Events archive
Stein Ringen
3 November 2016 - 5:00pm
China Centre Lecture Theatre, St Hugh's
Professor Stein Ringen presents his book The Perfect Dictatorship: China in the 21st Century. The Chinese political economy is like no other system known to man, now or in history. This book explains... Read more
African Studies Seminar
Myles Osborne (University of Colorado, Boulder)
3 November 2016 - 5:00pm to 7:00pm
Pavilion Room, St Antony's College
Co-hosted by the Race and Resistance Network, University of Oxford .
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Christopher Bennett (Foundation for the Preservation of Historical Heritage, Sarajevo; Former Deputy High Representative)
3 November 2016 - 5:00pm
Seminar Room, European Studies Centre, 70 Woodstock Road, Oxford OX2 6HR
Two decades after the Dayton Peace Agreement came into force, Bosnia is not at war. However, the absence of war is not peace. Bosnia has failed to move on from conflict. Political processes are... Read more
Latin American History Seminar
Alan Knight, University of Oxford
3 November 2016 - 5:00pm to 6:30pm
LAC Seminar Room, 1 Church Walk, Oxford
Alan Knight , professor emeritus of the History of Latin America, Oxford University; formerly of the Universities of Texas and Essex; author of The Mexican Revolution (1986, new Spanish edition 2010... Read more
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Ezgi Basaran (St Antony's College), Yaprak Gursoy (Bilgi University, Istanbul; St Antony's College), Mehmet Karli (Galatasaray University Law School, Istanbul; Centre for International Studies, Oxford), Deniz Ulke Aribogan (Istanbul University; St Antony's College)
2 November 2016 - 5:00pm
Seminar Room, European Studies Centre, 70 Woodstock Road, Oxford OX2 6HR
Abstract On July 15th 2016, Turkey had experienced a coup d’etat attempt, which left 240 people dead, 1573 people injured. Drastic events that occurred during and after the high time of the coup not... Read more
John Beyer (St Antony's)
2 November 2016 - 1:00pm to 2:00pm
Syndicate Room
Moldova remains torn between its historic economic and cultural ties to Russia, and the lure of funding and support from the EU and US. Presidential elections on 30 October present the electorate... Read more
ESC Lunchtime Seminar
Anthony Barnett (co-founder of openDemocracy)
2 November 2016 - 12:30pm
Seminar Room, ESC
Brexit was a wake up call - but a wake up to what? A nightmare of Farage proportions that drags Britain further into an Atlantic of fear and chronic isolation? Or a wake up to mend our broken... Read more
MEC Seminar
2 November 2016 - 9:00am to 3:30pm
Dahrendorf Room, St Antony's College
Panel discussion - The changing faces of Ethiopia’s “rural” communities: evidence from Ethiopia WIDE
Pip Bevan (Mokoro), Catherine Dom (Mokoro), Sarah Vaughan (Edinburgh)
1 November 2016 - 5:00pm to 7:00pm
Pavilion Room, St Antony's College
The Horn of Africa Seminar brings together students and scholars interested in examining the region from a multidisciplinary and comparative perspective. This term, the seminar will look at a variety... Read more
South Africa Discussion Group
David Adler (Oxford University)
1 November 2016 - 5:00pm to 7:00pm
African Studies Seminar Room, 13 Bevington Road, Oxford
Please note that this week's South Africa Discussion Group will take place in the African Studies Seminar Room, 13 Bevington Road.
Latin American Main Seminar
Cesar Zucco Júnior - Fundação Getúlio Vargas (FGV)/ Brazilian School of Public and Business Administration (EBAPE)
1 November 2016 - 5:00pm to 6:30pm
LAC Seminar Room, 1 Church Walk, Oxford
Cesar Zucco Jr. is a Professor at FGV/EBAPE, a school of business and public administration in Rio de Janeiro. He specializes in Latin American politics, and his main current collaborative projects... Read more
ESC Core Seminar Series
Anne Deighton (Wolfson College, Oxford)
1 November 2016 - 5:00pm
Seminar Room, European Studies Centre
South Asia Seminar
Colin Tyler (Hull)
1 November 2016 - 2:00pm
Fellows' Dining Room
Even though Bhikhu Parekh has written extensively on the theory and practice of multi-ethnic societies, he is yet to articulate the clear critical typography of contemporary forms of national unity... Read more