Events archive
Dr Huseyn Aliyev (University of Bremen)
8 November 2016 - 1:00pm to 2:00pm
Syndicate Room
What happens to informal institutions and practices when political actors decide to implement democratic institutional reforms aimed at relieving formal institutions of informal constraints? Does... Read more
Political Economy of Financial Markets (PEFM)
Christos Gortsos (Law School of the National and Kapodistrian University of Athens)
7 November 2016 - 5:00pm
Seminar Room, European Studies Centre, 70 Woodstock Road, Oxford OX2 6HR
Abstract The presentation focuses on the establishment of the European Banking Union (‘EBU’), its incorporation into the system of EU monetary and financial institutions and law, its unfinished... Read more
Russian and Eurasian Studies Centre Monday Seminar
Professor Kate Brown (University of Maryland)
7 November 2016 - 5:00pm to 6:45pm
Nissan Lecture Theatre
MEC Seminar
4 November 2016 - 5:00pm
Auditorium, Investcorp Building
Professor James V. Wertsch (Washington University in St Louis)
4 November 2016 - 5:00pm to 6:45pm
Syndicate Room
Rising frustration over Russia’s actions in Ukraine and elsewhere have led some Western leaders to conclude that Russian leaders are living in a “different world.” My presentation will examine the... Read more
Nissan Seminar
Dr Seung-young Kim, University of Sheffield
4 November 2016 - 5:00pm to 6:30pm
Pavilion Room, 4th Floor, Gateway Building, St. Antony's College, Oxford
Enrique García, Executive President, CAF-Development Bank of Latin America, Diego Sánchez-Ancochea, Director of the Latin American Centre, University of Oxford, Roger Goodman, Head of Social Sciences Division, University of Oxford, José Antonio Ocampo, Professor, Columbia University & Former Minister of Finance, Colombia, Germán Ríos, Director of Strategic Affairs, CAF -Development Bank of Latin America, Timothy Power, Director of the Brazilian Studies Programme, University of Oxford, David Doyle, Associate Professor of Politics, University of Oxford, Eduardo Posada-Carbó, Professor of the History and Politics of Latin America, University of Oxford, Sonia Gontero, Economic Affairs Officer, ECLAC, Angel Melguizo, Head of the Latin American and Caribbean Unit at, OECD, Cecilia López, President, CiSoe, Daniel Ortega, Director of Impact Evaluation and Policy Learning, CAF-Development Bank of Latin America, Carlota Pérez, Professor of Technology and Development, London School of Economics, Fabiana Machado, Research Economist, IDB, Carlos Ominami, Former Minister of Economy and Former Senator, Chile
4 November 2016 - 8:30am to 6:00pm
Nissan Lecture Theatre, St Antony's College
The Conference will launch a third joint programme between CAF and the Latin American Centre at the University of Oxford. It builds on an exciting collaboration between the Centre and CAF-Development... Read more
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
SEESOX
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