Events archive
Sumathi Ramaswamy (Duke University)
31 May 2021 - 4:00pm
Online - Zoom
In this talk, I will offer some reflections on what it has meant for me as a professional academic trained in the putative secular discipline of history to write over the past couple decades about a... Read more
27 May 2021 - 7:00pm to 8:00pm
ZOOM Online Webinar
The Oxford Syria Society is excited to be hosting an event to discuss the Syrian National Congress of 1919, considered the first national parliament in the modern history of Syria. We are honoured to... Read more
SEESOX
Ivan Krastev (Centre for Liberal Strategies, Sofia)
27 May 2021 - 4:00pm to 5:15pm
Zoom webinar
Please register here Abstract: Since the collapse of communism most states in Central and South Eastern Europe experienced high numbers of emigration, especially among younger populations. The... Read more
Israel Studies Seminar
Paula Kabalo, Ben-Gurion University
25 May 2021 - 2:15pm to 3:15pm
ZOOM Online Webinar
Abstract: At the centre of this study stands the organizational array of civic and voluntary entities that represented sectors and subgroups in the Jewish population of pre-independence and formative... Read more
European Studies Seminar
Daniel Hardy (St Antony’s College, Oxford)
24 May 2021 - 5:00pm to 6:30pm
Online Event
This online event features as one of several this term which focusses on 'Political economy of European climate action', and is hosted by the European Political Economy Project (EUPEP) at the... Read more
Russian and Eurasian Studies Centre Monday Seminar
Professor Yuri Corrigan (Boston University), Professor Lynn Ellen Patyk (Dartmouth College), Alex Christofi (Author, 'Dostoevsky in love: an intimate life')
24 May 2021 - 5:00pm to 6:30pm
Online
Registration link: https://us02web.zoom.us/meeting/register/tZIqdu6srTgqH9LhfQ-jixOsNgljDJ0VRr9i
Jyotirmaya Sharma (Lichtenberg-Kolleg, University of Göttingen)
24 May 2021 - 4:00pm
Online - Zoom
Hasyarnava or The Ocean of Mirth, a medieval Sanskrit political satire, delineates two compelling themes that require serious consideration. First, the Indic traditions underline the centrality of... Read more
MEC Seminar
Dr Orkideh Behrouzan (SOAS University of London)
21 May 2021 - 5:00pm to 6:00pm
Iran has been one of the worst hit countries by the Coronavirus pandemic, while its pandemic response has been shaped by the politicization of the outbreak and the securitization of information about... Read more
Dahrendorf Programme
Hans Kundnani (Chatham House)
18 May 2021 - 5:00pm to 6:30pm
Online Event
Dahrendorf Programme ‘Europe’s Stories’ Seminar Hans Kundnani writes: “Historically, being European meant being white. After World War II, a new European identity emerged around the European Union,... Read more
Israel Studies Seminar
Dr Daniel M Hershkowitz (Oxford)
18 May 2021 - 2:15pm to 3:15pm
ZOOM Online Webinar
Abstract: The German philosopher Martin Heidegger's idiosyncratic and deeply philosophical account of the German volk stood at the heart of his political support of National Socialism. This, however... Read more
South Asia Seminar
Megan Eaton Robb (Pennsylvania)
18 May 2021 - 2:00pm
Teams Online - Registration needed
This talk will discuss how a small-town Newspaper used lithographic technology to cast a significant slice of Urdu journalism conversation as distinctively Muslim. Discussing a chapter of the... Read more
European Studies Seminar
Jake Barnes (The Newcomers Project, Environmental Change Institute, Oxford), Jenny Palm (International Institute of Industrial Environmental Economics, Lund University)
17 May 2021 - 5:00pm to 6:30pm
Online Event
This online event features as one of several this term which focusses on 'Political economy of European climate action', and is hosted by the European Political Economy Project (EUPEP) at the... Read more
Russian and Eurasian Studies Centre Monday Seminar
Dr Lika Tsuladze (Tbilisi State University)
17 May 2021 - 5:00pm to 6:30pm
Online
Lia (Lika) Tsuladze is an Associate Professor of Sociology at Tbilisi State University and Executive Director of the Center for Social Sciences. She is the author of more than 25 publications and 3... Read more
Amar Sohal (University of Cambridge)
17 May 2021 - 4:00pm
Online - Zoom
Bringing political thought to bear upon one of the world’s most pressing geopolitical problems, this paper explores Kashmiri engagements with nature and how these served late colonial attempts to... Read more
SEESOX
Thomas Countryman (Former Deputy Assistant Secretary for European Affairs), Valerie Hopkins (South East Europe Correspondent, Financial Times), Ivan Vejvoda (Head of Europe's Futures Progam, Institute for Human Sciences)
13 May 2021 - 5:00pm to 6:15pm
Zoom webinar
Please register here Join a special discussion, co-hosted by Oxford and Harvard, as we explore this timely topic with expert perspectives informed by years of diplomatic, research and journalistic... Read more