Events archive
North American Studies Seminar Series
Dr Matthew Longo (St Anne's)
11 November 2015 - 5:00pm
Pavilion Seminar Room, Gateway Building, St Antony's College
Contemporary states increasingly turn to Big Data to address problems pertinent to national security. Is this effective, or just? What challenges does it pose for students of politics? This... Read more
Liz Haines (Royal Holloway, University of London)
11 November 2015 - 4:00pm to 6:00pm
Seminar Room, African Studies Centre
Southeast Asia Seminar
Patrick McCormick (École française d'Extrême-Orient, Yangon)
11 November 2015 - 2:00pm to 3:30pm
Deakin Room
The nation has hijacked history in Burma. Prasenjit Duara rescued history from the nation, and much historiography has moved in other directions. Yet the nation and nation-state continue to shape how... Read more
MEC Seminar
Fadi Zaghmout (author of "The Bride of Amman")
10 November 2015 - 5:00pm
Lecture Theatre, Investcorp Building, Middle East Centre
Join Fadi Zaghmout and translator Ruth Ahmedzai Kemp for a frank discussion of LGBT and women’s rights, as they present the new English translation of The Bride of Amman , a fast-paced novel... Read more
ESC Core Seminar Series
Erik O. Eriksen, John Erik Fossum, and Christopher Lord (ARENA, University of Oslo)
10 November 2015 - 5:00pm
ESC, Seminar Room
ESC Core Seminar Series: Evolving Geographies of Power in Europe 'Is Brexit akin to Independence under Hegemony?'
Latin American Main Seminar
Jeremy Adelman, Princeton University
10 November 2015 - 5:00pm to 6:30pm
LAC Seminar Room, 1 Church Walk, Oxford
South Asia Seminar
Chris Moffat (Queen Mary)
10 November 2015 - 2:00pm to 3:30pm
Fellows' Dining Room
This paper interrogates the continuing political potential of the martyred revolutionary Bhagat Singh (1907-1931) in twenty-first century India. Rather than the wilful conjuring of the dead for... Read more
MEC Seminar
Guney Yildiz (Journalist, BBC News), Laurent Mignon (Associate Professor of Turkish; Fellow in Turkish, Middle East Centre, St Antony’s College), Gamon McLellan (Teaching Fellow in Turkish, SOAS)
9 November 2015 - 5:00pm
Auditorium, Investcorp Building
Russian and Eurasian Studies Centre Monday Seminar
Dr Nick Baron (Nottingham)
9 November 2015 - 5:00pm to 7:00pm
Nissan Lecture Theatre
Noor Azlan Ghazali
9 November 2015 - 2:00pm to 3:30pm
Clock Room
The Association of Southeast ASEAN Nation or ASEAN is transforming itself from a mere inter-governmental organisation into a Community at the end of 2015. The ASEAN Community will include the ASEAN... Read more
Middle East Centre Friday Seminar Series
Dr Alia Brahimi (Visiting Research Fellow, Oxford Changing Character of War Programme)
6 November 2015 - 5:00pm to 6:30pm
Middle East Centre Lecture Theatre, Investcorp Building
Nissan Seminar
Dr Heath Rose (University of Oxford)
6 November 2015 - 5:00pm to 6:30pm
Pavilion Room, 4th Floor, Gateway Building, St. Antony's College
Dilemmas of learning of Japanese as a foreign language and English as an international language: perspectives from applied linguistics research
North American Studies Seminar Series
Ambassador Jillian Stirk
6 November 2015 - 5:00pm to 6:30pm
Deakin Room, St Antony's College
Are pluralist societies more engaged in shaping foreign policy? Do communities of global citizens shape the international perspective of governments? Jillian Stirk will explore recent experiences in... Read more
Ezequiel Gonzalez Ocantos, Luis Schiumerini, Jazmin Sierra, Jill Hedges
6 November 2015 - 5:00pm to 6:30pm
Seminar Room, the Latin American Centre, 1 Church Walk, Oxford
Southeast Asia Seminar
Amie Kirkham (CPCS)
6 November 2015 - 3:00pm to 4:30pm
Dahrendorf Room
A Report from the Centre for Peace and Conflict Studies, Siem Reap, Cambodia The report elevates community voices from six locations in Myanmar that experienced communal violence to reveal a strong... Read more