Events archive

The EU ́s smart power in its region and the world

Olli Rehn (EU Commissioner for Enlargement)

1 May 2008 - 6:00pm

Nissan Lecture Theatre, St. Antony’s College, Oxford

Sponsored by SEESOX, in collaboration with EU@OX

The unintended consequences of European power

Zaki Laidi (Sciences-Po, Paris)

30 April 2008 - 6:00pm

Seminar Room, European Studies Centre, 70 Woodstock Road

DOUBLE BOOK LAUNCH Europe: The State of the Union (by Anand Menon) and A Stranger in Europe: Britain and the EU from Thatcher to Blair (by Stephen Wall)

Anand Menon, Sir Stephen Wall, Philip Stephens (Financial Times)

29 April 2008 - 6:00pm

Seminar Room, European Studies Centre, 70 Woodstock Road

MEC Seminar

Is Carl Schmitt the Political Theorist of the Islamic Republic of Iran? Reflections on Sovereignty, Power, Politics and National Identity in Contemporary.

Kian Tajbakhsh

29 April 2008 - 1:45pm

The Middle East Centre, 68 Woodstock Road, Oxford, OX2 6JF

FILM: “Katyn” Directed by Andrzej Wajda

28 April 2008 - 9:00pm

Nissan Lecture Theatre, St. Antony’s College, Oxford

Film followed by a discussion. In collaboration with the Russian and Eurasian Studies Centre. Orginised by Aneta Jurska Gawrysiak and Oxford University Polish Society

Islam, an essential component of European identity

His Excellency Professor Ekmeleddin Ihsanoglu Secretary General of the Organisation of the Islamic Conference

28 April 2008 - 6:00pm

Examination Schools High Street, Oxford

Oxford Centre for Islamic Studies in association with The European Studies Centre

Central and Eastern Europe: “Are Revolutions Contagious?” Successes and Failures of Civil Society in Democratic Transitions

Martin Butora (former dissident, former Slovak ambassador to the USA), Filip Dimitrov (former Bulgarian Prime Minister, former Bulgarian ambassador to the UN and the USA), Irakli Kakabadze (Georgian activist and poet), Alyaksandr Milinkievich (Belarussian 2006 united opposition leader)

28 April 2008 - 5:30pm

Seminar Room, European Studies Centre, 70 Woodstock Road

European Studies Centre Hosts the Weidenfeld Scholars Speaker Series

MEC Seminar

Iraq’s Three Civil Wars: Are Multinational Troops Relevant?

Professor Juan Cole (University of Michigan)

22 April 2008 - 6:00pm

The Middle East Centre, 68 Woodstock Road, Oxford, OX2 6JF

The Nakba Archive: A documentary report of Palestinian refugee voices

Mahmoud Zeidan

21 April 2008 - 6:00pm

The Old Refectory at Wadham College

Mahmoud Zeidan is the co-director, with Diana Allen, of the Nakba Archive and Lens on Lebanon. He is currently working as the human rights officer for the United Nations Relief and Works Agency (... Read more

Middle East Centre Friday Seminar Series