Events archive
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Norman Davies (St Antony’s College, Oxford)
23 November 2017 - 5:00pm
Seminar Room, European Studies Centre, 70 Woodstock Road, Oxford OX2 6HR
Professor Norman Davies taught for 25 years at the School of Slavonic and East European Studies in London. Since then he has been made an honorary citizen of four Polish cities, an honorary doctor of... Read more
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23 November 2017 - 9:00am to 4:30pm
Pavilion, St Antony's College, Oxford
Registration required. Please register here. Yugoslavia existed for 70 years, survived many existential crises, and played a considerable role in the history of the 20th century. Now it no longer... Read more
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Dacian Ciolos (Former Prime Minister of Romania), Raluca Pruna (Former Justice Minister of Romania), Dragos Tudorache (Former Interior Minister of Romania)
22 November 2017 - 5:00pm
Seminar Room, European Studies Centre, 70 Woodstock Road, Oxford OX2 6HR
In response to massive popular protest, Romania appointed a technocratic government in December 2015, which lasted until parliamentary elections in December 2016. The Social Democrat Party (PSD)... Read more
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Adam Fagan (Queen Mary University of London)
15 November 2017 - 12:30pm
Seminar Room, European Studies Centre, 70 Woodstock Road, Oxford OX2 6HR
THIS SEMINAR HAS BEEN POSTPONED UNTIL FURTHER NOTICE The EU has placed considerable emphasis on supporting civil society organisations (CSOs) as domestic drivers of change and to trigger new modes of... Read more
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9 November 2017 - 8:30am to 4:45pm
Tirana International Hotel
The role of structure, size and market infrastructure in risks mitigation and financial intermediation The purpose of the conference is to discuss domestic and foreign risks to banking system... Read more
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Ezgi Basaran (St Antony’s College, Oxford)
1 November 2017 - 5:00pm
Seminar Room, European Studies Centre, 70 Woodstock Road, Oxford OX2 6HR
In 2011 Turkey’s President Erdogan promised to make a deal with the PKK (Kurdistan Workers' Party), but the talks marked a descent into assassinations, suicide bombings and the killing of civilians... Read more
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Various speakers - please see Relaod Greece website
28 October 2017 - 9:30am to 6:00pm
Rooms on Regents Park, London
Join the fourth Reload Greece Conference for a day of Inspiration, Innovation & Engagement. 'The unstoppable generation: Hacking entrepreneurship into a culture' will explore and debate how a... Read more
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Nora Fisher Onar (Coastal Carolina University)
25 October 2017 - 12:30pm
Seminar Room, European Studies Centre, 70 Woodstock Road, Oxford OX2 6HR
Ankara’s recent illiberal turn has led many to question the compatibility of Islamism and liberalism in Turkey. Yet, a closer reading of the country’s two-century journey across political modernity... Read more
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Susan Woodward (City University of New York)
9 October 2017 - 5:00pm
Seminar Room, European Studies Centre, 70 Woodstock Road, Oxford OX2 6HR
A discussion of Woodward’s book, The Ideology of Failed States (CUP 2017), an analysis of the significant but counterproductive role played by the concept of failed states in shaping international... Read more
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Gent Sejko (Governor, Bank of Albania)
12 June 2017 - 5:00pm
Seminar Room, European Studies Centre, 70 Woodstock Road, Oxford OX2 6HR
Economic and financial challenges in South East Europe, and the role of the central bank as guardian of price and financial stability Gent Sejko is the Governor of the Bank of Albania and Chairman of... Read more
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1 June 2017 - 10:15am to 6:15pm
Seminar Room, European Studies Centre, 70 Woodstock Road, Oxford OX2 6HR
Please register here for this event lamprini.rori@sant.ox.ac.uk
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Franck Düvell, Centre on Migration, Policy and Society (Compas), Sebnem Koser Akcapar, Koç University, Istanbul, Fulya Memisoglu, Refugee Studies Centre, Oxford, Eren Korkmaz, International Migration Institute, Oxford, Ali Zafer Sagiroglu, Ankara Yildirim Beyazit University, Sezin Tuna, Ankara Yildirim Beyazit University
19 May 2017 - 12:00pm to 5:00pm
Seminar Room, European Studies Centre, 70 Woodstock Road, Oxford OX2 6HR
Please bring brownbag lunch. Please see programme for more information. Please register your attendance with franck.duvell@compas.ox.ac.uk
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Yaprak Gursoy (St Antony’s College, Oxford)
11 May 2017 - 5:00pm
Seminar Room, European Studies Centre, 70 Woodstock Road, Oxford OX2 6HR
Between Military Rule and Democracy: Regime Consolidation in Greece, Turkey, and Beyond Abstract How do authoritarian and democratic regimes originate in countries where the military is a significant... Read more
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Koray Çalışkan (Boğaziçi University)
1 May 2017 - 5:00pm
Seminar Room, European Studies Centre, 70 Woodstock Road, Oxford OX2 6HR
Koray Çalışkan argues that Turkey’s contemporary political regime is competitive authoritarianism. Tracing the evolution of Turkey’s political system from tutelary democracy to its current state, he... Read more
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Lamprini Rori (St Antony’s College, Oxford)
25 April 2017 - 5:00pm
Seminar Room, European Studies Centre, 70 Woodstock Road, Oxford OX2 6HR
Abstract According to the «echo chamber» hypothesis, political networks on the internet are fragmented and limiting. Online political communication basically preaches to the converted with little or... Read more