Events archive
Jacob Wiebel (Durham University)
14 June 2016 - 5:00pm to 7:00pm
African Studies Seminar Room, 13 Bevington Road, Oxford
An informal roundtable on approaches to applying the work of James C. Scott to research on Ethiopia.
Latin American History Seminar
Gerard Aching, University of Cornell
14 June 2016 - 5:00pm to 6:30pm
Taylorian Institute, room 3
Gerard Aching is Professor of Romance Studies and Director of the Africana Studies and Research Center at Cornell University in New York. He specializes in nineteenth- and twentieth-century Caribbean... Read more
South Asia Seminar
Pradip Dutta (Jawaharlal Nehru University)
14 June 2016 - 2:00pm
Fellows' Dining Room
Vishwabharati, the university that Tagore founded, was an early experiment in producing a global habitation. While many of the ideas that motivated this institution hold out resonances for the... Read more
ESC Lunchtime Seminar
Professor Loukas Tsoukalis (University of Athens and Pierre Keller Visiting Professor at Harvard Kennedy School)
14 June 2016 - 12:30pm
This seminar will launch Professor Tsoukalis' new book published by Oxford University Press
13 June 2016 - 10:00am to 5:00pm
African Studies Seminar Room, 13 Bevington Road, Oxford
Please see attached programme for further information.
Lina Fruzzetti (Brown) and Ákos Östör (Wesleyan)
10 June 2016 - 5:00pm
Pavilion Room, St Antony's College
In My Mother’s House A film by Lina Fruzzetti and Ákos Östör Colour, 82 min A screening followed by a panel discussion with the film-makers, Paola Mattei (European Studies Centre) and Jason Mosley (... Read more
European Studies Seminar
Rt. Hon Shirley Williams, Timothy Garton Ash (St Antony’s College) , David Blackman (European Movement), Cathryn Costello (St Antony’s College), Gijs de Vries (St Antony’s College)
10 June 2016 - 12:30pm
Nissan Lecture Theatre, St Antony's College
African Studies Seminar
Joël Noret (Université Libre Brussels)
9 June 2016 - 5:00pm to 7:00pm
Pavilion Room, St Antony's College
Joël Noret (Université Libre Brussels) discusses the social inequalities in education in southern Benin, as part of the African Studies Centre Seminar Series.
Latin American History Seminar
Jose Moya, University of Columbia
9 June 2016 - 5:00pm to 6:30pm
Rothermere American Institute, 1a South Parks Road
José C. Moya is Professor of History at the Barnard College in Columbia University. He has written extensively on global migration, gender, and labor. Professor Moya has received three Fulbright... Read more
8 June 2016 - 5:00pm to 7:00pm
Queen Elizabeth House, 3 Mansfield Road, Oxford OX1 3TB
Theme: Perceiving Chinese engagement in Africa: A comparative approach Suggested reading: Steve Hess and Richard Aidoo, ‘Charting the roots of anti-Chinese populism in Africa: A comparison of Zambia... Read more
European Studies Seminar
8 June 2016 - 5:00pm
ESC Seminar Room
Southeast Asia Seminar
David Timberman (De La Salle University, Manila; Management Systems International)
8 June 2016 - 2:00pm
Deakin Room
Drawing primarily on his own research, interviews and observations, David Timberman will address three topics: 1) the May 9 elections and what they reveal about contemporary Philippine politics, 2)... Read more
Meseret Hailu (Denver)
7 June 2016 - 5:00pm to 7:00pm
African Studies Seminar Room, 13 Bevington Road, Oxford
Meseret Hailu (Denver) explores the topic 'Understanding mentorship for women in Ethiopian higher education', as part of the Horn of Africa Seminar Series.
European Studies Seminar
Richard G. Whitman (University of Kent), Michal Gloznek (University of Oxford), Charles Woodward (ITN)
7 June 2016 - 5:00pm
ESC Seminar Room
Oxford University European Affairs Society Panel Discussion: The EU Referendum: Then and Now: Historical and Political Perspectives on UK-EU Relations, 1973-2016. Speakers: Richard G. Whitman (... Read more
South Asia Seminar
Rosinka Chaudhuri (Centre for Studies in Social Sciences, Calcutta)
7 June 2016 - 2:00pm
Fellows' Dining Room
On December 15th , 1829, a large public meeting was held amidst much excitement at the Town Hall in Calcutta. The speakers, principally from the British mercantile community in Calcutta, but... Read more