Events archive

North American Studies Seminar Series

Bringing Energy into NAFTA

Professor Pamela Starr (University of Southern California)

18 May 2015 - 6:00pm to 7:30pm

Pavilion Room, St Antony's College

NAFTA helped foster a North American manufacturing platform despite Mexico’s demand that energy be excluded from the treaty. While the US and Canadian energy markets integrated considerably, Mexico... Read more

Political Economy of Financial Markets (PEFM)

The insurance market: Ensuring performance, reputation and trust

Peter Taylor (Research Fellow, Oxford Martin School)

18 May 2015 - 6:00pm to 7:45pm

Seminar Room, European Studies Centre, 70 Woodstock Road, Oxford OX2 6HR

Dr Peter Taylor is a Research Fellow concentrating on the area of risk with the Institute for Science and Ethics and the Oxford Martin School. Peter spent 25 years working in the Lloyd's insurance... Read more

Russian and Eurasian Studies Centre Monday Seminar

Islamic radicalization as a theme in Uzbek literature, art and cinema

Hamid Ismailov (BBC)

18 May 2015 - 6:00pm

Nissan Lecture Theatre

International academia is divided on the issue of Islamic radicalisation in Central Asia and Uzbekistan. Some scholars consider it a myth created by the local authoritarian regimes to keep the... Read more