Events archive

Winter scene in Norilsk, Siberia
Russian and Eurasian Studies Centre Monday Seminar

Climate management and the development of Soviet climate science *CANCELLED, HOPEFULLY POSTPONED*

Dr Jonathan Oldfield (University of Birmingham)
25 May 2020 - 5:00pm to 7:00pm
Nissan Lecture Theatre
The Dialogue of Humanities and Sciences in the Soviet Union *Due to the coronavirus outbreak, this series is currently cancelled - but hopefully will happen at a later date*
Soviet psychologist Alexander Luria with patients
Russian and Eurasian Studies Centre Monday Seminar

Psychological aesthetics: synesthesia, cinema and Alexander Luria's 'romantic science' *CANCELLED, HOPEFULLY POSTPONED*

Dr Hannah Proctor (University of Strathclyde)
18 May 2020 - 5:00pm to 7:00pm
Nissan Lecture Theatre
The Dialogue of Humanities and Sciences in the Soviet Union *Due to the coronavirus outbreak, this series is currently cancelled - but hopefully will happen at a later date*
photo of Sankar Muthu

** CANCELED** Enlightenment theories of global connections: on transcontinental domination and resistance

Sankar Muthu
13 May 2020 - 5:30pm
Pavilion Room, St Antony's College
European eighteenth-century thinkers were fascinated by what they took to be the astonishing modern creation of the largest possible human community, a kind of global society. Many of them were also... Read more
Image of stamp showing tractor and trees from Pakistan
South Asia Seminar

** CANCELLED** Jeko Khere So Khaye (He who tills has the right to eat): 'development' and the politics of agrarian reform in late 1940s and early 1950s Sindh

Sarah Ansari (Royal Holloway)
12 May 2020 - 2:00pm
This talk explores connections between ‘development’ and the politics of agrarian reform in Sindh (Pakistan) during the period of transition straddling Independence. On the one hand, it highlights... Read more
Nikita Khrushchev shakes hands with Jawaharlal Nehru
Russian and Eurasian Studies Centre Monday Seminar

Early Soviet Indology and the Indian anti-caste movement: achievements, unfulfilled potentials and their contemporary significance *CANCELLED, HOPEFULLY POSTPONED*

Professor Craig Brandist (University of Sheffield)
11 May 2020 - 5:00pm to 7:00pm
Nissan Lecture Theatre
The Dialogue of Humanities and Sciences in the Soviet Union *Due to the coronavirus outbreak, this series is currently cancelled - but hopefully will happen at a later date*
Middle East Centre Friday Seminar Series

*CANCELLED* From Mistress to Known Partner: Israel's Secret Relations with States and Minorities in the Middle East

Professor Elie Podeh
8 May 2020 - 5:00pm to 6:00pm
Investcorp Auditorium, Middle East Centre, St Antony's College
Bio: Elie Podeh is Bamberger and Fuld Professor in the History of the Muslim Peoples in the Department of Islamic and Middle East Studies, the Hebrew University of Jerusalem. He serves as the... Read more
Statue of Andrei Platonov in Voronezh
Russian and Eurasian Studies Centre Monday Seminar

The Encyclopaedia Project: Proletkult and the literary legacy of Andrei Platonov (1917-1928) *CANCELLED, HOPEFULLY POSTPONED*

Dr Maria Chehonadskih (St Antony's)
4 May 2020 - 5:00pm to 7:00pm
Nissan Lecture Theatre
The Dialogue of Humanities and Sciences in the Soviet Union *Due to the coronavirus outbreak, this series is currently cancelled - but hopefully will happen at a later date*