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Othon Anastasakis (St Antony’s College, Oxford), Ezgi Basaran (St Antony's College, Oxford), Katerina Dalacoura (LSE), Yaprak Gürsoy (Aston University), Mehmet Karli (St Antony’s College, Oxford), Kalypso Nicolaidis (St Antony's College, Oxford)
30 April 2018 - 5:00pm
Seminar Room, European Studies Centre, 70 Woodstock Road, Oxford OX2 6HR
Abstract: Tensions have been growing between Greece and Turkey since the failed coup attempt in 2016. The eight Turkish soldiers who were accused of involvement in the coup attempt sought refuge in... Read more
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Iztok Mirošič (State Secretary, Slovenian Ministry of Foreign Affairs)
23 April 2018 - 5:00pm
Seminar Room, European Studies Centre, 70 Woodstock Road, Oxford OX2 6HR
Abtract: The Berlin Process, launched in 2014, is an initiative aimed at maintaining the momentum of European integration in the Western Balkans. It concentrates in particular on economic... Read more
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Dimitar Bechev (University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill)
7 March 2018 - 5:00pm
Seminar Room, European Studies Centre, 70 Woodstock Road, Oxford OX2 6HR
Abstract: A nuanced and comprehensive study of the political dynamics between Russia and key countries in Southeast Europe Is Russia threatening to disrupt more than two decades' of E.U. and U.S.... Read more
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Kemal Göktaş (Cumhuriyet; Reuters Institute), Rıza Türmen (Former ECHR judge and former MP), Funda Ustek-Spilda (Goldsmiths University of London)
28 February 2018 - 5:00pm
Seminar Room, European Studies Centre, 70 Woodstock Road, Oxford OX2 6HR
Each speaker will focus on the failure of different key institutions to check/ balance the authoritarian slide in Turkey. Riza Türmen will focus on the judiciary and parliament; Kemal Goktas on the... Read more
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Katerina Rozakou (University of Amsterdam)
21 February 2018 - 5:00pm
Seminar Room, European Studies Centre, 70 Woodstock Road, Oxford OX2 6HR
Abstract How do state agents who guard the Greek and the European border experience the collapse of the border? Why are people committed to performing bureaucratic procedures they consider irregular... Read more
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Richard Clogg (St Antony's College, Oxford)
20 February 2018 - 5:00pm
Seminar Room, European Studies Centre, 70 Woodstock Road, Oxford OX2 6HR
Greek to Me: A Memoir of Academic Life is an engrossing tale of academic and political intrigue. An extensive personal archive enables the author to throw light on the secretive ways of academic... Read more
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Marika Djolai (Balkans in Europe Policy Advisory Group), Spyros Economides (LSE), Adam Fagan (Queen Mary University of London), Tobias Flessenkemper (Centre International de Formation Européenne), James Ker Lindsay (St Mary's University, Twickenham), Andrew Page (Foreign and Commonwealth Office), Goran Svilanović (Regional Cooperation Council)
14 February 2018 - 4:00pm to 6:45pm
Seminar Room, European Studies Centre, 70 Woodstock Road, Oxford OX2 6HR
The Berlin Process was launched in 2014. Originally time-limited, it is now open-ended. The initiative is aimed at maintaining the momentum of European integration in the Western Balkans. It... Read more
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Kira Gartzou-Katsouyanni (LSE), Kalypso Nicolaidis (St Antony's College, Oxford), Claudia Sternberg (UCL)
7 February 2018 - 5:00pm
Seminar Room, European Studies Centre, 70 Woodstock Road, Oxford OX2 6HR
Abstract: This book focuses on one of the most highly charged relationships of the Euro crisis, that between Greece and Germany, from 2009 to 2015. It explores the many ways in which Greeks and... Read more
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Constantinos Filis (Panteion University), Bill Kappis (University of Buckingham)
31 January 2018 - 5:00pm
Seminar Room, European Studies Centre, 70 Woodstock Road, Oxford OX2 6HR
Abstract: For the first time since the onset of the Cold War, the entire Eastern Mediterranean appears to be unstable and geopolitically contested. Russia casts a deep shadow, as the Syrian conflict... Read more
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Jasmin Mujanović (EastWest Institute)
24 January 2018 - 5:00pm
Seminar Room, European Studies Centre, 70 Woodstock Road, Oxford OX2 6HR
Seminar Series: Key issues and developments in South East Europe Our Hilary 2018 SEESOX seminar series on South East Europe looks at regional developments from a thematic, interdisciplinary and cross... Read more
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Soner Cagaptay (Washington Institute for Near East Policy)
18 January 2018 - 5:00pm
Seminar Room, European Studies Centre, 70 Woodstock Road, Oxford OX2 6HR
Seminar Series: Key issues and developments in South East Europe Our Hilary 2018 SEESOX seminar series on South East Europe looks at regional developments from a thematic, interdisciplinary and cross... Read more
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Norman Davies (St Antony’s College, Oxford)
23 November 2017 - 5:00pm
Seminar Room, European Studies Centre, 70 Woodstock Road, Oxford OX2 6HR
Professor Norman Davies taught for 25 years at the School of Slavonic and East European Studies in London. Since then he has been made an honorary citizen of four Polish cities, an honorary doctor of... Read more
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23 November 2017 - 9:00am to 4:30pm
Pavilion, St Antony's College, Oxford
Registration required. Please register here. Yugoslavia existed for 70 years, survived many existential crises, and played a considerable role in the history of the 20th century. Now it no longer... Read more
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Dacian Ciolos (Former Prime Minister of Romania), Raluca Pruna (Former Justice Minister of Romania), Dragos Tudorache (Former Interior Minister of Romania)
22 November 2017 - 5:00pm
Seminar Room, European Studies Centre, 70 Woodstock Road, Oxford OX2 6HR
In response to massive popular protest, Romania appointed a technocratic government in December 2015, which lasted until parliamentary elections in December 2016. The Social Democrat Party (PSD)... Read more
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Adam Fagan (Queen Mary University of London)
15 November 2017 - 12:30pm
Seminar Room, European Studies Centre, 70 Woodstock Road, Oxford OX2 6HR
THIS SEMINAR HAS BEEN POSTPONED UNTIL FURTHER NOTICE The EU has placed considerable emphasis on supporting civil society organisations (CSOs) as domestic drivers of change and to trigger new modes of... Read more