Events archive

Southeast Asia Seminar

Thailand and the Rule of no Law

Verapat Pariyawong (Former Special Counsel to the Deputy Prime Minister of Thailand)

29 May 2014 - 3:00pm to 5:00pm

Dahrendorf Room, Founder’s Building, St Antony’s College

The session will be focussing on Thai politics following the 2006 coup and how the protesters, the care taking government, the courts and military establishment and different classes in Thai society... Read more

The Exercise of Religious Authority: Haji Imdallah and the North Indian Ulama

Dr Moin Nizami (Oxford)

27 May 2014 - 3:00pm to 4:30pm

Fellows' Dining Room, Hilda Besse Building, St. Antony's College

-CANCELLED-

Southeast Asia Events in Oxford

Pluralistic Catholic and Islamic Political Theologies: How Aristotelian Political Ethics Can Reduce Conflict across Religious/Cultural Communities

Richard S. Park (Oxford)

22 May 2014 - 6:00pm to 7:00pm

Colin Matthew Room, Radcliffe Humanities, Woodstock Road

Significantly since the Jabidah Massacre of 1968, much of Mindanao, Philippines has been ravaged by social discord, political unrest, fatal violence, and ‘all-out wars’. A multitude of political... Read more

Taiwan Studies Seminar Series

"The Biggest Challenge in Business Management: Turnaround. Chapter One.."

Jason Chen (Acer Inc.)

20 May 2014 - 3:00pm

Nissan Lecture Theatre, St Antony's College

About the speaker: Jason Chen was appointed Acer Corporate President and CEO on 1st January 2014 to take up the important role of leading Acer through its corporate transformation. As a prominent... Read more

Southeast Asia Events in Oxford

Freedom and fear in Myanmar

Ian Holliday (The University of Hong Kong)

15 May 2014 - 3:00pm to 5:00pm

Deakin Room, Founder’s Building, St Antony’s College

In “Freedom from Fear”, published in 1991, Aung San Suu Kyi made a passionate plea for her country and its people to be liberated from tyranny. Two decades on, in 2011, Myanmar’s long-standing... Read more