Events archive
Middle East Centre Friday Seminar Series
Yael Zerubavel (Professor Emerita of Jewish Studies and History, Rutgers University)
10 May 2019 - 5:00pm
Investcorp Auditorium, Middle East Centre, St Antony's College
Joint event with The Oxford School of Global and Area Studies (OSGA) About the seminar: At once an ecological phenomenon and a cultural construction, the desert has varied associations in Zionist and... Read more
Dr Konstantin Zamyatin (University of Durham)
9 May 2019 - 1:00pm to 2:00pm
Syndicate Room
A political campaign in Russia against the compulsory teaching of state languages of republics started in 2017 and culminated in the adoption of the amendment to the Russian education law in August... Read more
South Asia Seminar
Ali Jan (Wolfson Collge, Oxford)
9 May 2019 - 12:30pm
Deakin Room, St Antony's College
SEESOX
Elizabeth David-Barrett (University of Sussex), Edrin Gjoni (Home Office), John Howell (JH&Co)
8 May 2019 - 5:00pm
Seminar Room, European Studies Centre, 70 Woodstock Road, Oxford OX2 6HR
This seminar will examine the dark side of the diasporas of South East European countries, and the extent and nature of their potential involvement in organised crime and corruption. Dr Liz David-... Read more
South Asia Seminar
Magnus Marsden (Sussex)
7 May 2019 - 2:00pm
Syndicate Room, St Antony's College
This paper analyses ethnographic material concerning Afghan trading networks involved in both the export of commodities from China to a variety of settings across Eurasia and the movement of “... Read more
Political Economy of Financial Markets (PEFM)
Sean Hagan (Exeter College, Oxford)
6 May 2019 - 5:00pm
Seminar Room, European Studies Centre, 70 Woodstock Road, Oxford OX2 6HR
Although international financial crises vary, both in terms of their underlying causes and their manifestations, they also share certain patterns. In his remarks, Mr. Hagan will explore these... Read more
MEC Seminar
Professor Benny Morris , Professor Dror Ze'evi
6 May 2019 - 5:00pm
Investcorp Auditorium, Middle East Centre, St Antony's College
About the seminar: Morris and Ze'evi will talk about the destruction of the Armenian, Greek and Assyrian communities of Asia Minor - some 4-5 million people - during the reigns of Abdulhamid II, the... Read more
Russian and Eurasian Studies Centre Monday Seminar
Professor Anna Berman (McGill)
6 May 2019 - 5:00pm to 7:00pm
Nissan Lecture Theatre
Middle East Centre Friday Seminar Series
Dr Ahmed Al-Shahi (Research Fellow, St Antony's College, Trustee of the Sudanese Programme), Dr Sara Abdelgalil (Paediatric Consultant, President of Sudan Doctors' Union U.K.), Dr Richard Barltrop (Consultant and researcher on the two Sudans, Trustee of the Sudanese Programme)
3 May 2019 - 5:00pm
Investcorp Auditorium, Middle East Centre, St Antony's College
Joint event with The Sudanese Programme About the speakers: Dr Ahmed Al-Shahi is a Research Fellow and, since 2002 co-Founder of The Sudanese Programme . He is a social anthropologist whose research... Read more
Ralf Dahrendorf Lecture
Professor Timothy Snyder (Yale)
3 May 2019 - 4:45pm to 6:45pm
The Nissan Lecture Theatre, St Antony's College, 62 Woodstock Road, Oxford
Professor Timothy Snyder (Yale) will deliver the 10th Anniversary Dahrendorf Lecture at 4.45pm on 3rd May 2019 in the Nissan Lecture Theatre, St Antony’s College, Oxford. Subject: 'Europe's story:... Read more
Marco Di Nunzio (Lecturer in the Anthropology of Africa, University of Birmingham)
2 May 2019 - 5:00pm
Pavilion
Dahrendorf Programme
Various
2 May 2019 - 2:00pm to 4 May 2019 - 3:00pm
The Nissan Lecture Theatre, St Antony's College, 62 Woodstock Road, Oxford
This year’s Dahrendorf Conference will take place on 2, 3 and 4 May at St Antony’s College. The Subject is 'What stories does Europe tell? Contested Narratives, Complex Histories, Conflicted Union'... Read more
Ambra Finotello (Palgrave MacMillan), Leigh Payne (St Antony's College)
1 May 2019 - 4:00pm to 6:00pm
Dahrendorf Room
The workshop will focus on how to adapt your PhD thesis into a book, how to write a good proposal, and the publishing process. Ambra Finotello, Senior Commissioning Editor at Palgrave-MacMillan, will... Read more
MEC Seminar
Professor Carrie Wickham (Emory University)
30 April 2019 - 5:00pm
Investcorp Auditorium, Middle East Centre, St Antony's College
About the seminar: Developments in the Middle East in the wake of the Arab Spring underscore the fact that the legacies of authoritarian rule are difficult to unravel. With the lone exception of... Read more
South Asia Seminar
C. Christine Fair
30 April 2019 - 5:00pm
Syndicate Room, St Antony's College
This path-breaking volume reveals a little-known aspect of how Lashkar-e-Tayyaba, a jihadist terrorist group, functions in Pakistan and beyond by translating and commenting upon a range of... Read more