omar Amiralay In 1970, Omar Amiralay released the short film Film Essay on the Euphrates Dam, which... Read more
SEESOX
Othon Anastasakis (St Antony’s College, Oxford), Richard Caplan (Linacre College, Oxford), Neil MacFarlane; (St Anne’s College, Oxford), Kalypso Nicolaïdis (St Antony’s College, Oxford)
20 January 2016 - 5:00pm
Seminar Room, European Studies Centre, 70 Woodstock Road, Oxford OX2 6HR
SEESOX Seminar Series: South East European realities amid Europe’s multiple crises South East Europe currently finds itself confronted with numerous external crises, including the Eurozone, the... Read more
Southeast Asia Seminar
Bertil Lintner (Independent Journalist and Author)
20 January 2016 - 2:00pm
Deakin Room, Founder’s Building, St Antony's College
The United States and the West did not change their policy of isolating Burma because of their concerns were primarily with the lack of democracy and human rights. It was "the China factor". Burma... Read more
Alaa Al Aswany (Author of The Yacoubian Building, former columnist at al-Masry al-Youm and founding member of Kefaya)
19 January 2016 - 5:00pm
Investcorp Auditorium