Events archive
European Studies Seminar
Caroline Baylon (Future Generations in the UK Parliament), Marcin Walecki (National Democratic Institute (NDI))
6 June 2023 - 5:00pm to 6:45pm
Seminar Room, European Studies Centre, 70 Woodstock Road, Oxford OX2 6HR
In person and online. If you would like to attend online, please register with Zoom More than a year after Russia’s unprovoked and illegal full-scale invasion of Ukraine, Ukrainians remain committed... Read more
European Studies Seminar
Claire Andrieu (Sciences Po, Paris)
2 June 2023 - 5:00pm to 6:45pm
Seminar Room, European Studies Centre, 70 Woodstock Road, Oxford OX2 6HR
ESC BOOK DISCUSSION When Men Fell Out of the Sky: Civilians and Downed Airmen in Second World War Europe Between 1940 and 1945, more than 100,000 airmen were shot down over Europe, a few thousand of... Read more
European Studies Seminar
Ignacio Garcia-Bercero (European Commission)
19 May 2023 - 5:00pm
Seminar Room, European Studies Centre, 70 Woodstock Road, Oxford OX2 6HR
The global trading system is increasingly being affected by geopolitical tensions. This raises important challenges for the development of European trade policy. The talk will look at the... Read more
European Studies Seminar
Anna Grzymala-Busse (Stanford University)
2 May 2023 - 5:00pm
Seminar Room, European Studies Centre, 70 Woodstock Road, Oxford OX2 6HR
Leszek Kołakowski Lecture In person and online If you would like to attend online, please register with Zoom . The Catholic Church in Poland has long been a powerful force defining national identity... Read more
European Studies Seminar
Timothy Garton Ash (St Antony’s College, Oxford)
10 March 2023 - 5:00pm to 6:45pm
ESC Seminar Room
On the occasion of the publication of Timothy Garton Ash’s new book Homelands: A Personal History of Europe (Bodley Head, March 2023) Timothy Garton Ash discusses his new book with Lenka Bustikova... Read more
European Studies Seminar
Patricia Clavin (Worcester College, Oxford), Patrick Cohrs (St Antony’s College, Oxford), Kira Huju (London School of Economics), Andrew Hurrell (Balliol College, Oxford), Kalypso Nicolaïdis (EUI Florence), Jakob Zollmann (WZB/ St Antony's College, Oxford)
2 March 2023 - 2:00pm to 6:00pm
ESC Seminar Room
14:00-15:45 Panel 1: European strategy: Lessons from history Panellists: Patrick Cohrs, Jakob Zollmann, Patricia Clavin Chair: Paul Betts 16:15-18:00 Panel 2: European strategy: Lessons from politics... Read more
European Studies Seminar
Lenka Buštíková Siroky (St Antony's College, Oxford), Kasia Grzybowska-Walecka (Cardinal Stefan Wyszyński University, Warsaw; EUI, Florence)
28 February 2023 - 5:00pm to 6:45pm
ESC Seminar Room
POSTPONED TO TRINITY TERM What are the social origins of illiberal rule? This presentation investigates current theories about the roots of illiberal attitudes, specifically with regard to state-... Read more
European Studies Seminar
Eamonn Noonan (EU Visiting Fellow, St Antony’s College, Oxford)
21 February 2023 - 5:00pm to 6:45pm
ESC Seminar Room
Eamonn Noonan examines the European Parliament promotion of international human rights since 1979. How has this contributed to the development of EU law, policy and practice? What factors influenced... Read more
European Studies Seminar
Tony Barber (Financial Times), Gavin Jacobson (New Statesman), Helen Margetts (Oxford Internet Institute), Jan Zielonka (St Antony's College, Oxford)
7 February 2023 - 5:00pm to 6:45pm
ESC Seminar Room
On the occasion of the publication of Jan Zielonka’s new book The Lost Future And How To Reclaim It (Yale University Press, January 2023) The future seems increasingly uncertain. Our democracies are... Read more
European Studies Seminar
Jakob Zollmann (WZB, St Antony's College, Oxford)
31 January 2023 - 5:00pm to 6:45pm
ESC Seminar Room
The payment of reparations from the former Central Powers after World War I was among the most politically controversial parts of the Peace Treaties. An important part of these reparations, often... Read more
European Studies Seminar
Marilena Anastasopoulou (Pembroke College, Oxford), Matthew Frank (University of Leeds), Georgios Giannakopoulos (City University of London)
15 November 2022 - 5:00pm to 6:45pm
ESC Seminar Room
2022 marks the centenary of the conclusion of the Greek-Turkish War in Asia Minor. The conclusion of the conflict and the subsequent Lausanne Peace Treaty (1923) reshaped the landscape of south-... Read more
European Studies Seminar
Othon Anastasakis (Director, European Studies Centre), Irina Lapshyna (Ukrainian Catholic University), Maria Koinova (University of Warwick), Manolis Pratsinakis (COMPAS, University of Oxford)
8 November 2022 - 5:00pm to 6:45pm
ESC Seminar Room and Zoom
On the occasion of the publication of the book Diaspora engagement in times of severe economic crisis: Greece and beyond (2022, Palgrave Macmillan) Please join us for drinks and snacks in the Common... Read more
European Studies Seminar
Charles Powell (Director, Elcano Royal Institute)
1 November 2022 - 5:00pm to 6:45pm
ESC Seminar Room
Registration through Eventbrite is recommended but not compulsory Few countries in Europe were hit harder by Covid-19 than Spain. When the pandemic struck in 2020, the country had not yet recovered... Read more
European Studies Seminar
James Le Sueur, Film Director and Historian, Professor of International Relations, University of Nebraska-Lincoln, Timothy Garton Ash, Professor of European Studies, Oxford
31 October 2022 - 4:30pm to 6:45pm
Investcorp Auditorium
Love, tolerance and creative freedom aren't just for fairy tales Award-winning film, The Art of Dissent celebrates the resilience and power of artistic engagement in Czechoslovakia after the 1968... Read more
European Studies Seminar
Tim Vlandas (St Antony’s College, Oxford), Mark Thatcher (LUISS Italy)
25 October 2022 - 5:00pm to 6:45pm
ESC Seminar Room
On the occasion of the publication of Foreign States in Domestic Markets: Sovereign Wealth Funds and the West The European Studies Centre in partnership with the Department of Politics and... Read more