Events archive
Middle East Centre Friday Seminar Series
Malfrid Braut-Hegghammer, Professor of Political Science, University of Oslo.
24 February 2023 - 5:00pm to 6:00pm
Investcorp Lecture Theatre, St. Antony's College
Why did the Iraqi regime fail to demonstrate it no longer had WMD prior to the 2003 invasion? For the past twenty years, there has been surprisingly little debate about this key question. In this... Read more
Dr David Roberts (King’s College London, UK), Dr Kristin Smith Diwan (The Arab Gulf States Institute, Washington, USA), Dr Kristian Coates Ulrichsen (Rice University, USA), Dr Ali Bakir (Qatar University, Qatar)
23 February 2023 - 5:00pm to 7:00pm
Nissan Lecture Theatre & ZOOM
The event aims to explore the role of the Gulf states in the international arena within the context of the impact of the Ukraine war (24 February 2023 marks one year of the conflict). The economic... Read more
23 February 2023 - 5:00pm
Start date: 23 February 17:00 End date: 23 February 17:00 Location: Latin American Centre and Zoom https://lac.web.ox.ac.uk/node/2934781
23 February 2023 - 3:30pm
Start date: 23 February 15:30 End date: 23 February 15:30 Location: African Studies Centre Disinformation on a Shoestring: Pro-state Social Media Propaganda in Zimbabwe's ‘New’ Republic https://... Read more
23 February 2023 - 2:00pm to 3:30pm
Start date: 23 February 14:00 End date: 23 February 15:30 Location: Pavilion Room, 4th Floor, Gateway Building, St. Antony's College https://nissan.web.ox.ac.uk/node/2936166
SEESOX
Stathis Kalyvas (All Souls College, Oxford)
22 February 2023 - 5:00pm to 6:45pm
Seminar Room, European Studies Centre
Abstract Prof. Kalyvas will discuss the incentives, challenges, dilemmas, and choices of translating abstract arguments into a visual form, using a national history narrative. The talk draws from his... Read more
22 February 2023 - 4:15pm
Start date: 22 February 16:15 End date: 22 February 16:15 Location: Nissan Institute Lecture Theatre, St Antony's College Albert Kan-Dapaah, Hon. Minister of National Security of the Republic of... Read more
Oxford Political Thought Seminar
Gianluca Parolin (Aga Khan University), Jocelyne Cesari (Harvard)
22 February 2023 - 4:00pm
ZOOM
Dear all, I am afraid that this week's Oxford Political Thought Seminar has been postponed till MT next academic year due to unforeseen circumstances. Apologies for any inconvenience caused. *****... Read more
21 February 2023 - 5:00pm
Start date: 21 February 17:00 End date: 21 February 17:00 Location: Latin American Centre (1 Church Walk) and Zoom https://lac.web.ox.ac.uk/node/2959681
Education, Purpose and Human Flourishing in Uncertain Times
Dr Natasha Robinson, University of Bristol
21 February 2023 - 5:00pm
Pavilion Room, St Antony's College
This seminar is part of the Education, Purpose and Human Flourishing in Uncertain Times research programme. Theme 3: History and Politics This series explores how we might better understand the ‘idea... Read more
European Studies Seminar
Eamonn Noonan (EU Visiting Fellow, St Antony’s College, Oxford)
21 February 2023 - 5:00pm to 6:45pm
ESC Seminar Room
Eamonn Noonan examines the European Parliament promotion of international human rights since 1979. How has this contributed to the development of EU law, policy and practice? What factors influenced... Read more
MEC Seminar
Steffen Hertog, Associate professor of comparative politics, Department of Government, LSE
21 February 2023 - 5:00pm to 6:00pm
Investcorp Lecture Theatre, St. Antony's College
Biography Steffen Hertog is an associate professor of comparative politics at the London School of Economics and Political Science. His research interests include Gulf politics, Middle East political... Read more
Israel Studies Seminar
Professor Anat Scolnicov (Winchester)
21 February 2023 - 2:15pm
Seminar Room 1, St Anne's College Woodstock Road OX2 6HS
Israel was originally to have a Constitution, but it never did as the issue proved divisive on religious grounds, among others. An unwritten constitution developed in its place. This is the legal... Read more
South Asia Seminar
Ina Zharkevich (Oxford)
21 February 2023 - 2:00pm
Syndicate Room
While international migration in Nepal is often lauded for its significant contribution to the nation’s GDP (almost 30 per cent), the dark side of this success story is that much of the international... Read more
Russian and Eurasian Studies Centre Monday Seminar
Dr Olesya Khromeychuk (Director, Ukrainian Institute, London)
20 February 2023 - 5:00pm to 6:45pm
Nissan Lecture Theatre
Ukrainians did not wake up on 24 February suddenly feeling defiant. Their resistance was built up over centuries of repression, whether Russian imperial or soviet, and decades of shaping their... Read more