Events archive
Middle East Centre Friday Seminar Series
Dalia Fahmy (Long Island University) editor of Egypt and the Contradictions of Liberalism: Illiberal Intelligentsia and the Future of Egyptian Democracy (2017) , Daanish Faruqi (Duke), ditor of Egypt and the Contradictions of Liberalism: Illiberal Intelligentsia and the Future of Egyptian Democracy (2017)
30 October 2020 - 5:00pm to 6:00pm
ZOOM
This talk will address the dictatorship syndrome specifically through the lens of liberalism in Egypt. It will seek to address why a particular denomination of Egyptian liberalism, despite at face... Read more
Latin American History Seminar
Nicolás Prados, Oxford, Laurence Whitehead, Oxford
29 October 2020 - 5:00pm to 6:00pm
Check LAC´s website for registration
SEESOX
Akın Ünver (Oxford Internet Institute; Department of International Relations, Kadir Has University), Afşin Yurdakul (Haberturk News Network), Ezgi Basaran (St Antony’s College, Oxford)
28 October 2020 - 4:00pm
Zoom webinar
The webinar will focus on the findings of a recently-completed research project on Turkey’s digital media ecosystem carried out, EDAM, one of the leading independent think-tanks in Turkey, and funded... Read more
MEC Women's Rights Research Seminars
Dr Mine Yildirim
28 October 2020 - 2:00pm to 3:30pm
Challenging the Limited View - The Case of the Women in Mosques Movement The place of women in the religious space of mosques in Turkey has been a long debate- more so recently. The Women in Mosques... Read more
Latin American Main Seminar
José Antonio Ocampo, Columbia University, USA
27 October 2020 - 5:00pm to 6:00pm
online
Check LAC´s website for registration information
ESC Annual Lecture
Vivien A. Schmidt, Jean Monnet Professor of European Integration, Professor of International Relations and Political Science, Frederick S. Pardee School of Global Studies, Boston University
27 October 2020 - 5:00pm to 6:15pm
Online Webinar
The ESC Annual Lecture (online this year): Legitimacy Lost, but then Regained? EU Governance during the Eurozone Crisis, the Migration Crisis, and the Covid-19 Pandemic Unlike in ‘Paradise Lost’, the... Read more
Israel Studies Seminar
Hadeel Abu Hussein (Research fellow at the Middle East Centre, St Antony's College, Oxford University
27 October 2020 - 2:15pm
Virtual Seminar
Teams virtual meeting link: URL: https://teams.microsoft.com/l/meetup-join/19%3ameeting_ODQ2MjY5ODYtMzg0Y... Abstract: This paper addresses the historical stages of the Palestinian Arab citizens in... Read more
South Asia Seminar
Dr Philip Lutgendorf (Iowa)
27 October 2020 - 2:00pm to 2:45pm
Online via Teams Live Events
(abstract) This illustrated talk details the promotion and spread of tea-drinking in 20th century India. Drawing on both archival and field research, it focuses on the mass popularization of “chai”... Read more
Russian and Eurasian Studies Centre Monday Seminar
Professor Galin Tihanov (Queen Mary)
26 October 2020 - 5:00pm to 7:00pm
Online
The Dialogue of Humanities and Sciences in the Soviet Union
Middle East Centre Friday Seminar Series
Maryam Alemzadeh (Princeton), Siavush Randjbar-Daemi (St Andrews), author of The Quest for Authority in Iran: a history of the presidency from revolution to Rouhani (2017)
23 October 2020 - 5:00pm to 6:00pm
ZOOM
Scholars have shown the dictatorial function of the parallel political system of the Islamic Republic: although the authoritarian office of supreme leadership and the security apparatuses strictly... Read more
Latin American History Seminar
Paulo Drinot, UCL, Donna Guy, Ohio State University
22 October 2020 - 5:00pm to 6:00pm
online
Register in advance for this seminar series: https://us02web.zoom.us/meeting/register/tZErd-ugqj4uHNdNbNsi4Vgp21fVp6qchU2c After registering, you will receive a confirmation email containing... Read more
Russian and Eurasian Studies Centre Monday Seminar
Dr Olga Goriunova (Royal Holloway)
21 October 2020 - 5:15pm to 7:00pm
Online
The Dialogue of Humanities and Sciences in the Soviet Union
ESC Core Seminar Series
Professor Martin Conway (History Faculty, Oxford)
20 October 2020 - 5:00pm to 6:15pm
Online Webinar
Western Europe’s Democratic Revolution Professor Martin Conway (Professor of Modern European History, Oxford) speaks, Professor Paul Betts (St Antony's College, Oxford) is Chair, and Dr Talita... Read more
South Asia Seminar
Dilip Menon (Witwatersrand)
20 October 2020 - 2:00pm to 2:45pm
Online via Teams Live Events
Abstract Conjunctures and crises reveal the fault lines of a society. Covid 19 and the resultant lockdown in India have brought back memories of the devastation wrought by the flu epidemic of 1918... Read more