Events archive

Aomar Boum (UCLA)
6 June 2017 - 5:00pm
The Board Room, Middle East Centre
Aomar Boum is an associate professor in the Department of Anthropology at the University of California, Los Angeles. He is interested in the place of religious minorities such as Jews, Baha'is, Shias... Read more
European Studies Seminar
Richard Caplan (Linacre College, Oxford), Filip Ejdus (University of Bristol), Vjosa Musliu (Free University of Brussels), Jan Zielonka (St Antony's College, Oxford)
6 June 2017 - 5:00pm
Seminar Room, European Studies Centre, 70 Woodstock Road, Oxford OX2 6HR
What is the role of memories for the expansion of international society? By drawing on the English School approach to International Relations this edited volume argues that the memories of empire and... Read more
Ngala Chome (Durham)
6 June 2017 - 5:00pm
Seminar Room, African Studies Centre, 13 Bevington Road, Oxford
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
Crispian Olver (Public Affairs Research Institute, Wits University)
6 June 2017 - 5:00pm
Pavilion Room, 4th floor Gateway Building, St Antony's College, Oxford
South Asia Seminar
Jason Keith Fernandes (Lisbon)
6 June 2017 - 2:00pm
Fellows' Dining Room
Exploring the emotional terrain of the citizenship experiences of groups in Goa this paper will argue that through the linguistic choices made by the government of Goa it is not merely caste that is... Read more
Political Economy of Financial Markets (PEFM)
Ron Bird (University of Technology Sydney)
6 June 2017 - 12:30pm
Seminar Room, European Studies Centre, 70 Woodstock Road, Oxford OX2 6HR
Abstract The conundrum that we address in this paper is why is active management so strongly supported (and paid) when the evidence suggests that it does nothing for its clients. We first discuss the... Read more