Events archive
SEESOX
Svjetlana Nedimović (Sociopolitical activist and independent researcher, Sarajevo), Geoffrey Nice, QC (Gresham College; Former ICTY Prosecutor)
22 February 2016 - 6:30pm to 8:30pm
Lecture Theatre, DPIR, Manor Road
Presentation of a Video Documentary Animation by the School of Knowledge The School of Knowledge is seeking a transformation of education about the war, genocide and urban / civic / cultural... Read more
MEC Seminar
Dr Gilles Dorronsoro (Nonresident scholar at the Carnegie Endowment, previously professor of political science at the Sorbonne in Paris and the Institute of Political Studies of Rennes), Arthur Quesnay (PhD candidate in the sectarian conflict in Iraq in Political science at the Panthéon-Sorbonne University), Adam Baczko (PhD candidate at the School for Advanced Studies in the Social Sciences (EHESS, Paris) and Research Fellow at the Noria South Asia Program)
22 February 2016 - 5:00pm
Auditorium, Investcorp Building
Co-hosted by Maison française d'Oxford and the Middle East Centre: Adam Baczko is a Junior Research Fellow at the ERC-funded CivilWars program, Panthéon-Sorbonne University and a Phd candidate in... Read more
European Studies Seminar
Anil Gupta (Indian Institute of Management), Pavel Kabat (International Institute for Applied Systems Analysis), Wolfgang Lutz (Wittgenstein Centre for Demography and Global Human Capital), Fernando Frutuoso de Melo (European Commission), Ben Ramalingam (Brighton University)
22 February 2016 - 5:00pm
Seminar Room, European Studies Centre
The Agenda2030 and the Sustainable Development Goals crafted by the UN in September 2015 was agreed by all countries in the world. The 17 goals are universal in application and pose a challenge for... Read more
Russian and Eurasian Studies Centre Monday Seminar
Dr Tomila Lankina (London School of Economics & Political Science)
22 February 2016 - 5:00pm to 6:45pm
Nissan Lecture Theatre
Rebeca Grynspan, Secretary General of the Ibero-American Secretariat
22 February 2016 - 2:30pm to 4:00pm
LAC Seminar Room, 1 Church Walk, Oxford
The Latin American Centre is delighted to welcome the Secretary General of the Ibero-American Secretariat, Rebeca Grynspan. She will speak on the subject "Latin America's challenges: Growing middle... Read more
Latin American Main Seminar
Professor Susan Franceschet (University of Calgary), Dr Margarita C. Batlle (Universidad Externado de Colombia), Maria Luiza Gatto
19 February 2016 - 5:00pm to 6:30pm
LAC Seminar Room, 1 Church Walk, Oxford
Middle East Centre Friday Seminar Series
Professor Avi Shlaim (Emeritus Fellow, Middle East Centre), Richard Makepeace (Registrar, Oxford Centre for Islamic Studies)
19 February 2016 - 5:00pm
Investcorp Auditorium
African Studies Seminar
Emma Hunter (University of Edinburgh)
18 February 2016 - 5:00pm to 7:00pm
Pavilion Room, St Antony's College
Emma has an undergraduate degree, an MPhil and a PhD in History from the University of Cambridge. She spent a year at the Centre of African Studies in Oxford before returning again to Cambridge, this... Read more
POMP Seminar Series
Krzysztof Szczerski (Secretary of State, Chancellery of the President of the Republic of Poland)
18 February 2016 - 5:00pm to 7:00pm
Seminar Room, European Studies Centre, 70 Woodstock Road, Oxford OX2 6HR
Professor Krzysztof Szczerski will discuss the following issues: Continuity of the euro-atlantic direction of Polish foreign policy. What changes? The formula of conducting foreign policy: stronger... Read more
Latin American History Seminar
Professor Leonardo Waisman (Cambridge)
18 February 2016 - 5:00pm to 6:30pm
LAC Seminar Room, 1 Church Walk, Oxford
Leonardo Waisman is a Senior Research Fellow at the Argentine National Council for Science and Technology (CONICET) and the current Simon Bolivar Professor of Latin American Studies at the University... Read more
Nissan Seminar
Dr Junko Yamashita, University of Bristol
18 February 2016 - 2:00pm to 3:30pm
Pavilion Room, 4th Floor Gateway Building, St. Antony's College, Oxford
The Double Responsibility of Care: Balancing childcare, elderly care and work
17 February 2016 - 7:30pm
Investcorp Auditorium
Week theme: Narrating the Iranian Underground No One Knows About Persian Cats (2010; 102 minutes) – Bahman Ghobadi This semi-documentary follows a group of twenty-something Iranian indie-rock... Read more
SEESOX
Ziya Meral (Centre for Historical Anlaysis and Conflict Research, Sandhurst)
17 February 2016 - 5:00pm
Seminar Room, European Studies Centre, 70 Woodstock Road, Oxford OX2 6HR
SEESOX Seminar Series: South East European realities amid Europe’s multiple crises South East Europe currently finds itself confronted with numerous external crises, including the Eurozone, the... Read more
North American Studies Seminar Series
Dr Tom Long (Reading)
17 February 2016 - 5:00pm to 6:30pm
Pavilion Room, St Antony's College
Drawing on research in six countries, Dr Tom Long offers a new perspective on US-Latin American relations. His analysis provides in-depth explorations of key moments in post-World War II inter-... Read more
Sishuwa Sishuwa (DPhil student in History, University of Oxford)
17 February 2016 - 4:00pm to 6:00pm
Seminar Room, African Studies Centre
"The making of Michael Sata: ethno-language identities and trade union networks in late-colonial Zambia"