Events archive
Burma/Myanmar Events in Oxford
Matthew J Walton (St Antony's)
7 February 2017 - 12:45pm to 2:00pm
Seminar Room A, Manor Road Building
Democratic trends in Theravada Buddhist countries in South and Southeast Asia have shifted markedly in recent years, with Thailand once again coming under military rule while Myanmar has increased... Read more
ESC Lunchtime Seminar
Jaroslaw Kuisz (Polish Programme, St Antony’s College, Marie Skłodowska-Curie Fellow at the Saxo Institute, University of Copenhagen)
7 February 2017 - 12:30pm
European Studies Centre
Visiting Academics’ Seminar Series A light lunch will be provided After the end of World War II, Poland witnessed a revolution imposed from the outside by the Union of Soviet Socialist Republics. A... Read more
Russian and Eurasian Studies Centre Monday Seminar
Professor Kenneth Wilson (Dongguk University, Seoul)
6 February 2017 - 5:00pm to 7:00pm
Nissan Lecture Theatre
Rafat A. Al-Akhali (Blavatnik School of Government), Nawal Al-Maghafi (BBC Arabic) and Helen Lackner (St Antony's College)
3 February 2017 - 5:00pm
Investcorp Lecture Theatre, St Antony's College
Latin American Main Seminar
Nara Pavão (Universidade Federal de Pernambuco)
3 February 2017 - 5:00pm
Pavilion Room, Gateway Building, St Antony’s College
Dr Nara Pavao is a Visiting Professor in the Political Science Department at the Federal University of Pernambuco in Recife, Brazil. During the 2015–2016 academic year, she was a postdoctoral... Read more
3 February 2017 - 8:30am to 6:30pm
Pavilion Room, Gateway Building, St Antony’s College
The topic of the 2017 workshop of the Brazilian Studies Programme, supported by Santander Universities UK, will be “Brazilian Democracy from Dilma to Temer: Navigating the Crises.” Some 17 scholars... Read more
European Studies Seminar
Monique Pariat (Director General for European Civil Protection and Humanitarian Aid Operations), Hugo Slim (Head of Policy, International Committee of the Red Cross), Sridhar Venkatapurum (Senior Lecturer in Global Health and Philosophy, Kings College London ) - via Skype
2 February 2017 - 5:00pm
European Studies Centre
African Studies Seminar
Douglas Johnson
2 February 2017 - 5:00pm
Pavilion Room, St Antony's College
Africa’s newest nation has a long history. Often considered remote and isolated from the rest of Africa, and usually associated with the violence of slavery and civil war, South Sudan has been an... Read more
Nissan Seminar
Yoshifumi Nakata (Doshisha University)
2 February 2017 - 2:00pm to 3:30pm
Pavilion Room, 4th Floor, Gateway Building, St. Antony's College, Oxford
Happy Americans, Unhappy Japanese, how about others? How Software engineers work and are rewarded in five countries
SEESOX
Florian Bieber (University of Graz, Austria)
1 February 2017 - 5:00pm
Seminar Room, European Studies Centre, 70 Woodstock Road, Oxford OX2 6HR
SEESOX Seminar Series The rise of illiberalism in South East Europe The current European crises appear to have facilitated the (re-)emergence of illiberalism as a viable alternative for political... Read more
Southeast Asia Seminar
Sufian Jusoh (National University of Malaysia)
1 February 2017 - 2:00pm to 3:30pm
Deakin Room
Myanmar or Burma has had its first fully contested general election in 2016, leading the formation of a democratically elected government which has taken steps to reform the governance of the country... Read more
Latin American Main Seminar
Elisa Botella, Universidad of Salamanca
1 February 2017 - 12:45pm to 2:00pm
LAC Seminar Room, 1 Church Walk, Oxford
Unfortunately due to a last minute problem, Dr Elisa Botella will not be able to come to Oxford this week. As a result, her seminar on Wednesday at 12.45pm has been cancelled. Many apologies for the... Read more